Shooting schedule and Location Permissions

Shooting Schedule

Our shooting schedule is to remind us  as a group what days we are filming on, the times and were we are going to be meeting, on the shooting schedule it tells you the locations of where we will be filming and the times, a shooting schedule is to help us keep on track of what we are going to be filming and the timings. Below you can see that there is a re-shooting date which will be on the 19/1/2014. We chose the this date because it gives us time afterwards to edit the final pieces together. By keeping to the shooting schedule we will hope to have the draft copy of our opening sequence done, then we will be able to review it and see what needs to be refined.

Here is our shooting schedule for our group which we made, you can see that we are going to be filming inside school as well as outside on the weekends. We have chosen to this so that we are able to edit the clips we filmed during the week in school hours.

Location permissions 

Here you can see is a sheet of paper which is our layout for our location permissions, a location permission is what you get the owner of the place where you want to film agree to that it's okay to film in their classroom or property. Above you can see the example that me and my group

Script

Script

Below you can see the basic outline of the script between the two main agents, however we trying to keep it mysterious, so that the script doesn't give to much detail away about what is going to happen, so below you can see that the last line 'Even if he did no one will listen to him' emphasises that something mysterious is going to happen or that something is out of the ordinary. We chosen to include a few lines, because we realised without any lines the opening sequence may look unclear to the audience members.

Between the two agents.

 FOREST WALK
          Aidan walking through the forest as in the background he
          walks past 2 men who are discussing a very important and
          dodgy happening

       DAVE WILCOX
         "What are we doing here? its all
        wet and disgusting!"

         STEVE ROMAN
             "You don't wanna get found out do
          you! Now listen.... 'He' is in my
           house, he needs to be buried....
               Alive to make our point."

            DAVE WILCOX
                    "Wait! .... do you think that kid
                    has heard us?"

           STEVE ROMAN
           "No, nobody will listen to him
            anyway, he's one of the mental
             ones."

        RADIO SWITCHING ON

          Aidan walks up to the radio and switches it on, and on it is
          a radio broadcast of the news about a major person who has
          been abducted by unknown hooligans and they need any
          information that could help.

                              RADIO NEWS BROADCASTER
                    "...(manche)ster News, Breaking
                    news this afternoon we have just
                    heard reports from the police that
                    prince harry has been abducted by 2
                    renegaded anti-royalist campaigners
                    who are believed to be wealthy
                    members of the community.
                    if anybody has any information at
                    all on the matter go see your local
                    police chief. In oth(er news)...."

Casting

Casting

Casting, when casting for our opening sequence that we are going to be making, we have to chose the appropriate characters to fit the roles, firstly we need someone to be playing the lead role, we have chosen one of our group members called Jamie to fulfil this role, because he has the appropriate items of clothing already for the costume and he feels comfortable and willing to act in front of a camera. However when casting for the other roles we are going to look for members outside of our group, we need to find three more people, one being a bully, for casting the bully we want someone who may come across as not shy and a popular person in the school this is so the role can be fulfilled correctly. The other two characters that we are going to need, need to possibly look older than Jamie or are older, this is because the characters are based upon two grown men in suits that may come across as intimidating.

Main Character: Is a gothic teenage boy who isolates himself from society, and others around him, even when he is at home. He hasn't got many friends and comes across as your average teenage boy in school. However when he is out of school he changes into his gothic clothes and meets his other goth friends. The gothic items of clothing make the character feel comfortable similar to having a hidden identity. Below you can see the character of the goth teenager

Bully: The bully isn't a major role in the opening sequence, because we only see him once during the sequence, we are looking for someone who will be able to come across as the 'Cool kid' in the school and is intimidating towards the main character, we have not yet cast this role.

The two men in suits: For this role we are looking for two males, who appear older than they actually are they have to be able to have suits, and need to look as though they are mysterious, this is an important role within our opening sequence so we have to be careful on who we select.

Props list

Props list

Here you can see a props and costume list that me and my group have put together, it consists of the main props and costumes that we will be using, the props and costumes list is used to tell us what we need to get to be able to make our opening sequence look how intend it to. Also you can see it says where we will be using the props and where we are getting it from.

Here you can see a pair of earphones, these are the earphone which we will be using in the scene where the boy is playing his music through as he passes the men in suits, we chose to use these phones because they are black and represent the character who is a goths personality (stereotypically) These will be used when he is walking past the two men in the suits, where we are going to put the metalic music sound over the clip, to make it as though the sound is comming out of the ear phones.

This is a pound coin, the pound coin will be used as a key prop at the ending of the video clip, we chose the pound coin as it is usually used as loose change in the pocket of a person, the coin at the end of the sequence we will see the coin dropping and then the clip cuts out to create suspense. We will get the prop from a wallet because we will have it with us on the same day as shooting however we will make sure that we have a one pound coin on the day.

This is an example of a prop of a book that the main character will be writing in and on, we have chosen this specific book because it is a classic educational book, and it is A4 which gives room for the character to be able to do drawings in and this is when we first get a glimpse of what the characters personality is like. 

Character Profile

  CHARACTER PROFILE 

For our opening sequence we need to chose specific characters who will fit each of the characters, our main character had to be chosen carefully. We decided to chose one of the members of our group, Jamie Oliver, this is because he represents an average teenage boy. Below there is a picture explaining why we have chosen and the features of the main character.

This is our character before filming, as you can see he is in average clothing that you would wear to school or out with friends, you can also see the ID badge he is wearing, emphasising that he is in school grounds and not in costume which would be appropriate for filming. Also the clothing here is relatively smart casual. However for our piece we are going to make it as though the character is rebellious goth, therefore these items of clothing won't be appropriate for an effective opening sequence. This is because the item of clothing represents the wrong stereotype if Jamie was to turn up to filming wearing these items of clothing, it wouldn't fit the genre, so we have to spend time thinking what he will wear which is shown below.

Animatic

Animatic

An animatic is an animation put together of what you want you opening sequence to be like, in my groups case we have chosen to do a thriller opening sequence. In our Animatic we have included the sound track we maybe using (However were not entirely sure on this at the moment). Also what shots we would like to see the titles over, the animatic has helped us too see if our piece fits together, and if it would make sense to the audience, we also included fade animations into the the animatic, again this is to see if they would fit into our opening sequence and they did, which was a positive outcome of doing the animatics. We also found from doing the animatics the timming of each shots that we were going to include and how we would want it to look like on camera to the audience, the timing were easy to manage, as not many shots are on screen long because we don't want to give too much information away to people as we want to moving to create questions. The font that we chose was red, this means that it will stand out against the background of the opening sequence. The font we chose also aims towards the title 'Gone wild'. The font matches the title of the film because it is a rough font which then is bold to the audiences eye, however we have kept it small so that the titles don't take over the whole screen.

To improve the animatic and the opening sequence, the whole class watched it and the comments that we received are to change the music, because  it is too fast paced and doesn't fit the sequence, therefor me and my group have decided that we are going to look for other soundtracks. Also our Animatic was confusing to understand, as there was a lack of voice overs, so we are going to make it clear to understand, also this will help the audience to understand what is going on.

Story Board

                                       Story Boards                       

We use story boards so that we know exactly what shots we are going to include, and so that we aren't making it up as we go along, story boarding also helps you to see if the opening sequence will work well.

This story board shows the first shots that we will be using in our opening, we have said where we will put our titles of the production companies, so that we know where we will put it for the opening sequence. In these shots you can see the boy is at school and is finishing the day off, however from the story boards we can see that his identity is remaining hidden from the camera, this is purposely done because we don't want the audience to gather too much information. Then we have montage shots of him going from school to home, we drew them on the story board because it shows us the clear order, for example when he is putting mascara on it is only showing half of his face, again this is hiding his identity from us as the audience. We also put next to the drawings of what type of camera shots that we will be including. This is to make sure we know what we are doing, and planning ahead before going out to shoot. Finally we then see the shots of him changing his identity to a goth, however again the story boards show that his identity is hidden from the camera which is continued through the whole opening sequence.

From the story boards we can again see use of over the shoulder shots, which is starting to give use hints about the character, however from the story board you can see that there is a range of medium to close up shots. However we then see the identity of two men, who will be the antagonists in the opening sequences. The storyboard helps us know where the characters will be placed during the shots and filming process. The last shot showing the two men is important, because it makes us wonder what costumes they would be wearing, and how we don't want to give too much of their identity away because the convention of 'anticipation' in a thriller opening sequence wouldn't work if we gave their identity straight away.

In the final shots towards the ending of the opening sequence we can see that his identity is still remaining hidden from the camera, the story board again is showing that we will see his face at one point, however there will be use of a shallow focus which means that the radio will be in focus, however his face wont be. Overall the story boards give us a rough outline of what the shots will have to look like, for example the final shot, we need to have a coin spinning, however we don't know how we would make a coin spin on it's own so we put in detail of the shots we need leading up to that point.

Sound

Sound

For our groups opening sequence we have to chose a soundtrack that may relate to what we are doing me and my group went onto a website called free play music which means that they are copy right free so we can use them for our work. The following clip we have chosen is fast paced and relates to our opening sequence as it is fast paced, however we have said that we are going to make it less loud. The sound track that we have chosen would make the audience feel anticipated, as it plays in the first few seconds of the sequence itself. We chose this soundtrack because it is fast paced and creates tension, and it will make the audience want to continue watching. The sound will be likely to be used through the whole opening sequence, unless we decide to change the soundtrack to fit the clip.

Shot list

Shot list

Below are two drawings that I have made, these two drawings link to shots that we will include in our thriller opening sequence, I chose to do these two shots because I believe they are key moments that must be included in the opening. 

In this image that I drew you can see that there are going to be two people the one with the bag is going to be our main character, this shot is when the teenage boy is leaving school to go home, and then the bully of the school bumps into him, although it is going to be a quick scene, it shows you the status between our character and the bully and how he is an outcast to other school students. This shot will be a long shot so we don't see the characters full identity to begin with, which starts to create questions on who he is and then makes the audience want to ask questions.

This shot is the end shot, we are going to have a shot of a coin spinning on top of a draws or a desk, this is implying that it is in an average house, however with what has happened the clip before the boy is thinking, and the coin shot represents the penny dropping, which means that he has figured something out, however as it is the end shot the audience are left with no clear answers, and it still remains a mystery. This shot is likely to be done as a close up because we want the audiences attention fully on the coin and what it could be representing. 

In this shot we can see that the boy will be walking through the woods on his way home from seeing his friends, the fact that it is set in the woods emphasises isolation from the outside world, in this shot will be a long shot again reinforcing the idea of isolation from the stereorypical teenagers. Also it will be set at night showing a slightly eerie feel to the clip, to tell the audience that something isn't right.

 

This is a key frame of the boy who when he gets home he changes his identity to a goth, this is an important shot because this is when the audience start to understand a little bit more about his identity, the shot will be a close up of him putting his masacarra on, this shot will still hide the identity of the boy, but the audience will gain more information.

 

In this shot we can see that the boy is on his bed in his room, we get a full view of the room, we can see that there are rock posters up on the wall which emphasises the stereotypical view of someone who is a goth as being depressed, however in this shot it will be a long shot because we want to see the room. Also in this shot there will be a voice over, of what is going through the boys mind since he has just over heard two men talking about hiding a body. The shot is made to make the audience feel sorry for the character as though he is alone. 

This shot is an extreme close up of the characters legs, one the boys and two of the mysterious men who are in suits, this is telling the audience that something isn't right in the scene. Also the close up is hiding the identity of the men, this is important because we don't want to much detail given away in the opening scene. This shot also prevents us from understanding the scene to much as we want because a convention of a thriller film is to create questions in the audiences mind, and this shot help enforce this.

Audience Research - Voxpop

Voxpop

Me and my group decided to do a voxpop this is were we filmed some people who are in our target audience to find out what they want from the questions that we missed through doing the questionnaire. 



                        

From our voxpop we found out similarities through the questions and the audiences response, an example would be the question "What setting would you expect to see in the opening of a thriller film". The response we go was based upon dark settings for example, a forest, which was a common choice. My group have chosen to use a forest for the setting however we are going to put a twist on it, as we don't want to have a stereotypical chase sequence, therefor we have decided the twist will make the opening sequence more interesting. We then asked how you think the main character would feel in the sequence, we had a majority of answers ranging from scared to worried, our group then decided that the main character would be nervous and tense which is a mixture of all the emotions, this will be important so that the audience realises that they should be worried for the character. We are going to use a lot of leafs crunching (which was said in the voxplot) the use of leafs crunching makes the audience feel weary of what is going to happen if you have the sound of leafs crunching in a quiet forest is creates suspense, this is why we are going to use it in our thriller opening.

Film synopsis

 Film Synopsis

 

Aidan seems like your everyday common teenager who goes to school and then goes home, however in this film we are challenging the stereotypes, the main character who is a teenage boy is at school, we will have a birds eye view possibly of him working at a desk, however under his sleeve we see a clue of a spiked bracelet which could be hinting his true identity. He is always smartly dressed at school, however the boys friends are outside of school, he hasn't got many people who he can talk to. As school has ended the bell rings the boy goes home, however when leaving the school a bully pushes into him, we don't see the full identity of the bully because he isn't an important feature to the film, it is just telling us who he is an outsider to other school groups as he is intelligent but doesn't like to show it.

He then goes home and avoids walking with people, when he is at home he changes out of the school uniform and changes into stereotypically Gothic clothing: Rocker jacket, dark jeans, boots and bracelets. He isn't very close to his family he likes to keep himself to himself and dwell within his thoughts, and the stereotypes of a goth is depressed and always listening to rock music. The boy then goes out to meet his friends who are also goths. Whilst on his journey he decides to cut through a back route of a park, however we don't know much about his full identity yet, as he is walking he sees two men talking, however it is obvious that they are out of place, as they are in suites in a forest, as the boy is walking through he over hears them talking, what they say maybe something about a body which then  remains in the boys mind. The two men identity is hidden as they will be an important part of the film. This then fades to the boy sitting in his room, there will be a voice over, emphasising his thoughts as the line of what the men said sticks in his mind. We then hear a radio report on someone missing.

The boy then decides to raise the subject to the police, the police decide not to listen to him as they don't believe the him because of his stereo type, the boy then decides to take it upon himself and tries to figure out what is going on, he searches around the area until the men catch back the area and start to question him. He then decides to go to were they said the body maybe hidden when he arrives at the scene, however when he arrives at the scene he sees that the men are also there, when he is scene there is a chase scene between the men and the boy. The boy (Aidan) runs into his friends who  become part of the action.

The action then escalates through movie, where the characters life's are always in danger, the bully himself is sons of the two antagonists, however he is unaware of what is going on between his father and his friend (The two antagonists) as the action escalates, however as the movie is coming to an end, we are left on a cliff hanger, on who will survive in the fight off of a life time

Task 1 - Initial thoughts for thriller opening sequence

SPIDER DIAGRAM OF INITIAL THOUGHTS FOR A THRILLER OPENING SEQUENCE

Audience Research 1 & 2

Audience Research - Task 1 

As a group we decided that we are going to be carrying out a questionnaire for our research into what people would like to see in a Thriller opening sequence and what our audience would expect to see.Me and my group have decided to chose a thriller as our opening sequence, we are aiming that our target audience will be around the ages 16-24, as this is what most thrillers are rated as. We wanted to find out more information about the target audience. To do this me and my group worked on making a questionnaire which was 10 questions long. The questionnaire that we made was to give us more detail into what kinds of people like to watch thriller genres and to see if there was any link between the films they like to watch and the results we gained. We made 30 copies of out questionnaire, so the members of the group would each have 10 to hand out. The fact that we have 30 questionnaires filled out gives us a wide range of responses to the questions we asked, they were both a mixture of male and female. This was done so that we didn't get biased answers. 

Here is examples of the questionnaire that me and my group made, I am showing you the two pages so you can see all the questions. Through doing my questions I found out that most people like to watch horrors as it creates tension, this was common through all of mine and my groups results it was a common feature. Also I found out in the mis-en-scene questions, the audience would like it to be a dark setting, this is what me and my group have chosen to incorporate into our opening sequence, because a dark sinister place such as an abandoned warehouse would create a atmosphere which the audience have said they would like too see within our groups opening sequence. However another interesting thing me and my group found, most of the people who answered our questionnaires chose the lead role to be the same gender as them, however not all did.

Below you can see our overall results put into pie charts, we chose the three most important questions, and I put the results into a pie chart.

This is the second question on the questionaire, we tried to keep it as equal as we could, however you can see that there is slightly more females than males, this could make it bias however it is unlikely that the following questions. 

This was out sixth question on the questionnaire, you can see that there is a equal answer, this is showing that  people don't mind where the movie comes from, as some people may not know if they are watching a British film or not.

From this we can see that most people like to go to the cinema to watch movies as this was chosen to be the most popular, we can then see that DVD is the second important, this is interesting because the people who liked going to the cinema had action or thriller as their chosen genre, this is a correlation that we see through my groups questionnaires. 

From this chart we can see most of the people we asked often watch movies, this means that if we were producing a real film, people are more likely to watch it, also from our results we see that no one chose never, because are target audience is age 16-24 it shows that they all watch movies at some point. Around 60% chose often in our groups questionaires. 

This question was for the benefit of what we could include in our groups opening sequence, we found that Low key lighting was the most chosen option (which is dark lighting) this feature is popular within many opening sequences of Thriller films. The props that were chosen were mainly weapons which are things such as knifes and guns however, we aren't aloud to use these props in the opening sequence that me and my group are going to make. An interesting result that we found out was the dark costumes one, because people told us that they seem mysterious and gives you a sense of curiosity with who the characters are.

Overall I think from the questionnaire that me and my group carried out, we are going to include dark lighting this is a because we want the audience to feel on edge, also it was the most popular feature of mis- en -scene chosen by the people who took the questionnaire, so we have decided to include this in our opening. We also decided that we will have a slow paced soundtrack because we as well as the target audience think that it would fit the genre of thriller well because it is building tension and creating a mysterious atmosphere which is a convention of a thriller opening. We then discussed if a thriller opening has a specific target audience, we believe that thrillers aren't commonly aimed at females or males, so we have decided to keep our thriller opening sequence so that it appeals to both females and males.

Conventions Of A Thriller Opening.

Conventions of a thriller opening sequence.

Mysterious:
A convention of a thriller opening sequence would be that it has to be mysterious, by mysterious it has to confuse the audience members especially in the genre of thriller, this is to prevent them knowing too much detail about what the film may be about, a mysterious opening will make the audience want to continue watching, and it will put them on edge and make them curious about what the movie will be about.  

Props:
The props used in the opening sequence of a film would mainly be, knives and guns or harmful objects, having the harmful prop will create questions, and make as though there is intent to hurt someone, however we don't know if there is a motive, however it starts to give the audience an idea of who the antagonist and protagonist is. Also the props used shows who may have more power over the situation, giving the audience and idea, however they remain unsure, an example of the movies which are thrillers where a weapon is used are: Sherlock Holmes and Memento. 

Here is a screenshot from the opening from Sherlock Holmes - We see a prop of a gun- Creating a sense of danger.

Here is a screenshot from the opening sequence of Memento - We see the man holding a prop gun - Showing someone is in danger.

Making you think: 

 Another convention of a Thriller opening is that it has to make you think, by making you think the opening is confusing you and you have to put things together to understand what is happening, such as in the opening sequence of Memento, the clip is in reverse which will create confusion for the audience members. So the audience is going to become confused by this, also in the clip of Now You See Me, we don't know who any of the characters are so we have to guess who they are and what there purpose is, which makes us the audience think.

           The opening sequence  reverse shot in Memento, to create confusion to the audience.

Costumes and Makes you ask questions: 

In an opening sequence to a thriller film, we mainly see that the characters are either in two types of costumes, which are smartly dressed or causal dressed, the costumes are made to create a sense of normality, however by the costumes we also see who may have a higher status in the film, because in the opening sequence to Now You See Me, the first character is wearing a suite, however after we see the next character, they are in casual wear, the costumes can tell us about the characters personalities such as smartly dressed, may mean stereotypically they are smart (which is another convention of a Thriller opening sequence) as the characters in a thriller needs to be stereotypically smart and attempts to figure out a mystery, however this is normally shown in the opening sequence, because the Director drops you in a scene of action, it is done in the movies: Memento - Where the scene is in reverse - Now You See Me -Where we see a magic act being performed- And Sherlock Holmes - Where it is a chase scene - The fact that a thriller opening sequence drops you in the middle of the action, confuses the audience and makes you ask questions to what is happening.  

This is taken from Sherlock Holmes, this shows that the man is wearing a costume which is a suite, to emphasise that he may have authority, and making the audience wonder who he is. 

Lighting and Camera angles:

In a thriller opening sequence, you would normally see low key lighting, this is purposely done so that the setting hasn't been given away or to make us the audience think. Low key lighiting can also be used to hide some of the characters distinctive features, such as what they look like. By using low key lighting it makes us the audience want to know more about the situation or what is about to happen. Low key lighting in a thriller opening is normally used to make it unclear what is going on, examples of uses of low key lighting would be: In Brick, the opening sequence was darkened and as though the light had be taken away, the use of low key lighting in Brick is used to represent death, however we don't know how the women died. Another example would be in Memento, the low key lighting is also used to represent the death of the man. However in The Sixth Sense opening sequence, the low key lighting is used to create a scary atmosphere to put the audience on edge. 

Low key lighting used to cast shadows in The Sixth Sense, creating a on edge atmosphere to a Thriller film.

The camera angles that are used in a Thriller opening sequence are usually: Close ups, extreme close ups and long shots. The Close up and extreme close ups are used so that not to much information is given away to the audience about what is going on in the opening, because if you give too much information away the film isn't worth watching, examples of where the close ups have been used: Brick, where the womens hand is in the frame so we don't know much about her identity, which makes us want to know reasons to why she maybe dead. Another example would be, the close up of the light turning on, creating tension to what is about to happen next, however telling us that the basement is old, telling us that something isn't right. However in thriller opening sequences, they can use Long shots, however not as often, a long shot is usually to show a loose frame, which means that the character is alone or isolated from other people, this was used in the film Brick. 

Loose frame in Bricks opening sequence, to show how the character is isolated from others around him.

Sound: 

Lastly, in a thriller the soundtrack in the opening sequence tends to be slow paced at first however, when the action increases the pace of the music also increases, this is done to set the atmosphere that the movie is going to possibly be fast paced or to gain the attention of the audience. There are examples of this such as in the Sherlock Holmes, at the beginning it is slow paced and calm, however once the action begins the pace of the soundtrack increases.This is also shown in the opening sequences of other thriller films such as The Sixth Sense, Now You See Me and Memento.

My Genre 2: Thriller

Sherlock Holmes Analyses Opening sequence 

Camera work

To begin with we can see that there is some sort of pan shot across the floor, this is already making us wonder where the film will be set and why is it set here at this specific locations, we then move on to see a long shot of carriages being pulled by horses, the long shot here is used to emphasise the era that the movie is set in, which is olden times in England, the use of a long shot implies that it is a richer part of London because there are buildings there and horse pulling carriages, after this we then see a track shot towards the carriage, the track shot is telling us that the carriage has something significant to do with what is about to happen however we don't know yet. Then we have a close up of a shot gun, the close up is used to prevent us from seeing who exactly is in the carriage. However we don't know the motive for having a shot gun, whether it is going to be used to hurt someone. We then see close ups of horses running past the cameras, the close ups are used to create confusion towards the audience which is what the director wants to achieve through the camera work. 

Use of a tracking shot, following the carriages.

Editing 

Editing is used in the Sherlock Holmes clip to confuse the audience, so that they don't fully know what is going on in the movie at this point in time, an example of this would be when the men are in the carriage, and it cuts to a shot of one holding a shot gun, then to the other male character holding a pistol, the editing is showing that the men could be dangerous, however no other clues are given to why they maybe dangerous, we then see match on action, this is when the carriages are chasing after a man, we can see him running away and then it will cut back to the carriage again, this happens a few times, to emphasise how close the man is to getting caught, this is already putting the audience on edge, and therefore drawing them into the movie making them want to watch it. 

Use of the cross cutting.

Sound

In the opening sequence of Sherlock we hear the soundtrack to begins with, non-diegetic sound, so the actors and actresses can't hear it, the sound track has a medevil feel to it, so this can be telling us that the film is set in old England. Also the soundtrack is the only sound you hear during the opening sequence, however as the chase scene pics up momentum we notice that the pace of the soundtrack is getting faster, this puts the audience on edge and makes them want to continue watching the movie. Also there is a sting, which is on the character who is being chased by the carriages every time he is shown on screen, the stings sounds slightly more higher pitched than the music, the sting could be used to emphasise that the character is of high importance, however we don't know it yet.

Mis-En-Scene

In the clip we see that it is set in old England, from the props of the horse and carriages   they are specifically chosen because you wouldn't see a car chase scene in early England, as they weren't invented then. The costumes chosen suggest that the men in the carriage have money as they appear to be in well dressed suits, suggesting that they may have authority over other people. There is also use of low key lighting, this is done purposely to make the scene more intense because if it was in the middle of the day it would not create as many questions in the audiences mind, such as, "Why are they chasing that man" and "Who is that man". The low key lighting helps keep the scene a mystery from the audience there for making them want to carry on watching the movie to find out who the men are.

Use of low key lighting to keep the characters identity from the audience.

My Genre 1: Thriller

Now You See Me 

Cinematography: 

When we first watch the opening sequence to now you see me, we see mainly extreme close ups of the man performing the tricks, and example of this is when the male is showing a card trick to the female, we see that the camera work is mainly focused on his face and the cards, by using a close up here, the director isn't giving too much information away to the audience such as, where they are and who they're with, this is creating a sense of tension as you want to carry on watching to find out more about the movie. We then see a extreme long shot when the trick is reaveled to the audience, the extreme long shot can be also used as an establishing shot as it is showing that it is New York city, the Director has now shown the location, this can be telling us that the rest of the movie is set here, or that he is here on a holiday of some sort, the establishing shot does create alot of questions in the audiences minds, such as to why are they there and what is going on. After this we then see a high angled shot on the audiences reaction, the high angle shot could be representing that the magic act performer has a higher sense of respect now, compared to what he had before. After this we then see a zoom out of the poster of the next performer, this is showing that the two magicians could possibly be related in some way, or that he is going to perform a magic trick also. 

Close up of the actors face, emphasising that the location remains a secret
and that the clip is going to be fully focused on him.

Editing

In the opening sequence it is slow paced editing, this is shown when the actors are talking to the audience, the slow paced editing may be used to may sure that the viewers of the film are going to understand what's going on in the scene, and are able to fully focus on what the man is saying, this is shown in the card trick part at the beginning as he is talking it is slow paced, however as the end of the "magic trick"  is getting closer the pace of the editing increases, this is showing that the action is increasing as well as the tension of what is happening. The Director has done this so that us as the audience is drawn into the  movie already, and that we are going to know that it will take allot of concentrating to understand what is going on. We then see a shot reverse shot when the next man is performing my hypnotising the wife, when the husband and the hypnotist are talking there is use of, shot reverse shot. The shot reverse shot is used to show the facial expressions of how the husband is reacting to what the hypnotist is saying, in this case we can see that the actor appears surprised  the editing has been purposely done this way so we get a good understanding of what's going on and how each of the peformers (Magicians) have their unique capability, this then draws the audience in, so that they want to continue watching the clip.

This is the shot reverse shot that is used in the opening sequence.

Sound

In the clip now you see me sound is used to show tension and build curiosity of the audience, we can see this as a sting is almost used when the act of the magic trick was coming to an end, which is then building tension to see the magic trick when it is revealed to the audience, the sting stops, the effect of this is that it is telling us that something is happening which we should focus on. Also the sound track that we hear is non-diegetic sound, and is high pitch and slow paced to begin with, however as the trick happens we hear drums and the sounds pace picks up, almost to relate to how the audience is feeling about the trick. The dialogue used by the Magician, is a calm tone, compared to the audience, who have a high pitched voice to show that they are excited for the trick.

Showing the Magician and the audiences voice differences

Mis-en-scene

In the clip from Now You See Me, we see that the costumes the characters are wearing are casual, so their not dressed up for any special occasion, showing that it may just be a street show, the lighting used is natural lighting, because it isn't a bright atmosphere however it isn't low key lighting either, we see that the setting is set in a town which looks to be as though it is New York, we can see this because of the tall buildings in the backgrounds, the fact that it is possibly set in New York suggests that it might be a street show, I think that the Director has chosen this specific location because it is busy, and the opening sequence suggests that it is going to be about performing tricks, so the setting is purposely New York. The props used are the cards, the cards are important to the clip, as they are showing what the character specialises in. The prop of the cards also helps the audience to tell us what type of character he is and what his personality is like. However when we see the next clip it is day time, and there is use of high key lighting, this tells us that the clip is set in a completely different location, and the prop of the board with the mans name on it suggests that he maybe trying to promote his tricks, compared to the street performer

The Prop of the Cards in focus.

 The prop of the sign which is used by the second man.

Opening sequence clip

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