psycho

psycho

this film is a remake of one of the classic thriller/ slasher’s of the 1960's orriginal. trying to keep all of the cammra angles and script as simmiler as posible this is done resonably well however the more modurn one is set at a faster pase.

although the two films pase’s are diffrent at the killing part the two films begin to become on the same time scale this is because the eairlier film has a faster build up toward the killing in the more modern film the showering is extgended before the killing, this i believe was done to addd to the tention building in an attempt to make it more thrilling and scary.

the killing its self uses many diffrent shots and cammra angles some of which are alternative with rappid black clean cuts this adds to the whole experience of the killing as you are able to empathise with the victim because you gett to see what she sees. this combined with the slight angling of the cammra to give the impression of week febal victim and strong overbearing killer. notice on the victims picture the killers shodow towers over the victim.

in both films the camera is used to its fullest pottential being used in many diffrewnt and raerly used cammera shots like the extreem close -up of the shower head and the sweep to another time and place which is then used very effectivly towards the end of the shower killing scene and is the only film to use it that i have seen. this combined with the increase in shots as the killing takes place all add to the dramatic tention and slasher feel of this ichonic film.

the director chose the bathroom a normally private place to clean yourself up, a bright white stage for the killer simmiler to that of a slaughter-house, clean, crisp and some-how vissious or at least looks like one after the vissious attack.

　

mise en scène as we all know this is everything on set and on tjis set it consists of a very city type hotel in the middle of nowhere because of this apprent isolation the irational fear of being watched begins to arrise not at all for the charectors as the female is so at home she dosent feel the need to lock the door to the bathroom but for the audience. once in the main killing area you notice the dramatic change from quite dark to very bright and white this in its self is unusall for a killing scene although as stated above there is a remarkable resemblance to a slaughter house. this set should have been very hard to film as it has many cammra shot and angle not possible with a real set so this is almost defently a set made up of removable pannels and shot not in sequence but for ease then the set would change and the shots needed at that angle would be filmed.

some of the cammra shot are very dificult to get for example thew shower head shot where the water passees the cammra without actually touching the cammra and ruining the effect also merging of the shots comes into perticular inportance as the shot now need to give far more effect on the audience using only straight cuts in the killing scene with decreasing time inbetween causing a faster pase and more fear factor.

there are only four diffrent type of shots i can see in this film are straight cuts one paning scene change a zoom in and a few standered pans

nowadays this list is very small, however because of this the film gains an extra ‘’Je ne sais pas que’‘ which give it the edge on films of its time. each shot is carefully corryograft to give maximum affect and run smoothly through each shot for instance in this shot the line goes almost perfectly through the knife and the killer.

summary of thriller genre

Thriller is a genre of  text, film, and tv that uses suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements. it is norrmally set like a horror but less scary and a better more intence plott.

Thrillers are used to heavily stimulate the viewer's moods usally creating high levels of high level of anticipation, expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, suspense, excitement, tension, and most importantly terror. thriller use devises such as red herrings and cliffhangers, which, are used extensively. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and "fight and chase" scenes are common methods in all of the thriller subgenres, although each subgenre has its own characteristics and methods.

20th Century Fox and itunes

Founded in 1935 it has been a major producer of films ever since. 20th century fox has been producing films of varying genres over the years a notable example is Alvin and the Chipmunks and Alien. The company has many different local branches across the world but it is mainly based in Central City, Los Angeles USA. The main benefit from being in this location is that it is quite close to Hollywood and so the acting ellite are at hand.
20th Century Fox is a large company which was created by the merger of two companies in 1935: 20th Century productions and Fox films. It is currently owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns a large amount of the world’s media institutions. the company has made many different films from different genres ranging from Children’s animation to Adult’s horror.
Itunes:
iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, podcasts and movies. It is also used to download application software from the App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
iTunes was introduced by Apple Inc. on January 9, 2001.
itunes is the creation of apples genious, as it is the only way to imput onto thousands of millions of apples mp4 capable software this means that they have an almost captive audience.
Rogue:
rogue is a small english production company that hase produced a number of great thrillers.
In 1997, Rogue Pictures was formed as a division of PolyGram Pictures but the name was dropped in 2000 after Universal Pictures bought PolyGram. In 2004, the name was revived as part of Universal-owned Focus Features, with a goal of "high-quality suspense, action, thriller and urban features with mainstream appeal and franchise potential.

I have chosen not to use 20th Century Fox as my producer because it is simply too large and too far away to produce a small production as mine is this is why i have chosen i tunes as my way of distribution and rogue as my productions company as they are both very well esablished, with a huge following becouse of their thrillers (shane of the dead)   both have a very large and well respected reputation, and finally because rogue is likely to have the resourcesand imagination  needed to want to spend time and money on resourses and the advertising which can make a film successfull by sucessfully marketing and distributing my thriller.

Props

There are only a few props needed for this shot as this is set in a wood so we have no need for electrical appliances like Laptops, lights or televisions.
We will need a few low tech items:
A large tree branch – This will be used to kill the Antagonist
A small handbag – This will be carried by the woman (optional dependent on whole costume look)
bible- This will be shown being burnt or thrown to the ground for the credits each page will be part of the credits. eg title first page thrown/burnt
Because the props are simple everyday objects we feel this adds to the genral realism of the plot and storyline. Also because most of the props are low tech they will be easy to get a hold of especially the large tree branch as we will be set in a wood and I believe we will have plenty to choose from. this gives us a bigger bugget for other things like scouting costs and make up.　

This is viedo proof of how i created music for the video although it dosent show the creation of the music i have chosen for the movie it does show the skills i have learnt in this lesson    

story board

this is my preliminary and it was a short clip designed to show our media skills it was a thriller about a package that everyone wants and one one man has