Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Below is a screen-cast of Becky presenting a Prezi that we have made to answer this question.
Monday 30 April 2012
Evaluation Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
This is an interview we conducted with Daniel to see in which ways we attracted our target audience, so then we could use this information to help when attracting our target audience.
Evaluation Question 4
Who would be your audience for your media product?
The target audience for our film was older teenagers up to middle-aged people who like to watch films with a hint of mystery. We also decided to aim it at males rather than females because the reviews of Psycho on IMDB are mostly written by males.
Daniel Jones is a 19 year old university student studying Criminology. In his spare time Daniel enjoys going to the cinema and watching thrillers. His favourite film of all time is Psycho, as he likes the eerie feeling the film gives off. He also enjoys the film Jaws. He is single and lives with a group of 5 male friends at the University he attends in Wolverhampton. He went to a state comprehensive school in Walsall and achieved 11 GCSE’s and 4 A Levels, his best subject being Psychology.
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution would distribute your product and why?
Our film was made to be a British Independent film meaning the distributor would most likely be somebody who specialises in these films. There are many ways that you can distribute a film, for example Cinema, DVD and Download. I am now going to research some companies who distribute short films as I believe this is necessary for us, I will then give a short description of the company.
Elypse are a distribution company based in spain, however, they also distribute films world wide. They have many films in their catalogue and they do not seem to have a specification for what they are looking for. They also seem easy to contact, and I believe that they would distribute our film for us.
http://www.dazzlefilms.co.uk/
Dazzle is a short films distributor. They are based in London and they distribute "From 90-second, digital micro-movies to super-35mm masterpieces" which means they would probably distribute our film. Also, they have an e-mail address and telephone number on the website which we can easily access.
Omni is a film distributor who also sell them on DVD. They distribute films of all lengths and genres, which would mean they would definitely be a good choice of distributor for us. On the website you can also view and purchase the DVD's they are currently distributing.
I believe that our best chance of getting our film distributed would be by Dazzle because of the length of our film. Another way we could get our film seen would be at a film festival, however we would have to research into which film festivals will show a 2 minute beginning to a film.
Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Teenagers
In our film we represented the social group of working class teenagers. We did this by getting our actors and actresses to walk out of a school whilst wearing their school uniforms in a very specific way. The boy in the white shirt wore his shirt untucked without a tie or blazer, this could suggest that he may not have a lot of money and also doesn't really care about his appearance, i.e. a rebel. The other boy in the shot has his hands in his pockets which shows he is quite arrogant, another stereotype of working class teenagers. The dialogue used was a discussion of an after-school detention showing that they are quite rebellious and break the rules, which is a general stereotype of working class teenagers.
The freezeframe above is of our teenager having an argument with her stepdad. We did this because a stereotype of teenagers is that they are very hormonal and argue with their parents. This stereotype is further enhanced by the fact she is arguing with her stepfather; playing on the stereotype of childrens' relationships with their stepparents, often portrayed as negative and tense.
The bag that the girl in this shot is holding is a inexpensive, high street, copy of a more desirable branded fashionable bag. This represents working class teenagers as having a limited budget to spend on fashion. Also, the way she has her bag 'slung' over her shoulder suggests a lack of etiquette or 'breeding'.
Also in this picture there is a 'hoodie' which suggests an environment where troublesome teenagers are the 'norm'. The girls lack of attention to the 'hoodie' shows she is not phased by them being there; this is her natural environment.
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Evaluation Question 1.
Evaluation Question 1 - 1. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
KF1 - Location, For our location we used a local UK police station to give the effect that our man has had a criminal past and this will give our viewers an insight into the mans background. Police stations, prisons and the legal system are often a focus for thrillers, for example The Shawshank Redemption where prisons are used.
This is an image from the film The Shawshank Redemption, including a prison setting.
KF2- Props, For our film we used a number of props, for example we used a students school bag for our girl to show this is what a typical student would have when leaving school at the end of the day. This makes our girl look more realistic and as if she had just come from a long day at school and is leaving for home. We also used a letter in our film, this is to show that when the step dad is arguing with the girl that she has done something wrong and has had a letter from the school about her bad behaviour and the step dad is not happy with this.
KF3-4 - Camera shots, During our film we used a range of different camera shots. In KF3 we have zoomed in on the sign of the side of the school, this is to show the viewers where we are and what the name of the school is and to also show that this establishment is also a state comprehensive school. This also sets the scene to the next shot, in KF4 this is showing that we have focused on the sign on the side of the building then we have zoomed out into an establishing shot of the school to set the scene, it is also zoomed out so then we can fit the characters in the shot and can carry on the scene.
KF5- Titles and ident, For our film we have created an ident and main titles, the title "SINS OF THE FATHER" is in a bold white font on a black background which makes it easy to stand out, we have chosen a black background because the end of the film fades out to black and this creates a good effect as the title comes straight on the screen. We have chosen a typewriter effect to drag out the suspence which we created during the film and to leave the viewer wanting to watch the end of the film. We have created an ident and put this at the start of the film, this is also white writing on a black background with an effect to make it look more professional and interesting for the viewer. Our company name is DOMINO PRODUCTIONS and our effect links to this and it could relate to dominos, our ident is unique and would be very easy to recognise when compared to other idents.
This is a well know ident for many films - 20TH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION. This ident is simple yet effective as it is well known for its image and background music.
This is the titles from the thriller " THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION " These titles are similar to our film titles as they have the same colour scheme.
KF6- Effects, We used many effects in our film for example in our flashback scene we put a sepia effect over the film to create an old fashioned effect so our viewers know that the scene is a flashback and is in the past, we also used a fade in effect into our flashback so that people realise that it is in the past and its a flashback. We put a textual overlay on to the beginning of the flashback to show that this piece of footage is from 10 years ago, to inform the viewers that the girl in the flashback is the girl at the beginning of the film but a younger version.
This is a shot from a old film called "Wild Harvest' set in the 1947, in the 1940's sepia was a popular effect for films but is not very common in recent thrillers today, because sepia is related with the past we have used it for our flashback so people can relate to this and they will feel more like our film has gone into the past and is a flashback.
KF7-8- Introducing characters, we have a long shot of our character coming out of a police station, this makes the viewer already imagine his background, making people think he has a criminal past or had been in prison. This single shot means we don't need to devote more time of our film explaining the characters background.
KF9- In this frame the stalkers face is not shown, this is a convention used in thrillers frequently. This is to create mystery and tension as the audience does not know who the stalker is. By hiding the persons face this makes the scary
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