British Board of Film Classification

So that we knew what age to classify our film as,we had to do some research on age certificates to see what extremities each of the certificates can go to.

 

After questioning a variety of ages we now know that our target audience is going to be aimed at young adults and upwards. We think that classing our film as a 15 will be most suitable as some of the themes expressed throughout (such as violence and disturbing scenes of nature) would not be suitable for anybody under the age of 15. We didn't think that our thriller should be classified as an 18 as there is no drug/sexual references or racial/discriminatory themes.

Textual Analysis

For our task we have to film the opening of a thriller movie. I watched several film openings of different genres to see how they differ and to what extent they reveal information to the audience about the rest of the film.

This is a textual analysis for the film 'Chatroom' which is of the thriller genre.

The World's End - Textual Analysis

This is a textual analysis for the film 'The World's End' which is a science fiction comedy movie.

This is a textual analysis for the film 'Face/Off' which is a action thriller film. 

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Audience

We wanted to know what people like to see in the opening of a thriller trailer and how they like to  feel after seeing it, so we went and asked a number of people of different ages some questions about thrillers and their preferences. The questions that we asked included:

-How old are you?
-Do you like thrillers?
-What is your favourite thriller film?
-What do you like to see in a thriller opening?

From our responses, we have found that thrillers appeal to both a variety of ages (ranging from teens to adults) and genders.

Location

For part of our planning, we needed to think about our location so that we knew what we would be working with. We found our location in Darley Dale and took some stills for future reference.

Lighting

As part of our research, we have been looking at ways to make the filming look effective. One particular way of doing this it the use of lighting.

In this picture, we cannot see the eyes of the character which gives us the idea that he may be untrustworthy or dishonest.

 





Here I have created a shadow of the character much larger than himself, more imposing, suggesting that he has a hidden evil inside.



In this picture we can only see the outline/iconic characteristics of the character (which we can look out for later on in the video), keeping his identity a mystery.

Preliminary Piece

Evaluation

The aim of the preliminary piece has been met. We successfully made a short clip that included somebody walking through the door and also having a conversation using match on action. The preliminary was helpful in many ways, the first being that it allowed us to make errors and learn from them; for example, in the main task we will know how to correctly use the reverse shot (180^o rule). We also learnt how to use match on action which can prove to be very effective. In addition to this, it allowed us as individuals to bond together with our group.