Thursday, 20 December 2012
Juno re-make storyboard
These pictures are our storyboard for the juno remake. We drew the pictures that we are going to shoot and we wrote what camera angle we are going to use. When we finished out storyboard we went out to shoot the re-make.
Monday, 17 December 2012
Thriller/suspense sub-genre descriptions
Action: a story that often features a race against the alarm clock, lots of violence, and an obvious antagonist.
Comic: a thriller played for laughs, whether through a spoof of the genre or wisecracking interplay between the protagonists.
Conspiracy: a thriller in which the hero battles against a large and powerful group whose true extent only he recognizes.
Crime: a story focused on the commission of a crime, often from the point of view of the criminals.
Disaster: a story in which Mother Nature herself is the antagonist, in the form of a hurricane, earthquake or some other natural threat.
Eco-Thriller: a story in which the hero battles some environmental disaster and often has to also fight the people responsible for creating that disaster.
Erotic: a thriller in which sex plays a major role.
Espionage: where spies used to battle enemy spies but now battle terrorists.
Forensic: a thriller featuring the work of forensic experts, whose involvement often puts their own lives at risk.
Historical: a thriller taking place in a specific and recognizable historic period.
Horror: a story generally featuring some horrible villain in which fear and violence play a major part, complete with lifelike descriptions.
Legal: a thriller in which a lawyer confronts enemies outside as well as inside the courtroom, generally putting his own life at risk.
Medical: a thriller featuring medical employees, whether battling a legitimate medical threat such as a world-wide virus, or the illegal or immoral use of medical technology.
Military: a thriller featuring a military protagonist, often working behind enemy lines or as part of a specialized force.
Police Procedural: a crime thriller that follows the police as they work their way through a case.
Political Intrigue: a thriller in which the hero must ensure the stability of the government that employs him.
Psychological: a suspenseful thriller in which the conflict between the characters is mental and emotional rather than physical until a violent resolution.
Romantic: a thriller in which the protagonists are romantically involved.
Supernatural: a thriller in which the hero, the antagonist, or both have supernatural powers.
Technological: a thriller in which technology is central to the plot.
Horror sub-genre descriptions
Child in Peril: involving the abduction and/or persecution of a child.
Comic Horror: horror stories that is either spoof horror conventions or that mixes with dark humor.
Creepy Kids: horror tale in which children often under the influence of dark forces begin to turn against the adults.
Dark Fantasy: a horror story with supernatural and fantasy elements.
Dark Mystery/Noir: inspired by tough detective tales, set in an urban underworld of crime and moral uncertainty.
Erotic Vampire: a horror tale making the link between sexuality and vampires with a realistic story and violence.
Fabulist: in which objects, animals or forces of nature are anthropomorphized (given human characteristics) in order to deliver a moral lesson.
Gothic: a traditional form depicting the encroachment of the Middle Ages upon the 18th century Enlightenment filled with images of decay and ruin, and episodes of imprisonment and persecution.
Hauntings: a classic form centering on possession by ghosts, demons or poltergeists, particularly of some sort of structure.
Historical: horror tales set in a specific and recognizable period of history.
Magical Realism: a genre inspired by Latin-American authors, in which extraordinary forces or creatures are in real-life settings.
Psychological: a story based on the disturbed human psyche, often exploring insane, altered realities and featuring a human monster with horrific, but not supernatural, aspects.
Quiet Horror: subtly written horror that uses atmosphere and mood, rather than graphic description, to create fear and suspense.
Religious: horror that makes use of religious icons and mythology, especially the angels and demons derived from Dante’s Inferno and Milton’s Paradise Lost.
Science-Fiction Horror: SF with a darker and more violent twist, often revolving around alien invasions, mad scientists, or experiments gone wrong.
Splatter: a fairly new, extreme style of horror that cuts right to the gore.
Supernatural Menace:, often featuring ghosts, demons, vampires and werewolves.
Technology: undertaking the expanding domain of computers, cyberspace, and genetic engineering.
Weird Tales: inspired by the magazine of the same name, a more traditional form featuring strange and strange events.
Young Adult: horror aimed at a teen market, often with heroes the same age, or slightly older.
Zombie: tales featuring dead people who return to commit mayhem on the living.
Romance sub-genre descriptions
Chick-Lit: often humorous romantic adventures of single working women in their twenties and thirties.
Christian: romances in which both hero and heroine are devoted Christians, typically focused on a faithful courtship, and mentioning sex only after marriage.
Contemporary: a romance using modern characters and true-to-life settings.
Erotica: also called “romantica,” a romance in which the bedroom doors have been flung open and sexual scenes are described in direct language.
Glitz/Glamor: focused on the rich and famous selected people and celebrity-like characters.
Historical: a romance taking place in a recognizable historical period.
Multicultural: a romance centered on non-Caucasian characters, largely African-American or Hispanic.
Paranormal: involving a supernatural element, ranging widely on science fiction/fantasy aspects such as time travel, monsters or psychic abilities.
Romantic Comedy: a romance focused on humor, ranging from peculiar antics to a amusing relationship.
Romantic Suspense: a novel in which an admirable heroine is against an evil force (but the romantic aspect still maintains priority).
Sensual: based on the sensual tension between the hero and heroine, including sex scenes.
Spicy: a romance in which married characters work to resolve their problems.
Sweet: a romance centered on a virgin heroine, with a storyline containing little or no sex.
Young Adult: written with the teenage audience in mind, with a suitably lower level of sexual content.
Research on a mystery thriller 'Memento'
Genre- a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Sub-genre- a subdivision of a genre of literature, music, film, etc.
The difference between a genre and a sub-genre is the fact that genre is the theme or type of a piece of media, ie. a book or film etc. Some examples of genres are horror, comedy, romance, thriller, science fiction, documentary, animation, drama, action, adventure, fantasy etc. A sub-genre is a secondary genre which is generally less obvious but still has themes and ideas in the piece of media. Sub means branched, therefore sub genre further defines it. For instance Rock is a genre and a sub genre would be pop rock, a different style but also is in the same category.
Thriller sub-genres
Today my task was to research mystery thrillers and one that I have looked briefly is called Memento.
The definition of Mystery is any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.
10 mystery thrillers
Sub-genres of Mystery/Crime
“The difference between thrillers and mysteries that there’s a puzzle in the mystery. If you can disentangle it, it will lead you to the answer.”
–Jean V. Naggar, agent
Sub-genre- a subdivision of a genre of literature, music, film, etc.
The difference between a genre and a sub-genre is the fact that genre is the theme or type of a piece of media, ie. a book or film etc. Some examples of genres are horror, comedy, romance, thriller, science fiction, documentary, animation, drama, action, adventure, fantasy etc. A sub-genre is a secondary genre which is generally less obvious but still has themes and ideas in the piece of media. Sub means branched, therefore sub genre further defines it. For instance Rock is a genre and a sub genre would be pop rock, a different style but also is in the same category.
Thriller sub-genres
- Action
- Supernatural chillers
- Mystery
- Science Fiction
- Disaster
- Techno
- Conspiracy Film makers/ producers think of the genre of the film before investing on it because it allows them clean investment opportunities. It also makes the film making a lot easier due to its range of generic elements. And the marketing allows to target appropriately.
Today my task was to research mystery thrillers and one that I have looked briefly is called Memento.
The definition of Mystery is any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.
10 mystery thrillers
- Inception
- Rear Window
- The Usual Suspects
- Se7en
- Memento
- North by Northwest
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Third Man
- Chinatown
- L.A. Confidential
Sub-genres of Mystery/Crime
“The difference between thrillers and mysteries that there’s a puzzle in the mystery. If you can disentangle it, it will lead you to the answer.”
–Jean V. Naggar, agent
Amateur Detective: a mystery solved by an amateur, who generally has a profession/connection to the crime.
Child in Peril: a mystery involving the abduction or harassment of a child.
Classic Whodunit: a crime solved by a detective, from the detective’s point of view, with all clues available to the reader.
Comic (Bumbling Detective): a mystery played for laughs, often featuring a detective who is unskilled (but often solves the crime anyway).
Cozy: a mystery that occurs in a small town or in a single home where all the suspects are present and familiar with one another, except the detective, who is usually an eccentric outsider.
Courtroom Drama: a mystery that takes place through the justice system—often the efforts of a defence lawyer to prove the innocence of his client by finding the real culprit (offender/criminal/problem).
Dark Thriller: a mystery that undertakes into fear and graphic (realistic) violence of the horror genre.
Espionage: the international spy novel, it is based less on action than on solving the “puzzle”. It is less focused on the traditional enemy spies than on terrorists.
Forensic: a mystery solved through the forensics lab, featuring much detail and scientific procedure.
Heists and Capers: an “antihero” genre. It is told from the criminal’s perspective of an execution crime or a planning.
Historical: a mystery that takes place in a recognizable period of history, with emphasis of the setting.
Inverted: a story in which the reader knows “who done it,” but the suspense arises from watching the detective figure it out.
Locked Room: a mystery in which the crime is told to be committed under impossible circumstances but eventually has a rational explanation.
Medical: generally involving a medical threat (e.g., a viral epidemic), or the illegal use of medical technology.
Police Procedural: when police officers solve crimes from real-life procedures.
Private Detective: Focused on the independent snoop-for-hire, these have evolved from tough detectives to the more professional operators of today.
Psychological Suspense: mysteries focused on the details of the crime and what motivated the person responsible for the crime.
Romantic: a mystery in which the crime-solvers fall in love.
Techno thriller: a development from the traditional thriller mystery, with an emphasis on high technology.
Thriller: a suspense mystery with more action.
Woman in Jeopardy: focuses on a woman put into peril (danger) by a crime, and her struggles to defeat or outsmart the person behind her struggle.
Young Adult: a story aimed at a teenage audience, with a hero detective generally the same age or slightly older than the reader, pursuing criminals who are generally less violent but often just as scary as those in adult mysteries.
Child in Peril: a mystery involving the abduction or harassment of a child.
Classic Whodunit: a crime solved by a detective, from the detective’s point of view, with all clues available to the reader.
Comic (Bumbling Detective): a mystery played for laughs, often featuring a detective who is unskilled (but often solves the crime anyway).
Cozy: a mystery that occurs in a small town or in a single home where all the suspects are present and familiar with one another, except the detective, who is usually an eccentric outsider.
Courtroom Drama: a mystery that takes place through the justice system—often the efforts of a defence lawyer to prove the innocence of his client by finding the real culprit (offender/criminal/problem).
Dark Thriller: a mystery that undertakes into fear and graphic (realistic) violence of the horror genre.
Espionage: the international spy novel, it is based less on action than on solving the “puzzle”. It is less focused on the traditional enemy spies than on terrorists.
Forensic: a mystery solved through the forensics lab, featuring much detail and scientific procedure.
Heists and Capers: an “antihero” genre. It is told from the criminal’s perspective of an execution crime or a planning.
Historical: a mystery that takes place in a recognizable period of history, with emphasis of the setting.
Inverted: a story in which the reader knows “who done it,” but the suspense arises from watching the detective figure it out.
Locked Room: a mystery in which the crime is told to be committed under impossible circumstances but eventually has a rational explanation.
Medical: generally involving a medical threat (e.g., a viral epidemic), or the illegal use of medical technology.
Police Procedural: when police officers solve crimes from real-life procedures.
Private Detective: Focused on the independent snoop-for-hire, these have evolved from tough detectives to the more professional operators of today.
Psychological Suspense: mysteries focused on the details of the crime and what motivated the person responsible for the crime.
Romantic: a mystery in which the crime-solvers fall in love.
Techno thriller: a development from the traditional thriller mystery, with an emphasis on high technology.
Thriller: a suspense mystery with more action.
Woman in Jeopardy: focuses on a woman put into peril (danger) by a crime, and her struggles to defeat or outsmart the person behind her struggle.
Young Adult: a story aimed at a teenage audience, with a hero detective generally the same age or slightly older than the reader, pursuing criminals who are generally less violent but often just as scary as those in adult mysteries.
Memento is considered to be the best mystery thriller of all time, it is directed by Christopher Nolan. The plot is about a Guy Pierce who stars as Leonard Shelby, a man with short-term memory loss who hunts to find the person responsible for murdering his wife. The movie is told in reverse order, starting at the end and finishing at the beginning. The colour sequence is in chronological order, the sequence starts in black and white and then smoothly goes on to colour.
One thing that I particularly like about the film is the fact that it begins with the protagonist's wife already being dead and the audience finds out at the end how she died. I think that Group 7 should definitely incorporate this idea into our thriller to make it different to the other thrillers.
Now that I have looked at various thriller sub-genres I particularly like the romantic thriller and I believe that, that could be the sub-genre for my thriller opening however I am aware that it is very hard to successfully make it into one. Which is probably why there are few romantic thrillers in cinemas. I have chosen to do the romantic thriller sub-genre because I absolutely love romance, romantic comedies etc. and that is what appeals to me than the others.
Now that I have looked at various thriller sub-genres I particularly like the romantic thriller and I believe that, that could be the sub-genre for my thriller opening however I am aware that it is very hard to successfully make it into one. Which is probably why there are few romantic thrillers in cinemas. I have chosen to do the romantic thriller sub-genre because I absolutely love romance, romantic comedies etc. and that is what appeals to me than the others.
Research - Psychological Thrillers
Psychological - Thrillers
Involve the brain, not just the senses. There is heavy focus on the unstable emotional states of characters and they incorporate elements of mystery, horror and Drama genres also.
Psychological – The mind or processes of the mind. Sometimes the suspense comes from within one character where characters must resolve conflicts with their own minds, to understand something that has happened to them. These conflicts are made more vivid with physical expressions of the conflict in the means of either physical manifestations, or torsions of the characters.
Psychological Thriller – Characters are no longer reliant on physical strength to overcome their brutish enemies but are reliant on their mental resources.
The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the other's mental state
Key Techniques to use in the genre of a Psychological Thriller
Stream of consciousness – In psychological thrillers, the narrative usually tries to manifest the character's psyche through word usage, descriptions, or visuals.
First-person narrative – a literary technique in which the story is narrated by one or more of the characters, who explicitly refers to him or herself in the first person, that is, "I". This direct involvement that the characters have with the story in turn makes the reader more involved with the characters themselves, and thus able to understand the mechanics of the characters' minds. This technique is often paired with the concept of the unreliable narrator.
Back-story – the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story. This deepens the psychological aspect of the story since the reader is able to more fully understand the character; more specifically, what the character's motivations are and how his past has shaped his current cognitive perceptions.
First-person narrative – a literary technique in which the story is narrated by one or more of the characters, who explicitly refers to him or herself in the first person, that is, "I". This direct involvement that the characters have with the story in turn makes the reader more involved with the characters themselves, and thus able to understand the mechanics of the characters' minds. This technique is often paired with the concept of the unreliable narrator.
Back-story – the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story. This deepens the psychological aspect of the story since the reader is able to more fully understand the character; more specifically, what the character's motivations are and how his past has shaped his current cognitive perceptions.
15 Psychological - Thrillers
The Talented Mr Ripley - Anthony Minghella, 1999
Fatal Attraction - Adrian Lyne, 1987
The Game - David
Fincher, 1997
Cape Fear - Martin
Scorsese, 1991
American Psycho - Mary Harron, 2000
Les Diaboliques - Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955
Straw Dogs - Sam
Peckinpah, 1971
Play Misty for Me - Clint Eastwood, 1971
The Usual Suspects - Bryan Singer, 1995
Memento - Christopher
Nolan, 2000
Se7en - David
Fincher, 1995
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese, 1976
The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer, 1962
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock, 1954
Silence
of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme, 1991
Silence of the Lambs
Clarice
Starling, a young intelligent FBI trainee, has been sent to the Batlimore state
hospital for the Criminally insane to interview an inmate Dr. Hannibal – the
cannibal – Lecter. A brilliant and renowned psychiatrist turned serial killer.
She must match wits with Lecter to gain clues in the search for “Buffalo Bill”
– an unknown psychopathic serial killer.
Research on romance thriller.
I will be researching romantic thrillers. Romantic thrillers is a genre which consists of sub genres; in this case thriller will be the genre and romance will be the sub-genre.
An example of a romantic thriller would be: Mr&Mrs Smith. The film is thriller however has elements of a romantic film.
This is the official trailer of Mr and Mrs Smith. We can clearly see the elements of the thriller aspects of the film. The music that is used highlights the fact that this is a thriller as well as the actions, props and explosions. The words that are also used in this trailer such as: ' assassins ' connote the genre; thriller. All these show that the film is triller.
However on the other hand we can clearly identify that one of the sub-genres are romance. We understand that there is some romance as mr and mrs smith are married and this is clearly shown through the title of the film as the term of address suggest that they are married. The way that they address each other also suggest that there is some romance in their marriage.
For example: 'Baby' and 'Hunny' suggests the romance that is in their marriage. Additionally their actions suggest the romance sine we see them dancing together and kissing.
An example of a romantic thriller would be: Mr&Mrs Smith. The film is thriller however has elements of a romantic film.
However on the other hand we can clearly identify that one of the sub-genres are romance. We understand that there is some romance as mr and mrs smith are married and this is clearly shown through the title of the film as the term of address suggest that they are married. The way that they address each other also suggest that there is some romance in their marriage.
For example: 'Baby' and 'Hunny' suggests the romance that is in their marriage. Additionally their actions suggest the romance sine we see them dancing together and kissing.
Subgenres: Horror vs Thriller
Horror vs. Thriller
Examples of Horror films:
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Freddy Krueger, an evil being from another world, stalks a group of teenagers and kills them through their dreams.
Saw - Two men are held hostage by a psychopath, who is set on teaching his victims the value of life by putting them into demented life or death games.
Friday the 13th - While trying to re-open a summer camp, a group of camp counselors are mysteriously murdered by a machete swinging slasher.
Sub-genres of Horror:
Comedy-Horror
Comedy-Horror combines comedy with traditional horror movie themes and characters. Because of the subject matter, Comedy-Horror films can cross over into the Black Comedy sub-genre. Comedy-Horror films aim to scare the audience, but also provide comical outlets that let the audience laugh at their fear.
Examples: Beetlejuice, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead.
Teen-Horror
Teen-Horror is a sub-genre that revolves completely around a teenager or a group of teenagers. Typically, these movies have a large cast and a clear hero or heroine. Teen-Horror films often play upon traditional teenage issues, such as dating and prom, and turn them into suspenseful and thrilling situations.
Examples: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Monster-Horror
A Monster film is sub-genre of Horror that centers on a struggle between human beings and a monster(s). Often, the monster in the film has been created in an “experiment gone wrong.” The monster usually serves as a villain, and the film portrays a hero or heroine that ultimately saves the world from the monster. Although these movies commonly fall into the Horror genre, Monster films have a long tradition within Science-Fiction and Fantasy film as well.
Examples: Aliens, Godzilla, Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Slasher
Slasher film is a sub-genre of Horror film that revolves around a psychopathic killer. This killer stalks and murders his victims in extremely violent and memorable ways. Though it centers on a specific killer, the violence is what sets Slasher films apart from other horror films. A Slasher film will devote more screen time to portray murder and mayhem than a traditional Horror film.
Examples: Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Black Christmas.
Supernatural-Horror
Supernatural-Horror film is a sub-genre that includes ghosts, demons, or other depictions of supernatural occurrences. Often, Supernatural-Horror films combine elements of religion into the plot. Common themes in Supernatural-Horror films include the afterlife, the devil, and demonic possession. Unlike Religious Thrillers, Supernatural-Horror films are not limited to specific religious elements and can contain more vivid and gruesome violence.
Examples: The Exorcist, The Ring, The Omen.
Zombie-Horror
Zombie film is a sub-genre of Horror film that portrays mindless human beings who are raised from the dead. These films often include a Zombie invasion, and center around Zombies feasting on human flesh. The plot of a Zombie film then revolves around the struggle between the living, and the living-dead. Zombie film not only falls into the Horror genre, but Sci-Fi, Thriller, and Comedy as well.
Examples: Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later.
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