In these photos you can see that we arranged the books on the chest of drawers to try and make the room seem more therapeutic and calming.
However, we should've moved the hanging love-hearts, the heater and the hanging ornaments from the wall .
If we did that, then maybe the appearance of the room would've looked better and more like a therapy room.
Filming could've gone better if we had a tripod.
This is the reason for the poor atttempt of a pan.
However, despite not having a tripod, I improvised and did what I could. I made a makeshift tripod from the boxes that were in Joelle's summerhouse and piled them ontop of one another until the height was appropriate enough to begin filming.
For the other angles of filming, I had to hold the camera steadily behind each of their shoulders whilst they said their lines.
I think I did a good job of staying still and there's minimal white noise which is ideal for being able to hear the dialogue.
All in all, filming went well despite not having all of the equipment that was needed. We improvised and used our initiative and ended up producing some good quality footage that we will use in our thriller opening.
For our audience research, we conducted a short questionnaire which will help to determine our target audience. The questionnaire allows for us to see what our audience will be interested in seeing.
The age question helps us to see whether our audience is peers or older/younger. This will help us to distinguish the features in which we will use.
Finding out about how often our audience watches thrillers, will help us understand how many people would be watching our thriller opening. Knowing when the last time a person watched a thriller film will help us gage the amount of viewers that we'd get.
Asking for the opinion on the film allows the audience to express how they feel about the thriller film that they watched, helping us get a better insight as to how the audience feels about the films that they've watched.
Asking the audience what the three most important tropes towards a thriller aims to get them to define what makes a good thriller for us. Then helping us know what to include.
Asking what gender the audience would prefer the protagonist to be helps us to get a better idea of what a typical audience would like to see.
Questioning whether or not a crescendo should be used in the opening to a thriller helps us to know whether a dramatic build up is necessary or not.
The more specific question about location pulls on the audience's ability to judge whether we should film in a therapy room, living room or classroom.
Asking the audience about what the title of our thriller opening will be, allows the audience to have a large input into the final decision.
