Research - Film censorship - Mr Smith

Film censorship

Film censorship is the removal of material which  may be considered offensive, sensitive, or harmful in accordance to a media censor, this is usually generalized and  avoided  by the introduction of age restrictions or recommendations for films in Britain we have the BBFC(British Board of Film Classification).This classifies films and certifies them for public distribution, alongside several acts of Parliament such as the obscene publication Act.

They're role is important to the film industry because they  don't audience to see something that is going to offend them or seeing sexual scene of someone being rape can be controversial as they role can stop the film people from  what they are doing is not right the people, the role is so important that  the directors of the films are not being bias for example showing a historical film if the context is one sided this can cause the film to be censored.they role is to protect the public from anything  offensive or could cause any harm.

In the case of films shown in cinemas, local authorities have the final legal authorisation over who can view a particular film. The majority of the time, local authorities accept the Board's recommendation for a certificate for a film. There have been some notable exceptions – particularly in the 1970s when the Board allowed films such as Last Tango in Paris and The Exorcist to be released with an X certificate (essentially the same as today's "18") – but many local authorities chose to ban the films regardless. Thirty-nine local authorities in the UK either imposed an outright ban, or effectively banned by imposing X certificate, on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which the BBFC had rated as AA (Suitable for ages 14+).

Conversely, in 2002, a few local authorities, apparently under pressure from distributors and cinema chains, ignored the BBFC's ruling that Spider-Man receive a 12 rating, and allowed children younger than 12 to see the film. However, the BBFC were already in the process of replacing the 12 rating with a new 12A, which allowed under-12s to see the film if accompanied by an adult, so shortly afterwards, Spider-Man was reclassified as 12A. The first 12A certificate awarded was for The Bourne Identity.

What is the difference between films being cut and films being banned?  Examples

If a film is cut any scenes that that the BBFC have deemed to be innappropriate and offensive they will not be permitted to be realased with the film the director must then cut this scene from the film or edit it the scene diluting its affectivness, inorder tio allow it to be aired or reach the cinema. Later on the director may realease an 'UNCUT' DVD version contain all the original scenes fro  the film giving the viewer the option to see what wasn't permitted upon release.

However if the film was banned it is completely unable to reach cinema because either there are too many unacceptable scenes or the director refuse to cut the scenes that the BBFC said too. If they fail too listen the film is banned and will not be in cinema or promoted for viewing.

For censorship :Forna

The use of racial themes can cause racism around the audience whose viewing and it will cause major issue in the society.Social stereotype can  offend  people around the community, illegal act  can encourage  their acts on people to do something to hurt each other within the society. woman being rape can make the audience enjoy whats being shown in front them which can lead to problems.

Against censorship: kermode

 Being told what yo can't and can watch is not acceptable how you suppose to know whats wrong and right if you don't  watch something that is terrible a person have to make their own decision they shouldn't be forces to follow the rule.

Fear of expression, its against human rights people have freedom of speech that means that they can make their own decision and do whats please them and no one shouldn't stop them on what they believe into. its also their opinion know whats real and whats not real by watching the film on screen. Its peoples  decision to response in certain  way if their  don't like whats being shown to them they can stop watching it no one is forcing them to watch it.

I support censorship because, it protect the public from anything offensive, watch can being the community together instead of destroying it and i believe that a lot of crimes happen through what stuff we see which leads people to kill one another. censorship is very good for controlling what it can be shown and what it can be shown.

Planning- Micro elements - Mr Smith

 Micro elements:

cinematography: In our video we are going to be using blood to show a sign of death. The colour blood represents evilness and danger. Therefore, we included blood when the female victim dies. we also put blood on the antagonists face, knife and clothes. This highlights that the antagonist was the killer of the sister. We also included blood drops on the stairs to create tension so the audience would be suspicious. Furthermore, we also decided to use  purple lens to show that the character is processed and the lens will give a hint to the audience that the character is not normal theirs something wrong with the character.We will also use a knife to show the audience how the female victim got killed and there would be blood on it to show the audience that it was that knife that killed the female victim and that the killer was holding the knife.

Editing: Fast editing will be used in my video when Amani sees the blood on the floor while he is walking to his house when Amani sees the blood on the floor he will rush up to his house because he is concerned about his sister that is at home alone.Therefore, slow editing will be used when Amani sees blood going into his house and Amani is in shock because his sister has been killed.Furthermore, slow editing is also being used when Amani is trying to reach out to hi site but unfortunately he is so weak to be able to reach to his sister.

Sound: In the beginning of the movie we will be hearing on screen sound because Amani will be rushing and we will hear his breathing and his footsteps to show the audience that he is rushing. Off screen sound will be used when Amanis about to walk into the house to create tension. Furthermore, on screen is also going to be used when Amanis sister is whispering to her brother "you killed me" "why did you kill me".

Planning - Mise En Scene - Mr Smith

 Mise En Scene is made up of lighting, hair make, costume, body language, facial expression, setting and iconography. Mise En Scene has helped my group discuss our idea in detail because mise en scene that a huge part in filming. mise en scene makes he audience understand the film in more detail.

Lighting:
For my final idea we have decided to use a different range of lighting to create a different feeling to the audience and to show how the characters feelings. For example at the begging we will have top lighting on the dead body so the audience can see the blood, and disturbing cuts on her body this will disturb the audience and make them want to know what happened to her. When amarni finds out that his sister died we will also use top lighting to show his emotions so the audience can feel sorry for amarni. Towards the end we will use  back lighting so the audience see amarnis evil side.

Hair, make up and costume:
Amarnis will have a short and curly hair style it will reflect to the people his age ebcuase they will have similar hair styles. Amarni would not use no make up. Amarni will have bright costume at the beginning such as clean white top and light blue jeans but at the end he has a dirty white top with black and black tracksuit.
Ruth will have a white dress covered in blood.

Body language and facial expression
Amarnis body language and facial expression will be innocent and scared ta the beginning btu towards the end he wouldn't be able to control his body or facial expression he will have a very argessive body language and have no feelings showing across to the audience because he wouldn't knoiw how he feels.
Ruth will have a very innocent scared body language and facial expression.

Setting
we have three different settings first it will be the hut then a house and towards the end a blacked out drama room.

Iconography
 We will be having a knife at the end to show the audience that amarni killed his sister and we will have blood to show that his sister has got stabbed. Amarni will have one lens to show that his processed.

Planning - Character roles - Miss Begum

Character roles:


Character role: Antagonist
Name: Amani
Age: 18
Gender stereotype of role: His processed but he doesn't realise that until he kills his sister. He does know how or why he is processed but at the beginning of the film he is the hero but at the end the audience realises is that he is the antagonist.
Costume: at the begging of the film he is wearing a white top with light blue jeans at the end of the film he has blood on his white top with black track suite.
Hair and make up: normal hair no differences and no make up.
Body language and facial expression: At first very innocent scared and upset but towards the end he is shocked and frightened and doesn't know what he is doing.
Represented as a person who isn't in charge of themselves.
Role within the narrative:  Innocent then becomes the antagonist who kills  his sister.


Character role: Sister who gets killed.
Name ruth
Age: 11
Gender stereotype of role: Sister who gets killed by her brother no one know how no one know why.
Costume: white top with blood on it cause she gets killed but during to the end she has a clear white top which sow that she is innocent.
Hair and make up: Blood on her face and hair is braids.
represented as a innocent young girls who gets killed by her brother.
Role within the narrative: Innocent young girl.

Planning - shot list - Miss Begum

Shot list:
A shot list helps us get arranged and go over our shots, movements and angles. Shot list has made my group more confident cause we adapted our thoughts more and it allowed us to be more organised because we have everything on a sheet that we can follow while filming.

plannning - Pre production - Miss Begum

Pre production

Risk assessment form

Risk assessment form

Risk assessment form

 

production schedule

 

location release agreement

 

Location recce form (back)

 

Scene locations

 

Scene location (back)

 

Client release form

 

location recce form

 

 

 Conclusion: By creating these forms we have made our expectations clear, our locations clear and we have also included the directions to the locations. These forms allowed us to be more confident because we now have permission from the owners of the locations.

 

preliminary task - Mr Smith

What is the purpose of the preliminary task:
 The purpose of the preliminary  task is to learn how to operate and use a camera. While we was filming we all contributed and played around with different camera techniques including the angles, shot sizes, and shot movements. The preliminary task gave my whole group and idea of what we should be doing in our final video and it gave us  more knowledge within how to use the camera.

The scenario:

After the filming of the 30 second filming we had to edit the shots by using ' Final cut pro' program. This allowed us to experience how to use the new editing techniques. The main editor was me in this task but the task was shared by other members of the group to help me and make group agreements on what looks better. This task enabled me to develop her editing skills before the actual thriller scene task. This means that we will save time in the future when editing.

This task has been essential in creating our thriller because of a number of reasons. I'm now aware of the major difficulties that we might face when carrying out the filming and editing process for our thriller opening. I was able to use different angles and sizes when using the camera. I think that all of the things that we have done in this task allowed me to have a clear understanding of what I could use. Based on this task we were able to see if the locations of the thriller production is suitable.

Group roles: During the preliminary task our group had separate roles. For example I was the director and I was also helping out with the camera operator. Asli was videoing the whole scenes. Amarni and Gizem were the actors. However, we all contributed with the editing. My whole group contributed with the paper work.

Difficulties while filming: When we first got our camera we found it difficult to attach the camera  to the tripod. Once we started filming we had to change the area we was filming  because so many people were walking past and we found it difficult to video with so many people walking past and making noises.

Difficulties while editing: While we was editing we found it difficult to upload our videos because  the editing system didn't accept our video which made our pace slower and took us longer to edit our video.

What have I learnt: During the preliminary task I developed my knowledge about how i should be using the camera while filming. I have  also learnt how to bring the shots alive and how to act like an actual director.

Conclusion: The preliminary task helped my whole group  develop they're knowledge about filming, how to use a camera properly and how to bring the shots alive. The preliminary task Furthermore, taking part in the preliminary task has helped me to develop and train my skills of directing and filming a production and also editing to make the clips understandable and effective with in an audience.

Planning - Storyboard - Miss Begum

Storyboard:

 

Storyboards are invaluable when several people are working on a project together. A well-defined storyboard helps to ensure that everyone understands the goals of the project and how the video and audio footage should work together. However, if you're working alone, they also serve as visual reminders during the filming and editing stages. Remember, storyboards are not set in stone and can be revised as needed.

 

Planning: production roles - Miss Begum

Costume and hair: Being responsible for the overall design, application, continuity and care of make-up and hair throughout the pre-production and production of a film or TV programme. 

Camera operator: In this setting,a camera operator is part of a film crew consisting of the director of photography and one or more cameraassistants. In documentary filmmaking and news, thecamera is often called on to film unfolding, unscripted events.

Storyboard: a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film or television production. 

Sound: is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording.Therefore the sound editor also matches the background or the sound within the film to the genre of the film. They make decisions within the sound use.

 

Producer: assists the director in making important decisions. Producer is the one that runs around ensuring that all roles are being fulfilled and their is good communication. 

Lighting: The use of various light sources, both artificial and natural, to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect while illuminating a scene.

Editor: a person who is in charge of and determines the final content of the film.

Director: A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision.

Location manager: finds the suitable location to video the film at. 

Roles within my group: 

Amarni: director because he is creative. 

Location manager because he has good knowledge of the area. 

Actor because he has a drama background.

Hazal: Director because I am creative.

Editor because I have a knowledge d editing.

Actor because I have a drama background. 

Storyboard because I know my story line and I'm able to explain the whole story within the storyboard.

Gizem: producer because is able to make final decisions. camera operator because she has good knowledge with cameras. 

Sound because he has good knowledge within the sound industry. 

Asli: producer because she's able to make final right decisions. costume hair and make up because she enjoys doing costume hair and make up. 

Lighting because she is good at being able to show the tension within the lighting. 

Conclusion: This post has helped my group because we have been able to share the roles out without no misunderstanding and the definition has made us understand our roles more.

Research: Typography - Mr Smith

Typography

Typography is a way of arranging and presenting text through the size, design and colour to the audience. The typography give the audience an idea indication of what the film is about. It is essential information that connect with the audience so they know more about the production.

Examples

For the film 'Black Swan' the title of the film is shown in white with a black background, this makes the title over take the black background  against the dark images around the title, the title is shown written like the swan, this allows the audience to understand straight that this is a psychological thriller as the title plays with the audience sights. the colour white  has  connotation of 'purity' however it could also been used purposely to confuse the audience  and change their expectations of the film so that they can be shocked  and surprise while watching the actual film. 

This picture of the typography of the opening scene of "seven"

This is a picture of the typography of the opening scene of the film 'Scream'. At the start of the film the writing is white and simple until it starts flicking red and it finally turns red. The colour red connote danger, blood and anger this turns the sets mood of the film - the atmosphere  be calming for the audience until there is a disturbance which makes it completely change. 

 

Research: Opening credits - Mr Smith

Opening credits
Opening credits are shown at the beginning of a film. They show the most important members of the production for example the director, major actors and main crew members.

Purpose of film credits
The purpose of film credits can be used for advertising (production company); giving credit to those who took part and it outlines major actors/ crew members. In the opening credits the audience expect to see the names of the important major actors within the film/ crew members who played a major role. This is done as it influences the audience to watch the film, e.g. the female sex may be attracted to a film starring tom cruise.

Information that credits provide
The opening credits tell the audience who the major actors/ crew members are for example the soundtrack creator, director or producer(s) involved in making the film. Furthermore opening credits may be their to honour people that may have died during the production of the film.
How do they make the audience feel?
Opening credits are effective in films as they are usually followed by a soundtrack which automatically helps to build up tension among the audience before the film even starts. Images are often used in opening credits to make the audience ask questions about their relevance.

 

 

lighting used in the opening are:

Low key lighting

Flashing lights

Montages.

 

Appearances:

Actors

Victims(pictures)

Organised crime  

Successful ( can tell by the victims presented on the screen)

Changes from extreme to less extreme (Needles through finger-Needle through paper)

Soundtrack

close up

Montage

 

In the opening credits of se7en they use dark lighting and colour is used throughout the opening credits low key lighting is used to make the audience feel on edge an uncomfortable throughout the opening also the colour red is used throughout the opening by the use of red filters and red blood splatter on the book pages in the opening this is used to show that the film will have lots of blood and gore throughout and also helps to give a uneasy feeling for the audience at the begging of the film. This conventional to thrillers because the goal of a thriller is to create an uneasy scary atmosphere for the audience

 

The opening credits of 'Se7en ' the names of the actors/ actresses come up to show the audience who had a role in this film. However, by showing the names it makes the audience more into the film because they would be looking forward of who is the antagonist, victim or protagonist. Most films are watched because particular actresses/ actor have a role in a film. Once the audience know who has a role in the film they would start to figure out the story line in they're head.

Low -key lighting and dark colours are used throughout the opening credits. The low key lighting makes the opening appear mysterious and disturbing when it is mixed  with the dark colours  and images  shown constantly. The colour red is used frequently throughout the credits which may represent danger, death, these elements within the credits  are conventional to a thriller  film  because  a sense of suspense and tension is created  throughout the audience.

Conclusion:
In my thriller movie I want to build tension and catch the audiences attention straight by the opening credits because this will build tension and would want the audience watch the movie. I will be using dark colours and blood because it catches the audiences attention and it makes them feel disturbing right in the begging of the film.

 

 

Planning: final idea - Mr Smith

Final idea

Genre: Thriller

Sub-genres: Horror, crime and action.

Characters: victim:  Ruth
                     Protagonist: Amani
             
Tittle: That One Night

Amani walks in the hut while his walking he sees blood drops on the floor this makes Amani walk faster just to see what happens because his sisters at home alone and he panics. When amarni runs through the long balcony he realises that his front door is wide open. Amani stops at and slows down because his in such a shock that who would go into his house and do such a thing like that. Amarni shouts his sisters name out and there's no response from his sister. Amani takes slow footsteps into his house. He realises someone's on the floor the first thing he sees is a hand. He runs towards the hand and stops and slowly looks at this sisters wondering what has happened to her. He is In such a shock that he is wondering why someone would kill his sister. Amani's sister is covered in blood. Amarni steps back sits on the flor and wraps him self in a ball wondering why this has happened to him. The camera blacks out and amarnis in a black room and is processed all he can see is his sister looking at him and she has blood all other her. Amanis trying to reach out to his sister but she keeps fading away. Amanis getting weaker and weaker. Amani starts to fight him self. his sister whispers 'why I was your sister' respectively. Then the camera switches back to Amani being at home with a knife covered in blood with his sister on the floor dead. Furthermore, our antagonist will be wearing bright clothes at the beginning but towards then end he will have dirt on his clothes to show that he is the antagonist and he isn't innocent like he was in the beginning. However, in the first 10 minutes the antagonist will have a clear face without no make up After 10 minutes he will have blood on his face because he will be hugging a dead body with disturbing cuts on it. Therefore, our victim will be wearing bring clothes with blood all over her because she has been killed in a very disturbing way. She will have n make up on her face to show that she is innocent because her face is clean with her hair tied up in a pony tail. When Amani starts to walk up the stairs we will use back lighting and we will have his shadow appearing on the ground because he will have a hidden identity. However, we will have top lighting so the audience can see the dead body and know whats going on in the movie.We will have only a few iconography; lens to show the audience that our antagonist is processed and a knife to show the audience who killed the female victim.In the beginning of the movie the audience will hear Amani breathing once he sees the blood on the floor which is a on screen sound. We will also have Amani speaking to him self once he sees his front door s open.
As a whole group we got influenced by sycho when the female victim is getting killed we decided to make a scene like that. Therefore we also got influenced by identity when the audience wasn't able to figure out who the missing identity was.As a group we want the audience to be shocked when they find out that the antagonist killed they're own sister.We want the audience to have so many questions in they're mind for example; why did he kill is own sister? why didnt he know whats going on? how did he become processed? why did it end with a cliff hanger?

However, in our story board we have included a protagonist. We have changed our idea and took the antagonist out and we have twisted the roles and idea so the video can finish with a cliff hanger.

Planning: initial ideas - Miss Begum

My idea: crime thriller

A lady sleep walks to her daughters room and kills her daughter by biting her neck. When the lady walks back to her room he starts to have nightmares of her daughter. When she wakes up she realises that her nightmares have happened while she was sleeping. She walks to her daughters room and doesn't see no sign of her daughter no blood or anything. The lady starts to hear things such as " you killed your own daughter" the people around her thought she had gone mental and took her to a mental hospital. No one believed her which made her committee suicide and die. 

Amani's idea: Action thriller 

boy on the path to success with a good education is led on the path to destruction after his brother is killed by a gang. He takes revenge on the gang members by killing each member but the further he goes the deeper into darkness he gets and the more he finds information out about his brother. 

Asli's idea: Crime thriller

Starts off with seeing the school class rooms. One of the employees of the school are watching the CCTV cameras everyday for normal daily security. The employee starts to realise something weird is happening in the classrooms at school. Then cuts are starting to be made in the CCTV footage. The employee goes around the school and into the classrooms he/she realises blood on the walls and the tables have been moved around Into weird places. Meanwhile after 7 days everyone has realised that 7 students have been gone missing and it must have been planned because it will done professionally. 

Gizem's idea crime thriller 

A women has murders her 2 daughters because we partner cheated on her. The women starts to have flashbacks and starts to act weird which came to a solution that she has gone crazy due to her husband cheating on her and her killing her children for her husband. The women has been taken away to the mental hospital and she has killed her doctors while being checked up. 

Planning: opening scene narration -Miss Begum

In my group we all decided to include crime and psychological thriller.

characters: 1 girl, 1 antagonist and one victim.

Starter:  Amarni walks in the hut while his walking he sees blood drops on the floor this makes Armani walk faster just to see what happens because his sisters at home alone and he panics. When amarni runs through the long balcony he realises that his front door is wide open. Amarni stops at and slows down because his in such a shock that who would go into his house and do such a thing like that. Amarni shouts his sisters name out and there's no response from his sister. Amarni takes slow footsteps into his house.  He realises someone's on the floor the first thing he sees is a hand. He runs towards the hand and stops and slowly looks at this sisters wondering what has happened to her. He is In such a shock that he is wondering why someone would kill his sister. Armani's sister is covered in blood.

Middle: Amarni steps back sits on the floor and wraps him self in a ball wondering why this has happened to him. The camera blacks out and amarnis in a black room and is processed all he can see is his sister looking at him and she has blood all other her. Amarnis trying to reach out to his sister but she keeps fading away. Amarnis getting weaker and weaker. Amarni starts to fight him self. his sister whispers 'why I was your sister' respectively.

End: Then the camera switches back to amarni being at home with a knife covered in blood with his sister on the floor dead.

However, in our story board we have included a protagonist. We have changed our idea and took the antagonist out and we have twisted the roles and idea so the video can finish with a cliff hanger.

Research - Scream analysis - Mr Smith

Scream analysis

In this essay I will be analysing a famous part in the film scream. I will mainly focus on four micro elements. I will also discuss about the audience response and how micro elements make the audience feel while watching this scene.I will also discuss how the editing is being  used for example what editing is being used to make the audience understand the story line, what makes the audience want to watch the film from only one scene. At the beginning of the scene there’s a young woman dressed in cream and white, her hair is blonde and she is attractive. This is stereotypical to an opening thriller as the audience would have faith in the female victim as she is expected to be blonde and innocent.

The scene opens with a non-diegetic sound when the title appears, the audience can hear a girl screaming and this suddenly changes into a phone call. This allows the audience to have an idea of  genre this movie is and this will engage their attentions to find out about what the movie is about and whats going to happen during the film. This scene is set in the female victim's home, through the establishing shot, this reveal the location of her house which was set in the middle of nowhere which this highlights that the atmosphere is dangerous and this makes the audience feel disturbed because they will expect someone to pop up out of nowhere. However, this leads the viewers to have an idea of the female victim will not be heard if she's in danger, despite the victim's feeling safe when she's at home. This gives the audience an idea that she's innocent and vulnerable. As the audience will see that she's home alone in a big isolated house, this makes them feel sympathy towards the female victim and expect something bad to occur.

Furthermore, as the female victim received a phone-call, the female victim appears with a very calm and relaxed  in a cream blouse and a pyjama trouser which portrays her pureness and vulnerability and physically weak, plus security within her own home. In addition to this, when the female is being attacked, the use of iconography which is blood contrasted with the white clothing which produce a much more dramatic effect than if her clothes were to be in darker colour. Therefore, this makes the audience feel content as she's enjoying the conversation and look very comfortable within her own home. During the phone-call at the start, her body language appears to look sloppy and her facial expressions appears to be flirty and smiling. This makes the audience to not anticipate anything to happen to her yet because she's casually enjoying what she's doing which she was planning to have a movie night for herself. Again with her casual body language which she looks very relaxed and comfortable, this helps the audience to easily identify her as the victim.

Moreover, as the antagonist enters the house, the use of low key lighting within the scene allows the killer to look invisible and mysterious which creates suspense and excitement towards the viewers as they can hardly see the killers movements. This helps to boost up the audience curiosity and makes them feel excited to find out who the antagonist is and what the antagonist is going to do this also makes the audience feel sorry for the female victim because she doesn't know whats coming to her. The lighting also allows the tension to be built up and change the mood in the scene when the characters are in a dark area and the film has been taken in the dark at 9-10 pm This helps to create vulnerability and creates fear additionally to the audience as they observe the scene.

Initially, the antagonist appears with a white mask and a black cloak which contrast to the female victim's clothes, this represent the sense of 'good vs evil'. This shows that the killer is trying to hide his identity and represent evilness & dark through the black colour and also the blood look invisible in black which makes him more mysterious and scary. This helps the audience to easily tag him as the antagonist and because of his hidden identity, this creates fear and excitement towards the viewers as they will be curious to find out about him. The antagonist is being presented as big, tall and holding a knife showing that he's going to kill the female victim. The use of iconography which is the knife makes him look more dangerous and powerful. This makes the audience to anticipate that he's going to commit murder. 

Research: Questionnaire - Miss begum

Questionnaire

what is the importance of primary research? 

The importance of a primary research such as my questionnaire is to find out what the target audience want in the thriller film that i will make. Also this primary research is important because it means that i can find out which a specific target audience want in my thriller. Also this questionnaire will give me a lot of feedback and it will give me good idea if my thriller idea can be suitable to what the audience want.The advantages for primary research is you can research exactly what you want, how you want, and don't have to rely on other peoples work, and you can interpret the results how you want, and don't need to rely on other peoples interpretations. The disadvantages of primary research is it could take a lot of time and might turn out wrong, some people might not be able to be independent and might not be able to research themselves. 

How did you ask and why?

I made a questionnaire and decided to gather information by asking reasonable questions such as "what sub-genres do you prefer in a thriller move". I've chosen to do a questionnaire because i believe that i will be able to gather information very quickly and it can have a huge impact on my idea because I've based my questions on my idea i have. And by doing a questionnaire i have made sure my idea links to the answers i have gathered together.

My questionnaire 

What is your age?

Under 12             13-17            18-20                21+    

Are you a male or female?

Male       female

1. Have you recently seen a thriller movie?

Yes     no       a few not many

2. Which sub-genres do you find the most appealing?

Action thriller        crime thriller             sci-fi thriller           psychological thriller        political thriller

Horror thriller         religious thriller     drama thriller          spy thriller                       adventure thriller

3. What thriller have you watched?

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4. What do you find builds up suspense within the film?

Sound         music       lighting      pace      camera angles   camera shots  

5. What do you find to be the most important element within a thriller?

Settings    props    clothing      hair and makeup     plot    sound

6. What gender would you expect the antagonist to be? And why

Male,

Female,

7.  What gender would you expect the protagonist to be? And why?

Male,

Female,

 8. What film rating do you prefer to watch?

U       PG     12A   12       15      18

10. Where do you tend to watch thriller movies?

Cinema    TV    purchased DVD     school     other

11. Where would you like the thriller movie to take place? And why

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12. What do you think the antagonist should wear? And why

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13. What do you think the protagonist should wear? And why

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14 .would you want the antagonist to be hidden identity

Yes         No  

15. Do you like film in colour or films in black and white?

Colour         black and white

16. What age would you want the antagonist to be?

7-10         11-14       15-18       19-22        23+

17. What do you think has the biggest impact on the audience?

Tension        surprises        suspense

18. Would you classify thriller as your top 3 genres?

Yes         No  

19.   What colour would you expect the antagonist to wear?

Black     red      dark green   dark blue    purple   orange

20. What colour would you expect the protagonist to wear?

white         red     grey      pink     yellow  orange

Who did you ask and why? 

I asked pupil around the age of 15 because my production is aimed at 15 year old's. I asked both genders because my production is aimed at both genders.

Conclusion:  The research from the questionnaire has been very beneficial as the feedback that i have got from the questionnaire has helped me understand what the target audience that my thriller film will be aimed at want to see in the film. It has also helped me understand how i can make a thriller film that will be very successful with in the target audience.