Below is my mind map I made with Chloe Presland. For this task we had to list the different jobs that are involved in each section of production, Post Production, Production, Distribution, Marketing and Exhibition & Exchange

I had to analyse the opening sequence for a professional thriller, to do this I had to analyse the macro and micro features seen in conventional thrillers. This has been beneficial as it shows us the features that occurs in thrillers, which will give us ideas for our personal thrillers.

I had to analyse the opening sequence of the hole, by looking at the different macro and micro features normally seen in conventional thrillers. This is useful for the preparation of our thriller as we get to see what features professional thrillers use.

Below is my mind map that Chloe and I created using the films, The prisoner and The silence of the lamb. From this task I have learnt about the different in a thriller and what I will need to use when it comes to making my own thriller opening.

Summary – Now You See Me is about four illusionists who come from different places. They all receive a card with an address on it, which sends them to an abandon apartment, where they become the four horsemen. It then skips to a year later where the four horsemen are preforming in Las Vegas and for there last trick they declare that they are going to rob a bank. Upon the discovery that the money really is missing a FBI agent gets put on a case to find out how they did it. However this becomes difficult as dark secrets and hidden agendas occurs. Through out this film they emphasise on the saying ‘ The closer you look, the less you see’.

Thriller Techniques

– Car Chasing

– Dramatic Music

– Low Key Lighting

– Shooting ( Guns )

– Plot Twist

I worked with a group to try and produce the following brief :

A continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.

This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

In this piece our group used the following camera techniques:  mid shot, close up, long shot and pan. We used these camera techniques to create a sense of dialogue between two people and to make the audience think something suspicious is happening

I have learnt to use the following continuity editing rules: Match on action, shot reverse shot and 180 degree rule. I used these rules to create a short clip of film that flowed together smoothly

I have learnt to use the following tools/techniques in Premiere Pro: Importing, razor cutting, cropping and exporting. I used these rules to create effective scenes that worked well together and to erase any mistakes that occurred during filming.

If i was to do this project again I would do some things differently, for instance I would make sure to film each shot multiple times to make it easier when it comes to editing the shots and putting them together and also in case some shots didn’t work well. Also I would make sure to follow the 180 degree rule correctly as when we where filming the shots we filmed over the wrong shoulder so it looked like the shot was flipped.