Our idea
Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller with heavy focus on characters. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre along with the typical traits of the thriller genre. In addition to drama and mystery, Many psychological thrillers contain elements of, and often overlap with, the horror genre, particularly psychological horror.
Idea 2
After presenting our ideas to our media class we received a range of feedback, some good and some negative, however all the information was constructive as if it was bad they suggested ways in which we could make it work. The majority of our group said that our ideas were feasible and would who with our limited budget and equipment.
As a group the idea we like the best is idea two, the group also thought that this was our best idea but could put part of all our other ideas together. I also used this presentation as a bit of audience feedback as the people we showed our presentation to are roughly the youngest age bracket of people who would watch our movie and would be the ones who would pay to see or buy our movie. They all said the ideas were very good and they would like to watch the finished thriller.
Ideas we could improve on are:
Making the idea less unoriginal.
Add a twist.
Link other ideas into it.
Find a modern location to film.
Eliminate other problems that could occur whilst planning
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
Post still images and comment on the suitability of mise-en-scene elements for a thriller – e.g. settings, costumes, props, etc
Upload your prelim to your blog. Post an evaluation of your prelim task – strengths, areas for improvement, what you learnt, etc.
Research ONE institution involved in producing / distributing thriller films. Choose a suitable institution for your thriller – reasons? Post your findings on your blog.
Write a questionnaire to explore your audience’s expectations of the genre, distribute it and analyse the results – post copies of questionnaires and results on blog
Explain how your audience research will affect your production
Write 3 potential pitch ideas for openings; include visuals – powerpoint – refer to mise-en-scene, sound, locations etc. Justify with audience research.
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.
Post copies of storyboards and shooting scripts
Post and explain images to justify mise-en-scene details
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.