Marking 'The Reckoning'

We thought this piece deserved to be given a level 4.

• The sound score and images were edited to an excellent level, as they went together perfectly in the way that when the action speeded up, the music did too.

• The mise - en - scene was chosen really well, as most of the background and characters were in black and white apart from the main characters tie, which stood out as it was a bright red colour, symbolising danger.

From being informed on the marking scheme for this thriller project we now know how to make our opening sequence to the best it can be
We are going to do this by:

• Thinking about our mise-en-scene fitting with conventions of thrilers. For example, if we have a character in our piece that is going to play the villan we may dress them in black or red as these are both colours that represent danger or evil.
• We will make sure that our sound (the musical score) matches with our images and editing. For example, if there are lots of short duration shots and the sequence is moving fast we will make the musical score faster and perhaps louder to add tension.
• We will try and make sure that the meaning of our piece is apparent to the viewer through our editing, also that we use a variety of shots. Although, if we want to create a certain effect we may not have to use this all the time as using the same shot more often can be more effective in some cases.