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How does you're media product represent a particular social group?
Friday, 12 April 2013
Thursday, 11 April 2013
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or change forms and conventions of a real media products?
Genre
In our film we used specific paradimes to show our chosen genre, Thriller and our sub-genre, stalker thriller.
We used dialogue to show that or protagonist is alone and vulnerable where as in Prom Night, Donna thinks that her family are in the house, unknowing to her they are dead.
we used similar shot as Prom Nigh as we wanted the same creepy to our film. Here we see Donna walking through her house, we used this to establish the location and to show that Beth was alone.
editing
we used a slow pace at the start of our film to show that our character is calm and in little danger as well as creating tension with our audience. this was used in "Prom Night" to do the same.
sound
in both Prom Nigh and my film, piano music is used the in back ground. we used detuned piano because it creates a more creepy vibe. where as in Prom night the piano is more soft to create a calming vibe. we wanted to cause alarm in our audience so that they know something is wrong and make them feel on edge and tense. this was because we wanted the phycological fear that beth has in our film to be transfered into our audience.
mise-en-scene
we wanted Laim to be in fully black as black connotes evil, death and mystery, it also shows that they are not to be trusted even though we dont see there face. Beth however is wearing a dark is demi jacket to show that she is not evil but that something bad might happen to her.
In our film we used specific paradimes to show our chosen genre, Thriller and our sub-genre, stalker thriller.
We used dialogue to show that or protagonist is alone and vulnerable where as in Prom Night, Donna thinks that her family are in the house, unknowing to her they are dead.
we used similar shot as Prom Nigh as we wanted the same creepy to our film. Here we see Donna walking through her house, we used this to establish the location and to show that Beth was alone. editing
we used a slow pace at the start of our film to show that our character is calm and in little danger as well as creating tension with our audience. this was used in "Prom Night" to do the same.sound
in both Prom Nigh and my film, piano music is used the in back ground. we used detuned piano because it creates a more creepy vibe. where as in Prom night the piano is more soft to create a calming vibe. we wanted to cause alarm in our audience so that they know something is wrong and make them feel on edge and tense. this was because we wanted the phycological fear that beth has in our film to be transfered into our audience.
mise-en-scene
we wanted Laim to be in fully black as black connotes evil, death and mystery, it also shows that they are not to be trusted even though we dont see there face. Beth however is wearing a dark is demi jacket to show that she is not evil but that something bad might happen to her.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Task one
Genre: Thriller. Certifification age15 years old.
Camera angle: Slightly left however frontal view.
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to fast to build up tension at the end, rhythem follows the beat of the music which is essential to the tension of the film itself.
Sound: The sound fades in and out at the appropriate times which adds tension and speeds the motion of the film up.
Mise-en-scene: Lighting, fairy lights symbolise a typical teenage girl, dream catcher symbolises nightmares and the sigma of spiritual presence. Location was at my house in my bedroom shows privacy.
Typography: Font Lucida Handwriting and the size was 22 for the tittles
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the dream catcher in this shot which may not be all that eye catching to the audience at this stage.
Genre: Thriller/ Horror
Camera angle: frontal
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to emphasis the thrill behinde the kidnap, the rhythem follows the shots as the pace adds tension to the short film which is essention to the tension of the film.
Sound: The sound is continuing throughout the music at the beiginning is ere and inticing to the audience, this then fades out into the dialect for the rest of the film.
Mise-en-scene: Lighting is fairly dark to create a subdued ere feel to the film starting in black and white transfering into colour later on. The individual objects show a complex mind for the main character this could also show a split personality which is evident later on in the short film.
Typography: The font is standard and roughly size 22 this makes this stand out to the audience and shows who the main characters are for the titles.
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the different electronic devices which could have been used for a bomb which is shown in the next shot of the film.
Camera angle: Slightly left however frontal view.
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to fast to build up tension at the end, rhythem follows the beat of the music which is essential to the tension of the film itself.
Sound: The sound fades in and out at the appropriate times which adds tension and speeds the motion of the film up.
Typography: Font Lucida Handwriting and the size was 22 for the tittles
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the dream catcher in this shot which may not be all that eye catching to the audience at this stage.
Camera angle: frontal
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to emphasis the thrill behinde the kidnap, the rhythem follows the shots as the pace adds tension to the short film which is essention to the tension of the film.
Sound: The sound is continuing throughout the music at the beiginning is ere and inticing to the audience, this then fades out into the dialect for the rest of the film.
Mise-en-scene: Lighting is fairly dark to create a subdued ere feel to the film starting in black and white transfering into colour later on. The individual objects show a complex mind for the main character this could also show a split personality which is evident later on in the short film.
Typography: The font is standard and roughly size 22 this makes this stand out to the audience and shows who the main characters are for the titles.
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the different electronic devices which could have been used for a bomb which is shown in the next shot of the film.
Saturday, 6 April 2013
5.) how did you attract your target audience?
How did you attract/address you're target audience?
I think we have attracted our target audience by simply finding out what they would like to watch in a 'thriller' film and making it happen.
We acknowledged what the audience had to say and took on board some of their criticisms, which I think payed of. Some of the few audience we surveyed gave us back some positive feedback when we showed them what we was planning to do with our storyline narrative.
This included some people telling us to change the ending because it seemed almost 'clichéd' we took this on board immediately as we all agreed that this was a fair comment, ultimately we changed the ending ever so slightly so that it wasn't considered predictable at all and the audience could be somewhat surprised about what would happen next.
Overall I think that we should of perhaps asked more people to see what they thought, as I don't think there was enough variety of people, I think if our group took our storyline idea and questionnaire to the streets then the answers would be have more variety.
Also, as we only stayed in the college the majority of the people we asked where at one end of the target audience age range, meaning that we didn't really ask anyone towards the end of the target audience, which is quite risky seen as though these are part of our target 'niche' audience also.
In conclusion, I think that we certainly did attract the attention of our audience and they seemed to enjoy our ideas and some even where kind enough to offer positive critics to us.
I think that we could of possibly made our results with more of a range of variety if we asked more of the target audience but it was a learning curve, and something that we will take into consideration for the future.
I think we have attracted our target audience by simply finding out what they would like to watch in a 'thriller' film and making it happen.
We acknowledged what the audience had to say and took on board some of their criticisms, which I think payed of. Some of the few audience we surveyed gave us back some positive feedback when we showed them what we was planning to do with our storyline narrative.
This included some people telling us to change the ending because it seemed almost 'clichéd' we took this on board immediately as we all agreed that this was a fair comment, ultimately we changed the ending ever so slightly so that it wasn't considered predictable at all and the audience could be somewhat surprised about what would happen next.
Overall I think that we should of perhaps asked more people to see what they thought, as I don't think there was enough variety of people, I think if our group took our storyline idea and questionnaire to the streets then the answers would be have more variety.
Also, as we only stayed in the college the majority of the people we asked where at one end of the target audience age range, meaning that we didn't really ask anyone towards the end of the target audience, which is quite risky seen as though these are part of our target 'niche' audience also.
In conclusion, I think that we certainly did attract the attention of our audience and they seemed to enjoy our ideas and some even where kind enough to offer positive critics to us.
I think that we could of possibly made our results with more of a range of variety if we asked more of the target audience but it was a learning curve, and something that we will take into consideration for the future.
Who would be the target audience for your media product?
The target audience for our media product would be both males and females from early teens to mid forty's. This is because we believe it has something to offer to a wide variety of people including teenagers and their parents. The type of audience we think the film will attract will be any race, both genders and a variety of ages from late teens all the way up to people win there mid forty's. The type of social class we would aim our film at is, working class to middle class, but more so working class as it is set in Barnsley in a working class environment and as people making the film we all personally come from working class backgrounds. We thought sticking with our social class roots would ultimately make the film look more realistic.
To find out about what our audience would think about the film, we questionnaired various students and some tutors around Barnsley College, the questionnaires proved to be a great success and all of the people we surveyed said that they would be interested in viewing our film, as the enjoyed reading the thrilling narrative. We used the questionnaire by taking the few critiques on boards and trying to make the film lest cliché which I think that we eventually did do. We also made a audience profile used as a Facebook profile, which included what the 'niche' audience would be like. The idea of the target audience being so wide I think is clever, the theme of 'stalking' is something that a huge amount of people would be interested in viewing because it isn't something that isn't realistic, people do have issues with 'stalking' and 'mental illness' and also other things like 'obsession', which the target audience seemed to like when we questionnaired them, with many saying that they likes the 'unique' narrative.
The target audience for our media product would be both males and females from early teens to mid forty's. This is because we believe it has something to offer to a wide variety of people including teenagers and their parents. The type of audience we think the film will attract will be any race, both genders and a variety of ages from late teens all the way up to people win there mid forty's. The type of social class we would aim our film at is, working class to middle class, but more so working class as it is set in Barnsley in a working class environment and as people making the film we all personally come from working class backgrounds. We thought sticking with our social class roots would ultimately make the film look more realistic.
To find out about what our audience would think about the film, we questionnaired various students and some tutors around Barnsley College, the questionnaires proved to be a great success and all of the people we surveyed said that they would be interested in viewing our film, as the enjoyed reading the thrilling narrative. We used the questionnaire by taking the few critiques on boards and trying to make the film lest cliché which I think that we eventually did do. We also made a audience profile used as a Facebook profile, which included what the 'niche' audience would be like. The idea of the target audience being so wide I think is clever, the theme of 'stalking' is something that a huge amount of people would be interested in viewing because it isn't something that isn't realistic, people do have issues with 'stalking' and 'mental illness' and also other things like 'obsession', which the target audience seemed to like when we questionnaired them, with many saying that they likes the 'unique' narrative.
3.) what kind of media institute might distribute your media product and why? information to go on powerpoint
What kind of media institution might distribute you're product and why?
Although films made by mainstream industries like Warner Brothers are greatly funded and has a lot of money behind the distribution,
Although films made by mainstream industries like Warner Brothers are greatly funded and has a lot of money behind the distribution,
Exhibitioning and general budget of the film, it just wouldn't be the type of institution I think you could establish with our physcolical thriller.
This is because our film is not what you would expect from a 'Hollywood blockbuster' which will have had a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars.
This just isn't realistic and it is something that you just wouldn't associate together. I think the best media institution to distribute our film would be a independent British industry called Coffee films, which has made films that fit with our genre and theme of thriller.
Coffee films don't only make short films they also make documentaries, music videos and so on, all a mixture of dark thrillers and horror, which I think would contrast with 'Don't look behind you' brilliantly. The Coffee films industry has a website that included various projects they have worked on and shows you teasers of them.
I feel that if we used something like Warner, the audience would be extremely disappointed as the expectations of a 'Hollywood blockbuster' would not be met.
I think the chances of some company like Warner even giving our film a glance would be extremely far fetched and virtually impossible, so I think that the film would be distributed by an independent industry such as Coffee films that meet our kind of genre and are more likely to distribute something that goes with the theme of their own work and other films.documenrties and music videos they have made and distributed.
We researched various films when we first chose our genre like 'Scream' which focused on the theme stalking and also prom night which focused on the same.
However both films where mainstream and distributed by their large non-independent companies who are greatly funded and can afford to expose their film in the right was to get people to come and view it and spend their money on making sure that the exhibition is on such a huge scale that people will want to come and watch the film, with high expectations.
In conclusion I think that an independent British industry is a lot more realistic and well suited for our film as it can surprise audiences, and be distributed to the 'niche' audience which the company Coffee films already have in mind.Friday, 5 April 2013
3. What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?
I would choose Metrodome distributions to distribute my film as they distributes many genres of film including Thriller which is the genre of my film. Metrodome is a london based distributor and distributes mainstream films, this is perfect for our film as we would have made our films for a mainstream audience.
This company has distributed films such as Grave encounters 2, a sequel to Grave Encounters in which a group of film students go to the psychiatric hospital in which the patients were torched by one of the physiatrist before he was killed by an escaped patient, the ghost of the patient's attack the students as they did with the film crew in the first film. This film is similar to the one i happened produce as it for a similar audience and is of the same genre as my film.
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