What I learnt and did last lesson.

I learnt about a new brief. This said: The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of 2 minutes.
We also got a mark scheme which i am aiming for excelent (Level 4). It is split into 3 sections:

1) Research and planning:
Excelent research into similar products and a potential target audience.
Excelent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
Excelent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
Excelent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.
Excelent time management.2)

2) Practical work (Video):
(Everything excelent):
Holding a shot steady, where appropriate;
framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
using a variet of shot distances as appropriate;
shooting material appropriate to the task set;
selecting mise-en-scene including collour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;
using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;
using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
using titles appropriately.

3) Evaluation:
Questions:
-In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
-How does your media product represent particular social groups?
-What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
-Who woulld be the audience of your media product?
-How did you attract/address your audience?
-What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
-Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I learnt, also, the conventions of a thriller film. these could be:
-nightmare
-tension
-shock
-suspense
-eerie music
-scream sound effect
-dark
-mist/fog
-possiblle fight/chase scenes
-violence
-complicated storyline/twist
-unexpected events
-makes you jump
-crime
-police
-sophisticated/clever characters.

I also learnt some of the differences of Horror and Thriller. these are:
-thrillerrs make audience work harder
-thrillers make you think about what is happening
-thrillers are more sophisticated and are aimed at a higher age group audience than horror.