In the first group meeting we discussed all our narrative ideas, we then decided what ideas we liked and tried to take individual ideas from each narrative and put it into one storyline, this worked well as we had a numerous amount of different ideas which is always good and we had one solid storyline, allowing us to improvise if something didn't work out, we also decided which characters we would involve in the film, we all discussed where we got our narrative ideas from, I personally got mine from thriller films like the shining, silence of the lambs, Halloween, se7en and the strangers, the others used some of the same films as me as well as new ones, we also discussed thing such as the sound we will use, who our target audience are and what they want in the film, we also discussed what conventions we felt should be in the film and what effect they have on the audience (Suspense, shock, surprise and relationship built between character and audience), we had to decide who would play what roles in the sequence, we decide which editing styles we would use and why, also the mise en scene was discussed (iconography, costumes, body language, facial expressions, etc), we discussed the cinematography and how we was going to make sure our sequence suited out target audience and was available to them.
The first thing we discussed as a group was the characters we wanted to involve in the film and who would play which role, as a group we decided that I would be camera man/antagonists assistant, this role did not need a lot of acting so I decided that it would make sense if I was camera man, while I am acting one of the others in our group will take control of the camera, this character will not really seem important to the audience but is infact helping the antagonist in trapping/scaring the protagonist. The second character was the protagonist, played by Amy, essentially the main character, she will appear throughout and there will be few scenes without her in, she is needed for the character the audience root for and build a good relationship with, she will be essential in creating shock, surprise and suspense. The final character is the antagonist, played by Alfie, this character will be despised of by the audience, he will also be key to the shock, surprise and suspense effect within the audience.
The next was sound, we decided that we would use a lot of non diegetic sound, the eerie soundtrack being the main one, this sets the tone/mood of the scene and really helps build suspense, shock and surprise within the audience, it also helps the audience build up the relationship with the character, the use of sound helps engage the audience into watching the rest of the sequence, this is important in film, we will also use diegetic sound like dialogue, this will help the audience follow the narrative, therefore intriguing them, helping them engage into the film.
We then shared our vox pops and discussed our target audience, using this we could decide what types of things should involve in our film and the type of mood the scenes will portray, due to our audience being 15-25 we need to make sure our tone in scenes is not overly dark, making it an 18 film, there should be many conventions of the thriller genre in our film, this allows the audience to engage, recognising the genre and wanting to watch on, we have done this by using a woman protagonist/victim, a male antagonist, knife, isolated area, shock, surprise, suspense and enigma, all these will engage the audience as well as entertain them.
We also discussed the different editing styles we could use, what effect they will have on the audience and when we will use them, we have decided on the different styles we will use between the group and it has been finalised, the editing is important as it has a huge effect on the audience, it helps the audience create relationships with characters in the audience as well as create suspense, shock, surprise and enigma, conventions of the thriller genre, helping engage the audience.
Next meeting we shall discuss the opening credits we will use, all of our groups ideas were individual and suit the film we are creating, all of them could be used but we shall decide on the best one next meeting, also we will finalize any narrative ideas we are unsure of, making sure 100 percent we are happy with the narrative we have created.
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