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Monday 2 May 2011
Prop List - Hostage
To create the perfect atmosphere for our Thriller, we had to think about and organize our props in advantage. Here is a list of them.
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Locations
The houses we choose for our characters home, are Ewhurst Place and Cornhill Manor. We used to oustide facade of Ewhurst as it is big, has a beautiful balcony and along the fancy cars parked out side signifies a lot of money. For the interior, we choose the kitchen of Cornhill Manor, which is a really luxrious one, again signifying the financial capability of the couple.
The Establishing shot of our opening sequence is a panning shot of Ewhurst Place, and a Ferrari 599 stopping at the house, followed by our main character getting out of the car.
Costume
This is where the costume of Helena comes into play. Holly organized a red dress, black high heels, a massive wedding ring, a red bag and a expensive looking fur coat. Helena plays the role of the cold but sexy step-mother which we tried to highlight in her dress choice.
Items
The fact that she drives a Ferrari 599, which Holly's dad kindly provided us with, again establishes her as an independent woman who is able to take care of herself. And she's gold-digging.
The other props were expensive hygiene products, Emily provided us with. I was in charge of the photography so I had a photo shoot with Helena and Ted, making them look like a couple. Paula provided frames, the pictures would then be spread around the house.
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The Team
DIRECTOR - HOLLY FINLAY
PRODUCER - PAULA RIEMANN
CINEMATOGRAPHER - MEHRAN KARIMI
SOUND ENGINEER - EMILY BENSON RHODES
PRODUCER - PAULA RIEMANN
CINEMATOGRAPHER - MEHRAN KARIMI
SOUND ENGINEER - EMILY BENSON RHODES
The Script
January 17th 2011
‘THE HOSTAGE’ – “Always lock your doors.”
Woman enters house
(Sound of door closing)
Woman in bathroom
(door slam)
Woman – (wiping her face in the mirror) “Hugo, is that you? I’m in the bathroom…”
Phone rings
Woman – “Hello … (dogs barking) ah bloody dogs, hold on …”
Woman enters the next room. Husband on the phone.
Woman – “Sorry … Hello?”
Husband – “Hi sweetheart its me, Im gonna be late Im stuck on the M25 and ..”
Woman – “Wait, (confused) … Didn’t you just …? Who’s in the house …”
(phone drops)
Husband – “What are you talking about, Zara, whats wrong? Hello .. Hello?”
Woman – (under her breath) “Oh my god …” turns.
Monday 14 March 2011
Task 7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
We Decided to shoot our preliminary task in the edit suit because it has basic artificial light and a white wall. we were in a simplistic mood. we all did fairly equall parts in the task, we all diredted a sceen or actors used the camara. to begin with the camara seemed complicatesd and i was terrified of it dropping off the tripod, but in the end i realised it wouldnt and the shoot became really fun.
we gave the actors the simple story board so they could have a few minuteds to add their own versions on it. we learnt about bubbeling the camara, like a spirit level, so that the shot isnt scewed. we used the white wall to get a white balance so that the colours are properly picked up on camara. we used a telephone which happened to be at hand at the time by way of props. As each shot progressed, we started trying out different thing such as extremed close-ups and depth of field. when it came to editing all of out shots were cut with jump cuts which made the task look jumpy and imature but it really helped us understand the basics of editing.
In our Preliminary task, I feel as though we did not use the room properly. The table was placed in a bad position because it cut the actor sitting down away from the rest of the image, as the wall stopped. Also, we had many items in the background which did not relate to the preliminary task. But as our first time using the Nx5 profeshional cameras.
we gave the actors the simple story board so they could have a few minuteds to add their own versions on it. we learnt about bubbeling the camara, like a spirit level, so that the shot isnt scewed. we used the white wall to get a white balance so that the colours are properly picked up on camara. we used a telephone which happened to be at hand at the time by way of props. As each shot progressed, we started trying out different thing such as extremed close-ups and depth of field. when it came to editing all of out shots were cut with jump cuts which made the task look jumpy and imature but it really helped us understand the basics of editing.
In our Preliminary task, I feel as though we did not use the room properly. The table was placed in a bad position because it cut the actor sitting down away from the rest of the image, as the wall stopped. Also, we had many items in the background which did not relate to the preliminary task. But as our first time using the Nx5 profeshional cameras.
Sunday 6 March 2011
Saturday 5 March 2011
Task 5- How did you attract/ address your audience?
Who would be the audience for 'The Hostage' ?
mass audience 
age 15- 24
Boyfriend and Girlfriend scary film. movie night in.
The potential audience our thriller would probably attract would be a mass audience in the age of 15+. Our movie would be quite commercial, with an uncomplicated storyline and easy to follow, but in an interesting way photographed to create lots of suspense.
mass audience Because ‘The Hostage’ would be exhibited by large theatrical distributors, the primary 15-24y audience is in my view a Popcorn-audience, one that likes going to the cinema with a group of friends or boy-/girlfriend who buy lots of snacks there, and spend relaxed nights out with friends to see an entertaining movie
age 15- 24 The secondary audience (25-34) might like our film because it’s a basic thriller/horror storyline that promises to satisfy viewer’s expectations and won’t bore them, but at the same time it’s different made in terms of camera work, cast (only two people through whole film, including a psycho killer and a stunning young woman which could attract males) and the idea of using a slow pace to build tension which is not likely in thriller movies. I wouldn’t say the Hostage as film is really aiming for a specific gender. I think it’s quite equal, so the story provides entertainment for both. I reckon it’s also likely to be a boyfriend/girlfriend-cinema-night movie!
The gender thriller or horror in general rather aims to males, but more and more girls become very attracted to these kind of movies. Especially as a girlfriend you go and see more scary movies. So probably the best way to promote and successfully sell a thriller movie is to get the boys/men taking their girls/women to the cinema!
Boyfriend and Girlfriend scary film. movie night in.
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you did well with the dialoge, it would have been easy to lose the sinister atmosphere with it in but it didnt . goood jaaaab!
:D
x Go Holly, Paula, Mehran and Emily x