Evaluation - Question 1: Extended

A FILM TITLE THAT INSPIRED US TO MAKE OUR THRILLER OPENING:


The Stepfather:

Evaluation - Question 3: Who would be the audience for your media production?

(My cousin Ali Ismail,25)

Currently works at Royal Mail Post Office in Angel Islington

Like to watch all types of film genres ranging from comedy, action, thriller, pyschological, horror.

Goes to cinema on a regular basis, every sunday, in a group ranging from 6-10 people with family and friends. Depending if a good film is out.

Evaluation Question 6 part 2 - Audience feedback and comment

We had the opportunity to see all media student's final thriller in the local cinema, and at the end I went around talking to different students that hadn’t previously seen our thriller in order to see what they thought of it, and if it was a success or not.  Personally I feel its great that we had this opportunity to collect opinions from our fellow students because they have too gone through this and know what things are required etc so they can mainly focus on the technical bit of the thriller when sharing their opinions of it I even recorded some of the students I spoke to, and over all they seemed to like it and feel that it worked really well.

This is a video of our film when it was played in the cinema. The recording shows the audience's first and last reactions.

(Sorry for the sideways filming)

Some of the Key things they mentioned:

The fact that it seemed normal at first, but it turned out that the girl was actually dead, received a great reaction from the audience as they felt it created great suspense.

The match cut between the girl outside and the male actor inside, made the audience want to know more about their relationship, which consequently will hopefully make them carry on watching the film.

The use of props was great, and the way the title related to the ticket, as it created a storyline.

The camera angles and different shots all worked well together.

The music was appropriate.

Question 8 - Final film + Prelim

In this clip we do not have any Mise En Scene, because we filmed this at college and it was not a prepared location.

The film  is our Thriller opening. This short clip was the one we recorded after our prelim. In this clip your can see that we have used a lot Mise En Scene, we used Mise En Scene to show the relationship between the man and the woman. We also sued the Mise En Scene to represent that something is wrong. (Cans and cups everywhere)

Evaluation - Question 8: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

 

 

 Camerawork:

• I feel that for our prelim the camera was not focused enough and the camera was shaking because it was not on the tripod.
• The actors head was not always in the shot.
• The way the camera was positioned was wrong between shots.

 

Mise en scene:

• We had no props or specific costumes because we recorded our preliminary in one of the college classrooms.  
• Whereas in our final film we had props and costumes because we had time to plan.

 

Location:

• Our location was in the college so it was boring and dull. 
• Whereas in our final film we chose where we were going to film, and which room we would film in to match our audience's ages. 

Editing:

•  Our editing in our prelim was too slow paced and the camera changed angles at each shot after the edit.

 Titles:

• In our prelim, we had boring titles because we made them in Final Cut Pro. 

• Whereas in our final film we made our titles in Livetype Pro. Where we could make it animate.

   

Question 2 - Social groups in our Thriller opening

In our thriller there are a few social groupa tht can be interested in this movie.

A group that can be interested  in the romance story, which is usually women, this can be connoted by the mise en scene of the couple in the photoframe.

Another social group that can be interested in this thriller are people who are interested in suspense. There is suspense in the very last scene of the opening when we see the arm of the woman and the glass cup on the floor as it leaves the audience wondering whether she is dead or alive.

EVALUATION - Feedback of our Thriller opening

Good points:

- Suspense
- Long shots
- Characters
-Mise en scene

Criticism:
-Could have been faster (in pace in editing)
- Softer non diagetic sound
- Could have used dialogue