Production Title Sequence Order

1. Birmingham Metro Films Presents - Logo

2. A Raz dOt dOt Film - Logo

3. Starring:- Luqman Ali Hussain & Rahena Begum

4. Film Name:- Paranoia

5. Camera Person:- Micheal Smith

6. Music by:- Billy Shah

7. Editing by:- Ali Hussain

8. Produced By:- Awo Mohamoud

9. Written & Directed By:- Razna Begum

Christian Metz

Metz had a theory, and in his book ‘Language and Cinema (1974)’ he explored the development of genre film and suggested that genres pass through four different stages of existence.

- The experimental

- The classic

- The parody

- The deconstruction

The experimental - The stage of early films which explored and experimented with the horror themes in its narrative films such as ‘The cabinet of Dr Cagliari’ (1919) and ‘Nosferati’ (1922). It helped formalize the convention horror films in its earlier stage.

The classic – The stage of film which established the narrative convention of the horror genre in its most successful and defining period. Examples include ‘Dracula’ (1931) and ‘Frankenstein’ (1931)

The parody – Films that have mimicked the horror genre in a comical way. Examples include ‘’Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein’ (1948), ‘Carry on screaming’ (1968) and ‘Scary movie’ (1998)

The deconstruction – Films that have taken generic elements of the horror genre and amalgamated them into varying sub genres, such as ‘Se7en’ (1995), ‘The sixth sense’ (1999) and ‘Scream’ (1998)

Combination of genres

Se7en – psychological thriller/horror

The sixth sense – supernatural thriller/horror

Scream – teen movie/horror

Questionnaire Analysis

Most Preferred Genre:
Horror	I I
Thriller	‌I I I
Romantic Comedy	I I I I

 

As the table above shows, Thrillers and Romantic Comedies are the more popular genre out of the three.

Most Common Place To Watch A Movie For The First Time:
Cinema	I I I I I I I I
DVD/Blu-Ray
Internet	I I
Other

Predictably, 8 out of 10 people preferred going to the cinemas. This shows that cinemas are the most popular place to watch a movie

Preferred Endings In Movies
Happily Ever After	I
Cliff-hanger	I I I I I I
Closed Endings	I I I
Predictive
Other

According to my questionnaire, the most favoured type of ending would be Cliff-hangers as 6 people out of the 10 voted for it. 3 people voted for closed endings and 1 person voted for happily ever after endings.

Preferred Music Throughout Movie
Classical	I
Rock	I I I
Hip-Hop	I I I I I
Other	I

Hip-Hop was the most popular with 5 votes out of 10. One person voted for other and stated 'R&B'.

Gender Of Protagonist (Hero):
Male	I I I I I I
Female	I I I I

Majority of people thought males make better protagonists than females, as stated by one person, “males make better protagonists because that is predictable in most movies”, and another person, “Males have better fight scenes than women”

Based on the results of my questionnaire, I’ve decided to base my trailer on the Thriller genre.

Preliminary Exercise

180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a basic rule that says two or more people in one scene must have the same right-left relationship to each other. In other words, the camera cannot jump to the other side of the characters without showing the movement. If the camera moves over this imaginary axis, it is known as ‘crossing the line’.

Match on action

Match on action is a component of seamless editing where a point of action (like handing an object to someone) is shot at different angles and cut at the point of action creating a match. During match on action, you must also ensure that the eye-lines of the characters match.

In my preliminary exercise, I recorded Rumbi walking down the corridor and then cut. I zoomed into her holding the door handle and continued recording her walk in to the classroom. This was match on action as it looked like I used two cameras but in reality I used one.

Once Rumbi entered the room, I recorded a two shot of her with Awo. I then zoomed in to a medium close up of Awo, she passes an object to Rumbi, I cut there and without moving across the imaginary axis, I record Rumbi receiving the object. Awo stays on the right side of the camera and Rumbi stays on the left. This again is match on action without breaking the 180 degree rule. 

Rom-Com mood board

The pictures above represent Rom-Com's in general. For example, many Rom-Com's revolve around the life of a couple or many couples. They live a typical fantasy life, full of drama, they end up getting married and with a family. Things such as chocolate and champagne are gestures to show love.

Thriller Mood Board

The images above represent the thriller genre. Thrillers play on the audiences minds, without showing blood, gore and how a murder actually happens, they let the audience visualise it in their heads.

The image of the eye and the woman sitting beside the mirror show paranoia and almost madness, although there isn't anything gruesome about them, it still sends a shiver down the spine of whoever's watching the film.
Se7en was a very successful thriller movie, and recently, Inception (2010) was a successful thriller.

Horror Mood Board

This mood board represents the horror genre. Horror reveals more gore and gruesome details, it almost makes the viewer cringe at the detail it shows.

The devil represents death and hell, a major component in the horror genre, alongside the devil, the grim reaper also represents death.

Some very successful horror movies are Halloween and Frankenstein.

Love Actually (2003) - Romantic Comedy

Written and directed by Richard Curtis (BBCi films) in 2003, starring Hugh Grant, Keira Knightly and Rowan Atkinson. Love Actually follows the lives of eight different couples in dealing with their love lives in loose tales, all set a month before Christmas in London.
Love Actually had an estimates budget of £30 million and it grossed $247, 472, and 278 (worldwide) 




LOVE ACTUALLY (Richard Curtis, 2003) from Fabien Gaffez on Vimeo.

Camera Angles
The opening scene of Love actually uses a hand held camera using medium to close up shots. The opening scene is almost like a montage of memories. The closes up shots show the expressions on the characters faces. The movement and smiles in slow motion conveys lasting happiness.
The camera zooms out to higher angle shots; this lets the audience see everything that’s going on, at once.



Mise en scene
Love Actually is a film that revolves around eight different couples’ lives, set in different places.
The scene opens with people hugging at the airport, some smiling and others upset.
Another scene is set in a recording studio where a group of people recording a song.
The audience are shown the comedy aspect to the film in the church scene when a Hollywood band appear out of the blue and perform for the newly wedded couple.
Love actually is based in central London; it gives a typical fantasy impression of London.



Sound & editing
The sound in Love Actually is mostly instrumental; the ambient music sets the scene. Apart from the theme tune, festive music is played throughout.
Alongside the non diegetic music, diegetic sounds of dialogue can be heard in the background.
The titles of Love Actually fade in on screen in red and white colours, these colours represent love and so they have connection to the film. The camera also fades from scene to scene as the titles appear on screen.

Se7en - Thriller

Directed by David Fincher, se7en was released in 1995 starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.

Se7en is a film about two homicide detectives’ desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as a solution to the world’s ignorance of the seven deadly sins. The movie takes the viewer from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as sociopath ‘John Doe’ sermonises to detectives Sommerset (Morgan Freeman) and Mills (Brad Pitt) – one sin at a time.

Se7en was produced on an estimated budget of $30,000,000, and grossed $100,125,000 in the USA.



Se7en from Kaiser on Vimeo.

Camera angles

The opening scene starts off with an extreme close up on a book; the book has pages and pictures sewn on it with writing all over the place, all hand written. At the same time, the titles are ‘scratched’ on screen and are jumpy.

Throughout the opening scene, the camera angles are predominantly high angle close ups of objects such as books and items on the table, which shows dominance or the point of view of the character.

Mise en scene

The opening scene takes place in a basement type room. Around the room are several book shelves, neatly lined up with books, many pieces of paper lying around with writing all over them. On the table is an open book, filled with small handwriting and pictures of children. Certain words that are related to the seven deadly sins such as ‘sex’ and ‘lust’ have been crossed out. Alongside the book, on the table are other objects such as needles and blades. This suggests the character is mentally unstable, suicidal or has an unbalanced mindset even.

Sound & editing

As the scene opens and titles appear on screen, non diegetic rock music is being played. Together with the music, grinding materials such as chainsaws etc can be heard. The tempo, speed and the volume of the music rises and then falls again; this suggests that the characters mindset is unstable.

Diegetic sounds of thunder and rain can be heard though the audience cannot see because of lack of windows and natural light.

Much of the scene is distorted, jumpy and off focus, this can either represent the characters point of view or can represent his mindset.

There are also a lot of jump cuts throughout the scene, this suggests the character possible has too much on his mind and is finding it difficult to focus on just one thing.

Bridget Jones - Rom com

Camera Angles

The opening scene starts off with a shot reverse shot of a conversation between Bridget and Mark. A shot reverse shot focuses on their facial expressions while they’re in conversation with each other, therefore letting the audience judge their personality and character throughout the rest of the scene.

Mise-En-Scene

The scene starts off with a shot of London during winter; this gives the audience the feel of the ‘typical British weather’. A dull and gloomy atmosphere is set in the initial stages.

The scene then moves on to Bridget’s flat, an untidy space; again setting a depressing atmosphere. Bridget is comes in wearing her pyjamas, smoking and drinking. This gives the impression that she’s stress free and hasn’t a care in the world.

Sound & Editing

The opening scene is a frozen frame which then dissolves into s shot of London city. The shot is an establishing shot as it sets the scene for the film. Handwritten words appear on screen, making it look personalised, which symbolises a diary or personal statement of some sort.

The incidental track being played is called ‘All by myself’, this is a well known iconic break up song which suggests Bridget has recently broke up or is lonely.