research findings - what i have learned and how this will help me

from my research i have learnt alot about successful thrillers, why they are successful and have broken them down and analysed them to give me an understanding of the editing, sound, mis en scene, and what effects these have on the narrative. it was useful researching into camera angles, sound etc. to give me a background knowledge when i was analysing them, it was also good to start to think about not only how they can be used, but what meaning and connotations they can give to a scene. this will help me know what to do and what not to do and will give me a background knowledge to shape our thriller opening. it will also be useful having more depth in my knowledge of filming, such as camera and mis en scene, to make our opening deeper, so that is it not simply aesthetically or narratively effective but has a deeper meaning and understanding, which is what makes film excellent, when all the elements are working together, so the sound and camera and mis en scene, together with the editing are working to make a piece that is conveying the same meaning, such as a soft focus combined with an off centre character placement, and low level lighting, to show the character is insignificant or unimportant in the scene.
the initial research was useful so our thriller opening will look more in the style of a thriller, as i understand the codes and conventions more than previously. it was also useful to look into the origins of genre, and how it has changed and developed over the years, so i can have an understanding of the freedom of genre these days, and the disintegration of the boundaries that used to exist. From watching the thriller openings i learned what the professionals have done and how they do it, what a good opening looks like, but also the mistakes that even professionals make. analysing and breaking them down helped me understand how they use elements of film working together to make them succesful, and meaning is not conveyed simply through the narrative. The most useful thing to help with planning our opening was watching the previous student openings as we could mark them against a mark scheme, and then we knew what we were aiming for, and the mistakes that previous students have made, such as shaky filming and cliched story lines, we will then steer clear of hand held filming and psychological thrillers that can end up stereotypical, it was nice to see what we were aiming for.we are now going to go on to planning and mind mapping our idea for the opening , thinking about what we learnt from research. we haven't made any decisions yet about it, and most of our research has been quite individual, so we are now going to come together to talk about what we've foudn out and make some agreements.