What is the BBFC?

What is the BBFC?

The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body, which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912, they decide what age rate the film should be. The BBFC are very important as they help prevent underaged children from watching violent innaporpriate films.

rated 15

Allows to show moderate sexual, violent gory activity. 15 rated certificate tend to allow moderate violence, gore and sexual activity. However not in explicit circumstances and it must be of relevance. Drug taking is not banned however it cannot be promoted to be seen in a positive way.

rated 18

18 rated certificates permit a wide range of gore, violence, sexual activity and drug taking (not to be promoted.) The difference between the two certificates lies not in context of themes; mainly in explicity.

Information from: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/downloads/pub/Guidelines/BBFC%20Classification%20Guidelines%202009.pdf

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/general/

Triller opening ideas

As a group we discussed different story ideas for what our thriller opening could be about, Here are the two ideas which we liked.

Continuity task

In our course work groups we had to create a short film up to one minute long showing a conversation between two people, Below shows the shot list which we followed by.

Person A walks up to a door
Handle is opened / pulled
Shot of person A walking through the door
Shot of person B sat down
Shot of person A sitting down next to them.
Shot of person A asking person B if they are ok?
Reverse shot (CU) of person B replying?
Two shot of person A and B – person B asks person A a question
Shot of person A’s reaction and answer
Shot of person B’s response.
This may be reapeated and varied as conversation develops – think
carefully about this part. The scripting is important here!
Shot of person A getting up.
Shot of person A walking away.
Shot of Person B. Person A exits through same door as entrance.

While producing the story board we came up with a few of our own ideas to make the sequence more engaging and fun to watch. We found two actors, the films location was in the LRC, we decided to shoot there becuase it is a big area and was always available.

Here is our final story board.

Walk on the Wild Side opening Analysis

Walk on the Wild Side -1962 Edward Dmytryts

Mise-en-scene: The audience is introduced to a section of the location which looks like a building site where a black cat makes its way out of one of the concrete tunnels. The cat is shown walking through various fences and tunnels which could suggest that the cat is powerfull and has no barriers. Later on in the sequence we are introduced to a second cat which has white fur, the two cats then fight which shows good against evil. Like in most thriller films good against evil is an iconic plot. There is a strong use of binary opposition used in the fight scene as the fight shows black against white which connotes a sense of good against evil.

Titles: The titles shown are both in serif font and capitals, in white again the dark background on screen showing strong binary opposition.

Editting: The editing is very slowpased it shows many dissolves and tracking shots of the cat, this creates suspence as it makes the audience curious to what happens next. The slow pased editting speeds up during the fight scene reinforced by various jump cuts.

Sound: There is non-diagetic music played through out the sequence, it helps create excitment during the fight scene and also keeps the pace through out the sequence.

Camera: We are introduced to a close up of the black cat which is centralised in the center of the screen. We get many low angle shots of the cat walking around which helps to make it look very empowering, and we also get a birds eye view shot of the cat.

Filming practice

In our Course work group we were given a camera and a tripod to practice filming and to help us get used to the camera, we then were given an excersise which was too shoot different shots, movements, camera angles and views. This excercise really helped us all to really understand how to use the camera provided but more importantly how to film.

Camera angles: High angle, low angle
Movements: Panning, tilting, zoom in, zoom out
Shots: Extreme long shot, long shot, mid shot, close up, extreme close up
Views: Birds eye view, worms eye view

Initial ideas

As a group we wrote many creative ideas to help create a clearer image of what our thriller sequence could possible be about. Here is a mind map we created to show the different ideas of what the storyline could be about.

Premiere Pro cs3

Premiere Pro cs3 is a timeline based video editing software which we will be using to edit and create our thriller opennings. This software will allow us to add different transitions such as adding music or sound effects, different titles, animations, cuts, fades and wipes.
Before now I haven't used Premiere Pro and I am still learning how to use it correctly, however I am certain that this software will help to create a great thriller openning.

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