Research into Sound/Music for Main Task

From my research into the deconstruction of psychological thrillers such as Silence of the Lambs, Memento and Black Swan I discovered that they open with an establishing shot with non-diegetic classical music over the top. For our psychological thriller we want to use classical music when the women is sorting out her child's room. As the women has OCD she will be making sure objects, trinkets and clothes are in an exact order, in some shots her measuring with a ruler to make sure things are precisely in place. By using classical music it will great a tension for the audience as they are expecting what the women will do next.

Research Song 1: Lullaby composed by Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist who was born in Hamburg. I felt his song 'Lullaby' would create a sombre mood over the audience and would connect well with our plotline of her child who she killed as she has schizophrenia. Due to her having schizophrenia she has two personailities; her Good Side and her Bad side who has killed her child, however her Good Side has convinced her that she hasn't. Lullaby songs are 'stereotypically' sung to by mothers to their children so they can sleep at night, so by using this song it would have connections again of the women's relationship with her child as she sorts out her child's room.

Research Song 2: Clair de Lune composed by Claude Debussy

Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. I felt this song would a good choice to use for our main task as it's quite light with a bit of a bouncy tune. 'Clair de Lune' would work well as it would create, again a sombre mood, with the audience and also would help them understand better what may have happened to this women, and how she is coping.

Research Song 3: Any Other Name composed by Thomas Newman

Thomas Montgomery Newman is an American composer and conductor who is one of the more respected and recognized composers for modern film. I feel that 'Any Other Name' is the best song out of the three which I have researched. When I listen to this song, I can imagine the audience connecting more emotionally to the women, as in their eyes they could identify her OCD disorder which she has due to her losing a child. This song would create a better sombre mood than the other two songs.

 

Bibliography of composers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms

                                                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy

                                                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Newman

Main Task: Talking Titles further Research

Through my research of titles for pyschological thrillers I came across a website with a powerpoint explain the main objects for a pyschological thriller:Locations, Mise-en-scene of costume and props/colours, sound and titles.What I found out from the power point is that titles can be placed into two sections: Over Image and Over Colour.

Research on Over Image for Titles:

Some pyschological thrillers such as Misery and Cape Fear has the title and credits appear on the image. Examples below;



As you can see from these print screens, the titles of the production team and the title Cape Fear itself are over the image on the screen.

Research on Over Colour for Titles:

In some pyschological thrillers films such as American Pycho and Memento, the title and the credits appear either on a black or white background. Examples below;





Main Task: Talking about Titles

Whilst discussing what titles we would like to use in our two minute opening of our film, we looked at psychological thriller films for inspiration. 
The Silence of the Lambs 
The titles were very interesting in this film, some of the words appeared backwards/upside down. For example, If I wrote my name: Jessi Kullar, my surname would appear backwards so that it spelt: ralluk. 
We thought, this was a very exciting concept of titles, which definitely fit our genre perfectly.Additionally, as the main actor in our film has schizophrenia, we felt that it mimicked her two personalities subtly. 
Black Swan
This entire film was a representation of two colours, black and white, the titles showed this. On a blank black screen, continous titles appeared in a classic white font which reflected the classical swan lake music used in the opening (helpful to us, as we too are using classical music).

Developed and Finalised Plotline

Main Task - Finalised Idea's for opening 2 Minutes

This image below shows idea's of what would happen if we were making a full length tv drama/film. We needed to brainstorm this in order to have an idea of how the psychological thriller would end. 

Main Task - Work in Progress of Script for the opening 2 Minutes

Main Task - Work in Progress of Drawing Ideas for Storyboard