Evaluation; Question Four

Evaluation; Question Three

Evaluation; Question Two

Evaluation; Question One

Analysis of Target Audience Responses; Two

Question one:

They all agreed which makes us feel satisfied as we planned the storyboard accordingly to the synopsis.

Question two:

There is either agreement that it is what the audience expected or better mainly due to the music encouraging them to create emotions such as tension. They summarise that the music we believed to be appropriate for our thriller in terms of creating tension and suspense we accurate.

Question three:

Despite the music being effective, the camera shots are what made it believable that the film was a thriller. They mainly agreed that the high angle shots, which made the victim look more vulnerable, and the murderers more powerful and dangerous mainly gave it away. However, the quick and fast paced shots during the running scene also made this more believable, added with the little mystery of not showing the drivers face during the driving scene.

Question four:

Three of the audience agree that the sound effects, the slow drone noise, when Jemini appears is more effective and interesting. It also highlights that the film is indeed a thriller. One also said that with including a song that is relevant to the plot results in it making the film seem more of a thriller. In comparison, one did say the use of the bands songs made the music less effective.

Question five:

Tension and fear mainly occurred during the dramatic and dark drone when Jemini appeared. However, one did suggest that there could of been some intense and mood setting music to improve our short film.

Question six:

Two of the audience agree that our short film hasn't increased their interest into watching short films in the future mainly because they cannot emotionally attach themselves to the characters with the limited time. However, the teenagers, agreed that it has increased their interest simply as they were surprised their can be some suspense and action.

Target Audience Responses; Two

These are our responses from both genders and two age groups regarding questions for our target audience.

Update of Short Film; Thirty Two

Today me and my other team member agreed that to help answer the questions for our evaluation, we would question our target audience again. We have asked our four original audience reviewers again to participate which they agreed. To do this we have shown them our final piece and gave them questions which outline whether or not is it what they originally expected.

'Voices' Magazine Review Page

The other member of my team created the layout which she took in consideration the layouts from already existing movie review pages (and the magazines). These include the rating, certificate, date of release and movies that the audience may of liked that have any slight resemblance to our production. On all double page spread reviews there's usually a very large picture of a shot from the film (which we have included). Also a quote from the film was placed on the picture. In extension, the title is always the biggest font within the page that attempts to intrigue the reader. We made it red (an eye-capturing colour) that also relates to the film with the recurring featuring of the colour red - car, clothes and blood. Lastly, we also included the logline.

Meanwhile, I wrote the content which includes the mention of last years media (AS) coursework film which we created the title sequence and how the director has developed alongside with the introduction of a new actor and her also featuring in the film. Like with existing film reviews in magazines, I have also included some description of characters and their plot without giving a large clue of what happens within the film. Lastly, in the last paragraph I summed up whether or not is the film worth while to see.

Magazine Review Analysis

Total Film - War Horse

Once opening the review page you instantly see the very large picture of a shot that evidently is seen in the feature film itself. On looking at War Horse, and other pictures within the magazine, it is evident that the picture is cleverly chosen to show main characters interacting together (e.g. also appears in in the Sherlock Holmes review).

The second most noticeable feature within the article is the title of the film so the reader instantly can see what specific film they are reading about. Underneath this large font is the overall rating of the film out of stars, which is also next to the release date. Both essential points to place on the page and with them being located under the title it is more likely for them to be seen. Beside that, is a summarised sentence of what the reviewer thinks about the whole film itself on whether it is good or not. In this case "Spielberg serves up a fine equine." For our review page we could perhaps place our logline here as it reflects our film in many ways.

Other features which appear in the article include the 'predicted interest curve' which gives an outline of what scenes are most interesting within the movie and what are not. In extension, there's also a little small bubble indicated the 'talking point' which gives facts in relation to the film, for instance for War Horse it involves horses. Another factor is that on the bottom right, and in a small font is the certificate and those that appear in the film, or contribute in its making such as the director (Spielberg) and the running time. The 'certificate', 'director', 'starring' and 'running time' are in bold to stand out to the reader. The overall verdict, and 'see this if you liked...' are also on the right side which may help readers decide whether they want to see the movie.

The first letter of the review itself stands out more thus making it professional (red background in exchange for the whole articles white) in a large white font. The review is also split up with two headings that are slightly witty. The review describes the directors career, and briefly talks about the actors and the characters they play without giving away the plot of the film itself.

Final Piece

'Voices' Poster

We edited this on photoshop to make it more 'spooky' by making the colours darker and slightly blurry. This is also the photo we took a few months back and thought that it would be appropriate for our short film especially as the closet is opening with a hand suggesting a mystery. Also, it shows dead bodies on the wardrobe which can suggest that it is indeed a thriller. Another point is that, we included our logline in the top left corner which may intrigue people to view our short film. To make our poster more realistic we included the date of release at the bottom.

Originally the title was slightly smaller. We decided to make it larger and also make it look like it is coming out of the closet. In extension, the font represents blood with some parts looking like blood is dripping from it (and bright red).

Update of Short Film; Thirty One

We placed the rest of the music on our final piece such as the other songs sung by 'Seven Days'. We also drowned out the noise on our taxi bit (the background) so you can hear what the protagonist is saying better. Another point is that we thought it would be better to place the film productions company at the beginning rather than part of the credits. This meant that we deleted a few parts on the credits.

Update of Short Film; Thirty

Today we started placing music onto our short film. This includes the main song 'Voices' and other sound effects such as drones. A few times we were unsure the length we should extend each of them but after some discussion and different variations of lengths and different drones, we eventually agreed.