Prelim Evaluation

Preliminary Task: Evaluation

After reviewing the Preliminary Task I noticed some aspects which were successful and others which could be improved.

Positive aspects:

• Continuity:costumes and positions were continuous.
• Effects: The effects used on the video helped to give it a mysterious and Noir feel.
• Freeze frames: Gave a retro feel and an originality style and flare to the piece.
• Fades: The use of fades in the beginning section helped to give the impression of time passing and worked well with the beat of the soundtrack.
• Editing: Generally the editing was very smooth and the piece flowed well without any obvious jumps in time and action.

Criticisms:

• Continuity: There's a door which is not closed by any of the characters but is shut later on in the scene.
• Editing: There is one shot which goes on for too long, before the code to the door is punched in. The following shot's delayed start also should have been trimmed, to make the the action flow more fluently.
• Audio: The fade when the volume of the music decreases is too harsh and disrupts the atmosphere in that section of the video.

The issues raised have been acknowledged and noted down as areas to improve on in our next production. We will also try to ensure any of these mistakes do not happen again and our thriller is of a higher standard than our preliminary task.

Film Production/Distribution companies

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc 
Warner Bros. is a an American producer of film, television and entertainment.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York. It has several of its own subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures etc.


Advantages:

• Abundance of resources.
• Experienced.
• Previous Successes.
• Non-restrictive budget.
• Publicity opportunities.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation 
Lions Gate is a North American entertainment and distribution company.Its headquartered in Santa Monica, California. As of 2011, it is the most commercially successful in independent film and as a television distribution company.


Advantages:

• UK subsidiary.
• Previous Successes.
• Multiple contacts already established.
• Reliability.
• Professional promotors.

BBFC

BBFC

The British Board of Film Classification view and rate films according to their content. At their offices, they view films and compare the content according to a set of guidelines to determine if they are suitable for release in the United Kingdom. Each certification has a list of content attached to it, and for a film to meet a certification it must comply with the allowed content.

 



The BBFC uses the following Classifications:
Uc: Universal and suitable for children.
U: Suitable for a Universal audience.
PG: Parental Guidance, suitable for most children.
12A: In cinemas, people under 12 can see with an adult.
12: Over 12 years old only. May contain violence and swearing.
15: Over 15s only. May contain violence, drug use, sexual content, swearing.
18: Over 18s only. Will probably contain the above but in extreme amounts.
R18: Can only be sold by licensed sex shop or shown in Adult cinemas.



Thrillers are most likely to be rated either 15 or 18 because violence and horror would be typical conventions used to create a increase the tension and create atmosphere. Due to this thrillers are targeted towards a more mature and selective audience, typically people from 15 onwards.

Many thrillers are rated as 15s or 18s although some are rated 12 because of their setting. The film Inception is a thriller surrounding a man who enters dreams to steal or plant information. The film contains moderate violence, gunfights and blood when people are wounded, fight scenes and scenes of suicide e.g jumping off buildings, yet these things do not warrant the certification of a 15, as the action is distanced by the fact that it takes place in a dream world. It is allowed to be rated as a 12 because it does not focus on the injuries and there are no scenes of graphic injury. The film also contains a moderate use of bad language (swearing)

 Shutter Island is an example of a psychological thriller rated 15. Its centred around a US Marshall investigating a mental asylum on Shutter Island. The film was said to have over 20 uses of strong language and moderate language throughout requiring it to be a 15 rating. Graphical violent images are seen through flashbacks which involve the execution of surrendering German Soldiers, a Nazi Commandant with a severe wound on his face, bleeding to death and a scene with 3 dead children floating in the lake. Along with this unsettling images of dead bodies piled up at a Nazi death camp, this film has some dark tones to it, however because it does not dwell on the injuries, it can be accepted as a 15.

For our thriller "film" we would aim for a 15 certificate for a few reasons:
- Opens up to a wider audience
- Is not distasteful or overly graphical
- Can work on a more complicated level then what you see. (On a psychological level for example).

The Interrogation (AS Prelim)