REDEMPTION

Q1

A thriller can be in many made into many forms and this can be from a book to a film. What a thriller actually is is a fiction or drama based thing which contains a high amounts of aspects such as suspense and adventure.

There are a large number of thriller sub genres and these still contain all the conventional elements of a thriller such as a large number of the same shots e.g. close up and high angle shots but they however have their own aspects which make each of their sub genres individual to themselves. Examples of sub genres of thrillers are action thrillers which are thrillers which contain a large amount of action which is fast paced and while intertwining stunts for example which help to keep the viewers’ attention.  Whereas on the other hand a psychological thriller looks to exploring the subconscious and conscious and looks to confront people’s fears and psych which contrasts an action thriller greatly.

The thriller sub-genre which we chose was a spy thriller and the reason why we chose this was because we felt that this was a very popular thriller subgenre and the reason why we thought this was due to film series such as James Bond and Bourne which are two very popular spy series. Having people within our group that enjoy watching spy thrillers also helped to influence our decision due to the fact that we would have some form of knowledge on what looks good in a spy thriller and also help to give us inspiration from spy thrillers that we have seen ourselves.

In spy thrillers one main element that the viewer’s expect is to see characters’ who are both smartly dressed an also have power and representations of this can be seen in James Bond for example.

As can be seen in the image James Bond is wearing a suit which makes him look smart and also suggest both his wealth and power further reinforced by the car which can be seen in the backgound which is an old Aston Martin which is an expensive car. Not only does a suit suggest wealth and power but it also suggests intelegence which is expected from a spy as they have to be quick thinking and know how to solve problems at any time. Having James Bond in a suit also completely juxtaposes both James Bonds personality and his type of work that he does and the reason for this is because he essentialy a paid murderer which goes against the perception of someone in a suit and the reason for this is because someone seen in a suit is expected to be in a highly official job such as a solicitor or business owner fo example but this helps to mask the fact that he in fact a killer and works for MI6 which helps to keep the secrecy surrounding the charcater of James Bond.

In our thriller the antagonist wore a suit which helped to give off the feeling of the antagonist to be powerful and also have a high status. The colour of the suit that the antagonist was wearing was black which was very neutral and gave him a very low key look which helped to keep in with the mysteriousness of the opening as it didn’t make the antagonist stick out or look out of the ordinary which is what was needed as in real life a spy wouldn’t want to look out of the ordinary or attract any attention to themselves.


There are number of shot types which are usually used within thrillers and these are all used to give different effects in relation to a character or to give small amounts of information to the viewer for example. 


A very widely used shot amongst thrillers is the close up and the close is can be used to great effects. The reason why a close up is used is because this allows the viewer to see more detail of an object for example but on the other hand it can be used. To capture more detail on a person’s face and better capture their emotion which in turn allows the viewer to have a better understanding of a characters emotion and also help to create a better emotion. Not only this but close up can also be used to help create enigmas throughout a thriller and the reason for this is because they could show close ups of only parts of objects for example and this would in turn create enigmas’ for the viewer as they be asking questions to what the object that is being shown actually is. Having the viewer asking questions is exactly what you want in a spy thriller as it then allows you to throw in certain elements such as plot twists for example which allow you take your viewer by surprise and also keep them engaged throughout the whole of the film.

In our thriller we used close up but not to catch a characters emotion but to instead capture more detail of objects and also things the antagonist was doing. The reason why we did this was because it showed more detail in what both the antagonist and protagonist were doing and the reason why this worked was due to the fact that it allowed for the viewers to really get a sense of what the protagonist was doing e.g. preparing the gun and therefore helped to build tension and suspense as enigmas such as who is the antagonist going to shoot were created.

Another shot which is widely used throughout thrillers is the over the shoulder shot and the reason why this is used is because it allows the viewer to feel like they are within the action or scene. An over the shoulder shot can also be used to capture a characters emotion if for example the over the shoulder shot is taking place looking at the antagonist and looking at the protagonist.

In a large number of thrillers establishing shots play a big part. The reason for this is because they help to set the scene and give the viewer a small amount of information as to where the film is taking place at this moment in time. In spy thrillers there are mainly only two types of places where the film starts and these are either in very derelict places or very populate and busy cities. These are two very contrasting places and each of the establishing shots are used based on what is happening for example if the film is likely to start with a lot of action and gun fights for example the establishing shot is likely going to be of a busy city. In Law Abiding Citizen the film starts with this establishing shot and then goes straight into the action where Clyde Sheltons house (a character in the film) is targeted by some men and the small girl and wife of Clyde Shelton are killed.

Where as if it is a spy thriller involving the FBI and an interrogation is occurring then it is likely that an establishing shot of a derelict place will be used.

Unfortunately we didn’t use an establishing shot which I think was a weakness to our production and the reason for this is because audience weren’t able to get a sense of why or have any clue where the antagonist or protagonist actually are and the reason why this is a problem is due to the fact that it goes straight into the action instead of giving the viewer some information using an establishing shot which I feel made the opening ever so slightly confusing.

Editing can be used to great effect in thrillers and the reason for this is because they can help to build tension and suspense. The main techniques which can be used to do these two things are flashbacks and quick cuts. Quick cuts help to build tension as the closer the events of the film get closer to the action of say a gunfight for example the quicker the cuts of the film become and this helps to pick up the pace of the film. When flashbacks are used within thrillers they help to give the viewer information on the character having the flashbacks past and this helps to give the viewer information which can be pieced together which helps to build tension and suspense as someone could be doing something in revenge of what was done or happened to them in the past and the more flashbacks that are put in place the more the viewer knows that an event in the revenge of their past is going to happen which keeps the viewer engaged.

Costume

Costume is used to great effect within thrillers and what I mean by this is that costume is used throughout the film to suggest thing about the character and these things which can be suggested by using costume are power, type of job and also wealth. For example a character wearing a suit is depicted to have a lot of power and a good job along with being relatively wealthy. Whereas on the other hand someone wearing scruffy looking clothes and wearing a hoodie with the hood up suggests that they are weak and have a lack of money. The weakness comes from the hood being up and not wanting to be seen. When it comes to spy thrillers it is likely that both the antagonist and protagonist will be wearing suits which both suggest that they have power but sometimes the protagonist is put into costume wearing scruffy clothes and trying to keep themselves a low profile which goes with the spy concept.

Lighting

Within thrillers lighting is a big part. The lighting which is used within thrillers is usually low key and not too bright. The reason why this low key lighting is used is because it helps to not reveal too much such as a characters true identity and also helps to keep the mysteriousness within the thriller. Not only this but it can also be used to help show a characters demeanour, say the walk into a room and the room is dark then you could say that this character is both dark and mysterious and has more about them than meets the eye.  The sources of light which are used within some thrillers can be very minimal and could literally just be providing a small amount of light for the corner of the room which could help to build tension for a viewer as there is a sense of eeriness when there is very low light like this. Within our thriller opening the lighting which we used was only natural lighting when we were outside. For the shots which were filmed inside of Lui looking at the case files for example an unnatural light source from a light was used for these scenes. When in the editing stage we had to use a filter over our footage and the reason for this was because we felt that all the lighting was too bright meaning that it didn’t give the opening that mysterious feel that we wanted to give the viewer but with the filter we enabled ourselves to get the desired look we wanted. This filter was simply a grey filter.

Actors

Actors within spy thrillers are stereotypically men but there can be occasions where women are main characters within spy thrillers and this is one aspect which would oppose usual thriller conventions. The reason why women aren’t always used is because people take them as being weak even if they’re not as they are women who aren’t built and muscular like the main characters of most thriller films. The reason why they have their main characters as muscular is because this helps to reinforce to the viewer that these characters aren’t weak.

Props

Props play a big part in thriller and they are used to create certain atmospheres within a thriller. Some of the most common thriller props include weapons spanning from guns to a wrench, expensive cars and fake blood. All these props help the viewer to establish which is the protagonist and which is the antagonist but this isn’t always easy in certain thriller genres such as spy thrillers as normally both the antagonist and protagonist possess weapons such as guns.

Sound

Sound is used within thrillers to create certain atmospheres or elements such as tension within the film. The stylistic features of a thriller soundtrack which can be found within a thriller soundtrack include usually an orchestra and this is composed of string instruments which can be used to build tension and also create a sense of mystery also. On the other hand a heavy beat given from a drum within the orchestra can be used to create tempo and works really well alongside fast paced action. Along with these two aspects crescendos and build ups work well within thriller soundtracks and the reason for this is because they help to build up tension and then suddenly let the tension go as all the action breaks out. In films such as Bourne Ultimatum and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy the very conventional thriller soundtrack is used containing a number of crescendos alongside a string orchestra and a drum to keep the tempo where as our soundtrack on the other hand isn’t conventional and the reason for this is because we don’t have the standard string orchestra within our soundtrack and instead it’s a high pitched voice effectively taking the place of strings. The soundtrack does however contain a drum which helps to keep the soundtrack in tempo.

Narrative

Within a thriller narrative there are conventions that you can expect to see almost every time when watching a thriller. The first convention is that you will always see a hero and a villain and these will oppose each other and both have opposite motives for what they want. In Batman The Dark Knight Rises both a hero and villain can be seen and the hero is Batman with the villain being a character called Bane.

Some other conventions when it comes to characters in the narrative is that there is a dispatcher who is someone who send the hero on their way. The princess who is the reward for what the hero is doing but this character usually needs to also be protected from the villain and the hero is usually the person to do this. Finally there is someone called the helper and this is someone who gives support to the hero. In Ant-Man for example Scott Lang the character who is in fact Ant-Man has help from his friends when completing missions as without them he wouldn’t be able to do it meaning these friends who help him can be seen as helpers.

Within films there are a number of very important things and a number of these things come under a sub heading of mise-en-scene, within mise-en-scene there is setting, props, lighting, colour, costume and props. Within a thriller the setting can range entirely it can be city based like what can be seen in Bourne Ultimatum or a lot of it can be based out in the middle of nowhere as can be seen in the film No Country for old men.

Bourne Ultimatum gave us some inspiration within the opening of our thriller. The way in which it inspired us was with the files which can be seen of both the woman that Bourne is with and Bourne himself. The close up of the files enables the viewer to be focused on the files and therefore makes them ask questions as to who these people are and what they have done. This can be seen in our thriller opening and this is seen with the paper copy of the files that the antagonist is seen to have. To create more enigmas for the viewer we decided that putting dead on the protagonists file would create even more enigmas for the viewer as they are seen to be dead on paper but in actual fact they are still seen to be alive.

Within a number of thriller openings the length of shots is very short and the clip is kept at a fast pace. The reason why this is done is because it helps to create tension and keep up the fast pace needed to be able to create a somewhat hectic form of atmosphere. This can be seen in Dexter for example when the blood is seen both dripping onto the magazine and into the sink. These shots are seen for very little times so not to bore the viewer and instead keep their attention. When it came to our thriller we kept shots of the protagonist short and choppy and this was so that tension around the protagonist could be built especially when he can be seen with a gun.

When it comes to typography we figured that we should go with a simple typography  and this was so that it fitted our sub-genre of thriller. What I mean by this is that our subgenre is a spy thriller and this therefore  means that the protagonist is very understated and simple so that they don’t stand out from the crowd and make themselves known hence why we didn’t want to go with a very out there and stand out typography but more simple and understated. This is completely different when looking at a film such as se7en for example. This film has very complicated typography but this however fits in with the subgenre of the film and that is a psychological thriller and the reason for this is because it gives the film that edge that smooth and perfect typography doesn’t.

We used two conventional settings within our thriller opening and this was the woods and the antagonists house. The reason why we used the wood was because it is seen to be very off the radar and you are likely to not be found there hence why setting up a gun within the woods to shoot someone was ideal in our opinion. Due to a lot of tree cover within the woods we also thought that the lighting would be low lighting which is ideal within a thriller as it helps to create mystery and tension. The reason why we had the antagonist in their house reading through files is due to the fact that the viewer would see the antagonist to be safe as he is within the safety of his own home. This would then therefore take the viewer by surprise and capture their attention when they realise that the man who is supposed to be dead has just killed the antagonist. The lighting within the house however wasn’t as stereotypical of a thriller as the lighting within the woods was as it was brighter in the house.

The props seen throughout our thriller opening are seen to be very stereotypical of thrillers with a large amount of both violence and death/killing within them. The weapons that can be seen are in place to create tension within the thriller opening as weapons are seen to inflict pain upon people and the reason tension is created is due to the viewer waiting to see when they are going to be used. The use of the picture frame for example within the intertwined cut scenes was used to create mystery within the opening as the antagonist can be seen within the picture and this creates enigmas for the viewer which could include who is the antagonist and is someone hunting him.

Within our thriller opening we used a number of different types of shots and these were used for two reasons the first reason was because a large amount of detail can be captured using a close up and another reason was due to the fact that the close ups allowed us to conceal the identity of the protagonist and this was important to help keep the mystery within our opening. The idea of this was taken from No Country For Old Men and this was done to protect the identity of the man’s face who had been arrested by the police officer until he has killed the police office when he was calling the sheriff. The use of the close up helps to create tension and mystery around the characters identity and what they look like.

The editing of our thriller opening consisted of a large number of quick cuts. These are used so that the viewer can capture a certain amount of information and then piece all the bits together and this also helps to not make the viewer bored and keep them engaged instead. The cut scene in between each helped to break up what the viewer  was seeing as we wanted to create a slight sense of confusion for the viewer so that they couldn’t piece together exactly what was going on within the opening  sequence of our thriller as we didn’t want it to just be predictable and therefore boring.

Q7

I feel like between the preliminary and final production task my filmmaking has progressed as I have picked up a number of skills. And these span from knowing to add effects knowing to how to cut clips depending on how you want them to effect the viewer for example quick cuts create tension for the viewer where as long clips won't create tension or suspense for the viewer. I have also learnt how to use iMovie to a better effect. By knowing how to add different transitions to how to add titles to a shots. I have learnt that when creating a thriller you need to cut your shots quickly as this keeps the footage flowing and also more aesthetically pleasing and keeps the viewer engaged and not have them becoming uninterested. Not only this but I have also developed the number of shots that I used within my footage and also what type of shots create different types of feelings for the viewer for example a close up of a bloodshot eye will create tension and suspense for the viewer along with enigmas as it makes the viewer think what could the character to be looking at and why do they look scared/shocked?

I have also learnt about a number of rules and also composition techniques within filming. When it comes to composition you can use either rule of thirds or the golden mean. Rules of thirds is when if a grid were to be placed over a shot all the points at which the lines cross would be the most important points of the shot which help to emphasise certain parts of shots and make them stand out more to the viewer. The golden mean is another composition technique you can use and this is where I important points within a shot are along a diagonal line that could be put on the shot. If certain things are placed along this golden mean line then just like the rule of thirds will stand out to the viewer and make these objects or aspects of the shot more important to the viewer.

Continuity is a large part that should be ensured to be followed when filming. What it is ensuring that the shots flow nicely together and make sense and on top of this they also don't look like they were filmed at competent different times. A bad example of continuity is say for example a shot is filmed in bright sunlight and then the following shot that still links in with this scene is suddenly in the dark. The reason why this is bad continuity is because it sticks out to the viewer straight away that the shots weren't filmed to flow well and can also make the shots to look unprofessional and take away from the film looking good. In our prelim and final production continuity was achieved within both as we were able to film all the shots which we needed on the same day and this allowed us to achieve our continuity to a good level. There is however one place where our continuity slipped in our final production and this is when pushing up the safety there is nothing in the background but a short time later when the trigger is pulled there are some bags in the background which weren't realised at the time. This is one thing we should have realised when looking back at the footage before leaving our filming site. The 180 degree rule is important in film and the reason for this is because it allows the viewer not to become confused with who's who in a scene. So if this rule is followed then everyone and everything in the scene can be seen and nothing can be confused as to who's talking for example. We broke the 180 degree rule a few times when filming both the antagonist and protagonist but this didn't cause any confusion for the viewer and reason for this was because there was only one person in each of the shots meaning that there was no confusion as to who was in the shot which meant that despite breaking the rule it didn't cause us any problems.

In our preliminary task we didn't break the 180 degree rule once meaning that we did better with the 180 degree rule within our preliminary task than we did in our thriller I think the reason for this is because we were concentrating on getting all the correct shots we needed and we were also having to film more and also working again past time constraints which caused us to forget about some of the fundamentals of camera work.

When it came to editing within both our preliminary and thriller opening there were more

elements put into thriller opening than in our preliminary and some examples are titles being included in our thriller opening along with filters being placed over shots to create a mysterious feel to the whole scene because we wanted to create greater effects for the viewer and also there were a lot more things going on. In our prelim we simply put our shots together and didn't give them any effects and only used diegetic sound of voices. Where as in our thriller opening firstly we put a filter over the protagonists shots as this helped to create a sense of mystery regarding the protagonist which is essential in a spy thriller. Within our thriller opening. We didn't use any diegetic sound within our thriller and the reason why was because we realised we didn't have the correct equipment to obtain good quality audio which would add to the effect of the opening so we won't used non-diegetic sound which was in the form of both the soundtrack which wasn't seen in the preliminary and also a gun shot when the trigger was pulled in our thriller. When it came to props they were both used in the prelim and the thriller opening but in the thriller opening the number of props and the thought over the props was much deeper than in the prelim. What is meant by this is that in the prelim we only used scraps of paper as our props and that was it where as in the thriller opening we used an air rifle which was used to great effect to make the protagonists character more believable. Along with the air rifle we still used paper but in the form of two peoples secret files and these were thought about a lot more as they had notes on the description of someone and also had finger prints on them to make them more realistic. A large number of props were also included on the table on the intercutting shots and these worked to great effect to create an effect which could be seen to cause the viewer to become slightly scared as these props could be used for torture for example. All In all the props for the thriller opening were thought about a lot more as we needed to create certain effects with them where as in the prelim we weren't using props for effect but just to add more substance to the prelim.

To organise what shots we were going to shoot in our prelim and thriller opening we used shot list for both but these contrasted greatly as our thriller opening had a shot list containing over 40 different shots whereas on our prelim shot list there were only around 15 shots that we had to film.

In our final thriller opening I feel that there were both strengths and weaknesses. The first strength that we had was that I feel that our story line really progressed from our prelims storyline and this was definitely a good thing as it caused us to be able to engage our viewer more than we could have ever done in our preliminary film. On top of this we really developed the number of both props and the meaning of each of the props a lot from when we filmed our prelim as we just used scraps of paper which didn't have anything on as a prop in our preliminary task where as in our thriller opening we thought of props which could be used to create effects and also to make characters in our thriller more believable instead of making them seem boring to the viewer also the props that we used were more likely to attract the viewers’ attention and an example of this could be the air rifle we used and the reason why this attracted more of the viewers’ attention is because it was more interesting and it is also a gun which is a weapon and can be used to cause damage. I think we progressed with sound from our prelim to our thriller opening and what I mean by this is that the sound we used was of better quality and actually properly contributed to creating effects within our film. What I mean by this is that the soundtrack that we used help to create a good amount of tension and suspense within our thriller and also help to keep a good tempo and pace due to the drum which was included, which helped the shots to haven good continuity and flow nicely making them more aesthetically pleasing. I felt that another strength which we had was that the quality of of film was actually better as the images were crisper and I feel that this was due to the fact that we had better lighting than in the thriller opening than in the thriller opening and this was mainly due to amount of natural lighting which we had. However on the contrary I feel that a weakness of ours was that we didn't use extra sources of lighting when filming the shots within the house of the antagonist as they ended up having noise within them which we should have learnt from when we filmed our preliminary as we had the same problem there but this is something to learn from in the future. Another weakness that I think we had in our thriller was that we didn't use any film make up even though we didn't use any in our prelim tasks. I think the way that we could have used film make up was by creating somewhat of a gunshot wound on the back of the antagonists head and the reason why I think we should have done this is because despite seeing the gun being shot by the protagonist and the antagonist dead a better effect could have been created by showing that the antagonist definitely was shot and he is in fact dead and this would also help to create better effect to the viewer and also make them feel stronger visuals as they would be able to see the damage that the gun has done to the antagonist. Finally the last weakness I think that we had in our thriller opening was that we didn't include all the shots that we wanted to in our opening which meant that we didn't have all the substance to the story that we wanted and also didn't have the huge variety of shots that we wanted to include, I think some of the shots that we wanted to include would have given the film even more effects in the way of tension as for example one of the shots was showing the gun bag being unzipped and this type of shot would have helped to create tension and suspense as the viewer would be waiting to see what the protagonist is pulling out of the bag he is unzipping. A larger variety of shots would also have helped to reduce the chances of our viewer becoming bored and not wanting to be engaged with opening.

All in all I feel that there are a number of shots which prove that we have come a good way from our prelim and become better in the quality that we are producing using all the aspects of editing, camerawork, and sound to create a film. One shot which stands out the most to show our progression is the close up of the protagonist pulling the trigger and then when looking at our preliminary the close up of the hand opening the door. The shots have progressed by both looking so much better when it comes to quality as in the prelim the shot is grainy and looks plain boring where as in our thriller opening the shot is clear, there is a filter over it to give it a mysterious look due to the spy thriller genre we are aiming our film at. Not only this but the shot in the thriller opening is so much more interesting for the viewer to watch as it shows a gun being shot which is a lot more interesting than a door being opened. Along with this the gun shot contains non diegetic sound which is better quality and sounds good and further reinforces the gun being shot creating suspense and tension whereas the door opening shot in our preliminary task used diegetic sound which is bad quality and doesn't add to the effect of the film at all.

In conclusion I feel that there are many aspects which we have improved on from our preliminary to our thriller opening and this included things such as the sound which is included in our thriller opening to simply putting s filter over shots of the protagonist to create a mysterious effect.

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The target audience that we used was going to be from 15 and above mainly looking to target our film at male teenagers to males in their early twenties. The reason why we decided to use this target audience was due to the fact that after asking people what type of films that they like the most we found that teenagers to young adults like these type of thrillers which contain action along with a good story line behind them. In hindsight I do think that we should have done a questionnaire to have hard evidence to show the responses that we got. This is the reason why we chose a spy thriller because we know that the male gender likes more action and mystery whereas a number of females would rather be watching a love story for example. Despite our thriller opening not being rather manly due to the death in the scene and no female specific aspects which would cause more females to watch our opening I don’t think that females still couldn’t enjoy our thriller opening as it is engaging which is the main thing meaning that even if the females didn’t watch thrillers like this they could still be able to watch this and be interested.

The age of our target audience spans from teenagers 15 all the way to 30. The reason why we have ranged our thriller from 15 all the way to 30 is because we feel this is the best age range for aiming a film of the thriller genre at as people at 15 are young and enjoy thrillers for their action and so do people all the way up to 30. We have target our thriller more towards the male gender and the reason for this is because we feel that this is the gender who takes most interest in the thriller genre and the reason for this is due to its violence and fast paced action which doesn’t always appeal to the female gender. We have aimed our thriller at a working class background for people who lead normal lives neither over extravagant nor extremely deprived. When it comes to demographics we look to aim our product at the groups B,C1, C2 and D and the reason why we have included these demographic groups is because we feel like it fits with the middle and  working class target audience we are looking to reach out to. The reason why we have done this is because we feel this is where the audience for thrillers is mostly found and they will also be the people who also have enough money and free time to go to the cinema and watch films.  We think that the majority of people within our target audience won’t have a family e.g. have kids but however be single or in some form of relationship and this is due to the fact that the majority of our target audience is within the younger generation. The interests that my target market will have will include things such as watching TV and film some examples of these TV programmes and films they may watch include James Bond, Bourne, Luther and Suits, on top of enjoying being able to simply sit and relax watching a film at the cinema for example. They  will also like to socialise with their friends and spend time in a number of places socialising with friends in places such as restaurants the pub and at their friends’ houses.

I feel like our target audience would watch TV programmes similar to our film for example the types of TV programmes they would watch would be things such as Luther and Breaking Bad and when looking at films I think they would watch thrillers in the majority all of which contain action and so things such as action thrillers or crime thrillers and these could be James Bond or Sicario for example. I feel like our target audiences music preferences would be very broad and this mainly due to the fact that we are targeting our thriller at younger people who have a broad music choices and this could be from Hip Hop to house music, the reason why we think a large number would be into things such as house music is because a large proportion of our target audience are likely to do things such as socialise by going out to a club on a Friday night where this type of music is played. Finally when looking at the type of things that which include where our target audience are likely to shop would be span from places such as Topman when looking buying clothes to skate shops to buy their clothes. The reason why there is this divide is because yet again we have young people within our target market and a lot of younger people aren’t like the rest unlike older people who tend to develop the same interests when it comes to dressing for example.

Another method that we used to research what we should include in our thriller was making a vox pop and the reason why we used this was because we felt that we could ask people questions about what they liked within a thriller but have this documented in a way that it could be looked back on so we can use our findings later on. What a fox pop essentially is is a video of subjects answering questions which we have made regarding our film/thriller opening and the subjects give responses with their opinions of our clip that we have shown them. Vox pops are effective as they allow people to see what people have though of your rough cut/first edit for example and then been able to see the changes that you have made and also if you have put the changes which people have suggested in place and it also works as great feedback for the film makers as they something to work on and advice from their target audience on how to make their work better.   When getting information about what should be included in our thriller from our vox pop we found out that young males like to see action but along with the action they like their to be a story line and also plot twists which keep them watching. Along with this they also like to see enigmas which will also keep them watching and engaged.

The BBFC short for British Board of Film Classification was set up in 1912 and is a non-governmental body which classifies films therefore giving them an age rating before they are released. The BBFC is classed as a regulatory body which regulates and monitors the age ratings of films to make sure that there are no laws being broken and that everything in the industry is legal. They aren’t a business there to make money so the way in which they make money to pay employees is by charging the filmmakers the amount of money for that needed to be paid for their length of the film. The BBFC rate films into a number of different categories and these are U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18, R18. Their powers include deciding the rating of a film. The reason why the BBFC classifies films is so that children aren’t subject to being able to view certain things which aren’t age appropriate such as excessive violence or sex scenes for example. Even though all these age ratings are put in place people such as the local council can still override these ratings and for example the council can say that they will allow people under the age rating into a cinema to watch the film. They can also do things such as ban a film due to inappropriate content. Action can also be taken as far as prosecution. We would rate our film at a 15 and the reason for this is because there will be strong violence, frequent use of strong language and sexual nudity.

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