Joseph Beardsall
Evaluation
Media Evaluation
1,) In what way does media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?
In the making of our film we decided to create a thriller film and to stick to the conventions of a thriller we used conventions such as blood, scary woods, and dark rooms and so on. We set our scenes in woods and in dark rooms to highlight the fact we are doing a thriller, horror hybrid film. We also used fake blood, rope, black gloves and other props that have a sense of fear about them. Are film is a hybrid genre of a thriller horror film I would compare it to the blare witch project, as both have similar conventions but mainly are both set in the woods for the majority of the film. As for the opening of our film I would compare to “I am Legend” as the opening scene starts very innocent and then builds up suspense before revealing the monster later in the film. Are film starts very innocent and also builds up suspense and reveals something is not quite right before revealing our monster, which in this case is a person. The difference between the two beginnings is “I am Legend” is a large budget film, which means they were able to use larger more effective sets wear as in our film we had to settle for a less productive environment but they both fulfil their purpose of been scary.
2,) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In terms of gender representation we have not used our characters stereo typically. The reason for this is because usually you would find that female characters are the victims of the killer wear as in our film we use males as the victims and a women as the killer. We did this to try not be stereo typical and to make our film different to most thriller horrors which usually use men as the killers as they are considered as been dominant were as women are redeemed as been passive. In another sense we stereotyped in the age of our characters, as they are teenagers, which is a popular aspect in thriller horrors to use teenagers as the main victims. This attracts our target audience of teenagers over the age of 15 as the staring characters are portrayed as been a similar age to the audience will are trying to attract.
3,) what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Our film will be distributed by a large Hollywood studio such as universal were as the production company is NJJD productions. The reason for this we will be able to attract a wider worldwide audience and increase our profit margin. It would be released as a T, V movie after a period of time but only after the releasing of DVDs and blue ray so we can make as much profit as possible. As for merchandising we could sell various posters and extended additions of the film but the film does not leave many opportunities for certain merchandise such as action figures.
4,) Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our main target audience as I mentioned earlier is teenagers over the age of 15 the reason for this is because the certificate for our film is 15. We decided this based on the information on the BBFC website is linked here http://www.bbfc.co.uk/. The violence and language and horror content are the reasons we have decided our film should be a 15 certificate. We did a questionnaire to find out which age range would be most interested in our film.
5,) How did you attract/address your audience?
We tried to attract our target audience by making the characters a similar age of the audience we wanted to watch our film. We also featured connotations of a horror film that most teenagers would find scary and terrify the majority. To keep suspense we try not to give too much away, so we used match on action shots to help the audience understand the conversations that go on and we also used high angle shots to imply something is up above our characters and also our character is not as powerful or as significant as the other characters and helps portray him as been vulnerable and weak. We decided not to reveal what the person can see as we want to have our audience’s hearts beating strong but also keep the suspense. We attracted our audience by using a genre that would interest them and tried to stick to the conventions of a horror to keep them entertained.
6,) What have you learnt about technology from the process of constructing the product?
I have learnt how to set up the camera, how to get the correct white balance and feel confidence will all the equipment. The only weakness I found with the cameras was the audio was not very good. We did not really face too many problems, we planned two dates filmed and edited in the time scale that we had been set. We used final cut pro to edit our film, which we found easy to use, and has some very effective tools. We used it to crop some of our clips and added music in places and get rid of any other unwanted sounds. We put our clips into order and clipped a lot of them to fit into the film and to add good continuity to our film.
7,) Looking back to your preliminary task, what did you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Evaluation
Media Evaluation
1,) In what way does media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?
In the making of our film we decided to create a thriller film and to stick to the conventions of a thriller we used conventions such as blood, scary woods, and dark rooms and so on. We set our scenes in woods and in dark rooms to highlight the fact we are doing a thriller, horror hybrid film. We also used fake blood, rope, black gloves and other props that have a sense of fear about them. Are film is a hybrid genre of a thriller horror film I would compare it to the blare witch project, as both have similar conventions but mainly are both set in the woods for the majority of the film. As for the opening of our film I would compare to “I am Legend” as the opening scene starts very innocent and then builds up suspense before revealing the monster later in the film. Are film starts very innocent and also builds up suspense and reveals something is not quite right before revealing our monster, which in this case is a person. The difference between the two beginnings is “I am Legend” is a large budget film, which means they were able to use larger more effective sets wear as in our film we had to settle for a less productive environment but they both fulfil their purpose of been scary.
2,) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In terms of gender representation we have not used our characters stereo typically. The reason for this is because usually you would find that female characters are the victims of the killer wear as in our film we use males as the victims and a women as the killer. We did this to try not be stereo typical and to make our film different to most thriller horrors which usually use men as the killers as they are considered as been dominant were as women are redeemed as been passive. In another sense we stereotyped in the age of our characters, as they are teenagers, which is a popular aspect in thriller horrors to use teenagers as the main victims. This attracts our target audience of teenagers over the age of 15 as the staring characters are portrayed as been a similar age to the audience will are trying to attract.
3,) what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Our film will be distributed by a large Hollywood studio such as universal were as the production company is NJJD productions. The reason for this we will be able to attract a wider worldwide audience and increase our profit margin. It would be released as a T, V movie after a period of time but only after the releasing of DVDs and blue ray so we can make as much profit as possible. As for merchandising we could sell various posters and extended additions of the film but the film does not leave many opportunities for certain merchandise such as action figures.
4,) Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our main target audience as I mentioned earlier is teenagers over the age of 15 the reason for this is because the certificate for our film is 15. We decided this based on the information on the BBFC website is linked here http://www.bbfc.co.uk/. The violence and language and horror content are the reasons we have decided our film should be a 15 certificate. We did a questionnaire to find out which age range would be most interested in our film.
5,) How did you attract/address your audience?
We tried to attract our target audience by making the characters a similar age of the audience we wanted to watch our film. We also featured connotations of a horror film that most teenagers would find scary and terrify the majority. To keep suspense we try not to give too much away, so we used match on action shots to help the audience understand the conversations that go on and we also used high angle shots to imply something is up above our characters and also our character is not as powerful or as significant as the other characters and helps portray him as been vulnerable and weak. We decided not to reveal what the person can see as we want to have our audience’s hearts beating strong but also keep the suspense. We attracted our audience by using a genre that would interest them and tried to stick to the conventions of a horror to keep them entertained.
6,) What have you learnt about technology from the process of constructing the product?
I have learnt how to set up the camera, how to get the correct white balance and feel confidence will all the equipment. The only weakness I found with the cameras was the audio was not very good. We did not really face too many problems, we planned two dates filmed and edited in the time scale that we had been set. We used final cut pro to edit our film, which we found easy to use, and has some very effective tools. We used it to crop some of our clips and added music in places and get rid of any other unwanted sounds. We put our clips into order and clipped a lot of them to fit into the film and to add good continuity to our film.
7,) Looking back to your preliminary task, what did you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wACEI2abRJ0&feature=channel
This is the link to a video of members of our target audience reviewing our film.The comments made were quite positive their said we used good continuity editing and great music.
When we planed our preliminary task we started by deciding on our genre of film. After brief discussions we agreed a thriller horror would be the best genre to do as it would entertain our target audience and we all like thriller, horror films. We created a storyboard and a shot list before filming so we would be organised when coming to film. This helped us to film quicker and more effectively. We improved on how to film certain shots such as match on action, panning shots and high angle shots. I feel much more confidant with all the equipment now and believe I would find it much easier to film again know I have the knowledge I require to use the equipment efficiently. Overall I believe our film is very successful as it sticks to generic conventions of horror/thriller films.
When we planed our preliminary task we started by deciding on our genre of film. After brief discussions we agreed a thriller horror would be the best genre to do as it would entertain our target audience and we all like thriller, horror films. We created a storyboard and a shot list before filming so we would be organised when coming to film. This helped us to film quicker and more effectively. We improved on how to film certain shots such as match on action, panning shots and high angle shots. I feel much more confidant with all the equipment now and believe I would find it much easier to film again know I have the knowledge I require to use the equipment efficiently. Overall I believe our film is very successful as it sticks to generic conventions of horror/thriller films.
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