Narrative Theory
The first theory I looked at is that of Tvzetan Todorov. He believed that the fictional enviroment begins with a state of equillibrium (All as it should be, in a state of equal balance between powers of any kind). This is then disrupted in some way (disequillibrium). There is then an attempt to repair the damage of the disruption before a new equillibrium is reached.Vladimir Propp's theory indicates that there are a number of set characters with specific narrative functions that appear in all stories. These were:
The villain (struggles against the hero)
The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object)
The magical helper (helps the hero in the quest)
The princess ( person the hero marries, often sought for during the narrative)
Her father
The dispatcher
The hero or victim
Levi Strauss' narrative thory claims that all narrative stuctures can be shown as a series of binary opposites. e.g good v evil, hero vs villain.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Target Audience
I have been doing some audience research and feel that the thriller itself should be targeted at 15. A 15 is mostly what thriller films are aimed at. However the opening sequence that we are creating will be certified as a 12a as we want it to be available to a wider audience
Name ideas
We had a brainstorm about what we were going to call our film this is just a few of the names we come up with
Seeing Red
The Red Rose
The Last Kiss
Broken Blossom
Deadly Red
My favourite was Touched by a Rose becuase this anme had two meanings. A rose is Beautiful to look a but when you touch it, it will hurt you becuase if it thorns..
in the end tho we came up with the name MIS-RED the is the name of our character but it is also like the personality of our character mis-read!!
Blood Red
Kiss from a Rose
Killer RedSeeing Red
The Red Rose
The Last Kiss
Broken Blossom
Deadly Red
My favourite was Touched by a Rose becuase this anme had two meanings. A rose is Beautiful to look a but when you touch it, it will hurt you becuase if it thorns..
in the end tho we came up with the name MIS-RED the is the name of our character but it is also like the personality of our character mis-read!!
Character idea's
There will be two characters in our opening sequence. Our main character "The Lady in Red" is our glamorous, yet dangerous serial killer. We want to portray her in the following ways:
Glamorous, Mysterious, Elegant, Sexy, Pretty, Rich and Posh.
As we have almost no dialogue in our opening sequence - the only way we can portray this characters persona is by her appearance.This is why her costume will consist of a silky black dress, a red coat and red heels, making her seem well-dressed and wealthy. We also wish to give our character either a large black hat, or a veiled hat so we can cover her facial features, to add a mysterious element to her identity. We will also give her long, curled hair and blood red lipstick.Our Second Character will be the murder victim himself. He is a young male and we wish to portray him as being:Vulnerable, Misled, Naive Innocent.His costume will consist of a shirt or jumper with jeans and shoes
(this was writen my becky but is a group idea)
Glamorous, Mysterious, Elegant, Sexy, Pretty, Rich and Posh.
As we have almost no dialogue in our opening sequence - the only way we can portray this characters persona is by her appearance.This is why her costume will consist of a silky black dress, a red coat and red heels, making her seem well-dressed and wealthy. We also wish to give our character either a large black hat, or a veiled hat so we can cover her facial features, to add a mysterious element to her identity. We will also give her long, curled hair and blood red lipstick.Our Second Character will be the murder victim himself. He is a young male and we wish to portray him as being:Vulnerable, Misled, Naive Innocent.His costume will consist of a shirt or jumper with jeans and shoes
(this was writen my becky but is a group idea)
Our Idea
We put together an idea about what our opening sequence could be about, it took us about two lessons but in the end we came up with this idea-
There is a women in red who is very mysterious and we don't know much about her. but all we get to find out about her is that she is a killer and she allways kisses her victim on their cheek leaving behind a big red kiss mark.
this is just a ruf idea on what we are going to do.
There is a women in red who is very mysterious and we don't know much about her. but all we get to find out about her is that she is a killer and she allways kisses her victim on their cheek leaving behind a big red kiss mark.
this is just a ruf idea on what we are going to do.
JABD Productions
We decided want groups we were going in to make our opening sequence. In my group there is
-Becky Backer
-Danny Evans
-Abbie Jones
we decided to five our team a name so we come up with JABD Productions.
-Becky Backer
-Danny Evans
-Abbie Jones
we decided to five our team a name so we come up with JABD Productions.
Opening sequence
in media we have to analyse an opening sequence to a thriller film i have chosen to write about silence of the lambs.
Opening sequence
The main title sequence of a thriller typically serve to build tension and atmosphere and giving the viewer clues to the audience of what will happen in the film. the title sequence i am going to analuse is Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme. The film is about a young FBI cadet who must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help in catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
The establishing shot of the main sequence is of a big lifeless tree this makes the viewer unsure of what is happening in the film and it also makes the viewer think that the tree is important to the film. There isn't much colour in the opening titles. We then find out that the title sequence is set in woods which are very misty.
The camera then pans from the tree down to the path in the woods. The wrighting in the opening sequence is big and bold with a white outline and black colour this makes the title sequence stand out and is complete contrast to the natural back ground of the film. When the establishing shot starts the orchestral music starts off slow,this builds up tension in the scene and makes the viewer think that something is about to happen aswell as the non-diegetic sound of the music there is digetic sounds of the wild life in the woods and a bird squawking.
the next thing we see is a tracking shot of a women running,this makes us wounder why is she running and what is shw running from.This alos builds up tension and atmosphere in the title sequence.The orchestral music gets lounder and faster as the women is getting closer to the camera this is also building up more and more tension this is a good way the viewers tension and intrest to see what is going to happen to the women running. the womens breathing amplified this again is building up tension and building up adreanline for the viewer. the camera then follows the women as she is running as if someone or something is following her. this makes the viewer think that the women is being chased and she is desperately trying to get away.the camera then zooms onto the womens legs, running the music starts to get faster and faster and more aggressive. this again give the impression that she is desperately trying to get away from something chasing her. the camera the zooms onto the womens face she has a determined expression on her face, this give the impression that she really wants to get away. the camera again goes behind the women as if she is being chased. we then she an obstacle which makes the viewrs adreline slow down, we then no that she isnt runnig from anything she is just on some sort of obstacle course, the music then slows and isnt as violent as it was before.
A men then stops a women from running and tells her that her boss would like to see her. the man then turns around and the camera then zooms onto the mans face, this agian slows the viewers heart beat because this reinsures the viewer that the women isnt being chased by anything becuase the man has a FBI hat on. the camera then pans down a tree which says 'hurt''agony''pain''love it' this might show what is happening in the film.
the still unidentified women then runs into a set of buildings. this let the viewer have a sigh of relief that she is fine. when the women is inside the building she seems singled out becuase everyone else is in uniform and she isnt.
Here is a clip if the opening sequence
Opening sequence
The main title sequence of a thriller typically serve to build tension and atmosphere and giving the viewer clues to the audience of what will happen in the film. the title sequence i am going to analuse is Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme. The film is about a young FBI cadet who must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help in catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
The establishing shot of the main sequence is of a big lifeless tree this makes the viewer unsure of what is happening in the film and it also makes the viewer think that the tree is important to the film. There isn't much colour in the opening titles. We then find out that the title sequence is set in woods which are very misty.
The camera then pans from the tree down to the path in the woods. The wrighting in the opening sequence is big and bold with a white outline and black colour this makes the title sequence stand out and is complete contrast to the natural back ground of the film. When the establishing shot starts the orchestral music starts off slow,this builds up tension in the scene and makes the viewer think that something is about to happen aswell as the non-diegetic sound of the music there is digetic sounds of the wild life in the woods and a bird squawking.
the next thing we see is a tracking shot of a women running,this makes us wounder why is she running and what is shw running from.This alos builds up tension and atmosphere in the title sequence.The orchestral music gets lounder and faster as the women is getting closer to the camera this is also building up more and more tension this is a good way the viewers tension and intrest to see what is going to happen to the women running. the womens breathing amplified this again is building up tension and building up adreanline for the viewer. the camera then follows the women as she is running as if someone or something is following her. this makes the viewer think that the women is being chased and she is desperately trying to get away.the camera then zooms onto the womens legs, running the music starts to get faster and faster and more aggressive. this again give the impression that she is desperately trying to get away from something chasing her. the camera the zooms onto the womens face she has a determined expression on her face, this give the impression that she really wants to get away. the camera again goes behind the women as if she is being chased. we then she an obstacle which makes the viewrs adreline slow down, we then no that she isnt runnig from anything she is just on some sort of obstacle course, the music then slows and isnt as violent as it was before.
A men then stops a women from running and tells her that her boss would like to see her. the man then turns around and the camera then zooms onto the mans face, this agian slows the viewers heart beat because this reinsures the viewer that the women isnt being chased by anything becuase the man has a FBI hat on. the camera then pans down a tree which says 'hurt''agony''pain''love it' this might show what is happening in the film.
the still unidentified women then runs into a set of buildings. this let the viewer have a sigh of relief that she is fine. when the women is inside the building she seems singled out becuase everyone else is in uniform and she isnt.
Here is a clip if the opening sequence
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