Questionaire Thriller

I asked 10 students aged between 16 and 18, five girls and five boys some quick opinions on what they would like to see in a thriller film.

I asked the 5 boys if they enjoyed watching thriller films and all 5 of them answered yes. The results i drew up from this was that i needed to make sure that my film was at least appealing to men if it didn't appeal to women.

I then asked the 5 girls the same question and not all the girls enjoyed watching thriller films. This result told me that it was mainly boys that enjoyed thriller films and a small handful of girls. I still want to make sure that my film can be watched by as many people as possible.

I wanted to know what they would want to happen at the end of the film or what do they enjoy the ending to be like. Most of the people i asked said they would most like a cliffhanger and secondly a twist. From this if i want to make my film something the audience would enjoy it has to have a cliffhanger with maybe a slight twist to it.

I wanted to know the best location to film my thriller film. I gave the people answering the questionaire 5 different choices and a "other" option where they could suggest any other ideas that i hadnt listed. The most popular was the house and the castle. Between the two i would be most likely to suggest filming the thriler film in a house as it would be easier to get access comapred to filming in a castle.

The type of music the people answering the questionaire said would be ideal for a thriller is dramatic and intense. This would be done to add depth and atmosphere to the storyline.

Questionaire Romantic Comady

A questionaire was given to 10 different people of a range of different ages to find out what they prefered and expected to see in a rom-com film. After collecting the results the questionaire had been answered by 6 females, and 4 males. The age range that answered the questionaire was 8, 16 and under and 2 people between the ages of 17 and 23.

The first question asked was "Where is your ideal location for a rom-com film?"

Our results have shown us that the most ideal location for a rom-com film would be in a town and the least popular location would be set in a working enviroment such as an office or a hospital. From these results I have decided if i am to make a rom-com film then it should be set it a town. I think a town as the idea location has been chosen because its not as busy as a city or a working environment, the audience can then focus on the story line and the characters and not the busy environment. A busy environment might not been seen as very "romantic" location so somewhere that is isolated or has very little people would be ideal. For example Twilight (even though it is a romance fantasy) is set in a village which is very isolated. The setting being isolated and quite with very little characters is perfect for when the main characters have romantic scenes on their own.

The second question asked was "What gender do you prefer the main character to be?"

The results have shown us that a female main character is most popular in a rom-com film. If i choose to make a rom-com film as the female role for the main character is the most popular i would make sure that the character in my film would be a female too.

The third question asked was "How old do you prefer the main character to be?"

The results from this question has told us that the audience prefer it when the main character is between the ages of 17 and 23. This may be because of the age range the answered the questionaire as they feel they can relate to the character more in the film if they are of similar age. If the main character was 16 or younger the audience may not be able to connect to the character as they may be too young to play the main role in a rom-com film. If the main character was over 23 the audience may feel they are too old to be playing a character in a rom-com film. From the results i have decided that the main character in a rom-com film should be between the ages of 17 and 23. Most rom-com films have a younger character playing the main role from example:
A Cinerella Story - 18 year old as the main character
Mamma Mia - 20 year old as the main character
16 Wishes - 16 year old as the main character

The fourth question asked in the questionaire "Howdo you want the film to end?"

The results from this question tell us that the audience would prefer the rom-com film to have a happy romantic ending asapose to a twist at the end or a sad emotional ending. If i chose to make a rom-com film the ending would have to be happy and romantic as this is what the audience answering the questionaire have said they would most want to see at the ending.

The fifth question asked "Which male actor would you most prefer to see in a rom-com?"

The male actor the people answering the questionaire would msot prefer to see in a rom-com is Ryan Gosling. Ryan Gosling is an canadian actor mostly recognized for the role of Noah Calhoun in The Notebook. (2004) Actors such as Robert Patterson and and Zac Efron are mostly known as Edward Cullen and Troy Bolton, it would be hard for the audience to picture them as another character.

The sixth question asked "Which female actress would you most prefer to see in a rom-com?"

The female actress people would most prefer to see is American actress is Zooey Deschanel. Zooey plays a quirky girl next door role in most of the films she has appears in, for example (500) Days of Summer and New Girl which the audience can relate to. If i was to make a rom-com film i would want the female role to be like Zooey Deschanel.
The seventh question asked  "Where would you expect to see the titles on a rom-com film?"

Most of the people answering the questionaire have said that the titles they would expect to see at the beginning of the film and so in my film i would put the titles at the beginning of the film.

The last question in the questionaire "What type of music do you think work best as a opening soundtrack for a rom-com film?"

The type of music that is to play alongside the titles is important to the genre of the film. The questionaire results show that pop music is the most common genre of music to be used in a rom-com film.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate is a film adaptation of Roald Dahl's book (1964) The film is directed by Tim Burton who also directed Edward Sissorhand and Alice in Wonderland.

The film begins with clouds and mist departing away from the Warner Brother and Village Roadshow Pictures logo in gold, the colour of the logos and also the cast and crew names are in gold because it is the colour of the golden ticket. The clouds and the mist represent the mystery, the magical and the unknown. There is a long shot camera angle of the factory as it moves closer and closer to the building, the long shot angle has been put in so the audience can get a realistic view of how big the factory is. The decor of the factory is silver, brand new-like and shiny this gives us the impression of an unrealistic factory everything is too clean to be real. This ties in with the fantasy chocolate factory, the way in which the chocolate is a fantasy. Realistically you wouldn't have real chocolate been thrown into the air or layered onto a conveyor belt by a balloon. The chocolate Willy Wonka creates is a fantasy just like his factory. There is a close up camera shot of the hand as Willy Wonka places a golden ticket on the chocolate, the close up shot is important as we need to see what is happening. If the shot was a long shot instead the audience wouldn't understand what was being put onto the chocolate. The tempo of the music slows down as the rush of the factory slows down. The golden ticket is slowly put onto the chocolate which creates tension as we are wondering what is going to happen next. Willy Wonka wears a purple glove on his hand while placing the golden tickets onto the chocolate. The connotation of purple is meant to symbolise royalty, as well as the golden tickets, the gold is also meant to represent royalty in the film Willy Wonka is equivalent to royalty, he owns his own chocolate factory, everyone buys his chocolates and is a well known family household name. As the last ticket is placed onto the chocolate the camera angle is of a extreme close up. This angle has been done because it is the final glimpse of the tickets and it also shows the audience the details on the ticket. Once all the tickets have been put onto the tickets the tempo in the music speeds up again to its original fast paced speed as the rush of the factory begins again.

 Outside the factory it is dark and snowing. The snow represent the magical unknown and sets the scene. From the snow we create the impression it must be cold and winter time. There is a long shot of the red Wonka vans being filled up, the long shot has been used so the audience can see the amount of boxes, chocolates and vans it also shows some of the scenery. The red on the vans has been used for importance, in the film to the characters the vans would be easy to distinguish just like we have red royal mail vans. As the vans slowly depart the gates slowly open creating suspense. There is an establishing shot so the audience can see the factory location in comparison to the rest of the city. From the establishing shot we see the factory is located in a town walking distance away from houses. The directors name is last on the screen which follows filming codes and conventions. There is a voice over of narrators voice, we see the voice as the storyteller in the film. As the narrator is talking the camera zooms onto a typical child, we create the impression he is an average school boy from the clothes he wears, he has a casual jumper and trousers and shoes nothing that looks out of place. The narrator tells the audience his name is Charlie Bucket, his name matches the way he dresses, a simple name for a simple ordinary character unlike some of the other characters in the film; Violet, Verruca and Augustus. There is another establishing shot as we see Charlie walking to his home. The establishing shot has been used so we can make the comparison between Willy Wonka's wealthy factory and Charlie's home that is just down the road. Charlies family is poor and underprivileged, the location and the props used tell us this. The way the house is standing has been over exaggerated it is standing slanted on a remote bit of land. Inside the house the equipment is very basic and the spacing is very small and limited. He lives with his family, his mum, dad and grandparents. At the end of the opening sequence the narrator says "Charlie Bucket is the luckiest boy in the world he just doesn't know it yet" this foreshadows future events leaving the audience wondering what happens to poor Charlie.  

Just like Heaven

Just like Heaven

Just like Heaven is an American romantic comedy featuring Reece Whetherspoon. The film was directed by Mark Waters who also directed Freaky Friday (2003) and Mean Girls (2004) and produced 500 Days of Summer (2009) The beginning of the film starts with the camera coming through the Dreamworks clouds and then carries on through the clouds which represents heaven hence the title "Just like Heaven." There is diegetic sound of the movie soundtrack by Katie Mellua and bright girly colours with the cast and production names. The bright girly colours work well with the soundtrack and the genre of the film because they are sterotypical girly colours. Reece Whetherspoon plays the main female role in a pink dress outfit. The pink symbolizes, feminine, flirtatious and also innocence. The corss dissolves and pans around her suggests a passing in time, and that the character has been there for a long time. Reece Whetherspoon plays the typical female in a RomCom she is pretty, white and blonde which follows conventions of filming. She's a workaholic who works in a hospital enviroment. The dioglue from the toilet scene shows the audience she doesnt have a life outside of work. The other colleuges around her are married or divorced or have children. Outside of the toilet scene the fast tempo music ecomplies the quick, fast paced speed and the rush of the hospital.Her sister is the complete opposite of her, she is a multi-tasking mother. We are told this from the setting of the home. Its messy the mother is rushing around. An high-low angle shot is used between the main character and her boss, this camera angle has been used to show the dominance. The boss has been positioned higher than the main character which shows he has more dominace and power over her. As the main character leaves the hospital it begins to rain. Weathering can forshaowing this that are expected to happen, for example rain and thunder has a negative effect and the sun and warmth has a positive effect. In this case it is raining which gives an insight to the audience that something bad is bound to happen.