Questionnaire Analysis

Analysis of the questionnaire.

Introduction
This questionnaire was aimed at finding out peoples opinion on THRILLER movies they were encouraged to complete as much questions as they could . and were asked to state their name ,gender and age group.

Aims & Objectives of the research

· Find out peoples views on thriller movies
· To find out what thriller films people have watched recently
· To find out whether thriller was a common genre
· To find out the main age group which thriller movies appealed to.
· To find out how often people watched thriller movies

Methodology
We used open and closed questions, there were 20 questionnaires given out.

Findings
From the feed back we got from our questionnaire we discovered that the age group that were more prone to watching thriller films was 17- 21. When we asked them to describe their personal interest in watching thriller movies the majority of them appeared to not watch thrillers
When asked to list 3 thriller movies they have watched most could only name one or none suggesting that thriller films do not appeal to them as much.
Most thought that crime, horror and action went well with thriller movies compared to other genres such as romance and cowboy, majority of the respondents did not consider thriller as their favourite genre and had alternatives.
When respondents were asked who they think thriller movies appealed to most said young and middle aged people who enjoy suspense and a good scare.

Shooting script

Shooting script


J’s production…

Location: forest Time: 5:30 pm

First scene: (camera shot: tracking shot)
We observe Kelly’s feet running, crunching leaves.
Sound: panting
Costume: white trainers

2nd scene: (camera shot: close up of mobile phone)
We see Kelly’s phone close up with a text.
Sound: diegetic sound of ring tone.
Prop: phone.

3rd scene: (camera shot: close up of Kelly’s facial expression)

4th scene: (camera shot: establishing shot, POV shot of Kelly looking around the forest)
Sounds: bird noises, sound of wind.

5th scene: (camera shot: POV of someone else watching Kelly) Kelly begins to run again
Sounds: wind, bird noises, footsteps.

6th scene: (camera shot: mid shot) Damien puts sack over Kelly’s head.
Sound: screams (diegetic)
Damien’s costume: red and black outfit.
Kelly’s costume: Jeans and a white top.

7th scene: (camera shot: long shot) Damien walking with sack over his shoulder.
Prop: black sack.


END…

Our thriller film location-forest. We have decided when the title is shown we will use a loud sound to emphasize the title of the film.We shall then use a typical convention of a thriller film which is non diegetic mysterious, dangerous music in order to create tension and fear amongst the audience. We will make these sounds by using a soundtrack with instruments such as Violins, pianos etc.The film begins with the camera tracking feet running, crushing leaves and panting sounds, these sounds are all diegetic. Having this opening we felt draws the audience in as we know someone is in some sort of danger but as we can only see the feet we are unsure of what is happening/going to happen this creates a sense of anticipation for the audience.The next scene, the person receives a message, there is a close up of the message which says ‘I can see you’Close up of characters facial expression, this gives the audience an insight to how the character is feeling.She looks around and this is where we use an establishing shot plus a POV shot of the forest surrounding the character, there are diegetic sounds of the birds etc.We then see another POV shot watching the character this then makes it clear to the audience that someone is watching the character, this creates the audience to feel anxious.The girl begins to run again which we as the audience will have our hearts racing as we will feel as we are the girl running and next thing we see is a man putting her in a sack, this makes use of a prop and also creates anxiety amongst the audience.

Questionnaire For J'S Production
This questionnaire is aimed at finding out your opinion on THRILLER movies please complete as much questions as you can. Before you begin this questionnaire we would like you to state your name (not compulsory), gender and what age group you fit into. (Please tick necessary boxes)

NAME:MALE  FEMALE  AGE GROUP Under 10 10-16 17-21 22-30 31-40 41-50 50-64 Over 651.

Tick the box that most closely describes your personal interest in watching thriller movies:

I love to watch thriller movies as often as I can

I enjoy watching thriller movies from time to time

I like watching thriller movies once in a while
I don’t watch thriller movies very much
I rarely watch thriller movies
Other:

2. What is your favorite thriller movie? and why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name three thriller movies you’ve watched over the years? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Is thriller your favorite genre? (Please tick Yes OR No)  Yes  No If ‘No’ why?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Would you agree that thriller movies can sometimes be predictable? (Please tick yes or no) and give a reason why? (Or examples of why) Yes  No __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. What makes thriller movies different from other movies?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What type of people do you think thriller movies appeal to?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Which of the following genres are best suited to thriller movies? (In your own opinion, please tick one box) Horror Sci- fi Crime Action  Comedy RomanceCowboy Other Please state why:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Name one thriller movie you’ve watched recently?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Is thriller your favorite genre? (If no please state what your favorite genre is by ticking the appropriate box) Yes  No Horror Sci- fi Crime Action  Comedy RomanceCowboy Other [Please state why you prefer this particular genre]_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for your time! 

Media Film Treatment for our thriller opening "look behind you"

Look behind you is a thriller movie based on a man (Damien Merda) who had a troubled childhood which led to his psychological problems with women as his mother abused him when he was a child, his childhood was full of sorrow and pain. He was only five years of age when he saw his mother stabbed his father 13 times right in front of his eyes since that very day (13 October) he vowed to never trust a women again and made it his ultimate goal to punish women that came across his path.

The film starts of with one of Damien’s many victims (Kelly Bay) running through a forest, out breath and energy he sends her text which reads: ‘I can see you, look behind you’ this is pattern that follows through as every one of his victims receives this text. Kelly is eventually captured by Damien without his identity being revealed till later on in the film, she is taken to an underground hideaway where she meets many female victims like herself who are bound behind bars and drugged.

Kelly makes many attempts to escape but fails every time, meanwhile there are search hunts being carried out by the police as there have been many women claimed missing, at this point Damien’s identity is still not revealed , days pass and the female victims are killed off one by one on a daily basis.

The police try their hardest to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearances of these women , and are close to finding out the truth but along the way they come across a female who has been brutally murdered and is buried in leaves, they call and ambulance and gather together more police officers to search further into the area.

While the police where carrying out their search in the area they spotted a man walking 100 metres away from them with a sack in his hand , the deputy head police officer ( Neil fox ) order the police to follow this man in a discrete way, they did has they were told and were led to a place filled with women victims who alerted the police to speed up as Damien was about to murder another woman, finally he was arrested and the women were freed.

Hwk

Normally the codes and conventions of a thriller film consist of them being dark, with shadows which can be interpreted to be the killer in some cases. There is always weird, non diegetic music which is being played. Thriller films give us the image of a person(s) being killed but we don't see it for our self. It also has a lot to do with suspense.

Phone Booth: avoids main thriller convention apart from the fact that you are being told a story from the killers point of view. It's more of a psychological thriller as it plays with your mind.

Kill bill: fade in typography in the credit in terms of thriller films it could represent people dying, a person fading from this world.
Panting in thriller mean that a person is being hurt or is trying to escape.
Has a quote by old Klington proverb:- talks about revenge which gives some idea what the film is based on.

Crypt: There is images of skulls which can link to the fact that there will be death.
The camera is also shaking which could represent how the charaters fell or even the audience.
Music is sharpe in a thriller film it creates tension

HWK- 2nd october 2009

Romance- Love Actually.

• Opening Credits: People showing each other affection/ love- hugging/ kissing.
• Diegetic Sound: Man singing a song about love
• Two people in the bedroom male leaving for work keeps telling female character he loves her.
• Two People doing a sexual scene
• A male and female are getting married
• The 'prime minister' stares at the female who works for him like he is attracted to her
• Diegetic Sound: At the wedding a love song was being sung.
• Male Character 'Colin' talks to his friend about looking for love in America
• Costume: Wedding Dress- shows love because of tying the knot.
• When the male singer is in the radio studio he is speaking about love. The wall is red represents love.
• The film I think is intended for females and for teens up to middle age people. I could also see most women going to watch it.

Sci- Fi- X men 2

• Opening Credit: Starts with a CGI (Computer Generated images) of space. - Technical code.
• Blue mutant who is running lose in the white house. He can apparate.
• A lot of mutants (People with powers)
• People in the cafe freeze because they were made to by the professor.
• Special machines "Cerebro" machine which tracks down Mutants.
• Sci- Fi : Normally involves the President
• A School for mutant has an undercover layer.
• Talk about war (human Vs mutants)
• A plastic confinement room
• Professor talks about making male believe he is a girl by using his powers
• Male puts out a cigar on his hand then his hand instantly heals.
• Blue mutant women hacking into files- non diegetic: Violin very shape, quick tempo makes the audience feel tension.
• The audience it tries to capture I think are male teens up to middle aged men. i think some females would enjoy it to.
• The production company was marvel

Cowboy- Oklahoma

• In credits and establishing shots which are also edited
• Jumpy up beat non diegetic music
• Place seems like it at a farm. You see barns and hay stacks.
• Cowboy riding a horse while singing
• There's an old woman making butter
• Two shot- see the two characters talking
• mid shot
• Have Southern American accents
• Long shot to show young woman taking in the washing
• Is a musical too
• Close up of the roof of a carriage
• Diegetic sound the man sings to the women
• Young woman sings when we first see her
• Zoom out of the man and young woman when he finishes singing
• You get the idea that the young man is attracted to the woman
• Diegetic sound birds chirping
• Non diegetic jumpy up beat music
• The Lighting was very bright and the sun was shining
• Costume is old fashion cowboyish, Southern Western outfits
• It's a musical as well as a cowboy film so I think it ran be watch by anyone of any age and gender.

Horror- Halloween

• Sharpe Piano music feels really edgey
• In credits there's an image of a pumkin and they slowly zoom in
• We were told the day and year
• Zoom in on a house
• Point of view shot so we see in the person perspective
• Non diegetic sound it is sharp and builds tension especially since we saw the person pick up a knife
• Down tilt when the person picks up the Knife
• The person then stabs a women the non diegetic music gets louder
• When the mask has been removed we see who's point of view it is a little boy
• See a bloody knife
• Dark lighting only a little bit of light
• Credit then tells us where they are and the date
• Man and woman driving in a strom.
• Non diegetic music plays when the woman is being attacked by someone it is sharpe music that makes the audience feel tension
• For teens and adults of any gender.

comedy- White Chicks

• Non-Diegetic sound: Music was playing it sound like Latino music
• Establishing shot and zooming in
• there is a two shot of a shop keeper and ice cream delivery man
• Man walks out from the back shaking maracas he is also the other shop keeper
• Close up of the shop keeper who was shaking the maracas singing
• they ask the man the flavour of the ice cream and he tells them it vanilla
• they them show him money in a briefcase this is shown in a close up
• shop keeper who was shaking the maracas hands over the money the starts to tell a story which is suppose to be sad but he is singing at the same time.
• two shop keepers rip of there masks and they are really undercover cops
• A fight breaks out between the two shop keeper and the man selling ice cream
• when the fight breaks out non diegetic music begins to play it fast and upbeat it sounds Latino
• They think the ice cream seller is really a drug dealer
• the real drug seller then walks in sees the cops with guns and the ice cream seller lying on the ground with his hands up and tries to walk out.
• the chief then comes to see the crime scene and tells them it a mess close up of the chief foot as he walks on ice cream and also they did not catch the real drug dealers
• the shop keeper who was shaking the maracas phone rings when he is told off by the chief he answers and it his wife calling he tells her to call him later
• degetic sound phone rings again when the chief has gone back to lecturing them and it is the chiefs phone it is the shop keepers wife again calling the chief give him his phone and walks away
• the audience it would most appeal to is teen and adults of any gender.

What i got from the feedback about our video is that we used good close we had varied shots and used great angles, We used a very good panning shot.

The only problem was that the story line should of been more clear and we should of had better quality of sound.

2 October 2009- First day on blogger

In today's lesson we watched Psycho- an analysed it. We looked at the conventions and codes. I also learnt about Establishing shot which mean that the camera is setting the scenes. Also in the beginning of the film it told us where they were this we were told could mean that they might be filming in different locations.