whilst watching the film we asked these students to consider 4 different things: 1: what did you think of the music in the film? We had been informed before that the music was more suitable to a horror genre film. We wanted therefore to ask people of a younger age group who are associated with this type of film. We were happy to discover that the focus group found the music appropriate and appealing in an thriller film. 2: how did the film appeal to your age group? We were interested to know if our film would appeal to a younger audience. we were concerned that the film would be too bland, and lacking in action to appeal to this age group. We were surprised to discover that the focus group appreciated the subtleties of our film that we feared would be overlooked. 3: how could we improve our film? The answer we got to this question is something we expected of the focus group. The reasons we didn't include an scene of running are twofold. Firstly we were filming at night to add mystery and a bit of thriller cliche to our film. We did indeed film an short chase scene, we found however that the affect was ruined somewhat by the bad lighting and environment. Secondly we desired to create an conventional thriller with and twist. We wanted are film to be subtle yet clear and felt that an high speed chase scene would 'Americanize' are film and we would lose the desired affect. 4: what helped you understand the plot of our film
We were concerned from the outset that the plot of our film was vague and difficult to follow. We believed that the past and present panning shot would be something to distinguish are film from others. We knew however that it would be difficult to make it clear what was happening. This is why we used the panning shot and the zoom in then out. We were pleases to note that this effort did not go unnoticed by the focus group and they were able to follow the plot
whilst watching the film we asked these students to consider 4 different things:
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We had been informed before that the music was more suitable to a horror genre film. We wanted therefore to ask people of a younger age group who are associated with this type of film. We were happy to discover that the focus group found the music appropriate and appealing in an thriller film.
2: how did the film appeal to your age group?
We were interested to know if our film would appeal to a younger audience. we were concerned that the film would be too bland, and lacking in action to appeal to this age group. We were surprised to discover that the focus group appreciated the subtleties of our film that we feared would be overlooked.
3: how could we improve our film?
The answer we got to this question is something we expected of the focus group. The reasons we didn't include an scene of running are twofold. Firstly we were filming at night to add mystery and a bit of thriller cliche to our film. We did indeed film an short chase scene, we found however that the affect was ruined somewhat by the bad lighting and environment. Secondly we desired to create an conventional thriller with and twist. We wanted are film to be subtle yet clear and felt that an high speed chase scene would 'Americanize' are film and we would lose the desired affect.
4: what helped you understand the plot of our film
We were concerned from the outset that the plot of our film was vague and difficult to follow. We believed that the past and present panning shot would be something to distinguish are film from others. We knew however that it would be difficult to make it clear what was happening. This is why we used the panning shot and the zoom in then out. We were pleases to note that this effort did not go unnoticed by the focus group and they were able to follow the plot
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