EVALUATION QUESTION 1: (ANDERSON)

9 Frame analysis from our thriller, these will be explained from top left (moving right)

1. Folder with title 'Case closed
2. Police officer arresting a suspect
3. Suspect walking through the corridor from a prison
4. Production logo 'Perspective Entertainment'
5. Protagonist leaving her home
6. Long shot of protagonist walking
7. Protagonist being kidnapped
8. Antagonist looking down on the protagonist
9. Title 'The Last Call' Revealed through a glitch effect on a dark blue background

The aspect of each frame

Frame 1 (Folder with title 'Case closed')

Here we are introduced to the beginning scene where the use of props comes in. We see how one of the main characters who is both the detective and the dad of the protagonist (which is made more clear in the next coming scenes) picks up a folder with text clearly written 'Case Closed'. This immediately  helps an audience understand his role as a detective of some kind and makes them intrigued to what lies ahead the same way every other thriller does. Overall the use of a detective in a film conforms to the stereotype of thrillers as it links to finding whats going to happen and being always mislead. Also we do tend to see a similar pattern in most thrillers where a detective are involved which again makes our opening conform to the thriller genre. The use of red font makes and close up of the folder makes an audience more appealed to what they are looking at and the use of red font could also suggest danger which also tends to linked to many thrillers these days.

Frame 2  (Police officer arresting a suspect)

In this frame we are introducing the antagonist through the use of a flashback where he is arrested in the past. We try to be clever by not revealing much as no one knows why he is being arrested or what he has done to get arrested however this would be later revealed if there was a full movie. The use of the technique helps not to ruin the whole story line and makes an audience again want to know again whats happening and keeps leading them on which again conforms the stereotype of an everyday thriller. Throughout the scene we see through the use of camera shots, angles and movement how the police officer is in much power than the antagonist as he is shown vulnerable after being handcuffed. This is shown in a shot where the officer looks much taller than the antagonist who is lying down on the car bonnet. We again see this when he says 'get off me which shows his vulnerability' however this all is changed in frame 8 which i will later talk about. The use of a male antagonist makes the role seem more believable as it fits the stereotype and also including an antagonist overall causes a dilemma in the plot conforms towards the thriller genre. Again with the use of costume and props, the police officers outfit helps make her role more believable. However the use of a women as a police officer does challenge the stereotype as men are seen to be more powerful than women. Here an audience would feel that a male should of perhaps taken her role however the use of a different gender helps to appeal to both audiences of men and female.

Frame 3 (Suspect walking through the corridor from a prison)

In this frame we illustrate the use of camerawork, editing and special effects. Here with the use of camera angles we lifted the tripod with the camera on top to help give the illusion of where a security camera would be placed and this is further editing black and white with a grain effect and boxes including date and camera number makes the shot look even more realistic. The use of a high angle shot helps make the antagonist look no longer powerful and this use of costume helps an audience understand that he is being put in prison. We see also through the use of acting how calm the antagonist is in this scene as he walked calmly which helps an audience suggest that perhaps he has a plan to escape however this is revealed later on. The use of mise en scene such as the use of a prison costume makes not only understand the setting and location but also his position as the antagonist in this thriller. However it slightly challenges the a typical thriller through the fact that usually during a flashback some clues are shown to an audience to suggest what is going to happen which is something we lacked very slightly on. The use of a over the shoulder shot makes an audience feel as if they are involves and are a part of the scene as they feel as of they are the role of the person pushing the prisoner.

Frame 4 (Production logo 'Perspective Entertainment')

This key frame introduces to an audience straight away the company behind making the film ( Perspective Entertainment) which is our production logo. It automatically makes any person viewing this remember who this production is from if any further films are released form this same production company. Showing the logo conforms to any opening of a film which is why it conforms a thriller opening. The use of animation through editing makes the logo look more visually interesting helping to drag the attention of an audience. this is done through the use of a glitch effect. The use of distorting the logo helps link to the thriller as the story line is never too clear which again links and conforms to a thriller genre. We used many other production company logos such as Lionsgate, Paramount pictures as an inspiration when making our logo.The use of the name saying perspective entertainment suggests simply that we have another approach on films and this is mainly linked to the word perspective. The logo is shown on a dark background simply to make the logo more clear and to make sure an audience can only focus on the logo and nothing else.

Frame 5 (Protagonist leaving her home)

Here we see a shot of the protagonist leaving her house through the use of continuity editing. Again this shot focuses on the camera work as i used manual focus firstly focusing on the wall ten slowly focusing towards her revealing her costume. The use of costume helps an audience understand that she is going out as she is well dressed. Again this follows the stereotype of a everyday girl which helps make her role as the detectives father more believable. 

Frame 6  (Long shot of protagonist walking)

Here the use of a long shot instead of many mid shots help vary the use of shots and mainly help an audience know the setting and location where all this is happening. This shot is revealed through a use of a blur made manually through manual focus to help continuity editing look even more smoother. We see how the protagonist walks round a corner on a long road which conforms to many films in general as usually 

when someone turns a corner, we tend to see how something is revealed and in this case the antagonist is shown which i will be talking about in frame 8

Frame 7 (Protagonist being kidnapped)

Here in this frame the antagonist is again revealed however now out of prison. We use the same technique of not revealing much on how he escaped and why he is after the detectives daughter however this again would be revealed if we had a full film. The use of a black black outfit as his costume suggests that he doesn't want to be too revealing which conforms the role of an antagonist. Again the use of him capturing the daughter helps build a dilemma in the plot  as an act of revenge,  it again conforms the thriller genre and a role of a villain. The use of props which is a cloth with chloroform which is a substance that puts someone to sleep makes it easier to show how the villain captures the protagonist. However as out age range are between ages of 15-24 we reduced the amount of violence shown by doing this.

Frame 8 (Antagonist looking down on the protagonist)

Here we see a frame where the position of the antagonist contrasts completely  to frame 2 where he had no power at all during the arrest scene. The use of a low angle shot make him look as if he has all the power and also with the use of the camera filming inside the boot, it makes an audience feel vulnerable as they are now in the role of the protagonist who is now captured. This drives the attention towards the antagonist as now we want to know what he is now going to do.

Frame 9 (Title 'The Last Call' Revealed through a glitch effect on a dark blue background) 

Here the title 'The Last Call' is revealed and this is revealed the same way our production logo was shown with a similar glitch effect. The use of the glitch as I have  previously mentioned is that it makes the title look more visually interesting helping to drag the attention of an audience. Also the use of distorting the title helps link to the thriller as the story line is never too clear which again links and conforms to a thriller genre. The text is shown in bold to help draw the audiences attention. The font we used for this is call 'American Captain' as it is a very appealing bold font. We decided to place the title at the end so that the audience can have a small insight of what happens before the story line continues and this follows and conforms many thrillers as this technique is used very common not only in thrillers in fact but in many genres of film as well