Thriller evaluation

Behind the mask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk4d6xk5qmQ&list=UUht5fxUjha19_XNfG0mi2EA
This is the link to our thriller opening which we uploaded to YouTube, we called it 'Behind the mask'.

Film institutions



When looking for inspiration from film institutions for my thriller I looked at Lionsgate as it is a  nearly $2billion diversified global entertainment corporation and have won multiple awards for their films including multiple thrillers, in fact they have won 47 Academy Award nominations and 10 Oscar wins over the past 10 years, more than any other independent studio.

Two films from Lionsgate stand out to me as they are both extremely popular yet are very different, despite this they also have features of the thriller I am creating. These films are the SAW films and the Hunger games films, The hunger games films are similar to the setting of our thriller as it is set in a dense woodlands. Whereas features from SAW have been used such as the attackers mask which has a creepy smile and the aspect of fear.

 

Pictures of filming

These are some of the shots we took while out filming, These help show the setting we used such as the woods and how lifeless and creepy winter had made it look. This helped create a mood within the short film.

The first picture shows how far away our long shots were and that the weather had a major effect on how we had to film as Vicky had to run from left to right due to the wind, then had to keep this consistent throughout filming. The second picture shows the camera angle we used by the go pro to film Vicky running we made sure the shot was taken behind a few branches to create a creepy stalker effect.



 

Age certificate

When choosing an age restriction for our film we had to take multiple factors into account such as swearing which after listening closely to our music running track which contained slightly strong language such as the odd swear word.


We also took into account how scary/creepy the film is so decided that it should be given a BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) certificate age of 15. This also chose this age certificate as we did some research and round out that most people who enjoy thrillers are above the age of 15 despite some younger viewers, they are also mainly below the age of 30.

Cast

Characters

 Below are the actors that we have decided to use in our thriller.

Vicky who is playing the innocent victim in our thriller who goes out for a run.

 

 

Harry is playing the stalker and will be wearing dark clothes, a mask and a hooded jumper with the hood up.

 

 

Production logo

This is the logo we created for our production company, the letters on the logo represent the first letters of all four of the groups members names. We used the Eccentric Std font as we felt that the bold almost roman numeral style text tells the viewer that the film company is based on thrillers, we backed this statement up by giving the logo a shadowed effect as the logo gets darker at the bottom of the text, the black outline also contrasts the white to make the logo stand out. We used black and white as we felt it reflected thrillers better than using bright colours which may confuse the viewer to what genre the film will be.