Codes and Conventions of A Thriller

Thriller Questionaire

Thriller Questionnaire

Age:

Gender:

Most exciting genres from: Thriller/Horror/Sci-fi

What location would you choose for your thriller?

What is the scariest setting in your eyes for a Thriller?

Physically describe the main protagonist of thriller film?

Physically describe the villain in a thriller?

Colours that you associate with a thriller?

Would be interested in seeing a film called “The Takers”?

What would you expect to see within a film called “The Takers?”

How many characters would you expect to see within a thriller?

What would you perceive as more chilling environment? Day/night?

What type of music would you expect to be played within a thriller?

 By James "Palms" Palmer

Year 13 Talk

Media students in upper sixth form took their time to come into our lesson to give us advice and tips on to help us write blogs, shoot our media film and general advice on how to do this. The year 13’s roughly told us to remember the basic things, so no mistakes are made then everything that is planned goes to plan.

·         To make sure the camera is charged. This is a very good suggestion as if you went to location to film with an un-charged camera then that causes problems.

·         Also remember a tape to film on which we will receive from our teacher and a tripod to make the camera angle the right level and keep the camera still.

·         Plus another tip was to plan exactly what you are going to do, either by storyboard with enough detail and a backup plan just for a second option.

·         An important suggestion was to get permission to film in the location set. As we are new to media and filming the year 13’s said to practise and use time wisely while we are on the preliminary task to get used to camera handling and editing so that we can concentrate on the actual coursework and know how to film with confidence.

·         More advice was given to help with the story line and that was to limit dialogues, this just doesn’t work well and if used we were told to make sure there’s a proper script and a decent actor/actress so the film looks more professional.

·         Additionally to be safe, take ¾ takes of everything and use different angles to try different ways of filming. While filming take photos of the location to put on to our blog to show the setting.

·         Also advice on our blogs was given to use power points, pictures, videos etc to be creative instead of writing essays.

·         A hidden but important tip is to check the weather because if you have to film a second day, we should have the same props, hair/make-up and clothing. This is called continuity, as if in one shot the actor/actress is wearing a white top and another shot the same actor/actress is wearing a yellow top that would be noticeable and non-professional.

Overall the year 13 media student who came into our lesson generally gave us many tips and advice on our coursework and how to go about filming, edit our blog. These tips will help our group because we now know what can help us get a better grade and enjoy creating our media coursework. As a group we will try to utilise these tips to help get our group a high mark as possible so we can create a level 4 opening to our thriller throughout filming/editing and our blog.