Our final thriller opening 'The Covenant'.

Thriller Evaluation

Here is the Prezi that i produced for my Thriller evaluation. FYI, I produced this Prezi using a classmates Prezi account, which is the reason for it saying 'by Sam Boden' This work is entirely my own and has not been taken from anyone.

Location For Filming

The location of the shots we have taken were in several abandoned facilities and will be used in the production of our thriller film. The majority of our filming will take place at this location. We have chosen this location because of its intense atmospheric features which will give the thriller a more realistic feel because of its derelict situation. This location is also good for using lighting to create a sinister and eerie effect. 

One Page Pitch for our Thriller Opening

Title:  The Covenant

Tag-line: "Tears, fears, secrets and lies, all which are kept, but non shall survive.." (takes there secrets to the grave along with anyone who knows)

this is to show the audience its a mystery thriller or that it will most likely involve a group of people as the main antagonists and give a general hint of secrecy or conspiracies

Audience: Our target audience is over 15's to 40 preferably interested in dense plot lines, most likely of higher age end audience as the plot would be intended to be complex and of a mature nature however we want to include gore and an occult feel to it so our audience stays specific but not to focused on the one area of mystery. they would be into mystery conspiracy and horror novels and movie and would be fairly outgoing but mature the audience are still outgoing age so would be able to easily access to see the movie while at the same time are mature enough to enjoy the adult plot, additionally most of the UK’s population is aged to that same target audience range at roughly 40% of all age ranges in the UK according to my source such as Demography. It is mainly a male bias film as it involves themes such as gore and crime that most Men are interested by and few females.

Reasons: my reasons for this audience were simply due to the genera i picked is easy to diverse into subgenera's and its category has usually a large but specific niche fan base an example of a current popular mystery is Harry potter and since its release there has been no other popular mystery's, this means all other genera's such as action or horror have more films developed in that area less so in mystery leaving a gap in current films and less competition in said area.

Protagonist: The idea of the protagonist is to relate and almost pity his situation this means as well as caring for him by pitying him the audience would feel as though they need to know what happens to him and connect this also relates to the interest and connections to the audience.

Interest and connection to audience:  By placing your average person in a completely outstanding and shocking situation the goal was to make him react how someone would scared and confused, making the thriller much more relatable and realistic I intend to also place scenes that don’t show what the antagonist sees to make the audience keep watching in order to see what he saw that terrified him so much.

Story:  the story is essentially about a school kid who hears about an abandoned warehouse after a while his interest peaks and he can't resist exploring the area for it, upon stumbling onto it he's immediately overcome and looks around before he discovers something a secret in one of the derelict graffitid rooms that fills him with regret and fear and some mysterious figures noticed and they want the secret to die with him.

Visual realisation: after researching a few films there's 1 film in particular which had lighting that was extremely affective its called sanctum and although the contents are extremely different the shots are unique as they frequently used lights behind the actors to create silhouettes these give an eerie outline to the characters and builds suspense and I wish to apply this to my thriller. Additionally i wish to add vibrantly contrasting scenes in order to create contrast much like how barths narrative codes are used to make the audience feel a sense of good and evil with bright colours and black.

The cost of the thriller will be mainly from buss travel and props depending how many times we need to travel to our location to film.

Age Ratings

U

The letter U in the U symbol stands for 'universal'. A U film is suitable for any audience aged four and over. However, often, some content can upset a child as each child is different in what they find appropriate and what they don't.

PG

The letters PG in the PG symbol stand for 'Parental Guidance'. A PG is for general viewing and should be suitable for children aged around 8 years or older. The parents of the child should consider whether the content is liable to upset the child.

12A

12A rated films are not generally suitable for children under the age of 12 , but they may be allowed to see the film if accompanied by an adult. The 12 rating is put in place for retailers because it is simpler that only people above the age of 12 can buy the film. Our film is not going to be this rating either as we are sure it is not going to be suitable for anyone below the age of 15 and we are aiming for the older audience.

15

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 rated film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age

18

Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

This information will give us an insight into the sort of features we can include in our thriller opening and what aspects of our thriller will be suitable for which age group and allow us to determine the age group at which our thriller film will be aimed at and suitable for. 

Lighting Practice

We used a desk lamp to experiment with the different effects that lighting can have on a scene, these are the photos we produced. We will use several of these effects and techniques in the production of our thriller film to create different effects and atmosphere.

In this shot, only half of the subjects face is shown in light
and the other half is shown in darkness. This makes the subject
look unrevealed and withdrawn as if he has something to hide



In this picture, very little light is shown and created a somewhat
eerie effect on the subject and also makes him look quite sinister.
this also creates a sense of mystery to the viewer. Also, the
blueish tint to the subject connotes a negative mood.






Again, in this shot, only half of the subjects
face is shown which creates a sense
of mystery to the viewer and makes the
subject looks somewhat sinister.



This shot creates light under the face and
blacks out some facial feature to create a
withdrawn and fairly sinister effect

Se7en Textual Analysis

This is my textual analysis of the film 'Se7en'