Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corporation

A production company’s main role is to help create a film, giving financial support with budgeting, scripting, casting actors as well as scheduling. The company usually looks over the film from the start from when it’s an idea and they see it through to a completion. They are also the ones who help to find a director and if anything were to go wrong in the making of the film or television show then they would be held responsible. For example, they would be responsible for an actor being injured or any property that was damaged throughout the production of the film.

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly referred to as either Paramount Studios or Paramount is an American film studio and television production company as well as motion picture producer is constantly ranked as one of the “Big six” film studios within Hollywood. It is also a subsidiary of U.S. media Viacom. It was in 2014 that Paramount became the first major Hollywood studio to produce all of its films in a digital only structure. The headquarters is located in Hollywood, California, United States.

The current divisions of Paramount Pictures Corporation are as follows;

-Paramount Home Media

-Insurge Pictures

-Paramount Famous

-Comedy Central Films
-Productions

-Paramount Animations

-Paramount Television

-MTV Films

-Nickelodeon Movies

An ident is a moving image or logo that is presented to the audience before a film/TV show has started. The principle of an ident is varied upon many purposes that are somewhat essential in the media industry. It makes the viewers aware of who the production company is or who is associated with the making of the film as well as standing out from other competition and to promote themselves.

So what makes an effective ident and what questions do you need to answer?

-Setting/time – Where is the ident set? Is it in the future, present or past?

-Tempo – How fast or slow the ident is, often determined by the music in the background.

-Audience interaction – Does it interact with the audience? Does all of the action happen inside the scene?

-Informative or entertainment – Is it meant to be informative or is it just for pure entertainment from visual elements?

-Density – How much information is in the ident? How full or empty is the screen? How much space is used/isn’t being used?

Paramount's ident starts with a crystal clear view of a lake with stars parading over the surface of the water, a tracking shot of the stars flying to the top of a mountain shows an extremely detailed landscape full of other smaller mountains and clouds. This could give the impression of this particular production company being one of the best as it is literally at the top. The many stars surrounding the word "Paramount" further influences the idea of the companies wealth and fame. From this ident I think that it is set in the future as the company is always looking for new angles and using vast amounts of technology to produce films. The background music has a majestic and graceful feel to it, as when it comes to the view from the top of the mountain there is a crescendo to exaggerate its glory. At the end of the ident you can see the text of "A Viacom Company", which is an American media conglomerate with interests of which are primarily in cinema and cable television.

Paramount has always been a leader of all sorts to the film industry as well as a residence to countless well-known motion picture productions and television series’ such as Star Trek on the Network of NBC, airing from 1966 - 1967.

They are extremely successful as they utilise the combination of their cosmic experience and latest state of the art technology in order to provide a hugely diverse variation of production services of which are managed by the professionals in the industry. In my honest opinion, there is no other production company or facility that has greater commitment, talent and technology other than Paramount. 

Analysing a Thriller Opening Sequence

Dexter

What titles are shown?


‘Dexter’ The actors. Special guests. ‘Developed for television by…’ ‘Based on the novel…’ ‘Main title theme by…’ ‘Produced by…’ ‘Consulting producer…’ ‘Co-producer…’ ‘Producer…’ ‘Co-executive producer…’‘Executive producer…’


How do they fit to the genre?


The actual sequence is about a guy who works as a Blood Splatter Specialist in a police department, matching the first piece of text when we can see the blood dripping onto a surface or paper to make his name fits


Describe the typography


Blotted blood on paper when the title ‘Dexter’, reiterating that he works as a blood splatter specialist.The rest of the titles are in plain text the colour red, this could signify that his life is bland, or maybe he likes it that way.


Camerawork, Sound, Mise-en-scene and Editing


Close ups of what the character is doing, match on action, sound contradicts the actions of what we see, juxtaposition. Diegetic sound yet enhanced so that they were clear. Mise-en-scene of a razor against the man’s throat, it cut’s him slightly which then switched to a shot of a sink and blood dripping into it, referring to the “Dexter.” Mise-en-scene being of casual objects and fruit such as an orange that looked as if it was filled with guts, editing was smooth and had continuity, making sense all the way through. A jump cut of the coffee beans to make time pass by quicker.

How does the sequence indicate genre and suggest narrative?


Close-ups of the man getting dressed, the actions quite retrained. Flossing his teeth with an extreme close-up of his tying the string around his thumb, looked intimidating.


How does the sequence engage your interest?


Every shot was very close to the character, which makes us feel a little Closter-phobic, enigma created of not knowing his identity until it is was released at the end. Sinister edge on someone doing their normal routine in the morning.

5 Shot Analysis: Dexter

Bridge of Spies Analysis

Bridge of Spies

 

Bridge of Spies has a variety of sub-genres hinted, that of a mystery, crime, drama, legal, political, romantic, action and espionage. The sub-genres of a crime, legal and political suit together for a thriller as they have similarities, the film itself is about an Insurance Lawyer who hasn’t had to deal with being a Crime Lawyer in a while and only just getting back into the game. He is trying to defend someone who may or may not be guilty of the crime held against them. Which further creates the enigmas of “Who is the war against?”, “Who are the spies after?”, “Who is the Soviet Union after?” and “Will they get the deal they need?”

 

The sub-genre of spy and espionage is hinted by the mise-en-scene used, that of sniper guns from towers and also the use of normal hand guns which signifies the danger aspect. The Berlin wall that is being built illustrated segregation between two countries, indicating that there is a war going on at this time.

 

The character of Tom Hank, playing the Insurance Lawyer wears a smart bowler-cap hat, suit and a trench coat with a brief case, connoting that wherever he goes he will be working. The spies are from Russia and American government, stereotypical of a spy thriller.

Legend Analysis

Legend

 

Legend signifies the thriller sub-genre of crime, drama, action and romantic. This is because of the chase and action sequences that take place between the characters, also demonstrated because of the music which is fast paced and synchronous to the movements from the two main characters. From this the enigmas are that of “Why do they need to do this?”, “Who are they after?”, “What are they fighting for/why are they in the mafia?”, “Who really are the Krays?” and “Will they succeed?”

 

The mise-en-scene signifies the status and role of the characters within the film, expensive furniture and clothing in the apartments exemplifies their wealth and suggests that they have high paying jobs. They are always in pubs and out at bars, which demonstrates that they are stereotypically ‘manly’ men who battle between life and war. Also the way the characters dress show their status, in suits and tie with smart hair styles connoting their power and strength, with rich lifestyles reflected through this mise-en-scene.

San Andreas Analysis

San Andreas

 

This film hints at the romantic, disaster, mystery, eco, conspiracy, drama and action sub-genres. I think this because the world falls into a disaster of which buildings start to collapse in cities, giving the impression of a conspiracy, eco (man-made instead of natural), mystery, disaster thriller. A growing relationship between the main male and female character as the world falls around them which makes the indication of it being a romantic thriller too. From the narrative ask the questions of “What caused this?”. “Why is it happening?” and “Who dies and who survives?”

 

The mise-en-scene helps to show the sub-genres of action and drama as a helicopter is used to roam the airs of San Francisco, whilst a building crumbles over and only just missing the helicopter.

 

All of the characters hold out desperately to survive this disaster, the role of innocent bystanders running away from this is stereotypical as they are seen as worthless and only help to show destruction and ruin in this situation. The male heroic character of course tries to save all of the people in the city.

Crimson Peak Analysis

Crimson Peak

 

Crimson Peak illustrates the sub-genres of mystery, action, supernatural, disaster, horror, psychological and romantic thriller as the film is about a woman who moves in with a mysterious male and his sister who does not allow people to go into the basement, a spirit haunts the woman who moves in and puts her in great danger. Thus creating the enigmas of “What is haunting the house?”, “Who is the spirit after?” and “Why is it forbidden to go into the basement?”

 

The location of this thriller is set in a faraway house, nowhere to go which is typical in a supernatural, psychological mystery thriller as if someone is in danger they have nowhere to run, stranded.  You can tell by the clothing, of which is outdated with its Victorian style that this is set in an older era which only makes it even more ghostly, at that time there was not much knowledge of the spirit world in film terms.

 

There is a romantic feel to this genre, which inhibits the hint of a romantic thriller. A romantic dimension to the woman moving in and the man. There is also a more sinister relationship between the woman and the man’s sister, demanding her to not go into the basement, highlighting that she may be keeping a secret.

 

The Walk Analysis

The Walk

 

I think that this trailer illustrated elements of an action, crime, drama and romantic as a sub-genre. This is because of the narrative, a man’s dream to cross a wire that he’d place at the top of two extremely high buildings, being told nearly every minute that he wouldn’t be allowed to do this. There were a variety of enigmas created by this, that of ‘Why would he want to do this?’, ‘Why does he want to risk his life for death?’ and ‘Does he succeed?’ The mise-en-scene was that of a wire for the man to walk across, which had the intentions of making the audience feel scared for him and worry for his safety and well-being. The location was realistic, being set in New York which is a well-known place and is where most thrillers are set. The main characters of this film were the man who wanted to cross the wire at the top of two skyscrapers and his girlfriend, acting as support for him which hinted to me the aspect of a romantic sub-genre to this thriller. The main male character was associated with the theme of determination as his mind was set on walking across the wire, daring and willing to risk his life to do this.

Sicario Analysis

Sicario

 

The film of Sicario indicates the sub-genres of crime, spy, mystery, drama and action, this is because of the various types of ways they had used camerawork, editing, sound and elements of mise-en-scene within the trailer. There were many enigmas, such as ‘Who or what they were they looking after?’, ‘What are they all fighting for?’ and ‘Who is behind all of this?’ The mise-en-scene also helped to show clearly what the genre of the film was as guns, police cars and bullet-proof vests are conventional props in a crime, mystery and action movie. These props also help to signify status and role of the characters. The roles being that of most of the characters either being a stereotypical police officer or archetypal as there was a woman officer. This woman officer played the role of a strong female even though she was in the way of harm. Another role would be that of a male villain, referred to in this film as a drug lord.

Nerve Opening Title Analysis

Thriller Sub-Genres

Thriller Sub-Genre Presentation

Sicario Analysis

The Walk Analysis

Crimson Peak Analysis

San Andreas Analysis

Legend Analysis

Bridge of Spies Analysis

Thriller Sub-Genre Presentation

Napoleon Dynamite Opening title analysis

Napoleon Dynamite

What titles do they use?

Starts with the company that made the film

Actors

Casting crew

Who the music is by

Producers

How are they different?

Plates of food, stationary or paper with names of people who were involved with the film

Doesn’t give away the genre very easily

Graphic matches, the exact placement of food was the same each time and only changed when different objects were used

What effect or theme does the opening sequence create?

Realistic, there is no animation or surreal elements

Music is calm which doesn’t make the audience feel on-edge

What type of opening is it?

Not superimposed, every piece of writing was done on food or paper that a person picked up or moved. There was no animation to the opening sequence

 

 

Domino Opening title analysis

Domino



What titles do they use?

Executive producers

Director

Camera operator

Actors

Costume designers

Screenplay writer

Who the music was by

Title placed in the middle, wasn’t very effective as it wasn’t eye catching

How are they different?

Starts with an intro scene to hint at the genre of the film

Each character has a picture and signifies their personality

Voiceovers of characters within the music

Music is somewhat jazzy, had a groove to it as well as a serious tone

What effect/ theme does the opening sequence create?

Tension at the beginning as you could see someone was holding a gun up to someone and another person was shouting at them to put the gun down.

Title of the film is shown within the transitions of images in the opening sequence

What type of opening is it?

Superimposed, the film is about crime

Captain America Opening title analysis

Captain America

 

What titles do they use?

Actor’s names

Production cast names

Directors

SFX

Costume designers

Music supervisors

Director of photography/Camera operator

Production studio and company just before the title is revealed

TITLE OF THE FILM IS ALWAYS AT THE END

 

How are they different?

Uses propaganda from war posters, suggesting that it is a war film

Uses an orchestra for the music

What effect or theme does the opening sequence create?

Sounds quite majestic and victorious with the choice of music

Gives a sense of accomplishment

 

What type of opening is it?

Superimposed (picture and title)

Very thematic, set in the war time

Sets the characters and narrative

Uses animation of war posters, planes and people

7. What have you learnt from filming and editing your prelim that will help you with your thriller?

From the experience of actually going out and filming as well as learning how to edit with the Mac’s on iMovie, I now know what camera rules need to be followed such as the 180° rule. This rule is absolutely essential as we control what the audience sees. This is known as framing, which from this activity I have learnt that what the audience sees needs to make sense and should not confuse them as this would have a secondary affect on the narrative. It is crucial for the camera to show where characters are going and that the camera acts as a 3^rd person, the audience in this case. The places in which we recorded could have been thought out better as ever few minutes there were students walking past to go to the bathroom. The noises from the toilets being flushed and the hand dryer being turned on were caught on the audio and stopped us from filming. To avoid this next time we need to either record outside of school time, places within the school that aren’t being used between lessons or to stay behind for an hour or so to be able to film after school.

When I was in the process of editing I had acknowledged that the slightest error could ruin a whole video/film/trailer. It is important that the editor is fully focused on the task and is always alert to avoid this problem. From editing on iMovie I have learnt how to make clean cuts and to get the exact timings of actions happening between shots and making sure what I’m editing has continuity. I have also learnt how to make shots run smoothly together without, meaning that the viewer does not get confused with what is happening in the video. This will help at a later date with the Thriller Trailer task as all my newly-found knowledge will come in to play when editing the trailer. A problem that I faced whilst editing was making the cut-away’s too short or too long, this made the video look out of sync with the timings. From this my group have learnt a way to avoid this when set another task along the same line would be to record shots for longer and collect more variety of scenes. 

Opening title timeline analysis

Opening Title Timeline of Nerve


Nerve Opening Title Analysis Presentation

Opening title timeline of Nerve

The opening title sequence of Nerve

Conventions of an Opening Title

Expectations:

• The cast and crew
• People who have worked on the film
• The film’s name

What is the purpose in titles of a film opening?

• Gives a small introduction to the audience
• Hints at the genre of the film
• Gives credit to those who have worked on it
• Sets the scene for the film
• Foreshadow a character’s personality
• People who are within the production team
• Artistic way of setting the tone
• Acknowledge the work of the institution, case and crew on a product
• Shown at the beginning and show the most important members of the production
• Now usually shown as text superimposed on a black screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the show.
• May or may not be accompanying music. Where opening titles are built into a separate sequence of their own, the correct term is title sequence.

Captain America Opening title analysis


Domino Opening title analysis


Napoleon Dynamite Opening title analysis

Thriller Mise-en-scene in Inception

The film ‘Inception’ opens with a wide pan of an ocean view, an establishing shot as to demonstrate to the audience where the main character is located/where the first event of action is taking place. 

Diegetic sound of the sea crashing against rocks that creates an ambience fades out slowly to a cut away to Leonardo DiCaprio’s character laying on the shore, connoting that he has just woken up or had a realisation as if he is coming back to the real world. As the narrative of the film is all about transporting into dreams and different realms the intention of this opening was to forebode what happens in the rest of the film.

A wide-long shot then shows the eye-level view of what Leonardo’s character can see, denoting that he can see a beach house atop a small cliff. It is also a low-angle shot of the house which connotes that whoever is living in that house resides power or hierarchy. Diegetic sound of children’s laughter can be heard along with the sea which connotes that the character is not in danger at this point and has nothing to be afraid of, it also suggests that the character could be in a dream state. However, there are also soldiers present with weaponry; giving the scene an unrealistic opening which further backs up the situation being a dream.

We next see this character in a room filled with light bulbs, the enigma is that the audience does not know who the man is at the table or why he has taken interest in the character we saw in the opening scene. 

Another man is present in this scene too, assuming he is a butler or waiter as he is stood still as if he’s awaiting orders from the man sat at the table. The intention of this is to get the audience to question the narrative and piece the puzzle of the film together in order to make sense of it all. 

The sounds of the beach are no longer able to be heard, connoting that this current situation has become serious. A darker tone is present as the lighting has become dim which reflects through the change in lighting and costume as all of the characters are in black suits. 

This illustrates that Leonardo’s character is in trouble or has been involved in a situation due as to the serious nature in the scene. The character that is associated with power is not yet visible; hidden by the back of his chair and guards standing around him for protection.

6. Explain what was successful about your prelim. What would you improve if you could reshoot it?

Personally I would have chosen a different location/room to film in as we were limited on time to shoot the film. A different location for filming would have also been a good choice as we kept being disrupted by other students going to the bathroom. The noises from the toilets flushing, and hand dryers going off every minute as well as people from our class leaving the classroom to film (the door squeaking shut) were picked up on the camera’s audio.

I also think that we could have included a few more shot types and camera angles, the whole of my group think this would’ve added more variety to our short film in terms of camera usage. This would have also potentially of shown that we have a wide understanding of knowing how to use a camera to its absolute potential in many ways.

We could have had more dialogue between the characters myself and Nathan played as, the conversation could have been a little longer with more lines, this possibly could have inhibited the need for more camera angles and diverse shot types.

5. Evaluate how well you did the task - use screen grabs to show how effective the following were: continuity, match on action, shot reverse-shot, 180° rule.

Continuity 

This is a shot from not long after the beginning of the short film; it started out as a long shot of me walking down the corridor with 2 cut-away shots of another member of the group, Nathan sorting out a file.

You can see me to the far left of the image and when watching the film I am walking off the scene which then switches to a shot where I appear on the far right of the screen and approaching a door. This is to demonstrate that I have walked round a corner to a door, as I appear on one side of the screen to the other it illustrates continuity. This is because it is clear to the audience that I have walked down the corridor, round a corner and toward the door in the next shot. The audience can follow where I am heading and are not confused as we picked out a variety of appropriate shot types that would clearly show where my character was heading to. 

Match on action

This is a medium shot of me holding onto a door handle. In the next shot you can see an extreme close-up of my hand and a door handle. The previous shot was filmed intentionally for the next piece of footage as we were letting the audience know who it was that was opening the door to the room. It is clear that my group have used the skill of match-on-action to portray the action of my character in the previous shot. It also links to continuity as it displays where the character is going. This skill creates a visual-bridge that draws the audience’s attention to that one action.

Shot reverse-shot and the 180° rule

A shot reverse-shot is where one character is shown as if they are looking at another (an often off-screen), and then the scene reverses over to the other character who is shown to be looking back at the previous character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer naturally assumes that they are looking at one another. 

We have used this technique so that it conveys that the 2 characters in the shot are exchanging dialogue between themselves which is why we have used this technique as it also adds some context to the situation. It gives the technique a purpose to be used and can also be used to signify a character looking at an object or another other subject matter.

The 180° rule is applied most commonly within a long shot. From the cameras/3^rd person POV looking at a scene from a side profile, known as a master two-shot, you can see both characters and the whole scene. It is apparent that you can see one character and are on the left hand side and facing the right. The other character however is on the right hand side and facing to the left.

We applied this rule by merging it with the shot reverse-shot so that whenever we shot from one side of a character that we used the same side on the next character so that it was clear that the two characters are facing each other. It also helps to not confuse the audience, if we were to film from one side of a character and then shot from the opposite shoulder on the other subject it would look as if the characters had switched seats.

4. Evaluate the quality of your editing. Comment on how easy it was to edit, what editing skills you’ve learnt/developed, whether you achieved continuity.

Learning the skills of how to edit on iMovie was a lot less complicated than I had thought it would be. It didn’t take me too long to master all of the techniques I had been shown in a short amount of time. I have managed to gain a lot of knowledge from this activity that will definitely help me later on when preparing and planning my thriller trailer and various other filming activities. I do believe that my group have been successful in this activity as the shots are smooth and have been edited together to make sense to signify continuity within the short film as well as using a variety of different shot distances.

I have learnt the following so far:

-Transferring footage onto a Mac

-Putting the footage in to iMovie

-Taking the footage and dragging it into the editing tab

-How to remove the audio from footage

-Changing the colourations of a video

-Joining clips together

-Deleting footage from the editing tab

-Splitting a clip into sections

-Adding titles

-Changing the length of time the titles last for

-Framing/cropping shots

-Exporting the finished product onto a memory stick.

3. Evaluate your footage – were your shots of good enough quality (shot type, framing, composition, lighting, etc) – examples?

I believe that our footage was of the quality our teachers were looking for. We made sure that the shot types were as clear as we could make them by looking back and forth at shot types sheets, this was to make sure we had placed the camera in the exact position it would need to be in.

We made sure that the scenes only contained what needed to be seen by the audience. This was achieved when it came to editing the shots together by cropping the shot if we needed to, this would reduce the quality in the footage but not by much.

The composition of the shots was planned by myself, I made sure the props and characters were placed where they needed to be in order for the film to have continuity, achieved by keeping the camera in the right positions and on the right side of the 180° rule line.

When I was editing the video I made sure that the lighting was on the same level throughout, this being done by altering the video colourations. This would also help to keep continuity between the scenes and would signify that the scenario is happening in the same day and time.

2. Evaluate the success of your filming – what went well? What challenges did you to overcome? How?

I personally think that the positioning of the camera went terrifically as we had gathered some very good shots; clearly all showing where the characters were going. The editing of the video is extremely smooth and definitely shows continuity within the scenario.

 A challenge of the area we shot was that of people coming through the corridor every couple of minutes to go to the bathrooms as well as other students in our class going out of the room to film which the camera audio picked up. To overcome this challenge we had to shoot the scenes we wanted quickly whilst making sure they were of the quality we wanted.

 Also another challenge was that we would mess up our lines or have to retake certain shots as it would be difficult at some points to keep a straight face. Each of us tackled this problem by keeping each other in focus by taking and retaking the scenes that we found difficult no matter how many times we had to do them.

Evaluation of Preliminary Film

1.  Summarise/describe the task – continuity task –film/edit character opening door, crossing room, sitting down in chair opposite another character, character exchange brief dialogue. Explain the skills you needed to show – continuity, match on action, shot reverse-shot, 180° rule.

2. Evaluate the success of your filming – what went well? What challenges did you to overcome? How?


3. Evaluate your footage – were your shots of good enough quality (shot type, framing, composition, lighting, etc) – examples?


4. Evaluate the quality of your editing. Comment on how easy it was to edit, what editing skills you’ve learnt/developed, whether you achieved continuity.


5. Evaluate how well you did the task - use screen grabs to show how effective the following were: continuity, match on action, shot reverse-shot, 180° rule.


6. Explain what was successful about your prelim. What would you improve if you could reshoot it?


7. What have you learnt from filming and editing your prelim that will help you with your thriller?

1. Summarise/describe the task – continuity task – film/edit character opening door, crossing room, sitting down in chair opposite another character, character exchange brief dialogue. Explain the skills you needed to show – continuity, match on action, shot reverse-shot, 180° rule.

We were set the task of recording a video that would have continuity between different shots, which was also a skill that needed to be signified from this task. Our first scene was of me walking down a corridor that would then switch to another scene of me approaching a door and opening it. The purpose of this being recorded was so that we practice our ability to make scene changes make sense and to not confuse the audience’s perception of the scene changes. We also had to have the exchanging of dialogue between characters in the shots so the video had some context and so that it wasn’t just a ‘random’ video. 

Another skill that was required for this activity was that of not breaking the 180° rule, this there is an imaginary line that cuts down the half of characters and the camera must stay on one side of this line unless it is the action of the camera switching onto the other side is filmed. This can be done by a pan or tracking shot to illustrate that it is passing over the line. 

We also had to include the shot types of’ Match on Action’ and ‘Shot reverse-shot’. A MOA (Match on Action) shot is demonstrated within my preliminary video when I had approached the door and the camera then switched to an extreme close-up of my hand on the door handle about to open the door, a MOA is supposed to emphasise to the viewer of where the character is going. A SRS (Shot reverse-shot) can be represented when the camera is place in a position where it is an over-the shoulder shot of one character and the other is opposite. The camera will then switch over to the other side where you can now see a profile shot of the previous character and now the shoulder of the other character.

Prelim Planning

Preliminary Film

Sound in Thrillers Notes

Sound in Thrillers Notes

 

Sound terms:

Sound bridge (A scene changes but the sound stays the same)

Voiceover (Voice edited on top of a moving image)

Ambient sound (Any sounds that create an atmosphere)

Incidental sound (Hearing something you can’t see, but reacting to it)

Diegetic (Natural sounds)

Non-Diegetic (Unnatural sounds)

Dialogue (When people are talking)

Asynchronous (Contradicts the event coming)

Soundtrack (Music edited in)

Diminuendo (Sounds gets quieter)

Crescendo (Sound gets louder)

Synchronous (Goes with the action and event occurring in the scene)

 

Soundtrack 1:

What do you notice about the sound?

-It rises, crescendo and lowers, diminuendo.
-It is a soundtrack, music that is edited in.
-Non-diegetic
-I can tell it is asynchronous as it foreshadows that a bad event is going to take place.

How should it make the audience feel?

-Scared
-Curious as to what’s happening
-Makes the audience feel tense

What sort of instruments are used?

-Piano
-Trumpets
-Flute
-Violin
-Orchestral instruments (Classic in Thrillers)

How does it give away the genre?

-High violin screeches in some areas, building tension and making the audience feel less at ease

Soundtrack 2: 28 Years Later

What do you notice about the sound?

-Slow paced at the beginning
-Soundtrack
-Audience knows something is going to happen as the music becomes faster

How should it make the audience feel?

-Hopeful at the beginning
-Turns to a more smooth rock tone which could make the audience feel happy and at ease
-At the end, going slow paced
-False sense of hope

What sort of instruments are used?

-Acoustic guitar
-Electric guitar
-Drums
-Out of tune piano

How does it give away the genre

-Slow, giving hope
-Fast, audience feels tense

Soundtrack 3: Twisted Nerve

What do you notice about the sound?

-Ambience of the water and tweeting of a bird

How should it make the audience feel?

-Creates happiness, no harsh tones from pianos or guitars
-An asynchronous sound, doesn’t match the theme as a murder had just taken place

What sort of instruments are used?

-Piano

What makes effective sound in thrillers?

-Violin screeches
-Slow whistling of wind, ambience
-Crescendo’s and diminuendo’s (Tense atmosphere)
-Harsh tones
-A blood curdling scream
-Contrasts between high and low pitches
-Orchestral music
-Further into the song add in instruments that are out of tune, e.g. Piano or guitar to give a sense of distortion
-Repetitive sound, loop hole to make the audience feel in the action.
-Strings, often high pitched
-In a minor key, spooky and emotional
-Heart beat
-Nursery rhymes sung buy a child, nerving
-No lyrics
-Synchronous and asynchronous sounds
-Increasing in speed and volume