Tuesday 8th November (Session 4)
Today we were set the following task:
"Analyse the opening sequence of three films of the genre. Make notes on camera work, sound, editing, mise-en-scene, narrative and representation."
To begin this we discussed the conventions of the thriller genre
We then chose 'Swordfish'and 'Collateral' as our two group thriller films, and to prepare a third film to analyse independently.
We created a grid with two columns entitled 'Codes and conventions' and 'Effects created' and twelve rows; entitled 'Digetic sound', 'Non-digetic sound', 'Camera angles/ movements', 'Editing', 'Lighting', 'Special effects', 'Costumes', 'Props', 'Actors', 'Narrative', 'Representation', and 'Title sequences'.
Over the next week we will watch each sequence a few times and fill in each section of the tables.
It is important to watch and analyse existing films of the genre in order to successfully create our own product with appropriate stereotypes.
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