Directors commentary

Hello my names Dylan peach and today I will be doing a directors commentary over our thriller opening Decorum.

First of all the beginning of the thriller opening shows the title and the meaning. Some people may not know what decorum actually stands for so this is a quick reminder, plus it fits with the story of the film.

After this we are greeted by a mid shot of Jak. This is an establishing shot telling the audience that he is busy researching. As you may have noticed the background is blurred out, this is because the pictures were not related to our thriller opening as it was someone else's office in which we borrowed so I blurred it out. I did this by masking the wall and adding a camera blur and feather.

Next is a panning shot of the BBC News page with the title "Killer of Jak Hunter's Parents, John Hill escaped Jail 2 days ago presumed dead. This not only ties in with a later scene of a pin board but gives the audience a bit of context of what Jak is searching and what is happening. I used the BBC News page and re-edited it to make it authentic and believable as most people can recognise this page.

After that there is a close up shot of a lock being cut. This suggests to the audience that the person cutting the locks shouldn't be there, this builds up tension. then it pans down to the floor where you can see the lock fall to the ground.

The next shot is a low angle shot of jack walking into the shed. The Cutters are specifically blurred to create a dramatic effect of someone watching him behind them.

This is an extreme close-up shot of Jak turning on the power then the light switch, this is adding to the dramatic build up to see whats inside the shed which has been locked off.

We then see the lights on the roof turn on. This is really dramatic as it gives a kind of "saw" look to itt as its dimly lit making it even more tense than before.

Next is a panning shot of the shelf with the knives on them. This is a really dramatic shot as the audience get shown what is in the shed for the first time. All the knives and blood suggests that he himself is a murderer, foreshadowing future events.

After that you get to see Jak looking at his shelf's full of weapons, pin boards and gun. This is all shown through the outside window through a rip in the plastic bag covering it to create a motion of you are following the antagonist and watching him.

Then there are a few shots of Jak putting on gloves and wiping the blood-stained knife. These are more 'filler' clips, however they still keep the suspense flowing and they gave me an opportunity to include most of the credits.

now it cuts to my company name, "vector productions". This is a name I have used for some previous productions. Vector is a term meaing lossless quality, which I thought worked kind of implying that the vector productions films are very high standard.

After that it cuts to a long panning shot from quite a wide/long shot of Jak walking. As you can see we chose quite a rural setting to fit with the conventions of a thriller. If you cannot tell I have synced the clip with the glitch in the audio.

We get an extreme close-up of Jaks hand with the gun banging on the metal bars. This suggests that he is confident in what hes doing, and willing to show people he is not ariad, consequently building up suspense.

The next shot includes Jak leaning on the metal bars whilst looking. This is dramatic because he is blurred out and only the tree branches are in focus. Also i added a little pan to it to keep the scene flowing.

The main shot of the thriller opening is this shot. I am in the entrance of the tunnel on my phone. I am alone and not on guard to portrait to the audience that I am vulnerable. then it pans up to see that Jak is standing above me. it proceeds to pan down to see me on the phone again. The next time it pans up Jak is not there, this is done in sync with the glitch sound if you listen closely. as it pans down for the final time you see Jak and myslelf.

As I lift my head up it cuts to a first person view of me looking at the gun, then for Jak to swing it at me and knock me out. Only the barrel of the gun was in focus to connote disorientation and the fact that the gun is all they can concentrate on.

This was my directors commentary over our film Decorum hope you enjoyed,