Evaluation Part 1

At a micro level we edited the film and made sure that we constantly observed what we were doing and were it would get us, We decided to do lots of long driving shot to show an extended driving time this made the film flow from science to scene with and show our audience that some time had passed between the two events this was one of our films main aims. In separate scenes we also had shots that cut quickly. Our film had a linear plot, we choose this because of a thriller film that we had watched and we decided that we like it and would like to use the same filming and editing style.

As our film is fairly dramatic and dark we decided to have very little dialogue and use a song from and unsigned band instead, the song that we choose to use matched the scenes that were in our film; at certain points during the film when the motorbike is going down the road at speed the song matches this in temp and adds to the atmosphere of the film and helps the audience empathise with the main character. The main structure of our film takes our audience on a journey of mystery especially as you do not see main characters face throughout the film, this creates even more jagged atmosphere.

During the production of our some we did make a few mistakes. The worst of these mistakes was on our last day of filming when the main prop which was a motorbike broke down due to the chain coming of the back of it, this kind of helped us as the next time we filmed we made sure that all our props were fully working and in the right condition. One other mistake we made was forgetting some of the scenes that we had to film this was because one of us accidentally left our media folder at home this mistake cost us two hours worth of filming and preparation. Our preliminary task did help us when it came to filming because we knew which shot angles we needed and we also knew how to film them, this made the filming itself a fairly easy task once we knew what we were doing and understood the basics.

At a Macro level we made sure that our film tightly followed the action thriller genre, our films shows the audience the quick moving and fast paced action on a motorbike in a variety of different locations such as a secluded office were a disk is stolen with confidential information on it. Even though there is not much dialogue in the film itself we made sure that our characters acted accordingly to the genre, a key example of this is our main character who’s face you never see throughout the entire film as it is always covered with a helmet or hoody. The film itself lives up to my expectations of what a film in this genre should be like as it draws the audiences attention and keeps it throughout the entire showing, the main character of the film is portrayed as a “bad man” vigilante. One of the main ways we challenged the genre was by shooting the entire film in black and white to give it a “film nior” feel this makes it quite different from the average thriller film that you would see in the cinema. There were no real direct references to other films as I wanted to make it feel a bit indie, but if I had to compare it to something I would compare it to 24 as there are many fast paced scenes that involve vehicles.