Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Question 5 How did you attract/address your audience
I asked my target audience of 14 to 18 year olds to complete this simple questionnaire, to gain third party research but also to see what my audience thinking to my final product and whether they would enjoy watching it or not. Overall from the feedback given it seems as if the opening would appeal to our targeted audience, two of the surveys came back saying that the camera work was one of the best features of the opening.
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Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Rough cut
We created a rough cut which included no editing or special features, Just a simple clip to order and rearrange the positioning of the shots and clips that we have filmed. From this rough cut we were able to change the layout and make it suitable for the opening, we though that this cut was too long, and not relating to thriller genre because of the limited build up and create suspense. From this rough cut we realized that for our final edit we need add a sense of build up but also reflecting the thriller conventions, we thought that repeating the shot of Chloe dead would a sense a dramatic feeling to the clip, making it seem more like a thriller production.
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Possible Soundtracks
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High pitch, typical thriller related music which is instantly associated to the
Thriller genre and conventions. Creates a mysterious, terrifying feeling to the
audience. Could work well however doesn't have or create any build up.
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Again a piece of music typically associated with the thriller genre because of
the dramatic changes and high pitch frequencies, conveying a suspicious feeling
to the audience.
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simple, but captures and links to the city location while not interrupting and
talking away the focus from the clip.
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a modern, repetitive piece of music, which as a feeling of mystery presented.
The beat develops and fastens making it fit into the build-up of the film.
However can be seen to be upbeat, making it not associated to the thriller
genre.
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Q6 rough draft
What have you learnt about the techniques from the process of constructing this product?
Looking back at the skills and my confidence with filming when producing my preliminary task I feel as if I have improved, not just with the skills in filming/ editing and how I now feel more confident in creating a media product but I feel and noticed that my knowledge within media especially within the film genre as grown I feel as if from researching, planning, filming, editing and analyzing I am more aware of the series and effort that needed when producing a media product, creating my own has made me look at films as a whole in a different way. Analyzing the different features such as Mise en scene and camera angles used in films to create certain genres and atmospheres. I have learnt that the research and case studies before when coming up and planning is vital and important as it really inspires and guides you when looking at the detail within a film. My research helped me gain knowledge within thriller conventions and what makes a thriller gripping to the audience, which was important to know before planning as it navigated possible ideas that we could use and incorporate. I have also learnt the importance and what precision is needed when filming as when first filming we came across a few difficulties which meant that our filming schedule was put back a little, resulting in tight timings.
question 2 rough
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Gender Within our opening our film only represented the female representations, as our characters are al females. Some may argue that this instantly makes the film aimed to an audience of teenage girls, rather than mixed genres. However because of the subject issue and genre of thriller I believe that the begging is suitable for both genders. Many Thrillers can begin with just female representations as it automatically can make them look weak and vulnerable, if this atmosphere is created correctly then the beginning can make the females seem like an object, or presented in this isolated way, which relates to the thriller genre. For instance the award winning thriller “Taken” starts off with typical vulnerable females, however the subject and genre of the film is a thriller which is targeted to both genders. Some may argue that we challenged the thriller conventions, in the fact how thrillers are seen to be mixed genre, how our opening only features females making the male roles and characters seem uninteresting and irrelevant.
Stereotypes there are mainly two stereotypical characters presented which is Charley who is seen to be the stalker, villain of the plot making her seem dangerous and someone who the audience are aware of, making her look suspicious to the audience. The other stereotype presented are the roles that both Harriet and Chloe play; the weak, targeted, vulnerable typical young teenage girls. Both characters are presented within this stereotype because of the innocents betrayed, mainly by the fact how the audience sympathies with them because of the danger and suicide act presented and labelled to them. Some may also argue that the stereotype of Charley’s character was challenged as usually the villain Is played by a male role rather than a female. However I disagree with this idea and think that Charley’s character clearly identifies the stereotype of someone who is dangerous and the Villain of the clip, because of her attitude and costume presented. Which is seen to be almost quite masculine and similar to the male role of villains presented within the thriller genre.
Age and ethnicity
The characters are all the same age of 17yrs old, we wanted our film to be aimed at teenagers of our own audience/age as we from our own experience and preferences know what is gripping and suitable for this targeted audience. Therefore in order to appeal to this audience the ages of the characters need to be around our own age, so we could relate to the clip, plot and costumes needed for it to be successful. Making our opening characters teenagers instantly suggests who the film is aimed at, which may not appeal to an older audience of adults. This in within the film industry would be leaving out a large audience, therefore would have to be made gripping and suitable for the teenage audience to make up for this loss in the market. The problem with using characters our own age was making Charley’s character seem realistic as we wanted her to seem dangerous when teenagers of this age are seen to be too young and vulnerable, this was another thriller convention that we suggestively challenged as well. The use of technology is current and seen to be upcoming, which is also stereotyped to be associated and related to the younger generation. The three Girls presented are all white, British, we aimed to target the typical British drama audience and feeling presented to the clip hence the reason why the characters are all British. Our locations and costumes are all again associated with the British stereotype for instance the cold, gloomy weather presented, and the current poplar fashion trends presented at the moment which teenage British are into.
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