12T1 Handout for Monday 22nd March 2010.

Compare at least one character from your thriller to a character in a professional film.


This shot of the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Psycho" is similar to out shot of Craig. They are both close ups which restricts what you can see and stops you from seeing the whole picture, in "psycho" it uses a shot reverse shot from the lady to the villain this makes the audience almost angry as they know he is enjoying watching her change. Although ours is different from actually watching the innocent victim, it just fades from Leanna's eye to his eye which shows the transition from Leanna to Craig and gives the audience the idea that something is going to happen and Craig will take over.
Leanna's character is seen as the typical vulnerable female. A real filmic example of a vulnerable female character

FINAL thriller opening

Evaluation of feedback

We were all very pleased with our feedback from the rest of the group.

We are glad that people thought it did what we wanted it to in the first place.

Along with much praise, we were given some constructive criticism.

One of our shots appeared quite long - the shot of the panning of the photograph. We will consider making it shorter, but we think that if the voiceover were added, it would not appear that long at all. This is because the audience will have more to focus on.

By looking at the feedback we have learned how our thriller is seen through other peoples perspectives. we have also learned how to take criticism on board and use it to possibly make changes to the piece.

FEEDBACK OF ROUGH CUT

EDITING

"The cuts were very good. The flashes of the girl in between all the pictures worked well. The length of the shot showing photos went on a bit long."

"Like the jaded editing between Leanna and the pictures."

"Shots are well put together."

"Really good sense of narrative."

"Spinning of the bottle is very good editing."

CAMERAWORK

"High angle shot of Leanna on floor was good, showed objectification well. "

"Good pictures make it scary"

"Move into photo; blur. sense of insecurity/fear."

"Nice pan around pictures"

"Close up gives tense feelings"

"Very good"

SOUND

"Very tranquil but creepy at the same time. "

":)"

"Leaves you on edge"

"Soft, contrapuntal"

Mise en scene

"Leanna looked very scared/mean. I liked it!"

"The use of the bottle is very effective- and the camera"

CONVENTIONS

"Vulnerable female character. Domineering/ threatening stalking character."

"Dark contrast"

"Creepy music"

Rough cut