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| The introduction of Harry Lime in The Third Man |
Here are some screen shots of the footage we recorded for the opening to a thriller film.We tried to make a few inter-textual references within our opening to other thrillers such as The Third Man. By taking influence from classic thrillers like The Third Man, it helped structure our shot list. We took influence from other thrillers as well, for example The scene in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo where Blomkvist is pinning up photos to a big wall full of photos. From this we have decided to incorporate a wall of photos into our thriller at the end, ultimately ending in a double cliffhanger.
The name of our Cafe is quite ironic and fits well with the story line of the opening. 'Angel Cafe' contradicts Adrien, the main male lead in our Thrilller opening.
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| Bill's feet in Kill Bill vol.1 |
The shot either side of this text was influenced by watching the opening scene of Kill Bill 1, when the camera tracks Bill's feet walking toward the Bride. However, in contrast to this, we have filmed a shot of the character Agnes' feet, and intend to put it in the edit before the tracking shot of Adrien's feet, which hopefully should provoke thought and debate about who the victim really is. Despite this, at the end of the opening 2 minutes, it should give a clear idea of who it is.
The next shot, we tried to achieve this shot but with Agnes in the foreground, oblivious to Adrien's presence there. We tried this effect in two shots that we filmed. It is effective in our thriller because it sits on the idea of deception. Adrien is hiding from Agnes after locking them into the cafe together. She does not know he is still in there. Harry Lime in The Third Man is trying to deceive his best friend, Holly, he succeeds in faking his own death, also by being anonymously chased around the sewers of Venice.
The name of our Cafe is quite ironic and fits well with the story line of the opening. 'Angel Cafe' contradicts Adrien, the main male lead in our Thrilller opening.
The next shot, we tried to achieve this shot but with Agnes in the foreground, oblivious to Adrien's presence there. We tried this effect in two shots that we filmed. It is effective in our thriller because it sits on the idea of deception. Adrien is hiding from Agnes after locking them into the cafe together. She does not know he is still in there. Harry Lime in The Third Man is trying to deceive his best friend, Holly, he succeeds in faking his own death, also by being anonymously chased around the sewers of Venice.
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ReplyDelete...However, in contrast to this, we have filmed a shot of the character Agnes' feet, and intend to put it in the edit before the tracking shot of Adrien's feet, which hopefully should provoke thought and debate about who the victim really is. Despite this, at the end of the opening 2 minutes, it should give a clear idea of who it is....
A little garbled. Could you write a very brief shot list of these shots and how you intend to edit this footage. Think about the final sequence in Heavenly Creatures and the focus on feet, hands and faces. You can keep the male's face in shadow but close ups of the girl's face would be effective.
You need the audience to be intrigued by what the relationship is between these two characters. Is it stalker and victim (cliched but interesting re theme of obsession) police investigator and suspect (crime element emphasised), pimp and his street worker (social comment about the condition of England and abuse????? Or???
Some useful inter textual references here.