When I purchased an iPod touch I downloaded the app ‘6001 crazy facts’. This app did keep me entertained for a long time but more importantly it provided me with the information that a group of crows is called a murder. I took note of this as I knew that I would have to film the first 2 minutes of a thriller movie for the AS media studies coursework. Depending on the sub genre of the thriller they will most likely involve a form of murder/death so this information about the crows would be very useful. I had in mind that if I was to have footage of a group of crows together it would create a whole load of enigmas for the audience. To start of with the majority of people are unfamiliar with the term murder for a group of crows and will be asking them self’s what do crows have to do with this film, but those who do will be assuming a murder or a guilty suspect depending on the positioning and involvement of the crows.
As a group we did not have any initial ideas to what our thriller will be like or about when I discovered this information so it will be hard to fit it into our thriller as I do not want to give away the twist of the movie before the audience have got into it. The crows could be either just a short cut to emphasising a murder of be a theme in general symbolising many different forms or people, killers or personalities
The effect of using crows could symbolise a certain character as they are not birds of prey but feed on freshly dead corpse. This could suggest that the killer is a coward, or the victim was a coward as they could not actually commit the murder, or it could portray a character in the complete opposite way and show that a certain character was innocent in a killing or the death was an accident. The crows do not need to be a major part of the movie but could even be used as subliminal messages in the movie. This could be used to complicate the audience or make them believe in a false story or situation to make the twist in the movie seem a lot better because thrillers are expected to have a big ‘twist’ in them to surprise the audience.
They could also be used as a polysemic sign because they are known to symbolise luck, but a group of them is called a murder (strangely controversial). In parts of East Asia they are very valuable. Again this is creating more enigmas for the audience.
-Brad Hart
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