Detailed Feedback Questionnaire

Feedback.

After creating the opening to a thriller film, I have shown it to a group of classmates who study media and other A level subjects. I have asked them various questions regarding the film opening and how they feel about it. The questions and answers will be displayed below and I will show 2 answers from 2 different classmates.

How did the film show the typical conventions of a thriller film?

Classmate 1: The opening sequence to the film was extremely well thought through, the opening displayed clearly different uses of thriller conventions. One of the main obvious thriller conventions used in this film was the use of lots of different camera angles, these show the quick pace and tempo of the film and clearly show it to be a thriller. The fast paced music over the top and no dialogue included also shows how it’s a thriller, it wants us to feel more interested in what’s going on and keeps us involved and the non included dialogue makes us feel anxious and ready to see more and keep us guessing.

Classmate 2: The scene with the mans feet constantly being shown leading up to the part where the man approaches the boy sat on the wall shows typical conventions of a thriller, quick cuts are used and the feet are shown multiple times, the camera angle during this is low down so we get a sense of feeling from the characters point of view.

What was your overall opinion on the thriller opening?

Classmate 1: Overall I feel the thriller was filmed with good thought and it displayed the typical conventions of a thriller film, the sound chosen over the top of the video matched what was happening during the film, and it suited the genre.

Classmate 2: I feel that the opening thriller scene wasn’t as good as I hoped, the scene lacked action and the exclusion of dialogue made it hard to understand what was happening throughout. The music chosen over the top didn’t really suit what was going on in the scene and wasn’t to a quick enough tempo to match the genre.

If anything could have been made better what would it be, and why should it have been created better?

Classmate 1: I feel that the opening film could have done with even more camera angles just to ensure the film genre was over exaggerated, as I feel that a different audience may have found it difficult to get an understanding of the film with the exclusion of dialogue.  

Classmate 2: I think there are a few things, which could have been done to ensure the film was created better, I think this would be to include more action to show off the genre, also to include dialogue as I found it difficult to understand what was going on