Final Product

Evaluation 7

Evaluation 6 Anelka Evans

Evaluation 5

How did you attract your audience (1) from nelkzthebadass

Evaluation 4

Evaluation 3

What kind of media institute would distribute your film?

there are many factors involved when looking at who your film will be distributed by such as the budget , cast, target audience and quality of the film. After looking at all these factors the overall decision was to release as a UK Independent.

MY first reason to was the budget we would have to continue making our film, even if we git funding from institution from places such as the BFI or BBC or film4 it would still be a low budget film this is due to one the director (me) young  and inexperienced in making big films with high amount of money so what will be trusyed with me would also be limited .

My second reason to why i believe we would release as a UK independent is the the cast that we had we have quote a young cast with future stars that haven't quite made there names yet, so i believe funders wouldn't be to keen on giving out more money for unrecognized talent , each of our actors and actresses have a very small fan base but nothing that would majorly help the success of a film as a
Brad pitt or a Will Smith or Kevin hart or Jennifer Lawrence would have ,where people actually go to watch there films due to there performing skills are of the highest quality .

Last reason is the fact we dont need to be distributed by an american company to be a successful film but it doesn't guarantee success and being a uk interdependent doesn't either  but being a uk inderpendant help keep uk film scene alive if it is successful where as if it was release by an american giant i wouldnt be much of a game changer.

Evaluation 2

Evaluation 1

Eval 1....Anelka evans from nelkzthebadass

PLANNING: Health and Safety

Health and Safety

3 point lighting

Mini pitch plus Q&A

As a group we came to a decision about the idea of what we are going to do for our Thriller. the ideas we gave in our mini pitch were a rough idea about what is going to be in our opening sequence. From the feedback we received about the ideas we had in mind of our Thriller were very helpful as we were able to see what was good or bad and if something needed changed a little. The feedback was good for our group as a whole because we were able to go in more depth to our audience and explain why we are having no dialogue in our opening for example to give them a better picture of our ideas which enables us to get good thorough feedback. As a whole the concept of our thriller was good and from the feedback it was mostly positive.

Mini Pitch

Mini pitch from melissapreston100

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WXHP55F

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WXHP55F

Podcast - Group discussion

https://soundcloud.com/melissa-preston-794115821/new-recording-2-media-2

Podcast 2

Audience Research - Interview

Audience research - Focus group

 

We collected a small group of people who are roughly the audience we are aiming our Thriller opening to be targeted at and showed them the opening of the film Six Sense. Before they watched the opening we asked them several questions which were...

 

What makes you want to see a film?
How often do you go to the cinema? What would make you go more?
What would you expect from a Thriller opening?

Now that the  group have watched the opening, we then asked these questions...

What did you think was particularly effective about this opening?
Was there anything you thought was unnecessary or what would you change if this was your Thriller opening?
What sub genre of a Thriller do you think this would be?
What sub genre of Thrillers do you like?

Focus group

Focus Group Response -

A second series of questions was based on the opening of the Sixth Sense.

There was a criticism of the credits which were said to be too long; we can conclude from this that we should have credits that overlay the shots on our opening rather than two distinct halves( :credits on a plain black screen and then the opening scenes) so that credit can be given to the film makers but simultaneously an establishment of action can take place.

Focus group

Focus Group Response-

Taking in mind that the audience for our thriller would be 16+, we collected a focus group of four people from 16-17.

Initial questions gave background to their film watching habits; visibly the cast and crew (and thus the quality of acting and montage) is an important aspect, as is genre.
Thriller came as quite a popular genre among our interviewees with the most important elements being the construction of tension and suspense. It was suggested by our interviewees that a good way of creating suspense is in particular through sound and music; seemingly a vital elements of a thriller opening, through this response it is clear that our group must put emphasis on the creation of tension and incorporate music in order to do this.

Audience Research IMDb Research

Highest Rated Thriller Feature Films With At Least 1,000 Votes

1.Airlift

9.6/10

2.RangiTaranga

9.1/10

Top-US-Grossing Thrillers

1.Jurassic World

$652M

2.Avengers Assemble

$623M

Lowest Rated Thriller Feature Films With At Least 1,000 Votes

1.The Hellcats

1.8/10

2.Birdemic: Shock and Terror

1.8/10

Most Popular Thriller Feature Films

1.		The Revenant (2015)      8.3/10  A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Western156 mins.
2.		The Hateful Eight (2015)     8.0/10  In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Western187 mins.