Overall Evaluation

Teaser Trailer

I think our teaser trailer works very well as it conveys that the girl is trapped, scared and upset. By filming the girl against a door, we portray this feeling of her being trapped as she is not going through the door but is instead up against it. This works well as it shows the audience that she is like a hostage, which is what the main film is about it. Although we all felt that the use of the door handle behind the girl, looses the effect of a closed atmosphere. The room was a good place to film, as it was very dark which gave us the effect we wanted. This worked well with our genre of a thriller as it gave a eerie effect which created a tense atmosphere for the audience. Jade was positioned to be kneeling as this gave the effect that she fears something/someone, which works well with our genre of a thriller.

I feel that the actress should have wore a different costume, as the dress gave an effect we didn't really want. We wanted her clothes to show normality, but this was balanced out by the use of her nail varnish she was wearing, which worked well with the showing of normality.

The script that our actress was asked to read, worked well at the end as it ended in mid-sentence giving a small cliff hanger until the title 'Stalked' appeared on the screen. Although I feel that we could have made the script have more sentences that would create suspense and nervousness as it would create the effect we were after.

Our camera angle worked well with the interview type of teaser trailer. We chose to only use camera angle as this fitted the genre, but I think this worked well as it made the room feel smaller as we were not using many angles to show exactly how big the room was, which gave a good effect of the girl being trapped.

The lighting in the room was very dark, which I feel gave off a great effect to make the atmosphere feel eerie and tense. This fits the conventions of a thriller and works well with the magazine cover picture, as this too is very dark.

Magazine Front Cover

The main image on our front cover of a film magazine works well I think as it shows exactly how the girl is feeling, which is fear, sadness and vulnerability. By making Jade kneeling and looking up, we show how someone has power over her, which works well with the storyline of our film.

As the photo has been edited to make it quite dark, I feel this allows the surrounding headlines to stand out to the audience. By editing it this way we also convey the type of genre the film is and will attract the audience we are aiming for.

By using the same font for 'Stalked' and 'Empire' we show that our film is the main film and the magazine is revolving around that film. This works well as the use of the same font for all three of our products allows the audience to recognise and become familiar with the film.

Film Poster

I think the image on our poster works well, as it portrays that the girl is hidden and the close up of her face shows her vulnerability. By making the whole image black and white, except her eye, which we made bright blue, it shows her innocence and makes her seem younger.

I do not think the large gap in the middle of the poster works so well. I believe that the title 'Stalked' should have come down slightly which would have got rid of the large space.

I like the use of '02.02.12' as it is very blunt and precise which I think gives a great effect of a tense atmosphere, and fits the thriller conventions in movie posters.

By placing 'Stalked' in capitals, I feel it grabs the audience's attention and works well with the use of the film release date.