Thriller Opening (Evaluation) - Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Both member of the group (Millicent Holmes and Stefanie Barnes) collaborated on this post, it was created through Stefanie's account.

Another Update For Our Thriller Film

We have now finally got the rest of our footage for thriller film. Therefore we have now been able to edit all the footage and we will be finished very soon.

Titling Practise

Me and Stef decided to do some titling practise for our opening to our thriller film. I think it turned out quite well, a lot of work went into this effect. I think this effect will link very well with what our film is about. This is because our film includes a lot of uses of technology.

Thriller Opening (Planning): The Risk Assessment and Shooting Schedule

Below is the shooting schedule and the risk assessment we filled out before we started shooting for the thriller opening. They aren't too clear due to the camera we were using but you can still read it at least a little bit.

Audience Research: Interview

We asked someone that would watch thriller films to talk about what he likes about thriller films and more so that we could learn more about what the audience thinks.

Thriller Opening (Research): Research into Audience Views on Thriller Films

This is some footage that I had taken and Stef decided to mess around with it edit it, this was us gathering some information on what people like in thriller films and what sort of elements we should include in our own.

Thriller Film Research: Alfred Hitchcock (Director)

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, more commonly known as Alfred Hitchcock (or the 'master of suspense') was born 13th August 1899 and sadly died 20th April 1980. Hitchcock broke new ground when it came to filming making, he created many techniques to create new age types of suspense and psychological thriller films.

After a very triumphant career in British cinema in silent and early talking films, he was recognized as England's best director, therefore he decided to go over to America and move into his new home in Hollywood, and finally became a United States citizen in 1935.

Through a career that spanned over half a century, Hitchcock shaped for himself an individual and memorable directorial style. He took a leap forward in the use of camera angles that made a move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, engaging the viewer in a form of voyeurism. Through his use of framing shots, he has morphed the way that directors today make films and not only thriller films but all films.

The way that Hitchcock worked has inspired many new generations of aspiring and famous directors and will do until the end of the film making industry.