Evaluation 7

Evaluation Question 6

Evaluation Question 6 on Prezi

Evaluation Question 5

Attracting and Addressing our audiences

In or video used by the Flip Camera we covered topics such as

• the aspects of mise en scene and how this appeals to our target audience. The use of Actors, Storyline, Genre, location, Action, Sound and Score.

• We also needed to talk about our rough cut and how what has changed since then.

• how our film was distributed

• And overall if we were pleased with our film and if there was any improvements needed

Evaluation 4:

This powerpoint talks about

• Wider audiences for our film in general
• Specific audiences and sub genres
• our USP (unique selling point)

Evaluation 3: What kind of meda institution might distribute your media product and why?

Our interview covers all the points about the way we would distribute our media product and why we chose our particular production company.

We covered these points in our film...

• production and distribution companies we used in the titles of our own thriller
• we discussed whether they are a Big, Major or independent lower budget film
• explained why our film would be best suited to the the production and distribution company we chose

Evaluation question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?'

How does your media product represent particular social groups?'

All media texts represent reality in some form. When talking through the rough idea of our film we wanted to make s how which the younger generation can relate too. Through our market research we found out that most thriller films appeal to a similar average stereotype. Age, Race, Disability and Gender are called into question when marketing your thriller.

Race - Our film represents all races and so forth we expect everyone regardless of their race to tune into our film. The main character is white however in our film we have a mixed race , half Portuguese half bengali and a bengali actor in our film.

We may represented teenagers in a negative wat as it was a party and there was drugs and alcohol involved. The teenagers were portrayed to be dead and also some un-conscious. However this is not how we wanted to portray teens. in our criteria we were told to that we had to make a teenage film and likening experiences and party's to our own with a huge twist.

Age - Our film is aimed at older teens and young adults and you recognise this  by the conventions, props and characters used. Shots of Cannabis, Alcohol and Cannabis grinders are something popular with teenagers. 

Evaluation 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products

After finishing our final media thriller opening we compared and challenged the different forms and conventions of real media products.

Firstly after studying the four different types of movie openings we were fairly pleased that what we decided before making the film stayed the same. Originally we wanted to do a traditional film opening which followed conventions such as title sequences in order and a main theme running through out.

Other Film openings are

• Discrete
• Stylized
• Credits rolling over a blank screen

a main character is introduced and this is a typical example of a traditional film openings as they do no hide the faces and the main characters are established.

A traditional film opening suited our film the best because we wanted our viewers to get a sense of normality and we see this at the start when the man is brushing his teeth. However all is changed when you carry on watching

This is when we first get the sense that the main character is demented. He is seen kissing a unconscious body and from then are viewers know that there is something hugely wrong with this character

All of this runs in perfect order and is a convention of a traditional film opening

Our film is inspired by The Step Father (2009) there are many similarities and some differences

They both try to show the normality in a normal situation and a normal day. For example in the step father the opening sequence starts with the main character which we included in our film too. In the Stepfather the main character is seen acting fairly normal towards his family and it is only in the end you see that he has changed and get the essence for the rest of the film.

other things we borrowed from the film The StepFather was the use of montages to create tension amongst the viewers. Differences between our film and the Stepfather is that they use a stylized editing whilst we opted to use a traditional movie sequence. in the stepfather they focus more on the normality and only show his demented side in the last few seconds

Final Thoughts of Our Film

After finally finishing our film we were very proud of what we have achieved in such a small space of time. With conventions of discrete and traditional film openings we managed to intertextualise our opening with that of the step father.

I am particularly proud of some of the shots in our film such as the shot of Winnie lying on the floor

also the way the soundtrack complimented what was happening in our film was particularly effective

I enjoyed working with my group and if i had to choose again i would choose the same people. We worked well together and produced a respectable piece of work

If i was to make some changes it would be like the opening scene and instead of using match cuts i would have used continuity editing

Final Film

Rough Cut Feedback

As you will see in our Final Cut, we have taken all the criticisms in this comment and improved our thriller opening. We were also glad to see that the critic loved one of our favourite scenes, when the character peeks through the blinds and the audience get the first view of a dead body.

Final Stages Of Editing

Our final stages of editing involved lots of time. The three screen grabs I am about to show, show this. 


This screen grab below, shows music integrated into the footage:

This screen grab below shows, a part of the title sequence integrated into footage. They also include cross dissolves:

This last screen grab shows a small part of our opening that doesn't involve any part of the title sequence:

Thriller Opening Complete

Today, 18:09pm, we have finally finished editing our thriller opening. We have stayed extra after college in order to add sound, and effects into our opening. An example of some of the effects we have added into it, are: cross dissolve and title sequence. 


We are happy that we have finished before the deadline, and now feel like a big weight has been lifted off of our shoulders. 




Below, is a screen shot of the completed version of our thriller opening, which is on final cur pro: 

Sound

Sound

As our film is based on a party atmosphere our proposed idea was to use fast paced dramatic music. Our whole film will not include dialog.  it will consist of non-diegetic sounds. with access to apple macs at home and music software at the palm of our hands, we have played around with genres such as, dub-step, disco, R&B, Grime and many others to come up with the perfect sound to use.

Sound

Sound

As our film is based on a party atmosphere our proposed idea was to use fast paced dramatic music. Our whole film will not include dialog.  it will consist of non-diegetic sounds. with access to apple macs at home and music software at the palm of our hands, we have played around with genres such as, dub-step, disco, R&B, Grime and many others to come up with the perfect sound to use.

Editing Process Of Final Copy

Editing Process of Demented

These are pictures of whilst we were editing our footage. We are working hard as a team to see how we could add effects to make our opening look much better. We are testing out effects such as slow motion and time lapsing to see how it adds more emotion into the opening.

This is a picture of all our footage put in order onto the timeline.

This is Tanvir and Mark watching our footage to see what can be added or changed in the opening. 

Rough Cut

Louisa told us there are some elements of our rough copy that need to be tweaked, however she was overall pleased with everything we had done. 

We still need to finish editing, and then add other things, such as the title sequence and music. 

First day of editing

At the moment we're editing our thriller opening. Today we're reviewing the basic clips and putting them in order firs,t to make sure that everything is cut and slotted in the right place. On our second day of editing we will begin to add effects and music to our opening.

One thing we think we did great whilst filming was that we shot scenes from different angles and places. Things we think we could of improved was continuity and holding the camera steady.

On set

These are a few small pictures of us on set, and also some of the props we have used in order to make the thriller opening. 

One Great Picture

As a group we believe this one picture shows our togetherness as a group. It shows, me (Mark) and Abigail acting, whilst Tanvir is filming, and Mohammed is taking the photo. This exact scene went into our prelim, so you have to give credit for the picture. 


Also, the picture is special because you can see the orange in mid fall, while the bag is still shaking. 


Concentration can also be seen on everyone's faces. 

CD Case Idea

As a group, we needed to think of a way to have a scene with 'broken glass'. What we decided to do, is get some CD cases that we don't need, put them all in a bag and break them all, so that the shards look like broken glass. It means that the scene will be safer then it would be if we were to use real glass and smash it up. 

We only need it for a couple of scenes, and once we're finished, we can clear it all up before doing our next scenes. 

This is an example of a blank CD case that we would be smashing. We only need around three of them, and it will enable our scene to look much more realistic.