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Editing 

Editing is the process of looking at all footage shot during the making of a film/TV programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it together.

Speed Of Editing 

in a film each scene may last a mater of seconds, or it could continue for minutes but the length of each sequence establishes the pace of the film moving the action along.

The speed of editing will help to determine the mood of what is taking place on screen.

If the audience  

Conventions of a Thriller

Thriller Conventions

In order for a film/movie to be classified as a thriller it needs to have certain thriller conventions;
Central to plot, which includes Justice vs Injustice, red-herrings , cliff hangers or plot twists
Sub-genres; which are usually mystery , crime and psychological political. 

Taken 2

 

Denotation
· Slogan “First they took his daughter now they’re coming for him”
· Character (Liam Neeson)
· Dressed like a cool ordinary guy with a leather jacket , holding a gun
· Two different types of background tone white and black shade.
· Liam Neeson written in white, Taken 2 written in red, contrast with the background

 

Connotation

Two different types of background tone –the colours used are very dark and dull, this reflects on the seriousness and significance of the story line within the film. The colours are also typical of a thriller as very dark colours are usually are grey, black and a bit of white.

Mise-en-scene

 The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing i.e. actors, lighting,decor , costumes this is all mise-en-scene which is a French word that means ' placing on stage'.
Mise-en-scene is everything on scene i.e lighting, colour, sound, background ,characters.
Things that should be considered of the composition of a shot in frame are:
settings - which is the location and environment where action takes place,colours used to light the action , exterior/interior,time of the day.
props- what is visable in the frame, where characters are in or out of focus.
acting- positioning of actors, interaction with each other and casting
placement- how all of these are positioned within  the composition of a shot. 
effect-

Recipe for James Bond Thrillers

You need a one part dashing , sexy and a heroic secret agent

an eccentric villan of equal strength 

James Bond usually has more than one gorgeous woman. 

exotic locations 

- this is a typical scene fast driving always with fancy cars and gadgets and its sexist because only guys are driving. 

Parallel / Contrapuntal sound

Parallel sound matches the action and is when the sound sound we hear should usually go hand in hand on screen.

i.e   in a horror film we are about to witness a murder or something scary , you would accompany fast tempo music with the action.

Contrapuntal sound does not match,amd we wouldnt associate it with the scenes on the screen.


Sound Bridge : Helps to create a smooth transition between one scene to another.
extract : Once upon a time in the West

Lighting 

Top Lighting is when the main source of lighting comes from above - highlighting the features , is used to create a glamorous.

Under lighting is when the main source comes from down below the subject. it is used in thrillers and horror films.

Back Light helps counteract the effect of the key light or creates an outline or silhouett.

Filler light helps to soften the harsh shadows that the use of key and back lights create.

Key light is the brightest and most influential. 

Sound

Diegetic sound:

Refers to the world of the text. 

e.g. dialogue, sound effects , music with a source within the text i.e car , bomb.

Non-diegetic sound:

Refers to everything outside the world of the text.

e.g. voiceover , soundtrack, titles, subtitles..

On screen sound:

The audience is can see the source of the sound.

Off-screen sound:

The audience can't see the source of the sound, it also enables the extension of diegetic world.

PSYCHO

Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 American horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Janet Leigh.


Phoneix worker Marion Crane ( Leigh ) is fed up of life, she wants to meet and be with her lover Sam (Gavin ) but they cannot get married due to lack of money. 
One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer, this seemed as the oppertunity for her to take the money and start a new life she has always wanted. So she heads towards Sam's work place with the money on her. During the long and tiring drive she got caught in a storm so she gets off the main highway and pulls into 'The Bates Motel'. The owner is a quiet young man called Norman Bates (Perkins)  who is dominated by his mother...

Release date: June 16, 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Joseph Stefano Cinematography: John Russel

Famous Shower Scene

The most famous scene featured in psycho is the shower scene, notorious for its screams and music. It begins with Marian undressing and showering as normal. The use of a see-through shower curtain enables you to see Marian, unaware that audience can see a dark figure creeping up towards the shower. The curtain is suddenly whipped open to reveal the mysterious, shadowed figure holding up a knife. The famous psycho music and scream from the victim is heard, and the killer stabs her a number of times before quickly making their exit. There is a high-angle shot, indicating vulnerability and helplessness, of Marian, and the blood in the shower. She clenches her hands in pain, and then the famous and extraordinarily dramatic image of Marian, stabbed to death, sliding down the wall. She reaches for the shower curtain, which brakes and she falls to the floor dead. There is a big close-up of Marians opened, startled, dead eye, which zooms out to reveal her lifeless face flattened on the floor.

north by northwest

North by Northwest (1959)

(Roger Thornhill - Cary Grant)

A hapless New York advertising executive Roger Thornill is kidnapped and mistaken for a government agent by a goup of foreign spies and is pursed across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Thornhill escapes, but inorder to clear himself of a murder' that is believed he commited he follows Kaplan(government agent) to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, throughout Thornhills journey starting with the train and till the very end he is helped  by a beautiful blonde Eve Kendel 

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