Research on Match on Action - Adam, + Shot-rev-shot -Magg.

Match On Action researched and written up by Adam.

A match on action shot occurs when an action begins in one shot and is continued or completed in the next. In a exterior shot Julia Roberts opens the front door to a house. In the next shot the camera(now indoors) photographs her entering the foyer and closing the door.


Another example is a shot of someone tossing a ball can be edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting from the first shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haF0vzXFP3g

Shot - Reverse/Shot researched and written up by Magg.

Shot /Reverse- Shot is used in films for the continuity effect. It is a film technique used usually in particular scenes, such as conversations where one character is looking at another and then that character is showing looking at the first one. Usually the other character that the first is looking at is off-screen and the first character is the main subject of the shot, and vice versa. This technique is usually used for the audience to perceive the continuos action that develops logically and chronologically. Over-the-shoulder shots are very often used in shot/reverse-shot editing as -shown above in the video I have found on Youtube. ^

Preliminary Task - Script/CameraShots/StageDirections

Preliminary Task ( Script & Stage Directions& Camera Shots) written by Adam

 (non linear)
Dark room with one light directing on the table where suspect is sitting ( Kieran). Interrogator( Mag) walks in room- match on action and mid shot of Mag as she sits down opposite kieran.
Over the shoulder shot.

Magg: I'm not going to mess about let's get straight to the point did you kill her
Kieran: Well maybe i wana mess about
Magg: did you mess her about?
Shot reserve shot
Kieran: Well lets face it shes in a mess now
Magg: Your sick!
Kieran: I loved her so much ( hands are rubbing face , sense of unaccountability)
Magg: Then why did you do it
Close up
Kieran: He made me
over the shoulder
Magg: Who's he? James who is he? ( asks anxiously)
Kieran: Isn't it weird that something so beautiful can perish within seconds before your eyes
Magg: STOP FUCKING WITH ME( leaps up and hits the table with frustration), YOU DID IT DIDN'T YOU, YOU KILLED YOUR WIFE. What about your kids?
Two man shot
Kieran: i have no kids
Magg: What are you talking about, your son Jack and what about your daughter Jessica
Kieran: (Pauses) I dont remember
Magg: Just let me help you
Kieran: I don't need anyone but me and him...now leave us alone( Suspicious)
Over the shoulder shot
Magg: There's no one here ( begins to feel scared)
extreme close up on kieran's eyes
Kieran: I know I Know, she wont leave ( speaking to himself)
Magg: Your scaring me James!
Kieran: JUST LEAVE PLEASE GO! ( Shouts with desperation)
Policewomen walks out the room in a hurry
Mid shot
Magg: He's not right in the head, I couldn't get anything

The History of Thriller Genre.

I have done a research on the history of thriller. I included the key and most siginificant films in the thriller genre over the years from 1920's to the last decade in the thriller cinema. I am happy with my research as I think I have presented it in a creative way, taking samples of thriller's trailers and editing them together with my own voice-over and research I have done.

Research: Typical Synopsis

Research on typical synopsises for different subgenres written by Magg.

Welcome To Our Blog.

Welcome. This is our Group blog, on which we will post all of our work that we will perform from this day up until our deadline. The work will include our understanding of the theme, the genre of the thriller, of specific techniques, of the reasons behind the used techniques. We will demonstrate our ability of filming and researching, planning, managing the group and splitting work equally between each other, and working together as a team. We will try our best to make this film as good as we can and use our abilities and understanding of thriller genre to the fullest and demonstrate that through our work.