Evaluation, Part 3

For this part of the evaluation I am going to be exploring the ideal target audience for the media project which my group has produced, along with the reasons and ways which we addressed a particular audience.

As a target audience age range for my film I would say that it fits in the 17-21 category, I think this because from a younger age now people want to watch thriller genre movies. I also feel that the older generation tend not to be too interested in going to multiplex cinemas, therefore I do feel that this grouping is a good choice for the film although I would advertise it as being 17+ as I feel that depending on the type of person depends on the type of film you would go and watch.

In targeting an audience my group and I aimed to target the film at both males and females, we tried our best to create a typical thriller which would attract many types of people, not just one gender. I feel that by having a mix of genders present in the film enhanced that the 2 minute opening of the film was targeted to both males and females. We felt that as a group to target one gender would not be sufficient in attracting a mass audience along with the fact that thrillers are targeted to everyone, depending on the persons likes and dislikes.

From our survey results, we found that that all of the people whom took it liked thrillers and that’s the reason we went with the thriller genre as we had positive feedback from the questioners;

· Firstly we found that out of all of the people who took the survey that 10/10 liked thrillers which helped us with the genre choice.

· We also that the general favourite thriller location was in dark and deserted places, 5/10 people who took the survey said that they like this type of location. We as a group listen to this feedback and chose a dark weird room to use to do much of the filming in.

· Along with this the people who took the survey highlighted that they like physiological thrillers and also crime thrillers, as 8/10 people said they preferred the selected two above. This we took into consideration and created a thriller which the audience would both think about and also question also created the idea of death in the opening when you see that the person is replaced with a balloon which creates the idea that they are gone in a mysterious way. 

· We also found from the survey results that the majority of people like a thriller which has a lot of mystery and intensity as 10/10 people liked this. Our film was then made to provide the audience with this feeling, we done this with the different aspects which were included in our film, such as the unidentified protagonist adds to the mysterious feeling which the survey results told us an audience liked.

· Our survey results also told us that the audience liked to see a baddie and a victim during thriller movies; this is something we then went on to elaborate on our film. In the 2 minute opening of the film provided the audience with both a victim, these being the children that are present in the opening. Along with the bad guy being the unidentified protagonist who is captured a lot in the opening.  

Evaluation, part 2

For part 2 I am going to be analyzing the different types of characters which were used in our film, to do this I am going to be looking at the character type and how each are represented throughout the opening 2 minutes of the film. During the opening of or film we used 3 different characters;

First of the characters are the killer, his type is labelled as a psychopath. His characteristics are defined as evil, insane, intelligent and sly. These characteristics are represented by the ways, in which the killer is shown during the clip. The Dutch tilt used in the film is used to represent his level of insanity; it helps to portray the physiological uneasiness which the killer provides to the audience, and also represents the uneasy feelings which he has himself.  Along with this the writing clip in the film shows that he is literary intelligent, although this is conveyed as creepy to the audience. As he is clever, but yet you know that this level of intelligence is not going to be used in a good way due to the thriller genre.

Second character shown in the film is the children who are seen to be conventional. The characteristics of which they own are happy, energetic and innocent. These characteristics were the close up shot of the child’s face, which exaggerated their happiness. Along with this the energetic side to the children was by the medium shot which captured them playing ring-a-roses which one and other, this also to a certain extent conveys the innocence of the children in the film, playing games.

The third characters in the film are the adults; they are shown to be to some extent possessed and scared. Their characteristics are seen as strange and mysterious. These aspects of the adults are represented by the appearance of the balloon in the film, which is part of the editing. By having the balloon in the film creates a strange feeling, as it is used as the representation of a person which has disappeared which then does give an unknown feeling to the film and also to the adults themselves. Along with this the disappearance of one of the adult characters leaves a mysterious feeling from the audience to the adult characters. The mysterious feeling of which you get from the characters reflects the genre to a great extent.

Evaluation, part 1

For part one I am going to be discussing and evaluating the different conventions in the opening 2 minutes of our film, along with the ones of which was not included and reasons for this.

Conventions

I feel that in order of importance the top 3 conventions which we used were;

1. Abstract images
2. Ident
3. Soundtrack

I listed the abstract images top of the list because I feel that they worked the best in our film. This is because I feel that the abstract images fit perfectly with the thriller genre which we was trying to create with our 2 minute opening of the film, these images enhanced the thriller genre as they was not clear and to a certain extent weird. Therefore the abstract images to me were the best element of our opening film because they fitted greatly and also was our idea as a group to add this aspect to our thriller genre.

I felt that the ident was the second most significant to our film, this is because I felt that this was unique to us as a group as I hadn’t seen anything like that before. Along with this I feel that the high quality ident that we produced helped our film be seen as a higher standard. The ident we created set off the beginning of our 2 minute opening to the film, enabling a good quality reaction from the very start of the clip.

Thirdly I feel that the soundtracks used are a great element to our film opening. This is because the empathetic music we chose fitted well with the thriller genre we chose.

I feel that the music which we picked gave our film that extra professional feel as we timed both the music and filmed clips perfectly to create a smooth and in sync flow to the overall film.

On the other hand there are several conventions which were not included in our opening 2 minutes of the film; these were elements such as;

1. Dialogue
2. Character introduction

Dialogue, in my opinion was not included in our film because it would have declined the thriller and mysterious feeling of which our opening to the film was trying to create. To our film I feel that dialogue was irrelevant as it would not have fit with the puzzling feelings which we were trying to create to the audience during the 2 minute opening.

Character introduction was not included in our film as the strange atmosphere we was trying to create would have not been as strong if as an audience you was open to feel a connection or make judgements on a character. The unknown feeling of what is going on or what is going to happen in the film relies highly on the unidentified characters used, which would have been cancelled down by the introduction of characters.

Distribution

I feel that if our film was to be distributed then it would take the method of theatrical distribution; this is because our film would then be shown in multiplex cinemas. This I feel would be the best for our film as it would attract a mass audience, there are many reasons of which I think this distribution route would be the best for our film;

One reason I feel that the film which we have created would be best in multiplex cinemas is because of the genre which it is, although many types of genres are open to show in cinemas in my opinion I feel that films with genres such as thrillers and horrors are more exciting to the public and attract a much bigger audience range.

Another reason of which I feel that it would be better shown in a cinema of this kind is because the audience attraction and recognition would be a lot larger due to the multiplex cinemas of which are available to the public in many places. As I, myself feel that our film would not gain the recognition of which it deserves if it was put into a small scale distribution method, as the small specific audience may not appeal to all.

Screenplay

Screenplay

Costume and Props

Costume

For our 2 minute opening to our film, we created a thriller. As few of our film influences came from the film Se7en we decided that just like their 2 minute opening that we wanted our male protagonist to stay unidentified and unknown to the audience. For this we had to make sure the costume choices revealed things about our protagonists as they were unable to access ideas from him. For this we decided to have him wearing a white lab-coat, as a group we decided on this because it then associated him with science which is known to be very weird and all about experiments which added a mysterious feel from our protagonist. We also had him wearing a black hat, which my group pointed out that it was known to be a mimic of the one Jack the Ripper was known to wear, this costume piece was then very effective as it enabled our audience to feel a thrilling effect from the unknown protagonist.

Along with this costume, we also had the children in the flashback wearing school uniform. We had done this to exaggerate the time change of which has undergone in the film. By having them in school uniform represents the innocence of the conventional children.

Props

The props that we decided to use for the two minute opening thriller film we created was ones of which would represent both the genre and the feelings we wanted to create towards the audience during this opening. To show the thriller genre through the props we had to think carefully as to what would enhance the audiences thrilling feeling when they saw a certain thing. For this we decided to use props such as a knife, drill and clamp along with many others, we thought that these props were quite violent when thought of and used in a certain way which would represent the typical thriller genre. 

We also decided that we would use arbitrary props that would portray the weird and mysterious feeling of which we also wanted to create. To generate this odd feeling towards the audience we added props like, glasses, a clock and balloons. Put together the difference of the two types of props worked extremely well and helped produced a superior thriller film opening.

Locations

During the creation of our final project, we wanted to secure a location which would fit accurately with the thriller genre we were trying to create. The ideas of which we came up with for the creation of our film covered elements such as mystery, intensity and also thrilling clips. We came to the decision that to gain this feeling through location that we would choose a dark, empty room which would portray the thriller genre. The group discussed many ideas and later agreed that the best room for the effect we was trying to create with the location would be the resistant materials room. The resmat room was perfect for what we were trying to get from the location, it was dark which added to the effect of the thriller genre, mysterious because of the many different tools and equipment all around the place.

We also added a flashback clip part to our overall project, which we decided that it would be ideal if we used a different location to imply this change of time. As it was a flashback and included people of a younger age, the group decided that it would be good if we used the play ground outside, which exaggerates the past time which we have jumped back too.

Survey Results

1. Do you like thrillers?
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Yes		100.0%	10
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Download2. How often do you watch thrillers?
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Options.. Daily Weekly Monthly Whenever there is a new release Response Count Choose: 0.0% (0) 10.0% (1) 30.0% (3) 60.0% (6) 10

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Download4. What is your favourite thriller location?
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Responses (10) Text Analysis My Categories (0) Showing 10 text responses No responses selected mysterious places 2/5/2012 14:11View Responses Government buliding 2/5/2012 14:06View Responses woods 2/5/2012 10:10View Responses Anywhere 1/5/2012 15:40View Responses Dark deserted place 26/4/2012 9:50View Responses In old run down buildings 19/4/2012 19:45View Responses The City 29/3/2012 10:36View Responses City. 7/2/2012 13:36View Responses A bus, train or other moving vehicle. 6/2/2012 22:20View Responses Dark/Dangerous/Deserted places ect. 4/2/2012 22:10View Responses

5. What is your favourite type of thriller?
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Disaster-thriller		10.0%	1
Psychological thriller		50.0%	5
Crime thriller		30.0%	3
Techno-thriller		10.0%	1

DownloadCreate Chart6. Which do you prefere?
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Thrillers which conclude..		50.0%	5
Thrillers which leave the ending unknown..		50.0%	5

DownloadCreate Chart7. What do you expect to see while watching thrillers?
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DownloadCreate Chart8. Which type of characters do you like to see in thrillers?
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Baddie		80.0%	8
Hero		40.0%	4
Victim		60.0%	6
Comic person		10.0%	1
Psychopath		80.0%	8
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DownloadCreate Chart9. Are male protagonists used more in thrillers than females?
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Download10. Do you prefere the film to seem more realistic? or make believe?
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Responses (10) Text Analysis My Categories (0) Showing 10 text responses No responses selected realistic 2/5/2012 14:11View Responses make believe 2/5/2012 14:06View Responses realistic 2/5/2012 10:10View Responses Make believe 1/5/2012 15:40View Responses realistc 26/4/2012 9:50View Responses More realistic 19/4/2012 19:45View Responses Realistic 29/3/2012 10:36View Responses Realistic. 7/2/2012 13:36View Responses Realistic 6/2/2012 22:20View Responses Realistic 4/2/2012 22:10View Responses

After the analysis of the results collected from the survey we were able to make clear indications of what the audience want in a thriller film.

1. The results gathered made our choice of a thriller genre film certain as a positive 100% of people who took the survey liked this genre.
2. We also found our that the preferred location of thriller films were dark, deserted places, which we as a group responded to and had our film location in the resmat room. This is a room which looks very mysterious because of the different equipment along with it being dark.
3. The survey also told us that people much prefer physiological thrillers, with 50% of the people who took it highlighting this option. As a group we then worked with each other to create our thriller to become physiological in some ways, we done this by having the male protagonist unidentified throughout the 2 minute opening to create a mysterious feeling to the audience leaving them thinking about this man. Along with the abstract clips we used throughout the project, by us doing this left the film opening weirdly scary in a way.
4. 60% of people who took the survey said that they liked a thriller which involved mystery and intensity. My group and I then added this into the film once again by having the storyline very unknown to the audience in the first 2 minutes shown, leaving them thinking about what is going to happen in the rest of the film. The unidentified characters also exaggerated this mysterious feeling which the audience wanted to feel. 
5. A big 80% of people from the survey said that they would like to see a bad guy and a psychopath in thrillers. From this information the group decided to try and put these two characters into one. We done this by having the baddie in the film being shown to do strange things in the film, for example we had him sharpening a knife, rearranging newspaper clippings and drawing on pictures with blood. This then enhanced the psychopathic characteristics we wanted him own.
6. We also asked the people who took the survey if the main protagonist in the film is typically male or female, from the answers we found that a huge 100% of people listed that they felt male protagonists usually dominate thriller films. Which we then took into consideration and had our main character being a male.