Analysis of Previous Student's Work

To find ideas for our own thriller, we looked a previous student's work and analysed what was good about them and what needed improving, below I am going to post two videos of previous student's work and analyse what I thought of them;

This first film was called Narcotics;

Strengths;
I found this film good as it built up tension very well and meant you couldn't take your eyes of what was happening. I also liked the suspense built up by the fact the killer was wearing a mask and you could never see their face meaning there was confusion there. I also like how it left you on a cliffhanger and made you want to watch on as you wanted to know if the killer got to the girl he had been stalking.

Improvements;
I did feel that at times this film dragged and didn't make sense as the plot seemed to not go anywhere and wondered if it was just a typical stalker thriller convention. I felt that maybe if there was more characters on more improvisation on the stalking, this could have made the film more exciting and perhaps provide a twist that was different from the usual thrillers.

The second film was called 'Til Death Do Us Part'

Strengths;
I thought the music in this film was very good and fitted well with the plot which was very clear and made it clear to the audience what was happening. I also thought the way the action happened and left the film on a cliffhanger at the end worked well with the gunshot, this may keep the audience wanting to watch on.

Improvements;
I felt attempting to film a wedding was an error on the directors part as it didn't look believable and is very hard to create a wedding with the resources available. Also I felt the tension wasn't built up as well as it could have been and there could have been more signs shown that something was going to happen as it didn't really seem to go anywhere until the end. I would also suggest they included more characters to set up the rest of the film better.