Choosing the font

On the website dafont.com we were able to browse through many different styles of fonts.  These fonts included famous styles from films such as Transformers to fancy styles for weddings.  Whilst looking through the fonts we came across many that would fit our thriller.  However, we wanted a style that was quite basic for the titles.  This could show how you can hardly see them so you wouldn't notice them.  This leads back to how you wouldn't know that the kidnapper was the teacher, he was in the background the whole time.

In the end we found the font 'Basic Title'.  We thought that this would be best to use and the lettering is very slim but will still be able to be seen. 

Thriller rough cut

Thriller Evaluation Draft

Script for thriller

(Walks into school, to reception)

Detective: 'Hi, I'm detective Levine.  I'm here to see Mr Hunter.'

Receptionist: 'Ok. I'll just check the system for you.
                      (checks computer)
                      Ok he's just in SF1.

Detective: 'Thank you.'
                 (walks to SF1)
                 (knocks)

Mr Hunter: 'Come in.'

Detective: 'Mr Hunter? I'm Detective Levine.'
                 (sits down)
                 I'm here to talk to you today about Emma Gilbert.'

Mr Hunter: 'Uh.  The only thing that I know is that she went missing 2 days ago.'

Detective: 'So when was the last time you saw Emma?'

Mr Hunter: 'Um, the last time I saw her we was in the corridor.'

Detective: 'Where abouts was this?'

Mr Hunter: 'Um, just through the corridor, just by the main office and it was just general chit chat.'

Detective: 'We have a witness here that states it didn't look like a quick conversation.'

Mr Hunter: 'We had a conversation, she owed me some coursework and I was just reminding her, reiterating when they need to be in and the consequences of it not being handed in.'

Detective: 'She seemed upset, the witness had said, she was distressed.  I think, I think there is more to it.'

Mr Hunter: (checks watch)
                   'Oh is that the time? I've gotta go, I've got a lesson to attend to now.'

Detective: (leaves classroom)
                 'I'm still in the school.  Another potential witness.'

Mr Hunter: (hits Detective over the head, throws down hat)
                   (drags Detective into another room)

Target Audience

Social Demographic

Social-demographic is a term used by the media industry used to categorize consumers by ‘social class’. Social-demographic is used by companies when deciding on the target social class to sell their product to.

A - Upper middle class
B - Middle class
C1 - Lower middle class

C2 - Skilled working class
D - Working class
E - Those at the lowest level of subsistence


Target Audience
When creating a product for an audience to consume it is vital to consider the target audience especially when it comes to advertising.When deciding on a target audience the things that need to be considered are:
 1) gender                                           
2) social class
3) age
4) location

Age


Stereo-typically  young people are most likely to use social network and to utilize modern technology however  recent studies have shows that the fastest growing demographic on twitter is the 55-64 age bracket. This demographic has grown 79% since 2012 . For Facebook it has grown by 56%. It is mow apparent that all age groups are influenced by social media and by technology.


Gender


Research shows that a lot of females watch psychological thrillers because they enjoy the story behind the events that take place in the movie  , it has also been shown females like the intellectual side of strange psychologically challenging behavior that features in psychological thrillers.


Action thrillers are dominated  by males who enjoy the intense action however some woman who might find the main (male) characters attractive  will watch , this can also happen if a male finds the female actress attractive.

Survey

For research I made a survey to find out what platform people watch movies and why they do it in this way.  To do this I used survey monkey which was really easy and simple to use.


Click here to take survey

Analysis of studio idents

Studio idents are very important to films as they show the company that has created the movie.  Even though they are particularly short, they stay in people's minds and become very well known. Idents from companys such as Warner Bros and Disney are just examples of this.  Whenever you hear the music you know exactly who made it and so you know exactly what type of movie you are going to watch.

Finding copyright music

Finding the music for our thriller has been very difficult as we have found lots of great music but not all of it will fit with the scenes.

We have tried to find music on many different sites but the main ones we have decided to use are

http://www.purple-planet.com/  and http://www.unsigned.com/

and

http://incompetech.com/

We've decided to use some music that has been described as dramatic and tense.  Also, we have found an edit of a song called 'turn around look at me' which fits perfectly with a specific scene in the thriller.

During the thriller there is a part when the Detective walks out of the classroom and walks down the corridor.  Before the 'turn around look at me' we thought we could have a Dj scratch.  W put in the sound however, we found that it made it sound childish and so we didn't use it.

Title sequences

Title sequences are very important at the start of movies as they show the names of people who made the film and the actors/actresses that star in it.

Also, for example in Panic Room the actual titles could be shown in different ways. The titles are shown as metal like structures that blend into the buildings. This could represent something in the film and is also a good way of showing titles.

Throughout the opening sequence the titles are shown as these 3D metal structures that are floating in between buildings of a city in America. As they are in different angles around the buildings it makes it seem as though they are a part of the city, like they are really there.

Filming day

Whilst filming I took some images of behind the scenes. The filming all went very well and most of the scenes were shot in one take. It was a very productive day. 

Certification

'The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), originally British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films within the United Kingdom.^[1] It has a statutory requirement to classify videos, DVDs and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 2010.'

There are a few types of certificates that are given to movies.

Certificates:

U - U means universal which means that the film is suitable for people of all ages.

PG - This stands for parental guidance.  This means that younger audiences can see it however they will need a parent with them as some parts may not be as suitable.

12A - These movies are cinema released and are suitable for audiences aged 12 years or older.  Some scenes may not be appropriate for younger viewers or there may be use of bad language.

12 - These are video releases that are suitable for audiences aged 12 or older.

15 - Films rated a 15 are only suitable for audiences aged 15 or older.  This may be due to violence or swearing or anything of that nature.

18 - 18 rated movies are only suitable for adults.

R18 - These movies are adult works for licensed premises only.













Majority of thrillers are usually rated a 15 or 18 as many have scenes of violence and contain swearing.  

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