Evaluation post- Introduction

Evaluation introduction

 



Our brief was to make a 2 minute opening thriller sequence which included micro elements such as mise-en-scene, editing, sound and cinematography. These micro elements helped our thriller film follow the different codes and conventions that came with the thriller genre. The class was split up into groups of threes and each group had to come up with a thriller production name. In my group was Hannah Hobbs, Ella Sawtell and myself. Together we decided on "Dark Sky's" as being our thriller production  name.

We then allocated each group member with production roles. Hannah Hobbs took on the role as being Producer, Director, Director of photography and Mes- en- Scene co-ordinator. Ella Sawtell took on the role as being Producer, Actor, Screenplay writer, Mes-en-scene co-ordinator and Editor. Finally I took on the role as being Producer, Actor, Music producer and Mes-en-scene co-ordinator. I took on the Music producer role because I felt like I had a good understanding of what music was needed to make our thriller sequence successful. I have watched quite a few thriller films so I understand that to make it conventional to the thriller genre, the music has to edgy and eerie. I chose to be an actor as well because I felt like our thriller sequence needed a male antagonist to really emphasis the stereotypical link of the antagonist always being Male. This overall helped our thriller sequence because it made it more conventional to the thriller genre. Finally everyone in my group was allocated the role of being Mes-en-scene co-ordinator because we each had our own ideas that would help improve our thriller sequence. This was a really good idea because everyone got a say and no ones ideas were left out.

Overall I think that we all worked really well as a group. Everyone listened too each other and we all got along which in turn really helped when filming our thriller sequence. Also everyone had there own strengths for example Hannah was really good at the editing side of things and Ella was really focused on what camera angles would work best. I however tried to play the antagonist as best as possible to make our thriller sequence as conventional as possible. I did this by using conventional thriller techniques like wearing dark clothing and carrying a stereotypical thriller weapon (a knife). I think that each group member brought the best out of each other and we wouldn't have been able to do it if one group member was missing. Everyone was always on time and we all were knew that we had to be committed if we wanted our thriller sequence to be the best it could possibly be.

As a group I think that we have made a successful thriller sequence. We have done this by making our thriller sequence conventional to the thriller genre. For example we wanted to use low key lighting and shadow effects because we felt that this would portray a conventional thriller sequence. It also helped add tension to specific scenes which in turn also helped. We also used specific camera angles like panning because they are commonly known to be used in famous thriller films to replicate a chase scene. The use of diegetic sounds like footsteps were one of our favourite effects because they helped build tension into the build up of a jumpy scene. We also wanted to make our protagonist Female and our antagonist Male because we knew that this was very stereotypical technique used by thriller companies to help build a stronger bond with the audience.