Evaluation video: Week one

Sorry, My scarf was in the way and I didn't realise! :)

END OF EVALUATION

Evaluation: Part 8: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Evaluation: Part 7: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Technologies Table[1]

Evaluation: Part 6: How did you attract/address your audience?

During our feedback we asked the rest of our peers what they thought went well in our film, what didn’t go so well and what could have been done in order to improve the project overall. It was broken down so that each member of the class had a chance to watch the movie up to 3 times and make notes on what aspects of the movie they wanted to discuss with us. We then asked them 8 simple questions, and as a class they answered us one by one, like a debate. Overall, we feel that we reached out to our target audience really well. This was because we had some very positive feedback from the audience. They easily understood the narrative of the movie as well as having an easy understanding of the codes and conventions. Before beginning to film, we considered what in specific we needed to use in order to appeal to the right target audience. During the feedback, when asking what sub-genre our movie was, most of the class had figured out that it was a ‘supernatural/psychological’ thriller. In terms of downfalls, we also had many negative comments. We were told that during our production, ‘when the girl throws the bear, she throws it on the floor next to her and then in the next shot, the bear was in the middle of the room.’ Also, the music at points was extremely unclear and was not always clear. Overall, I feel that we reached the right and correct target audience whom we wished to appeal to. I also believe that we used the right codes and conventions which at the end of our movie, reflected well on the audience’s opinions. We could improve in terms of making our movie flow further and also making the sound effects less fuzzy however overall we reached the right target audience.

Evaluation: Part 5: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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Evaluation: Part 4: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms of real media products?

Evaluation: Part 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation: Part 2: Who would be the audience for your product?

We aimed our thriller at a mainstream target audience. Having done plenty of research on our audience before hand, using surveys, experiences & knowledge and internet based explorations as a group, we were able to decide who our audience would straight away. ’ In order to confirm that our knowledge of our target audience was right, we used Survey Monkey to create a 10 question analysis where we would then receive feedback from our audience themselves. This way, we could make sure that out thriller easily reaches the right people. (http://anishaanishaanisha.blogspot.com/2010/02/graphs-for-survey-research.html). Our survey consisted of ten questions which we as a group thought would be the most useful. (https://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditorPage.aspx?sm=tmsSyeDTZNqOItAkjjFDfZKKECyKv3xDW2Qi9qFgJY8%3d). Using the information from our survey, we went on to find that our movie would appeal well to who we chose. During the research process, we found that psychological thrillers can appeal to a wide range of people aged from 13-30. They are of any race as a psychological thriller is not aimed only at one race. Our audience would be people who enjoy everyday life and take pleasure in participating in fun and enjoyable activities. For example, going to a theme park and going on a ride they know they have fear off. Also, they would engage in challenging activities such as trying out new things which they have been too scared to try so far. They will have previously seen a psychological thriller such as ‘Memento’ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbTMAffb0CA) or ‘Silence of the lambs’ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCAf-xLV2k).

Evaluation: Part 1: Brief

Our brief was to complete a two minute video clip. We were given the genre of a 'Thriller' and had to choose a sub-genre of our choice. I worked with two peers to create a psychological thriller where a young girl aged 8 had been possessed by a spirit that was trapped inside a bear she received on her 5th birthday. We chose the title 'Possessed.' This was because it was a short and simple title which explained the whole film and gave the audience an idea of what the film would be based on. Before starting the production piece, we wrote up a treatment which helped us plan our movie step by step. In our treatment, we included our narrative, our characters (antagonist and protagonist), our instituation, and our representation. Although this was our final text, at the start of the course, we chose to do a movie based on vampires however for many reasons we changed the narrative which in the end turned out to work better. We chose to do a psychological thriller because we felt it would be more unique as well as appeal to a more mainstream audience of both male and female.

This was part of our original movie which was based on vampires however in terms of our genre; we didn’t feel that it looked very thriller like.

Once again, This was part of our original movie however we didn’t feel that it looked very thriller like either. This is because the lighting did not go well with the genre of a thriller and the blood did not seem as realistic as we expected it to be.

END OF PRODUCTION

Possessed! Final Movie

Production: 2nd Draft

Production: First Draft of our AS Media Thriller Production

Production: Production name

Production: Edit draft

Production: Friday the 14th- First film

This was our original film however looking back on the this first draft, we decided it wasn't as thrilling as we expected it to be so we changed our narrative and created a different movie which we then titled 'Possessed' and used that as a final piece.

Production: Final title and design..

END OF PLANNING

Pre-Production: Narrative Stucture..

Narrative Theory

Pre-production: Shooting Script..

Shooting Script!

Pre-production: Daily filming call sheet..

Daily Filming Sheet

Pre-production: Production Schedule..

Production Schedule

Pre-production: Thriller treatment..

Treatment

Pre-production: Stuck In You.. [poster]

Another poster for an idea for our thriller..

Made by: Me!

Pre-production: Thriller Logo..

Not the final one and does not contain any images but it's rough idea of what colour pallete I want to use and the title..

Pre-production: Logo..

This is not the complete or final logo however this is a rough idea of the colour schemes and design I want to use. This is without images or any other text other than the title and colour scheme with the background..

Pre-production: Ideas for names of my thriller..

Lights Out..

Favourite Nightmare..

Hello Goodbye..

Replay..

Taking Away My Life..

If Only..

Flashback..

Will think of some more soon but those are my favourite!

Pre-production: Locations..

Pre-production: Music..

I have been doing some research what different types of sounds i can use and I decided that I likt the idea of sounds of wind blowing, owls, creeking swings, water dripping, whispering, heavy breathing, etc. My inspiration has, yet again, come from the Freddie Cruger character and what the music was like in The nightmare on Elm Street. In this film there was a re-make of the children's nursery rhyme 'One, two, buckle my shoe' which was written so that the lyrics were based on the movie and the music was based on the theme of 'thriller.' I also noticed that the theme song is sang by a child to show that it is a nursery rhyme re-make and this also helps to appeal to the right target audience, which would be young children and teenagers although reviews say that many adults enjoyed the movie but I'm basing my opinion on facts! :)

Here is a link to the theme tune of the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXG6_XxL8JQ&feature=related

Pre-production: Research Ideas..

CHARACTERS!


Freddie Cruger is a character played by Robert Englund in the collection of the American thriller films 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' from 1984. They were all written and directed by Wes Craven. The character of Freddie Cruger is usually based around a high school but can be based in other places. His character stalks, rapes and kills teenage children and adults in the harshest most slashest way possible. His character is known for his right hand which works as a weapon with 5 fingers replaced by 5 knifes. His skin is burnt and he is damaged, wearing a torn black and red stripy jumper and a black pair of trousers and black leather shoes. In my opinion, he is a character who can be used for my thriller as I feel that is character does the job of what a villian is supposed to do and he does this succesfully!

Pre-Production: Week 7 Evaluation..

Pre-Production: Week 6 Evaluation..

Pre-Production: Week 5 Evaluation..

Pre-Production: Week 4 Evaluation..

Pre-production: Week 3 Evaluation...

Pre-production: Evaluation week 2..

Pre-production: Mommin's survey analysis

Survey for Thriller 002

Pre-production: Reece's survey analysis..

Research on Target Audience

Pre-production: Graphs for survey research..

Charts

Pre-production: Survey..

Click here to take survey

Pre-production: Mommin's Thriller evaluation..

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

Antagonist:
.The antagonist in this film started off as a protagonist because he was an innocent man and for no reasons what so ever his family was murdered.
.He became an antagonist as he took the law in his own hand and started murdered the people that were involved in the case of his wife and daughter being murdered such as the judge. The reason for this was because the man that murdered the antagonist family got away lightly.
.The antagonist in this film as I described started off as a protagonist because of his family being murdered and from there you could see that he was very emotional and sad and you felt sorry for him but you still felt sorry for him when he turned into an antagonist.
.The antagonist in the film is very clever and witty which is reason the he got away with the murdered he committed for a long time. The antagonist is an engineer and a great thinker which is reason why he got away and done the murdered that he did even though he was in jail where he wanted to be.
.The antagonist role in this film is not a typical as you feel sorry when he was a protagonist but also when he turned into an antagonist because of revenge as you slightly understand why he did what he did.

Protagonist
.The protagonist in this film is the police who was the main responsible for the handling of the murder case for the antagonist.
.The protagonist in this film is also clever and witty as the antagonist as he boasts a 96% conviction but he was most of the one step behind the antagonist in the film.
.The protagonist role in this film is also not typical as you wouldn’t feel sorry for him because he could have done a lot more for the man that murdered the antagonist family but he didn’t want to damage his near perfect record.

Conventions:
.There is a lot of close-ups in the film to show the characters reaction of the events that have taken place.
.There is a number of conventions such as red hearing when the police are trying to catch the antagonist but have mislead because they think someone is helping the antagonist from the outside.
. Also there are a lot of twists in this film such as the judge being murdered when a phone blows when she takes her call.
. Also another convention that is used in this film is
.Another convention that is used in the film is hinting at things to come and the camerawork is the main code that is used for this such when the police were common for the antagonist.

Pre-production: Reece's thriller evaluation..

The Usual Suspects

Pre-production: Harry Brown Evaluation..

Harry Brown Evaluation

Pre-production: Phone booth..

Antagonist:

Popular

Well known

Liked by many

Looks innocent but may not be innocent

Reacts like he knows nothing

Scared

Cocky

Middle Class
Regular job and lifestyle

Married but cheating on his wife with another woman: Regular man

Protagonist:

Deep voice

Scary

Unknown

We don't see him-mysterious

Secretive

Causing trouble for others

Stalker/Spy

Weapon: Rifle/gun with laser beam, etc

Attempt to ruin someone else's life

Props or represenations: the Robot

Conventions:

Contrast of atmosphere and music: scary music, good news: the start

Close ups to show reactions

Jagged movement: adding tension to the storyline

Use of voiceover: sets the story

Split screens: Shows viewer what is going on in each part of the story and keeps storyline going

Flashback at the end: Voiceover: Speech from start repeated at the end to emphasise the moral of the film

Blurry effect at the end in the ambulance: Flash forward of life

Dark colour palette

Use of noice: noise over noise (music over voice) adding tension to the story

Pre-production: Evaluations..

The Parellel touch:
2- not all shots were well emphasised or used
3- most things were within shot when needed
3- many shots
4- dark colour palette, matched genre
2- not the right use of transitions
4- music relevent to genre
4- names, makers, films title, etc

Deadline:
3- steady when needed
1- not much in the shot
2- not many shots
1- colour palette didn't go well
2- limited editing
2- mininal use of transitions
1- no suspense built
2- names all came up two times each

Withheld:
4- very good variety of movement
3- most things were within shot
2- not a variety of shots
3- good use of lighting and colour palette, and good use of props
3- good variety of editing
3- transitions appropriate to the genre
2- not much music but use of wind sounds, creating atmosphere to a cerain extent
3- relevant and clear, noticeable

Pre-Limanary Exercise feedback

Pre-Production: Pre-limanary Exercise

Pre-production: Pre-limanary Exercise

Pre-production: It went wrong..