Audience Research

What do you expect of the 'femme fatale' in thrillers?

1. Gender: Male

Age: 21

Answer: I expect the femme fatales to be seductive. Most femme fatales get killed during the film to create a twist but i like it when they stay alive. Like in Jackie Brown.

2. Gender: Female

Age: 17

Answer: I expect the femme fatale to be elegant and alluring. To be more flamboyant than the other characters.

3. Gender: Female

Age: 19

Answer: I expect the femme fatale to be independent. I enjoy it when the femme fatale is a golddigger because it adds humour.

Audience Research

Where would you expect a crime thriller to be set? - Inner city, Suburbs, Countryside, Isolated, populated, hi-life, low-life.
The Da Vinci Code - Example of crime thriller

1. Gender: Female

Age: 16

Answer: If i was to watch a thriller that was set in inner city or low-life i would be able to identify it as a crime thriller. When directors try to make their film not like the traditional thriller film it can sometimes seem too fake.

Inner City X

Suburbs

Countryside

Isolated

Hi-life

Low-life X

2. Gender: Female

Age: 20

Answer: I would expect a crime thriller to be set in low-life. Although i do like films which are set in isolated places like the countryside because although it's a big space it can give a feeling of an enclosed place because of the vast isolation.

Inner City

Suburbs

Countryside

Isolated

Hi-life

Low-life X

3. Gender: Male

Age: 29

Answer: Crime thrillers are mostly always set in busy inner cities to show hustle and bustle and distortion. I always enjoy thrillers which have traditional thriller conventions.

Inner City X

Suburbs

Countryside

Isolated

Hi-life

Low-life

Audience Research

What are the audiences expectations of sub-genre crime thriller?
What are you're expectations of the sub genre - crime thriller?

1. Gender: Male
Age: 18
Answer: I would expect guns and violence to be in a crime thriller. I would be disappointed if there was not much action in the film.

2. Gender: Male
Age:15
Answer: Crime thrillers are my favourite type of film so i always expect good things. I have been let down by a few though. I am disappointed if the film doesnt have a suspense to it.

3. Gender: Female
Age: 45
Answer: I dont know much about thrillers. I like thrillers where theres lots to think about and the plot twists and turns. Like in Pulp Fiction. I like independent films mostly, this is where the sense of the film being authentic comes from. I feel like the thriller could be true.

Mock essay

This is the result of my mock essay done on the thriller film "The Sixth Sense"

Our shooting scedule

This is our shooting schedule.
We used a shooting schedule to help us with our organisation while we were in the process of filming.
It helped each person remember their responsibilities and where we all had to be at what time.
This helped us a lot with our planning.

Storyboards

Storyboards:

responsibilities while filming our film

Responsibilities:

Me: Contributing to the filming and directing of the thriller film. Also the editing when we finished filming.
Alice: Contributing to the filming and directing of the thriller film. Also the editing when we finished filmed.
Daniel: Playing the role of "Harry" and "The unknown character" and also the editing when we finished filming.