Soundtrack - Stravinsky - Firebird

This is the piece of music that we used in our thriller, this is of course the original version, we edited it and re-arranged it to fit in with the flow of the thriller.

Shot List for Preliminary Task

In our preliminary task we used the following types of shots

• Tracking Shot
• Medium Distance
• Establishing shot
• Over the shoulder
• Close up

We coincided these with the following angles:

• Birds eye view
• Canted
• Eye level
• High

Preliminary Task Storyboard

Here is the storyboard for our preliminary task:

Shots 1,2,3

Shots 4,5,6

Shots 7,8,9

Shots 10,11,12

Camera Angles, Shots and Lens Movements

Here are a few examples of different camera movements, camera angles and shot sizes...

Audience Profile

From the results of our questionnaire we have managed to build up an audience profile. Taking into consideration the fact that we asked 20 males and 20 females we have a mixed audience, gender wise, so we do not just appeal to men or just to women. The profile is as follows: Students, male or female, aged in-between 16 and 20, so either attending sixth form, college or university. Due to either student finance or lack of interest in films they only watch films once a week, the majority of the time and they prefer to watch their films in a cinema atmosphere. When it comes to film interests they prefer modern style thrillers, like Kill Bill or Layer Cake, but with a psychological twist. They also prefer Female actors playing the leading part and for a thriller to have a cliff hanger opening, rather than an explanatory one, as they draw you into wanting to watch the rest of the film.

Soundtrack Evaluation

We originally did not want to use any music in our thriller or have a soundtrack at all, duw to the nature of our film we could not find any music which could effectively emphasise the mood. We also saw this use of absolute diegetic sound in 'No Country for Old Men' which we thought was very powerful and really made the film seem real. However after some tests and trials with different types of music we finally decided on a song that sounded good with the film. The song we chose was Firebird by Stravinsky, however I cut it and arranged it into a manner which is more dramatic and fitting to the action in the film. This has evidentially been noticed by the audiences who have watched our film as the majority have commented on how powerful the music is and how it helps set the mood. The film is also relevant to the film as the story behind the song is that the Firebird is captured and forced to beg for it's life, the same as the girl in the freezer.