Thriller Film Setting...

I took this photo as a setting of a Thriller film, I believe it would be suitable because it looks mysterious and is used by people form the adult world. Also the way in which the lighting is aranged makes the audience suspicious and makes the platform look creepy.

Iconography Mood Board

This mood board shows the differnt iconography types in thriller films, here you can see the different shots used; long shots, close ups etc, you can also see the different props used and the different lighting effects. you can see there are alot of close up shots on the props drawing your eye towards it, also the lighting is very dark and dim, setting the scene for a thriller, any lights used are very bright and straight across the screen.

Analysis of Thrillers....SPOILER!!

During the last week I have watched the ever so famous thriller film Se7en and what a good film it was!
It starts out showing us an average day of detective Somerset played by Morgan Freeman. We see the gruesome sights he views on a regular basis, then comes the opening title sequence where the credits roll and the movie reel cuts and gets played backward, it also burns, and every other horrible thing imaginable whilst showing close-ups of the killer preparing his evil scheme. Very, very effective.

The film is very dark, in spirit and in lighting. It is raining in every scene except the end scene, and the lighting in general is dim and dreary giving a depressive atmosphere. After the credits roll we see Somerset meeting his new partner David Mills, played by Brad Pitt, as they are assigned to investigate the murder of a very obese man. We find out that someone had force fed him to eat spaghetti until he bursts with his hands and feet secured by chicken wire.

We then see the detectives work together, despite their differences, and as they unveil more victims of these strange and cruel deaths...we start to realise the killer is acting on the "Seven Deadly Sins." As each victim suffers whatever sin they chose in life. The obese man committed gluttony, then we meet a lawyer who is killed by greed, the next a hooker killed by lust, a model by pride, and a drug user by sloth. We don't see any on-screen violence, but the way in which the director portrays each killing effectively gives us chills, by allowing us to see what has already happened and trying to figure out the amount of pain and torture the victim has gone through. Keeping the audience guessing and on the edge of their seat is one of the main features of a thriller and this film did this brilliantly.

As each victim is found, the killer leaves more clues until they get closer to him. Somerset goes to the library to see who's been researching the seven deadly sins and comes up with a list of names John Doe being the first. They arrive at John Doe's apartment and people start shooting the detectives then realize they have the right guy.

The detectives unravel the mystery behind the killings, five of the seven killings happen before they manage to capture John as he appears at the police station about to turn himself in. He seems quite normal for a killer, except for his own bloody fingers, because he keeps slicing them so that he has no legible finger prints. He is also covered in someone else's blood.

As we've found out, the killings are based on the seven deadly sins, so what about the last two victims? According to John Doe the only way to find out about the other two is to drive him to a deserted field at a specific time and wait for his instructions. They do this to try and save the other two victims, this is the only scene in the movie that is bright and sunny, a direct contrast of the rest of the film.

Suddenly, we see a van pull up with a guy carrying a small box. He was the reason that they had to be there at a specific time. We never see what's in the box but as Somerset opens it, John Doe tells Mills, who has a gun pointing at him the contents of the box....the pretty head of Mills' wife, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. 

We find out that earlier in the day, John visited Tracey and after killing her, he ships her head to this location, making sure that the two detectives to are there with him. John Doe then explains that since he himself envied the life of Mills and his wife and unborn child that fairs fair he should be shot, this is when Somerset tries to hold Mills back and tells him not to shoot him as this is what he wants. He then keeps bugging grieving Mills to let the sin of anger destroy his own life and shoot him making him  the sin of wrath...the last victim. He gives in and Shoots Doe ending this cycle. Mills is led away in a police car as we realize that this was all planned, the film ends with the two detectives saying their farewells.

Throughout the film the audience are kept sat on the edge of their seats as the film cleverly has many differnent clues that could link the killings to different people so you are always wondering who the actual murderer is. There is a twist in the film as we figure that all the killings will be the same but the last two have a twist as the killer is cruel and deseving and sends Mills his wifes head to complete the last deadly sins. In all honest I think that the ending was the only part of the film that I found not too good as it doesn't really bring closure to the story, other than that I'd give the whole film an A+!

The trailer....



Id give this film 4 out of 5 stars, i thought it was a great film but i didnt like the endimg as it didnt bring closure to the film.

What a Thriller is....

This is a mind map of what a film needs to be considered a thriller

Time line of Title Sequence- Se7en

New Line Cinema Presents: 3 seconds

An Arnold Kopelson Production:6 seconds

A Film by David Fincher: 10 seconds

Brad Pitt:14 seconds

Morgan Freeman:18 seconds

Se7en: 24 seconds

Gwyneth Paltrow: 29 seconds

Richard Roundtree: 33 seconds

R.LeeErney: 39 seconds

John C. McGinley:42 seconds

Julie Araskog, Mark Boone Junior:46 seconds

John Cassini, Reginald E. Cathey, Peter Combie:54 seconds

Hawthorne Jones, Micheal Massee, Leland Orser:58 seconds

Richard Partnow, Richard Schiff, Pamola Tyson:1.04 minutes

Casting by: Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith, Kerry Borden:1.11 minutes

Music by Howard Shore:1.17 minutes

Costumes Designed by Michael Kaplan: 1.22 minutes

Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce: 1.24 minutes

Production designed by Arthur Max:1.27 minutes

Director of Photography Darius Khondji: 1.35 minutes

Co-Producers Stephen Brown, Nana Greenwald, Sanford Paritch: 1.40 minutes

Co-executive producers Lynn Harris, Richard Saperstain:1.44 minutes

Executive Producers: Gianni Numari, Dan Kolsrud, Anne Kopelson: 1.50 minutes

Written by Andrew Kevin Walker: 1.54minutes

Produced by Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle: 1.59minutes

Directed by David Fincher:2.03 minutes

From this task I learnt how to analyze a title sequence in detail, knowing where each credit comes in and in which order you see the names; for example the production company is always the first name to appear. I also learned how many people it actually takes to make a film and who needs to be credited within the first 2 minutes of a film, during the opening scene.

Art of The Title 9 Frame analysis

The colours in this slide are pasty and pale in the background whereas the writing is in brighter colours drawing the audiences attention to the writing, the pasty colours create a calm atmosphere as the baby blue used can be associated with calm. The font design is childlike as it looks as though it has been hand drawn by a child which can foreshadow what is going to happen in the film or can highlight the immaturity of the main character. the location is a pavement on the street, this can indicate that the main character has hit rock bottom with her choices she has made. The theme is immature and childlike which is highlighted by the colours and choice of font. This slide introduces the story of the film as it hints towards children. It shows that the main character is still a child yet is in a grown up situation which is forcing her to grow up. - E.P.

The colours are pale opposed to the main character who is wearing bright red which makes her the focal point of the slide, the font is again child like highlighting immaturity, the image is of the main character which is a teenage girl standing in a cartoon world, this can be a hint that the girl is living in an imaginary world that is still childish and immature, carefree and relaxed to escape the pressures of her reality. The character is standing watching the leaves fall from a tree, this can indicate that she envies their freedom to fall as they please as her freedom has suddenly been taken from her. the location is still in the street this can show she is walking through moving along in her life following a different path to what she expected. the mood and atmosphere is calm and relaxed, like she is carefree this mood is created by the colours, font, leaves falling and her carefree expression.- H.C.

This slot has the carry on theme of pale pink and blue making the background very dull and boring yet the main character of the film is wearing bright red making her stand out against the background. Another thing you could pick out that sets the theme and story of the film up in this slot is the baby toys and clothing in the window of the shop, this could foreshadow whats going to happen throughout the film. This slot also shows that shes alone as shes walking in a careless manner with no body else around.

I thought that this was a powerful shot as it shows Juno walking in the comlete other direction to everyone else, this is the only slot where everything is in reality and not 'cartoony' the other people in this shot run past her and don't even acknowledge that she's there, its like shes walking in a different world to everyone else, shes also alot smaller than the other people giving the impression thats shes young. The background in this shot is very different compared to the others as it is pretty colourful, there is alot of greenary and a house in the background, indicating civilisation.

Our Response To Napoleon Dynamite!

Me and Jordan made this video as a response to the opening scene to napoleon dynamite. We used the same kind of idea but with our own twist on it, the idea of writing in food was the same...yet it was harder writing in caesar sauce than we thought, was great fun though...ENJOY!

What Is Media...its meaning to me

Our life is controlled by media, Media is everywhere. Everything we do, say or even wear is influenced by the media.