Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Note To Marker.
I have taken a few steps to improve the layout of the posts to make it easier to find them.
The posts contained within are comlete with tags to group the different posts together.
Tags include:
# 'Video Uploads'
# 'Evaluation Questions'
# 'Thriller Planning'
# 'Thriller Research'
# 'Preliminary Task'
I have also embeded any related videos into my posts.
The posts contained within are comlete with tags to group the different posts together.
Tags include:
# 'Video Uploads'
# 'Evaluation Questions'
# 'Thriller Planning'
# 'Thriller Research'
# 'Preliminary Task'
I have also embeded any related videos into my posts.
Evaluation Question 7:
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
It also taught me to think of more than one perspective for each scene. repeating shots from different angles helped when it came to editing the clips. Taking longer shots of each part helped to create a more fluids motion through the footage when it came to editing different shots together. This is one thing that I learnt from filming and editing the preliminary task with my group.
I feel that I have learnt the importance of leaving a large proportion of time aside for re-filming. If I had left myself more time for this I believe the filming would have been of a higher quality than it currently is.
The preliminary task did not work to the 180degree rule. Whereas I was more aware of this in my full product. When filming the full product I plotted the spots which I should keep the camera on and constantly thinking of this.
It also taught me to think of more than one perspective for each scene. repeating shots from different angles helped when it came to editing the clips. Taking longer shots of each part helped to create a more fluids motion through the footage when it came to editing different shots together. This is one thing that I learnt from filming and editing the preliminary task with my group.
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this
product?
Evaluation Question 6
Evaluation Question 5:
How did you attract/address your audience?
I decided to make this in the style of a crime thriller due to the appeal of many types of media with a crime theme, such as the multitude of successfull CSI.
From the survey, and from discussions with people who fit my audience description, it was apparent that the feeling of mystery and suspense was important to them.
This is why I decided to hide the faces of two of the characters throughout the clip.
It is also the reason why I removed dialogue from between the characters, allowing the concentration to focus on the movement, in turn allowing more space for the audience to question the things happening in front of them.
As I am within the audience that I am aiming at, I was able to make added decisions whilst filming if it seemed to appeal to me more.
After asking the audiences opinion through my audience questionnaire I was able to address each of their ideas such as undisclosed character profiles and locations along with the appearance of titles and credits which didn't break the immersion of the audience during their viewing, after 77% of the people I asked believed that it would. I thought that the immersion which the audience feels is important as it adds to the empathy that the audience will feel towards the confused victim, in the events of the clip.
I decided to make this in the style of a crime thriller due to the appeal of many types of media with a crime theme, such as the multitude of successfull CSI.From the survey, and from discussions with people who fit my audience description, it was apparent that the feeling of mystery and suspense was important to them.
This is why I decided to hide the faces of two of the characters throughout the clip.
It is also the reason why I removed dialogue from between the characters, allowing the concentration to focus on the movement, in turn allowing more space for the audience to question the things happening in front of them.
As I am within the audience that I am aiming at, I was able to make added decisions whilst filming if it seemed to appeal to me more.
After asking the audiences opinion through my audience questionnaire I was able to address each of their ideas such as undisclosed character profiles and locations along with the appearance of titles and credits which didn't break the immersion of the audience during their viewing, after 77% of the people I asked believed that it would. I thought that the immersion which the audience feels is important as it adds to the empathy that the audience will feel towards the confused victim, in the events of the clip.
Evaluation Question 4:
Who would be the audience for your media product?
From the survey I completed earlier in the course, gathering answeres from older teens, I felt that they gave a fair representation of the viewing audience. Therefore I set my audience as mainly male of around 16-20 years of age.
I was also eager to choose an audience which I have the ability to relate to, as I believe this is important in understanding their perspective to a better effect.
This audience is stereotypically attaracted to violence, criminal activities and the idea of money being easy to get by ilegal means.
Therefore they are often attracted to the thriller genre.
'The Town'(2010) fits this genre and was extremely successfull. Mainly for the violent robberies aswell as the mysterious story.
From the survey I completed earlier in the course, gathering answeres from older teens, I felt that they gave a fair representation of the viewing audience. Therefore I set my audience as mainly male of around 16-20 years of age.
I was also eager to choose an audience which I have the ability to relate to, as I believe this is important in understanding their perspective to a better effect.
This audience is stereotypically attaracted to violence, criminal activities and the idea of money being easy to get by ilegal means.
Therefore they are often attracted to the thriller genre.
'The Town'(2010) fits this genre and was extremely successfull. Mainly for the violent robberies aswell as the mysterious story.
Evaluation Question 3:
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I believe that Studio Canal would be a suitable distributor due to their history with other smaller films with often unknown actors.
Previous films:
'The Awakening'(2011), is a horror thriller distributed by Studio Canal, with an estimated budget of £3,000,000.
'Sarah's Key'(2010) was another small film at a budget of £10,000,000
These budgets are relatively small compared to the budget for the first of the 'Harry Potter' films; $125,000,000.
'The Awakening' received a gross profit of £669,150 which is successful for a rather unknown film, from a small producer.
This success is something I would attempt to replicate with the film I made.I think this is likely to work as there are many similarities between the smaller films they have distributed and the film that my opening sequence would belong to.
One is the number of people who worked on the editing and filming. In my film this was only me however there are many other small films who have worked with a small team, and have had their films distributed through studio canal.
It would be much more difficult to persuade a larger distributor to distribute my film.
I believe that Studio Canal would be a suitable distributor due to their history with other smaller films with often unknown actors.
Previous films:
'The Awakening'(2011), is a horror thriller distributed by Studio Canal, with an estimated budget of £3,000,000.
'Sarah's Key'(2010) was another small film at a budget of £10,000,000
These budgets are relatively small compared to the budget for the first of the 'Harry Potter' films; $125,000,000.
'The Awakening' received a gross profit of £669,150 which is successful for a rather unknown film, from a small producer.
This success is something I would attempt to replicate with the film I made.I think this is likely to work as there are many similarities between the smaller films they have distributed and the film that my opening sequence would belong to.
One is the number of people who worked on the editing and filming. In my film this was only me however there are many other small films who have worked with a small team, and have had their films distributed through studio canal.
It would be much more difficult to persuade a larger distributor to distribute my film.
Monday, 23 April 2012
Evaluation Question 2:
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
There is little recognition for social groups as each character is alone and seems rather isolated with no verbal communication. However the criminal characters are shown to be secretive with their costume hinting at attempts to remain inconspicuous throughout the meeting.
The victim, although masked by the cloth over his head, can be seen to be wearing a thick woollen sweater, blue jeans and Nike trainers.
This could possibly make the audience see him as an average middle to working class teenager. People with a lower income may be expected to have older, more out of date clothing.
The middle to working class teens of England are often seen to be a majority. This would hopefully help the audience to feel close to the victim.
With having a teenager being the victim, it is very different to the role of teenagers, in the majority of news reports; where they are usually the antagonist.
Camerawork such as the low angle shot, giving the point of view of the victim, from the boot of the vehicle towards the antagonist. This shows the victims vulnerability and mirrors the stereotypical, uneven balance of power between the criminal and the victim.
There is little recognition for social groups as each character is alone and seems rather isolated with no verbal communication. However the criminal characters are shown to be secretive with their costume hinting at attempts to remain inconspicuous throughout the meeting.
The victim, although masked by the cloth over his head, can be seen to be wearing a thick woollen sweater, blue jeans and Nike trainers.
This could possibly make the audience see him as an average middle to working class teenager. People with a lower income may be expected to have older, more out of date clothing.
The middle to working class teens of England are often seen to be a majority. This would hopefully help the audience to feel close to the victim.
With having a teenager being the victim, it is very different to the role of teenagers, in the majority of news reports; where they are usually the antagonist.
Friday, 20 April 2012
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