comments from audience

today we watched the five films made by the class, and each group wrote comments about the films, stating the pros and cons. these are the results from our film.

video evaluation:1

here we have done the first 5 questions of the evaluation in video format, because we wanted to answer the questions in different formats, to make it more interesting and unique. we are going to upload the last two questions in podcast format.

evaluation questions six and seven

here we have decided to answer the last two questions in a podcast format, and we went into more detail on these two questions. we did the sixth question with me and callus, where he talked about editing, and I talked about camera angles. then in the seventh question, me, Ollie and callus talked about how we improved our film from the preliminary task. Ryan couldn't be there due technical difficulties, but he was there in spirit.

evaluatin questions 1-5

conventions of thriller genre

thrillers usually start with some form of action scene, and usually end with some sort of murder or a way to establish the villain in the film. we also have stereotypical sexism, in which we have a defenceless woman killed by a man, as she is more vulnerable, whereas the man is superior.

we also have the mystery of who the killer is, as we do not reveal him to the audience until the title comes up, and that is the usual thing to do in a thriller, as it keeps the audience interested and watching.

we also have one of the characters die in the beginning of the film, which is also very common in thrillers. we have filmed in a very remote place, which goes against the common stereotype of it being set in a public place, such as heavily crowded street




how does your media product represent social groups?

in our film, the murderer is supposedly working class, as he is just wearing jeans and a hoodie, whereas the police are clearly of higher class, as they are wearing suits, so you can tell that there is a clear distinction between the murderer and the police.

what kind of media institutions might distribute your film  and why?

I think that a small, independent film company will distribute our film, because it is quite low budget, and it is a typical thriller cop film, so i think large companies will be uninterested,

who would be the ideal audience for your product?

i think teenagers and young adults will be interested in our film, because they are generally interested in thrillers and go to watch them. i think a few older people would like this as well, but mostly the young adult age range will enjoy it.

how did you attract/ address the audience?

we had our film be a fast paced thriller, to get audiences that are interested in that genre to come watch the film. we also had a plot twist in the film, by having Oliver die, and we ended the opening with suspense.

preliminary planning self reflection

recently we did our preliminary task film, and now we are doing the self evaluation, to see what we did well and what we didn't.


what went well?

• we all worked well together and didn't argue
• we didn't do a lot of stuff wrong, so we finished filming quite quickly
• we came up with the rule of waiting three seconds until starting, which allowed us all to get ready at the same time
• we used a large variety of shots to make the thing more interesting

what didn't go well?

• we couldn't use the equipment very well in the beginning, and this slowed down filming
• I messed up one of my lines so it doesn't sound as well in the film
• me and callum kept on laughing so it took longer to finish the film
• we kept on getting the timing of the filming wrong, so we would start too early or too late

what can we do to improve?

• to improve we can get a better understanding of the equipment we will be using
• we can also get a better script instead of just making it up
• do a better storyboard so that we all know what we're doing