Friday 19 March 2010

Thriller thriller

Friday 12 March 2010

feedback evaluation

We agree to an extent with the comments we got from the other groups, e.g. we agree about the comment about the long road sign giving away the location of the film, and the lack of dialogue. Half of the groups liked our soundtrack, and the others didn't; this made it extremely difficult to come to a conclusion about our soundtrack, however we do think that we should change it anyway. We need to add sound to the chase scene.

We know we need to put in our ident, and credits, but our priority is the music.

feedback from S1 19

In the clip we watched, the storyline was made very clear and introduced the theme well. It made it obvious who was the protagonist and antagonist, and who we will follow throughout the film. The opened the clip with an effective establishing shot that set the scene and looked effective, creating tension form the beginning.
The line 'SHIT! he's dead!' temporarily killed the atmosphere that the opening shots had created. The transitions used throughout the scene were also quite random and didn't help create a tense atmosphere in the fast paced chase scene.

feedback from s1-20

The beginning is a bit confusing as it all happens a bit too quickly for the audience to grasp, and also the soundtrack doesn't really match the location or theme of the film. There was also no credits used so this defeats the point of the target of the project being film opening which includes the title and credits.
The bike chase is made less effective by the lack of music and randomness of the bikes just being there. Also, they should have used more engaging methods of camerawork during the intense chase scene such as handheld or a tracking shot. Furthermore, they bike straight past the Long Road sign so this gives away the location and ruins the effect/tension.
The establishing shot of the location at the beginning is very good, as this sets the scene for the rest of the opening.
There is also a clear protagonist/antagonist with the chased and one being chased as they want to catch him. Also, there isn't any dialogue.

feed back from s1 21 blad!

We found the introduction was very good as they used an establishing shot. The music was very well fitted at the beginning, although when the chase begin it should have became more intense and dramatic other than just stopping rather than making it look like leisurely bike ride adding intense music would totally change this. The push seen didn't flow that well however intentions were thought out with a good use of low angle shot making the attacker look very powerful.

Feedback of rough cut S1-22

We thought that there were a few elements which could be changed to give a much better film. For example, the opening sound track didn't match the location of the scene as it sounded like it was meant to be in a jungle. however, your camera work and shots were very successful.

We believe that the pushing of the victim isn't clear, throughout the opening it seems that the characters know each other, so the narrative isn't clear.

The narrative of the story was clear, however it lacked suspense therefore it didn't seem conventional. To improve this we think you should speed up the chase, so that it seems more like a thriller. furthermore it doesn't actually seem like and opening, just a short film


There are no credits, titles or ident therefore it didnt look like an opening. This could be resolved simply by adding titles.

roughcut evaluation S1-23

We looked at this groups rough cut and we thought that, overall, it was OK,. However, there was a very large lack of music especially during the bike chase scene which takes away some of the suspense of the chase. The music that was present though was effective in setting the scene at the very beginning. There was also no credits at all, which should really be necessary for a good grade.

The location was used effectively by having the college grounds being empty and silent. Furthermore the night element succeeded in creating a good sense of the thriller genre.

The camera shots could have been a bit more varied, as it was mostly long shots.

The clothing that was worn was fairly normal and there was no dressing up or costumes that were used, costumes could had been used to identify the antagonist and protagonist as it is a little confusing as to whether the person in the black is supposed to be good or bad, if he was the bad guy shouldnt he have been the person chasing the other?

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Rough cut video

Monday 1 March 2010

Evaluation Questions

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Target Audience

The age range for our target audience 15+

The film is more suited for a male audience because this is the gender which thrillers appeal to more. Also our cast is entirely Male due to the groups we were put in, so this also makes our film appeal to the male audience more.

The audiences interests in the film would be them wanting to see a deep plot, a crime or the solving of a crime. These are the things audiences expect to see in a thriller because it lets them see the extreme actions in life in the comfort of their seat.

Films which do this well are such things like:
  • James Bond
  • Batman
  • The shining
  • Alien
  • Jaws
These films make the audience exhilarated from viewing the movie due to the thriller conventions which makes these films on the edge of you seat. We hope to do the same in our film by following the examples of these and the thriller conventions.