Thriller Evaluation

Thriller evaluation from laurenstandley

Completed Productions

Evaluation draft

Thriller Soundtrack

We searched on sound cloud 'Thriller' and 'Suspense' to find an appropriate soundtrack for the opening to our thriller film. This is the best one that we found as I think it is gradually building tension and it also creates a dull and sinister atmosphere that can relate with the action that is happening in our film. For example, the movement of the wheels on each object and the theft of the memory stick. Also, we considered this to be suitable as our thriller appears as quite gritty.

However, once we placed this soundtrack on the edit, we decided that the sound wasn't matching up to each scene that was taking place, therefore we decided not to use it. This resulted in us searching for royalty free tracks on YouTube.  Despite this, the soundtracks that we liked would be viewed more suitable for a horror film, rather than a thriller, so we haven't used a royalty free soundtrack. Instead, we searched more on YouTube for 'Grime music' to enhance the use of a gritty thriller. This is the soundtrack we all agreed on that we would use:



I believe that this goes extremely well with our edit and does match up with the action that's taking place; it also creates tension for the audience who are watching what's happening, therefore suspense occurs all the way through our opening until the cliff hanger. I am pleased that we have found a soundtrack that is relevant and satisfactory to our thriller film.

Thriller Planning

Thriller Planning

Essex Boys: Point of view shot

Thriller Rough Cut

What are you happy with?

I am happy that we managed to use several effective shots, such as the close up of the wheels on the car, the wheels on the bike and the skateboard - this all illustrated quick movement which builds up the tension in our film. Also, I think that the soundtrack we used added to the tension, and all of this together has created a fast-pace film that still grabs the target audience's attention. I would consider our film to be aimed at 15-25 year olds.

What needs changing?

I think the main issue is that the character appears as if he is waiting to get hit by the car which was clearly not meant to be intended. Also, there is a dodgy zoom at 00.16 which needs to be altered and I think we need to change the font to be more suitable for a thriller genre film, as the one we have used doesn't look appropriate, so this needs to be changed. Additionally, we need to add some titles during the sequence, such as names etc.

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