Prezi for Q7

Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have developed as a film maker as I have learnt much more about the camera and its functions. I have also learnt how to use different shot types e.g. long shot, mid shot, close-ups etc. Planning has made shooting much easier which is what I didn’t do. By doing a shot list you know which shots to get which it made filming less difficult. I know I have developed in terms of editing, as I can know edit a sequence properly. I now have a greater knowledge and understanding overall.

Our media preliminary went well but some of our shots were unsteady. Also our editing wasn’t perfect in terms of match on match action. We built on these by making sure we used a tripod and get the camera as still as possible.

       I have developed on the continuity editing as I have learned to allow the film to shift through time and give the film rhythm. Match-on-match action helped keep pace to our thriller as we edited very smoothly. In our production time is passing quite well and all fits. In our production as no-one was talking we couldn’t do shot-reverse-shot. We kept to the 180 degree rule, although it was much harder considering we have no dialogue.

      In our prelim we did no planning or shot list, but in our production we did a lot more. We approached it by making sure we did a lot of planning. We did storyboards to see how it would look it. We also did a shot list but as we had to re-film we did two as we did two storyboards. Our second storyboard was much more detailed so it was easier to follow and film.

 

Our opening was very successful in the end. There are some things I would improved like our titles as I feel we could have done some more different and more suitable titles. Also I would have like to include some high-angle shots but due to our location we couldn't have done this. In our opening I would have made the pan at the beginning more steady, and do more shots from outside the shack. Apart from that I feel our opening in terms of camerawork was very good, especially as we tried to use a range of shots.

 

     

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Thriller Video (not finalised)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq01XyydWQo&feature=youtu.be

Storyboard re-done for re-filming

Questionnaire Results & Feedback

We put this question on to see what type of audience we would attract. Half of the people who did the questionnaire where 10-19 so we will make our audience our age group (16-18 yrs old).

Most of the people who did the questionnaire were students so we will aim to make the film attract a younger audience.

We asked this question to find out if our audience like books and what kind. In our results we found that 6/10 people read books regularly and that they like all sorts of books. One person wrote that they like James Patterson books as they have action/suspense in so we will try and include that.

We asked this question as we wanted to know if they were watching films regularly and keeping up to date with whats new. Most of the people did watch a lot of films so they knew about any new thriller films that were coming out.

This question made it clear on what genre people watch. Although not a lot said thriller, they did put other genres that fit down e.g. action films.

Only 1 person said they didn't like thrillers. Most people said they enjoy thriller films which is good as it means they will enjoy ours. 

This was a very good question to ask as this determined what out thriller would be. As most people said that psychological thriller was their favourite we decided to make ours a psychological/conspiracy thriller. 

This was the most vital question as we wanted to know what people enjoy in thrillers. Most people said a good plot and one that is tension building so we will focus on that when planning our thriller.

By asking what they expect we can use this to make ours more appealing to an audience. The majority said they wanted to have tension/suspense while others said that they wanted to ask a lot of questions.

We asked this question to see whether different styles of music effect people. Most people said that dramatic and tense music was best. Some people who put other though said that classical music would also work well. We will try and include both.





We are going to use the results for our thriller by researching what the audience want. We will also base out thriller sub-genre around what people want.

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