Media Evaluation

Evaluation of Thriller Opening Sequence

Media Evaluation

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Soundtrack

We made a list of song which were suitable for our thriller film opening, but in the end we decided on 'Staring at the Sun' by TV on the Radio. We made this choice because it fitted our film perfectly and parts of the song completed the scene very effectively. For example, at the point where the main character starts to walk outside in the dark, the drums come in and match the rhythm of his walking. We thought that this was a typical thriller soundtrack, because it is very repetitive and builds up with the action. However, we did not want too many vocals included, so to overcome this problem we cut part of the beginning and repeated it so that the vocals came in later and they didn't last as long.

Audience Questionnaire

Our audience questionnaire consists of five open questions and five closed questions. When our film opening is shown to our peers, they will fill in the questionnaire to give us feedback.

Audience Questionnaire

1. What do you think is going to happen in the rest of the film?


2. Do you think the actors used to play the characters were the right choice? Give 2 reasons why.


3. Which institution would you market our product into?

TV
TV and Cinema
Arthouse
Internet
Hollywood

4. Was the setting appropriate? Give 2 reasons why.


5. As you are in our targeted age group, did you feel that we have targeted the right group?

Yes
No
If no, what group do you think it is targeting?

6. What sort of reaction did you have after watching out thriller opening?


7. Do you think this thriller has a sub-genre, if so, which one?

Crime
Action
Spy
Psychological
Horor


8. Do you think it is more suited to men or women?

Men
Women


9. Is the soundtrack effective and suitable? Give 2 reasons why.


10. Do you think the hand-held effect works well? If no, then why?

Yes
No

Final Storyboard

Script

We did not include much dialogue in the opening sequence to keep an element of mystery. The actions are supposed to tell the story instead of words to allow the audience to work out what is happening and who the characters are. There are two main scenes which include dialogue.

Scene with Tommy and Emma (brother and sister)

Tommy: "Hey sis, I got you a present"

Emma: "Oh my gosh thank you, however did you afford it?"

Tommy: "Oh just somehow"

Scene with Tommy and Dealer

Dealer: "Have you got it?"

Tommy: "Yes"

Shooting schedule

Preliminary task storyboard