Developed storyboards detailed

Shot No. 5

Shot Type. Close up

Action Christian picks up briefcase from resting place.

Close up of hand/ watch establishes charater, gold rings, expensive watch.

Sound

Diegetic sound of breifcase being lifed up.

Lighting

Non-ambient street lighting.

Shot No. 6

Shot type. Close up

Action

Close up of Joule's feet/ bottom half of legs. Bottom of briefcase 2 can also be seen. Joules is waiting to meet Christian for the exchange. The close up of the shoes/legs establishes his smart dress.

Sound

Lighting

 Non ambient street lighting

Shot No. 7

Shot type. Close up, tilted shot

Action

Joules is waiting to meet Christian for the exchange.

The tilted shot connotes uncertaintity, anxioity.

The fact that he is framed in a doorway connotes/forshadows that he is being framed/decieved.

Sound

Lighting

Non ambient street lighting.

Shot No. 8

Shot type. Medium Shot

Action

The breifcase exchange

Audience research results, graphs and report

Results from my questionnaire. I gave my questionnaire to 15 of my friends, 8 being girls and 7 boys.
In the research I carried out I wanted to see wether a persons sex and personality affected audience preference. My questionnaire consisted of open and closed questionnaires. The closed questions producing quantitive data which I have shown in graphs and open questionnaires producing qualitative data I have written in a report.

1 girl preferred to go to cinema city, 5 boys and 5 girls to Vue 2 boys to Hollywood cinema and 2 girl to Odeon. A question followed this asking why they preferred there chosen cinema, a girl who chose the most popualar choice of cinema, Vue said they preferred that cinema because, 'It's in the city centre and close to the bus stop, its easy to get to and meet up with friends there.' A boy who prefered Vue said they chose that cinema because,' It's in the city centre and close to the shops, close to pizza hut and you go for something to eat before.' From looking at why they chose that cinema girls maily prefered there chosen cinema because it was close to the city centre, one girl who said they prefered Cinema City said they like it because, 'It's really cosy, and unique, and often quite quite which I like, they also show films you can't see at the big cinema's.'

6 girls and 2 boys said they had a close circle of friends. 5 boys and 2 girls said they had a large group of friends. This question was one of the personality questions I used to get a general idea of the participants personality. Asking this question ment I could establish a link between a persons anwser to this question and a later question related to audience, 'Do you prefer to watch films alone or with others?'

2 boys said they would keep the wallet

1 girl said she would take the things she found valurable. 5 boys and 7 girls said they would hand the wallet in to a Police station or lost property. This was another personality question I used in the quesionnaire. I Asked this question ment I could establish a link between a persons anwser to this question and a later question related to audience, 'Have you ever illegally downloaded a film or owned a pirate copy of a film?'

3 boys and 1 girl mostly consumed films on the internet or watching online. 3 girls and 2 boys said DVD's, 2 girls TV - broadcast, satallite, and 2 girls and 2 boys said at the cinema. By then asking why they prefer to consume film in their chosen medium I could make links between sex and personality.

1 girl and 1 boy said a good review is most likely to get them to see the lastest film, 3 boys and 4 girls said favourite actor, 2 boys 1 girl said favourite genre, and I girl and 1 boy said if they like the look of the subject/plot matter.

2 girls said they where most likely to see, hear go to find out about the lastest films by word of mouth. 2 boys 1 girl said online review 2 boys 2 girls said visiting cinema websites, 1 girl 1 boy said advertising in the cinema.or listings, and 2 boys and 2 girls said trailers.

Written results

From the question, ' If you found a wallet would you ...? 7 girls to 5 boys answered that they would hand the wallet in. 4 out of five of both the boys and girls said they preferred to watch films with others too. One boy who said they would keep the wallet also answered that they had owned a pirate copy film and when asked why, they answered 'it’s free and easy'. This person also preferred to view films at Hollywood cinema and also preferred to watch films alone. From the question 'Where do you mostly consume film? 3 boys to 1 girl answered 'On the computer/laptop' one of the 3 boys who answered this explained that they preferred this medium because, 'It's easy to sit and watch a film from a laptop, you can put it anywhere, and I mostly sit in bed and watch films.' 3 girls to 2 boys said they mainly consumed film through DVD, all 3 of the girls generally answered that they normally borrow DVD's from friends and then watch them at home on a laptop or computer. The 2 boys and 2 girls who answered 'at the cinema' when later asked 'where are you most likely to see, hear go to find out about the latest films' answered 'trailers'. From the question, ' Do you prefer a film to have a male or female lead? 5 boys preferred to go see a film with a male lead, 2 answered female. When asked why, one of the boys who answered male said, 'Allot of films especially action films are written and rely on a male lead to make it good.' 4 girls preferred to go see a film with a male lead and 4 said female, when asked why one of the girls who answered 'female' said, 'I prefer a film to have a female lead because I feel that I can relate to the character more.' she also answered like most the girls that she had a small close group of friends and heard about the latest film by word of mouth.


Conclusion


In conclusion, I feel that overall the results gathered from our research have indicated my expectations were generally correct, and that a person’s sex and personality effected things like their preferred media to watch films and where to watch them. The results from my research have show a clear relationship between the three, for example, the bar chart of the results for 'Where are you most likely to see, hear or go to find out about the latest film’ boys where more likely to find out on the internet from cinema sites etc than girls; clearly shows that there is a difference with viewing habits with boys and girls. Of the people who chose to watch film online, the majority also said they has owned a pirate copy DVD this being most likely because they use the internet allot, don’t have the money to buy films, or can't be bothered. It was interesting to see that the majority of people who answered in that way where boys. The personality question I used in my questionnaire provided some interesting results for example the people who answered that they would hand in a wallet they had found hadn’t owned a pirate DVD, the majority of these people also preferred to watch films with others. My research has been interesting to do and I have found out some interesting relationships between an audiences sex and personality.

Auidence Research questionnaire example

Initial Research into the habits of the British Film Audiences questionnaire

Gender
Male
Female

Do you have a small circle of close friends, rather than a large number of friends?


small


If you found a wallet would you

Keep it


Hand it in to a Police station or lost property


Take the things you find valuable and discard the wallet


In Norwich which cinema do you prefer to go to?

Odeon


Cinema City


Vue


Hollywood Cinema 1 cheap and dirrrrty ;P


Where do you mostly consume film?

On the internet or watching it on the computer


DVD


TV – broadcast, satellite and cable


DVD – hired


Cinema

Why do you mostly consume films in your chose medium?


Arggggg its a pirates life for me. (Its easiest to watch)


What is most likely to get you to go see the latest film?

A good review


The film having well known and or you favourite actor’s/ess’s


The film is your favourite genre


Like the look of the plot or are interested in the subject matter


Where are you to most likely to see, hear or go find about the latest films?

Word of mouth


TV interview


Online interview


Visiting cinema websites (listings)


Billboards, posters


Advertising in the cinema


Newspaper and magazine interviews and reviews


Trailers


Do you prefer films with a male or female lead actor?


Male


Why is this?

Fits in with more action films

Have you ever illegally downloaded a film or owned a pirate copy of a film?

yes

Is so why?

I’m always skint.


Do you prefer to watch films alone or with others?

alone

Auidence Research questionnaire template

Initial Research into the habits of the British Film Audiences questionnaire
 Gender


Male
Female


Do you have a small circle of close friends, rather than a large number of friends?


If you found a wallet would you


Keep it


Hand it in to a Police station or lost property


Take the things you find valuable and discard the wallet




In Norwich which cinema do you prefer to go to?



Odeon


Cinema City


Vue


Hollywood Cinema


Why do you prefer your chosen cinema?



Where do you mostly consume film?



On the internet or watching it on the computer


DVD


TV – broadcast, satellite and cable


DVD – hired


Cinema
Why do you mostly consume films in your chose medium?


What is most likely to get you to go see the latest film?



A good review


The film having well known and or you favourite actor’s/ess’s


The film is your favourite genre


Like the look of the plot or are interested in the subject matter




Where are you to most likely to see, hear or go find about the latest films?



Word of mouth


TV interview


Online interview


Visiting cinema websites (listings)


Billboards, posters


Advertising in the cinema


Newspaper and magazine interviews and reviews


Trailers


Do you prefer films with a male or female lead actor?


Why is this?
 Have you ever illegally downloaded a film or owned a pirate copy of a film?




Is so why?




Do you prefer to watch films alone or with others?

Primary characteristics and conventions of film noir: Themes and styles

Primary Characteristics and Conventions of Film Noir: Themes and Styles



The primary moods of classic film noir were melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt, desperation and paranoia.

Heroes (or anti-heroes), corrupt characters and villains included down-and-out, conflicted hard-boiled detectives or private eyes, cops, gangsters, government agents, a lone wolf, socio-paths or killers, crooks, war veterans, politicians, petty criminals, murderers, or just plain Joes. These protagonists were often morally-ambiguous low-lifes from the dark and gloomy underworld of violent crime and corruption. Distinctively, they were cynical, tarnished, obsessive (sexual or otherwise), brooding, menacing, sinister, sardonic, disillusioned, frightened and insecure loners (usually men), struggling to survive - and in the end, ultimately losing.

Storylines were often elliptical, non-linear and twisting. Narratives were frequently complex, maze-like and convoluted, and typically told with foreboding background music, flashbacks (or a series of flashbacks), witty, razor-sharp and acerbic dialogue, and/or reflective and confessional, first-person voice-over narration. Amnesia suffered by the protagonist was a common plot device, as was the downfall of an innocent Everyman who fell victim to temptation or was framed. Revelations regarding the hero were made to explain/justify the hero's own cynical perspective on life.

Film noir films (mostly shot in gloomy grays, blacks and whites) thematically showed the dark and inhumane side of human nature with cynicism and doomed love, and they emphasized the brutal, unhealthy, seamy, shadowy, dark and sadistic sides of the human experience. An oppressive atmosphere of menace, pessimism, anxiety, suspicion that anything can go wrong, dingy realism, futility, fatalism, defeat and entrapment were stylized characteristics of film noir. The protagonists in film noir were normally driven by their past or by human weakness to repeat former mistakes.

Film noir films were marked visually by expressionistic lighting, deep-focus or depth of field camera work, disorienting visual schemes, jarring editing or juxtaposition of elements, ominous shadows, skewed camera angles (usually vertical or diagonal rather than horizontal), circling cigarette smoke, existential sensibilities, and unbalanced or moody compositions. Settings were often interiors with low-key (or single-source) lighting, venetian-blinded windows and rooms, and dark, claustrophobic, gloomy appearances. Exteriors were often urban night scenes with deep shadows, wet asphalt, dark alleyways, rain-slicked or mean streets, flashing neon lights, and low key lighting. Story locations were often in murky and dark streets, dimly-lit and low-rent apartments and hotel rooms of big cities, or abandoned warehouses. [Often-times, war-time scarcities were the reason for the reduced budgets and shadowy, stark sets of B-pictures and film noirs.]

Some of the most prominent directors of film noir included Orson Welles, John Huston, Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer, Douglas Sirk, Robert
 
 

Thriller film soundtrack ideas

Abysmo - The path


Taken from http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/


After looking through the site, we where looking for something similar to the Kasabien and Reservior Dogs theme we had researched.



Another strong track we are considering using is:
Hyperions Fate - Sunny Days Are Over
This was also taken from http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/

Thriller Audience research: graphs and report

The results from our questionnaire showed that the audience preferred mainstream films to independent films. When asked why they explained that mainstream films have good special effects, and normally have their favourite Hollywood actors. Our audience expected a mainstream film to have a ‘Hollywood’ cast and several big city locations. They also expected mainstream films to have professional, high budget special effects and big stunts. Our audience expected an independent film to have unknown actors, minimum worldwide set locations. They also expected independent films to have little special effects and big stunts, with more attention spent on plot, and a good soundtrack. Our audience expected a thriller films to have generally dark, urban damp locations and when asked about British thrillers they expected a location with tower flats, dirty urban streets, a working class/industrial setting. When asked about characters in thriller film they mostly expected the lead to be male, white and working class, with females normally being used as tools in crime. It is intresting that females preffered independent films more than males, this could be because males prefer a big comfy action film, whereas women a instresting plot with deep charaters. Males preferred action thrillers to all other sub genres, this could be eviendence for my earlier point. Whereas females preferred crime thrillers, this again evidence for my earlier point, that females enjoy a ingaging plot rather then an explosive action packed macho film.

From the research we have concluded that from our sample the audience preferred a mainstream film; the passive hollywood blockbuster is popular for an audience who dose'nt want to be challenged, and wants to enjoy seeing their favourite actor/ess and special effects.