Risk Assessment

Low risk	Medium risk	High risk	Solution
Equipment being stolen that we would use to film.	Tripping over wires and injuring ourselves.	Damage to equipment in bedroom.	Keep equipment safe, put yellow tape around wires to warn actors that they are there,
Someone not being able to be there.	All scenes get deleted once we have finished filming.	Choking on pizza and causing a danger to ourselves.	Ensure that we take care when completing all these shots.
Equipment not working.		Getting food poisoning in real life.	Make sure that the food we get is from a professional place.

Analysis of how our actors fit into the thriller sub-genre with examples

Analyse how your actor fits into the thriller sub-genre and give examples of how he will appeal to your target audience. Explain how they are similar to actor/ess in other thriller films.


The actors that will take part in our thriller film will be a group of girls and a male. Gender stereotypes will be used as the young group of girls will be the innocent characters and the male who takes out act of violence will be the evil character, which is a common use of gender in other films of the same genre. For example, the actor who plays evil in ‘Scream’ is male, which shows the effect that it has on films.

Analysis of how our props fit into the thriller sub-genre and examples

Analyse how your props fit into the thriller sub-genre



The props that will be used in our thriller film will include knives, poison and other dangerous things which would commonly been seen within films of the same genre. Our thriller film will be based in a scary, low-lit place, which is also a regular theme, which is seen in the thriller genre. The location that our opening sequence will be in will be a lab/kitchen and a house. These are seen in thriller films quite often, which will enhance our film, as the setting will be realistic. Other props that we will use will be fake blood and foaming capsules to make the dying scene see more realistic.

Camera techniques

Wide shot- shot where the subject takes up the majority of the frame also shows subjects surroundings

Mid shot- shot taken from a medium distance

Medium close up- shot that shows the face and shoulders. It is halfway between a mid shot and a close up

Tracking shot- used to follow a subject

Over the shoulder shot- behind the shoulder of the person looking at the subject this indicates an individuals position

Tilt- Vertical camera movement when the camera points up or down from a still position gives the character more power

Pan- Swivelling camera movement done by moving the camera from left to right usually on a tripod in a fixed location

Point of view shot- shows a view from the subject’s perspective

Close up- certain part or feature takes up most of the scene shows detail and face expression

Sound Techniques

Diegetic- actors can hear in a scene

Non-diegetic- Actors cant hear this sound, background sound

Synchronous sound- sound that matches an action on the screen

Asynchronous sound- sound that don’t match the action on screen

Contrapuntal sound- Sounds that are opposite of something

ANALYSIS OF SCREAM

Scream
How can this be seen as a horror movie in terms of mise-en-scene, camera, editing, sound and its textual analysis of scream?

From the start of scream we get the impression that it is a horror movie from the location as it is in a desolated area, which suggests no one is around creating more suspense.  Furthermore the house has an open plan with glass surrounding it, which highlights how the protagonist is being watched. The protagonist is blonde which is stereotypical as most victims in a horror movie are blonde characters; she is further represented as being naïve and innocent. This idea of her being innocent links into sound from when we hear a diegetic sound of the phone ringing and she answers through an innocent tone, there is a medium close up of her picking up the phone to emphasise on her innocents. In continuation to the adjective ‘innocent’ there is an eye line match of her looking scared when the anonymous voice on the phone says something, which takes her to surprise, at this point non diegetic music starts playing in the background to create more suspense. To create a bigger effect of her fear the camera uses a tracking shot to follow her around the house as she is trying to see who is watching her. There is juxtaposition between the protagonist and the villain as she is wearing white clothing, which signifies purity, and the villain is wearing black to show darkness. Moreover when she begins to feel more fear there is a match on action edit of her locking the door which shows she is worried and isn’t as confident as she makes out to be on the phone at the start.
Around the house are different props which link into a horror movie such as a knife, which foreshadows that something dangerous is going to happen. To create a horror vibe we see a shot reverse shot of her boy friend about to be killed at this point the non diegetic music increases in tempo as the action gets faster which ignites danger however this non diegetic sound starts to slow down just before her and her boyfriends death. To make the movie more uplifting, creepy and frightening there is an eye line match of the girl friend watching her boyfriend be killed.
Finally at the end of the clip when she starts to be chased by the murderer there are lots of quick cuts to show that there is more tension being built up and to make this more intense there is non diegetic music playing in the background.

Opening sequence plan

In the first scene the 3 girls are watching a movie at a sleepover, they then decide to order some pizza. In the next scene the chef is baking the pizza and he slowly adds in the poison, the chef then delivers the pizza to the girls and walks off. After this the girls eat the pizza, however one of the girls is frustrated as the pizza has mushrooms on therefore she doesn't eat any. Suddenly 2 of the girls who ate the mushroom pizza start coughing and both collapse, the girl who didn't eat the pizza is the only one alive it ends with her calling her mum for help.

Script for thriller

Script for media

Section 1

It’s a dark day as the sun has set. The girls are sitting together in the bedroom. The diegetic wind blowing. *Casual speech* when ordering the pizza. Wide shot of the bedroom to show the 3 girls in the room. And then a close up of the phone to foreshadow that something dangerous will happen.

Cross-cut between girls ordering the food and delivery man talking back. Non-diegetic suspicious music playing in the background to highlight the suspense. Medium close up of mans face to show his emotion from his face.

Section 2

Non diegetic suspicious music continues when chef is making the pizza. Close up of ingredients and then low angle shot to show the chef looking down at the pizza. Extreme close up of poison to signify how toxic it is. Then zooms out to a wide shot of the chef finishing the preparation of the pizza.

Section 3

Starts with a wide shot of the house and the driveway with the deliveryman standing outside staring at the door. Diegetic knock on the door. He creepily walks away and leaves the pizza outside the door. Panning shot.

Medium close up of girl opening the door to collect the pizza and looks around confused because the deliveryman has already gone. Diegetic bang of door closing. Non-diegetic music to foreshadow something bad will happen as they open the box. *Angry tone* when Tilly sees there is mushrooms on the pizza when she doesn’t like them.

Section 4

Medium shot of the 2 girls eating the mushroom pizza and then zoom out to a wide shot of all 3 girls to emphasise on the foreshadow. Shot of pizza man *humming* to children’s rhyme ring ring roses. *We all fall down* and then the 2 girls fall. Non-diegetic slow music and a close up of the foam coming out the girl’s mouth.