Questionaire

Questionaire

Chris and I devised a questionaire to find out about what our audience may want and what they like about thrillers. I have analysed these questionaires down at the bottom of the blog.

Feedback

Analysis

From these questionaires I can see that I had some sarcastic feedback but even on those I still got valuable data from my audience. The majority of the people I asked were 16-24 so I now know my target audience. The questionaire also shows that everyone apart from one person like mystery thrillers which is good as our production is a mystery thriller. Our idea also got very positive feedback as all but one person thought it was either a 3 or a 4 for the rating of our idea. The majority of the improvements that we recieved were to make it longer or to add more storyline. This is something that Chris and I are going to think about when it comes to filming.

Recce Shots

Chris and I took some shots of the location before we started filming. We didnt do the filming at Manor Park as originally planned but we both feel that this location is better.  We both wanted a quiet location to film and although there is a road in the background there was no major disruptions because of it. Also this location very rarely has people using it so nobody interupted our filming.

Titles

We both decided just to have plain titles to make the opening scene seem normal and not to have any fancy or horror titles as we both think we should maintain some normality in the opening sequence. We are both going to make up a production company for the sake of the titles aswell as the credits to both of us aswell. I have to say Chris made these titles but I helped with the design getting the images for him to use.

Post Production

Chris and I managed to get our filming completed within our set schedule on Wednesday 9th December. However there was a slight delay in filming in the fact that the camera ran out of battery so we had to go back into the school to charge up the camera. In total we go the filming done in just under two hours.

We will now begin editing on Monday 14th December and we also have to record my voice for when I read out the note.

We have now finished our editing. It did however have to stretch over to the Tuesday lesson on the 15th December however we feel we have produced a very good first draft.

Editing

Planning

Main Task Idea

Group

Me
Chris

Stoylines

1. A walker discovers a dead body in a field with a crytic note on him. The walker reads the note and then the killer appears behind the walker. This is where it ends.

2. A mysterious man is walking down a dark path. He is holding a bag with something heavy inside.

Chosen Storyline

Chris and I have chosen idea 1. The title of this film would be "Just Another One". There will be three characters in our production. They will be the killer, the walker and the dead man. The cryptic note will be in the form of a mysterious poem. The poem will say:

My fun and games have just begun,
The man before you never saw the sun,
In the end he was just another one,
I wonder who will read your message when you're gone.

Full Story Line

A man is walking in a field when he suddenly gets drawn to a mysterious object. This object turns out to be a murdered man. The walker cautiously approaches the body. When the walker gets close he discovers that the man is dead. The walker notices a note wrapped in the dead man’s hand. The walker then takes the note and begins to read it. When the walker is finished reading it he turns around. This is where the movie ends with a loud and mysterious noise as the screen fades to black.

Mise-en-scene

Costume

Killer - The killer will be wearing dark clothing and most likely something to cover up their face.
Walker -  The walker will be wearing just general normal clothing.
Dead man - The dead man will also be wearing normal clothing.

Props

We are not going to use any props other than the note.

 

Other Peoples Work Analysis

Torn - A Grade (56 Marks)

I chose to evaluate some previous AS Media sudents work. This person's production was called Torn. This thriller got 56 marks which is an A at A Level so I decided that this would be good insight into the quality of Thriller that Chris and I would have to produce. This opening sequence did a good job of creating tension and this wa particularly done through the inserts that flash up really quickly.

The main characters costume was well suited I believe as it gave a sense of normality in the character as at first he seemed to be doing just normal day-to-day things. The use of a prop in the form of a newspaper also displays this normality.

The titles are also really well done as they are about the right size to read and also to not overbear what the character is doing. The font is really good aswell as it is just plain and this links in with the narrative as there is nothing unusally happening yet.

The Ring Of Trees - E Grade (25 marks)

I also chose to evaluate this piece as it got a low grade and this way a can compare a good piece in Torn and also compare a not so good piece. I felt that on this piece the titles are against a black background which doesn't look as good and it also prevents the sequence from starting and continuing. Also around 43 seconds there is a pan shot in which the camera is very shakey. The whole thing looks very amateur albeit they are however they could have still done better.

 

Costumes

Walker -  The walker will be wearing just general normal clothing most likely dark clothing.
Dead man - The dead man will also be wearing normal clothing most likely dark clothing.

Risk Assessment

Chris and I have chosen a location with very few risks. Both locations are outdoors and they have path. Both locations are quiet so there is little chance of us getting in the way of the public and of the public interuptting our filming. The only risk to the camera is water damage if it rains however if we don't film at Manor Park we should be sheltered from the rain. There is also the chance of leaves being slippy and the potential that we may slip over however I doubt that this would happen.

Actors

Actors

I will be playing the role of the walker who discovers the dead body.

And Chris will be playing the role of the dead person.

Filming Plan

Filming Plan

Filming Schedule

Chris and I have decided to carry out the filming of our project on Wednesday 09 December at 12 PM after our school day has finished. This is a good time for us too film as it gives us it gives us about 4 and a half hours of daylight to film.

Locations

We have both decided to film close by to where we live. At the end of the road where I live is a Manor Park. We have this location in mind to shoot our film.

Alternatively however we have another potential filming location closer to our school. We will use this location if it is raining as there is more shelter here so the camera won't get wet.

Storyboard

Storyboard