Found Prod - Alex Parker, Sophie Tinkler, Ben Marshall, Natalie Grant

Evaluation Activity 1

1. This is an establishing shot. We used this simple shot for the opening titles as it allows the titles to happen but not distract the audience from anything that may be going on.
2. This shot shows Sophie looking relatively innocent although she is looking into the camera frame with menacing eyes. This relates to real thrillers as there is commonly a young girl in this genre of films as it gets the required response from the audience.
3. This shot is shown in the form of a flash back, this is quite common in thrillers because it gives a sense of loss and shows the audience how quickly situations can change.
4. In this shot Sophie is feeling the trees leaves as she walks past them. This shows Sophie as innocent and naive which makes the audience fear for her.
5. In this shot Natalie is lying on the ground pale and covered in blood, this relates to thriller conventions as it creates an enigma - who is she? what has happened? & why.
6. In this shot Sophie is walking through the garden. It could be said that she is exploring her surroundings, similar to how a child would.
7. This shot shows Natalie wearing a cross on a chain covered in blood. This has connotations to the religious side of thrillers. Religion is thought to keep people safe, the idea of not going to hell if your religious links in with this - Natalie is religious but something has killed her.
8. This shot is an over the shoulder shot of Sophie looking out over a forest, this follows connotations as forests are known to be isolated and spacious.
9. The shot includes a girl standing amongst the trees in the distance, this adds fear and enigma to this scene as the audience are unaware of who she is.
10. This shot uses a long low angle shot of Sophie standing at the top of the stairs, knife in her hand, twisting it on top of the cupboard door. She looks menacing and possessed which is common in psychological thrillers.
11. In this shot Sophie's movements are very fast and inhuman, this creates a fear of what have come over her.
12. The word 'Succubus' has been painted onto the wall in the background with blood. This is a convention of modern thrillers to have words and sentences scrawled onto the wall in blood.
13. The knife in Sophie's hand was the same knife that 'killed' her so this could be seen as twisted as later in the film she licks the knife. A knife being used does follow connotations as in most horrors/thrillers a knife is used, it is a popular weapon.

By Natalie Grant.

Evaluation Activity 2

This image shows Sophie in "Succubus" on the left and also Jennifer Check as played by Megan Fox in “Jennifer’s Body” on the right. The two characters are alike because they are both a ‘female demon’ that has returned after being killed and needs to kill people to stay alive. At the point shown in each movie here, the main character has been killed, as illustrated by the white dress which shows innocence then covered blood. The characters are different because in our thriller the character is overcome immediately whereas in Jennifer’s Body it takes a while for the demon to possess Jennifer. In our thriller, Sophie is killed in an abandoned house in an isolated place, and then finds her first victim straight afterwards. The gender representation in these photos are relative to the title of our thriller. A Succubus is a female demon that becomes possessed and in Jennifer's Body, we see an example of this. We used the idea in our thriller and this picture shows our attempt at the Succubus demon. Gender is important here because for it to be a 'Succubus' demon, it has to be female. Age is also important in this image as both of the roles are teenage girls, originally looking innocent. The colour of the dress shows innocence as it is white. This innocence is vital for the flashbacks to the party at the end of our clip as it shows Sophie laughing with a friend as if life was normal.

By Ben Marshall

Evaluation Activity 3

why not film4 why not independant budget ... popularity
research into summit and foxsearchlight.
By Sophie Tinkler

Evaluation Activity 4

Name: Alfie Bond

Age: 22

Likes: Rock music, comedy films, sitcom TV programmes, going out with friends.

Dislikes: Soaps, Glee, Katie Price, fake tanned people, Kerry Katona, Twilight & musicals

Bio: Loves going out with friends on a Friday night, always looking for a fun time. Always listens to classic rock music when at home, particularly 70’s & 80’s stuff. Works in the city after studying IT at A Level and works for a popular bank. Alfie likes going to the movies with his friends, he likes most thrillers, his favourites are the James Bond movies and Gone in 60 Seconds. We think that Succubus is the type of film that Alfie may like to go and see with his friends as it contains mild violence and it gives the audience a big thrill.

Name: Ruby Simpson

Age: 18

Likes: Going out with friends, clubbing, romantic comedies, watching tv & house music.

Dislikes: Football, indian food, rock music, needles & spiders.

Bio: Ruby is a fun-loving 18 year old that loves going out with friends after work. Ruby works at a supermarket having left college studying level 2 hairdressing. She's waiting to get a new job which would be in the city because she loves how busy it is, and the added perk of all the shops after work. Ruby likes going to the cinema on the odd occasion but she's not a regular visitor, when she goes the genres she typically watches are romantic comedy, animations and other generic movie types. We think that Ruby may see this movie with her friends as they may like to scare themselves for the thrill.

By Ben Marshall