I think that since the preliminary task we have come a long way and we have learnt a lot. We’ve learnt about conventions of a thriller, and what separates an average film from an effective one that is full of tension and suspense and keeps the audience guessing. We learnt about the importance of lighting, of the camera angles and movements, and all of the other aspects of mise en scene like costume, make up, props etc. We learnt about representation, and how to target a particular audience through their age, class, gender, race etc (all part of audience psychographics). Because of this we managed to link all aspects of our thriller (such as the low-key lighting, tense soundtrack, low and high angles etc) to the representations we were trying to create, and also made sure that they were appealing to the audience. We learnt about the importance of the soundtrack, and how it can make or break a film and all of these things helped us to make a more effective opening sequence. I think one of the biggest things that we learnt was to make changes to our original idea to improve the product. Our initial idea was to make a fast paced sequence, based around the title ‘Rush’. However it became clear that this idea really wasn’t working. The camera couldn’t take some of the quick movements in the scenes, and so the shots were looking really messy and unprofessional. We were also trying to cram too much plot into such a short amount of time, so our product became very confusing and difficult to follow. During editing we removed these fast paced scenes, and took out a lot of the plot (which added in vital enigmas), which improved our thriller greatly, but meant that the title ‘Rush’ and our soundtrack no longer fitted. As much as we still liked our original idea, we knew we had to progress from it, and so we changed the title to ‘Persistent Paranoid’ which seemed to fit the slower, creepier feel of our new opening sequence.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Evaluation - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I think that since the preliminary task we have come a long way and we have learnt a lot. We’ve learnt about conventions of a thriller, and what separates an average film from an effective one that is full of tension and suspense and keeps the audience guessing. We learnt about the importance of lighting, of the camera angles and movements, and all of the other aspects of mise en scene like costume, make up, props etc. We learnt about representation, and how to target a particular audience through their age, class, gender, race etc (all part of audience psychographics). Because of this we managed to link all aspects of our thriller (such as the low-key lighting, tense soundtrack, low and high angles etc) to the representations we were trying to create, and also made sure that they were appealing to the audience. We learnt about the importance of the soundtrack, and how it can make or break a film and all of these things helped us to make a more effective opening sequence. I think one of the biggest things that we learnt was to make changes to our original idea to improve the product. Our initial idea was to make a fast paced sequence, based around the title ‘Rush’. However it became clear that this idea really wasn’t working. The camera couldn’t take some of the quick movements in the scenes, and so the shots were looking really messy and unprofessional. We were also trying to cram too much plot into such a short amount of time, so our product became very confusing and difficult to follow. During editing we removed these fast paced scenes, and took out a lot of the plot (which added in vital enigmas), which improved our thriller greatly, but meant that the title ‘Rush’ and our soundtrack no longer fitted. As much as we still liked our original idea, we knew we had to progress from it, and so we changed the title to ‘Persistent Paranoid’ which seemed to fit the slower, creepier feel of our new opening sequence.
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