Final Production

Our Final Production "Snatched"

Sound

In Film and television, there are different types of sound used.There are 4 types of sound:

- Diagetic Sound: is sound whose source is  located somewhere on the screen , sound both the characters and audience can hear.Digetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. Diegetic sound can include voices of characters to the sounds of objects or even music coming from a radio or an instrument as long as its represented  as coming from instruments in the story.E.G:

• E.g. This speech when Leonardo is talking
•  When the crowd cheers. 
• They all start humming

• Phone call converstaion of Father talking
• voice of girl 

Often a foley is used.Foley effects are sound effects added to the film during post production (after the shooting stops). They include a foley artist recreating any sounds such as footsteps, clothes rustling, crockery clinking, paper folding, doors opening and slamming, punches hitting, glass breaking, etc. Foley artists recreate the realistic ambient sounds that the film portrays.Foley sounds are diagetic because both the characters here the sounds and so do the audience.

-Non Diagetic sound: is simply  sounds that have been added in, this can  like music, a narrator  and sound effects to add a dramaric effect. Non-diegetic sounds are often used to add drama to moments that would be silent without it.The sound's source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action. There are three main non-diegetic sounds: a score, an original soundtrack, and a voice-over.An original soundtrack (OST)is a soundtrack using pre-recorded , non ochestrial music. Usually used in films aimed at teens, it also triggers emotion.A voiceover/narration can come from a characyer within the film,in which it provides the audience with extra information on visuals,it can also come from a character outside a film,e.g. a narraton which is "Omniscient"(all seeing/knowing).Audiences instinctively trust narrators and pressumer they are reliable.

• At 0.50 seconds of this clip after the title sequence it is a scene of the mother trying to wake up Anna the daughter and the song "happy together is played" which is non-diagetic sound because it is to create atmosphere for the audience ,the characters cant hear that noise.It first plays slowly when Anna is asleep and after the alarm goes off, it plays faster to add to the atmoshphere that Anna should be in a rush and that time is passing quickly in the morning.(The diagetic sound in this clip are the characters voices, the alarm ringing and the horn Harry the little brother blows to wake Anna up). 

Sometimes people crossover both diegetic and non-diegetic to create something called trans-diegetic transition. An example of a trans-diegetic transition is when there is a radio on the screen playing a song in one scene which is diagetic sound and when the video cuts to a different scene the music is still playing in a non-diegetic way.Overall, Non-diegetic and diegetic are both important in a movieor tv, since diegeticsounds is all about what the characters hear and non-diegetic is all about what the audience should feel.

-Synchronous sound: where image and sound are in sync , mostly all the time in sound.Synchronous sounds contribute to the realism of film, and also help to create a particular atmosphere.E.G. someone angrily slamming a door and hearing the door bang.

-Asynchronous sound:  Where image and sound are out of sync,much more rare. Can be very mysterious, simply because we cannot see its source. It produces the tension from the audiences curiosity. Sometimes the audience does not know what the sound is they hear, but the character in the film can hear it, turn his face toward the sound, and see its source before the audience does. This can add a lot of tension and mystery.

Target audience and ways i would advertise my thriller

Although our target audience is teenagers, we still have to think about our secondary target audience.  They will be older and will discover films in different ways to teenagers, even though they may not actually watch the film it is still important we target them so they have the chance to talk about it and decide if they think it looks like a film they would want to watch. The way we would advertise for teenagers would be adverts on movies in a similar genre, therefore people who like similar types of thrillers will like the look of ours. We would also advertise on :

• YouTube adverts 
• social media would be a key way of advertising for teenagers because teenagers are constantly on social media sites like twitter, Facebook etc 
•  Billboards 
• Magazines e.g. empire magazine 
•  Radio interviews with actor’s teenagers may like about a film.
• Social media alternate reality games
• Media and press e.g.radio

For our secondary target audience we would advertise by:

• · Newspaper articles
•  Reviews 
• Tv chat shows (perhaps even shows the older generation often watch like The One Show )
• Magazines
• Billboards 
• Flyers
• National press

New shot list and prop list for Snatched

Shot list for ''Snatched'' from natsamen

New treatment for snatched

This is the updated and final treatment for snatched , adapted from my idea.The group helped to finalise our ideas and alter it slightly and we worked very well together.

New script and idea for our new thriller idea "snatched".

This is now our main updted idea and script for our opening sequence and i think we will definitely go through with it.Now we have a script it is much easier to film , follow  and understand.

Costume Ideas for "Snatched"

Sophia

Perhaps Sophia could wear something like this above ^ I looked on Ebay and found many things which we could order which would be suitable for Sohia to wear. I think if Sohia wears a navy dress it would work well because navy dress`s are very conservative and quite smart. This is how we want to portray Sophia.I think a bow in her hair would also look good as bows often make children look younger and more innocent. I was inspired by the idea of Matilda who always wore a bow in her

Patricia  hair.

We could order one from ebay because it is very cheap and we do not have a huge budget to spend.

This bow would suit our character Sophia extremely well. I think we should order it as its only 99p for 5 bows-great value!

Patricia(nanny)

I think Patricia should look proffesional and neutral. A long black skirt and a blazer would be fine to use and her hair should look tidy and proffesional. We researched many films with nannys in and Mary Poppins ans The sound of Music (Maria ) sprung to mind. Although their outifts would be too old fashioned we were inspired by them. E.g. black neutral colours ,proffesional blazer . 

We told our actress what we were looking for and she said she had the perfect outfit so she will wear  something similar to what we had in mind. Black colours so she doesnt attract to much attention and she will be more mysterious and proffesional.

Dimitri 

We dont think we will have any close up shots to create more mystery about the character of Dimitri in our opening sequence,however it is still important what he would wear and wears. I think a typical bad boy,russina ,mafia style outfit would suit his character perfectly, for example, a leather jacket and dark colours which connote evil ,not happy bright colours. 

Real life example : 

and 

These outfits would be perfect for the russian antagonist Dimitri in our thriller "snatched" 

Ilya Brodski

We want Ilya to look like a buisnessman but at home on his normal day to day life. He isa  middle class,russian and fairly stereotypical wealthy buisnessman and the photo below portrays what sor of thing i have in mind for Ilya to wear. We casted a man who is a similar age because we think older characters make the film more realistic and give it more credibility.