BBFC Certification for Thrillers

BBFC stands for British Board of Film Classification, they are in charge of putting films into the right classification whether it be;

• U
• PG
• 12
• 12A
• 15
• 18
• R18

Thriller films are 9/10 times either a 15 or an 18, the films that are certificated a 15 are likely to include a strong amount of violence and bad language, the use of bad language can also contain verbal references to sexual violence. However this cannot contain images of sexual violence or a large amount of pain. sexual scenes are not prohibited in a 15 although nudity is allowed. Films that are certificated 18 are aimed at adults as it usually contains sex within the films containing clear images 18 rated films are allowed to include the use of violence and bad language. it can be based on a criminal offence or an example of a thriller rated at 18 is Seven.

Composition Expert

Rule of thirds
The basic Principals behind the rule of thirds is to visualize breaking down an image into thirds (both vertically and horizontally) so this gives you 9 slots like the example below;

The theory is that if you place points of interest in the slots then it makes the shot look a lot more appealing as none of the slots are empty, because if they were then the shot would look out of place and dull in certain slots. It just makes sure that the things that you want to capture the viewers eye is on eye level for example;

Here the eyes are on the top line for primary interest and the tie and flowers and of secondary interest and they are on the lower line.

Lock Stock Poker Scene Sequence

This is our lock stop poker game sequence, we took eight images from the original and then made a short movie using the images, and we used a match on action shot.

Preliminary task- Script

Script:

Dark room, door opens.

Scarlett: enters, with the clicking of her heels, she sparks a cigarette.

(Midshot) Spot light on Jim

Jim: (cocky) “I didn’t do it, I’d never hurt her.”

Scarlett: (In darkness) “I didn’t say anything about a girl Jim”

(Close up on Jim’s eyes- worried)

Jim: “Well I’m not here for nothing. Am I Scarlett?”

Scarlett: “I’m glad you asked, Jim. Maybe this will jog your memory 

(Close up on image on table)

Jim: “Never seen her” 

Scarlett: “I think you should take a second to look Jim.... because a key witness has said otherwise?”

Jim: “What is the time officer?”

(Close up on clock revealing the time)

Scarlett: “Half three, why got plans?”

Jim: (Smirks) “Well I think you should go and check on your key witness, they might not be as useful as you think” 

Scarlett: gets up and exits (match on action as she walks through door)

The Script above is taken from our Preliminary task, whereby we created a short scene from a thriller, we chose to do the integration of a suspect who was assumed to of murdered a young girl. Our script is very in-depth and shows all of the stage directions for the actors and the different shots used for the director. 

Se7en Interpretation

In class we had to create our own interpretation of the Se7en opening scene. We used the programme final cut pro to do this. In our group of 3 we received some images and video clips whereby we had to create the video, by editing parts of the images and videos desired. To ensure the clip looked more professional and 'se7en like' we added effects over the sequence, focusing on Bad TV and film settings in order to look more effective and thriller- esque

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