Syriana

Why does this relate to our Thriller?

Both Syriana and Code Break are similar as they are both politically charged. Syriana is about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it whereas Code Break is about conflicts between MI5 and Russians with information about the Chechnyan War. 

George Clooney, who plays Bob Barnes in the film could relate to Simon as they are both captured a tortured for information.  As a group, we decided to develop the torture scene from Syriana and use similar ideas for our own Thriller, such as putting the victim of the torture on a chair.  From this trailer, we are able to see that action, violence and corruption takes place in the film which ids what we wanted to show in our Thriller also.

Target audience

This film is quite interesting in terms of target audience as its actors and big Hollywood budget suggest it is mainstream but the major motion picture actually expects the audience to think very hard, which would attract an audience of over 20's.  The A-list actors, Matt Damon and George Clooney would attract a female audience but also a male audience as they would aspire to be like them.  The action and violence, which is represented in the trailer would also attract a male audience as it's what interests them the most. 

Final mise-en-scene decisions before shoot day

1. We decided to use a metal black chair for Simon to sit on as it fits in with the dark/mysterious atmosphere.

2. After researching more about Russian terrorism, we realised a more realistic (stereotypical) representation of a terrorist would be to dress them in army clothes. Therefore, we decided to dress the main Russian in army wear and keep the other Russians in black. We figured that if we dressed Simon in a green shirt instead of a white shirt, it would link to this army style also.

3. We decided that it would be easier to only have either the daughter or the wife in the opening sequence and we chose the daughter because it was easier for us to find someone available in that age range.

shot list

Orginal Plan for Shot List

1. Wide shot of room
2. Mid shot of Simon
3. Shot reverse shots between Simon and Terroist (using mid/closeups)
4. Reaction shot of terroist wiping spit off his face
5. Cuts to Reaction shot of Simon being hit on the face by terroist (mid/close up)
6. Wide shot of Terroist walking around Simon on the chair on the phone
7. Close up/mid shot of terroist holding up phone
8. Close ups between shot reverse shots
9. Over the shoulder shot (over Simon) to show Terrroist holding up camera phone to Simon
10. Mid/close up shot of Simon crying

Edited version

1. Mid shot of Simon
2. Wide shot of the Room and Simon on the chair
3. Back to mid shot of Simon being punched
4. Mid shot of Russian
5. Medium-wide shot of Simon, Russian and main Russian entering
6. Medium-wide shot of Simon and the other Russian (main Russian then enters shot and speaks)
7. Two shot of Simon and main Russian
8. Medium close-up of Russian
9. Over the shoulder closeup of Russian
10. High angle shot of Simon getting punched
11. Long shot of Simon getting punched
12. Close up of Simon in the water
13. Wide shots and Closeups of Russians
14. Wide shot of the room showing Simon's daughter being brought in
15. Two shots of Simon and daughter on the floor

Shooting Schedule

9:00-9:30:  Set up Studio
9:30-10:00: Work with cast on rehearsing scenes and sorting costumes/makeup
10:00-10:30:  Go through all shots by taking pictures on camera of each shot needed to be taken that day in order (this made a schedule of what we needed to take/how and when)
10:00-1:00: Filming shots in order (aiming to get half of them done)
10:00-11:00:  Filming wide shots
11:00-1:00:  Finish filming any wide shots and start filming mid shots.  If finished, start filming other shots.
1:00-2:00:  LUNCH BREAK
1:30-2:00: Makeup touch up
2:00-3:00: Finishing rest of shots, which included filming close-ups, high angle shots and any other shots needed for Thriller
3:00-3:30: Clear up of studio

storyboard for thriller

Props for Thriller

1. Big guns - shotgun/rifle x2

2.  Hand gun x 1

3.  Black dirty (nearly broken) chair x1

4.  Plastic rope x 5

5.  Mobile phone x 2

6.  Video Camera x 1

7.  Fish tank x 1



The Life of a Film

The Life of a Film

edited script for thriller opening sequence

Edited Script for Media:

Characters: 3 bad guys, spy, spies’ wife and daughter.

Main bad guy = Saeed

Spy = Simon

Saeed:  Tell me about your involvement with the Russians.

Simon: What the fuck are you talking about?

Saeed:  This is no time for games. Tell me about zulu 101 or your family will die. 

Simon reacts by spitting at the terrorist

Saeed: Hits the spy and phones his colleague, says in foreign language “Get them ready”

Saeed: My family and all my friends are dead because of your people and now a member of your family will die because you have not obeyed my orders.  (Holds up camera phone to Simon) Choose which one will die now. Your wife or your child?

Simon: (crying) please…don’t do this.

Saeed: (interrupts his crying) do what I say!

Simon: (Silent)

Saeed: (foreign language “Kill the wife”)

Simon: (looks at the camera and sees wife getting shot, starts screaming and crying) Noooo!

Saeed: (Puts the gun up to his daughters head) Tell me or your daughter will be next!

Simon: (Stares at the camera and sobs)

Screen fades into black and title appears

THE END

Why we changed the Script

We changed the script because we felt that using a piece of paper in our opening sequence would be unrealistic to our audience as it wouldn't relate to any past events in todays society.  Therefore, we chose to relate our opening sequence to the war for independance in Chechnya where Russia essentially bombed and killed thousands of Chechnyan people. 

Our Final decision was therefore, to have Chechnyan terrorists who were questioning a British Spy (their hostage) on the British Government involvement with the Russians about this war.  We found that England was also unrealistic as our location because if terrorists went to another country, they wouldn't linger:  they would make their attack and then leave the country as soon as possible.  Because of this, we chose to have a British Spy who was working and living in Russia (with his family) for the Government after the Cold War. 

From Wikipedia: (summary of event we are relating our opening sequence to)

Grozny was once again the core of fighting after the outbreak of the Second Chechen War, which further caused thousands of casualties. During the early phase of the Russian siege on Grozny on October 25, 1999, Russian forces launched five SS-21 ballistic missiles at the busy central bazaar and a maternity ward, killing more than 140 people and injuring hundreds. During the massive shelling of the city that followed, the majority of the Russian artillery were directed toward the upper floors of the buildings; although this caused massive destruction of infrastructure, civilian casualties were much less than in the first battles. The huge scale of the devastation prompted numerous comparisons with Hiroshima and other cities leveled during World War II.
The final seizure of the city was set in early February 2000, when the Russian military beckoned the besieged militants to a promised safe passage. Seeing no build-up of forces outside, the militants agreed. One day before the organised evacuation, the Russian Army mined the path between the city and the village of Alkhan-Kala and concentrated most firepower on that point. As a result, both the city mayor and military commander were murdered; a number of other prominent separatist leaders were also killed or wounded, including Shamil Basayev and several hundred rank-and-file militants.  Soon after, the Russians slowly entered the empty city and on February 6 raised the Russian flag in the centre. Many buildings and even whole areas of the city were systematically dynamited. A month later, it was declared safe to let the residents return to their homes, although demolishing carried on for some time. In 2003 the United Nations called Grozny the most destroyed city on earth.

Mise-en-scene

The mise-en-scene is the most important part which we had to think in depth about as if we don’t have a realistic set, props, make-up and clothing our thriller wouldn’t look professional. The mise-en-scene sets the scene for the audience, allowing them to connote the messages we want to portray to the audience subconsciously.

Simon, (spy) will be wearing a casual suit; jeans with a shirt, and a long blazer as he will be thinking that he will be going to work that morning.  He will be wearing posh shiny shoes, his hair will be short and black; it will be clean and have a small amount of gel in, to keep it off his face and he will be clean shaven looking very smart. But when he is on camera his hair will be messy and his face will have small bruises on it and some blood, his shirt will be slightly ripped conveying that there had been a struggle also. His clothes will be slightly wet from sweat.     

Saeed, (terrorist) will be dressed the smartest as he is the main terrorist and has the most dialogue.  He will be wearing a full suit, (black suit, trousers, white shirt, black blazer and black shoes.) he will have a beard and maybe be wearing a small gold chain and a few gold rings.  The other terrorist will be dressed slightly more casual wearing black baggy jeans (or dark blue) with a black t-shirt with a big black coat. The two of them will be wearing balaclava’s disguising their identity. 

The wife will be wearing a t-shirt cardigan and jeans, her clothes will also be ripped and will have sweat on them looking slightly wet. The child will wear a pink t-shirt with a print on with either skinny jeans or shorts and tights.

There will not be any artificial lighting as we want the set to be dark. So we will use natural light and maybe a spot light directed at Simons face. This will be harsh on his face and will allow the audience to see clearly his fear and sweat on it.

For make up, we will be using fake blood, which will be applied onto Simons face and shirt: it will also be applied onto the wife and child. This will be used to allow the audience to connote that there has been violence before they were captured. We will use stage make up to give the effect and look of bruising, which will also reflect the struggle. We will use a small amount of black eye liner on Saeed to exaggerate his eyes making him look more sinister and evil.

We will need two fake rifles, which the terrorists will have around their body.  This will allow the audience to connote that they have power over their hostages. Saeed will have a hand gun, which he will have in his hand at all times again being a symbol of power. We will need three chairs, which Simon, his wife and child will be tied to. They will just need to be ordinary wooden chairs with no wheels; we decided this so there is no way they would be able to escape. We will need plastic ties also so we can attach the hostages’ hands together; this will make the hostage situation seem more real and believable. We will also attach their ankles to the chair legs ensuring they won’t be able to move once they are in the chair. We will need a video camera on a tripod situated in front of Simon, which will also be recording but with the camera display up. There will have to be a mobile phone that Saeed will have that he will use a few times when contacting the other terrorists.

We decided to set our thriller in the green room as we will be able to set the background to anything we want. As we will only be shooting in one room we decided it would be easier to just set the green room the way we wanted. We will be able to place Simon in the centre of the room or maybe slightly in the corner. We can make the floor dirty and make it look as if it was in a desolate house in a room secluded from reality.

When deciding what the props will be we watched parts of a few films which people have been tied up by either by burglars, police or just messed up people. From ‘Taken’ we got the idea of sweaty clothes and being tied onto solid objects. From ‘Strangers’ we got the idea of hiding their identity but instead of using masks we have decided to use balaclavas. From ‘Saw’ we decided to use the blood aspect making the hostage situation seem more real. From ‘Hostage’ we decided to use the idea of the hostages being tied onto chairs in an empty room. This was good research on making the mise-en-scene for our thriller as realistic as possible.         

      

opening sequence analysis

MONSTERS INC



The opening sequence of Monsters Inc introduces the company and credits of the production team that created the film.  The jazz music backing these titles is cheery and creates a happy atmosphere, which sets the genre of the film (family and comedy), making it accessible of children.  Furthermore, the bright colours used adds to this atmosphere, which appeals to a family audience and is entertaining. The sound can also appeal to an adult audience because they can relate to it and appreciate it more than just something fun to listen to.

The opening sequence also displays animations of monsters, a key feature of the film as well as the doors in  which the monsters travel through to enter the human world.  Consequently, this emphasises that the doors and the monsters are an important part of the films plot, which is supported once the film has begun.

Walt Disney is a Media conglomerate, which is a parent company of Pixar animation Studios that produced the film Monsters Inc.  Pixar's opening sequences for their feature films all have a similarity of being colourful, animated and fun to listen to as they are all the same genre and therefore appeal to a similar target audience.  An example of this is The Incredibles title sequence:

SCRIPT FOR THRILLER OPENING SEQUENCE

Characters: 3 bad guys, spy, spies’ wife and daughter.

Main bad guy = Saeed

Spy = Simon

Saeed:  Read it.

Simon: what is this?

Saeed:  this is no time for games. Read it or your family will die. 

Simon reacts by spitting at the terrorist

Saeed: Hits the spy and phones his colleague, says in foreign language “Get them ready”

Saeed: My family and all my friends are dead because of your people and now a member of your family will die because you have not obeyed my orders.  (Holds up camera phone to Simon) Choose which one will die now. Your wife or your child?

Simon: (crying) please…don’t do this.

Saeed: (interrupts his crying) do what I say!

Simon: (Silent)

Saeed: (foreign language “Kill the wife”)

Simon: (looks at the camera and sees wife getting shot, starts screaming and crying) Noooo!

Saeed: (Puts the paper in front of spy) Read it or your daughter will be next!

Simon: (Stares at the paper and sobs)

Screen fades into black and title appears

THE END

second group meeting

Thriller Idea

Crime Thriller - Another idea from first group meeting

Crime Thriller for Blog

Zizek - First Group Meeting

Casino Royale’ opening sequence

Interview on Target Audience

To get an idea of the sort of things that our target audience would like in a Thriller film, we conducted a couple of interviews at our school, which conveniently were the correct age group.  This was an attempt to make our film as popular as possible.  


Interview 1

1. What is your favourite film genre? Why?
Psychological thriller; I like being kept on the edge of my seat and having to think about the film I am watching. 
2. What is your favourite film? Why?
Shutter Island; because the script was interesting with great actors within the film. I enjoyed that suspense and the confusion of whether Leonardo Dicaprio's character was really insane or not. 
3. Given the choice would you rather watch a thriller or a chick flick? Why? 
Definitely a thriller; I prefer the fast pace of thrillers rather than a comedy type film that ends up with nothing for you to go away thinking about. 
4. How often do you watch thrillers? 
I always choose thrillers in any situation so I would say I watch a thriller at least twice a week, (as I am in boarding school.)

Interview 2

1. What is your favourite film genre? Why?
Horror; I like being scared when watching a film making your heart beat quicken and making you wince as the suspense builds. 
2. What is your favourite film? Why?
Saw 2; there is a lot of suspense with lots of quick movements from the camera man which keeps me on edge. I love this film with the realistic gore scenes and the brilliant set. 
3. Given the choice would you rather watch a thriller or a chick flick? Why? 
Thriller, they always have better story line. 
4. How often do you watch thrillers? 
I would say at least three times a month, I way prefer new thrillers rather then old school ones. 

Horror and Thriller were the two most popular film genres chosen and therefore, we have decided to incorporate these two genres, using the suspense and fast camera movements similar to the horror genre. Also we would like to make the audience to be left thinking about the film, having to work out parts for themselves, which may encourage people to re-watch the film boosting popularity.

opening sequence of thriller idea

The movie begins with a young girl about 8 in her bedroom playing with her toys and singing. The room would be white and neat, suggesting innocence, which would give off a false impression of the girl to the audience. The girl is sitting in her room having a dinner party with her dolls when the camera starts to zoom out slowly. As the camera zooms out you soon see blood on the white, clean floor and the girl’s parents lying there dead. At this point, tense, jumpy music has been brought in once you see the parents while the young girl is still having her dinner party ignoring them and still singing. This would change the atmosphere completely and the view of the girl: the opening title of the movie ‘…’ would then appear with a sound of the young girl laughing in the background. However, I could also just have the young girl singing throughout the whole of the sequence without any other sound which might make seeing the parents even more shocking for the audience. After this the image would fade into darkness and the opening sequence would end.

Preferably it would be nice to have the girl with dark brown/black hair. However, that might be too much of an obvious choice to the audience so I could have her looking completely different. I would include mid shots and close ups of the girl sitting at the table and also some close ups of the scary looking dolls. When the camera zooms out to show the parents, I would also have it from a birds-eye point of view, looking down on them lying on the floor.

The Human Centipede - why is it a Thriller?

The Human Centipede trailer makes it obvious that it will be a thriller, through certain traits that it does e.g. in a remote area. There are two American girls in Germany for their first time, and they are trying to find a party but get lost and their car tyre gets punctured. During all this there is a dark solemn music which is going around, and the weather is rainy and stormy another obvious thriller trait, They find a house in the middle of nowhere, another thriller trait, and where they find a creepy mad scientist another trait to a thriller. In the house there are painting of Siamese twins, which is extremely weird, leading up to a twisted thriller. All these points signify the genre and are part of the codes and conventions of a Thriller.

Target Audience for Shutter Island

Within the first 10 seconds of the trailer, the audience are introduced to the A-list actor Leonardo Dicaprio, which immediately targets a female audience of around 15-35 as he is very attractive, popular and famous.  After the words, "its a mental hospital" "for the criminally insane" are said, a backing music that is quite solemn begins, creating an unsettling atmosphere, which suggests that it is a mystery/psychological Thriller.  This would relate to a wide audience as it is popular with all ages, both male and female, which contrasts to an action, which would mainly target a male audience.  The Federal Marshals (Leonardo and Mark Ruffalo) would attract both a male and female audience:  they are young and attractive and also can be seen as the 'hero' type that males would aspire to be.  Emily Mortimer, a famous actress is also introduced in the Trailer, which would attract an audience as she is well known.  Furthermore, as she is an English actress unlike the other two stars, this could attract more of an audience as it widens interest (English people are going to want to watch an English actress in a Hollywood film).  The Thriller is also set in 1954, which is suggested in the trailer.  As a result, this will attract an older audience also as they could relate to that time - there are flashbacks of concentration camps, etc.  Therefore, the Thriller can be seen as interesting as well as entertaining to watch as it shows shocking images, which emotionally attach an audience because it relates to real life issues.    

Target audience for Thrillers

1.  This poster would attract a male audience aged 15-35 as it shows Amanda Seyfriend, a young attractive woman would be the main character in the film.  It also suggests suspense in the film as there is a black image of a man in the poster, which would also attract a male audience because it appeals to what they like to watch.  This film could also attract a female audience around the years 15-25 as they would be a similar age to the woman. 

2.  In this poster, the colours of the background and the words in 'se7en' in red represents bloodshed, danger and violence, which is appealing to a male audience (15-35 years).  The picture of Brad Pitt would also attract a female audience, aged 15-35 as he is attractive and well known.  Furthermore, Morgan Freeman would attract an audience as he is popular and well known and therefore, it would suggest that the film would be successful and interesting to watch. 

3. This trailor of the film Taken would attract a mass audience.  The man in the Thriller would appeal to middle aged men with children as they could relate to how awful a situation like this would be.  Furthermore, it would attract men as they would appeal to be like this character, a 'Hero' type figure and the action in the film would also appeal to them.  The main man in the film would attract a female audience as he is quite attractive and the girl would attract a male audience, aged 15-35 as she is also attractive.  Therefore, this trailor would attract ages of 15-35 of both a male and female audience.

Examples of Thrillers

The Bourne Identitity

Spy Thriller

• You can see the man could be an agent or an assassin as he has a gun, is wearing black clothes (smart, camouflaged) and that he seems to be running.
• The colours blue and orange suggest that in this horror there will be action, implying the spy genre and the background also shows two people fighting in the corner.
• Because there is a target sign on matt damon, this also suggests he is on the run from people and that he must be someone important.  This again suggests the spy thriller because it is the target sign from a gun.  Therefore, this image of the film suggests violent action against a rival.  This target sign can also suggest his split personality and the fact that he is unsure who he really is, this links in with the half blue and orange background as well.

Inception

Psychological Thriller

• In this poster, some of the characters are holding guns which suggests the film involves some sort of violence or criminal offence.  
• The colours used are dark and mysterious which begin to set the mood for the film.
• The fact that the street is above them in the sky and surrounding them like walls suggests isolation and a sense of claustrophobia. Furthermore, it implies that they might be in some sort of other world which isn't real, 'Inception'.  
• The colours used are dark which implies this film is quite serious and the title 'inception' in red signifies danger. 

Conventions of a thriller - Scream

Opening sequence of Scream
Conventions of the Thriller

• Sound: Tense music during the girls hiding and running.
• Props: Telephone ringing is a key signifier that something bad will happen.
• Props: Popcorn used to contribute to tense atmosphere - she forgets about it and it's left burning and on fire while she is running from the killer.
• Props: Knife is represented which signifies danger, such as when the girl is fiddling with it at the beginning of the sequence whilte she is on the phone (1:56).  The knife is the main prop of the film and is used in all the murders.
• Lighting: House is dark, with bits of light coming in and the patio light is also used to create tension such as when the killer asks her to turn it on a off in the midst of the murder of her boyfriend (5:28).
• Characters: You don't feel that sorry for the girl as she is not too important.  Futhermore, she is only in the opening sequence and she also gives the impression she is quite dumb.  
• Script: conversation on the telephone about scary films brings tension and uneasiness to the mood of the film.
• Location: The house is in a desolate/isolated place.  

What is a thriller? What types of thrillers are there?

Thrillers are a genre essentially about the battle of justice vs. injustice and there is often a price to be paid for the consequence of the story. They can also be defined by their point of view and all possible central figures of the narrative can have both major and minor character roles.
Conventions of a thriller
- Protagonist at mercy of the antagonist
- Sudden unexpected action/movement/sound causing an easy shock
- False ending
- Making the story become personal - changing the professional action to a personal quest or turning the protagonist into the victim
- force the audience to imagine some things and leave it up to them to decide how to look at certain things in the story
3 examples of genres of thrillers:
1. Conspiracy Thrillers - where the hero approaches a big, powerful group of enemies in which he only understands their true extent.
2. Psychological Thrillers - the conflict between the main characters are more mental and emotional rather than physical. Although ultimately this often results in a violent resolution.
3. Horror Thrillers - conflict between main characters is emotional, physical and mental. Therefore, Horror Thrillers can combine all of the other Thriller elements

Preliminary Task

basic camera skills

Extreme long shot or establishing shot - It is usually an exterior shot which creates time and location of the production. This is an important shot which is normally used at the beginning of the production so that it can present the audience with the setting and the storyline.

Long shot - this is a shot which usually follows an establishing shot which enables the audience to understand the relationship between the character and their enviroment. This shot provides the audience to see the character from head to toe.

Mid shot - This allows the audience to see the character from the waist up. This shot helps the audience to become more accustomed with the character and their motives in the storyline as it enables the audience to see the characters body language and facial expressions more clearly.

Two shot - This is a shot with two characters in the frame acknowledging the audience of the relationship between them and the action which they are both in.

Close up - This shot includes the characters head and shoulders in the frame with very little background. This shot is used so that the director can focus on the characters emotions and expressions at that time.

Point of view - a close up shot of a character works as a reference towards the point of view shot as the audience sees the characters view point of an object of significance or their view of the actions. This shot engages the audience of the characters motives.

Extreme close up - draws the audience further into the characters emotions as there is nothing else in the frame. This shot can be very deep for the audience as all the focus is put on one thing which makes it an unfamiliar view point. An extreme close up is usually focused on the characters eyes or an object of significance.

Preliminary Task Evaluation

For our shoot we filmed in the filming room on a set, which was made for this task.  I believe this location was really good for our task because it provided us with a good background, setting, props, mood and lighting.  We were able to move around the set also to get the best shots.  During filming I contributed in setting up the camera, which included bubbling, putting the camera on the tripod, white balance and making sure that the camera was in focus.  I also positioned the camera for some of the shots such as the wide shot.

For lighting, we used light and soft because it was important to cut out shadows and give a natural, attractive aspect to the set.  I think that this was effective because when editing, I found the lighting gave an appealing colour to the set and characters while giving off an engaging disposition.  

We set up the camera properly by refocusing it every time we moved the camera to a different angle or type of shot and by bubbling the camera at the start, we knew that the tripod was level in each shot.  We also made sure the frame was shot correctly each time by going over the script before every shot and also redoing it a couple of times to make sure it was the best it could be.  We also ensured that the ceiling and lights were not in any of our frames, otherwise the effect of the set would be ruined and give off an unprofessional look.  Most of our sequence was filmed at eye-level: this showed the subjects how we expect to seem them in real life, which I thought was appropriate for the script given.    When filming the shots, we made sure we filmed in a practical and a sufficient way so we had enough time to make each shot perfect.  At the start, we planned on beginning with a wide shot, filming the whole sequence of our storyboard then moving to other shots such as medium shot, repeating the sequence and then following with over the shoulder and close ups.  We realized this technique would be the quickest and easiest way to get through all our shots and I believe it was a good decision.  During filming, we also had to consider other rules of filming such as the 180-degree rule, which we didn’t break.  By following the 180 degree rule we made sure we followed the 180 degree axis.  We did 5 separate takes behind the actor’s shoulders and with close ups so that you could see the conversation line between the two actors.  If we broke this rule by going over the 180 degree axis, the filming would look odd and confusing for the viewer.  To ensure everyone on set knew what was happening, we used all appropriate terminology such as ‘stand by’, ‘action’ and ‘cut’ before and after each frame. 

In conclusion, I have learnt that in practical film making it is always easiest to film the whole sequence in each shot first and then put it in order during editing afterwards.  You never follow the storyboard otherwise you would have to change the camera angle and shot on too many occasions, refocusing constantly: it would waste money, effort and a lot of time.  I also have learnt how important lighting is in filming as whatever lighting you use; it will give off a different mood each time. 

Storyboard for Preliminary Task

Dr Who editing techniques

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/trailermaker/view/7iykgt

Layla May

Hello, my name is Layla May and I'm 16 years old.  I study at Hurtwood House and take Media Studies, Theatre Studies, English and History.  My hobbies are dancing, acting and watching Harry Potter.  My favourite TV drama would be Any Human Heart because I love Jim Broadbent as an actor and thought the series was very emotional.