Research - Inspirations Miss Georgiou

Inspiration



We need inspiration to create something because we can get a understanding of what has worked or not worked. Also the inspiration can lead me to combined aspects used in other thriller films and combined them to create my own thriller film. This will be taking inspiration from other successful films that have original feature, which i might want to include in my film. Overall i think to be inspired by a range of films will help me, when i make my own thriller film.


Previously i have looked at the film scream, this was for how sound is used in thriller films. The film scream was inspiring to make a film that has a unidentified killer right up until the murder. The way scream used sound pitch was very successful; being loud and high pitch when the tension is building, the sound gave the film the fear factor. If you watch the film without sound it is boring and dull, when you watch it with sound it makes the film a thriller. This has inspired me to make sure that the sound in my open sequences, has simmilar characteristics of the sound in film.

I also looked at the film Mama, i was focusing on the mis en scene. So seeing the location being set in an abandoned cabin in the forest inspired me to use a isolated location, as it highlights the vulnerability of the characters. The use of the little girls was inspiring as when i come to make my thriller sequences, i think something other than a masked killer will be more scary and a shock to the target audience. To use these idea i might have a cannibal killer, which means when a human eats another human. I got this idea from the little girls in Mama, i believe it could be an unexpected shock to the audience and not very typical, which will make my thriller film unique and successful.

I researched into editing styles looking at the film halloween. I found that editing styles are key to set the pace of a thriller film, also to create tension shock surprise and suspense. as slow edited scenes gradually build up a suspense. Also a fast edited scene may be a chase scene which creates tension both these techniques have inspired me to use them when i come to creating my own thriller production. Also the screenshot during the scene of halloween when the antagonist cant quite reach the victims, the use of the long shot and low key lighting was very effective to ensure the audience can see there is no one else around, therefor shows that if the antagonist does get past the gates he will kill them. This inspired me to keep showing the surroundings when i film my film.

Another inspiring film i looked into was The Shining. I done a research post on the conventions of the shining and found that, the off screen sounds are important to create suspense. During the scene when Johnny is walking to toilet, there is high pitch sound used to let the audience know the victim is becoming more and more in danger. I thought that i could try and incorporate this when i try and produce my own thriller film. I think it would be very difficult to get the correct footage and sound linked together when editing but if i could do it it would be very good.

Finally i looked at cinematography within insidious; i noticed the different camera angle and movements used within the film to ensure the audience were kept on the edge of their seats. I was inspired by the range of different camera angles and movements used in such a short space of time. I never realised be for how many different shots are used to create an atmosphere within the film. Especially when the camera zooms from the boys point of view closer and closer to the man talking to himself, this camera movements puts a weird and eery ghosty feeling on the atmosphere which is vital for insidious, as their film is based around the super natural.

In conclusion looking at different films and there techniques i have been inspired to combined what these films have done, to create a thriller film that has suspense, shock, surprise and tension. My inspiration have lead to have many ideas of what to include and not include in my thriller in order for it to be successfully produced. overall this post has helped to highlight the effort and time that has to go into making a film and how it can effect the audience. Therefor my film is going to take a lot of editing but i think it will pay off with the final result.