Tuesday 23 March 2010

Feedback from S1-22 on final cut

We thought that S1-23's rough cut was of a good standard already and we thought not many improvements needed to be made. The ident at the beginning we thought looked more professional and set the scene well. The credits font colour looked better as they can be easily read and they appeared on the scene for a good amount of time. I think that they successfully fulfilled the task.

Monday 22 March 2010

Final Version of Anonymous

The changes we made from the first were only the credits and the ident as it was perceived as too cheerful for the thriller conventions.

Friday 12 March 2010

Reactions to feedback

We agreed with the praise to our film however there were a few point that we had already realised and have changed in our final cut such as the titles being green and hard to see as now we have changed them to red making it much easier to read them.
We disagree strongly with the group that said it looked more like a trailer as it looks nothing like one as most trailers have some sort of narrative and review comments etc. which we didn't have any of and it was in a linear sequence which is never done in a trailer.
The criticisms of the soundtrack not going with the clips is confusing, the beat and pace of the music went well with the film sequence and the mood of the music was not "cheerful", as said by one group, it was neutral. It only provided suspense and additional pace to the film sequence.

S1-24 feedback

There was a good selection of camera angles and they are used effectively. One of the best shots was filming the reflection in the car.

It would of been better with some dialogue. The music worked well, it fitted the conventions of the thriller genre.

There was a clear protagonist and antagonist. The mise-en scene was used well to build tension through the clip. The tiles were good by making them blend in with the locations.

However the clip felt more like a trailer then a proper film opening.

s1 19 feedback

Overall your thriller opening was a very good and clear production. We thought your credits were very well edited. The chase scene was very well filmed as it used a good variety of camera shots and it was also clear fluent. It was also clear who the protagonist and antagonist were. Your ident was very good. The music you used effective and it helped build up suspense before and during the chase. Well done !!
first thing you notice about this opening is the really good use of credits. The credits are built in to the surroundings e.g. the main title is written across the gun. However, the credits were quite difficult to read as they were put across quickly and were in quite a hard font to read.

I felt the non-diegetic music did not relate to the theme as it was a bit up beat and happy for the thriller theme however the diegetic sounds of breathing and footsteps and the gun were used effectively.
the camera angles and editing are good as the film flows and is not jumpy as well as a variety of shots and angles creating an overall good opening

feebaack from s1-21

We found your thriller opening very exciting, including lots of action. This is good as it would leave the audience wanting moaaar. The way the credits appeared was extremely well as they fit into the type of thriller well, not making them centre of attention. However we think the music could have started earlier on and build up alot more at the end. Camera angles were thorght out well, especially the reflection of chris in the car. We also liked the use of the mask on philly, as it left him quite a mysterious charcter and use of the gun just added to the tention. *licky ass* Overall it has been well editing and constructed.

Feedback on Roughcut from S1-22

The use of sound was conventional to a thriller as the choice of music created tension and added suspense. The diegetic sound of Chris breathing was really effective as the range of sound types was creative.

The credits were really creative and worked well with the edits of the footage. However some of the font colours that were green were fairly difficult to read. We also thought some of the vertical angles made it hard to read quickly.

We thought the ending was really effective as the non-diegetic sound worked with the close-up of the gun. We like the 'Anonymous' title on the gun as it didn't look cheap. The POV shots were effective and they suited the type of sub-genre it was.

Monday 8 March 2010




The film thriller trailer i watched was 'The interpreter', the music in this clip seems quite fast paced for most of it and at the end it slows down a bit like its waiting for more action or something important to happen, this creates suspense like the viewer is waiting for something bad to happen.



This is the poster for the film avatar, it is an action thriller, the poster first suggests the thriller genre to the audience with the darkness of the poster, most of the poster has quite a dark look to it. Also, it shows two different races and a different planet which shows mystery. Also, at the bottom of the picture there is fire, making the viewer wonder why it is on fire and it adds to the thriller genre idea. The facial expressions of the people are quite serious and his face is slightly dirty, showing that action has happened and this shows that it isn't a comedy or romantic film and gives off the impression that the film is thrilling. The action side of the thriller can be shown by the human like creature looking forwards like they have just been moving or are ready to move.
Im blogging about the filming which my group did before half term as i have been absent for 2 weeks. The footage that we took before i left looked good and we captured all the footage that we needed to. We also had a small bit of time to start editing. I am happy with the shots that we took as i think that we had a wide range of shots and we kept inside the thriller conventions. It shows Jamie's character to be unidentified and the shots all seem to work together, without any gaps between what is happening. Now i have seen the footage with all the editing done and the soundtrack added i think that it looks really good, the soundtrack goes well with the footage as well, for example when a shot is fired by the antagonist. The footage has been given a slight black and white look which i think adds effect to the opening and makes the opening seem more dark and thrilling.

Our thriller opening 'Anonymous'


Tuesday 2 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?

Monday 1 March 2010

Target audience for our Thriller opening

Our target audience will be from young teenagers like 15 to adults 30ish, this is because it will appeal to different ages on different levels. For example teenagers will like it because it is quite jumpy and eerie and adults will also like it for this reason but also because it has clever filming and is a slightly different mix of genres than other films, making this film also quite appealing to movie buffs from that perspective. I think that the majority of people interested in this film will be male however there will still be large interest from females as well because the film is more jumpy then gory so it appeals to a wider range of people.
Films that the people who like our film would be like Friday the 13th and Halloween because the protagonist is wearing a mask with the intention to kill so in this aspect these films are similar, other films similar are something like Die hard or films like that were there is more chasing then fighting and everything is more tense.
The certificate for our thriller film will be a 15 because there is no extreme violence and it's not really scary, the only content that makes this film rate a 15 is because it is quite jumpy and contains elements that would be unsuitable for under 15's.

Analysis of Thriller trailers


Sorority Row - Trailer
Uploaded by dreadcentral. - Classic TV and last night's shows, online.

The clip I looked at was from Sorority row, the soundtrack used with the clip fits very well and adds a lot of tension. At the start the music is upbeat because everybody is happy while the narrator is setting the scene of the movie however as events take a turn for the worst when the girl gets killed, the music becomes quite dark and foreboding but still slow as the other girls think that they are in the clear. When someone starts killing all the other girls involved in the prank gone wrong and the shots become quite quick the music gets much quicker and bolder as the trailer comes to a climax, then its cuts out as a final bit of dialogue is heard, this emphasizes the dialogue if there is no music, making the audience pay more attention to it.