Reviews of our Media Thriller

We asked for a number of reviews off viewers to find out what they thought of our final media product.

Chloe Cannon:

What do you think the basic plot of the thriller is?
A man wanting to kill a rich man, revenge maybe.

What do you think are the key strengths of this thriller and why?
The special effects and sound effects were effective.

How do you think this thriller could be made even more effective and why?
The music didn't quite match at certain points.

Chloe understood the story and plot we were trying to convey to the audience, she understood the main character was after a rich man and i think the location of the scene helped show that. In her opinion the special effects and sound effects worked well, when we were editing we knew that the special effects and sound effects would need to be good and effective to make our thriller successful. In her opinion the sound effects didnt match to what was happening on the screen. She has a good point, we wanted to sychronise the music with the action on the screen but we found it difficult to do this all the time and perfectly.

Vicky Cooper:

What do you think the basic plot of this thriller is?
Someone trying to shoot everyone to get to the main bad guy.

What do you think are the key strengths of this thriller and why?
The noises of the guns with sparks flying by worked well together.

Vicky also understood the plot and story we were trying to convey, I think this is a good sign with our thriller that we have successfully made a thriller because they understrand the story. Vicky thought that the gun sounds and sparks worked the best, we wanted to really create an impact on the audience by having a thunderous sound from the guns to shock the audience and put them on edge.

Sola:

What do you think the basic plot of the thriller is?
An agent sneaking into a big rich house.

What do you think are the key strengths of this thriller and why?
Good sound effects.

Sola understands the majority of the stroy that a man is sneaking into a rich mans house, this shows that the location of the thriller was key in portraying the stroy successfully.  Sola also thinks that the sound effects worked well, again we wanted to thrill the audience and we decided to emphasise the gun shots because they would have the most impact on the audience.

Lisa Ievtukhova:

What do you think the basic plot of this thriller is?
Storyy about killers. Who were trying to kill the owner of the house, but stuck with each other and had to fight.

What do you think are the key strengths of this thriller and why?
Very nice sound effects. Editing is very good.

How do you think this could be made even more effective and why?
More obvious feelings from characters.

Lisa sadly didnt fully grasp the plot of the thriller, we wanted to concentrate on one man, not on lots of people, we wanted to portray some of the characters as gaurds to the big house, we obviously could have made it clearer that it is one man against all the guards to get to one man. Lisa agrees that the sound and editing was very good, she says that she wanted to know the characters better, we agree with this, since we only get 2 minutes of sequence but we wanted to convey a character better in our thriller so that the audience side with that character and make an emotional connection, which therefore makes a better thriller and causes a greater impact on the audience.

Bertie Chatfield:

What do you think are the key strengths of this thriller and why?
Corrupt man being targeted by hitman.

What do you think are the key strengths of this thriller and why?
Good SFX and good non diegetic sound.

How do you think this thriller could be made even more effective and why?
Confused by the name.

Bertie understood the plot and story perfectly, which means we have conveyed the plot and story succesfully. Bertie also says that the sound effects were used well, i think that the sound effects were a key part to our thriller and we used them effectively. Bertis commented that he is confused by the title of the thriller, I agree that the title is not obvious of its meaning and i agree that it isnt the best title for the thriller but the subtext of the title gives a further depth of meaning to the thriller sequence.