Interrogation - Preliminary Task

Enigma Codes

Who is Tyler Durdan?
What is the Matrix?
Who is Keiser Soze?

Homework 3: Due 11th October Thriller Synopsis (Group presentation)

Find the examples to include here

Sub-Genre

Setting & Characters

Typical Scene (ie crime scene)

Linear/Non Linear

Omniscient/Restricted

Enigma Code

Example

marking criteria

Click Here for a list of links to present creatively

Click Here for L3 & L4 examples of this task & the other portfolio tasks

Click Here for a translation of the Level 4, 3, 2, 1 to A, B, C, D, E grades

Linear & Non-Linear, Omniscient & Restricted

Thriller sub genres from Agon Koshi

Some suggestion for how to present creatively

Link

Sound & Foley Video definitions & task

Sound & Foley

Sound in Thrillers - which is more effective?

Diegetic Contrapunctal

Research & Planning - Self Assessment & Understanding your Level/Grade

Understanding your mark - self assessment Research & Planning

Tracking your progress & understanding your mark- your blog R&P

Hi

These are the grade descriptors for the R&P. We have made a prediction based on the research so far on your blogs.

Below are the Levels and descriptions

Level 1 = 0 - 7 marks
Level 2 = 8 - 11 marks
Level 3 = 12 - 15 marks
Level 4 = 16 - 20 marks

Find the appropriate level and give yourself a mark

Then the conversion to ABCDE&U

R&P
A = 16/20
B = 14/20
C = 12/20
D = 10/20
E =   8/20
U =  7 & under

Where are you at?

What do YOU have to do to improve to the next level?

Evaluate your 1st shoot

Comment on your 1st shoot - what have you learned from this process

How successfully did you sequence create MYSTERY & SUSPENSE?

How successfully did you use the manual controls on the camera?

Were the shots steady & level & well framed?
 
Did you follow shoot procedures?

What have you learned that will improve your next shoot?

HOMEWORK DUE 4th October

For your homework next week.

In groups of 3 demonstrate what your skills in Framing, Rule of 3rds, and manual control of the camera by recreating the Dexter Opening

See last years yr 12 example

Here is the original version


And the storyboard

Location, Props & Costume You will need:
A kitchen stove/Hob
A frying pan, plate, cutlery
Bacon/Meat
Pack of eggs
A coffee cafftiere/plunger thing...
A thin white T-shirt
An orange
A sharp knife
Shoelaces
A hand razor & Toilet Roll
Fake blood/tomato ketchup

Here is a guide to help you with your Framing & Composition to refer to on the shoot

Lock Stock Remake Framing & Composition

Composition & Continuity

Camera Movement

Camera Shots

Camera Angles

Evaluation - Camera Strengths/Weakness of Students Films

Camera Practical Activity - Shoot the following shots

Camera - Creating Suspense, Mystery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukT5MFQsv94&feature=related

What is a Thriller Recap Quiz 28 questions

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Are you A Level yet? 

Fill in the missing words to check your knowledge at the end of week 3.

Characters in a Thriller

1. D - - E - - I – E or as in the UK we would say...

2. I - S - E - - O R

3. S E - I A - / - I - - E R

4. A - - A - - I N

5. T E - - O – I - T

6. - P -

7. P - - CH – P – T H

8. C - I - N - L 

9. S T - L - E R

Sub-categories of Thrillers

10. P - - H O L O – I - - -

11. - R I - E

12. P O - I – I – A L

The pleasure for the audience is to

13. - O L - E / T - E / M – S – E - -

Typical scenes you would would find in a Thriller

14. A - - A - - I N A – I O -

15. K I - - A P - I – G

16. C R - - E / S – E – E

17. M – R D - -

18. I - T E - - O G A - IO - 

19. A / M - - T - N G / I - / S - C R - T

20. T - R R - R - S M

Locations for a Thriller tend to be

21. I - O L A - E D 

22. A - A - D O - E -

23. C - N C - A L E D

24. A - U - T such as

25. - I - I E S

Mood/Atmosphere of a Thriller

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26. M - - - E - -

&

27. S - - - E - - E

NOT

28. S - A - Y (this would be a H O - O -)

1-5 This is a concern. You are not remembering what we have discussed in class or checking your learning. You must act now urgently or ask for help.

6-15 You're not there yet. You all recalling learning from class but your attitude to learning is still at GCSE level - you must put in more independent study time to be successful at A Level

16- 21 Good effort. You have made a strong start at managing the expectations of A Level with your independent learning & recalling knowledge. Remember this information should underpin your ideas for making your Thriller.

21-28 Impressive. You are thinking around elements we have discussed in class and have clearly been studying around the topic and applying your knowledge rather than just remembering. I'm expecting a good Thriller from you.

Now comment on your blog: Self evaluation

• How many did you get?
• Are you meeting the expectations of an A Level student by taking responsibility for your achievement/grades?
  
• How much do you know - how effective has your note-taking in class?
• What was the activity that stood out that helped you remember (watching student work, making the se7en edit, studying own film examples, or the mind map)?
• How effective has your 3 hrs Independent Learning (H/W) been? 
• How will you improve?

Homework for Next Week (W/C 24th Sept) Individual

1. Genre Iconography Mood Board
Create a collage of Thriller films showing the key Iconography associated.

• Props & set design
• Locations & Settings
• Lighting & Colours
• Characters
• Typical Scenes

This should be a mix of:

• Film posters/DVD covers of Psychological or Crime or Political Thrillers
• Capture Film stills from Thrillers Openings post

Remember - NOT horror (no knives or scream masks please!)


THEN comment in why these are recognisable characteristics of a Thriller - look carefully at the Mind Map from last weeks lesson and tie into MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

2. Analysis of Thrillers x (part 1 of 3) Individual
Watch a Thriller Film (There are some in the Library, borrow DVD from me or you can watch online) from the collection linked below
Top 10 Psychological Thrillers
Top 10 Crime Thrillers

Write a SPOILER review (300 words) about how successfully this was as satisfying the audiences pleasure in watching a Thriller
Refer particularly to the characters, the plot (what happens), how it ends, how it kept you guessing, created MYSTERY & SUSPENSE, and if it had a Twist. How successful was this at being a Thriller?

Post this to your blog with the trailer for the film & stills if possible

3. Look through the selection of Thriller Openings & explain to someone you know how you know they are a Thriller Film - what are the audiences expectations from what you have shown them? (Mind Map their responses on www.bubbl.us.com - you will be making this into a video next week)

4. Find a suitable location and photograph it, (don't grab it off the internet) to shoot a Thriller that demonstrates what you have understood this week.

Post All The Above to Your Blog by next week - we will be using it in class and I will be assessing you next weekend.

Animated Summary of some Thriller films *SPOLIERS*

Thriller Film Openings for Analysis (& Mood Board)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61UmlAVFWU

Suspense from the Master (Hitchcock)

Sequences that create Suspense & Mystery

Deadlines for Coursework

Hi Y'all

Deadlines for the stages of the Coursework to be completed and posted on your blogs

Module 1: Preliminary Task 12th October

Module 2: Research & Planning 14th December 2011

Module 3: Film 8th February 2012

Module 4: Evaluation 1st March

Be Aware - if you don't meet these deadlines results in a REDUCED MARK (as specified in the criteria - organisation of time and resources...the date of submission is recorded on your blogs so the moderator knows if it is late)

HOMEWORK due w/c 17th Sept

• Research & Planning Tasks Mod 1
• How to work out Levels (4-1) to Grades (A-E)
• Mark Scheme - know what success is judged by
• Titles Timeline Map

1. Email me your blogs
2. Identify the 3 stages of the coursework and how many marks are available
3. Identify deadlines and tasks due in Module 1
4. Identify & remember criteria for Level 4 (A/B grade)

Portfolio Research & Planning Tasks

Link

Student Thriller Title sequences

30 Unforgettable Movie Titles

30 Unforgettable Movie Titles

Breif History of Titles - Art of the Title

A Brief History of Title Design from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.

The Title Design of Saul Bass from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.

Mark Scheme - know what success is judged by

Link

Titles Timeline Map

Saul Bass

One of the things that Bass found the most important when creating a title sequence

“My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film’s story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it”

What Bass is saying is that each title sequence just isn't something pretty that acts as a way to showcase names, it is a unique opportunity to deliver another story to the audience. It could act as a prologue to the films narrative, a device to set the mood of the film or hint at plot twists that are only noticed when you watch it again (something that I find very satisfying), or a piece that runs alongside the main plot that sets the audience up for what is to come. Keeping this in mind, it is easy to see how important a well designed title sequence is for a film.

The Films of Chris Nolan

Titles - interview with David Fincher

Link