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Question 7
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These low angle shots of feet have improved, since the prelim the steadiness of the camera has changed. There is less wobble and it looks more professional. Also like most of these the quality has improved after using a better camera to the prelim you can see the difference in footage.
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The over the shoulder is also much steadier than the first as it doesn’t follow the character it is a still over the shoulder. It looks more professional whereas the one filmed in the preliminary looks lazy and effortless.
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The medium shot of the character has also improved due to editing techniques because unlike the prelim shot where the character walks forward, again with an unsteady hand filming. The shots have improved due to editing as the shots now jump cut and subvert the rule of continuity. This editing technique only works well with this character as he is the antagonist and as it is a thriller it fits well but could look strange in any other genre or situation.
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Lastly the low angle mid shot has been used more effectively because it shows that the character is looking at something significant and the repetition justifies this.
Question 5
Question 5
How did you
attract/address your audience?
When we were completing the research we had to carry out a questionnaire for our audience in the style of VoxPops. VoxPops are used to learn opinions, in this case we used it to understand what our audience knows and thinks about thrillers.
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When filming our VoxPops we aimed to approach
both genders equally and mainly teenagers, we asked only 15-16 year olds.
When filming doing the VoxPops, we asked
everyone what conventions you would expect in a thriller. This question is
important to know because it tell us what our target audiences can pick out
from a thriller and what they notice and remember about them, from this info we
have gathered it tells us what works best as they have remembered these
conventions for a reason
What conventions would you expect in a thriller?
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Sound
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Lighting
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High tension scenes
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Jump scares
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How many answers.
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4
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4
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4
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4
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These factors were the four main answers and
from this data we know what we had to focus on to target our audience best.
This shot of
the grave is the most clear and visible enough to read, this makes the audience
notice it and they are most likely to read it meaning that it has some
significance to the opening and narrative. This shot is repeated a few times
throughout the opening to prove its significance and so that the audience will
remember the name. Using short glimpse of the shot a couple of times in a
product means that the audience are more likely to see it and take notice of
it. When editing our thriller we needed to ensure that it was clear to the
audience that the protagonist was laying on his own grave but was not yet dead.
We used a time stamp at the beginning of the sequence to signify that the date
was prior to the gravestone date. We hoped that this would be evident to the
audience and that they would notice this element. We also created this
understanding through the editing by cross cutting the protagonist stepping
towards the grave and the gravestone. This would hopefully make it clear to the
audience by the repetitive flashing of the gravestone shot so it would stay in
their mind and prove its significance in the sequence. And finally we
made the prop significant to the character through the cinematography. We shot
a close up of the protagonist brushing is fingers over the gravestones letters.
We did this to create a sense of realism and show the audience the emotional
side to the thriller and plot.
This shot
creates a sense of realism because after the protagonist wakes up on the grave
it may not be evident to the audience but it make it more understandable and
realistic when he touches the letters as it portrays that he is trying to grasp
hold of the idea and come to terms that it is his grave he has woken up on. The
way he touches the letters makes the audience feel sympathy and portrays how he
can’t believe that it’s real so he touches it for reassurance. After the shot
of the full grave it makes the audience understand more how significant this
grave is over all and it is the key prop in the whole product.
This shot shows the confused and dazed protagonist in the background as
the sinister antagonist looks on and watches him struggle with confusion. This
shot is significant because it proves to the audience that the ECU of the eye
at the beginning is the antagonist and he is the culprit of the incident. It shows
that he is the one that has done it because he is the only one there and then
and watches on and does not help the victim. This over the shoulder shot also
shows the action unravelling as it begins to get interesting and more
suspenseful. Using an over the shoulder shot was important at this part because
it pulls the narrative together and shows that the unidentified eye in the
beginning is something to do with the protagonist and the dual narrative of the
corkboard.
Throughout
the opening we used the same soundtrack which kept the theme, Using the same sound track kept the theme
of the thriller by the repetition which reflected the protagonist’s emotions as
he was confused and the sound really matched his as it quite tedious and mind
numbing which reflects the mood we wanted to create as it is a thriller.
However we wanted to avoid it getting repetitive so the music we chose
crescendos in the middle, the sound track reflects what the audience said they
expect in a thriller film. The audience said that they expect an audio that
creates and builds tension, they also said that they would expect a catchy
soundtrack that you may remember as it makes it effective. We found this
information from the VoxPops we carried out on our target audience, we also
found from other research that you would typically expect uncomforting sounds
in an opening and I would class the beats in our soundtrack as uncomforting as
it may reflects a beating heart which adds tension to the product.
From
the VoxPops we also found out that the target audience would expect fast pace
editing, editing and the sound track fit hand in hand therefore at the
beginning of our opening it was quite slow however when the soundtrack began to
crescendo the pace of editing began to get faster matching the beats and the
flow of the music. Using a fast paced sequence is effective as it always makes
the audience on edge and never know when something is about to happen, fast
pace action also moves the story along quickly so it is easier to grasp hold of
the storyline. This is effective as it keeps the pace going. A faster paced thriller
is more interesting to watch than a slow one as it would get boring and the
audience wouldn’t feel tension or have a suspense feel to it.
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