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Sound Effect Ideas

Essential Death and Horror Sound Effects:
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How we can use our class feedback to improve our blog?

From the feedback we were given, we could've done with some more constructive critisism. However, from the feedback we did get, the first thing we would do would be to add captions to our pictures. This would add more information to the reader and would give people a better understanding of why we used the pictures we did. We could also add more personal opinions and maybe a little bit more media terminology. This would make our post more technical and detailed for the reader so they can get a really detailed idea of what/why we chose what we did for our thriller opening.

Class feedback from our blog

Variety of relevant posts:

. good variety

. most of the checklist complete

. long paragraphs

. posts that are in place are detailed, however a few more could be added

. Disney post wasn't that relevant

Appropriate visual aids:

. large amount of pictures and videos 

. used pictures throughout the blog, not in clumps

. good visual aids to support ideas

. a lot of pictures used for each idea

Appropriate use of technical vocabulary:

. good quality context/media language, i.e. 'enigma' and 'montage'

. correct shot language

. lacks in technical vocab

. appropriate to thrillers

Quality of posts: content, explanations, clarity:

. long, informative explanations and analysis

. highly descriptive explanations

. detailed

. uses media terminology to further the information and makes it clear

Development of ideas/stages:

. organised

. completed each stage with high quality 

. clear sections of development and headings

good step by step guide to show how they did their planning stage 

Target Audience Expectations

The target audience for our thriller opening would be aged from 15 and above. I think our film would also be rated a 15. This is due to the plot of  the theme of a stalker, there may also be some violence in the film, and strong language, which wouldn't be suitable for people of a younger age. People younger than 15 also may not understand the idea/plot of our thriller. Our target audience can be either male or female, there isn't a paticular feature that we have included to make the film lean towards one gender. I think that we have broken quite a typical convention that is usually included in films involing some kind of stalker/serial killer etc, the person is usually a male. We have decided to use a female as the stalker, as this was slightly different to most thrillers that use a similar story line.

Analysis of Cache/ Hidden

Cache/Hidden is a 2005 production from Michael Haneke. The opening sequence begins with a long shot of a suburban flat/house in France. For a few minutes nothing happens, playing on the way that Michael Haneke likes to playwith the audience's patience, and then there is speaking over the film.

How does the opening sequence of this film use Thriller conventions?
There are many questions left unanswered in the opening sequence, as nothing really happens visually in the opening, there is just a voiceover talking about things that the audience wants to know about. This happens because the audience is waiting for something to happen. Also, because it is like the characters' house is being watched, it makes the audience ask who is watching them.
What questions does it pose?
Who/What are they waiting for?
How does it make the audience feel?
Confused, Unsure.

Unknown poster analysis



This is the poster for the new warner bros film, Unknown (2011). The film is about a Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) who wakes up from a coma to find that someone has stolen his identity, and no one beleives that he is actually the real Martin Harris and not the other man, not even his wife.In the poster, the tag line of "TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE" tells the audience about what the film is mostly going to be about, Liam Neeson's character trying to get his identity back. The strip picture through the middle of the poster is of 2 women and strange words and numbers randomly on the background. This introduces some more of the characters and makes the audience ask questions about these women. Also, the numbers in the background could make the audience look out for them in the film. However, these numbers and letters also make the film seem as though it's going to be a confusing film with lots of things and clues to look out for.