Monday, 27 April 2015
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Feedback about of final product
Feedback on our thriller
We learnt from our audience feedback that both male and female audiences liked our thriller. We found that our audience thought the non-diegetic sound was good as it created suspense and was in time with the credits at the start. However, the audience felt there could be more diegetic sound when the car door closes and the strangling to add to the narrative. they also didn't think the strangling looked to staged and didn't understand why the sound got quieter during the strangling. We also learnt that our audience liked the plot of our thriller because it was quite an original idea for a film of the thriller genre. They also understood the plot well through our opening sequence. We also learnt that the fact the audience don't see what the man is looking at adds to the mystery and tension. We also learnt the characters our actors played were very convincing because of their costume and this added to the overall mise-en-scene.
We learnt from our audience feedback that both male and female audiences liked our thriller. We found that our audience thought the non-diegetic sound was good as it created suspense and was in time with the credits at the start. However, the audience felt there could be more diegetic sound when the car door closes and the strangling to add to the narrative. they also didn't think the strangling looked to staged and didn't understand why the sound got quieter during the strangling. We also learnt that our audience liked the plot of our thriller because it was quite an original idea for a film of the thriller genre. They also understood the plot well through our opening sequence. We also learnt that the fact the audience don't see what the man is looking at adds to the mystery and tension. We also learnt the characters our actors played were very convincing because of their costume and this added to the overall mise-en-scene.
Evaluation task 7 - Looking at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product?
- Camera work - We didn't use many different angles and different types of shots in our prelim. We mainly used close-up, medium and long shots and over the shoulder shots to show the narrative from different perspectives. We progressed to use more shots in our final product such as high angle, low angle, tracking shots and panning shots by changing the position and height of the camera when filming certain scenes.The difference in our final product is very effective as it added to the narrative and helped to create suspense as the high and low angle was used to differentiate between the personalities of the two characters and to show they are binary opposites. Also these shots are used a lot in the thriller genre so therefore through these our thriller conforms to many thriller films and TV dramas. Also, during filming our prelim we only filmed each scene from one angle whereas in our thriller we did each shot from a few different angles so when we began editing we had more shots to work with compared to the prelim. The was more effective as we could ensure in our thriller we had the best shots that fitted with the genre, narrative and mise-en-scene to appeal more to our target audience which we couldn't do in our prelim.
- Mise-en-scene - There was very little mise-en-scene when filming our prelim as we had to work with the space we were given.Therefore it didn't create any effect.The mise-en-scene in our final product is much more effective as we had many more props and a better and bigger setting to work with and create the right effect for our thriller for example we were able to film from many more different angles to display more aspects of the mise-en-scene and also add things to complete the overall narrative we were trying to create.It is effect as it creates mystery, tension and suspense. There was also no lighting to create effect in our prelim, however there was a lot more effect through lighting in the final product to add to the tense atmosphere.
- Editing - The editing isn't very effective in our prelim as it only used very simple cuts to go from shot to shot to show the conversation between the characters. We have learnt in the progression from the prelim to our product that by manipulating the editing and making it more effective it adds to the atmosphere we wanted to create such as building up tension and making certain scenes stand out to the audience for example using slow motion in the strangling scene which we did by slowing down the clips on the editing software. We also used colour correction and cinematic effects when editing our thriller which we didn't use in our prelim which improved the quality of our opening sequence and made it look more professional which is a progression from the prelim. We also used a tool on the editing software to add titles to our thriller which we did not do in our prelim to add details about the title of our film as well as people featured and involved which made our opening sequence look more like a real film and more professional which will affect attracting an audience.
- Sound - We only used diegetic dialogue in our prelim, the conversation between the two characters. This was to tell the narrative. We also used some diegetic dialogue in our product, a short conversation between the male and female, also to help tell the narrative therefore the effect of diegetic dialogue in both our prelim and product is the same. However, in our product we progressed to use non-diegetic sound to build tension, establish the mood and atmosphere and match what was actually happening and the narrative by adding a backing track during the editing process. This was effective as it helped to bring our product together and make it more appealing to audiences as they could understand the genre better.The non-diegetic dialogue was also effective along side the editing of the credits as credits appeared on different beats to add effect, something that we did not have in our prelim and therefore shows our progression from prelim to product.
- Working as a team - When working on our prelim we worked okay together as a team. We all talked to each other and tried to help each other out but it also got quite difficult at some points because we weren't very familiar yet with how to film and use the equipment properly as well as everyone thought they should have their own specific role. Our teamwork did improvement when filming our product as we decided to share roles slightly more which helped us work better as a team as we all got an opinion from different aspects of the filming and it also helped as we were able to help each other more if someone was unsure about what they were doing or were meant to do.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Evaluation task 6 - How have I used digital technologies?
1. We used the internet to help us research films similar to ours as we looked at different film websites such as IMBD. On the website we searched the genres that were similar to ours and came across several crime and mystery thrillers. This is where we found films such as Silence of the Lambs, Drive, Identity thief and The Long Kiss Goodnight. After finding these films that we thought were suitable we looked at their opening sequences and trailers using YouTube to see how we could relate our thriller to them.
2. We used the internet to research real life incidents similar to our thriller by looking at different newspaper online such as The Mail Online. We also Google searched real life incidents relating to stolen and fake identities; we came across many on peoples personal and daily blogs.
3. Our online research helped us come up with locations and costumes because by the research we had carried out previously we noticed a theme in the films similar to ours, as they were made realistic with little effects and were just filmed in normal, suburban settings. For the costumes we researched what FBI would normally wear and tried to recreate this costume with what we already had. Our inspiration for the costume was mainly from Drive and the TV series Intruders- which we discovered from our previous research online.
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Evaluation task 5 - How have you attracted/addressed your target audience?
Evaluation task 5 - How have you attracted/addressed your target audience
There are aspects of our thriller that will appeal to a wide range of audiences. One way which we attracted audiences was through mise-en-scene. The opening scene features a silver, sleek and sophisticated car that would mainly appeal to our primary audience of 18-25 year old males and possibly some middle-aged men in our secondary audience who are interested in cars. Also, most of our opening sequence was filmed in the dark which conforms to the thriller genre and will address an audience of people who enjoy thriller.We also had the main character as an FBI agent including other props such as fake FBI badges and the costume for the male character which is a black suit that would be worn by professional FBI agents. This may attract an audience that are interested in the crime aspect of our thriller.
One scene in our thriller is the strangling scene. This involves a lot of action and violence which will appeal to a more male target audience. This is because men tend to be attracted to action and tension in films rather than woman who usually prefer calmer and more relaxed films. Therefore, this is one of the ways we attracted our primary target audience of 18-25 year old men.
The actor and actress we used also helped to attracted audiences. Our male actor was a middle-aged man who would attract our secondary audience of females because women may find him attractive. On the other hand, our female middle-aged actress would attract men in our primary and secondary audiences as men may find her attractive but she could also appeal to our secondary audience of females and women may feel they can connect, empathise and sympathise with her better than men because of the stereotypical role of women in thrillers as the innocent victim.
There are aspects of our thriller that will appeal to a wide range of audiences. One way which we attracted audiences was through mise-en-scene. The opening scene features a silver, sleek and sophisticated car that would mainly appeal to our primary audience of 18-25 year old males and possibly some middle-aged men in our secondary audience who are interested in cars. Also, most of our opening sequence was filmed in the dark which conforms to the thriller genre and will address an audience of people who enjoy thriller.We also had the main character as an FBI agent including other props such as fake FBI badges and the costume for the male character which is a black suit that would be worn by professional FBI agents. This may attract an audience that are interested in the crime aspect of our thriller.
One scene in our thriller is the strangling scene. This involves a lot of action and violence which will appeal to a more male target audience. This is because men tend to be attracted to action and tension in films rather than woman who usually prefer calmer and more relaxed films. Therefore, this is one of the ways we attracted our primary target audience of 18-25 year old men.
The actor and actress we used also helped to attracted audiences. Our male actor was a middle-aged man who would attract our secondary audience of females because women may find him attractive. On the other hand, our female middle-aged actress would attract men in our primary and secondary audiences as men may find her attractive but she could also appeal to our secondary audience of females and women may feel they can connect, empathise and sympathise with her better than men because of the stereotypical role of women in thrillers as the innocent victim.
The camera shots we used also conform to the thriller genre for example close-up shots to display the characters emotions and feelings and medium-shots to reveal more about the narrative and the parts of the mise-en-scene that show our opening sequence is of the thriller genre. This will attract audiences who prefer and enjoy thriller films as they are shots which they expect from thrillers and are familiar with and they will enjoy when watching the film.
As the rest of the film unfolds after the opening sequence we will insure the genre of thriller and sub-genres such as crime and action continue throughout the thriller and there will be faster, more action-packed scenes to address the audience who are watching the film mainly for these types of scenes so they become attracted and continue to watch. We will also introduce younger actors and actresses to attract the younger half of our primary audience as we only have middle-aged actors in our opening sequence.
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