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Tuesday, 24 December 2013

planning:final idea

Title
life after death
narrative/plot: a little girl was caught in a hit and run accident by a teenage girl named Amber however when Amber thought it was all over the little girl came back to haunt and posses her for the rest of her life.  

Narrative structure

Todorov- Start, middle and end

Characters
young girl: aged 8  
named chloe
the antagonist
older girl: aged 18
named Amber
the female victim/protagonist

mise en scene

Lighting:
  low key lighting 
Setting:
We will have two main locations.
1) FOREST: we will use this because typical thrillers happen in isolated areas where no one can here them while crying out for help or screaming.
2) Bathroom: A bathroom is used when your alone so it can relate to the audience because next time their in their bathroom they will remember the thriller for that specific moment.
Iconography:
There are only two piece of main iconography.
1)Doll: The doll will be shown near the end of the park scene when the teenage girl finds it by her feet as she falls. The doll is also shown in the home videos so that there is a link with the girl and the doll.
2)Car: in one of the home videos we see the teenage girl receiving a car however we hear that a little girl was ran over by a car. the audience can link the car with the girl as to why its an important piece of  iconography.
Costume:
I will use typical costume that would be seen in a thriller. For example the female victim will wear light and innocent colours such as peach,white or yellow that represent her personality. On the other hand the antagonist will be dressed differently to the typical costume that would be seen because we want to confuse the audience making them believe the little girl is innocent but shes dark and evil when exposed.
Hair & Make up:  The little girls make up in the home videos will be natural and her hair will be out and look very young with a purple hair band and a pink cardigan. However when she is shown as a ghost Chardelle the make up artist will give a her a pale face with dark eyes to make her look evil. And her hair will be crazy and wild sticking up.
Body language and facial expression:
The actors my team have chosen have been seen acting before and we observed that they can carry out certain body languages and facial expressions which can have an effect on the audience. Both characters will have happy facial expressions in the beginning scene of the home videos to show the contrast of how quickly things change. In the park scene the teenage girl will have vulnerable body language showing shes scared so she will look sad and terrified within the face.

Film influences
paranormal activity
the unborn
6th sense
Why is the opening conventional to a thriller
my thriller is conventional to a thriller because we include all the micro elements the create suspense within a thriller such as low key lighting, dark intense sound and weird camera angles and movement.
What themes does your thriller present
  • Revenge: The little girl seeks revenge on the teenage girl for taking her life.
  • haunted: The little girl haunts the teenage girl
  • supernatural: The little girl comes back to like in ghost form
  • good vs evil: In the audiences eyes the little girl is evil and the teenage girl is good.

What response will you get from your audience?
We will receive a chilling response from the audience because of all the micro elements that we have included to make the thriller exhilarating. Because the older girl is a teenager and the audience are roughly the same age they can relate which can make them feel uneasy knowing that it could happen to them. We have a good plot and i hope the audience will see the intentions that where being reached while the thriller was being created.

Saturday, 21 December 2013

Planning:Mise En Scene

  MISE EN SCENE
Lighting:
 My group will use low key lighting when ever there is a very intense moment for example when the teenage girl is being followed through the park. We will use this to create exceeding levels of suspense leaving questions unanswered. It suits the mood of our scene because the audience is anxious to know who is following her or what might happen to her. 
Setting:
We will have two main locations.
1) FOREST: we will use this because typical thrillers happen in isolated areas where no one can here them while crying out for help or screaming.
2) Bathroom: A bathroom is used when your alone so it can relate to the audience because next time their in their bathroom they will remember the thriller for that specific moment.
Iconography:
There are only two piece of main iconography.
1)Doll: The doll will be shown near the end of the park scene when the teenage girl finds it by her feet as she falls. The doll is also shown in the home videos so that there is a link with the girl and the doll.

2)Car: in one of the home videos we see the teenage girl receiving a car however we hear that a little girl was ran over by a car. the audience can link the car with the girl as to why its an important piece of  iconography.
Costume:               
I will use typical costume that would be seen in a thriller. For example the female victim will wear light and innocent colours such as peach,white or yellow that represent her personality. On the other hand the antagonist will be dressed differently to the typical costume that would be seen because we want to confuse the audience making them believe the little girl is innocent but shes dark and evil when exposed.
Hair & Make up:  The little girls make up in the home videos will be natural and her hair will be out and look very young with a purple hair band and a pink cardigan. However when she is shown as a ghost Chardelle the make up artist will give a her a pale face with dark eyes to make her look evil. And her hair will be crazy and wild sticking up.
Body language and facial expression:
The actors my team have chosen have been seen acting before and we observed that they can carry out certain body languages and facial expressions which can have an effect on the audience. Both characters will have happy facial expressions in the beginning scene of the home videos to show the contrast of how quickly things change. In the park scene the teenage girl will have vulnerable body language showing shes scared so she will look sad and terrified within the face.