Breif update of filming work so far (Thea)

We filmed the first part of our opening, the running through the tunnel, the interuption/bumping into the girl and then running into the toilet with some POV shots of blood.

However, we have encounted some unexpected issues;

-The blood we have been using does not look realistic enough on the hands of the actor
-When our protagonist bumped into the girl (kristy) it looked as though there was some connection/possible romance between the two
-The POV shots when the camera was strapped to the head was to far to the right and was shaky
-We were told we could not film further at the station until we had permission (which we tried to obtain but failed)
-Our actor was over-acting which affected the opening as there was no speech so it all had to be portrayed with body language

We have overcome these issues;
-gettting hold of some lamb blood that will look very realistic and will have the right consistency and will wash off as normal human blood would
- we are using two female actors to bump into our protagonist as to show there is no possible connection or romance just a coinsidense
- film at a time which the station door will be open and very quickly so we will not be caught
- Changed actors to a Theatre studies A2 student that will have a lot of experience in acting and will be able to portray his emotion without being melodramatic.

Police and emergency servies telephone calls (Thea)

Looking at emergency service calls on the internet a lot of the ones that are on youtube are unfortunately hoax calls or joke ones. However the greater remains the same. As you can see below, the operator answers the phone with; "Greater Manchester Police, How can I help?" Currently, in our opening, the operator says Hello, emergency services how can I help, although this is very similar. Perhaps our operator may need to say, they are the police as the call would probably have been directed to either 'Police, Ambulance or Fire' before being asked to give details of the incident so that their call could be advised clearer. We may need to re-record the telephone call depending on how much this authenticity will affect our opening.

Effective use of editing and sound that also reflects mise en scene (Thea)

Having look into our two minute film opening, we feel that the first 30 seconds is going to have a much bigger impact that then next two minutes. Due to this, we are keen to make sure that our editing is really effective and adds to the suspense and tension of the opening.




I have looked at The silence of the lambs trailer as it is a infamous psychological thriller. Although, it is a trailer and not an opening, the editing techniques are still incredibly effective. the quick shots of the Protagonist at the very beginning as 'Orion' pictures are displayed along with the intense burst of sound that sounds like a door or a metal frame is being closed? (not too sure), is very effective and definitely puts the audience on edge. This may be very effective for use within our opening perhaps especially as our protagonist is looking at his hands with the blood to reflect his unstable frame of mind.





I have looked at the opening of the psychological thriller se7en. The editing is very quick between shots and the music is distorted as is the mise en scene as it is unclear to see what the person is doing. However, it is clear that they are mentally unstable and the fast editing is a excellent reflection of this. Perhaps, the quick cutting from one object or scene to another is being used to reflect how indecisive and confused the main person is. the music is also distorded and although it clearly has a beat it does not seem to make clear logical sense and other than the undertone of the bass there appears to be no real sense of rhythm or structure with the other sounds. This is also reflects the insanity and lack of structure that the person feels within thei brain.
This may be useful within our opening as we want to reflect how our protagonist is very confused as he is not sure whether or not he has killed the girl. Also, the tempo/beat of the music increases as the tension of the opening does. We have used this affect within the first 30 seconds (where the photographs are being shown), although we may want to consider this with perhaps having an undertone of music running throughout the opening as our protagonist is running through the station and the tempo could build up as his unhinged state becomes clearer as the blood becomes more and more on his hands and eventually onto his face.

Name Ideas (Thea)

Having decided we wanted a name to be relevant to the film yet not give too much away (from audience research). We decided to look up the mains themes of our film in a thesarus to open some new ideas.
The themes are;
-Insanity/Insane
-Murder
-Blood
-Clensing
-Psychopathic

Insane;
Unhinged Deranged
Senseless Infested
Absurdity Criminality
Remorse Contribution
Blame Uncontrollable

Murder;
Slaughter Butchery
Shed the blood Slay
Massacre Kill
Mullitate Thrash

Blood;
Gore Extraction
Disposition

Clean/Clense;
Purify Purge
Absolve lustrate

Psychopathic;
Disturbed Insane
Maniac Deranged



Other ideas;
Sceptic, she (will add more after group discussion)


Lots of these are very simple and are one word which is good as one word/short titels are a code and convention of psychological thrillers. We will have a group discussion and then vote on the title for our film. We will also ask members outside of our group for their opinion on the name as we want to make sure it has the correct effect on our target audience.

Name Analysis (Thea)

As we are progressing with our project, we still have the issue of choosing a name.
We have not been too keen to choose a name until we have finished filming so we can see how the film feels and what name will be appropriate. However, it is still important that we research into names of other psychological thrillers and do some audience research in relation to our target audience. (This piece of work is in a word document format that will look much prettier on the presentation!)


Audience Research for Name;
“What makes a film title good?” “Intriguing titles” (Female, 17) “A couple of words that sum up what the story is about e.g fast and furious” (Male, 52)
“Do you like abstract (where it appears irrelevant) or related titles?” “Related ones” (Male, 20) “It depends on the film, such as the ‘the hills have eyes’ makes you question it but can tell it’ll probably be a horror” (Female, 19)
“Do you think long or short names for films are better?” “Short Names” (Female, 28) “Short are better, because sometimes the long ones are annoying to say” (Male, 17)
“What is your favourite movie title and why?” “Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind because it is relevant to the film yet also poetic and unique” (Female, 46) “Fast and Furious because its short but sweet” (Male, 21)

What do we want the title to do/be;
-Be remember able
-Entice the audience to watch the film
-Be simple yet effective
-Be original and creative
-Short, but direct
-Allude to some aspects of the film but not give too much away
-Not hint who killed the girl that is in the opening, as we want this to be revealed at the very end of the production

Names of Successful Psychological thrillers;
-Rear Window -The Illusionist
-Silence of Lambs -Blue Velvet
-Taxi Driver -Memento
-Se7en -Thirteen
-The Game -Hard Candy
-Phone Booth -Straw Dogs
-Flightplan -American Psycho

Looking at the names of Psychological Thrillers, it would appear that all the titles are short (usually one or two words) and they hint towards aspects of the story (such as phone booth and Flightplan), yet they do not give too much information away. The use of two words has not changed much with time. Rear Window was released in 1954 and Phone Booth in 2002 yet two words are still used even though there is nearly a gap of 50 years. This is because two words/short titles are simple yet effective and there has been no need or reason for change.

On the presentation we will also have possible name ideas and why we do or don't want to use them.
If anybody has any good ideas for our film please post a comment!

Britsh Gas Advert (Subliminal Messages) - (Thea)

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Watch the ad...

Here is a clip of a britsh gas advert. With special attention to the poster in the background which states "Keep Calm And Carry On". This poster has come back into fashion with these posters being printed lots more and even T-shirts being made of this slogan. It is interesting as it displays the chaos within the household which in the displayed by the mess made in the living room by the young girl.

This is useful for our media project as we are using sublimnal posters such as; give blood, mind your head, Macbeth amateurs and the MIND poster.
We are using these posters and signs to remind the audience of the situation and the chaos occuring in the protagonists head. These are intended to be rather subtle, although we are sure some may conciously make the link.
The MIND poster states that; "1 in 4 people suffer from mental health problems", this is significant as there are a total of 4 people that will be concentrated on during the 2 minute clip (The protagonist, the female victim, the woman with the handbag and the male in the toilet) and there is the one person in the two minute clip that has some sort of mental health issue.
The 'Mind your head" sign which is above the tunnel exit that the protagonist runs through will be significant as it is ironic that he is reminded to "mind his head" as he has something wrong with his hormone balance / mental state. We will lightly focus on this in the opening to note this.
The Give Blood posters/leaflets are also is using dramatic irony as it is implied he played some role in taking the life of the young girl photographed which is contrasting to the give blood poster which asks "to save lives", it is also significant as he is 'washing blood' off of his hands and wants to get rid of it immediately.
The Amateur Macbeth poster is significant for reflecting the inspiration we recieved from Macbeth and Lady Mavbethgs insanity where she washes the blood of Duncan off her hands and also the quotes we are using by her such as; "where is she now".
Hopefully, all of these subliminal messages will be very effective within the short clip for reflecting different aspects of the clip and emphasising contrasts.

Final Location (Tonbridge Station)

As a group we went to Tonbridge station to research furthur into our chosen location for the film opening. During this time we experimented with the camera around the location as well as putting it at different heights to see what effect is created. Here is the video of our finding and the path in which our protagonist is going to run from start to finish;




We decided the tunnel near tonbridge station would be perfect to use as part of our chase. The walls were dirty and the lighting was fairly bright, however we can edit this to make it look darker to increase the tension. Personally I (kathy) thought the tunnel was really good for what we anted to achieve in our thriller opening, and we stuck posters on the walls, which all have a reference to our protagonist for example a macbeth poster- blood on his hands etc.

Criminal minds clips, focus on Police/CSI photographs (Thea)

Sorry about the poor quality and the foreign subtitles but this was the only online version of this episode I could find!

You see the investigation team look into photographs taken of the victim and the location. They are of A4 size and appear to have a white border around them. (Kathy is gathering information from Kent police unit of what the photographs look like so I will not go into detail on what the ones here look like)

However, the photographs are of the victim and there is a close up of her eye approximately 6:35ish. This is due to the fact that her eye appears to be cut slightly. This is important in our production as we wish for the victims eye to be the last photograph shown and for it to be zoomed in and then out to the protagonist eye. However, as we have already discussed, each photograph has to have a reason (such as a cut or bruise) for it to be taken as evidence.

Nike running advertisement - music and lighting analysis of running through a tunnel (Thea)

I know that this is an advertisement, so it is created to appeal to consumers and potiental customers. However, the music and the mise en scene are very useful.
At 0:08, the music begins to fade in and it appears to be in time with the couple running. The music has a steady pace and a reliable rhythm. This will be essential when we are recording the sound effects and music for our opening. As the music develops, it has a 'unorganised' feel to it. It appears to lose its steadiness and pace although there is a clear cymbal or tamberine (Im not sure! but its some sort of percussion) which keeps the pace so its still recognisable and relating to the pace of the running that the couple are doing. Although, the unorganised, amateur and cluttered feel that the string instrument has reflects the hecticness that the couple are having trying to out-run each other.

At 0:34 - 0:37 the couple run through a tunnel. For around one second (maybe slightly less) the couple are no longer clearly visible due to the lack of lighting in the tunnel as they run through. There is some background lighting which makes the couple appear 3D as they stand out from the shadow. However, it appears to only be natural light and not manufactured. Which is effective when trying to make a clip/film authentic and therfore believable (especially in advertisements).
As they progress through the first tunnel ( 0:35 ), the lighting appears to get brighter which makes the couple much clearer to see so there is less confusion.
The couple then progress to go through further tunnels of which they are clearly lit and then poorly lit. This means that the viewer has to look closer and concentrate more on the visible mise en scene in order to follow what is happening. This is especially useful to capture the attention of the audience.
This may be effective in our opening project, although we do not want the audience to not be able to see the protagonist's facial expressions clearly as this is vital to portray the feelings that he is experiencing at the time.

Analysis of running scene from Forest Gump (Thea)

From about 0:42 - 6:03 you see various shots of Tom Hanks running (with some clips where he goes back to sitting at the bus stop and likewise).
Although, there are some excellent shots of Tom Hanks running, the focus appears to be more on reflecting the location that he is in as shown below;




These are used to reflect the distance that he has run as this is an important part of the story at this point in the film. Although we want the audience to know where our protagonist is running (along the platform), it is not an essential element of the opening. However, the first scene where our protagonist is running in the tunnel in the dark, it may be very effective if it is unclear of the protagonists location as this will entice the viewer to discover where he is and why.



This is a still of Tom Hanks' arms as he is running. It reflects that he is not running as a professional would do - Arms moving forcefully with precision and to a definite rhythm to help with speed and stamina. I feel it is important that we make it clear that the protagonist in our opening, is not a proffessional runner and that he is just running out of desperation and out of, what he sees as, necessity not due to choice or recreational pleasure. Hopefully, we will be able to portray that he is an amateur runner but the lack of control in his arms and perhaps movement of his head (which professional runners are always advised not to do). However, if his head is moving, it may make it even more difficult to film successful and effective POV shots but we will have to find some way to overcome this when we are filming.

Trainspotting camera angles and filming techniques decoded (Thea)

I have been looking into camera angles and filming techniques of running scenes as I feel that we have done a lot of research on the shots of the dead body pictures but we need to also consider that our 2 minute clip has a large proportion of our protagonist running within it!

I have looked at the opening of trainspotting, As I knew that there was running within the first sequence.



This clip displays shows the behind of the main character running, the emphasis is on his feet and the environment he is running in. The pace he is running at and the movement of his feet are in time with the music/the beat. This is especially effective as the audience is drawn further in to the film from the ofset.
Although it is evident that the road he is running down is rather busy, due to the people in the background, there appears to be a clear space for him to run. This allows the audience to be more focused on the character and not distracted by extras in the shot. The fact that the opening scene is just a cloes up of feet, it leaves the audience curious to know who it is who's running. This is an excellent way to create interest and curiousity from the very beginning of the film. This could be used in our 2 minute clip as we need to capture interest from the beginning as our opening is very short.



This clip shows the main character and his starring partner running directly towards the camera. It is a mid shot of the pair running, with a group of people running in the bacground. This explains that there are a group of them. The fact they are running, already displays that they have done something wrong or have a reason to be running either from or to somewhere. The main character (on the left), his shirt appears to be undone or torn. This already implies to the audience that perhaps he does not have much money to be able to afford smarter clothes. The direct eye contact with the camera is rather intimidating and can be slightly unnerving. This may be very effective, although perhaps not appropriate for our film opening as we want the audience to feel sympathy towards the protagonist although at some points we will imply that the protagonist is the killer of the young girl photographed.





This shot and a few seconds before and after this are a POV shot from the main characters view. This is very useful as we wanted to display our protagonists point of view to create further a feeling of empathy as they will experience things with the protagonist. However, it may be difficult to potray his insanity as we wanted our protagonist to be looking at his hands to display how he feels there is blood on his hands, from the guilt he feels. This may be difficult to achieve, as we want him to still be running as we focus on his hands and the blood spreading.


The shot switches from point of view, to mid shot when he runs into/gets hit by the car. This is a great use of match on action, and this will be useful in our project as we are planning to have fast editing from the protagonists point of view to change to a mid shot/ close up of the protagonist runnning into a woman on the platform who then looks scared and confused that he may steal her handbag.



Having looked at the opening of trainspotting and some stills in detail, I feel that some of the techniques used in this could be extremely uesful for our project. Although, creating effective POV shots will be the most challenging aspect. Thgis is due to the fact we do not want an echo of the camera women/man's footsteps running behind with a camera which would ruin the continuity and distract full attention from the protagonist. This means, it is likely we will need to strap the camera to our protagonists head (thanks ms watts!) in order to create effective POV shots.

A beautiful mind analysis (Thea)

Whilst looking at the magazines avaliable for media students and whilst reading Total Film I came across an advertisement for the film 'A Beautiful Mind ' (released 2002).
The plot was described as; "A true story drama focusing on '50s mathematical boy wonder John Nash (played by russel Crowe). At the age of 21 he cracked the groundbreaking game theory of economics, but by the age of 30 had been diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia. He then faced a decades-long striggle to regain his reuptation, cumulating in him finally winning the Noble peace prize for mathematics in 1994."

I thought this would be an excellent film to try and analyse further as the protagonist within our production has some sort of paranoia/psychological difficulty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3sl5INu7CU Looking at clip 2:12-2:22 Was unable to embed this as it has been disabled by request!
I know that this is a music video for a song with the film as the mise en scene. However, looking at clip 2:12-2:22, It is clear that he is struggling further with his schizophrenia as he starts to hear voices in his head. This is displayed excellently as it is unclear of what is being said and the panning affect around his head creatings a 'spinning' effect for the audience which reflects how this protagonist feels his life is perhaps 'spinning' out of control. This technique would be excellent when filming the POV shot or the part where the voices are for our protagonist as these angles would reflect the chaos that he is feeling.

Camera angles and shots (Thea)

I have been looking at use of camera and shots for our production.
As we are using handheld POV shots for when the protagonist see's blood on his hand I thought it was useful to look at the film 'cloverfield' as it is shot using hand held camera and many POV shots.

The continous use of hand held camera makes the audience feel confused and sometimes dizzy (and even sick! as I did when trying to watch this film!). However, the good effect of this use of camera shot is that the audience is mainly limited to the view that the person holding the camera has. This is also effective when trying to portray unrealistic events due to the fact it makes the audience feel as though they are witnessing these events first hand even though they are not.
The quick editing starting at 0:48 is really effective for drawing the audience into the scene as they are unsure of what they have seen and are keen to find out the full picture.
The change in the lighting is especially effective as the audience is not always able to get a clear picture of the events which makes the scene more interesting.
The camera going in and out of focus is great for confusing the viewer and creating a feeling of uneasiness and amateurness to the clip.

Some of these techniques will be effective to use within our POV shots from the protagonists viewpoint. The blurring and lack of focus will help to display how confused and un-focused he feels during the situation. The fast editing technique will be excellent to reflect the urgency that the storyline has.

Forensic photos - lighting (Thea)

Whilst trying to research the specifications of forensic photographs such as date, colour and a border etc (which proving quite difficult!), I stumbled across this clip on youtube which goes into further detail about how to use lighting effectively within forensic photographs.
This will be especially useful when taking the crime scene photographs of the victim as we will want to make the photos look as authentic and shocking as possible.

Permission to film (Thea)

I have contacted the southeastern train services and have requested to speak to the manager of Orpington station who apparently oversees things regarding Sevenoaks and Tonbridge station. I was informed to do this after enquiring about how to obtain permission to film from Sevenoaks and Tonbridge station staff.

This is a copy of the letter I posted (Tuesday 19th January 2010);

To whom it may concern,

I am writing, on behalf of my media coursework group, to enquire about the possibility for using either Sevenoaks or Tonbridge train station public toilets as the location for a Media A/s Coursework project. We are planning to start filming for the two minute film opening as part of our Media A/s level syllabus as soon as possible, although at the latest by the middle of February.
We have created a storyline of which we need a public toilet as the location, which has twist taps and a mirror above the sink. We have scouted many locations and both the toilets at Sevenoaks and Tonbridge meet the criteria that we are looking for. We are able to film at off-peak times or at weekends if this would be easier and more convenient. We would need around two hours, maybe less, to film enough footage for our coursework.
We will not be displaying that it is a South-eastern train service toilet, wherever if this is possible. If you have any queries or questions please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mrs Hollis or Ms Watts, our Media A/s Level teachers at;
Weald of Kent girls Grammar School
Tudeley Lane
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 2JP

Phone: 01732 373500

Yours faithfully,

Thea Hagley

However, on 25th January 2010, I still had not had any reply. Acting on this, I rang the customer services number (the only one I could get hold of) in the hope of speaking to the Orpington manager directly in order to get a response.
Unfortunately, I spent about 20-30 minutes on the phone only to be consistently placed on hold and then passed from one department to another. I was then told the manager was in a meeting and to wait for them to contact me.
This still has not yet happened.

Therfore, as a group we have decided to film at Tonbridge Rail Station anyway as it is the perfect location for our film opening. We will try to be inconspictous in order to lessen the chance of causing an inconvenience.

Schedule (Thea) updated by kathy

Monday 1st Febuary 2010 07:30 pm
Practise filming of the toilet scene/section at Tonbridge station public toilets, and filming of the tunnel. Checking the lighting.

Friday 5th Febuary 2010 09:30 am
Filming of the toilet scene at tonbridge station, as we cant film the outside during the day because we are setting the scene during the night.

Saturday 6th Febuary 2010 11:00 am
Meeting at jodies house to prepare Kathy for the photographs of the victim.
Take photographs at woods down the road from Jodie's house.
Go to Kate's house to review photographs and manipulate them with paintshop pro.
Print them off.

Saturday 6th Febuary 2010 07:30 pm
Film Jodies Dad inspecting the photographs printed earlier that day.

Sunday 7th February 20:00pm
Filming of the protagonist running along the platform, the running through the tunnel and the match-on action shot of the protagonist going into the toilet.

Monday 8th Febuary 2010 -Thursday 25th Febuary 2010
Editing will take place along with any final touches or refilming necessary.


Wednesday 3rd March 2010 19:00pm
Filming at Tonbridge station- tunnel scene

Friday 5th March 18:00pm
Toilet scene at Sevenoaks toilets

Females within Psychological Thrillers (Thea)

Taken From Fight Club
This shows the main female character from the night club. In the film she is percieved and explictily named as the one who destroyed eveyrthing. This may explain why she is wearing and styled as the stereotype of a 'femme fatal'. She has dark hair and emphasised dark eyes with contrasting pale skin and red lips. Although, this is a very effective and eye catching look, i feel it would not be appropriate to style/base our female character on her as we want the audience to feel pity for the female that was killed and not to blame her for looking overtly sexual or that it was in any way her fault.

Taken From Gothika
This displays the lead character from Gothika who has been placed in a mental asylum for women. her clothes and hair reflect this as she has very plain coloured clothes without a design or pattern to them. Her hair looks ruly and unstyled (as it would be in such a place) and it appears she does not put effort into her appearance.
This look would be better then the one from fight club as it is more simplistic and less overtly sexual. Her hair is dark with blends into her surroundings and everything about her look and outfit makes her very ordinary and she would not necessarily stand out. However, i feel that her look is too messy and untamed for our project as we want someone to look as if it would be believeable for someone to be obsessed with them mainly for their looks.

Taken From the others
this is a still taken from the others and Nicole Kidman is the main character, one of whom the audience is at times lead to feel sorry for. her pale skin and very blonde hair contrast dramatically with the setting she is in and with her outfit. it almost seems that her outfit and setting were not made for her and that she is out of place being there. Her hair appears to be have a natural yet enhanced with styling look to it and it does not appear to high maintenance. her make up is very simple and it looks as though she is not wearing too much which makes her look naturally attractive. This look could be very effective within our clip as it looks groomed yet not too unnatural. It seems simple yet elegant and the outfit contrasting with her skin and hair makes her stand out more.

Taken From Thirteen
This still focus's mainly on her eyes, which have been lined with dark eyeliner. Yet again the darkness of her eye make up contrast with her pale skin and her blonde hair. Her hair and make up look as though she has 'let it slip' and look rather messy as the hair is pulled back and the make up is smudged. This is representative of her life at this point in the film. This look is effective for displaying turmoil and lack of control. This could be useful for our character as it would be a very stressful event to be murdered! She will probably have been crying at some point so any eye make up she may have been wearing would have been smudged. So this look could be very effective for authenticity.

From What Lies Beneath
Her hair is a darker blonde compared to the other blondes I have looked at. her hair has been scrapped back behind her ears which could represent some form of frustration she is feeling at this point. Her hair is past shoulder length, which most of the other females I have looked at are (apart from fight club). this may be to reflect their feminitity and display how they are different to men. Her eyes look tired as though she has had little sleep and her whole appearance shows there is some type of stress going on currently. She is older than the other characters I have looked at and this is reflected by her tweed blazer style jacket she is wearing which is normally associated with age. Our character will be younger,looking probably around 18-20ish so would be wearing more fashionable clothes.




Will discuss with group which look is most effective and how we could achieve this is our clip (perhaps use of wigs or contact lenses or paintshop pro to manipulate the colours to show a further contrast?)

Still of police photograph used from 'The cell' (Thea)

Another thing that came from this research was that I managed to find a litterally one second clip of use of police/forensic photographs in the opening trailer from ' The cell'.
It shows a close up of what I think is a young girl/young womans eyes where there has been some form of violence or damage to them. This is very useful to our film project as we are planning to use police photographs in our clip to display the victims dead body but we wanted to use close ups to make the audience uncertain of what the pictures were of and what had happened. I would say that this photograph has been edited to make the eyes look more blue and the skin more pale to contrast with the colour of her eyes to make it more effective and eye catching.
We could achieve this in our project through either contact lenses or the use of photoshop pro which would hopefully not be too difficult.

Police photography advice clip (Thea)

I was looking into information about police photography as within the first section of our two minute clip we will be using police/forensic photographs of a dead body to set the storyline/main feature of the film. Although this clip does not show examples of police photographs used within film or television it was useful for reminding that police photographs cannot be biased and must show anything that could be important such as bruises cuts etc which we already had planned.
Although we are not displaying a police report/profile of the situation we must still make the photographs look authentic and believeable to be able to be used as evidence.

Without a trace analysis (Thea)

I (Thea) have began to look at how photographs used by police are displayed within TV drama and film. This is a clip from Without a Trace, Season 6.

At the very beginning of this clip, the police hand over a close up of face of one of the suspects. It is in full colour, as this could affect how they are identified (the colour of their eyes may be important for example). It is full sized on an A4 peice of paper, which I assume is to make it easier for the person trying to identify this person. The lighting is rather dim in the background although all their faces are quite easy to see.The photos seem to be on some form of shiny laminated paper/photo paper, probably to protect it from being ripped or something.
The still from the CCTV image 00:58 is in black and white which would indicate that stills taken from things filming in black and white cannot be changed to colour.
But when possible (at the beginning)colour is used. The still is only a third of the page and takes centre. Proabably because if they had streched that still it would have disturbed the photograph making it unclear.


Will continue to look at more uses of photographs within TV and film.