1) what is your favourite thriller film?
2) what do we like about thriller film?
3) which thriller films didn't work out and why?
4) if you were to make a film of your own what would be sure to include?
the first questions was to get a rough idea of what films these
guys have seen and what they liked about them, from there I could then feed
into the information they have given me and see why they like them thrillers,
considering that the age these guys were at is what our target audience is.
one of the films choose was "the 6th
sense" which was very well known for having one of the most remembered
plot twists. This was something that the members of the group found very good
and thought it made a lot of thriller films work, to have false endings and
plot twists.
Another was "Kieri" which was a
physiological supernatural thriller, which is actually kind of like what Soul
is pitching at. Saying that the girls supernatural powers was a result for most
of the action happening in the film and made it quite suspenseful in the end.
This information was very helpful so that we knew we should include a lot more
of the Xaviour as well as Grace's powers in the final film and let the audience
know how they work and what they can do.
The common answer here to what people like
the most in thrillers was what we said before about the plot twists and false
endings but also the cinematography and positioning of camera angles. I
was glad that they picked up on this so I could comment on how different camera
angles mean different things and interpretations. we would be sure to include a
lot of hidden meanings behind all of our camera angles and why we put them
there. Another thing was also the suspense and tension building up to jump
scares and intense action sequences that would surprise the audience
unexpectedly. to import this into our film we made sure that through out the
opening when Grace and Demi, the protagonist and antagonist, were clashing we
have the camera angles represent a power struggle between the two using canter,
point of view, and high and low angles.
We also talked about how some Thrillers
have a ridiculously false story that just didn't grab audience with either a
story that doesn't make sense or a plot twist that just doesn't make sense. We
made sure to take this into consideration and triple checked the story line for
plot holes and to ensure that the plot twist would make perfect sense but at
the same time not be to predictable.
I'll admit we did have to re think certain
scenes that took place later in the film to make sure it was believable to an
extent.
Lastly I asked this question of what the
rest of the group would be sure to include if they had to make a film of there
own. Again they linked back to the cinematography and said that is was vital to
include in any film, especially thrillers. This made us think even more about
camera angles and where they should be in comparison to the structure of the
story and character position.
Devon also commented on sound choice and
how important it was to compliment what is happening at a specific point
in the story. in response to this statement we carefully went through a
playlist of original pieces by an un official artist on youtube known as
SaberClaw and picked out 4 soundtracks out of 60 to edit into our opening at
the right moments where the scene is suppose to capture emotion of Grace's past
to the chase scene when she escapes to make it intense.
Over all we decided to take
the camera angles and story line into consideration the most to make
sure everything had hidden means as well as false leads but at the same time
still making sense. also we worked more on the storyline to work through it
thoroughly and ensure that everything falls into place while keeping the
tension of chases as well as quick cut flash backs.
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