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Analysis of the butterfly effect

The Butterfly effect:

The opening scene to the butterfly effect starts off with a man in a patient outfit which people wear who are admitted into a hospital. The audience can see the character coming into an office and he seems to be looking for something. Then when he comes across a book, he starts writing in it and the audience can only see that he is writing something that says to save her. The opening scene to the butterfly effect has a continuous camera shot. In the beginning of the opening scene it is seen that the director has used track in the beginning of the opening, so that audience can follow the character around and to know that he is the one we should be keeping an eye on, which means that he could be the main person for this film. The camera tracks from inside the room, with a figure that the audience cannot yet see and this keeps the audience waiting until what will happen next.  This is a mid-shot of the character the reason this may have been put into this opening scene because it gives the audience an idea on how the character of feeling and shows the facial expression of how the character is feeling and this can suggest that he is in a panic and is quite nervous and in a rush. This makes the audience feel like they would like to know what happens with this character. Also this mid-shot I can tell that the character is feeling quite panicky and looks like he is in quite a rush. 

This high angle shot can show the vulnerability side of the character and this can make the character feel small and has a lot of pressure. The audience will feel like he just wants to hide even more like how he is hiding under the desk. The way the character is trying to make him-self as more as possible, this empathised by the camera angle which as a high angle shot and this makes him seem more vulnerable than he already his. In the opening scene there are two different type of sounds non-diegetic and diegetic, non-diegetic sounds is sound which is added after a film has been made and diegetic is natural sounds such as the sound of knocking on a the door. The sound made in the opening scene is both non-diegetic and diegetic. The non-diegetic sound is the background noise which is imputed as the opening scene is rolling.  The type of non-diegetic sounds played in the background is really slow like something is coming and it is quite foreboding, which is quite slow and something is happening at that present time. The audience will be able to sense that something big is going to happening or at the current stage something has happened. The diegetic sounds, is a dialogue, this is when the actor is talking and this informs the audience on what is happen, this occurred when the character is writing in the book he starts to mutter about what he is writing about and this gives the audience an idea about what is going on and this suggests that this story is about this character is trying to save somebody. There is no specific edits in this opening scene, however, it is quite slow and steady and this is a huge contrast to what the character is feeling and this could suggest that everything is moving too fast to slow for the character to handle. The mise en scene is everything the audiences see. In the opening scene I can see a couch and an office table which suggests that this scene was situated inside an office. Also the low key lighting is quite dark which suggest that this is taken place in a dark location but this effect also creates a mystery as there are no doctors or patients around, which also gives the opening scene a sense of adrenaline as the character is doing something which he shouldn't be doing.

The costume that the main character is wearing looks to be wearing a hospital gown as it is blue and long, so this suggests that he is a patient at a hospital. However as he seems fine but looks quite uncomfortable and desperate to find a way out like he has been forced to be be hospitalised, suggesting he could be a mental patient. The camera then zooms in to the last two words which he writes on a piece of paper while he’s reading it out, suggesting that the person who wants to ‘save’ is very important and worth dying for, the paper then gets torn then into the theme of the butterfly effect as the torn paper then turns to butterflies then into a single butterfly which covers/matches the scan image of a brain, suggesting that the genre of this film is a psychological thriller. The score music also begins to play as the name of the film appears showing that the film has started.

A very wide establishing shot sets out the scene as houses appear but also two children on their bikes riding down the hill, the camera gets tilted down as the children get closer to the camera. The camera movement then pans around and stops when it reaches to a house with another child playing with a dog, the child seems quite young and for it to be playing aggressively with a bull dog seems quite dangerous, non diagetic sound is used to represent the dog barking angry. The camera then zooms into the child and the dog still in a wide shot to show the setting more clearly.Then the camera pans around the child as a woman (presumably his mother as her voice of address sounds very motherly) calls him and he runs up. The mise en scene shows that the woman is wearing a mechanic costume which is counter stereotyping what she shouldn't be doing, what a man should be doing instead, which makes the audience think its either her job or its because she is a single mother who is independent and can do what both genders can do. She then goes back and the camera takes a long shot of her taking her mechanic suit of and the revealing her normal daily job dress underneath showing that she's a working parent and then Kevin (the young boy) asks about his father coming to visit him which then his mother replies back uncomfortably showing that she is a single parent. Then she replies back again saying, 'its too dangerous for him' but not actually saying why its dangerous for him to visit his child, making the audience think about the probabilities. Shot reverse shot then takes place while both characters are discussing about the school gallery. 
In the next scene the camera is at a wide shot as it focuses on the car driving into the car park of a primary school, ambient sound of the car suggests that Kevin is late for school. As Kevin walks out and rushes into the building, unexpectedly a lady knocks on the window of the car, the heavy sound coming from Kevin's mums perspective gives an impression that the lady knocking on the window wants to talk about something important. The lady knocking on the window looks quite posh and formal suggesting she's either a teacher or the headteacher. The camera then takes angle over the left shoulder as Kevin's mum opens the window and talks to the teacher about Kevin's behaviour and situation in school.

Reserch into title sequences

Research into title sequences

 

 The Conjuring
In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.






Link to video of title sequence - http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-conjuring/#

The title sequence of The Conjuring contains a slide show of images which include old family pictures and then moves on to showing newspaper articles. This idea could be used in a similar way in our film sequence as pictures of Lucinda and her sister could be shown before she is kidnapped and the newspaper could be articles of her disappearance. In the sequence, you also see a hand moving the images and the newspapers which in my title sequence could be the detective trying to work out Lucinda's sisters kidnap. There are close ups of each of these images so that the audience get a clear view of each picture as they are only small. The images also have a black and white effect put over them so they give an old fashioned look to them which could also be done in our piece. The editing of the slide show of pictures has been designed so that at the start the images fade into the next, and as the piece goes on the images start to transfer more viciously as the pages are flicking onto the next. There is really sinister non-diagetic sound which even though it is eerie throughout, it starts out quieter and builds louder as the editing becomes faster and rougher. There is also diagetic sound of the newspaper pages being turned which brings your attention back to the newspaper articles and makes it sound more realistic. These sounds can be used in ours as it is a sinister story so the music will match. 

One of the newspaper articles included

One of the pictures included




















The GameNicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving up to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.









Link to title video sequence -  http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-game/

In the title sequence of 'The Game' it shows us several different clips which are clearly set from the past. These video clips are given a sepia effect and have lines going through them to give off the effect that these videos have been taken by a family themselves with an ordinary old fashioned camera. All the characters in the sequence are wearing old fashioned outfits such as dresses and suits which supports the fact that it was taken in the past. This can relate to our story as video clips of Lucinda, her sister and her parents could be shown in old videos they will have taken together to show the closeness their family once had before the kidnap. There are several different shots used throughout the sequence to represents the different scenes such as long shots, mid shots and wide shots. The music is a simple piano playing which starts of quicker and builds louder towards the end to increase the tension and sticks to the theme of it being old fashioned. 

Shots used from the scene

Vertigo 

John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.

Link to title sequence - http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/vertigo/

The title sequence of Vertigo focus's on an extreme close up shot of a womens face. The shot pans round her face and then finally stops onto her eye. We see close up of her lips, nose and both her eyes. If we chose to have our title sequence like this, we would use Lucinda in the womens place. This way the audience will see extreme close up of her face and her makeup will emphasis how ill she is. The music also matches as it makes the women seem delusional, which Lucinda also is. However, our music would be more up to date as this was created in 1958.

Research into certificate of film

Classification of our film

What is classification?

In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and videos before they are released. This independent scrutiny prior to release ensures the highest possible level of protection and empowerment.

What classification rating we have chosen and why?

As a group, we have decided that the classification age rating for our film will be 15. This means  no-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD.  15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.
The reason we have chosen this classification is because our film will contain:

strong violence

frequent strong language (eg 'f***').

discriminatory language or behaviour

 At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language, Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms but it's highly unlikely that they will be used continually throughout the film. At 15, violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Also, easily accessible weapons may not be glamorised.
Many horror films are rated 15. At 15 there can be strong threat and menace (as long as it is not sadistic or sexualised), although the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Therefore we will limit the amount of 'gore' shown in our film.
We  should consider the risk of potential harm to impressionable teenagers. For example, dangerous behaviour such as hanging, suicide and self-harming should not dwell on detail which could be copied.

Analysis of first 15 minutes of 'The Tortured'

Analysis of first 15 minutes of  'The Tortured'

The film first starts with a blank screen, as the opening credits appear. Although the screen is blank,we hear a woman say'911, what's your emergency?' A man then appears on screen, looking anxious and confused on a busy motorway, with many cars speeding past. This part of the film is not shot continuously, however, it is purposely jolted in order to emphasise his state of panic and also confuse the audience and show that something bad has happened. The man then tells the operator hysterically that his son has been kidnapped. A birds-eye style, high angle shot is then used to show us he is on a bridge. The camera is looking down on him to emphasise his helplessness in the situation. His car is aimlessly parked in the middle of the road which suggests he has attempted to chase the kidnapper. The title of the film is then displayed on a black background.

The next scene is shot outside a house surrounded by police cars - we assume

this is outside his home shortly after his phone call. A woman is seen driving past. She is driving very slowly. She gets out of the car looking extremely worried. Straight away we assume she has some relation to the missing child. As she gets out of the car, the film continuity is much slower, which gives the whole scenario a dreamlike and surreal effect. As she ducks under the police tape and gets closer towards the house, a POV shot is used in which we can see things from her perspective. She

is looking at a policewoman, however her vision is blurry and unsteady. The camera is purposely filmed handheld to give off this effect. The woman then rushes into the house, where the man who was on the phone is. She asks what's going on.When she is told, she collapses into the fathers eyes crying, which suggests they are partners or husband and wife, and she is the mother of the child.

The screen goes black again, and a close up of the poster of the missing child is being stapled onto a lamppost. The camera then goes to an extreme close up on the boys face. This gives the viewer a more personal sense of the boy. We then hear his mother talking in the background. She is making an appeal. There is then a shot of the couple on the news, with the headlines underneath them as they speak. This makes the situation realistic and helps us identify with the pain of the couple. 

As the news report goes off, we are introduced to a very eerie setting. The room the scene is set in is very dark and messy. The camera is on a dolly and shows us round the room. As it turns a corner, we can see a man. The camera is shooting over his shoulder, however he is facing a mirror so we can see his face

despite him having his back to the camera. He is a very disturbing looking middle aged man, and he is applying make up, which straight away indicates something peculiar is going on. As he does this, we hear the non-diagetic sound of his vinyl playing. The song that is playing is 'Hush Little Baby', a famous lullaby. This is creepy as it juxtaposes the disturbing sight we are seeing with something that is meant to be calming and relaxing. Suddenly, he gets up and enters a small room. He is shot from a low angle, to emphasise his power in the situation he is in. He then points down to the camera,

referring to whoever is in front of him as 'being a bad boy' due to the way he's looking down and what he is saying, we assume we are in a POV shot of the little missing boy. The man is clearly very mentally ill, as he shows schizophrenic tendencies through the scene, referring to himself as both 'daddy' and 'mommy' and talking to himself. A close up of the mans face shouting at the little boy is shown to emphasise that the boy is in danger. The scene then goes black for a couple of seconds. 

We then see a police car parked outside a house. They go and knock at the door. This is a shot done over

both of their shoulders. The creepy middle aged man is shown standing in the doorway. The police bust into the house - one of them hold the man down, and the other officer is shown going into the basement. As he walks through the door of the small room, a shot of the officer looking down on something is shown. We can just see the little boys legs laying lifelessly, so we assume that the little boy is dead. The camera slowly zooms in on the officers face to show his surprise and disgust. 

The scene then jumps straight to a shot of a telephone ringing inside the boys' mother and fathers house.The mother frantically enters the scene and picks up the phone,looking distressed. As an officer begins to speak

on the phone, we are shown that she is having random flashbacks of her little boy and her together before the tragedy happened. The film jumps from the look of anguish on the woman's face to her random memories with her little boy. She begins to cry hysterically and hangs up the phone as she slides down the wall sobbing. She is shot from a high angle to show her despair in this situation and her vulnerability. 

The couple are shown walking down a long corridor looking very melancholy. They are greeted by two officers who are also looking very serious. A body is pulled out from a room and the sheet is removed in order for the parents to identify it. As they realise it is their son, the father looks distraught as the woman begins to scream as she clutches onto her partners chest. The screaming continues, but the shot changes. The film is now showing a flashback from when the woman is giving birth to her

son. This is done so we can compare the scream to the beginning of her sons life and the ending. Another series of happy memories that the couple have shared with their son are shown, such as him laughing as they feed him on his high chair and the child playing in the garden when he's a little older. These scenarios are very ordinary so audiences can empathise with the couple as they would relate it to their own feelings if

something bad happened to their own children. When the flashbacks are shown, we are redirected to the couple filmed in two shot. They are dressed smart and in dark clothing, looking very upset. We assume the couple are now being shown in the present tense at their sons funeral. The couple are then shown the next morning. The woman is still in bed, and refuses to wake up when the man shakes her. He looks out of the window in a mundane fashion. He then begins to have a flashback. We are introduced to a sunny day in which the man is smiling outside on a deckchair and the son is playing

happily in the garden. His wife leaves for work and says goodbye to her son by hugging him and then getting into the car. The dad then suggests that the boy needs sun cream, and he goes to find some as his son plays happily in the back garden. However, we are shown a view from a car. The windscreen wipers are still in the shot, but we can see the little boy playing through the front car window. 

We assume this is a POV shot,

as if we're are looking through the little boys murderers eyes. To create intensity, the shots go from the boy playing blissfully unaware in the garden, to the father rummaging through to drawers to find the sun cream in the kitchen. After these reversing shots are shown a couple of times, we see the man snatch the little boy. As the father turns round, he makes eye contact with his sons killer. An effect is then put on of a shot of light,

and the image of the kidnapping turned still for a couple of seconds, as if the father had taken a mental snapshot of his sons killer. The man sprints outside as fast as he possibly can, while screechy high pitched diagetic music plays in the background to intensify the entire scenario. We see his son banging on the window of the car as the man chases after it. He runs for a very long time but eventually the car is miles in front of him despite his best efforts. The shot then goes back to him in the present tense looking out of the window. This is to express that he feels partially guilty about his childs disapearance, but also shows that he remembers every detail of his sons kidnapping and it haunted by it and will be haunted by it indefinitely. 

Research Into Film: Similar Characters

Similar Characters. 

Hayley Stark - Hard Candy

Hayley is a manipulative and resentful teenage girl who is clearly mentally unstable. Although her psysical appearance does not show her true colours, unlike the lead character in our film, their personalities and motives are very similar. In Hard Candy, Hayley chats with 32 year old Jeff Kohlver over the internet. Fourteen year old Hayley flirts with him in spite of the age difference and proposes to go to his house. When she gets their, she prepares a drink for him which she spikes. When he wakes up, he is tied to a chair and Hayley accuses him of being a paedophile. She then begins to torture him for revenge. Hayley shares many similarities with Lucinda, as they are both seeking revenge and have mental issues. They are both provoked by something that causes them to flip and become homicidal. Their age is also very similar. and they are both of the same gender.

Beatrix Kiddo - Kill Bill 

Primarily known as The Bride (codename Black Mamba), is on a revenge mission where she is hunting her victims. We are meant to be detached emotionally from her as a character until her name is finally revealed as Beatrix Kiddo by Bill. This is when we see the character as fully vulnerable and when she opens up her emotions. This is similar to our lead character as we do not want our audience to understand her level of insanity. Also, Beatrix is hunting down gang members that she finds out killed her baby after she had been in a four year coma. So in both films, both of the characters are seeking revenge on someone who has hurt/killed their loved ones. This helps the viewers empathise with the characters despite their unorthodox actions. Both characters are willing to shed blood in order to get the revenge that they desire so badly. 

Research Into Final Film Idea: Music

Sound/Music

We have decided that a range of diagetic and non diagetic sound would be useful in our film in creating an intense and sinister atmosphere for the viewers. As part of our non diagetic sound, we will be able to hear a clock ticking, which adds to the intensity of the film during silent moments. A key part of our film is when Lucinda taps her fingers on the table as she gets impatient with the questions she is being asked. This is non diagetic sound. As her tedium increases, so does the volume and speed of her tapping on the table. This creates an intense and uncomfortable environment. Another sound which will be non diagetic will be the coughing of the nurse, as we want this to sound realistic and natural.

However, we will include some diagetic sound to increase the horror in the film. During tense moments, we will play an eerie song or sound which will warn the viewer that something is about to happen. For example, in the film. For example, when something scary is about to happen in insidious, an eerie violin sound begins to play. As the intensity builds, so does the volume of the violin. > Click here.

We will also play a scary song at the end , to conclude Lucindas actions so the audience are wondering what is going to happen next. For example, in the movie 'Saw' , the same song plays when the audience has come to a realisation of something >  Click Here.

Research Into Final Film Idea: Mise en Scene.

Props:

In order for our film to look as professional and realistic as possible, several props will be used to achieve a film that looks of high standard. First, we have to ensure that we have a realistic mental asylum room in which a patient would reside in. This is a possibility for us as we are using one of the medical rooms that are in the college. We also need a table, and two chairs in which Lucinda and the psychiatrist can sit on while they have their conversation. A tape recorder would also be useful, as the psychiatrist would be recording her patients answers in order to make notes. A cup of coffee will also be vital, as this is what Lucinda uses in order to poison/spike the psychiatrist. A clock will also be of importance to instigate the time and to be used as something which regularly attracts Lucinda's focus.

Costume & Make Up:

Lucinda:

It is important that Lucinda is unnerving and 'creepy' for the audience to look at, as this is the type of character she is portraying. In order to achieve this look, Lucinda will be dressed in an oversized, preferably white or cream night gown. The night gown should be pale with no pattern on it. She will have bare feet, to show she is dehumanised as she is not particularly 'normal'. Her hair will be over her face to take away some of her identity so we feel like she is hiding something. She will have a very pale face but       dark circles under her eyes, to make her look restless and ill. 

Psychiatrist

The psychiatrist will be dressed smartly and professionally. She will have to look intelligent as she is high in her professional scale and we want her to appear serious about her job. She will wear glasses and have nicely painted nails, with neutral make up but with a red lipstick. Her hair will be in a neat bun or in a sleek ponytail away from her face. She will be wearing a blouse and a grey or black pencil skirt. The colours she is wearing will be dull so she doesn't take up too much of the audiences attention in the medical room. She will also be wearing smart black shoes or possibly wedges. 

Translator

The translator will be dressed very similarly to the psychiatrist. She will wear long black or grey trousers with a white shirt and blazer. She will wear flat black shoes and have her hair in a ponytail or bun. For make up she will wear lots of browns and other neutral colours.

Setting:

The majority of the film is set in Lucindas room at the mental asylum. The walls are white and the whole room is very dull with no sign of bright colour. The room will be very basic, and will probably just contain a bed, a table and possibly a desk. Photos or diaries may feature in the room to give it a more personal effect, and it will also give us an idea of Lucindas personal life. There may also be books or magazines laying around in the room.

Lighting:

The room is very well lit and extremely bright with the high key lighting and the white walls. This is intentional as it juxtaposes with Lucindas dark and sinister character. This allows to audience to focus on Lucinda more and to realise that she is not a normal girl. As the intensity of the film rises , the room will begin to dimmer. At the climax point in the film, the lights could start to flicker. This will confuse and frighten the audience and make them wonder what will happen next.