During our media lesson we took on the role of examination. We were shown clips and given a mark scheme and were told to give each thriller opening a score out of 60. This enabled me to get a better perspective of the mark scheme and what the examiners will be looking for in my thriller opening, it shows me of the high standard I need to execute all the three stages of production to enable me to reach the higher marks within the level 4 (top) band.
This thriller opening scored 46/60. There was some good aspects in this thriller opening however there were many areas that let them down and therefore reduced the mark they got. One aspect I particularly liked was the titling used in the opening 45 seconds. It looked extremely sophisticated and fitted the narrative that this group were clearly trying to portray, it made me want to carry on watching the rest of the thriller opening, it was planned in great depth and executed to a high standard. Also, there were some good uses of camera shots used in the first 45 seconds which I believed would set the tone for the rest of the opening. However, after the first 45 seconds it starts to loose some quality. For example, the phone scene lets it down in my opinion because it puts an end to the tension that the opening 45 seconds creates, so that was disappointing. Also, the scene towards the end where the masked man with the chainsaw comes up behind the girl is another aspect that lets this thriller opening down because it is completely unrealistic and is probably one of the reasons this thriller opening didn't score higher.
This thriller opening scored 56/60, so it got a better score than the previous example, which I believe should have been the case, but I don't feel that this should have been the highest scoring of all three. However, this thriller opening is very worthy of it's high score due to the excellent use of editing in terms of the flashbacks that were repeatedly used. This engages the audience as it provides rhetorical questions surrounding the man and why he is doing what he's doing. I also personally liked the use of contrapuntal sounds used when he is handing the plastic toys as I feel it provides a complete contrast between the sounds and what is actually going on in the video, which was clearly the aim. However, there are aspects of this thriller opening that I feel could've been better. For example, the mise-en-scene was disappointing because in his workshop there was a bottle with a hand written 'poison' label which made it feel unrealistic because in a proper thriller film it would be a printed label rather than a hand written one.
Another example:
This thriller opening scored 52/60 and I believe this is justified for many reasons. One being that her titles were excellently done. They were not necessarily complex yet they fitted perfectly with how the video was flowing, they met the aim of 'using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions' perfectly. However, I believe she could've slightly improved her thriller opening if she would've used a few more editing techniques e.g. more shot reverse shots. Nevertheless, this was a great example of a good thriller opening and one that she clearly worked very hard on; it has shown me that I do not need to overload my thriller opening with loads of fancy effects to get a high grade, the effects that I use just need to make sense in relation to the clip and don't cause the audience any sense of confusion, keeping a clear aim of what I want to achieve with the trailer of my film Droplet.
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