Thursday, 29 April 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
Evaluation of Finished Production
1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our thriller uses forms a conventions of a real media product, Seven. Throughout the opening of seven not once is the full identity of the actor is revealed and we have duplicated that sense of mystery in our thriller. Also in seven, during the opening of seven, weird and grisly activity is taking place and we have also used an element of this in our thriller.
Here is an example of two screen grabs, one from the thriller Seven and one from our finished thriller. As you can see we have duplicated the idea of crossing out someone’s eyes from a picture, which we thought would add the sense of, who would do this? This type of activity would also leave the audience in suspense and make the person who did this appear like a menace to the audience.
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think our media product represents particular social groups as our thriller contains a degree of mystery, crime and abnormal behaviour which I’m sure can relate to one if not more social groups. A group which I think it relates to is teenagers as teenagers can pretty much duplicate this, teenagers can be mysterious at times as they often whisper things to one another which relates to the mystery theme. Teenage crimes are constantly rising and from my area, statistically the majority of crime is produced by teenagers which relates to the crime theme. The abnormal/random behaviour again relates to teenagers because teenagers can do very strange thing that can even baffle their parents which ties in with the thriller.
3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
If there were any distributors out their willing to distribute our media product, it would most probably come from a London company, likely from a fund raiser because investors are unlikely to invest in something if it is very unlikely to make a profit. As we are an unknown and unsigned group, we have no big named actors, the chances of use reeling in a huge backing is minuscule. The reason why the small London company may back us is because, they may rather back a British film oppose to an American one and also have hope in us that we are the next filming generation.
4) Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my media product would consist mainly of teenage males (14-18) because it is usually the case that males are generally more interested in thrillers rather than females but this isn’t to say that females don't watch thrillers, just the majority. We also found out in our survey results that this is the case; we used this website to obtain this information http://www.freeonlinesurvey.com/
5) How do you attract/address your audience?
We grabbed our audience’s attention by leaving them in suspense throughout, we didn’t give away too much however we gave them enough for them to want to watch on to the end of the film. The reason for us doing this is because at the end of the day no one wants to watch a film where they can guess the storyline from the opening as that would just spoil it for each person able to do this. A successful thriller should never give away the entire storyline, but give enough for the audience to figure out either at the time of watching or after a deep thought.
6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From the process of constructing this product I have learnt that technologies are just as important during process of filming as well as the editing it has to go through for it to achieve its desired finish. For example if I had a top of the range camera to use to film my thriller and suddenly I am left with the most basic programs to edit my filming, it would pretty much put the top of the range camera to waste, however not always.
Digital camera:
I have never owned a video digital camera and therefore have never been an expert at operating one, however due to the use of video camera during the making of my thriller I have gained the basic skills of how to use it and how not to use it. I have also learned that a stand is very useful for taking specific shots such as a steady shot or angles shot.
Imovie Software:
This is the same case as the video camera, I myself do not have one and rarely use one for that matter and after editing my thriller on this piece of technology I have obtained the ability to edit filming, add transitions and text and music, move shots around to the desired order and just general basics there is to know about film editing.
Website: http://www.freeonlinesurvey.com/
I have also learned how to use this website, how to create my own survey and publish it onto my blog in order for me to collect essential data, which I used to me find my target audience. I found this website very useful as it was quick and easy to use, it required no sign up and I collected the data I needed within just minutes of people.
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product?
Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel as if I have learned and taken in a significant amount of information and skill required to both analyze and to film a thriller opening and to be able to identify what actually makes a good thriller and what can ruin a thriller no matter how minimal the error as it can make or break a thriller opening. I have also learned why particular shots are used and the purpose of that shot, whether it be to emphasize a facial expression or to represent something, each and every shot has its purpose and is deliberately put their for a reason. I have also had a glimpse of the amount of editing that goes on behind the filming as filming is just a fraction of what goes on. Along with that, also taken in consideration is, settings, costumes, props, lighting, music, special effects, dialogue and many more.
Our thriller uses forms a conventions of a real media product, Seven. Throughout the opening of seven not once is the full identity of the actor is revealed and we have duplicated that sense of mystery in our thriller. Also in seven, during the opening of seven, weird and grisly activity is taking place and we have also used an element of this in our thriller.
Here is an example of two screen grabs, one from the thriller Seven and one from our finished thriller. As you can see we have duplicated the idea of crossing out someone’s eyes from a picture, which we thought would add the sense of, who would do this? This type of activity would also leave the audience in suspense and make the person who did this appear like a menace to the audience.
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think our media product represents particular social groups as our thriller contains a degree of mystery, crime and abnormal behaviour which I’m sure can relate to one if not more social groups. A group which I think it relates to is teenagers as teenagers can pretty much duplicate this, teenagers can be mysterious at times as they often whisper things to one another which relates to the mystery theme. Teenage crimes are constantly rising and from my area, statistically the majority of crime is produced by teenagers which relates to the crime theme. The abnormal/random behaviour again relates to teenagers because teenagers can do very strange thing that can even baffle their parents which ties in with the thriller.
3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
If there were any distributors out their willing to distribute our media product, it would most probably come from a London company, likely from a fund raiser because investors are unlikely to invest in something if it is very unlikely to make a profit. As we are an unknown and unsigned group, we have no big named actors, the chances of use reeling in a huge backing is minuscule. The reason why the small London company may back us is because, they may rather back a British film oppose to an American one and also have hope in us that we are the next filming generation.
4) Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my media product would consist mainly of teenage males (14-18) because it is usually the case that males are generally more interested in thrillers rather than females but this isn’t to say that females don't watch thrillers, just the majority. We also found out in our survey results that this is the case; we used this website to obtain this information http://www.freeonlinesurvey.com/
5) How do you attract/address your audience?
We grabbed our audience’s attention by leaving them in suspense throughout, we didn’t give away too much however we gave them enough for them to want to watch on to the end of the film. The reason for us doing this is because at the end of the day no one wants to watch a film where they can guess the storyline from the opening as that would just spoil it for each person able to do this. A successful thriller should never give away the entire storyline, but give enough for the audience to figure out either at the time of watching or after a deep thought.
6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From the process of constructing this product I have learnt that technologies are just as important during process of filming as well as the editing it has to go through for it to achieve its desired finish. For example if I had a top of the range camera to use to film my thriller and suddenly I am left with the most basic programs to edit my filming, it would pretty much put the top of the range camera to waste, however not always.
Digital camera:
I have never owned a video digital camera and therefore have never been an expert at operating one, however due to the use of video camera during the making of my thriller I have gained the basic skills of how to use it and how not to use it. I have also learned that a stand is very useful for taking specific shots such as a steady shot or angles shot.
Imovie Software:
This is the same case as the video camera, I myself do not have one and rarely use one for that matter and after editing my thriller on this piece of technology I have obtained the ability to edit filming, add transitions and text and music, move shots around to the desired order and just general basics there is to know about film editing.
Website: http://www.freeonlinesurvey.com/
I have also learned how to use this website, how to create my own survey and publish it onto my blog in order for me to collect essential data, which I used to me find my target audience. I found this website very useful as it was quick and easy to use, it required no sign up and I collected the data I needed within just minutes of people.
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product?
Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel as if I have learned and taken in a significant amount of information and skill required to both analyze and to film a thriller opening and to be able to identify what actually makes a good thriller and what can ruin a thriller no matter how minimal the error as it can make or break a thriller opening. I have also learned why particular shots are used and the purpose of that shot, whether it be to emphasize a facial expression or to represent something, each and every shot has its purpose and is deliberately put their for a reason. I have also had a glimpse of the amount of editing that goes on behind the filming as filming is just a fraction of what goes on. Along with that, also taken in consideration is, settings, costumes, props, lighting, music, special effects, dialogue and many more.
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