Student thriller opening evaluation.

The video is marked out of 60. There are 4 grade boundaries. Level 1 up to 25, level 2 24-35, level 3 36-47 and level 4 48-60. Level 2 is basic, level 3 is proficient and level 4 is excellent. 

To get the higher grades you need to...

- Hold a shot steady where appropriate.

- Frame a shot including and excluding elements.

- Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate.

- Shooting material appropriate to the task.

- Selecting mise-en-scene including colour, figure and lighting etc.

- Editing so that meaning is clear to the audience.

- Using varied shot transitions and effects.

- Use sound with images.

- Using titles appropriately. 

The final thriller video this group made includes most of the features needed for a high grade. They used appropriate shots throughout the clip to create the effect they wanted, for example, they held the camera still when zooming in slowly to the hooded figure, this creates the feeling of tension, and allows us to have time to look at the figure. Variety of shots are used in the clip, there are close ups and long shots to show location and character. The sound used in the clip fits well and helps make it clear what genre it is, as its mysterious and fast paced. shot transitions and effects are used between shots and vary through the clip so it is not to repetitive, they also create tension and in some parts make the scene chaotic, showing how the character tied up feels. The editing also helps make out what genre the film is, they use a lot of jump cuts to build suspense and create pace, as well as long screen time in some parts making it mysterious. The mise-en-scene works well to show what the film is about, for example, the costume doesn't give a lot away about the character, meaning even though hes tied up, we don't sympathise with him, we just feel tense about whats happening. His face is covered making it more mysterious, so the audience will want to know whats happening the lighting is dark, but high contrast is used in some parts making it disorientating for the audience. The locations aren't set out using establishing shots, this means the audience doesn't know where they are, this puts across how the character shown is feeling.There aren't any props used, meaning the audience don't have many hints as to what the story line is about. The colours used, are mainly black and white with red titles, the black and white make the opening credits seem dark and disturbing, the red standing out, implies that there is death in the film. The titles are used appropriately at the beginning and end of the clip.


The blog is very well reaserched and planned. They cover alot of the aspects needed for their final video. They tried out a lot of things before doing their finals. For example with sounds and camera work, they tried out different ways of shooting their film, and adding sound to it to try out different sounds. They also compared theirs to other existing thrillers, this helped them choose what worked well and what followed conventions. They planned their basic background storyline based on existing films and storyboarded them so they would have something to work with when they came to shooting it.