Costume research

There will be two types of costumes which the actors will be wearing during the first opening two minutes of the film.
The first type will be suits. This will be for the Villain and the Hero who are the two main characters in the opening two minutes. The hero who is a undercover agent who is looking through the villains eyes will be wearing a light suite to show that he is the good guy out of the two people who will be in the scene. This is because he is going under cover and will be doing business with a Man who is quite powerful and you would want to look quite respectable when dealing with someone like him. The villain will be wearing dark colors probably a black suit because that is what you usually get villains wearing in action movies.
The Suit will look quite similar to this:

Its a grey suit and will be perfect for the agent to wear as its smart and its something that we already have to hand so we won't have to buy it from online or anything.









The Villain will be wearing a suit that will probably be completely black. This'll show that he is the bad person in the first two minutes being that he is in all black like most villains are. For example.









For the people who are chasing the Agent in the alleys they will be wearing hoodies and genes/track suit bottoms as they technically have an importance in the film and so we will not need to see their faces hence why having a hoodie on with the hood up will be showing that they are the hench man of the villain.

Props for The Exploit

Props

• Guns (pistol)
• (maybe knives)

The guns will painted black to make them look more realistic and will only given to our main characters in are opening, because we do not have enough gun props to allow all characters to have them, plus their is no need for them too have them.

 

• Briefcase

Briefcase is the main attention and is the reason why the chase is happening however in the opening it will never be opened, this is to create suspence in the audience.

• fake money for exchange - if needed.

We may use fake money, during are flashback during the meeting while making the exchange. Most likely monopoly money.

• Earpiece.

We will use an earpiece to make our main character look more realistic at his role of being an agent.  Also if we wish to add more dialogue we could make it so he communicating to someone.

opening of James bond

In the beginning of the opening  of James Bond, Skyfall, it starts of with introducing the companies that represent and help create this action thriller film sequel. This helps to relies the expectation of the film from the start based on the other films/t.v programs the companies may of created. It then opens up with a black screen with non-digetic sound in the background which gives off a curious feeling.

There then appears a silhouette of  a human figure at the end of the dark hall. They use a long perspective with a middle angle view to give off a mysterious feeling.  The silhouette then slowly approaches which tells us the figure is trying to move stealthily and quietly. The figure appears ( now slowly becoming a close-up shot), showing us a man in a suit, holding a gun. This tells that the man is wealthy and has  a job involving crime, however still unknown if he is with crime or against it. His job is dangerous so the man consist of being courageous, brave and strong, which is a conformed stereotype of a man.

He then heads towards a room. Using the tracking shot they follow Bond into the dark lit room where there lies two dead bodies on the floor with blood oozing out. You now instantly know that the film is an action based thriller, which symbolises it is for a male audience 12 - onwards.

After the dialogue James goes to assist a man called Rohnson, the camera shows that Bond has more dominance than Rohnson because James is standing above him, however James Bond then crouches down which indicates that they are equal and most likely friends.

The camera is then positioned into a shot reverse shot to show a close up of each actors facial expressions. It starts of with Bond facial expression, which is pity and forgiveness for Rohnson. It then switches to Rohnson, showing that he has an understanding but still scared facial expression. James Bond then stands back up to continue on the mission he was assigned, leaving Rohnson behind due to the orders of the female speaking to bond through the headset.

Indiana jones raiders of the lost ark

Annotation of Indiana jones raiders of the lost ark

In the first two minutes of the film you straight away realize that it is an action and adventure film because the first ever cut scene you see that the characters are in the tropical rainforest. The music also starts straight away with a slow tempo and low base which gives of a sinister feel to movie. Then the characters then enter with torn clothes, this shows that they have come through trouble and has taken effort to get where they are at the beginning of the film.



Target audience in a action thriller

1) What is your gender?
2) How old are you?
3) Do you like action thriller films? ( If not, why?)
4) What setting do you expect from a action thriller?
5) Why do you like action thrillers?
6) What age range do you expect from from an action thriller?
7) What is an action thriller film?`
8) What is your favorite action thriller film?
9) Who is your favorite actor/actress and why?
10)  What do you look for in a action thriller genre?