Last Years Work

Passion Productions from BDC on Vimeo.

My favorite film from last years students is 'Passion Productions'. I really like the way they captured the different shots at the beginning, i think it gave a good creepy feel, especially with the music in the background. For my thriller film I want to be able to create a spooky effect too and this is similar to the style I would like to work on. I also like the fact the shots were in black and white, this made it different to other films that have filmed in color, this inspired me to maybe use that effect in my film.

Thriller Actors

Brad Pitt

Full name: William Bradley 'Brad' Pitt

Known as an American actor and film producer, and is also known to be one of the worlds best looking men! 

Pitt has been in many films and has received two Academy Award nominations and four golden globe nominations, winning one.

He has starred in the thriller 'Se7en' which I analyzed previously and Oceans Eleven and Twelve, which are crime thriller, Oceans Eleven also being one of my favourite films. 

Sub-Genres

Spy Thrillers

e.g. The Bourne Identity

Spy thrillers are based around a hero/ heroine who is working for the government and has to violently take action and protect the people of their country (for example terrorist attacks).

Conspiracy Thrillers

e.g. JFK

When a hero/ heroine is against a large group of powerful people who are the enemy on their own.

Psychological Thrillers

e.g. The Talented Mr Ripley

When the two enemies are fighting emotionally and mentally rather than physically. 

Crime Thrillers

e.g. The Godfather

Usually concentrates on a group of criminals and their failed crimes or sucessful crimes for example, murders, robberies, chases. 

The 180 Rule

The 180 rule is an important thing that I need to take into consideration for future filming I will be doing to ensure that it looks professional. It ensures that when filming two characters, they will always be on the right side of each other. The main idea of it is to not cross over the imaginary axis (the crossing line), as shown in this picture. If you do cross over the axis, then the new shot from the opposite side will be called the reverse angle.