Evaluation 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the product?

Evaluation 6

What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

To edit our thriller we used a programme called Final Cut Express. On this programme I learnt how to capture footage's from a digital camera and how to drag and drop them bit by bit to create and actual film.

On the editing aspect tour film I learn how to use different tools and arrangements in order to make it as fluent and effective as possible. Whilst making this thriller i learnt how to use add effects, some of the effects we used in our thriller were cross fades; you can see this number of times in our thriller mostly from the transition from a clip to titling. This is very effective in building tension steadily as the film progress making it more engaging to watch as the audience anticipates what happens next. In Addition we also decreased the levels of duration to make curtain clips look as if it is in slow motion making it more thrilling to watch. We also learnt how to arrange different lengths of clips onto the timeline effectively by merging them in the right order so that the film flows and makes sense.

During parts of our thriller we made cuts in order to place our titling. For our titling we used a separate programme called live type. In this programme we were able to edit our titling by being able to change the background, style of writing and add special effects to make the titling appear in a more eye catching way. We effectively used this to our advantage as changed our style of writing to a more horrific and sharper form in order to make it more applicable to our target audience and fit with our film genre. Furthermore we also added a special effect in our titling as it appeared on a black background in a more fancy and attractive way to keep the audience engaged. We also extended the duration of the titling on the timeline to make it appear on the screen for longer as it gives the audience more time to read what is on display. 












To actually record our film we used a digital camera. This was extremely easy to use as everything was placed in position as it was digital making the recording phase easy, all the buttons on the camera stated what they were for so were able to rewind and playback our footages with no problem. We also learnt how to use a tripod which we used to keep the camera still whilst recording, this was very easy to use and extremely effective in making our recordings look professional and precise.




















Before making our thriller we used a survey programme called survey monkey to assess and find what the people think about thriller films and how we can make our thriller as effective and appealing as possible by using our results to find out aspects that people like and don’t like another thrillers. Learning how to do this was very easy as the website is straight forward to understand, however I found this process long and time consuming but when finished the results then placed in a graph making it easy to understand and use

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We also learnt how to use the website ‘Blogger’ which we used to document our coursework which also consistent of research, ideas, and planning information for our thriller, for an example Survey Monkey results before we actually made it. This website is also very easy to use as it is very similar to using the programme Word PowerPoint which anyone could use. 

Evaluation 5

How did you attract/ address your audience?

Evaluation 4

Who would be the audience for your media project?

Evaluation 3

What kind of filming institution might distrube your media product and why?

Evaluation 2

How does  your media product represent particular social groups?

Evalution 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products?

As you can see in my thriller there are ranges of convention in which was used that made it a typical thriller. One of this was the cliff hanger at the end of the opening as the scene cuts just before the innocent girl was about to get grabbed. This is a typical thriller element as it is also present in several other real thrillers such as one of the thrillers we watched in our media lesson called North By North-West, the part where Eve and Thornfield are literally hanging off a cliff.

My thriller 'The Stalker'

Another typical thriller element which is evident in my thriller is a red herring. This can be seen as one of the female character Sarah was told to meet someone who apparently wanted to give her back her mobile phone which be found on the street, as the girl arrives at his house where she was expecting him to be in she instead finds the door open with no trace of her phone or anybody inside, until the end of the opening meaning she was falsely lead. This is a typical thriller convention as it can be seen in real thriller such as The untouchables, one of the characters named Elliot ness was given information on a warehouse that is storing Al Capone’s alcohol, the treasure department then surrounds then warehouse and break in, inside the warehouse there is no trace on alcohol found, the audience had been falsely lead to believing something.

The untouchables

Another thriller convention we used was the theme; directors of thrillers tend to base their themes around creepy, dangerous and frightening real life events in order to be able to relate it with the audience which enhances the level of fear. This can very much be scene in our thriller as we based it around the subject of murder/crime as after a series of events the protagonist is located in a house with only her and two antagonist. This is also the case with real thriller films such as ‘The Batman’; one of other themes in this thriller is crime. This is very similar to the theme for our thriller.

My thriller 'The Stalker'

The Batman

Another Convection which we used was lighting. In the phone call conversation between the girls and the stalker we decided to make the stalkers surrounding extremely dark shadowing the stalkers location, we made the light from the phone to be the only light source in the room with displayed a bit of the stalkers face and shadowing the rest. This was highly effective in making the stalker look more creepy, dangerous and anomalous. Whist in contract to this this on the other side of the phone was the girl who we put in a well-lighted room making her face and background visible. This is effectively in emphasising her innocence due to the contrast in lighting. This aspect can also be compared to an actual thriller film such as The Batman again

The Batman

My thriller 'The Stalker

Preliminary Exercise