Evaluation - Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full product?

• we have learnt how to use the software correctly 
• we have developed our camera skills hugely 
• we learnt and developed new shots such as shot reverse shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule 

Evaluation - Question 6

What have you learn about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?

• we have developed our camera skills and precision, editing skills, learnt about new software such as iMovie and Garange band as well as working on blogger

• we have improved immensely since working on our preliminary task and horror trailer at GCSE

Evaluation - Question 5

How do you attract/address your audience?

• We addressed our audience by using a similarly aged protagonist so the teenage viewers could relate to her character  
• We attracted our audience by using social networking sites which many of the viewers will recognise 

Evaluation - Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

• Our target audience is set between 15-30 year olds
• We feel that the teenage age market will enjoy our product the mos as it is relateable to them
• We have rated our opening at the age certificate of 15 classified by the BBFC

Evaluation - Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

• we chose newline cinema to distrtibute our product because of its previous successful thriller films
• using newline cinema would also help with the distribution of our product to cinemas

Evaluation - Question 2

How does your media product represent a particular social group?

• We feel our product represents the teenage social group as vulnerable 
• It also represents males and dominant,over riding and dangerous

Evaluation - Question 1

In what way does your media product, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 

• we have conformed to a typical narrative of a thriller film
• we have followed Todorov's narrative theory 

Camera angles and shots

We used a range of different camera angles and shots to portray characters from different perspectives, create different atmospheres and to enhance different scenes. 

1

Extreme close up of the villains hand to show a vast amount of detail but not too much to reveal the villains identity. 

2

Point of view shot from the villains perspective, the blurred reflection displayed on the computer screen comes across as chilling and creepy as well as suggesting a sense of  secrecy. This also allows the viewer to have a clearer idea of who the villain is.

3

A medium long shot of the female victim walking allows the viewer to see the majority of her body to catch all of her movement.

4

A close up of the male villains fist shows detail and draws the viewers attention to the hand. The clenching of the fist creates a chilling atmosphere and displays a sense of anger as well as the suggestion of plotting and planning something. 

5

A high angled close up shot was used when the villains hand if hovering over the time table he uses to see where and when the victim will be.  This high angled shot was used to present vulnerability not on his behalf but on the victim’s behalf as the timetable is representing her life routine, which would be personified and representing her.

6

A tracking shot was used as the villain’s hand running across the banister to allow the viewer to follow his movement. 

7

A low angled close up was used to not only focus on the movement of the villain but to show his dominance.

8

An over the shoulder from the villains perspective helps to establish the position of the villain and to show a suggestion of who the villain is but not revealing his whole identity. 

9

An establishing shot used to show the audience the main setting in the opening sequence, we have set the camera on a tripod and used a panning shot to show the main setting. 

Final cut

This is our final cut of our thriller opening; we have kept many of the original scenes from out rough but also added a range of new ones. we tried to keep as closely as we could to our rough cut but at the same time ensured we added more interesting and effective shots. We used our feedback sheet as a close guidance for our updated cut, we tried to adapt around if not change the points that we made to us which we were told would improve our opening further.

Audience Feedback

After viewing our opening scene, the audience said various good points and also things that could be changed or improved.

Positive comments:

• The reflexion of the villain in the computer has been mentioned a number of times by the audience, expressing that they thought this shot was effective and successful.  
• It was also said that the closing of the browser which lead to the name of the film appearing on screen was also a really successful shot and was a good end to the credits.
• A number of people said that it was clear what our story line was through the shots and scenes that we used, this was our main priority when filing so we are pleased that the audience picked this up easily.    
• Our use of the credits were commented on also, saying they looked really effective as they were actually being wrote on to the screen as the viewer is watching, which was said to be an interesting way to include the credits. 
• It as mentioned that the opening credits built tension.
• The first shot used (the extreme close up of the hand on the mouse) was said to be really effective.  

Negative comments:

• it was suggested that the credits could be speeded up a bit because they were a little slow and would come across better if they were quicker.
• One viewer said that we had used too many photos.
• It was said that the ending was too sudden and would be better if it was a little longer.
• It was suggested more than once that we could include more camera angles as all the ones we have used were quite similar or the same type of angle repeated.

We have noted all of the positive and negative comments made; the negative comments have helped us immensely allowing us to recognize and change or improve that areas that need it. We plan to cut out the shadow that was noticed by  one of the viewers, speed up the credits, cut down the amount of photos we have used, use some more shots to make the opening longer and more in depth and use a larger range of of camera angles.