Reflective analysis

Reflective analysis of my film sequence
Aims and context

The aim was to create a sequence from scratch in and around the college, in the end we created a sequence consisting of around 9 shots with a running time of around 1 and a half minutes. The film is a thriller based off of a series of killings occuring around the college. The overall aim of the film is to excite them as well as make them think, hopefully creating their own theories about the films many happenings; as well as attacking the audience based on their primal fears of death and adding realism based on the loose link to real life happenings of a similar nature.

Ideally i would like to target this to a more mature audience, however i would also like to keep it slightly relatable to a portion of the audience given the sequences setting. I will choose an age rating of 15, since there are themes of violence that might seem slighly innapropriate for an age rating below 15. An age rating of 15 is a lot more flexable when it does to adult themes, such that we can include more elements that can be used to increase the overall shock factor and realism the film intends to compose.

The themes of death and violnece are not apparent in the sequence we shot, however we tried to build up a mood and tension, things that are key in thrillers to engage and shock the audience; theres also an element of secrecy, the sequence was purposely intended to be un-revealing since we want to keep the audience guessing, something a lot of the more well received thrillers that we watch currently in film today do.