SWAT Scene analysis - Silence of the Lambs

Coursework- Props

Props:

Props: (Funded by the team, managed by Toy)-Mock Firearms. (M4 CQBR, H&K Handgun)-Tactical Vests (Khaki and Black)-Fake Surgeon Kit -Surgeon’s Gown or Lab Coat -Gloves and Medical Mask -Cardboard boxes.
-Bed-Laptop/Phone-CCTV Template

Samples Of Sound Effects Used In Coursework

Sound:

Most of our sound effects came from a youtube channel called “ProSound Effects”

-Police Sirens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUfTQJtorVU)

-Wind

-Loud Footsteps

-Doctor’s loud breathing

-Sounds of tools clinking

-A generator/loud refrigerator sound. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_TED3c4BdA)

-Sound of an old light bulb turning on. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRnxSwukW2o)

-”Swoosh” as the detectives past.

-Door Kicked Open (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dz1XqVdBA)

Coursework- Film Opening's Story +Mood Board

Story: 
A mad doctor is killing his patients, seen on the news. A special task force is formed to catch this doctor. Police raid several suspected hideouts of the doctor. Doctor sees this on his phone and smiles. The room he is in is very clean and sterile, but in the background, there is a woman taped to a chair, and covered in a decent amount of blood, next to her, a small table with clean surgical equipment.  Scene cuts to 2 detectives moving along an alleyway, fully armed. They rush into a building, weapons in hand. The surgeon starts to put on his mask, and his left hand’s glove. At the same time, the detectives stack at the door. The doctor turns and looks at the door. The detective kicks the door in and move in, the room and dark and murky. The room is dirty/filthy and old filled with boxes, they looked around confused. The doctor switches on his smartphone, then clicks on it. It turns on and is a live feed of a security camera, looking at the detectives. One of the detectives opens the top of the box, they both jump back stunned. It is not shown what they found. They both look at each other. The doctor smiles under his mask and presses a button on his phone. Suddenly there is a “BEEP!” in the room the detectives are in, and the boxes start lighting up with red flashes. The beep gets faster as the detectives rush out. The doctor turns away and looks out the window, in a distant a rooftop explodes, the shock wave sends the building shaking a bit. The doctor turns around and finishes pulling on his gloves. He realizes he doesn't have much time, so he pulls out a gun instead of using his medical tools. He coldly says "Sorry, but we have to end this early". The person turns around slowly as the doctor pulls his weapon out. It switches to a POV shot of the patient. The weapon facing directly to the camera. A shot is heard then the screen turns black with police sirens in the background.

Mood board:

 

Media Coursework, Location Scouting. (Part 1)

                                     LOCATION SCOUTING (PART 1)

Me and my group decided today to go location scouting inside the school, apart from Kelly who is sick. Sunsun and myself went around school. We found 2 good locations for the film, which is the Drama Department, and the medical bay. Since it was school time, we only got shots of the exteriors of the filming locations.

We both decided on the Drama Department, since it was an ideal location for acting and filming for when the detectives bust in. The medical bay's environment also fits that of a clinic, which would be perfect for a "mad doctor" to be in. We only took pictures on the exteriors, since it was school time, and we didn't want to disturb classes or the busy staff at the medical bay.

Medical bay:

English/Drama Department's corridor:

Thriller Film Challenge, Film Noir/Crime Thriller.

          Thriller Film Project:

This is a finished product of our film challenge. After planning and story boarding we embarked on our filming project. Our film depicts 2 detectives in the 1950-60s Era. We tried making it more realistic by having Jasper putting on an accent, and both detectives wearing clothing similar to detectives would wear during the 60s. We used some terminology that matches the era we are filming in, words such as "Dame" or "Gal", even Jasper's accent matches the era, as he pronounces "Murder" as "Moider". I managed the props and was an actor, Richy and Saimink worked on the camera work and plot, Saimink was also the victim, and Jasper was the main character as the experienced detective. The film was directed, edited and filmed by Richy. In the filming site, we did dry-runs to make sure everything was good, and made some adjustments. In the film, there are 2 characters. John Wayne (Toy) and the un-named experienced detective (Jasper). The short film also has a black/white edited in by using Premier, which adds the authenticity of being a Film Noir/Crime Thriller.

American Sniper's Film Opening | Analysis

           AMERICAN SNIPER FILM OPENING ANALYSIS

American sniper is a Action/War/Biographical Thriller based on the life of Chris Kyle, a US Navy Seal Sniper who was murdered in February, 2013. The film is a tribute to Chris Kyle's life, from a child to a fully grown adult.

The opening sequence is filled with many micro-elements, and it is simply just magnificent. It combines a whole bunch of emotions, making you sit at the edge of your seats. The opening takes place in Iraq, on Chris Kyle's first tour.

The first thing we see in the opening is this: A platoon of US Marines, with an M1A1 Abrams supporting them, rolls through a war torn city in Iraq.

Just this one short scene in the intro tells a lot. In the background, you can see buildings that are very old and war-torn (Destroyed), their paint deteriorating away among the gun-fire and deaths. The state of the building tells us that it is abandoned. 2 US Marines can be seen in the background, looking around for insurgents. This tells us that the environment that the Marines are so dangerous that normal civilians have fled somewhere else, it give us a sense of fear and anxiety.

In this scene, Chris aims his Remington Mk.13 Mod 5 Sniper Rifle at a man acting suspiciously on a cellphone. This scene is important because it has a big effect on the audience watching. It shows the audience the character's expression in combat, in a war-torn country with danger lurking around every corner. Even though that is the environment that they are in, both of them is calm,cool and collected, like it's another boring day at work. Since Chris is aiming at the man, it gives the audience a feeling of anxiety because the audience does not know what Chris is going to do next, is he going to shoot the man or let him go? It gets the audiences tensed up.

In this shot, it is a wide angled shot from Chris's over watch/sniping spot, covering the platoon of Marines down on the ground. This shot shows clearly the environment they they are in. The conditions there are unbearable to live in. Blown up cars and debris from blown up buildings litter the streets. The buildings itself look like those of a abandoned shanty town. This shows the harsh environment these Marines have to go through, it is an eye opening shot of how chaotic and dangerous the setting really is. It gives us a feeling that anything can happen at any moment, ambushes can occur within seconds, it plays a big effect on fear, fear of the unknown.

In this scene, Chris aims his sniper rifles to 2 people, a woman and a child. The woman is handing the child a RKG-3 Anti-Tank Grenade, which can do serious harm to the tank and the marines patrolling (Not seen in this shot). This scene shocks the audience because it breaks all morals and ethics, by using a child as a weapon of war, aka Child Soldiers. The audience are stunned,shocked as the mother hands the child a Anti-Tank grenade. Mothers are associated with warmth and love, however in this scene, it seems like the mother is willing to let her son throw the grenade and get shot by the Marines. It shows the audience how far the terrorists and insurgents are willing to go to kill the Marines, even to the point of using children as cover or as the weapon themselves. This scene is one of the scenes that makes the audience hold their breathe, as they are in disbelieve, that this actually happened. Since the whole movie is based on a true story, this scene actually happened in Iraq. The audience will be shocked, scared, some even traumatized by this actual scene. This scene is very important because it has some short to long term effect on our thinking. When I first saw this scene, a hatred grew inside me, a hatred for the terrorists and insurgents. I asked other people what they thought and most of them said the same thing, that they cannot believe that this actually happened, and they hate the terrorists even more. The scene plays with our emotions and way of thinking mentally.

This scene is equally as deep as the one above, it is very emotional and heart breaking to see. This seen is shot from Chris's POV, while looking through the scope of his Mk.13 sniper rifle. It shows the child's facial expression. The child looks sad and dull, like he is being told to do something he doesn't want to do, while his mother just simply stands and watches. It is emotional for some audiences, as the child is really young, and doesn't really know what is going on and is simply doing what his mother said. That the child, an innocent civilian, can be used by terrorists to harm people. This scene creates anxiety as the audience doesn't know what Chris is going to do, it plays with the audience's emotions.