Evaluation Question 1

Title of film	”It never happened” is the title of our film. The title is shown in our opening sequence with the use of a text message. The title suggests that there is a secret between the two main characters, common in the thriller genre. E.G. ‘I’ll ALWAYS know what you did last summer’ is also a film in which an important line of the film is used as the title.
Setting/Location	Our film is set in the woodland, a remote location in conjunction with many other films of the same genre were numerous murders in happen in forests, and other remote locations, out of sight from other people where nobody else will see. With our film, as the two characters run out of the forest there is a sign that is deliberately put in the shot showing that there is CCTV in operation in the close proximity area suggesting that they may have been spotted by someone and it is eminent that they may be caught.  For example, in the film 'Severance' there are murders that take place within the forest and also in 'Cabin In The Woods' set within the woods where murders occur.
Costume/Props	Both me (Billy) and Matt who play the murderers, wore fairly simple and stereo typical UK working class teenager clothes. Matt wears hoody and dirty jeans, with Billy wearing a coat and some blue coloured chinos. They both use old clothes and muddy had trainers on to keep continuity throughout the entire costume. Evidentially not challenging the age stereotype or usual convention. A prime example of how they dress is shown in the film 'Attack the Block'. The murder weapon we used however not a typical murder and does unlike our costumes challenge typical convention. Our weapon of choice was not the ordinary stereo typical weapon such as a knife or gun but instead was a broken street sign found in the woods and was later changed to a brick.
Genre	We chose to use a drama/thriller genre for our film. This links in with the murder that happens within the film. Unlike many conventional murder based films, our film is not a murder mystery or a case that has to be solved by detectives, instead it is not about solving the case that the story line follows but hiding evidence and those who committed the crime. The film 'Se7en' is good example of a murder film based solely around attempting to figure out who the murders are and why, how and when they committed the murder.
Camerawork and Editing	Through the duration of our opening scene, we follow the typical convention set within numerous other film openings of films with similar storyline's. At the begging in various murder based films the victims (murdered) body is the main focal point. In our opening scene this is very much the case. With a pan and zoom out of the body lying helplessly on the floor within our opening sequence. With many action thriller dramas there are quick cuts flashing back and forth at a high speed. This is again very much the case in our film introduction keeping with film convention.