typography (UNF)

Above are some fonts that can be used in thrillers,usually used for the title of the film.  In the title sequence they also use quite simple/minimalistic fonts for names in the opening,some of the minimalistic texts are animated with the style of the movie.

We are thinking of using,the ALCATRAZ.ISLAND.CA.FONT as its professional looking and fits into the genre,psychological thriller.  

We ended up with this font as we watched the Shutter island opening and like the font used.

we then decided we would use a simple but eye grabbing bold font.

we ended up with the ALXATRAZ.ISLAND font,  this font is similer to shutter islands but slighty modified.

The other fonts we looked at also would not have fitted in with the possible story lines we had chosen.

Possible movie titles using the chosen font:

                 

film noir

What is noir?

Film Noir began in the 1940s and was one of Hollywood's original, artistic movements.

During and immediately following World War II, movie audiences responded well to this original,In 1946 a Paris retrospective of American films said that during the war there was a significant increase in popularity towards visually darker and more sublime films. It was then made that “film noir” ”or black film" is a new type of Hollywood product

Few, if any of the artists in Hollywood who made these films called them “noir” at the time. But the vivid co-mingling of lost innocence, doomed romanticism, hard-edged cynicism, desperate desire, and shadowy sexuality that was unleashed in those immediate post-war years proved hugely influential, both among industry peers in the original era, and to future generation of storytellers, both literary and cinematic.

To this day the debate goes on as to whether “noir” is a film genre, circumscribed by its content, or a style of storytelling, identified by its visual attributes. The debate — in which there is no right answer — is only one of the things that keeps noir fresh for successive generations of movie lovers.

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15 and 18 rated film

15

This film is not suitable for any under the age of 15. People under the age of 15 can buy or rent a 15 rated film.

Discrimination

The media text can’t encourage discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drugs can be shown as a whole but you cannot promote or encourage the use of drugs,this includes alcohol abuse. If it is in the film it is never unlikely to pass as a 15

Horror

Horrors can be “threat” and “menace” but sexualised and  sadistic is unacceptable.

Imitable behaviour

self harming should be shown in detail as it could be influential on this age group. Easily accessible weapons can’t be glamorised.

Language

Strong language can be used if in the right context.

Nudity

Nudity is allowed in educational sense and in a non sexual sense.

Sex

Sexual activity is allowed but aslong as it is not in detail.

Violence

violence can we strong but not in infliction. Sexual violence is allowed but mildy. The strongest “gorey” violence is unlikely to be acceptable.

18:www.bbfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/BBFC%20Classification%20Guidelines%202009.pdf

“• where the material is in breach of the criminal law,

or has been created through the commission of a

criminal offence

• where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to

risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour,

to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of

violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use,

which may cause harm to public health or morals.

This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualised

violence which might, for example, eroticise or

endorse sexual assault

• where there are more explicit images of sexual

activity which cannot be justified by context. Such

images may be appropriate in ‘R18’ works, and in

‘sex works’ (see below) would normally be confined

to that category.

In the case of video works (including video games),

which may be more accessible to younger viewers,

intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at ‘18’

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and

educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer

sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may

be permitted.

Sex works at ‘18’

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual

arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material

which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’. Sex

works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish

material, sexually explicit animated images, or other

very strong sexual images will be confined to the ‘R18’

category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work

at ‘R18’ is also unacceptable in a sex work at ‘18’.”

Evolution of the Thriller

Evolution of the Thriller

Thrillers have been in existence since the early years of film production, however, the conventions/principles that define a thriller have since changed greatly. For example, Hitchcock’s acclaimed ‘Psycho’ was very much regarded as a horror, but due to the evolution of horror and it’s sinister nature (desensitisation), it is now deemed as a thriller in modern day terms. Many argue the differences between horrors and thrillers.

Thriller uses suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewers moods, giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Films of this genre tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast paced.

A thriller provides the sudden rush of emotions, excitement, and exhilaration that drive the narrative, sometimes subtly with peaks and lulls, sometimes at a constant, breakneck pace. It keeps the audience on “the edge of their seats”.

Thrillers often make use of literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers. A thriller is usually a villain driven plot which presents various problems a protagonist must overcome.

Psychological thrillers are fictional thriller storys which enphasizes the psychology of its characters and their unstable emotional states, with similarities to gothic and detective fiction in sense of “dissolving sense of reality”, moral ambiguity, and complex and tortured relationships between obsessive and pathological characters.

Psychological thrillers often incorporate elements of mystery, drama and horror.

Examples: The Machinist, House of 9, Straw Dogs, Shutter Island.

Supernatural thrillers bring in otherworldly elements(such as fantasy and/or supernatural) mixed with tension, suspense and plot twists. Sometime the protagonist and/or villain have some form of psychic ability or super powers. Examples: The Dead Zone, Chronicle, Frequency.

Techno Thrillers are suspense films in which manipulation of sophisticated technology plays a prominent part. Examples: Jurassic Park

Spy Thriller: The protagonist is generally a government agent who must take violent action against agents of a rival government or (in recent years) terrorists. The sub genre usually deals with the subject of fictional espionage in a realistic way. Its is a significant aspect of British cinema.

Examples: The parallax View, The Tailor of Panama, Taken, Unknown.

Thrillers thrive on the notion of suspense, provoking thought from the audience who spend the duration of the film trying to decode a complex plot. This is especially true for psychological thrillers.

Sound

Sound in movies

Parallel sound

Parallel sound is the music that runs along side the film in sink and relates  to the film.
Contrapuntal sound

this is when the sound is the opposet to what you see in the film.
Sound bridge

A sound bridge is when the music bleeds in from one scene and goes into the next
Ambient sound 

An Ambient sound is a sound that you expect to hear in a location. For example,birds in a wood.

Foley sound

This is everyday sounds that are added over a frame to a certain clip to create emphasis on the motion or activity.

the meaning of signs

The meening of signs to the audience

Semiotics - thestudy of signs.

This allows us to deconstruct media texts to understand how meaning is created.

Signifier - the object itself, example a rose

Signified - what the object represents, example the rose represents love.

A sign is the smallest element off meaning, they are joined together to create a larger over all meaning. these are codes which are to be decoded or interpreted by the viewer.

Denotation - The literal meaning off a sign

Connotation -  The interpreted meaning off a sign

Polysemy - Many different meaning's, something that has a many different interpretations depending on the type of audience.

The effect model

The effect model

The effects model is an idea within media to present the consumption of media texts:

These are the three ideas:

• Imitation- This is the idea that audience's passively take in what the media texts are presenting. This makes them copy what they see and get used to it slowly turning it into the norm.
• Desensitisation- involves media texts loosing their the effect they should have on the audience they are supposed to have on audiences,this is because they have become used to the events.
• Catharsis- This is watching media as an escape. Often audiences use catharsis to watch programmes that get them away from there life. These are programs such as Eastenders to make themselves feel better and have an escape from their life or even to feel like there involved in there life to get away from reality.

Audience theory

Audience theory

A target audience is the people the media is aimed at.

A target Audience is broken into differnt sub-categories

here are some of them:
Race
Gender

Religion
Class
Disability
age

The types of audience in media are an active audience and a passive audience.  An active audience is an audience that is engaged with the media and are consciously taking in what they are being told.  The passive audience is when you are taking in messages from the media text unconsciously and are almost being controlled by what u watch.

The other types of audiences are Primary which is actively engaging with the text.  Secondary this is Not fully paying attention to the media and lastly tertiary,this is unconsciously taking in what the media is telling you.

The 3 main theory's that are used for a better understanding about relationships between text are: 

1) The effects model
2) The uses of Grafications Model
3) Reception Theory