Section 7: Recce and Location Sheets

Health and Safety:

• Near a road
• Would be filming in the street; people could trip over equipment

Health and Safety:

• Equipment and crew might get in peoples' way.

Health and Safety:

• Corridoor is quite narrow, might be hard to position equipment and could get in peoples' way

Section 8: Storyboards

These are our storyboards. There are about 50 shots, which include a range of different angles and types of shots. Including low angle shots, mid shots and close ups. Some of the shots are also filmed from places such as inside the car and behind bushes etc. to make it look like the 'Kidnapper's' point of view, as if they are looking at the victim.
 In the filming though, some shots were taken out and some added because of the limitations from the things like the location. For example, because of the shape of the house and drive, the three shots following the victim as they walk out the car and open the door had to have the last shot removed, and have one of the camera looking in from behind a bush instead.

Section 9: Production Schedule

Date	Task	People Involved	Equipment/Props
24/11/2010	Designed and printed out questionnaires	Ainsley, Andy, elliot, Rachael	None
25-26/11/2010	Handed out questionnaires	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Racheal	None
29/11/2010	Tallied up questionnaire results and put them into graphs	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Rachael	None
30/11/2010	Made a character list	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Rachael	None
1-2/12/2010	Wrote out shot list	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Rachael	None
6-8/12/2010	Drew out storyboards	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Rachael	None
9/12/2010	Wrote out shooting script	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Rachael	None
14/12/2010	Started filming at Andy’s house, and finished filming.	Ainsley, Andy, Elliot, Rachael, Ali	Camera, Video camera, tripod, car, keys

Section 10: Video Log Sheets

This is the edit decision list we used to decide what edits we would use for each shot. Most of the edits were cut aways, fading to black, and the film pausing and going to black and white stills on important scenes. We used the cuts and fades to keep the film simple and easy to follow. We used the black and white still images, because we thought they looked effective, and they highlighted some important scenes. For example, when she gets back in the car, it pauses so it highlights the importance of the end scene, and the fact that she is in serious danger.

These logging sheets tell us exactly where the shots are, and what they were. It also shows whether or not we thought the shots were good enough to put into the final film

Section 11: Audience Feedback

Questionnaire

Q1.  Does our thriller build suspense?

Q2. Do you understand what is happening?

Q3. Are the graphics effective in fitting into the thriller genre?

Q4. Did you enjoy the beginning?

Q5. What type of character do you think the girl was?

Hero                      villain                     victim                   

Q6. Was the setting appropriate to a thriller?

Q7. Were there many problems with the continuity, what were they?

Q8. Do you think the music we chose was suitable for the thriller?

Q9. Would you want to watch the rest of the film?

Q10. Were you scared for the girl?

Q11. Did the film engage you?

Q12. Did you think the beginning followed the guidelines for 15 rating?

Q13. On a scale of 1-5 how much did you enjoy the film with 1 being the least enjoyable.

Q14. Did the film follow the codes and conventions of a normal thriller?

Q15. Was the lighting effective for a thriller?


Results:

I think that overall, these results show that our thriller was quite successful. There are some aspects that we thought were better than people suggested in the questionnaires, but overall, we are pleased with the results.

Section 12: Analysis of Completed Thriller

Narrative Structure

• The opening shot is of a house. This sets the scene and shows the audience that the important scenes will take place here.
• The next shot is of the car pulling onto the driveway. This shows that the car will play some importance to the film.
• It's night, which means the lighting is low and helps build suspense.
• It only follows one person, this shows that they may be the only character you are introduced to in the opening and that they will have a lot of importance to the rest of the film.

Thriller Codes and Conventions

•  Concealment and protraction: you don't see the villain, but you see the effects on the character, as they start to get paranoid, and are eventually forced to leave the house, which is supposed to be a symbol of safety.
• Partial Vision: you don't see the villain, and you don't even see the girl being taken. This helps build suspense and mystery, as the audience want to know what's happened, and who the villain was, and even who the girl was.
• Question and Answer: the way the film is set, it leaves you wondering who the girl is, who the villain is, why they have taken her, and what will happen to her. This helps build suspense, because it makes it more unpredictable.

Camerawork

• A few of the camera shots are behind objects, looking in on the character. This makes it seem like somebody is looking in on her.
• The other camera shots follow the main character, which again makes it seem like somebody is there.
• On some of the shots looking at the girl, the camera moves, which makes it seem more like a persons point of view, and it looks like they're trying to hide.

Mis-en-Scene

• Low key lighting in most parts of the film helps darken the mood and atmosphere.
• The blue light from the Christmas lights through the windows in the darker scenes, help create an eerie and creepy light and mood.
• The bright light at the front of the house going into the dark of the car represents her leaving safety and heading into danger, as the car is where she is taken from. 

Sound

• The music increases and decreases in tempo in some places. This makes the film seem quicker were we want it to, and slows it down and creates atmosphere in other places.
• In one part of the music, it sounds a buit like breathing, this happens when it is from the villain's point of view, so it lets the audience know something is about to happen. 

Editing

• Mostly cut aways
• Pauses and goes in black and white still images for titles 
• We have used fades for the still images and the end when the title of the film comes up. Also when the girl is taken, this makes it seem more mysterious, as you see the girl, and then she is gone, so you don't know what has happened.

Graphics

• Graphics are simple but suit the film and genre with the colours and style.
• They come up on black and white stills