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Monday, 24 February 2014
question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the full product?
The preliminary task was to create a 30 seconds scenario involving 2 people having a minimal conversation. This was our opportunity to focus on camera techniques and how to edit. Within the scenario we used over the shoulder, close ups and medium shots. We came up with one location, in a hall way, where people could sit and revise, it was an obvious idea to have two people talking about work and revising together.
The purpose of the Preliminary task was to simply learn how to be able to operate and film with a camera and also edit your filmed work. During this task we had to experiment with the camera by playing around with different camera techniques such as shot sizes, angles and movements in order for us to find out which will be most effective for our actual thriller opening. Same with editing we experimented with different transitions and learnt how to use the timeline. It also gave us a better understanding for group roles as we would know who could do what role depending on the skills and abilities each individual had to offer in the preliminary task.
4 things I
am now better with and more confident with doing in terms of filming and
editing
Filming: I struggled a bit with the hand held camera and framing my shot however now that I used the tri pod its much to create effective cinematography such as over the shoulder shot and close ups in order to make my thriller look more professional.
Filming: whilst filming I struggled with placing the characters and placing them in the right place to make it look professional in the frame. Now I have a better understanding of where to place these characters to express their body language and costume son that the audience realise its conventional to the thriller genre.
Editing: I made good progress when editing my preliminary task in several aspects. This include using final cut pro and creating a timeline of footage but at first I struggled with placing my shots in order and cutting them to fit it into the 30 second time limit but still making it effective and conventional.
Editing: I’m now more confident in using transition and creating effect for my filmed footage make it conventional and more professional as it flows effectively in order for the audience to understand the narrative better.
Comparisons
between preliminary and final product
This is a
comparison of over the shoulder shots. An over the shoulder shot is used to
show what a character is looking at, it may also over the shoulder because that
character may be an anonymous character just like my final product where you
can see that he’s looking at the group. As
you can see in the preliminary it’s hard to define exactly what he’s doing.
Overall we’ve made a vast improvement in developing the over the shoulder shot.
This
comparison here is for long shot if you look at the preliminary you can see
that this long shot has unnecessary detail on the side of the frame however I
improved this in my final product I used the long shot to show all the
characters within the group and still manage to show detail of the location in
they’re in.
Another
comparison I have to make is the costume in the preliminary; you can’t define
characters characteristic and personalities because their costume doesn’t
represent anything only the fact that they’re dressed smartly must show they’re
still in education. We improved our costume choices for example with my
character he’s dressed in bright clothing with a shirt and cardigan showing
someone who vulnerable and seems intelligent.
From the preliminary task the planning was essential because we could ensure that any shot or editing techniques we used with the task, we could improve on and develop in order to make it conventional to the thriller genre in the final product. It was best that I followed all conventions of the thriller genre through filming and editing for example storyboarding helped us plan our shot and other production techniques before actually filming to make it more efficient and professional.
Personal reflection:
I believe I made a successful thriller as I followed the
generic conventions of a thriller for example the way I planned all my
cinematography before filming saving me time and giving the rest of the production
crew a better idea of how the shots would look and how my ideas would look overall.
In addition I also believe I made a successful thriller because of the uses of
costume for example with Erdem who played as the fake antagonist, he wore all
black and a hoodie to seems anonymous which also fools the audience giving them
a sense of fear. However he wore a white tee in the end to then show that he
was a victim and if he was to get killed or injured so the blood would show.
I mainly enjoyed the editing where I witnessed the whole
production coming to an end. Not just the fact that it’s almost done but also
the fact that it’s our last chances to make the final production look good with
all the transitions and effects to make it look professional and so that we can
make it conventional to the thriller genre as much as possible. In addition I
also liked it because you could add sound effect and put all the clips together
so that the narrative flows.
I think our cinematography could be improved as it’s the most
important thing which can make a thriller conventional to the genre. We could
improve on more shot and angles especially in the final scene where we have a
shot of me which lasts for about 25 seconds, instead we could have possibly a
high angle shot to show levels and power between the two characters where the
nerd is torturing the fake antagonist.
Overall throughout the production process I have learnt about
the generic conventions that would attract an audience and make them understand
what a thriller is and what isn’t throughout the research and planning. I have
also learnt how to operate a camera and a tripod and cinematography elements
such positioning and movement. I’ve discovered what my target audience should
be and why I should aim it at them and why planning is so important before film
production work for example storyboarding and creating questionnaires.
question 5: how did you attract/address your target audience?
I took part
in a lot of secondary research into existing films. I explored the ways that
they were structured the narrative for example all thrillers would use a
similar narrative structure as they’re targeting specific audience group.
Through m research I have that these thrillers have similar representation on
characters for example the antagonists identity is supposed to be kept hidden
till the end of the film. They would do this to build suspense and tension
which is what they aim to get from the audience in order to create emotions and
keep them hooked on. In addition most thrillers use young female victims in
order to make the audience feel sorry for them and take their side.
From my
research I have gathered information to prove that the target audience not only
relies on the genre but also the themes and the narrative which then links to
the genre. An example of this would be an action thriller, the target audience
would be aimed at young people males of any race and young employed citizens
because they expect to see more action as they like fast pace and high tension
scene. There hobbies are also most
likely to be video games or even sports where there is physical contact and
blood rushing excitement.
Our opening
thriller ‘the unknown massacre ‘has an age range from 15 to 21 mainly because
of the characters within the thriller who are around that age. We chose this
audience group because they can relates to these kind of characters
personalities for example there will be an immature character who will scare
the couple at the beginning to show he’s immature. The audience will find this
kind of prank funny because it something they would do themselves however at
the same time we want to remind the audience that it’s still a thriller by
making the audience jump but they will laugh after. Overall they’ll enjoy the
unique and interesting characters they can relate to in addition with themes.
Age: 15-21
Gender: unisex
Ethnicity:
all diverse cultures
Occupation:
students employed, E, D, C1, C2, B, A
Question 5
The
questionnaire was relevant because we got more information about who the target
audience and got quick feedback. The information we wanted were specific in
order to define a narrative in addito0n the graph made it easier to receive
feedback. The results we received was
essential fro preparation, planning and getting the right emotions out of the
audience.
My questions
4. What sub-genre of thriller do you
prefer?
5. What themes would you like to see in
a thriller?
6. Do you prefer thrillers based on a true
story?
7. Do you find thrillers based on a
true story more interesting?
It’s vital that we produced a questionnaire in order to gather information and indicate what our target audience want to see making them satisfied but sticking to the thriller genre at the same time. It helped us with things like costume because when I asked about costume for a nerd, I was able to define exactly how to dress my nerd for example he wore slim jeans, a checked shirt and a cardigan and glasses. This made it clearer to the audience that I was a nerd.
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