Planning cinematography

Cinematography is important in films as without it in the film, the film would be very boring for the audience. It also wouldn't interest them which is important as your film needs to interest the audience to be successful. Cinematography is important in all film genres because the film wouldn't make sense without the use of different camera angles and the film wouldn't be exciting as camera angles create excitement for the audience. Especially in thrillers camera angles are so important as they create tension for the audience which is key for thrillers. Without camera angles in thriller films, the film wouldn't be jumpy or create a tense atmosphere therefore it wouldn't be a successful film. Its important to use different angles in films to keep the audience engage and to create different effects on the audience. Also without cinematography the audience won't understand what is happening in the film. Planning ahead is required when thinking of camera angles as they are the main element to build suspense in thrillers. Its important you plan camera angles so you know that the certain type of angle you are planning to use creates the effect you want on the audience. Its also important to plan camera angles ahead so when it comes to filming you wont panic and can film quickly.

In our opening scene we are planning to use different camera angles to create different effects on the audience. We planned camera angles really well so we can build tension, create elements of excitement and create a tense atmosphere for the audience. We took a long time planning our camera angles as we needed to figure out what angles suited each scene well.
The first shot we used was an mid shot of the television of where the opening scene is set. We chose an mid shot to show the audience what the object is but not give too much away so it creates a sense of mystery. We will hope the shot portrays a creepy house as the television will be on static so the audience are nervous for the rest of the film. The shot is conventional to the thriller genre as the mid shot presents to the audience its set in a creepy place which is stereotypical place for thrillers to be set in. Its also conventional to thrillers because it makes the audience feel uncomfortable which is key in thrillers. The mid shot will also automatically build a relationship between the victim and the audience as its set in a dark place and the victim is a young girl, the audience will sympathise for them as they will put themselves in their shoes therefore building a relationship between them.

- mid shot of tele.

Another shot we will use frequently is a high angle shot, we will use high angle shots persistently of the victim so the audience are aware that she is the victims of the scene. We will use a high angle shot of when she's circling the glass. We have precisely chosen to use this angle here so the girl look small and innocent compared to the house which looks huge and daunting. This will give off the impression that the house is a creepy, daunting place. Therefore emphasizing that the girl is young and innocent making the relationship between the audience and her stronger as the audience sympathizes for her meaning that the audience will focus on the film more.It will also show that she is getting possessed by something greater than her.  We are also using a high angle when the girls to drown herself in the lake. This builds tension for the audience and creates a sense that she is about to kill herself as she is made to look small and vulnerable. By having a high angle there you can see the lake and the girl which makes the audience aware she is going to drown herself. This is conventional to a thriller as it makes the audience jumpy which is key in thrillers.

- high angle shot.

Another shot that i will use repeatedly in the opening scene is a long shot to mainly build suspense and tension for the audience. We will use a long shot when the girl is walking down the road and up towards the forest. We are using a long shot here just to show the audience that she's left the house and for them to become aware where she's going to. It also shows the mise en scene well including the setting. It also builds up to the end scene of her falling into the lake. Long shots are very important within thrillers as it shows the whole setting of the scene which builds tension for the audience as its typically set in a dark place which creates a tense atmosphere. Also by using a long shot it makes the victim look smaller which shows the audience she's less superior. We used a long shot when she's walking up to the forest to show she's walked far, it also builds up to the end scene where she drowns herself. It creates a sense of mystery as you don't know where she's going which is key for thrillers.

- examples of long shots.

Another shot we are planning to use is a over the shoulder shot. We are planning to use this camera angle right at the beginning of the scene where the girls back is towards the mirror. This gives a sense of mystery to the film because the audience wont know who the character is straight away as her identity is hidden. This is conventional to a thriller as many thrillers keep characters identity hidden as it builds suspense and adds a sense of mystery. By having an over the shoulder shot it also gives the impression that something is behind the girl which is possessing her through out the clip. It helps build a relationship between the character and the audience as they want to know more about the character meaning that they will focus on them during the film more.

- example of over the shoulder shot

Our sequence will be effective as we will use many different camera angles so it will create suspense, build tension and create elements which is conventional to thrillers. By using different camera angles our sequence will be successful as it will also engage and interest the audience in the film more. Our camera angles that we will use for example an over the shoulder shot will mainly build tension for the audience which is highly important in thrillers. Cinematography is conventional to thrillers as its the main element which builds tension and suspense in thriller films which has to be successful otherwise the audience wont engage with the film therefore meaning cinematography is very important in thrillers and has to be perfect.

Planning Characters- Miss Miller

The purpose of characters within film is to engage the audience by telling the story line in a dynamic way. The characters need to be down to earth and realistic if you want the audience to connect with them as well as the film. The characters need to be in the right environment depending on the issue of the film for it to be a successful film otherwise the audience wont understand the story line. The audience want to be able to put themselves in the characters shoes that's why its important to make sure its realistic and the scene is suitable for the characters. The audience always have great sympathy for characters as they relate to the audience, therefore thrillers are highly successful for building bonds between the characters and the audience. Its important that the characters are shown for who they are so the audience understand why they are part of that film. Its important in the film that the characters have to resolve an issue to fully interest the audience until the end. You can easily do this by having few characters in great detail so the audience understand why they are there and build relationships. The film is all focused around the characters so you need to have strong characters for it to be successful. If a film didn't show characters feelings the audience will easily become bored therefore the film will be unsuccessful. Successful thrillers have strong characters in which they need to resolve issues therefore when planning our characters we will make sure we create them in high detail.

The Victim
We are only using one character in our thriller as we wanted just to have one strong character which the audience can relate to and to focus on. Also by only having one character the audience will straight away understand who the main focus of the film is and wont get confused throughout the scene. We have chosen the character to be a victim as its conventional to a thriller film as all thrillers have at least one character who gets victimized. We have chosen the character to be the victim instead of the killer as you couldn't pull of having one character in the sequence which is the killer as it wouldn't make sense. We also decided just to use one character because its easier to film with one character and it will quicker to film. It will be easier for the director of our team to direct one person rather than a few people meaning that our opening sequence will be successful. The victim is a 13 year old girl who looks innocent with typical blonde hair. We've decided to use a young girl with blonde hair as its very conventional to the thriller genre and very stereotypical. The blonde female victim is very conventional to a thriller as she looks really innocent which builds more of a relationship between her and the audience as they will feel sorry for her more. She will engage the audience as she will look possessed after having water which will interest and engage the audience. The audience may also feel sorry for her but however they may feel different and get a feel that shes mental which will build a tense atmosphere and build a relationship between them. The age of the girl is important because they are more likely to feel sorry for her building more of a relationship between them. We wanted our thriller to also be a different then typical ones so just by using one character makes our thriller more interesting. We wanted our narrative to be different so with one character makes it interesting for the audience. We have chosen this particular character as she will be able to engage the audience into watching the film as she is a very different to normal characters in victim. We wanted to have this particular character so the audience stay interested throughout and to show the different types of people in one character. We also chose this character so people will be asking questions meaning they will want to watch more. She will create enigma and keep the audience fascinated. We just decided to use her instead of two characters as she is a very strong character and we didn't want to have two strong characters.

- my character

I believe my character is conventional to the thriller genre because she looks young and innocent which is very typical for a thriller to have.To emphasize the genre of the sequence I will make it clear to the audience that the character is victim so they know that the genre is a thriller as that is the type of character in thrillers. Also i will make sure that the victims look innocent so the audience don't get confused from the beginning. Planning characters before filming was very useful so when we film we can start straight away and film quite quickly. It was also useful so the group know for definite what character is in our opening sequence and wont get confused.

Editing Styles- Miss Georgiou

Editing styles are different effects that the directors of the film add in to make it more interesting for the audience or to create an effect, for example a a dissolve shot is where one image is blended with another to build tension.Editing is important within a thriller film as it keeps the audience engaged whilst watching the film. Editing is important in the opening sequence as it has to be successful for audience to stay interested. It builds tension and suspense really well and is needed in thriller films for it to be conventional to thrillers. Editing helps the director put all the cuts together to finish the film.

In my opening sequence we will use different editing styles to engage the audience and to keep them interested throughout the opening sequence. The first shot we are using is timing of shots. We are planning to have the shots slow at the beginning of the scene which will build up suspense for the audience and build up to the climax of the scene. When the girl is getting ready to go out we have the shots slow and when she leaves the house the shots will be slightly quicker as its getting closer to the tragedy. By the time she gets to the forest it will be very quick as it will build tension for the audience and they will become aware that something bad will happen. After she drowns herself the shots become slow again to show that she has drowned. Its very conventional to thrillers as it builds suspense and tension really well which is a key element in thrillers.

Shot of where the timing of shots is slow.









 Shot of where the timing of shot is fast.


Another main editing shot we will use is a jump cut, a jump cut is where the camera suddenly focuses on something. In our sequence we are using a jump cut to focus on the watch when she is getting ready. We are using a jump cut shot on the watch to give the audience a clue that there is little time before she drowns which builds tension massively. We are also using a jump cut on the watch because at the end of the scene, the watch will float on top of the lake water to imply that she has drowned which will create a tense an atmosphere for the audience which is very conventional to thrillers.

 Shot of the jump cut on the watch.

The third editing shot is we are using is a straight cut. Straight cuts are where a shot is changed from a location to a different location or a viewpoint to a different viewpoint. In my opening sequence we are using a straight cut from one location to another. When the girl is getting ready we are changing the view point from her to a globe. This will build up tension for the audience and create a tense atmosphere as they don't know what the girl could be doing as we changed the location. Therefore it will make our opening sequence more interesting and engage the audience into watching it.

The final editing shot we are going to use is a fade shot. This is when the screen fades to typically show that the film has finished. We stereotypically are going to use it at the end as well to show that the film has finished and to leave the audience on a cliffhanger. This is conventional to thrillers as it creates a sense of mystery and excitement for the audience which is key in thrillers. It also makes the audience want to watch more of the film as they don't know what happened to the girl. Many questions would go through the audiences mind about whether she drowned or not so by using a fade shot here adds to the suspense.

My editing styles are conventional to a thriller as they are all stereo typically used in thrillers. A fade shot is conventional to thrillers as it builds suspense successfully as the audience don't know what will happen next which is key for a good thriller. Timing of shots are conventional to thrillers as they build tension really well when used in the correct way, they also help show who are the main characters in the film which is important in thrillers and lastly they create a jumpy atmosphere for the audience. Jump cut editing style is also conventional to thrillers because they build tension for the audience as by focusing on something the camera shot can change quickly making the audience feel scared. The straight cut is also conventional as it shows the mise en scene to the audience and builds tension successfully.

Our editing will appeal to our audience which are people over 15 as it will make the film more jumpier which interests people of that age. Also it will make the film more interesting to watch and keep the audience engaged in the film.

Group Storyboard- Miss Miller

The main purpose of a group storyboard is so that we can view each others ideas and combine all our successful ideas to create a better narrative and opening sequence. We will look at each others storyboard in great detail and chose the best micro elements from each and add it into the group storyboard. We will make sure there is an equal balanced contribution of the individual storyboard ideas so its balanced. We sat in a group and discussed each others storyboards. We looked at each frame by frame to get a detailed view of each others storyboard. We was very happy with each others storyboard as we had successful ideas which could be inputted into the group storyboard. 

It was Harry's idea to set the location into two places such as the house and the forest. We incorporated the idea of our opening sequence being set in two places rather then one as it will keep the audience engaged and keep them interested into the opening scene. We also thought this was a good idea as it split up the opening scene and by setting it from the house to the forest showed the transition of the girl becoming possessed. They are also both conventional places for a thriller to be set as they are dark which will build suspense easily and high tension so we thought it would be successful for our opening sequence to be set here. From having a change in location will also build tension as the audience will not know about what is going to happen. Another idea that we incorporated of Harrys' was using the same eerie soundtrack through out the opening sequence. We incorporated this as by using the same soundtrack made the shots flow and made the opening sequence easier to watch. Also by using a eerie soundtrack is very conventional to the thriller genre as it creates a tense atmosphere which is key in thrillers. We also incorporated parallel sound of the television, radio and door opening which was one of Harrys idea as it created a sense of realism and made the opening sequence more realistic. We used these ideas as we believed it would make our opening sequence highly successful.

It was Domenicos ideas to use different timing of shots throughout the opening sequence. We incorporated this idea as it would create high suspense and tension through out the whole opening sequence. We incorporated the idea of the timing of shots being slow at the beginning so it builds up to the death at the end and the shots at the end getting faster to release adrenaline. It was also Domenicos idea to use a straight cut form different locations. We decided to incorporate as it would create high tension as the audience cant see what is going on at one of the locations. This is very conventional as it would create a sense of mystery which is key in thrillers. By using a straight cut also would engage the audience into watching the film as it would create adrenaline for them. Another one of Domenico's idea we decided to incorporate was the iconography of using the watch. By adding this into our opening sequence would create a sense of mystery as it would create enigma. We are using this idea as it will convey to the audience that her time is up. It will also tell the audience that there is not a long time until her death is due. We thought this is a good idea as its very unique.

My idea was putting a jumpcut shot of the watch as it would clearly show to the audience that her time is almost up which would create high tension therefore our opening sequence will be conventional. It was also my idea to incorporate many different shots to interest the audience. We are especially adding in long shots to show off the mise en scene to the audience which will create a tense atmosphere. By using long shots will also show off her body language clearly which will illustrate to the audience that she has been possessed. We also took my idea of using a handheld shot which will create high tension as the camera shaking about will put the audience on edge which is a key feeling in thrillers. It will also make the opening sequence more dramatic and put the audience on edge. We are also incorporating my main idea of only using one character and putting two characters into one. We incorporated this idea as its very unique and different even though its slightly breaking the conventions we thought it will still be successful. We decided as a group that we would only use one character also so the audience can put there entire focus on her which will build a bigger relationship between the two. Also we incorporated my idea of the girl being around 15 so the audience can relate to her more so they will feel empathy for her.

I think our group storyboard has been successful as we have a clear understanding of the narrative and what we are going to film in a few weeks time. By incorporating different peoples ideas gave us a highly successful storyboard. When we go to film we all understand what we are doing so we able to film quickly and successfully. If there was anything to change about the storyboard was to make the scenes with low key lighting however we cant film in the dark as the picture will not come out. On the other hand we could make our opening sequence low key when it comes to the editing stage. Overall our group storyboard has been a high success as we have a clear narrative and conventions we are going to follow.

Storyboards- Miss Miller

The purpose of storyboards is so that the creator when producing their film have an idea of how they going to create there film. Storyboards help manage timing of shots, shows where and when the production starts for example starts in a forest and lasts for 5 minutes and shows how the film will pan out. From doing a storyboard it is easier for the producer to see if there are any faults and to see where the narrative needs changing. Storyboards are images and information to help the producers with filming, by using a storyboard filming will run smoother and be quicker. My storyboard contains 12 different frames. The frames include images, sound which will be used, camera angles, location of each frame, iconography, lighting, actors, sound, narrative description and editing.

Conventions
We are using a blonde character as the victim in our scene. It is very conventional to use a female as the victim particularly a blonde female as they are portrayed as weak an vulnerable therefore the audience sympathize for them which builds a relationship for them. It is also very conventional to use a male as the killer as they are conveyed as very powerful characters which can also build a relationship between them as the audience will envy them. However in my opening sequence we are using the two different types of character: the victim and killer into one character. Although this is not conventional to a thriller we wanted to be slightly different to usual thrillers and we believe the audience will enjoy the opening sequence because of the slight twist. By having two characters in one girl, the audience will have mixed opinions about her. At the beginning of the scene they will think she is a typical girl as she is doing makeup and will feel friendly towards her but after she has that drink the audience will start to see she is unstable and may even begin to envy her which will engage them into watching the film more.

Low key lighting- Low key lighting is very conventional in the thriller genre. The lighting produces shadows and contrast other lighting which creates a sense of suspense and tension. By using low key lighting the audience will have to focus more on the scene so that they will be more engaged in the scene. If thrillers were produced with high key lighting the effect of shock on the audience wouldn't be as high. By using low key lighting they are able to keep the audience on the edge of the seats which creates a tense atmosphere.

By creating storyboards i was able to figure out what sound would sound best and where. I decided to use a non digetic soundtrack throughout the whole scene with other non digetic sounds included such as a crackling tv and a radio noise. By using an eerie soundtrack throughout the whole of the scene a tense atmosphere will be created which is key in thrillers. 

I took many inspiration from the thriller films i analysed and used similar ideas in my storyboards such as characters, narrative and other conventions like sounds and mise en scene. I took the idea of using the a  female character as a killer and the victim from the thriller film orphan as at the beginning of the film the female character is seemed to be innocent but towards the end of the film the plot is turned and she is actually the evil character. We took inspiration from psycho of using a blonde victim as in the film psycho the victim character is conveyed as very vulnerable which builds a massive relationship between the audience and the character which we want to reproduce in our opening sequence. 

I believe i have made a successful storyboard as i clearly know what we are adding into the scene. I know all the different camera angles, timings, props, location, lighting styles and narrative we are going to follow. I also think its been successful as its very clear to follow when filming our opening sequence. My other two members in my group have also created a storyboard, we will look at each others storyboards and create on big storyboard including each others ideas. By doing this we will have a successful storyboard to follow as we have took on board everyone's ideas and added them into the scene. In our next lesson we will exchange storyboards and go over them as group and see what ideas stand out. We will then create a whole new storyboard as a group which we will agree on. 

Mise-en-Scene Miss Georgiou

Mise-en-Scene is very important within thriller films as it makes the audience aware what genre of the film they are watching. Mise-en-scene makes the film more interesting and engages the audience. Its important you have successful mise-en-scene conventions in your thriller otherwise the audience may miss the concept of your film and will be unsuccessful altogether.
The five elements of mise-en-scene are setting iconography, costumes, hair and makeup, Facial expressions and body language, lighting and colour and positioning of characters within the frame. Iconography is a symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images, for example in a thriller film a knife could just be a prop that is used throughout that scene but the symbolic representation of it could be danger or pain that someones going through. Costumes hair and makeup are what the actors/actress look like throughout out the scene. In the thriller genre the victims are typically blonde females with innocent clothes and makeup on to look innocent whereas the killer of the scene will typically be in dark clothing, dark hair and have makeup on that will make them look evil. Facial expressions show the audience how the characters feel in the film and the body language of them show the audience how they act towards something. Lighting and colour in the film is how dark the scene is, in thrillers its typically low key whereas in comical films high key lighting is used. Positioning of characters is where they are in the scene for example main characters are in the middle of the camera whereas other characters will be at the sides so the audience become aware who the main characters are and who they should focus on.

As a group we decided to set the location of our thriller film in a creepy house and in a forest as its very conventional to a thriller and adds a sense of mystery to the film. By setting it in a forest the audience will also become aware that the girl is possessed as she is walking alone by herself. We also decided to set it in a forest because when we was asking our questionnaires the responses we got was that they like thrillers which are set there. In the editing stage we will add in different effects as it will create a tense atmosphere for the audience which is conventional to the thriller genre. We will make the house creepy by using household objects which will give off a mystery feel to the audience and edit the house scene after filming to create a tense atmosphere for the audience which is conventional to a thriller genre. We will also edit the forest scene to make it look sketchy which will build tension for the audience. 

This is the forest that were filming at.

We decided as a group that our iconography would be the glass of water, television and the lake. We are using the glass of water as iconography as its linked with the death of the girl. At the end of the scene when the girl drowns it becomes clear to the audience that she got possessed by water whereas they might of not understood the story line before. The glass of water gives of a clear sense of mystery throughout the scene which is conventional to the thriller genre. The audience will be thinking why did she drop the glass? or why does she circle the glass? The glass of water could also show shes drank something to become possessed which makes the narrative clearer at the end. We specifically chose a glass of water instead of something like drugs as our rating of the film is a 15 and we wanted to keep it clean. The television is also iconography as its on a static screen which shows the audience that she could be mental and became obsessed. It makes the opening sequence more interesting for the audience and more jumpier when its edited successfully. The lake is iconography as the girl drowns herself in it which engages the audience and makes it clear she wasn't right in the head. Lastly the main iconography of the scene is the watch. We are using a close up of the watch to clearly show the audience what it is. We are using the watch to show the audience that she has'nt got a lot of time till her death is due. The connotation of the watch is that her time is up which will build tension for the audience. We decided to use the watch as the iconography to create enigma and interest the audience.

We discussed carefully about the costume choice as there is only one character which is the victim that gets possessed, she will wear normal clothes which are stereo typically be innocent looking so when she becomes possessed the audience with feel empathy for her, building a relationship between them. Her hair is blonde which is conventional to a victim in a thriller as it makes her look more vulnerable which is key when trying to build a relationship between the audience and the characters. At the beginning of the scene she will apply make up to show the audience that she is a normal typical girl. We used the evidence of make up being applied to help build a relationship between the audience and the characters as they're gain feeling for the girl and therefore get more attached to the girl as she shows her vulnerable side.The blonde female victim is very conventional to a thriller as she looks really innocent which builds more of a relationship between her and the audience as they will feel sorry for her more. Also because there is only one character she will be wearing bright colors so the audience are clear shes the victim not the killer. 

The body language of the victim will look like she has become possessed after she has dropped the glass so the audience are aware that an innocent girl has got possessed. The victim will storm out the house and look angry which shows that she has gotten possessed and will build tension for the audience as the may become aware that something bad will happen. It will also create a mystery feel which is conventional to the thriller genre. The facial expression of the character will look quite ghostly and dead to show that shes gotten possessed. It will build high tension and make the atmosphere jumpy which is conventional to the thriller genre. We will use a close up in one bit of the scene to make the facial expression clear to the audience which will create suspense. 

We discussed that the lighting of our opening sequence will be low key but not too dark to show off the victim character. We want the victim to stand out as shes the only character in the scene so we cant have the lighting too dark. Low key lighting is also very conventional to thrillers as the audience wont be able to see parts of the scene which will create tension and suspense. Our questionnaire showed us that we should use it for a successful thriller. The positioning of the character will also be in the middle every time as shes the only character in the scene and the so the audience will focus on her and the mise en scene around her.

Our mise-en-scene is conventional to a thriller as we have used many conventions of a thriller in our scene. Our setting is very stereotypical a thriller as its set in a dark house and forest, the costumes are also stereotypical as the victims outfit will be innocent looking, the facial expressions is not so typical to a thriller but it will bring excitement to the audience. The lighting is defiantly conventional to a thriller as it will be low key throughout. Many thrillers use low key lighting. Positioning of characters is conventional also as in films the main characters are in the middle which we are planning to do for our film. Mise en scene help build strong relationships with the audience and the characters.

Our thriller can build a relationship with our target audience as it will have many conventions which suit are target audience which is a 15. The conventions which interest our audience which will be in our opening scene will be small violence, jumpy scenes and elements of excitement.

Vox Pops- Miss Miller

Research was carried out to find out what people enjoy in thrillers so we can use it as a guide when we create our own thriller. The information we gathered was very useful as know our group know what we have to base our thriller on and what conventions to add in for it to be successful. We had open and closed questions on our questionnaire to gather quantitative and qualitative data. For our closed questions we created pie charts.

We asked this question so our group can see what age type like thrillers so we can get an idea on what age we should make are target audience and what conventions we should add in our opening sequence to suit them. Our pie chart showed that most of the people we asked were between 11-15 or older which shows that we need to make our opening sequence suited to teenagers and older. From this result we should create our film to be an age certificate of 15. Also its very conventional for a thriller film to be a 15 so as this age range enjoy adrenaline rushes etc. 

We asked this question to identify what gender prefers thrillers and what gender I should target my opening sequence for. The results are almost equal however the results are slightly in males favour. This results suggest to use that we should add in conventions which would suit each genders and characters that males and females can relate to. Therefore we should have a male and female character which would suit both and conventions such as elements of suspense, excitement and a tense atmosphere to interest both genders.

We had this question in our questionnaire so that our group could find out what age certificate we should make our thriller film. From our results we gathered that we should aim our film at either 15 or 18 year old's. However we should try and aim our opening scene at 18 year old's as this most of the percentage of people chose that answer. Our group will try and add conventions of an 18 film such as pain, weapons and strong language as well as typical conventions of a thriller.

We asked this question to gather information about what sub-genre they prefer. Most people like drama thrillers meaning that our sequence will be drama based with elements of excitement and suspense to interest the audience. We will add in an event such as a death to suit our audience. 

Our results from this question show that basically an equal mix of people find hidden identity, low key lighting and camera shots all effective. From this result it shows our group to have all of those 3 things in our thriller opening for it to suit a range of people and to be effective. If we do have hidden identity, low key lighting and different camera shots in our thriller it will be very successful and interesting for the audience.

From the results we gathered here our group can see that we need to definitely have elements of suspense and enigma in our thriller. We could also have a chase scene as most people answered that but it will be unlikely if our thriller will be jumpy as not many people answered with that choice. 

We also asked 4 other questions in which they were open questions so we couldn't create pie charts for them as results were completely different to each other. The four questions we asked were:

              What do you expect to see in thrillers?

         What type of sound do you find effective?

       What type of characters would you expect to find in a thriller film?

4      What type of setting would you like to see?

For all these questions we got different responses so we aren't going to use the results to base our thriller on. We used open questions to get more qualitative results also. Qualitative results are very useful as we can see peoples opinions more clearer as the question is open. It helped me a lot to understand what people want to see in my opening sequence. For example for the question 'what type of setting would you like to see' gathered many different opinions which is useful for us as it showed that the setting can be anything and it will still interest the audience.

The research was very useful for the closed questions as now we know what age we should aim our thriller at, what gender, what thriller genre to create and what conventions to add in. We will definitely use our results to help us create our thriller. If we was to do this differently we would make sure all are questions are closed so we can generalise information and create pies charts for them. 
We found that boys mainly watch thrillers, the age certificates are mainly a 15, people like drama based thrillers, all elements make a thriller film effective and suspense elements interest the audience. From these results I will take on board and may incorporate them into my opening sequence.