4th Feburary

On the 4th of february we continued filming for an opening of a thriller movie which lasts 2 minutes. This was a very productive filming session where we filmed the second character in our story line and what their role is in the story. We used many props such as fake blood and a light brown cloth which shows reprsentation to an enourmous affect. We once again also used a spotlight to set he scene instead of a normal light which would not be as effective. We used various shot types to show what was going on.for example we used point of view shot for the character. A close up of the brown cloth and the object that was inside it. Furthermore we used medium shot of the villian cleaning the evidence away. For me and my group this was a productive lesson because we mangaed to get most of what we needed and with a bit more filming time we will be able to start editing and making our opening of a thriller into a spectacle.

wednesday 28th january

On wednesday the 28th me and my group started filimng our opening to a thriller movie. we used alot of equpment including the tables to get the shots we needed. We used the spotight to emphasise our character and set the scene. This was important because he is the vocal point of the story we are trying to display. Furthermore the group combinded well and we used each otthers ideas and we put them into practice and i personallly think that went well. Th e filming was also excellent because everybody in my group used the camera and we worked well as a team and a unit and i am very pleased with that.

audiences reaction to our media product

Our media product was shown in vue cinema like the rest of the AS media groups. Our film got great reviews and great reactions because of its diversity to other films that where shown that day. When are one was finished their was a great cheer and people that where sitting around me said that my one was the best one I had seen so far, that made me feel good inside. Many people said they liked the different shots we used to show elliot (the hostage) and his state of mind so it makes the audience sympathise with him and what he was going through. They liked the shot where the camera was behind him and it tracked from his hands to his head and it showed him sweating prefucely. Overall I think the audience liked it because its different and it was not like other peoples product that was shown in the cinema that day.

monday 26th january

In this lesson we started planning for our horror film. We came up with ideas what we were going to do. We had loads of diffent ideas e.g stalker, kidnapper, killer etc. We slightly decided to do kidnapper and started planning it. We started planning what its going to be about and whats going to happen in it. We also thought wat type of shots were going to use e.g close ups etc. We basically had an idea at the end of the lesson but we were going to carry it on the next lesson.

Monday 15th December

In this lesson we uploaded our mini clips onto the blog. While we were doing that we were answering about our clips and how we developed it. We then watched our clips again but on the blog. We saw what we did and what we need to do to improve it. We then went back to class and watched some horror films to the end of the lesson. This was to help everyone improve for the future.

wednesday 10th December

On Wednesday the 10th we watched our mini clips we made. This was a good thing because we were able to see others peoples work and ideas. This made me look back over our work and see all the advantages and disadvantages of our work. Me and ma group saw that our mini clip could of been inproved so next time i would be able to make a better job of it.

We finally finished our thriller!!

Last friday me and my group finally finished our long awaited media thriller which took alot of time and stress to complete and we did and finished it to the best of our ability. This was a huge step for us because when we where making the practice ones hey where much below average and it is as if we did not put any effort in at all even though we did. Now, with our main thriller the editing is much better, the soundtrack is way more skilled and choreographed and the lighting is supreme. The main thing I personally like about my thriller is the lighting we had used to portray the movement and events which where going on throughout the short film. The main character who was elliot, his facial expressions where shown wonderfully and the sweat which was on his arms where clear because of the lighting and that made it better. Furthermore when we see his shadow at the start it entices the audience to see what is happening and persuade them to watch on. Overall i think our thriller fim is great viewing and the most important thing is that we got it finished to our liking.