Year 12 was a very long and interesting year especially when it came to our media class. We were asked for our coursework to create a thriller. There are many things that we learned from making our thriller, most importantly in my opinion was learning which jobs suited each member of the group for example we learned as soon as we started editing our film that lawrence was the best editor in the group because of how he had a great understanding of how the process worked and that matthew was the actor of the group because of his love for being dramatic. The information we learned about each other was so important because it gives us a head start in making our new film this year because we know exactly what we should be doing and how to do it.
Although our thriller was marked as an A which we were very pleased with, there are still many places we could have improved. There were a few shots in our thriller that consisted of our cameraman being in the reflection of windows and in one case the reflection of the car door. Although this was an accident, it insinuates that we were clumsy in our filming and did not plan it out clearly enough. This is a minor detail in the success of our film but without correcting these mistakes we will never improve. Another angle that we could have improved was our filming schedule. On a few occasions there were mix ups with what days we were filming which caused small but uneccesary arguments amoungst the group, it is important that we fix this throughout year 13 so we can work to the best of our ability without these problems arrising.
The small and insignifiacnt negatives in our thriller from year 12 were without a doubt overshadowed by the positives. Our thriller received an A from the examiners because of our hard work and our deep understanding of what our teacher had told us. We knew how important it was for the examiners to see that we had an understanding of the cinematography and mis en scene that was needed in the thriller so we decided as a group that we would make sure that we used them when possible. The cinematography consisted of things such as continuity editing which makes the thriller seem more realistic and helps the viewer understand what is happening. We also took alot of care in our mis en scene and made sure that the costumes worn would represent the characters in the best possible way, this also made the thriller seem more realistic.
Another reason why our thriller was so successful was because of the planning that went into the storyboards. There were very few occasions where we went to film and were confused at what parts of the film we were supposed to be filming. This meant that the filming of the thriller went very smoothly and lacked any major problems that could have wasted our time or the film time on our tape. The storyboards were planned so productively because of how we used our lessons in school to get together and discuss the exact routine of the shots and which order thay had to go in. Our thriller was also successful because of the way we carried out each scene with the correct preporation and took one scene at a time so we could keep track of where we were on the storyboards. One scene that our group was very proud of was where our antagonist was dragging our victim down a dark and lonely corridor. This scene worked well because of how the corridor had very low key lighting, this set the mood and also built up to the climax of the detectives finding the blood in the sink. The scene also worked well because of the music that we used. The slow beat of the drums which had very little rythm worked with the scene in the way that it was very unpredictable and left the viewer guessing. The mis en scene was also very important in the scene, the dark clothing of the detectives gave the scene a dark vibe and also made the scene seem more serious.
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