Thursday, 13 February 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Evaluation AS 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I believe that there are many different film companies that I personally think would be best suited to distribute our media product. Although, despite this there is one particular film company that I believe would be best to ditricbute our thriller. This company is Dimension Films. I have chosen this company as it has distributed many different thriller films, including one of the best, and well known films of all time 'Scream'.
This company has had many successful screenings with Scream and I have chosen this company due to the fact our storyline is very much like Scream. This is because we ave similar characters like the vulnerable girls, the physcotic murders (usually the boyfriend who wants revenge).
Within the four films they produced they only had a total of US $119 million and had a total box office total of $604,281,850 dollars.
A media institution is important to consider when distributing our thriller because without it, there wouldn’t be such a strong opportunity to allow our thriller to be successful because it wouldn’t be known. A big part of a thrillers success is due to the company that distributed it because if it is a known company with good products, people are more willing to sit and watch it, where as if it is a less known, less successful company then not a lot of people would go to see it as there wouldn’t be such strong advertisement and promotion around it. I therefore conclude that I would like Dimension films to produce my film as I believe it is very conventional of a thriller like my own and had a very successful large and popular audience range
Media istitution is someone who distributes a film
Evaluation AS 4
When my group and I were creating our opening sequence we took into consideration that the scenes used needed to be appropriate to our target audience. Having a target audience allowed us to know and concentrate on what levels of features we can include in our opening sequence so that it’s not too extreme for our slightly younger audience. We needed to be careful of the amount of profanities, gore and violence used as too much of it wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience and perhaps ending up to be too much for the audience and resulting into a 'flop' of a film. We made our target audience the certificate of 15 and older because we felt that it would welcome a large variety of age’s to watch our thriller and entertain them at the same time. As our story was very much indicated at the events teenagers go through we believed it was appropriate to cater for them
For example where we have included someone some graphic scenes of the young boy killed and having blood all over him, scenes of torture where the girl is being chased by the murderer and forced to help him kill her own boyfriend; therefore we felt at 15, teenagers would be able to handle a great deal more without being to frightened and disturbed and would be able to cope with the more scenes like this.
Our main focus for the audience in our opening scene was for them to feel engaged and throughout the opening sequence as Charlotte and I included many of the strong elements to hold their attention in order to gain their positive liking towards our work. For example, we have included charters that we relatale to the audience, so we used the young vulnerable innocent girl and she was conventional to a thriller as she looked as if she was the one who was going to be killed. Unlikely she engaged the audience as she was so relatable to the audiences and your typical girls personality and this made everyone feel as like the film itself was real. It made them feel sympathetic towards the character as they were so relatable to people in the audience and again this made them more engaged with the opening sequence.
Another element that has helped us develop a relationship with the audience is the use of this diagetic sound. It really emphasises the characters panic and fear, this makes the audience tense and feel sorry for our character and desperate to help. Due to these elements, I believe that our audience would find a connection and relationship with my characters and therefore our opening.
Explain how your thriller film appeals to an audience (narrative, characters. soundtrack, camera etc)
Evaluation AS 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted our audience by introducing many different ideas that they could of possibly wanted to hear and see within our thriller or a typical thriller film. As part of finding out what I could include in my opening sequence, I had to explore ways of which to attract the audience and how I would go about doing so. In order to help me, I looked at the work of successful thrillers of the same target audience as ours and took inspiration. I also made many different questionnaires and this helped with our research and this helped us cater for the specific public and find out what people of certain ages wanted in a thriller, therefore helping us decide on a final opening sequence.
From the questionnaires and the research from the other films I looked out I found that the concept of gore and murder was very high and popular with the audiences and the film industry. The conventional killing weapon was a knife so we decided to include this into our thriller. I also found out we could possibly use profanities and alot of gore. By looking at successful thrillers and taking inspiration from them, I was able to generate unique ideas and as a result of it I came up with ideas that I felt would attract the audience that I wanted. I was able to do so by adding young characters around the age of 15-18, therefore making them a big part of my thriller as the audience that I want to attract were young teenagers. This made the audience get attracted to our thriller, as we took into consideration their opinions ad their age and they felt that they could relate to the characters, this was an advantage a they then were able to get more engaged with the thriller.
I created a questionnaire which helped towards get the audiences opinion so I could adapt it into my opening sequence and therefore it would be more successful, as if the audience have their say in what goes into it, they will be more willing to want to watch it and then tell their friends about it. This means I would gain more views, which leads to more people talking about my final product so that we can achieve what a good reaction from our audience. The more views I had on my blog, the more likely I was appealing to the audiences of my age and that they showed an interest in my final opening sequence. Around 20% of people thought that the thing they wanted to see most in a thriller was suspense, and by adding thing such as low key lighting and realistic characters, then this would of attracted the audience as they felt like the thriller was real and that they were part of the film.
Researching through the age certificates and the BBFC allowed me to get a clear understanding of the do’s and don’ts of which I could include into my opening sequence that my group and I were working on. This therefore determined whether the final product was successful or not. The BBFC gave us examples of the appropriate age certificate for our film, and the successful films of around the 15-18 certificate, and when analysing them we saw what the public though by its profits and this obviously meant a successful thriller film.
I also attracted the audience by the iconography we used and this included a knife as part of the iconography and I got this idea from scream 2. I used a knife as I felt this was a widely used weapon that was conventional to a thriller and would portray fear and tension to most of my audience. By gathering this primary and secondary it helped to assist my group and me with an outline as to what targets I need to meet in order to gather our audience and attract them into watching my final product so it is then successful.
Evaluation AS 6
I have learnt a lot about the technologies from the process of constructing this project and some of which have kept me on my feet and organised for the entire project.
For example, in order to plan and evaluate myself and Charlotte's opening sequence as well as research what makes a successful thriller, I used blogger. Using blogger allowed me to document each of my different types of research and on what I needed to do and give me a clear understanding of where I was in the project and how much information I included; also how to go about certain key elements that are needed within a thriller.
By doing this, I was then able to conduct all my research into a blog and keep track of my progress with regards to the skills that I have learned, and the skills of which I have now applied to my opening sequence. Many of the blogs were to do with the research following then to the thriller. I researched into conventions of a thriller and what made thrillers successful so I would then be able to produce a successful final product. We also conducted questionnaires which we then posted into blogger and we used this for Microsoft Xcel. Blogger also allowed me to keep all of my work organised and clear for myself and others to read, this was important throughout because lack of organisation would delay the process of making the thriller as I wouldn't have known how to carry out the planning of my opening sequence clearly
Another piece of technology I used was the camera and tripod. The camera enabled me to film my thriller and gave me the opportunity to use many different camera shots such as Point of View, Handheld , Close-ups and High Angles. When editing it was easier to film certain angles before others and to piece it together smoothly and successfully due to the successful filming with the camera. Alongside with the camera that I used came a tripod. The tripod helped my Charlotte and I to accomplish the necessary camera shots on an even and stable level so that our filming looks more professional and so that we had a much better focus on the action we were filming. Having POV camera angles in thrillers is very successful, but by having it too much can make our final product look unprofessional and amateur which is something my group and I do not want to achieve, therefore using the tripod allowed us to experiment with how to handle our camera shots too. The POV camera angle came from inspiration of Paranormal Activity and this gave us great help with filming as we used POV whilst also the focus on specific things by using the tripod.
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Finally onto the technology that helped my group and me to develop our final product further, is an editing programme called Final Cut Pro X. This programme allowed my group and I to view all of our recordings and let us piece the final product together. It gave us the ability to make our ammeter project look very professional as we had the chance to use the special effects such as blur, swipe etc so that the audience felt more intrigued and interested in the opening scene. With regards to the sound and credits, that was also put together on Final Cut Pro X, and were able to mix sounds together to create one lengthy track to cover us for the entire scene. This gave us the suspense and tension we needed for it to be a conventional thriller scene.
WHAT DID WE USE? - CUT TOOL TO CUT FOOTAGE, FAST FOWARD, PROJECTOR EFFECT,
Lastly, to create my evaluation I first used Microsoft Word this was so it was easier for me to put it onto blogger so I could edit my writing alot easier rather than to continually save and draft my work. I also used prezzi as it allowed me to section my work off in a more productive way and show more o interesting and modern twist to the typical essays.
For example, in order to plan and evaluate myself and Charlotte's opening sequence as well as research what makes a successful thriller, I used blogger. Using blogger allowed me to document each of my different types of research and on what I needed to do and give me a clear understanding of where I was in the project and how much information I included; also how to go about certain key elements that are needed within a thriller.
By doing this, I was then able to conduct all my research into a blog and keep track of my progress with regards to the skills that I have learned, and the skills of which I have now applied to my opening sequence. Many of the blogs were to do with the research following then to the thriller. I researched into conventions of a thriller and what made thrillers successful so I would then be able to produce a successful final product. We also conducted questionnaires which we then posted into blogger and we used this for Microsoft Xcel. Blogger also allowed me to keep all of my work organised and clear for myself and others to read, this was important throughout because lack of organisation would delay the process of making the thriller as I wouldn't have known how to carry out the planning of my opening sequence clearly
Another piece of technology I used was the camera and tripod. The camera enabled me to film my thriller and gave me the opportunity to use many different camera shots such as Point of View, Handheld , Close-ups and High Angles. When editing it was easier to film certain angles before others and to piece it together smoothly and successfully due to the successful filming with the camera. Alongside with the camera that I used came a tripod. The tripod helped my Charlotte and I to accomplish the necessary camera shots on an even and stable level so that our filming looks more professional and so that we had a much better focus on the action we were filming. Having POV camera angles in thrillers is very successful, but by having it too much can make our final product look unprofessional and amateur which is something my group and I do not want to achieve, therefore using the tripod allowed us to experiment with how to handle our camera shots too. The POV camera angle came from inspiration of Paranormal Activity and this gave us great help with filming as we used POV whilst also the focus on specific things by using the tripod.
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Finally onto the technology that helped my group and me to develop our final product further, is an editing programme called Final Cut Pro X. This programme allowed my group and I to view all of our recordings and let us piece the final product together. It gave us the ability to make our ammeter project look very professional as we had the chance to use the special effects such as blur, swipe etc so that the audience felt more intrigued and interested in the opening scene. With regards to the sound and credits, that was also put together on Final Cut Pro X, and were able to mix sounds together to create one lengthy track to cover us for the entire scene. This gave us the suspense and tension we needed for it to be a conventional thriller scene.
WHAT DID WE USE? - CUT TOOL TO CUT FOOTAGE, FAST FOWARD, PROJECTOR EFFECT,
Lastly, to create my evaluation I first used Microsoft Word this was so it was easier for me to put it onto blogger so I could edit my writing alot easier rather than to continually save and draft my work. I also used prezzi as it allowed me to section my work off in a more productive way and show more o interesting and modern twist to the typical essays.
Evaluation AS 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at our preliminary task we have learnt so much from software to editing skills and many different things that include filming. As the preliminary task was one of our first times using the equipment (tripod, video camera) we started to experiment with different angles. We used basic editing skills to try and make the task work, but unfortunately the action on screen wasn't flowing how we would like and this made our filming not look as high of a quality. We also didn't take our acting as seriously as we should of, and we didn't edit our some of the parts where we looked like we were laughing. This obviously would of had a problem if we continued like this in our thriller as people do not expect to see laughter in a conventional thriller film.
Another problem we had when filming the preliminary task was how to work the camera. This could of been a problem if we didn't resolve it as the camera didn't have enough memory on the memory card so we had to figure out as a group on what things to delete and take the advice from our teacher in order to film. We also had to figure out how to position the camera for specific angles, for example we tried angles such as; Point of view, High Angle, Low Angle. We experimented with these specific examples of angles, because we planned to use them in our final cut of our thriller. We needed extra practice and work on how to be able to hold and focus the camera when moving and how to start and stop the camera at certain times to save us time on editing. The problems we had with the camera angles was that we could have injured ourselves by standing on a high chair in a public place, as we could have fallen off or been knocked off by accident and hurt ourselves/ or the people around us.
When learning throughout the whole project, we learnt how to use the software properly, which was Final Cut Pro X. We corrected our problems like the tripod as we learnt and asked for help on how to correctly set the tripod up. Once we figured out the focus we we able to film different scenes and this helped with the quality of the action we had. Another way we corrected our problems was the basic editing skills, once we had more time to get used to the software, we worked well as a team and introduced things such as; blurs, colour changing, and ways in which to make the action flow much better. This would be an advantage for us as we are able to focus on making the editing more like a real film instead of your typical children's film. We also corrected our acting. Where we knew we had to focus and get the work done to a high quality standard, we took our acting seriously and made sure we had a plan before we started filming on how long we were going to spend on it and how we were going to act it. With the camera angles, such as POV at first we were walking or running too fast with the camera which made it have a jagged effect and it unfocussed in the action. To correct this we decided to walk alot slower when filming and this surprisingly gave us an advantage as the audience believed this gave alot more tension and suspense and this is what we wanted to convey in our thriller. Lastly, the risks we had when trying to film the high angles, we decided to do a risk assessment, and in this we created a table of all th risks we could have when filming. In this we included the fact that we had to stand onhigh tops and chairs in order to film high angles. We corrected this by making sure we had somebody to support us by either holding the chair or us so that we were stable and were less likely to fall.
Looking back at our preliminary task we have learnt so much from software to editing skills and many different things that include filming. As the preliminary task was one of our first times using the equipment (tripod, video camera) we started to experiment with different angles. We used basic editing skills to try and make the task work, but unfortunately the action on screen wasn't flowing how we would like and this made our filming not look as high of a quality. We also didn't take our acting as seriously as we should of, and we didn't edit our some of the parts where we looked like we were laughing. This obviously would of had a problem if we continued like this in our thriller as people do not expect to see laughter in a conventional thriller film.
Another problem we had when filming the preliminary task was how to work the camera. This could of been a problem if we didn't resolve it as the camera didn't have enough memory on the memory card so we had to figure out as a group on what things to delete and take the advice from our teacher in order to film. We also had to figure out how to position the camera for specific angles, for example we tried angles such as; Point of view, High Angle, Low Angle. We experimented with these specific examples of angles, because we planned to use them in our final cut of our thriller. We needed extra practice and work on how to be able to hold and focus the camera when moving and how to start and stop the camera at certain times to save us time on editing. The problems we had with the camera angles was that we could have injured ourselves by standing on a high chair in a public place, as we could have fallen off or been knocked off by accident and hurt ourselves/ or the people around us.
When learning throughout the whole project, we learnt how to use the software properly, which was Final Cut Pro X. We corrected our problems like the tripod as we learnt and asked for help on how to correctly set the tripod up. Once we figured out the focus we we able to film different scenes and this helped with the quality of the action we had. Another way we corrected our problems was the basic editing skills, once we had more time to get used to the software, we worked well as a team and introduced things such as; blurs, colour changing, and ways in which to make the action flow much better. This would be an advantage for us as we are able to focus on making the editing more like a real film instead of your typical children's film. We also corrected our acting. Where we knew we had to focus and get the work done to a high quality standard, we took our acting seriously and made sure we had a plan before we started filming on how long we were going to spend on it and how we were going to act it. With the camera angles, such as POV at first we were walking or running too fast with the camera which made it have a jagged effect and it unfocussed in the action. To correct this we decided to walk alot slower when filming and this surprisingly gave us an advantage as the audience believed this gave alot more tension and suspense and this is what we wanted to convey in our thriller. Lastly, the risks we had when trying to film the high angles, we decided to do a risk assessment, and in this we created a table of all th risks we could have when filming. In this we included the fact that we had to stand onhigh tops and chairs in order to film high angles. We corrected this by making sure we had somebody to support us by either holding the chair or us so that we were stable and were less likely to fall.
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