Questionnaire Feedback

After creating the questionnaire I handed 10 out to friends and 1 family member, 5 males and 5 females. We received positive feedback which we will take on board when making final decisions on our movie. 

From our feedback we learnt that the audience want to see a thriller movie set in a dark ominous room for a gangster based thriller. One person had included that an old fashioned snooker hall would be a good set for a British gangster movie. We also had 9 out of 10 people saying that the movie would benefit from a black and white effect. This was great to hear as a black and white effect has been an idea of ours since day 1. From our feedback we have learnt that a one word title is considered for a thriller movie as it creates suspense and makes the audience want to watch our film in order to understand the title.

As a result of question 8 we received an answer from a friend which we saw as very interesting as they suggested that we merge the theme of gangster with psychology. As we had not thought of this before we have now learnt how questionnaires can benefit decision making. All the feedback we have received will have an effect on our decision making when making the film.

Questionnaire

                    Questionnaire

1)       Gender

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2)       How old are you?

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3)       Where should a thriller be set?

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4)       Reasons as to why you think the location you recommended would benefit our film

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5)       What expectations do you have of a thriller?

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6)       Are one word titles better suited in the thriller genre?

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If you think that a one word title does not suffice, your reasons as to why you think this will be appreciated

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7)       Would our short film benefit from a black and white effect? (yes, no)

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8)       Which sub–genre appeals to you? (please tick)

Gangster …

Medical based …

Disaster …

Psychological …

Jack Norton

BBFC(the british board of film classification)

Codes and Conventions

Evaluation of Another Group's Preliminary

I am evaluating Hannah Hall’s groups preliminary. I think that the first shot of the character walking down the stairs is very good as they use the close up very effectively. I noticed throughout the short film that we did not see the characters face. It was unclear whether this was on purpose or not. I think that as the length of the film is very short, it was not very effective to not see the characters face. For the purpose of the film, it was a better idea to show the characters face. There is also a dissolve in the middle of the film which doesn’t have any real effect to the film. I also think they were better off not having this part in the film.
There are two uses of match on action. The second one use is a good match on action as it is clear that she is entering the same room that was when she the other side of the door. Also the editing was good, as it was hard to see where the cut was from. The first match on action was not as good as the first as first as it was the same door used. It was also not a direct shit of the character walking through the door.
The overall video was good as it stuck to the rules that were set at the start. It used the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot. The shot were all used well because in the conversation at the end, the eye lines matched up so it was clear that they were looking at each other.

As Media Preliminary Task

Post Production Preliminary

Jack and I found post production the hardest as it was all knew software that we were using. But as we got used to it, it became easier and easier. As we had lots of footage, it took a long time to get it all onto the system because it loads at normal time. Once the footage was on, we ran it through three or four times to give ourselves a good idea as to which part of the footage we would be using. We already had a fairly good idea as throughout the filming, we were continuously playing the footage back to make sure that it was good enough.

The editing was easy enough once we decide what parts of the footage to use. We played through the clip until we got to the part that we were cutting out, then we would pause it, split the clip and then delete the unneeded part. This did not take as long as I thought it was because we were already quite clear on what parts we wanted to use. We edited from the beginning so as we cut each part out, we could play the film through to see if we were happy with it.

Once we had done the cutting of the film and were happy enough with the continuity of the film, we could then focus on the sound part of the film. We decided to have Jacks footsteps getting louder as he walked down the corridor to create some tension. But we found we moved to the close up of the hard on the door, which the footsteps did not match up to the footage before which is something we would have to look into more during the real film. We also made the sound of Jack hitting the table a lot louder so that it would be more affective.

Overall I think as the task went on we learnt more and more which would be massively beneficial in the final film. We knew that we would have to plan our film more than we did for the preliminary. Also we knew that continuity was a lot bigger factor then we first thought. Also we now knew how the editing would work on the software so we could film so that it would match the editing used of the software.