Vox Pop;

About Vox pops;
In our previous lesson we learnt about Vox Pops and produced our own. Vox pops can also be known as Vox Populi with the latin meaning of voice of the people. 


The Making of our Vox Pop;
In our Vox pop we carried out a number of interviews and asked the people three questions, these questions were; What is your Favorite Thriller? What do you like about the Thriller Genre? and finally What makes a great Thriller?


When filming these interviews (making our Vox Pop) we found a problem. This problem was that the sound was not working at all and you could not hear anything the people were saying. Therefore in our next lesson we re-filmed two interviews and made sure that there was sound and these interviews came out successful.


What I found out;
Carrying out these interviews I discovered many things that the public like about thrillers and many examples that could help my group to carry out our thriller. 

Video;
when trying to upload our vox pop, there was a problem in the process, therefore I am unable to post it. However we created another;

Mise en scene;

Mise en scene is the french meaning of 'what is in the frame'.
When working with mise en scene you should consider the following five things;

• Hair and make up
• settings and props
• sound
• lighting and colour
• where things are placed in the frame.

Different Shots;

ECU: Extreme Close up
Pan: Camera at a fixed point and moves horizontally across following somethings actions.
Tracking shot: When a camera is on a set of 'tracks' following the action.
Tilt shot: When the camera is at a fixed point and tilts to either side, up or down.
Crane: Camera is lifted to higher than eye level.
These are just a few to name.

Low angle; makes the character seem 'big' and powerful.
High angle; makes the character seem small and vulnerable.
There is also; Long shot, midshot and close up.
Point of view; the camera shows a characters point of view.
Over the shoulder; camera is looking over the character's shoulder.

Sound;

Diegetic Sound;
Diegetic sound is a type of sound that you can tell is linked in the film, whether it is on or off screen, e.g Character talking.

Non-Diegetic sound;
This is a type of soundthat you can see is not fitted into the film. e.g backing track/ voiceover.

Parallel sound; A sound that fits with the atmosphere of the film. e.g upbeat music when someone is running.

Contrapuntal sound; When the sound does not fit with the atmosphere of the film. e.g upbeat music when someone is sleeping.

Sound bridge; When a sound is carried from one clip through to another.

Lighting:

There are many different types of lighting when looking at films.
These are; key lighting
                Backlighting
                Top lighting
                low key lighting
                high key lighting
Key lighting gives an all round light to a clip, and lightens shadows to give more of a natural effect. 
Backlighting creates a silhouette, which give the character a mysterious effect as you are unlikely to know what they look like depending on how stong this light is. 
Top lighting is when the light comes from above and gives off a glamourous effect on the character. 
Low key lighting is when there is a high contrast between the light and shadows, sometimes giving off a spooky or mysterious effect. 
Finally High key lighting is when the lighting looks natural.

Children of Men;

Children of Men;

At the start of this film it shows beginning credits while having the voice of a news reporter announcing breaking news in the background. This engages the viewer as they want to find out what happened. The breaking news is that the youngest person living had died, this person being 18 years of age. As the youngest person was 18 it makes the viewers think why has no one in the world had a baby for 18 years? and what will happen if no one else has a baby? These questions are known as Enigmas. Another Enigma is why was there an explosion?

Memento;

The beginning of this film is different to any other film as it begins to tell the story backwards. This keeps the audience wanting to know more as it shows you that the main character has killed a man, which makes you want to know why he killed this man. Therefore the audience are trying to solve this great Enigma that this film seems to basically be made from. As the film is playing backwards at the beginning there is slow deep music which i feel dramatises the film from the start.

The character in this film seems to have a condition where he forgets things that had happened the previous day, so to remind himself what is what he takes pictures of things with his polaroid camera and writes a note about them on the back. As of this Red Herrings can possibly be formed.

History of Violence;

At the start of this film it already has shown three murders, and the men that carried out these killings seemed calm and peaceful. This made it effective as you can see that they could kill as many people as they want and don't care. This could make it rather thrilling as you never know when they are going to kill someone next because they seem to have no feelings. 

There is a little amount of sound in the beginning of this film which is unique as you may normally have a soundtrack that builds up suspence. However the lack of sound also is effective as the first main bit of sound you hear is a small girl scream which can make the audience jump. 

Altogether this beginning is rather good as it leaves the audience with enigmas and suspence.   

North by North West;

North by Northwest is a highly known Alfred Hitchcock thriller, starring Carrie Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The main story line of this thriller is that the main character is a victim of mistaken identity and spends his time trying to clear his name. Carrie Grant pursues across the US running away from the government for so called 'smuggling microfilm containing government secrets'. He grabs an partner on the way (Eva Marie Saint) who helps him achieve his goal. 
I found this film rather boring towards the beginning but as the film actually kicked in I began to find it rather exhilarating. I also liked the fact that they literally had us on a cliff hanger at the end when falling and climbing Mount Rushmore. It is full of tension and suspense keeping you on the edge of your seat.