Vox Pop

Vox Pop

Shot 1: Expected in the new, direct address informing the audience. Cantered position

Shot 2: Talk/chat show for example Graham Norton. Over the shoulder shots are incorporated

Shot 3: Outside broadcast, assumes to be providing factual information. Could be a documentary.

 Shot 4: Asking people question in public. Ideal for Vox prop. In direct gaze from the public, looking off screen.

What are the conventions of Vox Pops?

• Vox Populi
• “Voice of the street”
• “Man on the street”
• Public setting, busy area to shower bystanders
• Different age groups/ social class
• Same set question for everyone
• Introduces the public with the title caption and at the bottom of the screen name, age and occupation
• Do not hear the question being asked
• Medium close ups are used
• Indirect gaze
• The public would be in a specific place within the rule of thirds for example the right side.
• Same people shown more than once
• Each person is shown on screen for roughly 3 seconds then a new person is included

Questions?

1. What’s your favorite sub-genre within a thriller?
2.  What is your favorite thriller film and why?
3.  What makes a thriller effective?
4. What would your ideal thriller consist of?
5. What soundtrack do you think is appropriate?
6. What do you expect to occur in a thriller? 

Task	Person
Organise Questions	All
Film the Vox pops	Kirsten
interviewer	Natasha
Casting - organise people to interview	Grace
Editor	Chloe