Film plot (altered)

The feedback that we got from our class for the first plot of our film was that it was far too action themed to be called a thriller, also we were told that it would be far to confusing, so within the rest of the group we decided to completely change the plot for our film to make it more thriller based, so this is what we came up with:
The opening sequence will entail a kidnap of young man who will be viscously interrogated. The start of the film shows the prisoner getting kidnapped, the rest of the opening sequence shows him been taken to a secret location where he will be interrogated. During this scene the prisoner will experience multiple flashbacks that are blended together to create a sense of confusion. We enter the film at stage 2 of Todorov's theory where the equilibrium is disrupted.

The main sequence of film shows the lead up to the events in the opening sequence. The scene will show his everyday life whilst letting the know he has been falsely accused. The opening is near the end of the narrative, so when the opening sequence is shown again in chronological order of the film, we will understand what is going on and why. The end will stick to the natural order of films with with narrative resolution where the prisoner is rescued and the villains taken down by law enforcement officers.
This is a lot more thriller based tan the last plot of our film, We also did a questionairre on this plot, and found that audience feedback felt a lot more like they would want to watch it in this plot.

Feedback sheet

This is a blank template of the feedback sheet that we used to get results from our class.

Audience feedback

1.     Do you think this film has the potential to be an effective thriller?

2.     Does this idea meet all the criteria of the task?

3.     Which ideas of the planned product did you personally find effective and why?

4.     Which bits of the ideas of the planned product did you feel were not particularly good and why?

5.     What could we change with our idea to make it a better product? 

6.     What age of target audience do you think that this idea is best to aim at?

Media film questionnaire

This is the blank question template we used to record our results

Media film questionnaire

We have already explained the plot and ideas to you now please fill out the questionnaire.

1.     What do you think of the overall plot?

2.     What do you think to the point of which we join the film?

3.     Which ideas could be improved?

4.     What age group do you think our film is aimed at?

15-18    19-22   23-27   28+

5.     Do we introduce the characters/ plot/ Setting?

6.     Will the main sequence of film be able to continue on from our opening sequence?

            

7.     Does our opening sequence grip you the viewer to watch the rest of the film?

Media Questionnaire Analysis

To find out research on what other people thought to the ideas in our pitch about what our film was about, I created a number of questionnaires and handed them out to various people for them to fill in. The questions on the questionnaires were all related to ideas for our film, so individually I had to give the pitch to the people who the questionnaire was given to.

The first question was "what do you think of the overall plot?" Out of the five people that I asked, four people said that the plot sounded very entertaining and that they were intrigued by it. These people were all under the age of twenty five years old, however the person to say that it did not interest them was forty three years old, this shows, so far, that our film, and this particular genre as a whole mainly appeals to people that are of a younger age group. 

The second question we asked was "what do you think to the point  of which we join the film?" This means "what did they think to the stage in which our film starts" only three of the five people who we asked said that it was a good point to start the film , saying that it engages the audience straight away, however the other two said that it would confuse them, dropping them right into the action, this means that we may need to change the scene at which we introduce the film as to avoid confusion. 

The third question that we asked was "Which ideas could be improved" two of the five said that it was flawless and did not need improvement, however one of the others said that we should change where we enter the film as to avoid confusion, , another improvement was that apparently it sounds a bit boring so we could change the overall idea to something more exhilarating. The final piece of improvement that we could make would have been that there should be more characters, therefore being able to make more attachments to the characters, as at the time being we are only planning on having two characters that will be introduced. 

The fourth question was "what age group do you think our film is aimed at?" and gave them the possible answers of "15-18, 19-22, 23-27 and 28+" four people voted for 15-18 and only one person voted for 19-22, this shows that our film should definitely be aimed at the younger age group, as the majority stated this. 

The fifth  question we asked was "do we introduce the characters/plot/setting well?" Everyone we asked said that they thought we introduced every aspect very well, and that they feel they know everything that they need to know about the film.

The sixth question we asked was "will the main sequence of the film be able to continue from our opening sequence" meaning will it be able to flow into the main film well, three people said that it will flow straight into the main body of the film well. However the other two people we asked said that as it drops you right at the end and then flashes back, said that they would find it very confusing, and said that it will be incredibly hard to pull off effectively. 

The final question we asked was "does our opening sequence grip you as the viewer to watch the rest of the film" Four out of the people said that they found the plot to the film to be very gripping and that they would like to watch the rest of the film, however the forty three year old said that it would be uninteresting and very boring to watch, showing age difference again.

Overall we have found from the results that our plot would appeal very highly to the younger audience, but not so much to older people. Also we found that our plot might be a bit confusing, and that we should incorporate a few more characters. From this we now know what our audience is looking for, and we can make the appropriate changes.

Pitch to the class

We gave our pitch describing our ideas about the film to the class. What we found was that it sounds far too much like an action instead of an action thriller, therefore we have made the choice, to significantly change our film or just change it entirely. Originally our idea was to have a large drugs heist, however this is far to action based and also seemed very "cheesy" so we are planning on changing it to an interrogation sort of film, where there is someone strapped to a chair in a blacked out room being interrogated, we think this will fit the conventions of thriller a lot more.

Genre research

Genre has developed a lot through history, especially with the thriller genre, one  such example of this would be After the assassination of President Kennedy the Political thriller and the paranoid thriller film became very popular.

Thriller genre research

Thrillers are a genre of literature, film, and television program that uses suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements. A common subgenre is psychological thriller. Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Thriller films heavily stimulate the viewer's moods, with high levels of anticipation, suspense and uncertainty. Three of the highest rated thriller films are:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Dark Knight
3. Inception


Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller and might have horror elements. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre.


A Political thriller is a sub genre that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle. They usually involve various extra-legal plots, designed to give political power to someone, while his opponents try to stop him. They 
can involve national or international political scenarios.


Pulp Fiction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBfmBvvotE
The Dark Knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqq4j52Fb4
Inception: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM

Preliminary task-Prezi presentation

http://prezi.com/bw0ptjqfzxec/preliminary-task-evaluation/

This is a link to my Prezi presentation