Final Edit

First Draft

First Draft

This was the first draft for my thriller, I uploaded it to you tube and then Asked members of my class for their initial thoughts on my opening. once they had time to think about what they thought i then asked for feedback, this was so that if there was anything that could be improved i would be able to go back and redo it. they also gave positive feedback and highlight what i did well, this was helpful as i could try and use the positives to improve on the negatives.

Potential Improvements

• Re-film certain scenes with a camera stand
• change the text used for "a Richard turner film" as it does not match the theme.
• trim down video between 1:05 to 1:45 as there is a lot of unnecessary scenes that take up a lot of the video.
• Aim to get the opening closer to the two minute mark.

Shot types

when filming I set out to try and challenge my photography and filming skills, i did this by this by trying to include as many different shot types as possible.This was to see if i was able to capture these shots and it would also give me a better understanding of how they are used. this would also give much a much greater range of shot types enabling me to select the best to use in my production. 

This is an over the shoulder shot. This is when a shot is taken from behind the shoulder and is used to show you the perspective of the character. It is also frequently used in shot reverse shot as it helps to establish who is talking and who they are talking to.

This is an establishing shot. used to show the location were the following scene is going to take place.

This is a POV shot. POV stands for point of view and is used to show exactly what the character see. once a POV shot is shown it will often show the character after to show it was the perspective.

This is an extreme close up, this has been used to show an object of high importance and is supposed to make the viewer focus on it.

risk assessment

Risk Assessment 

there were not many risks to consider during the construction of my media opening sequence. although the few risk the were present i had to take into consideration and try to prevent and reduce them.

risk	Description	prevention
Weather	Equipment becoming damaged through rain or other weather.	There a number of ways of reducing this risk first being to plan around the weather and select specific days to go out and film. Also if I was had to film on a day was there was going to be poor weather I would cover the camera so that it does not get damaged.
BB gun	A prop that was needed For the production of my film was a BB gun. These are very dangerous and can be very painful when fired.	On the BB gun there is a safety switch witch when put on will block the gun from firing this means that you will be unable to accidentally fire causing an injury or damaging any of the equipment.
Roads	The filming was based outside and require a lot of travelling by foot and so it was important that we were cautious near main roads.	While this may be a very obvious risk it still needs to be considered, firstly make sure that you cross at lights and zebra crossing when they are available. And we also made sure that we were careful when near roads .

Questionnaire

    Gender

Male                                        15
Female                                     10

   How old are you

Under 10's                               4
10-20                                     11
21-31                                      6
32-42                                      3
43+                                         1

   Which is your favourite type of thriller?

Crime                                            9
Psychological                                 6
Action                                           7
Horror                                          3

      Do you prefer more or less dialogue?

More                                            7
Less                                             18

   Do you prefer to see a person killed or have it implied?

Get killed                                     11
Implied                                        14

   Which movie title do you prefer?

paid to kill                                    3
targeted                                       6
The hit list                                   12
convicted                                     4

     Do you prefer fast or gradual build up?

Fast                                             6
Gradual                                       19

   

   
  
    What do you think is the best source of tension?

Music                                           9
Foreshadowing                             4
Lighting                                        2
Camera work                               10

The information gathered from my questionnaire have allowed me to see what particular feature my target audience would prefer to see in my movie thriller. firstly the questionnaire was mostly answered by males and people aged between 15-20, this means that most of result will be from these people so i will make these my target audience. next I found out that the most popular type of thriller is  crime with action not so far behind. I also found that people do not enjoy a lot of dialogue it may due to it being hard to follow or some people may find it to be unnecessary whatever the reason I will aim to use a minimal amount of dialogue. i also wanted to find a suitable title for my thriller, so i asked which title they preferred out of Paid to kill, Targeted, The hit list or Convicted. The hit list was by far the most popular and so this is what i will call my thriller. the last to questions were both linked to tension as this is one of the main conventions for a thriller and i wanted to know which ways were best at providing it.

research

What is a Thriller?

 the thriller genre is a very broad category which contains many sub genres such as crime,psychological,horror and many others. thrillers are films that use suspense to build tension,the usually leave clue to events that take place later in the film his is done by foreshadowing. some of the most common moods and feelings felt by viewers when watching thrillers are anxiety,shock, anticipation.

Conventions of a Thriller

• generally plot twists
• suspense
• high intensity
• cliffhangers
• foreshadowing
• a lot of action involved

Popular thrillers

• Shutter Island
• The Sixth sense
• Batman the dark knight
• Now you see me
• The shining 
• Memento
• The usual suspects 

Trailer

It is essential that when making my opening scene for my thriller I do not make a trailer instead. To make sure this does not happen I will be looking a one thriller movie trailer and will point out the differences between opening scene and trailer. From this I will know what not to include in my opening scene so that I do not end up with a trailer.

The wolf of wall street

There are many different aspects of this trailer which separate it from an opening sequence. In trailers there is no particular order to the sequence of clips these are all selected from random areas in the film and sometimes the clips are not even in the film, in opening sequences the order of clips is normally chronological . Trailers are made to attract the attention of potential viewers by showing most of the action scenes in the film, they often avoid showing important scenes from the film as this can spoil the film and put potential viewers off from watching, a movie opening scene can often be very slow as it has to build up the story and introduce characters to viewers whereas with trailers this does not have to be done.