Evaluation

We showed our films to other members of our media class and were given feedback on what they liked about our preliminary task and what could have been improved upon.


The things that they liked were;

• The CU's of the mouths as this added to the mystery behind the characters.
• The variety of camera shots and camera angles used.
• The establishment of the scene in which our Thriller had been set, particularly the opening shot which sets the scene of the Thriller.
• The costumes and props that established the importance of the characters helping them fit the typical conventions of the Thriller genre.
• The way in which the package was followed as it was passed from one character to the next enhancing the importance of the package and it's passing from one character to the next.
• The smooth flowing edits.
• The generic conventions that were followed such as the setting, actors and dialogue.
• The setting of the sequence as it had been filmed outside of school and research had gone into finding the appropriate location.
• The narrative that fitted the Thriller genre and engaged the audience.

The audience did not like:

• The varying subtitle sizes
• The sound and lack of tones and music to enhance the drama of the scene.

To rectify this, I changed the subtitles and made sure that they were of constant size and font. We could not however change the sound as we had found no tones and had too little time to reshoot our film.

If I were to do this task again, I would check the equipment thoroughly before starting the filming; I would definitely make a thorough storyboard and script as this made the filming much easier on the day; I would check the sound of the location making sure that it's volume did not exceed that of our actors; I would make sure that we had plenty of time to film without the daylight hours affecting our continuity; and finally I would make sure that what we wanted to be the final outcome was achievable with the sounds and equipment that we had.

In general, I think that the outcome of our preliminary has proved to be effective in conforming to the typical conventions of a Thriller genre and to the task given to us.