evaluation of thriller

Evaluation of Thriller


In what ways does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

During the title sequence of Casino Royale the director relies upon iconic and symbolic signification to establish the genre of the film. One key signifier is the gun seen at (0:33 in the opening credits). Due to this we incorporated a gun as a main feature of the opening sequence (0:42 – 0:44) This effectively established the genre of the film while also providing a launch pad for our animation. Throughout are animation there is different iconic signifiers about the genre for example the city landscape that comes up. (0:57 – 1:02) This is iconic to the kind of area it is going to be set in. (outer London.) other iconic signifiers include are hero matt in dramatic cheesy pose (0:47 – 0:52). This gives the audience a small introduction to the hero in the film. Also the red blood that comes out of him is iconic to death and danger in the film which are codes and conventions of the thriller genre. The opening of are thriller just like the opening of casino royale relies on iconic signifiers to link it in with the codes and conventions of are genre and also to establish the genre of the film its self.
Another film in the same genre as are film and Casino royale is Donnie Brasko (Mike Newell, 28th February). The opening of this is a lot different to Casino Royale and our thriller but it fits into the sub-genre of are thriller. It isn’t as directly linked to are thriller as Casino Royale is but there are some similarities. From the start of the film there are simple titles on a black background (0:45 – 1:00) like we use for are titles at the start of are thriller (0:13 – 0:31). This helps to establish the genre of are film as it is a classic crime thriller effect as it is good to fade into the opening of the thriller. The rest of the opening doesn’t have much relevance to are thriller opening.
Yet another film in the same genre as are film is Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, September 21, 1990). This starts in the same way as both are thriller and Donnie with credits on a black background (0:11 – 0:43). This is a common convention of crime thrillers. Like Donnie Brasko the rest of the opening doesn’t have may similarities to are thriller opening.



How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our Thriller represents race differently to other spy thrillers. Are main character is a black male, which is different to the typical stereotype of a spy being a white male. I think this works well with our thriller as it draws it away from what someone would expect from a spy thriller. We could of taken it further away from the typical spy thriller by choosing a woman as are main character. We have also used stereotypes to construct are main character as he is a male, he is dressed smart and there is no women in the opening to show that the men in this film are dominate over the women. Age is represented differently to a typical thriller as Matt is younger than you would expect a main character in a film like this to be so this show how society is changing in the way that teenagers can now be in the position of guns. Also the gun in are opening also helps us to establish who are social group is.

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

I think that the film company best suited to produce our film would be Columbia Pictures as these are the same people that produced Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace. This is relevant as these are the films we based are opening around. The use of iconic signifiers through the opening credits of Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace link them to are opening very well as that is what we based are opening around. We did this as we felt that the use of iconic images in are opening sequence would give are film a cheesy feel to it which is what we wanted are film to be. I also think that the music that we used helped to reinforce the idea that are thriller is meant to look like the opening of Casino Royale as is has the same modern James Bond feel about it.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The main audience for are thriller film would be 15 to 20 year olds as I think that they are the main people that I think would be interested in this kind of thriller film as I would say that are film is a “Bond” for the younger generation. I think this as are main character is 17 years of age himself so younger people will find it easier to connect to him and I think that this will attract are younger audience. I think that Matt was a good choice of actor as his looks and his style make him a good hero for are thriller. I also think that are choice of music would help us to connect to are target audience as it is fast paced and is put tighter very well. It also links very well with are genre of film that we are going for. I think that the race and gender of Matt will also attract are audience as are main character is a black male we are fitting the stereotype of are spy with him being a male but we are moving away from it by having a black main character as most bond style spies are white.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Our thriller attracted and addressed our audience very well I think. The first way in which we attracted are audience is through are main character, Matt who is the same age as are target audience so because of this are audience can connect to are main character. We didn’t do this intentionally it was because we only had certain age range to choose from. I think this does attract are target audience though.
Another way in which our thriller addressed are audience is through the music that we used. We used fast paced, rock music which I think will attract are audience as this is the kind of music they will be listening to. It also works really well with the visuals on screen. This entices are audience and engages them to read on.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of construction the product?

Over the past few months that we have spent shooting this opening I have learnt a lot about the technologies of making a film. I have learnt about using camera’s, editing on the computer and in general how the opening of a thriller is made. If you look at the first shots we took all those months ago the camera wasn’t really steady but now if you look at the final product all the shots are pretty much still which I am proud of. I also think that my skills as a team member have improved as well as I am a lot more willing to do what people tell me to do. My editing skills have improved a lot as I not know how to make a series of shots flow to make a scene rather than just a few different shots. Think that my understanding of the film industry has changed over the time we have been shooting this film as I now understand how long it takes and how much planning goes into something like this.

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

Since are preliminary task I feel that I have learnt a lot about the process involved in the making of a thriller. I feel like I have learnt a lot about camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scene of films. Looking at are continuity task and are final thriller opening there is a huge difference in quality which show how our group has improved over the last few months. I am really happy with how far me and my group members have come since we started this task. I do feel like my fellow group members have improved more than me.
What I feel I have learnt from this task is how to be a better group member as I started the task not that willing to work as a group but as time went on and became more and more confident, I just wish I could go back and start again as I think I would be a lot better. I also learnt a lot about editing film material as at the beginning of this I was that good at editing footage but not I feel a lot more confident about it.

Final Film

continuity task

For are continuity task we made an anamatic of what we where going to film. i was given the task of writing the script which i didnt do a very good job with it. my group then decided to shoot in the winter gardens as i wasnt around to confure with. I was unable to attende but the other members of my group did a very good job of it. one of the members of my group acted and the other filmed, i am very proud of the filming as clair wasnt very experiance but did a very good job of it. i then met up with the group and watched the footage and started to help them edit.
This helped us alot for when we got to are first shooting as we all had experiance with the camera so we could all shoot when we where out so we could get more shots and make what we can do more.
i think that this task is really going to help us in the shooting of are opening as it will give all of us confidence to shoot and gives the other members of thew group more time to direct the actors and find location, props and more.

Evalutions of thrillers

Ithink there are lots of codes and conventions of thriller films. the music that is plaid, the charicters in the film and the storyline but there are also some key codes and conventions for the opening of a thriller which is what i am interested in.
What i noticed about all the thriller openings is that they are very mysteriouse and dont give anything away about the story wheather it be "MI2", "sin city" or even "se7en" also i think that with all of them is that they are all mainly about the music rather than the visual as but the music is very much supported by the visual as without it, its just a song.
With the thriller we are planning on basing are thriller the codes and conventions of the opening are different. we are thinking of a Bond kind of film so when we really get intop the planning we will have to look into these kind of thrillers alot more.

thriller 5 - lost highway

credits fit to the title

doesn't give anything away from the story

text is like from road signs

the car seems to be going nowhere as if it is "lost"

bumpy ride to show that this isn't a new highway, more of an older one

lost highway is a good name as the car does seem lost as there is nothing around all you can see is these headlights.

the content connotes that this is going to be a psychological thriller or a horror rather than action.

the camera isn't kept steady to show that this is a fairly sketchy to show that this film isnt perfect

Thriller 4 - sin city

limited colour from the start: black, white and red

no one centralized to start, don't know who it the antagonist and the protagonist

man put his hand in his jacket and waits a second before getting out his cigarettes as if a small dramatic pause

we get the first close ups of the character and at first the woman appears to be the bad person in the scene

shot reverse shot of them talking with the man having the most of the screen time.

there kiss is vectored to show the intensity of it.

begins to rain to show that everything isn't perfect.

they kiss again but after we only see the woman smiling as if the man didn't enjoy it as much as she did.

the roles begin to change as instead of the woman seeming like the bad one the man is at this point.

after this we see a small flash and the woman jolts and we know that she has been shot.

we only see the womans really nice side befor she dies but then it is to late.

we then see the gun to confirm that he has shot her

we see a birds eye veiw of them on the floor with the man holding the woman and the man looking to sky to tell us that he didnt want to do this

the camera finally zooms out and we see where this is set, "sin city"

Thriller 3 - Grand prix

the film opens with basic white text on a black background. this doesn't have much meaning to the audience but the camera then zooms out and we see that the black was the inside of an exhaust pipe and the font of the text is the same text as grand prix text.
the main shots in the opening are cu and ms to show the cars and the quality of them to the watcher to show what the film is about.
we then see tools being used to tighten up the cars and make them more up for racing. this shows the audience the precision involved in race cars
we then see the engine of the car to show what the car uses to move.
the opening is slowly showing us what makes the car work. this gives the audience a better understanding of the film
we then see the fans of the grand prix which show the popularity of the sport and the kind of people who are fans. the child in the shot shows that it is a family sport.
there is then a series of shots of the drivers. this shows us how unsafe the sport is and the risk the drivers put them selves under.

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