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.