EvaluationQ6: What have you learnt about techologies from the proccess of constructing this product?

Post-production: Soundtrack of the thriller production

Sound is important elements within the creation of films. This is because it sets the whole mood and atmosphere of  the film. It's very important to plan out the sounds we will use simply because the  sounds causes  the audience  to either to be connected to the film or vigilante in knowing that their watching is a film with actors. For example if the audience sees gun being fired but hear an alien zapper sound they will become disconnected from the film, realising that it is make believe where  as if they hear a gunshot.They will develop a relationship between the characters thinking the situation is a real one.

In order to know what the conventional soundtrack is within a thriller film, we also have to think about what that thriller may be, for example, it could be a thriller opening , a trailer or an actual film.This is why i would  need to describe all  the different sounds that could be used within a thriller film to make it conventional. There are  Non- diegetic sounds such as voice overs. These can be used to explain an event within the scene that wasn't shown to the audience. This is used to give that audience a better understanding of what happened , what's happening within the scene it also helps to create a suspense filled feeling as the audience are then able to determine what will happen next in the scene.

There are diegetic sounds such as the sounds from the TV or a radio which allows the audience to understand what is going on in the scene clearer , this is because the audience are subjected to realistic sounds which makes the scene intriguing for the audience to watch.

 Finally,there are off- screen sounds such as footsteps which are used to build suspense tension  for example creaking  floor boards or a window smashing etc. All of the different types of  conventional sounds used within a thriller film make it conventional to the thriller genre whether they are placed in the same film or are they placed in the same film or they are used throughout.

 In order to create the soundtrack to our thriller, my group used programme called 'pro logic ' this program was used to selection of  instruments that allowed us to use  select sounds  from the program. the program was difficult  to use but we got used to it , it allowed us to create  a successful and conventional soundtrack  that worked perfectly with our thriller film.












The soundtrack that we created natural nosies of  birds and background nosies that sound that could go together with our setting  in order to have an impact for the audience. The reason why we decided to create on screen sound was that it was normal as the setting in a forest the sound made sense, we was inspired by the 'chainsaw' we decided to imitate the sound  and utilize some of the sounds they used.  

Post-production: Audience Feedback

Audience feedback is important to see how effective  and successful my thriller film was, I screened my final outcome to an audience. I wanted to analyse whether my thriller  appealed to my target audience as well as receive some feedback. The feedback was received in form of focus group. The focus group helped  me  as it allowed me to get detailed feedback and this  could be done with providers prompts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive  comments

Maya Scott  aged 22 :’The setting and location worked very well with the narrative’.

I think that this is a really successful point for my thriller film as setting and location of a thriller is important to match the narrative otherwise the target audience would have got confused.

Marcus Wilson aged 15 said  :’ conventional lighting was used thought the opening scene’

I agree with this comment as  the low key lighting used throughout the film to create atmosphere for the audience as well as  creates a threatening effect for the innocent female characters.

Tiffany Kiese aged 18 said ‘ The soundtrack was parallel sound with the image on the screen.

I’m glad that the audience notice the soundtrack was parallel which fitted well with the content of  thriller film because it is important  that sound is effective on the audience to create certain responses and engage them into the film.

 

Constructive comments

Marcus Wilson  aged 16 said ‘ A wider a range of  angels could have been used’

I think that using  a wider a range of angels within my thriller would have been made it look more professional and effective as the audience would have had a larger view to the content of my thriller. I think that I should have used more closed up  that the audience could connect with the situation in my thriller.

Maya Scott aged 20: ' khaled should laughed a lot more louder should have add voice over'

I agree with this comment, i think that adding a voice over  would added to the theme revenge that was based on around and would have made the audience feel intimidated by the antagonist.

  Tiffany Kiese aged 18 said  ' The female character wasn't wearing  light colours which didn't go with the theme'

This  was a good comment to reflect on as I am aware  of the impact of how light colours are important,  the colours can show purity that the female character is shown vulnerable  that's  she's innocent. This could be improved , I think I would be able to impact my audience even more with the narrative and themes  I chose. 


looking  back on the feedback  i received its clear that my group did follow our brief and results that we had gathered from questionnaires that carried out  before the creating of our thriller film. Now that we have all this feedback, my group now feel that as though we have created a successful and conventional thriller. 


Conclusion
 The audience feedback we  had got was benefical to my group even though we had already created our final product, this is because my group are able to see if we were able  to make a conventional  and successful thriller film. The feedback recieved tells our target audience that we took their questionnaire answers  on consideration and tried to understand their thoughts  and ideas into our film creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EvaluationQ5: How did you attract/ address your audience?

Secondary research is important as it gave us an idea of what our target audience liked and what they liked seeing within their thriller so I had to create a questionnaire find out about their preference of thriller. I believe that the target audience of our thriller were 15 and onwards as it 40 year people can be interested in watching thriller as their lifestyle may be activate  it was based on both ethnicity and its unisex as both male and female both liked watching thriller.

 

From my primary research I asked the target audience if people enjoy being scared or if their like the idea of having antagonist how it makes them feel more frightened as they like the idea of feeling scared this will benefit  the audience as its conventional to have  an antagonist. They like seeing low key lighting and if their like an isolated location.

The audience that I wanted to attract was 15 and onwards as they are more likely to be interested in thriller like the idea of the themes and the characters represented within the film. In my primary research I had to carry out a questionnaire this was important because it allowed me to know what the target audience liked about their thrillers appeal to all ethnicity which this appeal to most young student and adults who enjoys their thrillers and if the enjoy going out to have fun as the some adults like watching thriller for excitement and tension. From the research I have done I found out that the audience like to feel scared and they also like to feel uncomfortable, the audience liked interesting plot that kept them more in to the films and blow their minds away, they also mentions that they liked the relevant themes as that was the most important of making a thriller engaging for them to watch thriller they clearly know what they like watching on their screen is important for them. The audience tend to enjoy gruesome scene so that they feel like it’s a thriller film.

Hobbies and Interests: horror genre socialising thriller seekers cinemas, portray, drinking and relationships, friendships.

My questionnaires were relevant as it gave me an idea of what genre I wanted to use. And the idea of what my group had in mind. It also helped a lot  has it gave me an central feedback  the questionnaire gave me one quick back on what type of character I wanted to use within our thriller idea as what people my age like about thriller in order to help us  with our narrative.

This helped the target audience get a clear understanding of what type questions their liked and what they wanted to see in their thriller and this also helped me it gave me a better understanding of what my target audience wanted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EvaluationQ7: looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

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

 

 

The purpose of the prelminary task was to familarise me and my group with camera, tripod  and editing.It also helped us to learn ow to use final cut as we had to edit the sequence we had filmed.This helped our groupto understand how to operate the camera and frames shots by trying to use cinematography.It also allowed us to identify group roles , for example in my group, everyone had a go of filming and,we and we then nominated one person to do each thing, for example, filming ,editing and acting.

 

 Where my technical ability has improved :

Filming- has  helped me understand the use of camera amd the capturing moments within the frames. This allowed me to get a better understanding of the differnt type of shots , for example i have lerant how to capture different sizes  such as medium shots within my thriller.



 Filming- As first i struggled with using the tripod by trying to put the camera in place , but now i,m able to use the tripod as now I know how to capture the shots as the tripod allows me to create cinematography such as panning shot well as capturing conventinaol shots such as close ups, i can now use over the shoulder shots effectively to make my thriller look more professional.

 

 

 

 

 

 Editing - I have progressed from intial preminarly task in my ability to edit. When i first tried to edit , I struggled with cutting the shots within the actual shots and placing my selected shots together. Now I know how to place transitions into my thriller making the edits interesting and conventional compared to just using straight cuts.For example , my group and I added a fade to black to make my thriller looks more conventional to the genre.





Editing-The last technique i have been able to develop and use  to edit the film and clips in order  to make them flow and  be more understandable for the audience.I admit that editing came with  a bit of problems and complication ,however these problems didn't hold me back from trying my best to learn how to edit with hard work and practice.

                                        










                                                

                                  

 

                      Development from preliminary task

A storyboard  was created in order  for me  to know  to plan my film , and I realised the importance of this once i did my preliminary task. Before I could start filming I also had to create pre-production paperwork such as a location release, a client release form, location recce form, production schedule and a risk assessment sheet to ensure the safety of my production.


These documents were so that we were able to film and covered my group for legal risks.This research that was carried out it was essential in creating a successful thriller.All the research was key into helping my group understand elements of what a thriller was and of its conventions.


































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Question1) in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media product.

The task

The task we were given was to create a two minute thriller opening. At first, we were asked to participate in research work where we looked at different types of micro elements such as cinematography, Mes en scene as well as opening credits and  characters representations. This helped me to understand what type of conventions fit well for my  thriller ideas of creating my our own thriller. 

Once this was fully understood, we were put into a small group of three or four with people of different specialities to ensure that the group was equally balanced for a good production to take place  we all had to come up with an small narrative  to discuss what we narrative will be suitable for our group.

To help us develop our ideas, we had to create questionnaires to find out our target audiences response and this then gave us an idea by analysing the results so that we could get a clear idea of what the target audience wanted to see in their screen.

We planned in small groups to ensure the production went well, and the pre-production paper work enabled us to demonstrate that the production would run smoothly so that we are able to shot our thriller. 

                           Does my thriller follow conventions of a thriller?

Before filming our thriller I had to look at the other thrillers in order to create a conventional and successful thriller. This helped me to ensure that I was using and developing forms of real media products, the thriller genre.

My thriller follows typical conventions is similar to ‘Scream’ as we do not know who the antagonist is and within my thriller, we don’t reveal our antagonist. Therefore our thriller does follow this   convention as it is common for thrillers to play with the audiences mind so that they feel uncertain and worried about the antagonist.

The location is conventional as the area that we filmed our thriller was a deserted location. Our thriller was filmed at Forty Halls where hardly anyone goes as it is large and quote scary. This is conventional to thriller as most thriller locations are set in a place where no one tends to go and it’s an isolated place.

From my research I found that the location we used was conventional to thriller genre. Therefore, using this location shows that I have developed the used of an isolated location that creates fear amongst the audience.

The costumes will be conventional to other thrillers as the female victim will be wearing white and cream colours to match with the expectations we wanted the audience to have of her. For example, I found from my research of ‘Scream’ and ‘Prom Night’, both female victims wore a light coloured jumper to connote their innocence and purity.

Another way to show that I have used and developed the forms and conventions of real media products; I created a soundtrack to accompany my action. The sound connects with the content of a thriller because it sounds eerie and chilled to help build up tension in the scenes where the torture and kidnap happens.

I believe that the soundtrack is an important element in films as it creates emotions and responses from the audience and this was something I wanted to develop within my own work.

Some of my best uses of forms and conventions of a thriller:

My thriller Project slaughter follows the generic conventions of a thriller film by the use of the torture narrative as the torture scene creates emotions from the audience making them feel uncomfortable and feel sympathetic for the character being tortured. There is a horror of what they are watching which makes the audience feel uncomfortable and this is something that was developed from existing thriller narratives such as scream and prom night this helped me understand what i wanted my thriller to be like.

 The uses of low key lighting throughout my thriller also helped to indicate to the audience that it is a thriller. The dark and mysterious light creates suspense to the film and makes the audience feel on edge as thriller films should.  Again, this is something that I found was popular in thriller films so I also wanted to use it within my own work.

The cinematography we chose to use within our thriller is also conventional of thriller films such as the over the shoulder shot. These shots were used in order to empathise with the character when the unknown character appeared on the screen.