1. What is your favourite movie genre?
· Thriller
· Horror
· Drama
· Comedy
· Crime
2. What do you see in the opening of a movie that you enjoy?
3. If you had to choose a Thriller sub-genre what would it be? Crime-Thriller, Psychological-Thriller
3. If you had to choose a Thriller sub-genre what would it be? Crime-Thriller, Psychological-Thriller
4. If you had to choose, what would be your favourite Thriller movie?
5. What do you like about that movie? I.e. the tension it creates.
6. What setting do you think is best for a high tension thriller?
7. Have you ever stopped watching a movie after 5 minutes? If ‘Yes’ why?
8. What in the opening to a Thriller would keep you asking questions?
5. What do you like about that movie? I.e. the tension it creates.
6. What setting do you think is best for a high tension thriller?
7. Have you ever stopped watching a movie after 5 minutes? If ‘Yes’ why?
8. What in the opening to a Thriller would keep you asking questions?
9. Give your age?
10. Your status (lower class/middle class/upper class)?
11. Do you like intelligent well thought out films?
13. Do you like foreign films?
14. What is your favourite type of music?
15. What was the last film you watched?
16. What was the last thriller film you watched?
17. What did you like about it?
18. What did you not like about it?
19. Do you like films with lots of effects?
20. What type of effect do you prefer?
In other news John and I will be confronting Zander on the lack of shots other than POVs as we think it leaves much to be desired. I will be confronting him in his media lesson today as John is preoccupied.
Post research and summaries of the thriller genre
ReplyDelete Post summary of conventions for opening of a film – re: camera, editing, narrative, mise-en-scene, sound, etc
Upload your prelim to your blog. Post an evaluation of your prelim task – strengths, areas for improvement, what you learnt, etc.
Explain how your audience research will affect your production
Record your target audience’s reactions to your pitches
Explain the rationale behind the idea you have chosen to develop into the finished product; concentrate on justifying your choices in terms of your audience research and knowledge of the conventions of the thriller genre.
Write a 250 word treatment, outlining your proposals for your opening.
You should refer to your audience research in order to justify your planning and ideas.
Record details of how the shoot / editing went – things that went well / problems + how you overcame them etc.