Evaluation of the Final thriller
Our thriller opening uses several different parts of the thriller genre. I would say that our thriller is an action/ psychological thriller becuase of the Vietnma war scene and the fact the veteran is halucinating in the graveyard. I beleive we did create some suspense and a good story to work with.
I beleive that the editing is perhaps one of the most important parts of a thriller, and it certainly made our thriller a lot more effective and it improved the quality of it drastically. We used short clips of the blood running down the trees to create suspense, which I think it did so quite well. The lighting was also changed in the editing, becuase the original footage looked dull, and looked nothing like Vietnam, so we brightened the colours a lot on the editing to create a more realistic feel to it.
Another important factor in thrillers would be the sound, it can create tension and suspense or create the right mood for any scene in a movie. We were inspired by 'Apocalypse now' for our music choices, using music from the movie, we also used several sound effects in the editing software to create suspense and to use for gunshots/ explosions.
Camera angles and other techniques were used effectively in our thriller, they can be used to do anything in the film, create tension, show emotion or let the tense atmosphere fall. A good example of a camera technique that builds tension is the running shot as the main character runs towards the Vietcong, and the camera chases, this technique makes the audience feel part of this scene, making it much more effective.
The Mise-En-Scene is one of the most important ways to create tension and it is what makes the film overall. We used the blood on the trees to create the tension in the sense that the audience know what is ahead, but the two main characters dont know whats coming. The rest of the thriller uses costumes and props effectively to set exactly the right mood and scene that we were after for our thriller.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I beleive our media product represents the working class, becuase it is stereotypical for working class people to be regular soldiers placed in these situations. The Mise-En-Scene shows this becuase the main character wears a standard G.I's uniform, which is a stereotype for lower class soldiers. I beleive the veteran scene is also very good at showing this particular class, becuase he has a scruffy appearence and you can see how this experience has really affected his mind.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We got inspiration for our thriller from several big hit films, such as 'Saving private Ryan' and 'Apocalypse now' this gave us the graveyard scene and insiration for the Vietnam part of the opening. 'Apocalypse now' was distributed by Miramax studios, so we beleive that they would most likely distribute our product in cinemas and on DVD. 'Saving private Ryan' was distributed by Paramont pictures, which is perhaps a better known film company, so they wold also distribute our product, meaning a much wider audinece becuase of them being known throughout the world. Due to the low bugdet we had for our film, big companies such as these wouldnt want to distribute our product, so smaller film companies would be more suited to us.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our audience for our peice, would have to be anyone over the age of 15, becuase this is the certificate of our movie, and it would be innapropriate for anyone under the age of 15 to watch. The BBFC would give our film a 15+ certificate becuase of the violent nature of the film, involving war, and strong langauge later in the film. I beleive our thriller will appeal to a very wide range of people becuase the plot is easy to follow and in todays society, it is usually people over the age of 15 who show more interest in movies, so it has the right certificate. However it is not a family viewing film, which may affect views.
How did you attract/address your audience?
In order to attract our audience, we would use advertisements on TV, in cinema screenings, magazines and billboards. When the film was shown on TV it would need to be advertised after 9pm due to the certificate rating of the film. The opening scene draws in the audience becuase they want to see more of what happened in Vietnam and what it has done to the vteran after he returned from the war.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The technology we used for our thriller really helped to improve the quality and create an excellent looking final product. We used Sony Vegas editing software for the special effects and editing part of making the thriller. The hand held camera we had was not HD standard but I beleive we didnt need it with the editing software we had, as it improved the quality dramatically.
Sony Vegas allowed us to use a lot of different editing techniques in order to make the Final peice look as good as possible. This would not have been possible without the use of this technology becuase other editing software does not contain these techniques for editing.
Other technology not used for the film also proved useful, for example, we used facebook and mobile phones to contact each other when we were not in class so we could communicate effectivley and discuss our ideas in order to get the most work and planning done. This blog is also an example of new technology we have used, it allows a much easier way to show our work and planning in a much easier format. this is also better due to it being more organised and has a good lay-out. Youtube also helped massivley becuase it is what we posted our thriller on and then youtube also allowed us to post videos onto the blog straight from youtube.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Our preliminary task was a short video clip where someone had to walk into a room and exchange two lines of dialogue with another person. I feel that my skils have improved drastically since this preliminary task becuase ours was quite poor and we had done barely any planning, so we learnt from this and planned a lot of our thriller a long time before filming and were overall, more organised.
I learned new editing techniqes through the use of Sony Vegas, which will allow me to improve the quality of my work and provide different styles of work for my media studies projects. This has proved very useful, along with new camera angles and techniques which will also allow me to improve any future work.
The most important thing this preliminary task taught us, would have to be that planning is extremely important for a successful media product. The more planning we did, the better the product turned out, we planned much more before filming the thriller peice, whereas we did minimal planning for the preliminary task.
Without the preliminary task, our thriller would have been nowhere near as good as it turned out to be, and I am glad we learnt from the experience as it allowed us to create a much better quality of work.
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