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My Role

For our production, I was in charge of editing the production after we had filmed it. This was different to anything we had done previously in the making of our film, as it used technology such as Adobe Premiere Pro which I hadn't used before. As well as editing, I wrote question 4 on the evaluation. The way we did this worked as everybody had a different role, and worked together to create the film

Mistaken Identity Final Cut

Mistaken Identity Rough Cut

Propp's Character Roles

Vladimir Propp studied hundreds of traditional folk tales to establish character types

He decided these were split into:

·      Hero

·      Villain

·      Dispatcher

·      Donor

·      Princess

·      Sidekick

Narrative Theories

NARRATIVE THEORIES
Theory 1: Bordwell	David Bordwell made a formalist approach based on the distinction between story and plot. He said that the story is a chronological sequence of events, but that the plot was the sequence of events in which the audience experiences them. According to Bordwell, all films function using a cause and effect chain of events. He thought that filmmakers make narratives more mysterious or suspenseful by altering the plot from the story
Theory 2: Todorov	Tzvetan Todorov was a famous narratologist who argued that all stories have a similar structure. He said that you have ·      Equilibrium ·      Significant Event ·      Recognition by Hero ·      Attempt to Repair ·      New Equilibrium The new equilibrium is often different and better to the old equilibrium
Theory 3: Propp	Vladimir Propp studied hundreds of traditional folk tales to establish character types He decided these were split into: ·      Hero ·      Villain ·      Dispatcher ·      Donor ·      Princess ·      Sidekick
Theory 4: Levi-Strauss	Claude Levi-Strauss argues that there were Binary Oppositions in every narrative. These reflect the culture from which they emerge. They are neutral oppositions that are loaded positively or negatively in a way that reflects a cultures dominant ideology
Theory 5: Pam Cooke	Pam Cook argues that films contained their own kinds of narrative. Filmic/cinematic narratives are defined by ·      Goal Orientated characters ·      A cause and effect narrative trajectory ·      A clear resolution ·      A high degree of narrative closure

Institutional Research

Thrillers have always been a popular movie genre. However, as you can see from the graph above, it doesn't hold a large percentage of the market share.

'Get Out' was a hugely popular film made in 2017. It showed that the thriller genre is far from dead, especially after winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

It is also the highest-grossing original debut ever, as well as being the third highest grossing R-rated horror film ever.

The table above shows budget and profits of the top films produced by Blumhouse Productions. It shows that Get Out, although not having the highest budget, but made the most at the box office and made the most profit.

A thriller/suspense that didn't make as much as 'Get Out' was 'The Snowman'. Produced by Universal Studios, it made a little over $6.5 million at the box office, compared to its $35 million budget. This demonstrates some of the aspects needed in order to make a thriller successful. 

Get Out was full of suspense, appealing to audiences worldwide which contributed to its success. The Snowman, however, had very little of any of these aspects and performed very poorly, ensuring that it wouldn't be successful at all