Evaluation (Rebekah)

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

the conventions of a thriller are to create a thrill for the audience so that means using parallel editing and cross cutting as well as close up shots to create distortion and make the audience ask question our thriller does this as it makes the audience ask questions about what is going to happen and why is he doing this and why is he doing that. 

1. This screen grab creates conventions of a thriller as it is a close up shot of the character to make the audience question and look at his facial expression to make out what is happening with him.

2.This is an establishing shot so it lets the audience see where it is happening without them actually knowing where it is.

3. This is a high angle shot of the character coming up the stairs this lets the audience see him clearly and see his body language and approach to work.

4. This is an over the shoulder shot of the character this makes the audience confused and wary of what is going to happen.

5. This is a close up shot of the character working and this lets the audience see the facial expression on his face to know what is happening with him.

6. This is a close up shot of the phone this shows the audience what is happening to him as he keeps on getting phone calls from unknown numbers.

7. This is a low angle shot to make the audience question what is going on and what is the character doing

8. This is a high angle shot this lets the audience realise what is going on  from the low angle shot.

9. This is a long shot as well as a slight low angle shot of the door and the post on the floor this makes the audience think what is going on and what just happened.

From looking at 44 inch chest we took the idea of creating a sense of enigma.

2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The type of social group that the character in my film belongs to is a sort of posh rich type but going towards the end is more tramp type as he keeps on the same clothes and does that same thing everyday.

  

3.What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We think that our film would be certificated 12A and would be show in the Duke of York and on YouTube as well as on Facebook as a digital format. We think that it should be screened on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday as this is when the audience are most free to watch a film.  
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Duke_Of_Yorks/About_Us/Venue_Info/History/
http://dukeofyorkscinema.co.uk/

  



4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for our media production would be teenagers 16-24 age range as they are the ones that would most likely go see our film and they like the thriller genre.16 to 24 years old are most common to visit the cinemas so that is why it appeals to them the most. When posting the media production on my Twitter and Facebook i got a few comments from people explaining what was good and bad about it and they asked questions this is good because a thriller is meant to thrill the audience and make them ask questions about what is happening in the film. As you can see below this is a screen shot of the comment that was left when someone viewed our media production. Some of the text is missing due to not big enough screen to print screen.

The bit before it said that he was slightly confused at it because this was just the rough-cut a lot of things that didn't need to be in it were.

Although I did put it on YouTube hoping to get people to comment on it and say what they liked and disliked about it, this link to the video I posted on my window to get more people into watching it and comment about it however it only got 18 views. The gender that this film more suits to is males as they are the ones that mostly watch thrillers.
 Other thrillers which the audience of the age and gender have enjoyed are: Fight Club and The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo.

 

 

5.How did you attract/address your audiences?

I think the reason the audience would enjoy our film as it is not like other thrillers its different, the audience don't know what is going to happen until the very end, however because this is only two minutes the audience do not get to see the whole of the film however if it was longer the audience would enjoy it more because of the fact that is not the same and it doesn't have the same story and plot that other thrillers would have.  The story that the film is telling is about a guy that is getting threatening messages and calls and can not deal with the outside world because of everything that is happening to him, the audience can see him getting weaker and weaker everyday. This is enjoyable to the audience as they want to know what this person is doing that is so bad that the character can not deal with life itself and wants to hear all the messages texts and emails that they have been sending.

6.What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this products?

7.Looking back at your prelim task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product.

 

When looking back at the prelim and at the work that has been complete I think that we have improved in the techniques that have been used. The prelim task was not straight and not as light as it could be because no lighting kit was used, the 180 degree rule was also broken and then when we started out main task we made sure that everything was set up correctly for us to start filming. for example if you look at 1 compared to 3 the framing is different as 1 the character is in the middle but on 3 the characters are right at the side of the frame. scene 3,4,5 and 9 are all from the prelim task that we done, if you look in 4 the frame is canted in a way this is a good thing as well as a bad thing because it was not meant to be like that. With shot 6 the framing is meant to be like that for many reason such as it avoids the audience seeing the camera in the screen and it lets the audience establish what is going on without getting to far away so that the audience cannot see anything. 

I have learnt that from doing the prelim task to the main task the main uses of a camera fully as said before in question 6 I have learnt several things from always using the white balance because if not the scene will be yellow or blue as some of our shots may be however I am not sure if that is how it is meant to be or if it is just because the white balance was not set. If you look in shot 7 and 8 the colour is yellow.

  

This is the Prelim that we done I can tell that from doing this that we have changed a lot when doing our final product.

Titling:                                        http://www.artofthetitle.com/

The top one is the final product as the audience can see there are 5 opening title scenes however in the prelim there is only one. I think we have change as we have learnt more about the art of the title.

 http://www.artofthetitle.com/
 Lighting: I think what we learnt from the lighting is that the white balance has to always be set other the colour will be wrong and off. We also learnt that to film the less important things first as if you film the important things first when it gets darker the less important things would be filmed and it wouldn't make sense and you would end up having to change a lot of things because the lighting is different to how it should be. 

Costume:

 

In the prelim we learnt that the costume is a key when making a film because we didn't really have a costume in the prelim so when it came to the final product we decided that we needed a costume because the actor could not just wear anything as it would not go with what his role is. For his role he worked in Gatwick Airport this meant him dressing smart so he had a shirt on. At home he didn't need to dress smart just normally so he was in his pyjamas. We have learnt that the costume has to be specific to what role the character is playing and must always be the same unless it is another day.

Camerawork: 

It was clear to see from when we did our prelim to our final production that our camera skills improved. We learnt from our mistakes that we done in the prelim for example the 180 degree rule.

Editing: To edit we used Imac and Final Cut Pro instead of Imovie we did that because we thought that it is better and has more features to wider our work and make it different to what it would be if we used Imovie. e did several cuts and fades so that to the audience it would look like time is passing as well as days. We have grown from doing our prelim as in the prelim we used Imovie and was not that sure what to do.

Location: 

In our prelim task we had to use college grounds so when filming our final production we got the chance to wider the area and find interesting places to use other then the college. The location that we used was Gatwick Airport we thought that this was a good idea because not a lot of people would have done it and because a member of our group had a member of family which would let us in and let us film this is where we used. The other location that we used for the actors and a member of the groups houses, however they look similar so the audience can not tell that they are two different houses.