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Man on Run
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Thriller Sub Genres
Action-Adventure Thriller
Disaster Thriller
Historical Thriller
Medical Thriller
Religious Thriller
Serial Killer Thriller
Techno Thriller
Supernatural thriller
Religious thriller
Rape and Revenge films
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Political thriller
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Legal thriller
Erotic thriller
Crime thriller
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'Man on Run' Thriller
Thriller: Man on the Run
Our group was given the task to recreate a 'Man on the Run' opening but a spoof version. Here is our synopsis for our version.
A large man is buying himself doughnuts for himself in a local bakery. He buys the last pack of doughnuts and walks out.
At this moment the large police officers walk into the shop while the innocent large man is walking out.
The large cops realise there are no doughnuts left in the shop and make a chase on the large man.
The large man is also a trained ninja.
The large man is baffled but starts to run away. The chase is now in full flow and it somehow gets onto the rooftops of the local shops.
The large man is jumping from roof to roof while the police look to another solution. Until the large man falls through a roof.
The large man shakes all his injuries off and runs to the canal.
By this time the police have got helicopters involved. The large man is still confused at what he is done, but doesn't want to be approached by the police.
A police officer talks from a megaphone from the helicopter screaming "Freeze! and hand over the doughnuts!"
The large man smiles and stuffs a doughnut in his mouth, throws the rest of the pack in the canal and jumps in with it and swims across to the other side and gets away.
Jump Cut zoom onto the doughnuts floating in the river but now soggy.
Jump Cut zooming out onto the scene including the large man getting away while doing flips over fences.
Cue Titles
Our group was given the task to recreate a 'Man on the Run' opening but a spoof version. Here is our synopsis for our version.
A large man is buying himself doughnuts for himself in a local bakery. He buys the last pack of doughnuts and walks out.
At this moment the large police officers walk into the shop while the innocent large man is walking out.
The large cops realise there are no doughnuts left in the shop and make a chase on the large man.
The large man is also a trained ninja.
The large man is baffled but starts to run away. The chase is now in full flow and it somehow gets onto the rooftops of the local shops.
The large man is jumping from roof to roof while the police look to another solution. Until the large man falls through a roof.
The large man shakes all his injuries off and runs to the canal.
By this time the police have got helicopters involved. The large man is still confused at what he is done, but doesn't want to be approached by the police.
A police officer talks from a megaphone from the helicopter screaming "Freeze! and hand over the doughnuts!"
The large man smiles and stuffs a doughnut in his mouth, throws the rest of the pack in the canal and jumps in with it and swims across to the other side and gets away.
Jump Cut zoom onto the doughnuts floating in the river but now soggy.
Jump Cut zooming out onto the scene including the large man getting away while doing flips over fences.
Cue Titles
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
The Birds - Continuity
- How many shots are there?
There are 13 shots during this scene.
- Where was the camera positioned for each shot?
All of the shots were mainly medium close ups of the body and there were some longshots of the corridor.
- Which principles of continuity editing have been followed?
When the woman walks through the door. They have filmed her approaching the door handle, and then put the camera the other side of the door of her coming in from the other side. It's done successfully as it flows really well and it also builds tension for the viewer at the same time.
2. What is the effect of the editing on the viewer? What are we meant to feel at different stages?
The effect the scene has on us is that it gets us shocked from the quickness of it. Also it's suppose to build our tension when she walks through the door and sees the dead man and we only see her reaction shot. This gets us wondering what could she have seen and also gets us slightly frightened.
3. What is the 'best bit' for you in this sequence in terms of learning new techniques and why?
My favourite bit of the sequence is 0:56 when she looks at the broken glass in the room, and has suspected something has happened. She then looks around the room only to be shocked by the man with no eyes! I liked it as even though it was such a quick scene it built up so much tension and the final shock was a big one as the man with no eyes looked very scary!
There are 13 shots during this scene.
- Where was the camera positioned for each shot?
All of the shots were mainly medium close ups of the body and there were some longshots of the corridor.
- Which principles of continuity editing have been followed?
When the woman walks through the door. They have filmed her approaching the door handle, and then put the camera the other side of the door of her coming in from the other side. It's done successfully as it flows really well and it also builds tension for the viewer at the same time.
2. What is the effect of the editing on the viewer? What are we meant to feel at different stages?
The effect the scene has on us is that it gets us shocked from the quickness of it. Also it's suppose to build our tension when she walks through the door and sees the dead man and we only see her reaction shot. This gets us wondering what could she have seen and also gets us slightly frightened.
3. What is the 'best bit' for you in this sequence in terms of learning new techniques and why?
My favourite bit of the sequence is 0:56 when she looks at the broken glass in the room, and has suspected something has happened. She then looks around the room only to be shocked by the man with no eyes! I liked it as even though it was such a quick scene it built up so much tension and the final shock was a big one as the man with no eyes looked very scary!
List of thrillers seen
Inception
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Fight Club
Terminator 1, 2 & 3
The Departed
Reservoir Dogs
Inglourious Basterds
Sin City
Die Hard
The Manchurian Candidate
No Country For Old Men
District 9
Snatch
The Sixth Sense
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
The Bourne Trilogy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
In Bruges
Children of Men
Shutter Island
Changeling
Casino Royale
Iron Man
GrindHouse
Zodiac
Lucky Number Slevin
Predator
The Last King of Scotland
The Butterfly Effect
Saw
Minority Report
Inside Man
Jackie Brown
A History of Violence
28 Days/Weeks Later
Running Scared
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Brooks
The Bank Job
American Psycho
Cloverfield
Matchstick Men
RocknRolla
The Italian Job
Godzilla
Valkyrie
Insomnia
The Rock
Phone Booth
Hard Candy
The Hitcher
Scream
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Fight Club
Terminator 1, 2 & 3
The Departed
Reservoir Dogs
Inglourious Basterds
Sin City
Die Hard
The Manchurian Candidate
No Country For Old Men
District 9
Snatch
The Sixth Sense
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
The Bourne Trilogy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
In Bruges
Children of Men
Shutter Island
Changeling
Casino Royale
Iron Man
GrindHouse
Zodiac
Lucky Number Slevin
Predator
The Last King of Scotland
The Butterfly Effect
Saw
Minority Report
Inside Man
Jackie Brown
A History of Violence
28 Days/Weeks Later
Running Scared
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Brooks
The Bank Job
American Psycho
Cloverfield
Matchstick Men
RocknRolla
The Italian Job
Godzilla
Valkyrie
Insomnia
The Rock
Phone Booth
Hard Candy
The Hitcher
Scream
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Door Continuity - The Accident
Compared to The Accident, how would you rate your pre-production, production and post-production this time around? Justify / Explain.
I feel that our door continuation compared to the accident was a major improvement as in the door continuation our planning was much more refined whereas in the accident we were so eager to shoot we didn't spend much time on the planning and therefore the script felt unrealistic. The production was much better in the door continuation as our shoot was much more efficient and quicker. Finally, our post-production was 100% better as our usage of Final Cut was much more professional as the editing of our door scene was very professional.
1. What did you think was the point to the activity?
The point of the activity was to give us an understanding of how to make the film look much more realistic and easier to view. It also helped us to understand the effect of flowing the scenes in a movie can be.
2. In regard to your finished sequence, what worked well?
We feel the smoothness of the door scene worked very well. It looked professional and was easy on the eye. We found that after each shot we had to give ourselves much more hang time as it is easier to edit when you have more hang time at the start and end of each clip.
3. What would you aim to improve about your sequence? What continuity mistakes can you see?
I would like to change the last shot which was the reaction shot as it is delayed and our editing skills were adequate however the rest of the sequence was very well edited we thought and were very proud with our final result.
4. What did you learn from doing this activity?
I have learnt how to use the programme Final Cut with much more ease and also how to film continuity. Also I think I learnt to give my self much more hanging time at the end of each shot as it is much easier to edit as there are no worries of cutting too much. Overall my group and I were very proud of our final result and got the hang of the task well we feel.
The point of the activity was to give us an understanding of how to make the film look much more realistic and easier to view. It also helped us to understand the effect of flowing the scenes in a movie can be.
2. In regard to your finished sequence, what worked well?
We feel the smoothness of the door scene worked very well. It looked professional and was easy on the eye. We found that after each shot we had to give ourselves much more hang time as it is easier to edit when you have more hang time at the start and end of each clip.
3. What would you aim to improve about your sequence? What continuity mistakes can you see?
I would like to change the last shot which was the reaction shot as it is delayed and our editing skills were adequate however the rest of the sequence was very well edited we thought and were very proud with our final result.
4. What did you learn from doing this activity?
I have learnt how to use the programme Final Cut with much more ease and also how to film continuity. Also I think I learnt to give my self much more hanging time at the end of each shot as it is much easier to edit as there are no worries of cutting too much. Overall my group and I were very proud of our final result and got the hang of the task well we feel.
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