http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KOhPjV-p5w&feature=youtu.be

What is a Thriller?

A Thriller is a broad genre of a literature, film that uses suspense, tension and excitement. It gives the audience a high expectation of what’s going to happen next. It gives many people emotions, as they can feel the genre of the film. Thriller films tend to be really fast, slow and loud. Thrillers tend to make the audience think, as it puts them on edge.

Examples of Thrillers:

 North by North West

Taken 1 and 2

The great Escape

What is a cliff hanger?

A cliff hanger is a plot device in a fiction film which features a main character in a difficult dilemma. A cliff hanger is hoped to ensure the audience will return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma. Also a cliff hanger puts the audience on edge, sometimes when a thriller film ends you don’t know what happens, and then you want the next film to come out, it puts you on edge and that’s called a cliff hanger.

What is a red herring?

A red herring is an idiom that refers to a logical fallacy that misleads or detracts from the actual issue. For example in a thriller, you will think a character is the bad person, but in fact someone else is as they would change the plot of the story.  

Written Assignment

The story we was trying to tell was three lads going to watch West ham. Firstly Jack Martin Kenny and Dylan Smith was talking and arranging a time to go to watch the football. After that they was talking about football. We got some of the shots, for example the close up shot, the pan shot and the bird eyes view shot. For some of the shots we didn't get as the facilities of the school was good enough and as the other years of the school kept coming down the corridors, we had to stop. I myself used many shots to capture the video we wanted to capture. The close up view i used the most as i was not confident using some of the others. We used the pan movement to show the quick movement between Jack Martin Kenny and Dylan Smith. As they was talking about football, i quickly moved the camera back and forth. Also when they was walking around the hall i tilted the camera and then followed them around, which was also quick movement. Our choices were successful to an extent. This is because sometimes we took some camera shots it worked out, and it looked realistic, where as some of the shots didn't work out and we had to delete some parts. Next time we take a video, we need to take our time, and get better facilities.                                

                       I think we held the camera shots steady, as part of it was on the tripod. I held the camera in my hand we I interviewed Dylan and Jack because it was a extreme close up shot, but looking at the video my hand was shaking and that leading to a part of our video that was not consistent. Each shot that we took, we framed it appropriately using the right equipment for each shot. Next time we take the shots, we could find a better surface to stand the tripod on and also we could use the dolly for the quick movement shots. Also when filming our shots we need to take more time because some parts of it we rushed and that also leaded to a bad part of the video. 

                                                                                   The positive aspects of our filming that we did i think are the close up shots, and the bird eyes view. This is because we accurately took the shots, taking our time. Also we chose a place where no one was, so it looked realistic. We would need better equipment with us to make it look even more realistic but i think we did. The video we uploaded to our blog and onto you tube looks realistic and goes on for a reasonable amount of time. In our film i think we need to take more time, find a much better environment to take the footage. Also i think we need to get more people into our filming as three people was not enough. We need someone to be consistent with the camera, making sure they are doing everything correctly. Overall i think for our first time of filming and uploaded a piece of footage, we succeeded and next time we film another piece of footage, we will do much better.