AS - Media Thriller

After editing and watching the 1st version this is my reflection on what I thought we managed to do well and what wasn't as effective as we hoped. I feel that our product currently tries to tell a long story in a short amount of time which is not possible effectively. There are too many locations and details revealed and due to this it has to end abruptly as we are over the time limit. For example, the last clip which reveals the death of Red is unnecessary as it communicates what will happen in the whole movie if it was to be created. There are sections of the sound that need volume adjustments as they are going over the dialogue and making it difficult to follow the storyline. The pace of editing is good as it starts slow and as the opening continues and suspense builds the editing speeds up. There is currently no additional colour on the first draft so adding it can only make the production more vivid and catch more attention.

   1) What sort of audience do you think it would attract? The first question feedback highlighted that we managed to target our audience of adolescences and up to the age of 25. Is it identifiable as a thriller? What subgenre? This shows that we achieved what was stated in the brief to make a thriller opening. What age rating do you think it should be? We were targeting a 15 rating and the answer to the question shows this. Do you think the music works well with the chosen genre? The feedback showed us that our music choice was good so we decided to stay with that for our final version. Does the pace of the film complement the genre? Feedback suggests the pace was slow at the start which is what we were aiming for to give an eerie feeling and then it picked up towards the end to create suspense. Does it feel like a film opening? The answer is suggest it does however when we watched it for a second and third time we decided that the end was showing too much and it wa...