Log Sheet

How does your film opening represent particular social groups?

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In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of existing thriller film openings?

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Audience feedback Interview (written)

Mise-en-scene:

Me- By watching the screen and what’s within the fame do you think the mise-en-scene effective?

Mudan- The use of woods and natural lighting created a thrilling atmosphere and by watching what is within the frame I found this opening sequence interesting.

Editing:

Me- Do you think the editing in both action and music good quality?

Mudan- The editing skills I think is not that great because the sound and images don’t go well together and the editing seems unprofessional however I think you lots did well. The scenes are a bit sudden and I can feel the cuts, they could be a bit smoother.

Sound:

Me- Do you think that this sound track works well and compliments the action on screen?

Mudan- I think the sound/ music you have chosen is effective because by just listening to the sound I had already felt scared and engaged with the action going on screen.

Use of Camera movement:

Me- Do you think the use of camera could be improved or do you think it’s effective the way it is?

Mudan- I very much like the use of camera because it shows the prospective of both the killer and the main actress. I especially like the camera shakes because if el like i am the main character who is trying to escape.

Interview of Ideas Towards Our Film (video)

THIS INTERVIEW IS TO HELP ME AND THE REST OF THE GROUP TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES WE SHOULD MAKE TO OUR FILM BEFORE SHOOTTING THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE.GETTING A TARGET AUDIENCE POINT OF VIEW IS HELPFUL TOWARD THE PRODUCTION.

Audience feedback Interview (video)

THESE TWO VIDEO CLIPS ARE THE FEEDBACK FROM MY TARGET AUDIENCE, THIS IS THE FEEDBACK TO SHOW THE PROS AND CONS OF OUR FINISHED OPENING SEQUENCE FROM AN AUDIENCE'S VIEW. HOPFULLY BY DOING THIS WE (GROUP) COULD LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE ANOTHER FILM PRODUCTION SUCCESSFULLY POSSIBLY BETTER.

Synopsis to our thriller film

Lara Smith is a strong and independent character who is a successful business woman with a lot of connections. At her work people are either scared of her or want to be her because of her confidence and because she is so powerful, she was one of those people who wanted to change the world and was very warm hearted however the higher she got the more she lost her soul to money and left her old personality behind.

Now she’s a strong but lonely woman whose life is her office. She meets a guy who is kind, warm hearted and funny and falls for him after dates and events that she spent with him. She now has it all the money, the house, the job and the perfect man; however all of this was soon going to change. Her company was at its best point and was making a lot of money but we soon realise that the boyfriend is a secret thief who works with very dangerous people that scam companies and take all their money.

It’s soon revealed that he is planning to do the same for Lara’s company because he knows so much about it and also has a connection. As the gang are trying to go through with the scam the police catch them out and put them all in prison Lara goes to prison everyday and visits him bringing him his favourite dish and picture of her.

2 years later he gets let out of prison for good behaviour and he couldn’t wait to get out but the only problem was that Lara hadn’t visited him since she heard he was getting released and he couldn’t get a hold of her. The day he gets out he meets up with the old gang, what’s left of it and they tell him that Lara was the reason he went to jail, she had realised what he was up to and had told the police so they could be wiped out. He was very frustrated and goes looking for her but soon he finds out that she has ran away with all the money from the company from his scam and no one knows where she is. Through some events he finds out where she is and follows her and ends up finding her tied up in the cottage she stayed in all tortured and abused.

His plan was to do the same thing but he was shocked and heartbroken by the scene he had seen therefore he untied her and tried helping her but the minute she got a breathe in she started running through the forest trying to get away from her because she was so scared that he was there for payback, this brought back all of his anger and as he ran after her he ended up knocking her out and killing her. He walks away smiling leaving the body to bleed to death.

Evidence of Questionnaire Results (Female)

This is the results from a female target audience. Based on the results i have realised they both agree on having a male or female protagonist and prefer either a cliff-hanger or the antagonist winning because it is much more interesting that way.

Evidence of Questionnaire Results (Male)

This is results for the questionnaire i handed out. These results are from a male target audience i have realised from the results by the male audience that they prefer 18+ rated films.

First Draft of Questionnaire

This is the first draft of my questionnaire. By doing this i got a clear idea of what questions to ask my target audience and to make it even i asked 5 females and 5 males.