Evaluation

In this sequence of still images there are conventions of an opening thriller sequence. These include a long shot to establish and set the scene. This long shot tells the audience that this is a film set in a city that contains violence. It tells them that this is a particular genre. Many of the images contain the two main characters of the film. This again sets the scene and informs the audience of the main protagonists. The sequence also contains a close up of a key prop, explosives and a motor vehicle. These props are vital for setting the scene.


In the film that we produced ‘Undiscovered’ we established a long panning shot of the park in order to tell the audience that the film is set in an urban place. Many of our images also contain shots of main characters in the film to give a clear understanding of who the protagonists and the antagonists are within the sequence. The use of the mid shot of the glove clearly defines it as our key prop as it reappears within the sequence. The extreme close up used on the dog emphasizes that it has an important role within the sequence.
In this still image of the film ‘Marathon Man’, you can clearly get and idea of the protagonists Dustin Hoffman as Babe and the antagonists Laurence Oliver as Angel who is also known as the evil dentist. This is clearly defined by the expressions both of the characters have on their faces.

Our thriller starts off with the two girls sitting down in a cafe looking upset of something that has happened. The facial expressions and the use of body language of the two characters within the sequence emphasizes that they are the protagonists within the thriller. This then makes our evil dentist Miguel, the guy who continuously stares at the two girls as they walk past.


I have an online marketing strategy and this is a step by step account of how I am going to construct that strategy. I am planning to make a trailer for my video and then upload it on websites such as Youtube and Vimeo.I would also upload it on social sites such as facebook and post it to friends which I would ask them to refer it to their friend’s as well. This will then create the snowball effect.

As well as facebook i could also distribute it in myspace, twitter, profile pic and other popular social networking sites to appeal to various audiences. The reason why I have chosen to promote my video on sites such as facebook, viemo, myspace and other social networking sites is because not only it allows people to watch the video it will also give them a chance to give any feedback which will be an advantage for me as I will find out more about the opinions to my video.

Another reason why I have chosen popular sites such as facebook is because I know a lot of people spend time on these sites socialising and watching videos which means that the distribution of my film will be successful.

If however my film gets popular amongst people, I will then take a further step by sending it off to film festivals such as Tribeca, Sundance, Montreal and other international film festivals across the world. Meanwhile I will try distributing my film to independent cinemas within the UK such as ‘Curzon’ etc.


The target audience for our thriller is mainly focused on a middle classed white skew. The reason behind this was that we tried relating our thriller to a daily citizen life. We tried targeting our thriller to 16-25 year olds by using a young cast in order to appeal to our targeted audience. We tried to appeal to both genders in different ways. We ended up by targeting our thriller 65% on females and 35% on males.


This is Amy. She is a 19 year old first year photography student who is studying in London away from her parents. She has a very good social life and enjoys going out with friends. One of her best hobbies is to take photos randomly. As every other young female, she enjoys shopping and loves putting on make up. During her spare time, she likes socialising by going onto networks such as facebook. Two things that she could never refuse is ‘Eating’ and ‘listening to music’.

Here are some Clips from both my prelim task and my final edit.








Looking back at my prelim exercise and comparing it to our final edit I believe that there has been a lot of improvements. These improvements include the use of camera. In the first video of our prelim exercise, we tried creating a shot reverse shot, however this was not as successful as we anticipated. There are two major problems with our clip 1 which can clearly be spotted. These two problems occurred because the scene was shot in the wrong angle, which then lead into us breaking the 180-degree rule. By watching second clip, a part from our final edit you can clearly see that the camera work has improved. We tried not breaking the 180-degree rule again by making sure that the camera was in the correct angle.










Clip 3 is taken from the match cut scene of our prelim exercise. Yet again you can spot the mistakes within the camera work and editing. The scene is again shot in the wrong angle. However instead of breaking the 180-degree rule, this time it just gives the audience an impression of poor editing. Comparing clip 3 to clip 4 you can see a huge improvements in the use of editing. In clip 3, the audience can spot the change in both shots from opening the door and closing the door whereas in clip 4 the match cut is run smoothly. Another improvement you can see from our prelim exercise to our final edit is that we have used different type of shots such as high angle, extreme close ups, mid shots which has enhanced our overall production.


Here are some of the feed back we got back from the audience. according to the audience, our thriller title sequence have managed to create suspense. One thing that mostly come up within our feedback was the improvement of our sound.

Yet again the most common word that has occurred is the word Sound. This clearly tells us that if we ever have a chance to go back and amend some parts of our thriller opening, it defiantly should be the sound used.