Presentation of animatic of thriller opening.

My group and I presented our animatic to the rest of the class. Overall, good comments, but we need to go back to the drawing board and edit some of our shots as a lot of our animatic is the main girl character in our story running, when really we need to add more of her facial expressions and what's going on in the area to create more suspense. I am pleased with our final animatic as we had flashbacks in our animatic, which is difficult to present in a storyboard, but the class said they understood the flashbacks, without the need of it being explained. Also our sounds were good, created the right atmosphere and helped the people watching it know what was going on, for example; sounds of footsteps were used for a shot coming from behind the girl, to let the audience know that it was the antagonist creeping up on her. I think when we start filming that it will go well and the animatic gave me and my group a good understanding of what needs to be included and what needs to be changed to make a good thriller film opening. I'm also proud of my group, as we are working a lot more as a team, with sharing jobs to make sure that not only one person gets the work load.

Analysis of Questionairre's.

Questionnaires’ analysis.
1) When the term Thriller movie comes to your mind what are your first reactions?
Blood ///
Gore ////
Music ///
Pace ///// //
Death //
Deception //
Horror ///// ///
Suspense ///// /

2) When you watch a thriller film what is your favourite type of thriller to watch?
Horror ///// ///// ////
Sci-fi /
Drama ///// //
Crime ///// /
Spy ///// //
Other //

3) What do you think is the main part of the building suspense in a thriller? Music, sound, setting, camera angles, pace, etc?
Sound ///// ///// ///// //
Setting ///// /////
Camera angles //
Pace ///// /
Other /

4) If you were to watch a thriller, what would you not want to see in it and why?

Stupid girls ////
Confusing/boring storylines ///// /
Chase scenes ///
Blood ///
Romance ///

5) Would you expect characters to be stereotypical in a thriller or would you like characters to represent something different to their normal association?

Different ///// ///// /
Stereotypical ///// ///// ///
Don’t mind /

6) What sort of conclusion do you most like to see in a thriller, or do you like a mix?

Mix ///// ///// ///// //
Typical Conclusion /////
Death //

7) Do you prefer thrillers to have a straightforward plot or do you prefer plot twists?

Straightforward Plot ///// /
Twists ///// ///// ///// ///

8) How much of the plot do you think would be revealed in the opening of a thriller?

Lots //
Not a lot ///// ///// ///// ////
None ///

From these results people would prefer in a thriller to have horror and pace in the opening, their favourite types of thriller are Drama, Horror and Spy. Sound and setting are most important to the people answering to make a good thriller. Things not to be put into a thriller would be a boring storyline and that people like a stereotypical plot, but with a mixed conclusion and twists in the plot. Finally, not a lot should be revealed in the opening of the plot, but enough to keep people interested.

I will use this information to help make up our storyline, pick our genre and to know what to use for our animatic - for example the pace and the horror genre should be used in our thriller opening mainly as they are most likely to keep the audience watching.