Questionnaire

Questionnaire Results

1. Which category below includes your age?

A large proportion of my results were in the '17 or younger' age group seeing as I posted my questionnaire on my Facebook. However there were quite a few in the 18-20 category and a few but not many in the 40-49 category. 

2. What film genre do you enjoy the most?

The largest proportion of my results landed in the 'Thriller' and 'Comedy' genre's. There were a few, around 5 results in the 'Romance' genre and around 10 results in the horror genre. 

3. What 'thriller genre' conventions do you know of?

Many people avoided this question but the ones that did replied with answers such as: The narrative is usually centred around a crime, they try to convey a lot of action in order to 'thrill' the audience, the audience do not normally know the true identity of a killer and usually suspense and action is built up by the protagonist having an exploitable weakness the the antagonist takes advantage of.

4. How much do you like films in the thriller genre (1-5) and what is your opinion on them?

Seeing as a lot of people put the thriller genre as their most enjoyable film genre a lot of answers to this question were most probably based upon that, seeing as the most amount of results were on the '5' a few on the '4' and not many at all on the other ones. However, their opinions varied. Some said "I like them a lot but the plot can often be quite tiring, for example if the film drags on for too long!" and "I absolutely love them because they get my heart racing at times and they are the only type of film that I can really get into".

5. What is your favourite thriller film?

A lot of the replies to this question included the 'Mission Impossible' films and others included the films such as 'Taxi Driver' 'The Bourne Ultimatum' 'Taken' 'Black Swan' and 'American Psycho'.

Questionnaire Interview

Here I interviewed a person from my target audience in order to find out their audience expectations about my chosen genre of film.

After Effects Screen Shots

This title includes a fade in and fade out effect. 

This shot also includes a fade in and fade out effect.

And here. I duplicated the first set of text so that I would have the same timing of the fade in and out on each credit.

I applied motion tracking to this shot so that the credits moved down with the privacy window screen and also still applied the fade in and out effect.

To achieve this this type of shot I again used motion tracking and attached it with the glass tube.

Equipment

The Tracking Dolly

A camera dolly is a specialized piece of filmmaking and television production equipment designed to create smooth camera movements (cinematic techniques). The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and focus puller or camera assistant, usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera. The dolly grip is the dedicated technician trained to operate the dolly. The camera dolly may be used as a shooting platform on any surface but is often raised onto a track, to create smooth movement on a horizontal axis known as a dolly shot. Additionally, most professional film studio dollies have a hydraulic arm that raises or lowers the camera on the vertical axis. When a dolly grip operates a dolly on perpendicular axes simultaneously, it's known as a compound move.

Over-shoulder Camera Mount

The over-shoulder camera mount enables you to get a steady shot of something whilst walking, filming them. The screen attached gives you a clearer overview of what you're filming.

The Crane

I think the crane is a good piece of equipment to use because it can pan 360 degrees continuously and this sweeping arc through the air makes a much more dramatic pan than just turning right or left like on a tripod. The crane can do all three moves simultaneously (boom, tilt and boom-pan) if need be. It can also be set up to do dutch angles without having to buy separate accessories. The pulley and cable system allow the camera to tilt up to 180 degrees. It is an easy and fast piece of equipment to put up. The camera stays level as it booms up and down because of the pulley and cable parallelogram system.


Time Lapse Video

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