Vox Pops

 Gaining public opinion through:
- Interviews
- Chat shows
- Questionnaires
- Vox Pops
- Forums

Vox Pop: This is an outside broadcast (OB), a street interview. Vox populi is a Latin word which means 'Voice of the people'.

What is included in a Vox Pop?:
- Normally the interviewee is on the right side of the frame.
- It is a mid shot of the interviewee, close enough to provide information and not too uncomfortably close.
- There is also a bar spanning across the lower part of the frame which provides information about the interviewee, such as; name, age and occupation.
- It is also done in a public area so we know that the interview is genuine and not set up.
- We also do not hear the interviewer but rather a question appearing beforehand in the video.
- It's short and snappy.

  Questions to ask the public about thrillers:
- What's your favourite thriller and why?
- What keeps a thriller interesting?
- What makes a thriller thrilling?
- What would you include in a thriller genre?
- What doesn't fit in a thriller?
- What scares you in a thriller?


By looking at my Vox Pop, it has gave me ideas on what to include later on when planning and producing my own opening sequence.

I asked two questions including: 'What's your favourite thriller and why?' and 'What scares you in a thriller?', these questions are suitable as it can provide the right information in what i can manipulate and add into my own thriller opening.

For the first question, i asked 4 students: Matthew, Peter, Luke and Archie.

Peter has gave me a response of "I like Snatch, it's got a good range of characters and it uses graphic match quite a lot". From this it persuades me to add a good use of editing to my thriller, to make it effective just as 'Snatch'. Through Peter's opinion it allows me to point out that what attracts him to a thriller film is the use of good editing and effective transitions.

Luke gave me a response of "Dark Knight, good story, good characters, got a lot of suspense in it". From this, I can conclude that what makes the Dark Knight good is a good narrative overall. Luke also point's out that the suspense within the film intrigues him and so by this response it allows me to try and include a lot of suspense within my thriller to heighten interest.

Archie's response was "Birdemic, it's a very realistic film", Archie implies that a film that captivates him, is a film that is realistic. This again influences me to consider realism and make my thriller realistic and not too exaggerated that may cause it to be impracticable.

For the second question, 'What scares you in a thriller?', I asked Matthew Johnson and Alfie Hopkinson,

Matthew say's music is what make's him scared in a thriller. This allows me to understand that to make a typical thriller which keeps you on your 'edge of your seats' i will have to add tense music which may be sounds which are minor keyed, high pitched, fast tempo-ed and so on.