Evaluation of preliminary task

Nine Frame Analysis

In the first frame, we see the back of the character's head in a close up shot. This gives him a mysterious appearance as the audience are unable to identify who this character is. The character is smartly dressed in a shirt and jacket, this shows that he is a professional person and is possibly on his way to a meeting. His black suit represents death leading the audience to believe that the character is the antagonist. In our planning, we thought it was important for the audience to know who the antagonist is, so as to not leave them confused.

In the second frame, we see the character's feet moving towards the door in a close up tracking shot. This continues to describe the character as the audience can see polished shoes and black trousers. The character's face is still not shown increasing the mystique of his appearance.

In the third frame, the character is seen walking towards a table, the shot changes from close up to a long shot. This combines the earlier descriptions of the character into a visual representation for the audience. The character is moving towards a black chair, once again linking him to death and evil.

In the fourth frame, we see the character's torso in a mid shot. The red tie signifies danger, again linking the character to death. His jacket is buttoned up showing that he is a reserved person and not open to ideas, he wants to do things his way without any changes. The character is pulling an envelope from his jacket, this envelope is white, which contrasts to his black suit, suggesting that the envelope is important.

In the fifth frame, a new character is shown opening the envelope in a mid shot. The character is chewing gum, suggesting that he is calm and is used to these situations. He is also dressed in black, linking him to death and evil. The white shirt shows that he has some innocence but he is surrounded by death and evil.

In the sixth frame, the first character stabs at the target's image in a mid shot, emphasising that he wants him dead. He is stabbing a white paper, showing that he is destroying his innocence.

In the seventh frame, we see the target in a mid shot. He is wearing a blue shirt showing that he is calm and his black waistcoat shows that he is slightly evil or is becoming evil. His shirt is hanging out, showing that he is nervous about something. The balcony gives the audience a danger feeling as it appears that the character may fall over the balcony.

In the eighth frame, the target is being dragged away by the hitman in a mid tracking shot. The doors start to close behind him showing that this is the end and that he is dead.

In the final frame, the image of the target is crossed out with red ink. The red ink is use to show that danger has not yet passed.

Our Mise-en-Scene for the Preliminary Task

Mise-en-Scene

 

The boss wore a red tie, this was used to show that he was dangerous.

 

The hit-man chewed chewing gum, this showed that he was perfectly calm and was used to being hired as a hit-man.

 

The penultimate scene was filmed on a balcony to give a sense of fear as the target may fall. The balcony and its surroundings had an office look to it, this fitted well because the boss was the CEO of a small business.

Also the natural lighting on the balcony was great as it gave a natural look to our set.

 

When the target answers the phone, he has a lot of body motion, this was used to show that he was nervous and gave the impression that something important would happen.

Preliminary Task

Filming and Editing Schedule for the Preliminary Task

Our Locations

SCENE 1

In the first scene where the boss hired the hit-man, we used the our school dance room. The reason was that the room was quiet, and it had a decent echo, which we believed necessary for when the boss walks into the room. The echo also makes the boss sound more powerful as his voice will sound loud and clear. The room was very bright (when we got the lights to work), this allowed a good image of the characters. The empty room also works well as it appears professional and suits the idea of it being an interview room for the hitman. The curtain is black which is linked to the night, evil and death. This gives an effect to the audience as they want to know what is behind the curtains. A good idea would be lots of artillery, including pistols, shotguns, knives, bullets, grenades and a costume. Unfortunately we could not include this as it was beyond our budget and available resources.

SCENE 2

For the second scene - when the hit man kills the target - we used a balcony, this gave the hint of danger as the target could fall creating a scare effect on the audience. As the target was the CEO of a small business, the balcony had the look of an office area due to the doors on the side and the lighting. The natural lighting from windows was also excellent as this gave a natural look.

Storyboard

This was our storyboard for the preliminary task

The script.

The SCRIPT

 

1^st Scene

Boss enters room, and walks to table. He takes envelope from inside pocket and slides it across table. Hit-man opens up envelope.

Hit-man (John Goude): How much?

Boss (Connor Brophy): 100,000

Hit-man: coughs

Boss: 500,000

Boss: ‘Stabs paper’ Dead, no mistakes.

2^nd Scene

Target (Josh Miles): ‘Answers phone’ This ‘stammers’, this thing, this Brophy thing, we can’t have any more mistakes, it’s gone too far. Muffled shout as target is dragged away.

How I am going to incorporate the required preliminary elements into thriller opening.

The required preliminary elements are:

A person walking through a door and across a room.

This will be done to show a boss going to a meeting with a hitman.

A short dialogue.

This will show the boss and the hitman negotiating a deal about a required assassination.

This is designed to build the relationship between the two characters so that the scene is set for the rest of the film. By not giving away the plot, many different ideas can be used in the film. The most likely plot for the film would be where the hitman is assigned another task but the target proves difficult to kill. A romance thriller may be formed, similar to that in Wild Target or a comedy thriller could be used where the initial target never died, as he is the hitman's friend. 

Match on action, 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot

Our Media AS Preliminary task.

A short video to display an understanding of video and editing skills. Skills such as match on action, the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot.
The preliminary task was done by myself and Jack Hepting