Thriller

The definition of a thriller is a type of genre which included lots of sub genres. A thriller is a Meta genre. The thriller relies on intricacy of plot to create fear, apprehension and suspense in the hearts and minds of the audience. There are many different sub genres for example crime thriller, action thriller (the transporter), spy thriller( the lives of others), conspiracy thriller, Eco-thriller, medical thrillers etc.







In a thriller it is meant to thrill and build tension leaving the audience in suspense it is meant to be fast moving and frequent action. A Thriller is meant to cause discomfort and be able to Pierce the audience comfort zone. The audience also needs to experience a sense of ambivalence.

Final cut pro

Final cut pro is a software package we run it on G5 macs. This is a non linear editing package. Final cut pro is a time line based piece of softwear. we learned how to use final cut pro we learned all about the final cut server. this is a system that allows your project to be checked in and out to a separate server this is a safety system so it is hard to loose work if a server goes down. this is a safe and reliable way of not loosing work. After we learned all about the final cut server we logged all our rushes. this mean logging our filmed material. then we selected the best of our shots and marking an in point and out point. we placed all our shots in chronological order on the time line. then we trimmed and cut them to create the illusion of simultaneous event.

Prelim task evalutation

The location we where give was a classroom this was a good location for what we wanted to to shoot. this location worked for us as we needed a desk and a hard uncomfortable chair the room was dark and there was only one light on which created a nice dark room which was perfect for our recording. my role was being the male actor in the shoot this was good because we have all worked together and we all knew what we wanted and it made it run smoother instead of bringing others in. the lighting effect we had was going was half our shot was in light and it faded out and this made a more dramatic in put on the scene.

Introduction to blogs

We had a short introduction to blogger. This involved of use getting to grip with how to create a wall post and how to add an image on to it. Firstly we began by writing a little introduction about ourselves and then we started to add photo’s of friends out of school. We also where told to change the back ground of our wall to make it unique. In the first lesson we where given a couple of minutes to look around the website and see what other people have done in the past. I like using my blog because it shows what I have been up to and is open to most people to view.

Introduction to the studio

We worked in the studio. It was based on a interview for t4. We had one camera which was centred with both subjects in focus. The lighting set was that we had three lights out and they were based in front of the subjects one had a blue filter on it which toned down the strength of the white light. The two subject where angled in to face each other. We had to try and minimalism head spaces because this draws the attention away from the people interviewing. This was good practise to under stand how to film in a studio environment. It has to be silent when the camera is rolling and after you have to turn of the lights other wise the subjects will get really hot as the light give out a lot of heat

Introduction to camera and tripod

Our first lesson using the PD170 video cameras was full of information. We where told to construct the cartoni delta tripod. This involved getting it out of the travel bag and pulls the legs apart. Then we where told to get the PD170 out of the box and mount it on the cartoni delta tripod. We where shown how to fix the battery onto the camera. We where shown how to bubble the tripod this consisted of loosening the nut under the mounting block and you would movie it until the split-levels bubble was in the middle this shows that the camera was level. Then we where told how to change the settings on the camera for different types of light.

Introduction to Photoshop

In our first Photoshop lesson we look at all the basics for example what the tools did to an image. We then where told to take some still camera shots in groups. After doing this task we loaded them up and played around with the tools to make new image for example liquefying the image so it looks like it has running of the page. We were told to make a movie poster in Photoshop. I used the dodge to make the image have no facial features apart form his eyes and mouth. I enjoyed using Photoshop as it is a useful to make posters.