This document outlines the requirements for blogs that students must include. It lists: the opening draft and final thriller openings, evaluation questions, names and exam numbers, an archive section, a labels tool, a thriller recipe, research on thriller conventions, a director study, a group presentation on an opening, textual analysis of three thriller openings, questions on Shutter Island, a preliminary task, analysis of previous blogs, audience research, initial brainstorming, title sequence research, a final idea PowerPoint, ideas on mise-en-scene, task divisions, an initial storyboard, shot lists, and multimedia elements.

1. What needs to be on your blogs…
Name____________________________________________________________
o DraftThriller opening Final Thriller opening
o Evaluation Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
o Full names and Exam number
o Archive– at the top please
o Labels Tool - at the top please (and use of labels in posts)
o Thriller Recipe
o Evidence of initial research into Thriller films including:
o Narrativeconventions
o Character conventions
o Themes/ methods/ ideas
o Technical conventions (camera work, miseen scene, editing, sound)
o at least one director study
o Group presentation on the opening of one Thriller film
o Textual analysis of existing Thriller films especially the open sequences with working
links or embedding youtube clips or screen shots (at least three).
o Shutter Island –including follow up questions
o Preliminary Task.
o Textual analysis of previous student examples looking at strengths and weaknesses
(at least three).
o Discuss of potential target audience and how your film will appeal to them.
o Detailed poston initial audience research tasks – include a sample of your survey,
results (possibly as graphs), agreed group outcomeand the effect the research will
have on whatyou do
o Evidence of initial brainstorming – include scanned or photographed images of your
brainstormsheets (startwith the three ideas you came up with in groups)
o Research into Title sequences
o Powerpointpresentation of Final Idea
o Ideas you havearound the use of Mise en Scene (locations, lighting, props, costumes
etc)
o Detail of the division of labour – who will do what?
o Evidence of you initial storyboard which should bedetailed.
o Evidence of shotlists
o Lots of pictures, embedded clips, links and other whizzy technology stuff.