Risk Assesment

Meltdown

Client: A Level Media Studies

Writer: Bradley Williams & Nicolas Orozco
Producer: Bradley Williams & Nicolas Orozco

Director: Bradley Williams & Nicolas Orozco

Date: 20.01.2012


Major Issues

Filming at:

We will be filming at Robert Clack leisure centre. This location has a road along the outside of it, which could be a risk to safety as there is the possibility of an accident. Also the equipment could get damaged if not looked after properly.

Solutions:

We can ensure that we don’t film on the road and we can keep a close eye on our surroundings to make sure we don’t get in any accident. Also we have to keep the equipment safe and secure so it doesn’t get damaged. We can do this by ensuring that when the equipment is not in use we will keep it in its correct packaging and out of the way of any roads.

Emergency services:

On Site Services:

Local Police: 999

Local Fire: 999

Local Hospital: 999

Treatment Sheet

This is the treatment sheet for our thriller. It indicates the aspects of the film that we have to plan before we begin filming. This sheet is used to outline our ideas and list what props, actors and other accessories we will need for the film. In addition we justify our ideas in relation to the thriller genre.

Analysis of past students work

This is my analysis of past students 'Thriller Opening' work, it is a film called 'The Night Walker'. This opening begins by showing someone playing music on a piano, to the same melody and rhythm as the music playing throughout the clip. The person playing the piano had bandaged, bloodstained hands which conveys a sinister atmosphere. 
  The music is used to build up suspense, which will entice the audience. They use shots of the person cutting up pictures, which further conveys the sinister nature of the film and further builds suspense.The identity of the person is never revealed which keeps the audience thinking and interested. They mostly use music in this clip to portray the atmosphere as there is minimal dialogue. Diegetic sound is used. 
  In addition, the camera movement is impressive as it is clear that they did not use a tripod and simply carried the handheld camera, making it harder to keep steady but they did a good job and the slight shaking gives the film a rough edge which goes well with the theme.

Shadow Of A Doubt

In class we watched and analysed a clip of the film Shadow Of A Doubt. This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's many famous films.

• There is people dancing in the clip.
• The characters are wearing old looking clothes which shows that the film is set in the early 1900s.
• The film is in black and white re-enforces the fact that the film is quite old.
• The music is also most commonly associated with the 1900s.
• Hitchcock shows a street, then a building, then a window, and finally a man lying on the bed. With each shot we get closer to seeing the main character.
• When we see the main character we see money lying around on the floor, which shows he is wealthy but doesn't care too much for the money.
• He is well dressed and smoking a cigar, so he obviously lives a wealthy life, but he seems to be depressed and lifeless.

Zodiac

In class we watched and analysed a clip of the film Zodiac. The film uses various methods to convey the thriller genre.
Conventions of a Thriller

• Starts with tension building up suspense, waiting for something to happen.
• Then shock occurs when they are both brutally shot.

Camera

• Shot-reverse shot of the boy and girl engaging in dialogue between one another.
• Long shot at the start of the clip.

Editing

• The shot/scene edits are quite long in duration, excluding small portions of the clip when the edits increase in speed briefly.

Sound

• There is radio music playing throughout the clip.
• There is dialogue between the boy and girl when entering and in the car.

Mise-En-Scene

• There are guns and blood in the scene which tie in with the Mise en scene.
• There is dark lighting throughout the scene which adds to the tension and the suspense leading to the final shock.

Brick

In class we watched and analysed a clip of the film Brick. The film uses various methods to convey the thriller genre.
Conventions of a Thriller

• The film starts with a shot of a boy looking at a dead body on the floor. Suggests the thriller genre.
• Suspicious

Camera

• Close up shot of the boys face at the start.
• Shot-reverse shot between the boy and the dead girl on the ground.

Editing

• It starts with a shot of the boy looking at something and then there is a shot of the dead body.
• The two scenes are linked together with the hand.
• The girl is alive in the next scene which suggests that it is a flashback as she was dead in the first scene.
• The shot edits are of a medium length as they are not fast but are also not too slow.

Sound

• Non-diegetic sound of the music in the background.
• There is no dialogue in the opening scene.

Mise-En-Scene

• The first scene seems to be near some sort of valley.
• There is water running down the path which is going on and around the dead girl.

Memento

In class we watched and analysed a clip of the film Memento. The film uses various methods to convey the thriller genre.

Conventions of a Thriller

• Suspicious beginning.
• Shock.
• First person we see is dead. 

Camera Angles

• Close up of the killers face.
• Close up of the bullet that is going back into the gun.
• Shot/Reverse Shot when the two men are exchanging dialogue. 

Editing

• Starts with long edits.
• Opening sequence is shown backwards.
• A black and white scene showing a flashback.

Sound

• Tense and spooky music.
• Voice over of when the main character is thinking.

Mise-En-Scene

• Main character wearing a smart suit and smart shoes suggests some sort of importance.
• Supporting character is wearing casual clothes suggests he is not an important person.
• The room where the second character is killed has dark lighting to give a dirty, dark atmosphere.
• There are guns and blood.
• Broken windows showing that it is a run down place. Old and unused.