The reason I want to focus on sound is mainly because sound plays a huge role in Thriller films and any other gene of films. I want to focus on not only what the audience will see but also what they will hear. The main point in our opening Thriller scene i want to be especially focused on sound in when our main character begins to get wary of being followed and begins to hear noises and runs. At this point, as he begins to run through the woods, there will be a lot of very fast paced jump cuts on him. Coupled with this I think it is important to have very fast paced sounds he is making. For example the character yelling for help, the sound of the character losing his breathe, the sounds of his shoes as the incredibly quickly run along the track of the woods. All this coupled with his look of being frightened and the fast cutting between him running will really help make a quick tension building introduction to the Thriller film. It will get the audience involved, get them wanting to know what he's running from and what will happen to the main character almost instantly. It was hard to find a picture of a man dressed in a suit running through a forest, but this photo displays what you would see the character on screen doing, and when coupled with fast paced different cut and angles will help bring the scene to life, appear so much more believable.
The second convention I wanted to include was titling. This is important because titles are the first things the audience see so I want to be sure that the titles not only are pleasing to the audience but also fit the scene, the font is fitting, the animation is good. Our opening Thriller scene is named 313, therefor I believe the opening titles should appear somewhat like numbers scrolling down the screen. This will help link the titles to the opening scene and begin to let the audience know some of the elements that make up the film. Both images show ways in which this could be done, on the right it shows numbers and letters falling from the top and stopping the letters next to each other to spell out a name. On the left it shows numbers and letters wiping across from the right to left and again stopping to spell a name.
Framing is another convention I want to really focus on and get absolutely perfect. The reason I want to get it so good is because it can be very easy in filming to miss bits and include a lot that is unneeded. I want to try and get each of our frames in all of our shots as close to perfect as possible and to only film what is needed and create a good focus around that. In this screenshot it shows bad framing as almost two, thirds of the shot the man being interviewed is not in. It is framing like this I want to avoid because its just filming unnecessary things that will make the shot not as accurate and loses focus on what the camera is trying to keep full focus on. Therefor the audience can be distracted and not be fully involved with each exact action. Whereas if we did get the framing correct each and every time, it would keep all the shots looking perfect.
The final convention I wanted to pay attention to is Mise En Scene. This is so important as it really helps create not only the characters but also the surroundings and can bring them together to create the scene to be more believable and give it a sense of reality, but only if done correctly. In our opening scene there is a contrast in Mise En Scene, which may lead some to believe it was not done accurately. However we are making a contrast and using Mise En Scene to its best ability, we are contrasting a formally dressed man, with walking on a dusty track in the woods. It is times like this we need to not only keep the Mise En Scene elements together and keep it believable and real, but also use this convention to the best we can to create an effective yet maybe mysterious opening scene. On the image below it shows a screenshot from The Pursuit Of Happiness. It is a birds eye view shot looking down on a man dressed formally laying with his son. This is done well as it with Mise En Scene shows he is dressed in a suit therefor trying very hard but sleeping in a public bathroom, showing a sad scene of him trying to make it but struggling to succeed. It is elements like these used, I want to incorporate into opening scene to make it clear and accurate.
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