Rising Suspense Productions

Production Company:
Alike every film company there needs to be a production behind it. It was my idea to have our name as Rising Suspense Productions, as it links to our blog and planning name. Our name also shows what type of genre we are potentially going to base our films on and shows what type of themes and conventions the audience is going to expect to see, for example 'suspense' is associated with thriller films.

Within our Production:
Directors- Rhianna Henson-Smith, Maddy Fox and Sara Campeggi.
We decided to put directors second within our titles as they are one of the most important parts of our filming. They are there to organise scenes and actors, make sure mise-en-scene and location is suitable and have time management.
Music- Mixed by Rhianna Henson-Smith and Maddy Fox.
Allowed us to create and out together different sounds and beats to create various conventions and emotions through the use of music.
Created by- Rhianna Henson-Smith, Maddy Fox and Sara Campeggi.
Showed where ideas within our story originated from which allowed us to create the opening.
Cast- Matthew Forster and Sara Campeggi.
Shows who our actors were within our opening and shows our appreciation.
Edited by- Rhianna Henson-Smith, Maddy Fox and Sara Cameggi.
As this is what creates the effects that Joseph is double-sided or is having flash backs, it is also key in creating conventions and building up audiences emotions.

Rhianna Henson-Smith

Why have we chosen those acttors?

DR JOSEPH DAMIAN:In our film there are only two character the biggest reason is because we wanted to focus on the main character, Dr Joseph Damian who has been interpreted by Matthew Foster, a year 13 drama students, the choice was made based on the fact that none of our family members were available to do it and we had to choose a sixth form student, Matthew looks older enough to seems a doctor. He has been very kind and he immediately got in our character making our job much easier.


KILLED GIRL:I interpreted the role of the girl who was abusing of her body, smoking, taking drugs and alcohol, the choice ha been made after the photo-shoot of the murder scene, where I pretended to be dead and hidden in his basement by the main character. I agreed of being recorded because it was a easy way to finish the filming and to be able to start editing as early as possible.

Storyline Overview

Doctor 6:19

Beginning:

In the beginning of our film opening it features Joseph Damien sat down at his desk within his office and appears to be scribbling on a bible. I decided that a bible would link with our religious theme and his belief of certain quotes. Yet to show someone to be drawing on to something that is meant to be holy and reflex many teachings and stories that millions worldwide follow would be quite abnormal. No 'normal' person was even think of writing on to the bible, so shows the audience what kind of mind set Joseph has and what sort of character he may turn out to be within the rest of the story. It then shows joseph looking up and with the use of editing, shows him to be disorientated and focused on what he is writing/scribbling. We made sure that we filmed within an office which had a computer in it, this was because we could show our article about a 'Girl Murdered' in which would make the audience think about why he is so interested in it. It also does not give away whether he in fact has committed a murder or is just looking at the latest news. The next part shows Joseph slide over on his chair and open a lockable draw in which he has a case of photographs. These photographs are then placed on to his desk and shows our actor Sara as a murder victim inside a cellar. This then links joseph to his darker side which the viewers can now see clearer and features a flash back of his victim smoking outside.

Middle:

Our middle part of the opening sees a title wrote in a formal typewriter style come on to the screen and say 'Two days earlier', After our doctor is shown to walk out of the hospital and towards his big black car. I used one of my parents cars as it was big and black, so looked like the type a doctor would own and drive, this then saw him look across at his glove box in which the audience could see a knife and some sort of pills/drugs which were originally shown as a overlap in the beginning as being used for Schizophrenia, linking to his mental health. He then was shown driving off after looking mysteriously into the car mirror. Why did he have a knife and what was he going to do?

End:

Towards our ending, after seeing our doctor drive away from the hospital with a knife, we was shown driving through Guildford town centre and park up next to the Casino round the back in a alleyway. He then got out the knife from the glove box and got out of the car. This then features a overlap of Sara our victim running so acts as a flash forward giving the audience a preview of what he is going to do.

Rhianna Henson-Smith

Audience interviews evaluation

Audience evaluation:

Throughout our time filming and producing research towards our opening we made sure we used conventions which the audience would expect within our psycho-thriller genre. We asked different people what they would expect to see within our opening.

Some of their answers were:

- Dark/low lighting

-Crime and murder

- props such as knives and guns

- mysterious and tense music

-suspense

From this audience feedback we made sure these answers we included within our opening. We used dark and low lighting in the scenes which showed Joseph at the hospital walking out and to the car to then drive to the Casino. We did this as night time adds to the tension of a potential murder and disorientates the audiences senses. Crime is shown when Joseph gets out photos of Sara our victim and places them on this desk. This is the first initial stage of showing Joseph's murderous side, which then features a overlapped flash back of Sara running away from him. Murder is a on going theme as after the photos which show death within the film, joseph is then carrying a knife in the middle of town, which first is illegal and secondly links to violence and potential death.  

We made sure we used the right sort of props which would be seen within our genre, we included a knife, rope and bible which commonly feature within a psycho-thriller and add to our ongoing themes. I thought that a knife was a better prop to use instead of a gun, this is because it takes a more physical act to commit a murder with a knife and is more horrific. 

We used garage band to create our music and used different beats and sounds to create mysterious/tense sounds, this then allowed us to fade in and out sounds and change the music at different scenes to also reflex the characters emotions. 

We made sure that we took on the audiences feedback because it needs to appeal to our target audience and we needed advice and tips from those who will potentially be watching it and in the big film industry would make us hits.

Rhianna Henson-Smith

Progress of work

We are coming to the finish line of creating our film Doctor 6:19. So far we have filmed all of our scenes and have edited them so that they run smoothly throughout without mistakes. Our initial plan was to have a scene which featured a nurse walking in to Joseph's office and interrupt him scribbling on the bible and come inside and open the blind window to the office. We decided this as the nurse coming in would alter our characters mood as he throws his scribbles off the table and minimizes the 'girl murdered' article, showing his double sided mind/personality he has as he tries to act 'normal'.
However we decided to cut this scene as we thought the film looked better with just our main character within the opening and no dialogue as we wanted him to stay in this 'mad' personality rather than change.
Me and Maddy worked out how to over lap scenes together to have a scene coming across on top of another one, I felt this was good as it showed Sara (our killers victim) smoking outside before she was murdered and then under the overlay Joseph looking at pictures of his victim dead. This shows the different time difference of both scenes and we changed Sara's clip to black and white to symbolize a flash back.

Rhianna Henson-Smith

Casino Location overview

Casino Location

As mentioned in my previous blog post on location we were thinking of filming next to the casino in Guildford town center. 

On the 30th of November myself and Sara filmed the remaining scenes for our opening which started from Joseph walking from the hospital to his car.

We decided to film him driving to the Casino and park round in an alley way seen in this photo (where the yellow door is). This way we were following our health and safety rules, as we did not get in the way of people, for example parking their cars and were out of site when scenes which involved the knife were used. At night time when we were filming we made sure there was an adult with us and that the camera always was put back into its holder when we were not using it. 

The location was a good choice as it had low lighting, which is a common convention of our genre and was mentioned in our audience interviews to make sure we had. This then would also be a good location to commit a murder, so links with our story. We decided it would be the Casino as it is a popular night club for young adults and is relatively close to our hospital location also.

Rhianna Henson-Smith

Music and Sound possible

http://www.soundlagoon.com/soundarchive/psycho-thriller/

This are possible musics and sounds that fit our psycho-thriller genere.

Possible music\sounds

I think that those two song represent the psycho-thriller genre, because they build tension and can be effective for suspense moments. In other words we need music that stimulate anxiety and worry feelings.

Settings/ locations commonly used within pyscho-thrillers

The setting is a very important element to Psychological thrillers. The two most common location for Psychological thrillers to be set in; is the city and inside a building. E.g. An house jail restaurant. The countryside isn’t as commonly used as it can get confused with a horror film.

Psychological thriller: the setting would be in the hospital, church, house, prison etc...

  

 

 

Possible sound effects

From these clips, I have learnt that the stereotypical sounds for a psycho-thriller tend to be dark and eerie. You may experience sound effects such as screaming, wind whistling, creaky doors and high-pitch drum sounds.

Having looked at these, I would like to incorporate the intensity of volume into our film opening, as it will give tension and suspense to the audience.

Possible ideas for our main character

Having watched this, I know that psycho-thriller characters tend to be personally involved and critically dominant throughout the film. Also, they tend to suffer from a mental illness of some type, which affects their behaviour within the film. These characters are quite often shown to be mistreated by others and seen as abnormal, which tends to be the starting point/ spark for their road of destruction that normally follows!

Psychological thrillers and analysis

Through watching this montage of various psycho-thrillers, I can now tell that most films in this genre consist of dark lighting, eerie music, screaming, glitch editing/ effects and most importantly to emphasis a psychological aspect there is murmuring/ unusual behaviour amongst the characters.

Looking at other Pyscological- Thrillers

Possible location shot

This could be a possible location shot, it is a car park at our school however we may use it as a hospital car park. We would do this by filming our character coming out of the hospital, then jump cutting to the car park (and being careful not to film any of the surrounding atmosphere, so we don't ruin the setting in our film)! (The building in the background could be a part of the hospital).

By Maddy Fox

Props (possible knifes)

I have looked at these four knifes as a possible murder weapon within our film.

This picture shows the texture of the knifes, I especially like the darkness of the second knife to the right, also in the picture above you can see the knife's splatters/ rust (which looks like blood).

The image above and the two below helps to show the type of blade each knife has, if you look at the two bottom photos, you can see the sharpness and curvature of each one.

This knife looks painful/ sharp and is large/ brutal looking. I feel it would be a good murder weapon, as it has some ancient-looking symbols on it which could be religious inscription (relating to the 'body is your temple' aspect to our film).

This knife would also make a good murder weapon, as it is shiny on the point (to emphasis the dangerous part of the prop).

This knife is sharp and pointed, with splatters (like blood) and is darker than the other ones.

This knife would be a good prop for butchering a victim/ beheading.

 Overall, I think this knife is the best prop to use, as it fits the genre of our film well. For example it is a knife Dr. Damien can easily get his hands on, it also looks like it has been used a lot (on victims - due to the splatters) and finally the darkness adds to the thriller film.

    By Maddy Fox

Our group working

Filming and editing schedule

Initial ideas for Doctor 6:19

Rhianna Henson-Smith

Our pitch and audience feedback

Mood Board for psycho-thriller genre