Production meeting 2

  In this we were producing our storyboard as we are in our 2nd production meeting.

First production meeting

In this blog i will be speaking about our groups which is currently me (Billy Martin) and Ufuk Ozgul.

This was out first production meeting in our group. We spoke about the each others ideas on how we are going to the first 2 minutes of the thriller, spoke about what we agree on as a group and where we could improve on each others ideas. What this allowed the group to do was think of different ideas which can be used in the thriller. What we then did was speak about how we were going to implement things like camera shots and mise-en-secene. This allowed me and the rest of the group to think about the setting of the opening of our thriller, the colouring, if there will be any dialogue and how we are going to implement a introduction sequence. This was our first meeting which was very interesting because we have been able to give each other ideas which will help for the next meeting we have.

Initial ideas

What we first had in mind for making our thriller opening is having a character walking into a warehouse and find a body on the floor. We want to use lots of high angle shots on the person which has walked into the warehouse, the reason for this is because we want the audience to see that he cant do nothing and that he is venerable. We also want to use tilt shots to show confusion of the character. As a group we changed our mind about using a warehouse, the reason for this is because there was no way we had access to a warehouse, so we made our choice of using the back of a shop, where it looks dull and darkish, this is so it has the thrill feel. We also decided to start of with the character standing by the body to make it look like he killed the person on the floor. This is so we can get the audience to ask questions like, how was it done, why was it done?

introducing our group

Introducing our group

This is our group who are working together for our media product, it consist of me to the right and Ufuk to the left. We was never apart of a big group as we felt we would get our media product created and finished successfully with just us two people. However, it became a bit of a struggle towards the end of the thriller opening as it was tough only being a group of two. Nevertheless in the end we managed to get everything done to a high standard as we tried our very best.

How to film a thriller

When filming a it usually involves using plenty of different editing techniques. As well as using different styles of sound and certain shot angles. When using different transitions between shots it helps the audience. This is because it gives the audience an understanding of what is going on and this allows the thriller to be smooth and following. Also, depending on the sound that is used the sound is able to create suspense, danger or even so relief within the thriller this is depending on weather it is parallel and matches with the scene. Furthermore, the shot types that are used within the thriller can help the thriller develop considering that the angle of the camera is used efficiently. As well as different uses of the camera angle make the character seem useless and vulnerable.




This is an example of a thriller opening. Within this thriller opening we are able to see all of the key elements and features that make up the thriller. From the start of the short thriller clip we see a efficiently used cross dissolve and this is used to take away a part of the journey. This makes the characters journey shorter so that we don't have to see too much of the character walking as this would be boring for the audience. Furthermore, sound is a major element within a thriller. As you can see this short modern thriller opening portrays the accurate use of it very effectively. Additionally, at the beginning of the clip where there is no danger there is the sound of nature which indicates peace and quietness. Nonetheless, once the man goes into the strangely, abandoned stone building all of this peaceful and upbeat music stops immediately. The cinematography that is used for this clip is used efficiently as it accurately portrays a thriller movie. Likewise, as the majority of thrillers will contain one of the shots which are present within this modern thriller clip, the most obvious shot which is in the clip is the close up as many of them are used to portray the key characters feelings at the time and to show that he feels he is in trouble without actually saying anything or doing anything outright the close up on the facial expression is enough to convey to the audiences feelings of the character that he feels as if he is in trouble with some dangerous movement.