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Protagonist
Dr Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is portrayed as the protagonist in the film 'The Sixth Sense'. He is a child psychologist living in Philadelphia and is an unlikely protagonist in this psychological thriller. His weakness is shown at the very start yet the audience are unaware of this at first. He is shot by a crazy man yet we see him in the next clip perfectly fine. It is later revealed that Malcolm is in fact dead and the nine year old boy he's been talking to and working with, Cole Sear ( Haley Joel Osment) able to communicate with the dead.
Crowe is a confident man who isn't afraid of what others may seem to be obscure, frightening or delusional. For example upon being confronted with the mad man in his room he acts calm towards the man in order to maintain himself. This backfires on Crowe and he his shot. Soon after the mad man kills himself. This is where we see his first weakness. Before this scene we have seen him looking at an award for outstanding work with children and to suddenly see our hero fall is a shock to the audience. We intend to do this in our own piece but slightly more subtle by using the chicken as our fallen hero in a metaphorical way.
Antagonist
Dom Cobb (Leonardo Di Caprio) is a thief who specializes in conning secret out of people's dreams. Cobb is the protagonist in this film, but however his subconscious wife is the antagonist. When in a dream the dreamers subconscious is shown by normal people walking around doing normal things, but when something is changed in the dream by someone else intruding, the subconscious realise this and try to remove the person infiltrating the dream. His wife, in this case, ruins plots which they set out to do by knowing what he is going to do and runining plans.
At the start we shown Mr. Saito (Ken Watanabe) hiding a secret while Dom Cobb infiltrate his dream. They nearly discover this secret although Cobbs wife, Mallorie "Mal" Cobb (Marion Cotillard) understands what he is thinking and wants to ruin their plan so they wake up. At the end she kills Robert Michael Fischer (Cillian Murphy) the heir to the business and almost ruining the mission which Cobb and his team are trying to plant a thought in his mind.
The image is a picture of Angelina Jolie, who is center of he poster taken at a close up,this makes that audience aware she is one of the main character in the film. The dark background also gives the audience the impression that the film is going to be a dark film. Her eyes are set to the audience, this gets them involved with tension.
1. Keep camera steady because it will look unprofessional and the shots will appear unclear. This will mean the narrative does not come across clearly.
2. Keep the camera in focus because if it is out of focus it will look blurred and cannot be seen properly by the audience.
3. Have a variety of shots because it makes the footage more exciting and fits in with the thriller conventions.
4. Good timekeeping because there is not much time to fit everything in so it must be managed well or else certain criteria will not be covered.
5. Don't cut too late or early because it will cut out part of the narrative and mean that valuable footage will be wasted.
6. Keep shots appropriate to theme because if the shots are not mysterious and bright and colorful, matching a children's film criteria then the task is a fail.
7. Work as a team because this results in less work for everyone and so it means the individual tasks can be done to the best of the teams ability.
8. Don't make sequences too long because if they are too long then they do not carry the narrative smoothly and would ruin the suspense.
9. Keep equipment safe because if equipment breaks then certain tasks cannot be carried out and part of the thriller criteria would be missing.
10. Be safe in general because if the filming endangers other people then it may mean that the marking criteria is not matched.
This image contains a dull blue background which creates a sense of mystery and it relates to the film, being dull and mysterious. The rain relates to a sense of misery within the thriller. It also shows a sense of helpfulness and rush because the rain represents urgency by being fast paced and loud. The woman's eyes on the poster shows that she is helpless and scared, they are wide open and the pupils are big showing that she is worried about something and/or scared.
The title of the film, "Gothika" is in an eerie text which attracts the audience. The woman has scars on her arms which say "Not alone", which could give the audience the impression that there might be something after her. The woman's face is presented in a horrific manner. She is also pressed up against a glass window which form the audiences perspective appears to be the camera.
Our target audience is 15+ as this audience is large but appropriate for a thriller viewing. Men may like it more than women as it includes weapons, however our opening is much more intellectual than conventional thriller openings. Due to our intellectual opening and the voice over to accompany it we find that the film may possibly attract an elderly audience as well, as they might be more interested in the more formal thriller than an action thriller. Having said this the plot may be slightly complicated for people to follow, as the themes expressed create a vast aery of emotions.
My strengths:
- Sound is a strength of mine as I know which type of sound to fit with which image, ie: sometimes silence is the most effective way to get across a message.
- Time management is another strength as for the children's film, the group managed to keep everything going at once and not slipping behind because we planned our time well.
- Blogging is a strength as I managed to blog in detail and I feature in most of the blog tags.
To improve:
- My editing knowledge is weaker than some other members in the group so for the next project I need to concentrate more on editing so my knowledge will improve.
- My cinematography needs improving as for the last project we used animation so there were not many opportunities to shift the camera.
- My communication needs improving as sometimes because of a lack of communication, some things in the group were done twice or not at all.
Skills I'm good at...
- Cinematography - I feel I'm good at finding the best shots within a location to portray the micro and macro elements of our product.
- Time Management - In our children's film opening, I was able to organise our time efficiently in order to get the time consuming animation done to a good standard and in good time.
- Creating the story - I find that I can be good at coming up with ideas to inspire the group as to what our product should be about.
Skills I could improve on...
- Editing - Using Final Cut has always been a weak point. I find handling the basics an easy task, however using effects and using various other aspects of the program can prove difficult for me.
- Detail - I feel I don't think in much detail towards the background to our ideas. Mostly concerning the target audience.
- Clear thinking - I think I could find better ways of expressing my views and ideas to the group whilst making myself clear.
Top two things we liked
- Use of animation
- Use of music
Two things we will improve on next time round
- Clearer storyline
- Make it appropriate to the target audience
Positives:
1. Great use of animation.
2. Sound track was relevant to what was happening in the film.
3. Good use of titles.
Things to improve:
1. Could have made the story clearer.
2. Could have experimented more with the use of shot transitions.
3. Some of the elements used may have been scary for the target audience.
- We are filming in town (Cambridge), and in a small village on A saturday and Sunday. The dates will be on the, 12th and 13 of February.
- We think that we will be using a tripod and a HD camera.
