In this post I will be discussing the narrative of my opening sequence. Overall, the narrative is about a groom that leaves on the wedding day, which is not explained why in the opening, adding to the mystery. The bride is left heartbroken, on what was meant to be the happiest day of her life. Because of this, she cuts herself off from her loved ones, and sits by herself in a dark, secluded room. Because of this, her mental state deteriorates. As her mind starts to wonder, she becomes crazier by the day and starts to blame everybody at the wedding for what went wrong, she sets out to kill them.
The first frame shows the bride sat in her wedding dress and veil in a dark secluded room. This is the first frame, and to show the setting and the bride, a panning shot will be used. Panning shows the whole room and shows the atmosphere as it will be dark and miserable, highlighting the narrative and the character's emotions to the audience. As this is the first scene, it should make an impression, and should make the audience continue to watch the rest. The music played will contribute to this as it is eerie, making the frame filled with suspense. The use of low key lighting in this scene highlights the bride's mental state and negative thoughts, causing the audience to engage with the narrative and characters.
After this, there is a flashback frame were the bride prepares for the wedding with her bridesmaid. The lighting in this frame is bright, causing the bride's emotions to be signalled to audience, lighting is a useful device to use to portray this and is conventional to the thriller genre. The frame will be filmed handheld, highlight the flashback and a possible wedding video. Flashback and happy memories are shown through the use of sound, as wedding bells and positive dialogue can be heard.
Next, we see the bride watching the balloons. Here, the audience sees the use of iconography through the ruined wedding props. The balloons have writing on them such as 'Eternal love' and 'together forever' highlight the sense of irony, further making the audience emphasise with the character. A canted angle is used in this frame to show instability and uneasiness, making the audience feel the same and also portrays the character's emotions.
After this, we see a flashback of the groom and friends preparing for the wedding, this is shown through cinematography and the use of handheld camera work to suggest flashbacks. Lighting also contributes to this as it is high key, showing brightness and hope. This makes the audience suspicious as this is not typical in thriller genres, this foreshadows danger and a sense of false safety and the idea that what is to follow is unknown to the audience and character which links them together.
After this, there is a flashback frame were the bride prepares for the wedding with her bridesmaid. The lighting in this frame is bright, causing the bride's emotions to be signalled to audience, lighting is a useful device to use to portray this and is conventional to the thriller genre. The frame will be filmed handheld, highlight the flashback and a possible wedding video. Flashback and happy memories are shown through the use of sound, as wedding bells and positive dialogue can be heard.
Next, we see the bride watching the balloons. Here, the audience sees the use of iconography through the ruined wedding props. The balloons have writing on them such as 'Eternal love' and 'together forever' highlight the sense of irony, further making the audience emphasise with the character. A canted angle is used in this frame to show instability and uneasiness, making the audience feel the same and also portrays the character's emotions.
After this, we see a flashback of the groom and friends preparing for the wedding, this is shown through cinematography and the use of handheld camera work to suggest flashbacks. Lighting also contributes to this as it is high key, showing brightness and hope. This makes the audience suspicious as this is not typical in thriller genres, this foreshadows danger and a sense of false safety and the idea that what is to follow is unknown to the audience and character which links them together.
Following from this, we see an extreme close up of the bride's eye after the groom says 'how do I look?' This is ironic and shows she is watching over him, making the audience feel uneasiness when usually, this should be comforting. The camera shots helps to show that the bride is untraditional as there is make up streaming down her face. Furthermore, the audience will emphasise with the character, as they start to realise the negative effects that the ruined event had on her.
She is flicking through the wedding album (this is where we were going to include credits) and is crossing off all of the faces with a knife or sharp object (the audience is unaware why but mostly guesses that she has killed these people) she has flash backs of killing each person she crosses off and flashback of her wedding to highlight her mental state. Through this, different sounds would be used for example church bells and the vicar saying wedding vows would be played to create an eerie atmosphere also, contrapuntal sound would be used as a song would play in the background.
After the killing flashbacks, the audience is returned back to the book in the next frame as the bride circles the grooms face. This shows and implied murder, and the audience are left in suspense. Eerie and tense music is played, to create that ambience and to make the audience engage with the narrative. The audience are put in the killer's mind set and are unsure who they support as both the killer and victim have done wrong.
In the next frame, a long shot is used to show the victim in his house with his new partner. The groom walks up the stairs and is unaware of what is to follow. Low key lighting is used to show his uncertainty as it portrays a lack of hope and safety and overall foreshadows a possible death. Eerie church bells are played to highlight the ruined event and to show the significance of his mistakes.
The very last frame includes the bride/killer appearing at the door as the victim opens it. Mise en scene is incorporated to this as she is positioned so close to him, it highlights the lack of escape and hope, making the audience feel uncomfortable and fearful. Low key lighting is used once more to show the negativity of the situation and both the bride/killer and the groom/victim's shared emotions. Overall, silence is is used also to increase suspense and the victim's fear. This scares the audience as silence can be conventional to the thriller genre to show the ending of something such as, the end of a life.
These elements have made my sequence conventional to the thriller genre as they have been used popularly, and have helped make thriller films a success. An example of this is the use of sound, as using the correct sound sets a certain atmosphere such as tense, and can make the audience connect with the characters and understand the overall narrative. Lastly, low key lighting is hugely conventional, and highlights different characters emotions to the audience and shows a range of different negative situations that can occur.
After the killing flashbacks, the audience is returned back to the book in the next frame as the bride circles the grooms face. This shows and implied murder, and the audience are left in suspense. Eerie and tense music is played, to create that ambience and to make the audience engage with the narrative. The audience are put in the killer's mind set and are unsure who they support as both the killer and victim have done wrong.
In the next frame, a long shot is used to show the victim in his house with his new partner. The groom walks up the stairs and is unaware of what is to follow. Low key lighting is used to show his uncertainty as it portrays a lack of hope and safety and overall foreshadows a possible death. Eerie church bells are played to highlight the ruined event and to show the significance of his mistakes.
The very last frame includes the bride/killer appearing at the door as the victim opens it. Mise en scene is incorporated to this as she is positioned so close to him, it highlights the lack of escape and hope, making the audience feel uncomfortable and fearful. Low key lighting is used once more to show the negativity of the situation and both the bride/killer and the groom/victim's shared emotions. Overall, silence is is used also to increase suspense and the victim's fear. This scares the audience as silence can be conventional to the thriller genre to show the ending of something such as, the end of a life.
These elements have made my sequence conventional to the thriller genre as they have been used popularly, and have helped make thriller films a success. An example of this is the use of sound, as using the correct sound sets a certain atmosphere such as tense, and can make the audience connect with the characters and understand the overall narrative. Lastly, low key lighting is hugely conventional, and highlights different characters emotions to the audience and shows a range of different negative situations that can occur.
You have provided a good recount of most of your sequence by explaining what is used and when; however, you have try to explain why things have been used and not gone into enough detail about what has been shown and how (cinematography/sound etc)
ReplyDeleteTo improve your post you need to:
1) Make sure you do a frame by frame recount of you narrative, explaining what cinematography/sounds have been used and when
2) Don't worry about analysing why they have been used too much (briefly where relevant)
3) Include a summary explaining how certain elements have helped make your sequence conventional to the genre
4) Refer to them as frames, not 'scenes)
You have provided a frame by frame recount of your narrative, explaining the cinematography, sound etc used. Make sure to talk about editing also and check spelling etc.
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