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Serhan is a a gangster who deals with massive drug deals around the world, creating conflict, one day he gets into a big argument with a guy named Arif , over some money he owed him, he pulls out his gun and shoots him... and from then on Serhan's life comes to a huge standstill with Arifs girlfriend seeking revenge over him. Aslihan (Arifs girlfriend) is a forensic investigator who has been after Serhan for years, but after Serhan kills Aslihans man the whole story starts to get a bit personal with emotions running high.
Aslihan gets people to find Serhan and beat him up. A gangsta like Serhan is battered and left in a basement to suffer, whilst being questioned by Aslihan on why he killed Arif, quotes like "he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time" from Serhan will not help the situation which he has got himself into or will it....

Group Production schedule.

Group production log:

Date Time Filming/Editing location People/roles Equipment
28/03 11-3:00pm Filming: Aya’s Producer:Aya -camera
-moving light bulb Living room and Aslihan. -tripod
opening scene. Actors: Aslihan -chair
-man tied onto chair and Serhan. -ropes
(bleeding and Camera Operator: -phone
unconscious) Vedat -keys
-legs shot (of women
protagonist entering)
-phone scene(ringing
and picking it up)
-phone conversation
-Dialogue between
the 2 protagonists.
-picking up keys from
table & canted shot of
newspaper).
-focus on newspaper
article.

28/03 11-3:00pm Filming: Aya’s Producers:Aya -camera
-putting the mug on Kitchen and Aslihan. -tripod
the kitchen surface. Actors: Aslihan -mug
-Knock at the front and Serhan and
door(friend who was Aya.
previously talking on Camera Operator:
the phone). Vedat
-Female protagonist
opens door and greets
friend.

28/03 11-3:00pm Filming: Front Producer-Aya and -Camera
-Closes house door Garden/ Aslihan -tripod
-Enters car outside of Actors:Aya and
-Has a brief casual house. Aslihan and
conversation. Vedat.
Camera Operator:
Serhan.

Getting the setting ready for filming

Aslihan and Aya puting make up on my face (Serhan)to give it a more realistic approach

Final production meeting

Today our group met, at my house from 12 till 3. We had the task of finishing filming and fulfilled it. At the start we watched the scenes that we had previously filmed and discovered that there was an unwanted sound (in the scene where the phone rings and Aslihan picks up), and so we filmed that scene again. Through watching the previous filming that we had done, I also made sure all the props and equipment were in the same position as they were in before, as if they are not it would look very inaccurate and unrealistic. Today I also learnt a new skill which although I was familiar with I did not really know how to master particularly well; taking a low and high angle shot. I learnt how to master this today through filming a scene of Vedat hiding behind a wall whilst spying on Aslihan. I also think that my idea, to include leaves and branches in front of vedat's face (also whilst he is spying on Aslihan) was a good one, as it adds to the mysterious atmosphere that according to Rubin is under the Thrillers met genre, It also allows the viewer to question, an element which according to Gary Braver should be included in every successful Thriller. We decided to go against our original storyboard and end the thriller introduction with a cliffhanger (a shot focusing on the newspaper article showing why Aslihan is after revenge). We decided this was a good idea, because it allowed the audience to question what is going to happen next and how the death of her husband might of taking place, as well as the reasons behind it. At the ending of our meeting I reminded each member of the group of the tasks they are allocated, which included the blog entries and we agreed on a later date, in which we will undergo editing.

Preparation of coursework

Today, our group got together and discussed how we were going to tackle the coursework; the coursework task requires us to create the introduction of a thriller. Our group consists of four people and so together, we allocated the different role as below....-Producer=Aya and Aslihan-Camera =Vedat-Acting= we decided that we were all going to take part in the acting.We also began to consider a narrative for the film we are producing and in particular the storyboard for the introduction. As a group we thought through many ideas, the main one being that the storyline is to do with revenge and involves a kidnapping. We ended the first discussion with everyone writing down their ideas for the storyboard on a paper then handing them to a member of the group, who was in charge of doing the storyboard.

Researching thrillers: (Gary Braver)

We widen our knowledge we researched various media one of which contained newspaper articles related to Thrillers. From this we found an article on the 2008 Maui Writers Conference in which Gary Braver, a bestselling thriller writer (Skin Deep), explained Thrillers, ‘dread drives thrillers. You know who the good guys and bad guys are. Dull moments will lose an audience, and writers can't afford to lose an audience, even for one page.’ From this we learnt that in order to make our Thriller a successful one we needed to make it interesting and maintain the viewer’s interest as well as make the good and bad characters known.
He also identified 10 key points to include in a thriller, these are listed below…
1. You need to have a good story.
2. Write about the underdog.
3. Multiple points of view give great range in a thriller.
4. Have an action scene in the introduction
5. Reveal what the protagonist fears and aspirations are.
6. Make your characters miserable.
7. Your main characters have to change.
8. Pacing must be high: Strong Narrative Thrust.
9. Show—don't tell.
10. Teach the audience something.

Risk Assesment

This is the risk assesment as of the first group meeting however, changes are likely to happen if the locations change.Any changes will be posted onto the blog.

Location: living room
Fire Starting: There is a door and a window in the living room and so I will make everyone aware of the keys to the door, so that they are aware of where the fire exit is in case of a fire.

Injuries whilst moving furniture: Because the furniture may be heavy we will all move the required furniture together. Not only this but wee will also go through the correct way of lifting up objects; in a way that will not damage the back or create accidents.

Tripping over camera equipment: In order to avoid this hazard I am going to make sure that the whole group is aware of where the camera equipment is, so that the possibility of accidents taking place is minimal. However, if there is an incident then a first aid kit will be with us on location.

Location: Kitchen
Slipping: Slipping may occur due to water being left on the kitchen floor. In order to avoid this hazard I will ensure that the floor is dried, before any filming takes place.

Location: Front garden or outside of someone’s house (in front of a house door)
People passing near equipment: could accidentally slip or break something.
To avoid this I am going to ensure that the area is not very busy whilst filming, and so the chance of this happening will be reduced.

Cars: Might get hit by cars.We need to ensure that passing cars are not a hazard and so we will ensure that the area we film in has a low driving speed and is not very busy.

Bad weather: Equipment may be damaged and the atmosphere that we want will not be established.In case of bad weather my group will go and film under a shelter so that the equipment does not get damaged. However because bad weather will sabotage the happy atmosphere we want to create, and so another filming day will have to be scheduled for this scene.

Location Recce

Initially, the basment scene was meant to be filmed in Aya's living room; since no one in the group had a basement, we planned on acheiving a basement setting by covering the windows with black card, using a low voltage light to create a dim atmosphere. Fourtunately, Serhan Velettin got permission from his cousin who owns a travel agent (Jet travel) which has a basement, it was agreed that the setting was really suitable for the scene which we were shooting and we decided to use it, it really gives it a realistic atmosphere: the size of the room, the untidy look of the room (boxes, fans, uneeded materials and many more objects which is contained in a basement). The kind of props used to create this realistic atmosphere is the following:

Props/ Reasons of use :

- The room's untidy look is to emphasise that the room has uneeded things, and is a room just for pointless and uneeded things i.e. planks of wood, broken bicycles. Keeping the male character, Serhan, in there, strapped onto a small chair with brown tape shows his value towards the female character, Aslihan. The crowded room gives a claustrophobic feel, where it would be hard to move around. This emphasises on the "one-on-one" feel of the characters, and the idea that Serhan cannot escape from Aslihan .

- Using the light stand as the only source of light also emphasises on the narrow atmosphere. Facing the light onto Serhan is to cause him stress and discomfort, that he is "highlighted" and is needed to acheive the female's goal - revenge. The light also creates shadows, the film noir effect because of the low-key lighting. This allows a sinister feel lingering and floating in the atmosphere, however, it is still mysterious about who is the "good" or "evil" character...

-The costumes of the characters do not explicitly show the difference of the characters' persona, i.e. white represents good, black represents evil. Both the characters are wearing black however, Aslihan is wearing a tight black dress to show the femininity of the character, and the softness, the high heels again emphasises on these points aswell. Serhan is wearing a black suit (both characters are wearing professional-like clothing) this clothing is meant to show his power over his occupation, and the conflict of this image, his powerlessness with the female before her.

- The make-up used on Serhan was meant to seem as if he had been hurt deliberately to get him to the basement. We did not use special make-up, we used a combination of daily make-up: eyeshadow, eye liner, lipstick/gloss and we got the effect we had wished to by smudging certain parts of the applied make-up.
Whether someone else hurt Serhan for Aslihan, or Aslihan had hurt him herself is not clear, but it is clear that everything has been planned and expected; that she has a plan and reasons to what she is doing.

- Other props were used by improvising on the day of the filming. Since we had not seen the props before other than the day of the shooting, we had only agreed on the setting by images that Serhan had taken from his mobile phone. We took a closer look at the props on the day and removed objects which could be obstacles when filming, such as bricks lying around on the floor. During filming we noticed that there was a small cabinet with small glass doors, there is a reflection of Aslihan's hand where she is holding a small picture; we thought the shot was good and decided to keep it in the final peice.

A Monday script

As our thriller contained dialogue between the characters of Aslihan and Serhan as well as Aslihan and Aya, we decided that it would be a good idea to write up a basic script that we could follow during filming. However, this is not the final script as we are also going to improvise whilst filming. The final script (with all the changes), will be posted on the blog after filming.

Scene: 2 Shot with the two protagonists conducting a conversation.
Serhan: Who’s there?...Where am I? [Silence] What am I d…d..do..ing he….

Aslihan: [interrupts] After you pay back for this [puts the newspaper in his face, showing him the newspaper article and walks round the hair in a slow motion].


Scene: Phone conversation takes place after the phone rings and female protagonist picks up.
Aslihan: hello [silence] helllloooo

Aya: Oh hey hunni what you up 2?

Aslihan: wel im living [in a low voice]
[silence] I have so much to tell you

Aya: ow I havn;t heard that for long!

Aslihan: well ill tell you tomorrow

Aya: tomorrow?!.. I be there in 5 minutes

[they both laugh]

Film noir and femme fatale research

We decided to research film noire because our film was a gangster thriller; the narrative was based around the female protagonist capturing a gangster in a bid to seek revenge for the killing of her partner. The location of where the filming was going to take place, in the basement combined with the lighting and camera shots we hoped to use, all aimed to create a mysteries atmosphere in which the viewer would be left to ask various questions (which is an important factor in thriller films). And so through researching film noire we would have greater understanding of how to create this atmosphere. Film noir meaning "black film" in French began in the 1930’s, with detective and crime noir as well as many gangster films, and remained strong until the early 1960's. Film noire featured themes that are more negative than positive, with an overall dark and shadowy outlook by being filmed in black and white.The dark lighting symbolising evil while good is sybolised through light lighting. Interesting camera angles, shadowy lighting as well as extreme close-ups are all evident in noire films. 'Stranger on the third floor', a film released in 1940 was the first recognised film noire film. The film aimed to create dark themes, and did so through it's use of dark or/and dim lighting effects and monotonous setting. Flashbacks are also a main factor in a lot of films in the film noire genre. An example of a film noire film showing this is in 'Sunset Boulevard', where William Holden explains what happened before his death with a combination of flashbacks of flashbacks and voice over. In film noire the main character usually is bought to ruin by the femme fatal, who's usually depicted as a beautiful woman who would do anything possible to reach what she wants.

A Monday

As we can see in image two of Serhan the "gangster" looks fearless and careless, whereas in image one we see a more fearful and batted Serhan, feeling rather helpless of the situation he is in.

Halloween

This film has a lot of scenes which builds up suspense to the audience, most films are based in the dark which represents evil. The scene which i think creates the most bloody and effective suspense is when the two young people are about to have sex, we see a over the shoulder shot of Michael Myers standing over the young man and stabs him, which then moves into a close up of the mans face, after that we hear a non-diegetic quiet soundtrack which tries to describe the situation in the best way possible, we also see a shot reverse shot of both the reaction of the young girl screaming and a facial expression of the murderers. The lighting used in this film was every simple because of the time it was made, which is 1978 thriller film.

Scream movie

This movie was a very different movie compared to all the other movies I've ever watched, it tried to scare and at the same time make the audience laugh. The trilling scenes really was unsuspected and also made me jump at times, there was nothing fictional about it beside from the storyline. It had my little cousin looking into her wardrobe afterwards, the diegetic sound of the phone ringing builds up tension with the camera having a shot reverse shot which turns into a pan shot of the phone to Sidney Prescott face, which increases the tempo of the scene and creates tension, which then allow the soundtrack to take control of the scene and create a more scary scene. A few murders were set at night which is more scary than day. The darkness of night conceals the identity of the murderer. The blond girl which is known as "dumb blond" gives the audience stereotypical point of view of the situation. The camera angles used in this film really link up with the scene itself, a good example of this is when the girl tries to run away from the murderer and we see a pan shot of the action going on in the scene, which then moves to a facial expression of Sidney with the tension based non-diegetic soundtrack adding to the atmosphere. Another interesting scene is the narrative used a good example of this is when Sidney is talking to the prank caller on the phone aka the murderer, lines like "have you got a boyfriend" is a sign of flirting and when Sidney replies "no" its shows us the audience that she is getting into the convocation as well as we know she is lying yo the person on the phone.

Psycho 1960

I thought Psycho was a very successful thriller movie, some of the techniques used was the positioning of the camera, point of view shots were used a lot in this movie to try and capture the scene in the point of view of actor playing the stalker. This gives the viewer a unique view of the victim. my favorite scene was the shower scene where the main character is murdered by the killer, with the non-diegetic sound adding to the tension. when the killer appears we hear a shrieking violin noise, the non- diegetic sound along side the the point of view shots of the killer or other actor which allows us to see in the eye of the innocent or the killer. The reason why this movie is black and white is because they did not have the technology to make a coloured film, but i think this added to the effectiveness of the film with the dark representing evil and the white representing the innocent, in this case Lila Crane being the innocent main character and Norman Bates being the "Psycho". The unsuspected attacked course people to jump as it performs the genre its trying to create, which is a thriller. This film was so successful it led to another version being made in the year 2000, which unfortunately was not as successful as the on in 1960.

A Room for Romeo Brass

This short adventure film is based on a real life story creating that realistc atmosphere between two best friends. All started when they were 12 years old, living there extra ordinary lives with normal family problems and everyhing. Romeo and gavin living there day to day lives as more than a friend , i would describe there love as brotherly, before Morell comes along a very dangours and violent character creating conflict between the two friends.