The British Board of Film Classification!

The BBFC have produced a set of guidelines. The BBFC's relationship with Government is known as a 'Gentlemen's Understanding' which means that parliament observes from a distance and the BBFC regulates itself. There are three main areas that are taken into consideration for any film which are Legal, Protective and Social. The classifications, as published in the BBFC guidelines are:

U: Universal (Suitable for all)

PG: Parental Guidance (General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.

12 and 12A: Suitable for 12 years and older. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a 12 rated video or DVD. Responsibility for allowing under 12's to view lies with the accompanying or supervising adult.

15: Suitable only for 15 years and over. No one younger than 15 may see a 15 film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a 15 rated video or DVD.

18: Suitable only for adults. No one younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema. No one younger than 18 may rent or buy an 18 rated video or DVD.

R18: To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults of not less than 18 years.

A typical Thriller film is either a 15 or 18. Our Thriller film falls under the classification of a 15 as it has scenes of someone being kidnapped, which is not appropriate for anyone under the age of 15.

Lauren Kay & Rachel Fradgley :)

Questionnaire Results!

Questionnaire results!

After asking our friends in our Media class here are the results from the Thriller questionnaire.

What type of music would be most common?

There was 1% between the top answers with Classical at 39% and Eerie at 38%. Classical and Eerie music set an automatical tone for the film.

What colours do you expect to see?

Most popular answer was Black at 50% and Red at 31%, these two colours are iconic in thriller films such as Sin City, and I plan to use them in my film.

What type of thriller film do you enjoy most?
Crime thrillers were the most popular, with dramatic thriller second most popular. This result maybe due to my questionnees and their individual taste in film, if there was a larger group of people asked then the results would differ.

What sort of thing do you most expect when watcing a thriller film?
The most popular answer was suspense with 31% and plot twists and hero's and villians in second place with 23%. Surprisingly male roles recieved 0% of the votes, however I assumed it would have considering most thriller's contain male characters.

How do you think a good thriller

should open?

Suspense was the most popular answer with 36% of the votes and second being everyday life and chase.

Do you enjoy ambiguity or a given away plot line?

Unsurprisingly the most popular answer with 54% of the votes was ambiguity however I was not expecting a give away plot line to be in second place with 31%.

What colour is a thriller film best in?

46% of the votes was for Black and white with colour in second place with 31%. I would have thought that Sepia would have been more popular because it creates an 'old feel' to the movie.

Where do you prefer to watch a thriller?

The most popular answer was Cinema with 39% and in a close second most popular was Home with 38%.

Which is most important to you in a thriller film?

Again the first and second most popular answers were so close at 1% between them, however City was 39% and Forest 38%. Churchyard and Countryside both got over 15% but Hospital recieved 0%.

Which is most important to you in a thriller film?

Music was 39% of the votes and Characters 38%. Surpringly Location was only 8% of the votes.

Rachel Fradgley :)

Location ideas!

When coming up with an idea of where to film our thriller, we was thinking about where there is a phone box as they are not very common now a days, then we found one on a corner of a street in Gosfield, where it is quiet and only has a few cars driving past giving more of a suspense as no one can see the characters "supposedly", and the passerbys could be anyone.

Lauren Kay! :)

Where our film idea came from!

While thinking of an idea for our film, I thought about the thriller films I have watched in the past and thought about what would be fairly easy to film but would still be an interesting and good idea, and I came up with the film Phonebooth. In 'Phonebooth' a regular city guy is walking down a busy street and hears a public phone ring, which he then answers, not knowing that this could be a life or death situation. This is a simple plot but keeps you gripped till the end. So I came up with the idea that we could use a phone box, a ringing phone and a stalker.

Lauren Kay! :)

Thriller Films!

These are the top ten thriller films that had the most votes on IMDb;
1. The Dark Knight
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Godfather
4. Fight Club
5. Se7en
6. Memento
7. Batman begins
8. The Usual Suspects
9. The Departed
10. Sin City


Lauren Kay! :)

Thriller Questionnaire!

1. What type of music would be most common in a thriller?
*Classical
*Eerie
*Rock
*Hip-hop

2. What colours do you expect to see in a thriller?
(Tick two)
*Black
*Yellow
*Blue
*Red
*Pink
*Grey

3. What type of thriller film do you enjoy most?
*Gangster
*Crime
*Physiological
*Action
*Drama
*Romantic

4. What sort of thing do you most expect when watching a thriller film?
*Violence
*Plot twists
*Action
*Hero's and villains
*Fast camera movement
*Suspense
*Male roles

5. How do you think a good thriller should open?
*Death
*Everyday life
*Chase
*Flashback
*Suspense

6. Do you enjoy ambiguity or a given away plot line?
*Ambiguity
*Give away
*Dont mind

7. What is a thriller best in?
*Colour
*Black and White
*Sepia

8. Where do you prefer to watch a thriller?
*Cinema
*Home
*Friends house
*Other...................

9. Which is most important to you in a thriller film?
*Music
*Characters
*Costume
*Location
*Camera shots

10. What is an ideal location?
*City
*Forest
*Countryside
*Churchyard
*Hospital

Lauren Kay :)

Music idea!

After watching the Twilight films, their choice of songs of Paramore inspired me which made me look into all their songs on youtube, and the song that stood out most that is appropriate for our thriller film is Decode. I decided I prefered the Instrumental version as using lyrics made it less Eerie and Dramatic.

Paramore - Decode Instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1dIo14jwiw

Lauren Kay! :)