Our media product incorporates conventions throughout the length of it. The first convention is the title screen is shaking which shows intensity. Another of the conventions is the locations. One of the locations is set in the woods which is what you would normally expect in thriller/horror films. Another location of the film is an office type scenery. Again this is another place where a crime thriller takes place. The music fits in with our film as it is the kind of music that would be played in a thriller film. Our films idea of the clues that are left by the killer is taken from the film ‘Se7en’ in which that is exactly what happens. Some contrasting facts between our film and the film of the same genre that we have researched. They both include slow tempo music. The two main characters in the film Se7en are talking about the killer in the two minute opening sequence, the same as what two of the characters in our film are doing at the beginning.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our film is on the basis of two young lads that are walking through the woods and discover a body. We have concentrated the film more highly on them than on the two officers from the other scene. We have tried to present it realistically by stereotyping the lads that were walking through the woods. We thought the clothing that they wear is stereotypical of what poor, filthy people wear. An example shown is that Alex and Matt wear joggers and hoodies. These items of clothing are usually considered to be worn by someone who is poor and not well off. In comparison with Shaun and Sirius who are well dressed people coming from well off backgrounds. This is stereotyping the way that all detective inspectors are.
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We decided that our film would be better off if it was done by a British based company. Momentum Pictures would have been a great media institution to release our film as they have distributed films similar to ours like ‘Saw’ The films are similar in the fact that they are of the same genre, they have certain characteristics which are the same as well. These characteristics include the music played and the plot of the film. Our film would, like saw, be aimed at a wide audience. So would therefore have to have a larger budget to be able to be distributed to cinemas all around the UK. Our film would be suitable to be aired on TV however it would have to be after a certain time because of the swearing aspect in the film.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our film is made to appeal to an audience that have an interest in crime thrillers. It could appeal to either gender and also people between the ages of 15-30. The main films that influenced our film were ‘Se7en’ and ‘Saw' and the target audience for them films is around 18-25 so we’d be hoping to attract in a lot more people as we have a wider range of age. We believe that people that watch this can connect with it as they do with established crime films/programmes and really add a feel of drama to it. We looked on bbfc website about classification and we believe that our film should be a 15 rated film because there is use of strong language and tads of violence with no real danger or pain.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
We chose the music we did because we felt that it made you want to carry on watching it as it is an intense piece and makes you think something big is building up. Throughout the length of the film we used a variance of different camera shots such as point of view. Some of the shots that we have included in our sequence really try and get the audience to think that they are in the shoes of the characters. A certain part of the film which could terrify the younger viewers perhaps is the part when the camera has the whole of the dead body on screen as this can be an image which can cause distress upon some people. That part of the film is also stereotyped as it is normally the female audience that finds it more distressing. The way Alex has his hand placed on his face shows a sense of horror which may pass the fear on to the more terrified people in the audience as well.
6. What have you learnt about technology from the process of constructing the product?
Right at the very beginning of our course when we did our preliminary task, we used a handheld camera. When we got around to starting our project we moved onto using a DV1000 HD camera. The camera had a fantastic variance of features on it but the only drawback of having this camera was that it was too big so we were unable to film original scenes we had planned which involved getting the camera into small places. Apart from it being too big we had no other problems with the camera. We learnt how to use software called Final Cut Express whilst editing our film. A particular effect that we used and found really good was an earthquake effect which shook our title screen around to give it a more intriguing look and shoved intensity into our film in that respect. Whilst using the software no problems occurred for us. When we were using Garageband we encountered a problem in the fact that none of the music was perfect for what we had hoped on using in our film. However we did eventually find a track that suited our film.
7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back on our preliminary task and our 2 minute opening sequence it is very obvious that we have improved upon what we had. More planning and research has gone into this project than the preliminary task in the fact that we’ve researched about the companies and different types of shots. Our use of specific shots has improved since the preliminary task. I feel that we have learnt how to near enough master most camera angles, we have learnt about the different genres of film. The extra details while we were planning helped us in knowing what shots we had to capture and what order we had to edit them in. I think we all now feel confident in using the equipment that we had as we are able to work the big HD cameras and know how all the features of it function. I feel that the end product has been quite successful at filling the task set for us. We have incorporated all the different camera angles we planned on using. We have used such conventions as locations and the music in a better way to give the film a feeling that it is a crime thriller and it includes tense moments.
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