AS Thriller Evaluation

My initial brief was to create a two minute opening sequence that contained codes and conventions typical of the thriller genre. This had to be created in groups. My group members were Amber-Louise Reed Johnson and Jazz Chrystie and myself. Within the production, group members had to be allocated to certain roles. Consequently, filming and editing would run smoothly and quickly as everybody in the group would have an assigned job. Firstly, Jazz was made the producer as he purchased all props needed and did not have a huge acting role therefore, he could supervise the making of the sequence. Jazz was also the mise en scene coordinator. Mise en scene is a huge contributer within the media industry and the making of a production. Amber was appointed the director of photography and filmed the whole sequence, this is because she was skilled with the equipment that would be used, for example the camera. Amber was also the sound producer and was responsible for sounds used within the sequence. She was succesful and filled this role well as she found conventional sounds before hand, and knew how to apply the. Lastly, Amber was the editor as she had experience using Final Cut Pro X therefore, she could edit the final sequence successfully. Within the sequence, we needed more than one actor therefore, the whole group had an acting part in some point of the sequence. I believe that this was a positive aspect as we could act as the characters we had created, therefore we knew first hand want we wanted the character to be like. From this also, the audience would engage with more believable characters.

My roles included directing, main acting and screen play writing. Firstly, I was in charge of directing other actors and the technical crew therefore, I had to be available to instruct others to make filming run smoothly and quickly. The role of a screen play writer is extremely important and I was appointed this role as I was the main creator of the narrative and storyboard. The opening sequence was made from detailed notes I made on each frame. From this, I learned how to make a well planned sequence and my team skills strengthened. I also learned how to instruct others rather than to be instructed. Overall, my group worked well together as we all knew our specific jobs that had to be done within these allocated roles. To improve next time and strenthen our group skills, we could have planned the filming schedule more sufficiently and should have made sure that the days were appropriate for everybody. However, because of well planned frames, there were no arguments.