Evaluation - In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Draft

The thriller we created adhered to many conventions of a thriller movie and in turn also opening sequences of movies in general, however also challenging a few during construction.

The first convention utilised in the thriller film would be the mystery presented and the introduction of a location/setting to the audience. The camera is laced so that it is a wide shot of much of the surroundings beyond the rooftop, with a character being in the shot but not being able to be identified. Both of these are great examples of conventions, with the mystery character being commonly used in thriller movies to set up a narrative enigma, using this within my thriller I thought would really add to the effect it had as a thriller and the professionalism it carried with it. Also the setting up shot of the setting is used lots as a convention of an opening sequence meaning utilising it was a good choice to make the thriller seem as real a media product as possible. Both of us feel that the shot showing the skyline of the city is similar to david fincher's skyline shot in his thriller film although maybe not as proffesional. The Character standing at the edge of the roof looking over the city is also akin to the opening of a film like Batman or Spiderman.

Final edit - Audience feedback

Positives
+ liked inserts, such as window shot.
+ liked the soundtrack playing along with the scene
+ enjoyed the mystery set up - thought it was  a good enigma
+ Titles were creative
+ Ambient sound used well: Footsteps/clothing shuffle

Negatives
- David and Guy title maybe a bit informal - include last names?
- Wobble of the camera in early long shot on roof

Thriller - Final Edit

Thriller - Bird sounds

We felt the window insert shot was really good aesthetically but lacked in any substance so came up with the idea that as we were adding more ambient sound anyway we would add bid sounds. After doing this we felt it added to the verisimilitude of the scene greatly.

Thriller - Third draft improvements

The main improvments made to the third draft were the inclusion of ambient sound and a few shots cleaned up to make it all more seemless and akin to a finished product.

 Some shots now including ambient sound within this draft

Thriller - Third Draft

Thriller - Production comapany Logo sounds

For the logo we wanted to imitate opening production logos like paramount or universal. We wanted to have the logo animated in some way but with appropriate sound to add an extra effect to it.

From the first video which included several sounds, we chose to go with Horror loop 2 at 4:47 as we thought this had a very effective and demanding sense that we thought would bring in the first title "legend" with an extremeley powerful presence which is what we wanted.

Also for the second one we used a few seconds from it to bring in the word "entertainment" we really wnated it to contrast the first sound that legend carried with it. This therefore gave a finishing effect to complete the title and move on with the opening sequence.

Thriller - Production company logo ideas

Thriller - Second draft audience opinions

Thriller - First draft opinion review

Thriller - First draft audience opinions

Thriller opening - production company review

We decided to ask peers their opinions on the the name of the company to see if it was the right choice
Emily Brookes: "I am very impressed with it and it looks very proffesional, the music also fits well with the title and makes each word and the name in general stand out more"

Finley O'Neill: "I like the concept of the title and thought it was done to a proffesional standard, the sound effects work well and the transitions flow very nicely."

Thriler opening - Production company

This is the main production company we created for our Thriller opening sequence, we thought this sounded proffesional and sounds like it could be legitamate. 
This therefore makes the following footage seem a lot more proffesional in itself as a result.