2. My research into genre was very helpful for our production because it helped us to research and see for ourselves
the different and most common generic conventions that made a thriller film opening, a thriller film opening. This
then allowed us as a group to consider which conventions we wanted to use in our coursework to keep familiarity
within our work as well as adapt and change some conventions in order to keep our audience interested and make
our piece unique. Similarly, my research into audience was integral to our production as it gave us an idea of what
audiences were interested in through the use of audience feedback and what they wanted to see. This insight into
audience demand helped us construct our work because we knew we would be creating a film opening that viewers
wanted to see.
Our pre-production planning techniques consisted of firstly, scripting to give us an idea of how our narrative was
structured. This was followed by storyboarding which was very useful because it gave us our first visual;
representation of what our final piece might look like. In addition, it helped us sort out the sequencing of our work
because we were able to see how it would affect the overall piece if we moved certain scenes or shots. After, this
we created an animatic which gave us a better idea of timing and transitions and then finally, we created a shot-list
that we could use on location when filming to ensure we captured everything we needed and lowered the chances
of needing to re-shoot everything.
I would personally, say our planning was very effective because we thought about most aspects of our work before
filming and editing began. The most important things were the storyboard which helped us visualise our final piece
as well as the shot- list which was extremely helpful during the production process. This was because we were able
to film in a chronological order and not miss anything out. When editing we were also able to turn to our storyboard
to see how we should piece our work together.