week 7!

During week 7 we finished off all of our planning for our opening sequence to a thriller. This week we also went out and filmed a couple of our flash back shots. We then edited them to know how they could when creating cut editing. During half term I will be finishing off our storyboards. Once we are back in school we will construct a script and a schedule for filming.  

Narrative & Characters

Characters according to propp's theory
Hannah - antagonist 
Jake - victim
Stevie - princess 


Narrative idea
Antagonist (Hannah) has the victim (Jake) tied up in her kitchen to a chair. We then cut to the princess (Stevie) who is in a relationship with Jake. Stevie is trying to ring Jake but cannot get an answer. We then cut back to Jake tied up which prevents him from answering his phone. The antagonist then throws Jake's phone when she see's it lighting up as Stevie is ringing him. We come to a table in the room where Jake is tied up. On the table there are many props including; cinema tickets, photographs, knifes, rose petals, and tea lights places around a bigger candle. The antagonist then lights each candle, we have a flashback for each candle lit. The antagonist then picks up the bigger candle and carries it to the victim. The antagonist then blows out the candle and we hear a very high pitched scream. through the entire opening sequence there is no dialogue, instead we have music and credits.   

Group production roles

We have devised all of the different job roles between all of our group member according to our strength so that we can create an opening to the best of our abilities. 


Me - Story boarder, main camera operator, main editor 
Hannah - Director, Location & props 
Stevie - Scripted, narrative, editing 
Jake - Planner, camera operator   

Week 6!

This week we have  looked at story boarding in greater detail. I leant what to include when producing my story board and how to set out my work. We also looked at the theory of Equilibrium and Disequilibrium. This theory was developed by Toderov.  We also looked at Propp's theory - Vladmir propp. Propp used Russian Folkstales as the baises for his theory but can be applied to all types of fiction. 
After that we then looked at all different sorts of characters. the different types of characters are:

• Protagonist - the person who leads the narrative. 
• Antagonist - gets in the way of the protagonist. 
• Heroine/Princess - usually some sort of prize or reward.  
• Farther - An authority figure who usually gives an award. 
• Helper - usually a sidekick who helps the hero
• Donor - gives the hero something, normally a clue. 

We then looked at Levi-Strauss binary oppositions. This is wear two things work against each other. For example; good V's evil, Light V's dark, justice V's injustice, Law V's order, outside V's inside, male V's female, hero V's villain, adult V's child. An example of adults working against the children is in the TV series Outnumbered. 

After this we then moved on to planning out opening sequence and discussed in out group who are going to take on what roles. During this week we also finished off out mood board in out media class room. 

week 5!

During week 5 we uploaded our continuity sequences to our blogs and as so to youtube. I enjoyed doing this because it allows other people to see what we have produced and to give us feedback as to what their opinions are of our work. This week my group also came together and discussed ideas for a mood board and story boards for our opening sequence to a thriller. We thought that it would be a good idea to create a mood board which will be presented as a display board in our media classroom. We have also started to discuss ideas for our opening to a thriller which we will shortly be planning.

Evaluation of Continuity Sequence

Underneath you can find our continuity sequence. Dannielle was our main character who you see throughout the sequence. If we where to shot our footage again i would ensure that there was on muffling sound in the back ground. This looses professionalism of the sequence. I think that our opening long shot is affective as it begins to set the scene. The second shot of a close up of a phone makes it clear to read what the main character is typing and tells us what is going to happen next. I found the majority of the shots taken successful. I think that our close up shots where very effective. Our panning shot of Dannielle walking through the resources area before exsiting the buliding was my least favourite shot. this is because ofthe sound of the tripod can be heard and this shot does not quite flow like the others. We where unable to do a pick up on this shot as Dannielle dropped media studies. If we where to shoot this again we would make sure that no sound is created by the video camera tripod. By creating our continuity sequence we have learnt how to over come problems which accured and we will now have a greater understanding when filming an opening to as thriller.

Continuity Sequence.