Evaluation part 4

Genre

My title sequence reflects the thriller genre as it holds conventions such as: Creating suspense – We done this through the dark lighting throughout the footage where the

audience would pay attention to the sequence, so that when the sound made a loud noise the audience would feel on edge, as this soundtrack was very loud, eerie and jumpy. To enhance this, the use of the build-up of the soundtrack which gradually gets louder and faster, follows the sequence until the end where the camera is focused on the protagonist and the door slams which makes a loud bang and the music cuts. This is the end of the suspense and sequence.

  Location – thriller films are usually based in an urban or suburban area which is why we chose

a school building, this way the audience can relate to the film or have a cultural understanding as education is based within mainly everyone in the UK.

  The hero is the only person to solve the enigma and reveal the truth – this is the reason why

the protagonist is in many scenes of the title sequence so the audience get a sense that he is the ‘main character’. An example of this is when the protagonist finds the torch on the floor which could be a clue or a mystery to the plotline.

  Characters – Particular institutions are usually in thriller films as this gives the story line a

serious tone. Therefore we used the security guard to show that this kind of power is in hand which relates to thriller genre.

  Disruption – The disruption to Todorov’s narrative will include some sort of monster,

paranormal, or creature.

Mise-en-scene

Costume – Smartly dressed protagonist (reflects the school environment)

Make up – Natural for the same reason Lighting – Dark for the thriller genre, allows the audience

to be put on edge and less is revealed to keep the idea of secret and the unknown.

Setting – School as this is where the plot is set Props – Tripod allows the audience to identify the

protagonist intentions, the tripod and camera helps the audience to realise the footage watched is from this source.

Act – Close ups of the protagonists face while he watches the clips on the computer tells us that he is worried and scared, creating a dull atmosphere for the audience.

Typography

The typography which we used was fairly authentic as we used the website Da.Font which has many fonts, so ours was unique. We found this font in the ‘distorted’ category which was perfect as this is a synonym of our title ‘Disturbance’ and also went with the theme of our thriller which was distorted camera footage and effects in post-production.

Sound

At the beginning of the title sequence we used the sound of static which went with the effects on the credits of static. The use of this very subtly gave off an eerie atmosphere for the beginning, which is the atmosphere we want the audience to read.

I think the use of our soundtrack which was ‘Instrumental version Guillotine – Death grips (uncopy righted)’ was very effective as the intro happens just as the protagonist opens the footage on the computer screen. This should indicate that the footage is significant as the reason for the footage is because of some kind of paranormal, which in the film would be revealed through this footage set up by the protagonist. As well as this, the beginning of the soundtrack is very prompt and starts with a beat which is parallel with the mise-en-scene, this creates suspension for the audience, which was evident when I played the title sequence in class and many students jumped.

Throughout Disturbance title sequence, the soundtrack has a beat which is parallel with the time the footage comes on the screen (transitions) which creates more of a scare rather than all over the place. This composition also makes sense as the loud distorted soundtrack beat puts emphasis on the paranormal existence.

We also used foley sound for when the camera is removed from the tripod as there is barely any sound and this creates a sense of realism, making the audience feel as if the film is more legit or realistic. We also used foley sound of the door slamming at the end of the sequence, by slamming the door and having the flip camera on the floor as this allowed more vibrations to enhance the sound, this was added in in post-production where the video was removed but the sound was used. We could enhance the levels in final cut pro.