Coustume/ Prop List - Actors/Actresses

Locations

Final Animatic

Producing an animatic allowed us to visualise our ideas in terms of camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scene. Specific shots, such as the slow zoom, were visually engaging and are a classic convention of the thriller genre. In addition the jump cut flash backs also where effective when combined with the sound effects to create a suspenseful tone to the piece, this major convention of the thriller genre. Creating the animatic also helped us gather a feel for the pace of the piece. It highlighted which transitions are effective such as the cross dissolve between shoots 14 and 15. The animatic was also useful when it came to layering up sounds and music. The adjustment between levels good to experiment especially during the fade at the begging in of the opening.

I believe our animatic is good however some improvements could be made. The narrative becomes slightly confusing towards the end of the animatic. In addition I personally believe the pace of the piece needs to be consistent, slower and more gradual. This would suit the codes and conventions of the thriller genre closer.

As a team I believe we organised and divided responsibilities well between our selves resulting in efficient and constructive work. Decisions where discussed as a group and much thought was taken about decisions.

Audience Research

Sample Questionnaire 

1. What age category do you fit into?

16-18, 19-24, 25-30, 10-35, 36-40, 41- 45, 46+, 


2. Are you male or female? _______________________________


3.What thriller sub genres do you prefer? (Please circle as many as apply)

Action 
Spy
Romantic 
Psychological
Crime 
Supernatural
Drama 
Political
Medical 
Other


4. What do you look for in terms of story with a thriller? – E.g. Twists, 



5. How much gore do you expect to see in a thriller?



6. What do you like about the thriller genre? (Please circle as many as apply) 

Confusion
Suspense
Hero vs. Villain
Twist
Cliff Hangers
Mystery
Danger 


7. How do you think a good thriller should open? (Please tick one)
Death
Chase 
Everyday Life 
Flashback 
Other

We chose these questions based on the information we wished to receive from the audience. Firstly we used the questionnaire to establish who are target audience was. Based in the fact we had decided to make a film classed as a 15 certificate we came to the conclusion that the people surveyed should be older than 15. We also used this questionnaire to see which sub genres of are most popular and which conventions of Thriller they most prefer to see. From this we can evaluate our ideas and make improvements based on our research.

Results

Shot List

Initial Ideas

My group decided to go with the crime drama idea. We will further develope this idea and produce a shot list and animatic to see what our idea will look like.