Evaluation Question 1

The general conventions of a film opening include

• Lasting 2 minutes 
• Introduce main characters
• Establishes the main scene
• Usually non diegetic sound
• Key event will occur

Conventions of a thriller film opening

• Fast editing/cuts
• Draw audience in 
• non diegetic music usually matches theme of the film opening 
• Tracking and Pan shots commonly used 

The general order of titles for an opening

• Ident
• Main Actor
•  Title (can be after the stars or at the end)
• Other actors
• Crew
• Director

Timeline in order for our film 'pushers' titles

The timeline for the opening of Titanic, shows how it generally follows the order for the titles

Conventions used in our thriller

Evaluation Question 2

When we studied tv drama our group found that a big target audience for this was between 15-25 year olds. We found that the majority of tv dramas we looked  at included different aspects of crime and violence, therefore we thought it would be appropriate to include some sort of crime into our own. This resulted in our group using flour to portray cocaine and generally aimed our target audience between 16-25.

For Ians character we decided to portray him as being middle class through the clothes he wore and props he used such as wearing a suite and carrying a briefcase. Also by adding a cigarette adds to the portrayal of everyday life and we hoped people may relate and identify with this. We also tried to make Ians character appear much older then he is through his clothing to give the idea that he was a business man. The characters ethnicity was white.

For myself and Orries character we were portrayed as being lower class, this is through the clothing we wore which was quite revealing and scruffy to show not much care or consideration was taken in our appearances. This was because the characters we were playing were situated inside a crack house our characters were a lot younger then Ians and this was shown through the body language of us. The ethnicity for myself is white and for orries character mixed race.

For Lukes character we tried to portray him as being high-class then myself and Orries character but still of lower status. He played the drug dealer and was dressed casually in quite baggy clothing which was tracksuit bottoms and t-shirt we decided to also give him a hat to add to the drug dealer effect. Again his character was portrayed as being young but older then myself and orries character and his ethnicity is white.

The representation of all the characters we played are mostly negative, however with Ians character although he is being portrayed as middle class and quite presentable the viewer knows he is up to something. The rest of the characters are portrayed negatively this is easily identified through the clothing and body language of our characters.

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Overall the general audience that is targeted for thriller films is usually quite wide and a wide range of ages enjoy them, however the minimum age tends to be 15 and over as anyone younger than this may not understand the complexity of some films. Also due to the violence and general use of drugs and illegal activity in most it is best suited for maturer audiences. However in general although both genders enjoy thrillers, males tend to enjoy thrillers more then females because they are able to relate with the characters a lot more unlike women who generally are able to relate with characters from other genres like romantic comedys.
When looking at thrillers there are many sub genres to go by that appeal to different types of people and different age groups. Again this is due to the violence shown and explicitly included in most of them.
For our own thriller we decided that the ages most suitable would be between 16-25, this is because it is a crime thriller and involves topics such as drugs and potential violence. I believe that our thriller will appeal mostly to males as stereotypically they tend to enjoy crime thrillers more. We decided that people who were in their late 20s and older wouldn't enjoy the film as  much as the younger audience as they are too 'mature' for topics such as drugs and crack houses. However this is just a general outline of our target audience.

This is an example of our target audience

Evaluation Question 5

Evaluation Question 6

Evaluation Question 7

This is Sophie and Orries response to question 7

EVALUATION - Q5

How did you attract/address your audience ?

Interviewing a member of our target audience

Interview of an actor in our group

Constructing Titles

Titles

We changed the titles at the last minute in order to make it more aesthetically pleasing. We did this by choosing a new font called Base 02 and we decided to make it flicker in order to show the dodgyness of the situation.

 There was trouble because we the titles would run over the next scenes to it was quite time consuming to make all the titles shorter.We've changed the size so its more easy to read as the font is sort of unclear.

-We put the ident first which was candi media 

- Then we put the main star which was Ian

- After went the second important in the movie which was luke 

- And after that we had the two less important characters , Orrie Jimack and Sophie Larkin-Tannetta

- The producer was put next which was Max Walker

- Then we put editing by Emma Smith

- Music is by Ian Keserue

- Then lastly we have the director who is Tom Carroll

Final film feed back from audience member

Rough cut feed back from audience member

PLANNING-pitch feedback on rough copy

 This was our rough copy feedback from Dan.

Feedback from target audience member

PLANNING- title inspirations

Blow (2001)

We looked at this title sequence as part of inspiration for ours we found a drug thriller called blow (2001) and analysed the way the titles approached the screen which was through the effect of typing. The titles were discrete as they featured over images of marijuana and the effect of smoke continued also, this portrays the idea already that the film will be about drugs however does not completely give it away.

Pusher (1996)

The opening to this was quite typical as the titles were super imposed, the sequence in the background consisted of the characters slowly introduced fading in and out. This was effective as it added suspense and mystery and gave the impression of something bad.The font is bold giving the illusion of it being more masculine and adding depth.

Dan's feedback to our soundtrack

A short clip of Dan's feedback on the soundtrack for our thriller. 

Use of flour (cocaine) in our thriller

A brief talk about using cocaine in our thriller.

Pusher - Storyboard

Storyboard

Part 1

Part 2

PLANNING-TARGET AUDIENCE

From the start our group agreed on the target audience being 15-25, even after our pitch presentation and the feedback we received as a group we have all agreed we will keep the current age range as we believe it is suitable for our film. The fact that our thriller opening includes everyday props and items will attract an audience as they will be able to identify with the characters within our opening, by using this strategy will hopefully attract the target audience we want.

Production schedual

Before we started to film , our group made a production schedule to keep up on track with what needed to be done before hitting our deadline.Personally we think we stuck very well to our schedule , we got the drug house scene filmed all on the Thursday like planned. However although we got the scene of Ian walking done on Tuesday like planned , there were some complications as some of our footage came out blurry so instead of spending the Saturday focusing on the drug scene again , we were able to use that day to re film Ian's scene which was more convenient as we had extra scenes to use and were able to choose the best to put in.

Once all filming was finished we began editing on the days stated .We found the editing difficult as our scenes kept getting lost so it was time consuming to redo them but due to our free week for evaluating, we were able to use some of those days as editing took longer than planned and still be on track to get everything finished by the deadline.

Inspirations.

Before making our final thriller project , we were influenced by a few films. In Arlington road there were close ups of the little boys feet walking which we thought was good enough to place in our film when Ian is making his way to the drug house also the Mise en scene used such as the setting , outside , was used in ours too. There was also a film called 'Protege' which we used the Mise en scene from. The famous scene of the drug taking inspired us with its dark lighting and small room which we then put into our thriller in the scene of the drug house. We thought that what we took from each film worked really well with our film.