Vox Pop Evaluation

Vox Pop Evaluation

Firstly, we wanted to make sure when we filmed the Vox Pop, it had to be in a busy location as it shows that there is a lot of people to talk to and get answers from.

Here, we filmed one person on the right side which was continuous throughout the Vox Pop filming. The reason filming was on the right was so the interviewee’s name was on the left along with their name, age and their occupation. It was a continuous layout so when the straight cuts happened the person would be in the same place therefore the audience would recognise them as their name wouldn’t have to be shown every time they appeared on screen.

The camera was at eye level every time a question was answered so there was no power that anyone had as it is an interview and the audience wants to know their opinion. When filming, three out of the four people that was interviewed stayed in the same location. If the Vox Pops was to be filmed again the fourth person would be in the same places to have that continuous edit to the video instead of being the only person in a different location which was not as busy as the first location that the other people was interviewed in.

However, there were three basic questions asked. The reason that the questions wasn’t too complicated was so the interviewee understood them easily and could give a detailed answer which then could be expanded more. All of the questions that were asked got answered well, although the questions was easy, the answers that were said was very similar so if the questions could have changed, there should have been more of a range which would have given better results as there would have been different answers to listen to.

The first question was 'If you were to make your own thriller what would it include?'. The responses that were given:
1) Creating suspense and tension
2)
3)Explosions and car chases
4) Chase scenes, guns and fighting

From the responses that was given it shows that people who watch thriller genres know the typical conventions of what happens in thrillers therefore know what excites people to want to carry on watching the film.                              

The next question was 'What's your favourite thriller, why?'
1)
2) Fast and Furious - includes chase scenes
3) Psycho -
4) Silent Hill - A lot of good characterisation

The third and final question was 'What do you like to see in a thriller?'
1) Things that create suspense and tension
2) Action
3) Action and  adventure
4) Action - fast paced music
 

As well as the questions being changed, the interviewees were all for the same age group, so having the same taste in the thriller films that they like, even though the films that they said was different they were all modern which would appeal to all of them, so filming again would to be choose people of different ages, and different genders making it more interesting to see what different people like.

The camerawork to film the Vox Pops was hard to film as the camera was handheld and at times a bit shaky therefore should have used a tripod to make the shot stable. As well as the camera being shaky the wind made it hard at times to hear so a more closed off space would have benefitted the sound that the camera wasn’t so strong at picking up. Even though the last person was in a different more isolated location, the sound was better there as it was a different time of day and in a quieter place, without people walking around them.

With the editing of the Vox Pop, it looked better as the shot was split into each question that someone answered and put all together therefore not backtracking to different questions that people would get confused on. As the questions was a shot on the screen it gave people a chance to read it for themselves instead of them hearing the question four times for every person to hear as they answered it.
When answering the questions, not one person looked at the camera and straight towards the interviewer which made the Vox Pop successful therefore looking more professional.

From the results that was given, when it comes to making my own thriller opening I will take into consideration what people enjoy and makes them want to watch the thriller more. A lot of action needs to be included, as it is only going to be an opening title it needs to attract the audience by showing them what may happen throughout the rest of the film so they would want to carry on watching it.


Hearing all of the responses from people, the target audience that we have just asked will most likely be around the age that our film is going to be aimed at as well as older, therefore we will take into consideration what responses they have given, to make the opening tense but not giving away all the clues and answers in the first two minutes so they are made to want to ask questions. As well as creating suspense the soundtrack will have a massive impact on how much people would want to carry on watching the thriller, so building up the tension but showing flashback of action that as happened as well as showing good characterisation to get people interested.  

Overall, the Vox Pops was fun to film and I feel that the edited Vox Pop was interesting to watch about other people’s opinions on their favourite thrillers. Apart from what I said that I would change if it was to be filmed again, I feel it is successful.