EVALUATION: Question 8

Audience Feedback and comment?

In class we asked various of people what they thought of our film, whether it was good or bad however we got lots of positive feed back. The words above have been created from some of the things that people have commented on when we asked on feedback after the screening. Overall i feel that it was all mainly positive and our thriller opening was a success.

Below you can see what harry thought of our final piece what everyone saw at the screening. It Was all very possessive feed back and overall i am proud of what we all achieved and did. After all the time and effort we put in it seemed to have paid of.

EVALUATION: Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back on the preliminary task we did, i feel that we progressed rather well. our full product was well thought out however the previous tasks that we had done had few errors for example in the match cut 'snap' that we did, we had some shots where the head was cut of and the main characters where not in the frame. Also the quality was poor, we had shots that where slightly blur where we didn't focus it properly.From our final product i learn t how to focus the camera properly, learn t new shots such as from a birds eye view, panning and shots from high and low views.

Firstly when i went to the mac suit i found it difficult to use! i was stuck at every point even when it come to copy and pasting, however now i know all you have to do is click 'ctrl' and then select the picture and click save as. All the programs we had to use such as 'Live Type', 'Sound track Pro' & 'Final Cut' i ended up mastering (In my own way of course). When we started planning we all was confused on where was best to place our movie first we come up with 'hackney' we then changed our mind due to the fact we thought the estates might just be a little bit to rough however then we thought 'tottenham' and we didn't see any thing that went right. We finally decided the 'canal' it was a good choice after all. It was only up the road so it was easy to get to and had perfect conditions for what we was aiming to get from this film.

When we started using the camcorder me and the group at first forgot to do the most simplest of things such as 'put the battery in' well now i know i got to do that first just the fact if i don't obviously would be no power! We all laughed it of when we thought about it. If Somebody gave me one of these camcorders a few months back with no instructions i would not have had no idea due to the fact of the amount of different buttons that control the different functions!

We had already done the feet idea from our match cut however from both the pictures below you can tell how we had made great progress in making it look better

EVALUATION | Question 6

What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

The technologies that i have learned from the construction of my video project consist of many different hardware to software. the hardware that i used consisted, Macintosh computer for editing purposes, a hard drive to upload all of our footage, a micro SD card reader, HD camcorder and digital camera. all of the hardware mentioned played a crucial role in the creation of the final product. The camcorder was need to record the footage, to save the footage you needed a micro SD card which fits into the camcorder, a card reader is needed for the footage in the SD card to be exported onto a computer, the computer which would be best for this type of job would be a mac as they have quick processing speeds, when all of the footage is being put into the computer it is saved on a hard drive (this contains everything). The user needs software to turn the footage into a title sequence, the software recommended for this task was Final Cut, Soundtrack Pro and Title Pro. All of the software stated have a specific role in the creation of the Title sequence, final cut was used to cut and merger different footage's together, Soundtrack Pro was used to make the scenes more dramatic by creating non diagetic music in the background and Title Pro was used for the creation of the titles and how they will be presented. All of the software's specifications merge together to make our film.

EVALUATION:Question 5

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I believe our film will appeal to young adults aged 18-25, mainly aiming towards men however women could enjoy the film type as well. however I feel that the reason the age group was based between 18 upwards is that the main character of the thriller was a young man himself trying to get away from someone, also this genre has been proven to attract more males than females due to its fast pace and the UN-known knowledge of what is going to happen creating excitement and tension towards the audience.

Above is a montage of Stuart, I Did this to show what are target audience was we was aiming for. This young man is still studying at uni, his got qualifications in sports and believes he can make it as a top coach his life is based around sports however he is already a private life guard and a football coach for young children at a school his still studying at uni to further his carrier and get more grades he needs to make him self successful. However like any other student he has some spare time to do the other things he enjoys, a good old beer with his mates, watching footy or maybe even going to the movies. His is own person and provides for himself. He got his driving license and car and is making his life successful for himself nobody else. However there is his background. He used to live on a urban estate before he started attending st Marys. Everyone saw him as a troubled teen however he was just being himself with his mates they didn't see the real him due to the fact he was being stereotyped through his friends and what he wore. Although his in a happy life style there no reason for him to lose contact with family or friends after moving out due to the fact of the convergence devices he has access to he can always talk through his playstation3 Online Or even his mobile. He loves his games with that exciting sense of adventure within himself and knows when enough is enough. All his life his been seen as something he was not and now his making a point that what he is, was himself and it don't matter what you where or how you seem your never know the real him unless you sit and have a proper old chit chat what he loves doing.

EVALUATION: Question 3 & 4

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?

Because my Media product has a fast pace, with lots of action. This would appeal to a lot of fans who like the different genre films Therefore i feel that the institutional that our media product would aim for would be something like Sony Pictures because they aim for the wider audience. Most of their films they have produced have been more than successful and get the audience talking. The Sony team have worked with many of the world’s finest independent filmmakers what shows they are big and well know.There not only producing films but also consoles, cameras, phones etc.. i also feel that with Sony pictures they can make the film well known not only in England but many other counties. Due to the fact out target audience was aimed for youthful people from ages 18+ Sony have new technologies available such as the playstaion3. Not only does this console give you the things you need when your bored and want a game you can also get 'blu-ray' dvds and watch them on that so it is not just a console for games its all rounded internet, movies and your action pack media-centered base piece of work. Its knows that the Sony playstation3 was very successful.

I Feel that to attract the audience we would need to put up billboards in certain areas. This will make the film recognizable and by looking at it will make people want to put there hand in their pockets to see a film like it. If your walk down many streets around London you will always see at least one billboard trying to promote their film that's where the success comes from once the advert is recognizable more and more people will start to talk. Below i have put a picture what i have made of a billboard with a clip of our film and our title 'on the run' this is somehow what i think it would look like if a billboard was actually made.

If Our film reached cinema i feel that we would have to show our type of film in one such as 'odean' or 'vue' these branches are good choice i feel because they have successfully shown movies like ours and made it a success.

EVALUATION: Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The social group our media product was looking at was young boys/young adults in a urban area. Most teenagers are seen as doing something wrong and being labeled from what other teenagers around them do. Stereotyping is what happens everywhere and mainly in films we see this. We had used a teenager running away from somebody we don't see who is following him or give any idea why he is or where he is running to however we soon see he is being chased/followed by the ending when we see feet creeping behind him or right at the end with the reflection of both the him and a un-known figure in the reflection in the canal water.

Our main prop was the 'hoodie' that our main character had on, just by this it had suggested he was either related to some sort of gang or crime. The hoodie symbolizes the fact that he could be related to a gang however that is just the stereotypical thing about this because the whole time our character seems to feel alone we can tell by his facial expressions,And then he has a call for help but nobody is there and he is left by him self which then shows how vulnerable he really was. We manage to challenge this stereotype by making the viewer ask them self is he on the run from something his done (The criminal) Or is he just trying get away to save himself (The innocent One).

EVALUATION: Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The aim of are sequence was to build suspense and tension towards the audience. The audience doesn't know why the main character is running or who his running from, the ending finishes with a cliff hanger of a shadow of the main character in the canal with another shadow behind him with there hand is looking as if their going to grab our main character, however we do not know what is going to happen. It was very effective for us to do this and this is a commonly used convention in an opening of thriller films to keep the viewer attached on what they are watching.

We had used long shots throughout the whole sequence this was to show or produce the idea that the main character was being watched/followed. However all our shots were done from different angles and distances this was to make the sequence flow well, and still provide tension instead of using the same shots over again because we knew that if we repeated the shots again and again eventually the sequence would have got boring. We knew we had to keep all our shots as a variety so nobody would lose interest however we did make a few risky choices on making the running sequence take up most of our 2mins opening time, we knew that the viewer may lose interest due to the fact all he was doing was running but we new it could also build tension and questions in their mind, all the best thriller films makes the viewer ask them self questions in our case the questions that could come to the viewer would be on the lines of asking themselves, where is he going? why is he running? who is he running from? Therefore in our case we relied on the audiences mind and imagination.

Our titles were clear like any other media product we had recently looked at, we knew they had to be visible and stand out to the audience. They was white However had a red glow around it. The titles were not still on the screen either we made them look as if they were flickering to make the titles effected and give it that creepy feeling. With the sound and edits being tied in with the titles it overall made it look very effective and all worked well.

In Editing we used short clips however they were snappy and quick cuts. Our main use of editing was slow-mo we used this to show when out titles were going to appear however we also used the sound of 'a bell' we did this to make the titles visible to the viewer, lots of real media products use this kind of techniques to make there titles clear and stand out, however we didn't come across any that had used slow-mo in the way we had thought off their for we just gave it ago and i think it worked rather well.

The sound fitted our sequence perfect. It was fast paced but at the right moments slowed down this showed tension within the character itself and what was happening around him. Our suspense built up towards the end where the fast pace dies out and it becomes more silent when the character starts talking and becomes more panicky. As i spoke about somewhere above was the sound effect of the 'bell' when the titles come up that was effective as-well as the other little sounds in the background such as the water, splashing from the phone being thrown into the canal and all the other little noises we added into it.

Filming PROBLEMs

On Wednesday 14th we was going to go film the shots we needed however unfortunately Fabian forgot to wear the right Clothes! therefore we new we couldn't go do it because it would have looked strange with different clothes in the shots so we didn't think nothing of it got on with putting the shots together in the start of making our thriller opening. Me & Holly sorted through the clips we had filmed on our first filming day while Fabian and Era started on the sound track and Luke had a look with the different titles we could use. We made good progress and made a list of what we 100% new we needed for the Friday lesson what we new we was going to go film.

Friday 17th come, and everything was going well the weather was in good condition and Fabian had the right clothes on. And we all remembered to wear warmer clothes so this time we wouldn't be cold.

HOWEVER! THEN

nobody thought to read the actual closure signs that had been put up weeks ago what we walked past when we started filming, so we got all the way down to the canal ready to film with our equipment ready, to find the spot we needed was all closed of, most of the canal by then had been closed of due to building works! We all felt a little disappointing and wasn't sure what we should do because we needed these few shots! We walked up the canal to see if we could find another lock that looked similar to the one we had started filming from but we couldn't find anything like it however we did manage to do a few shots like the close up, and the splash in the water when he chucks his phone in the canal from the stress of nobody answering his call. We was walking back and we asked some police women that was walking down the canal, if they thought it would be possible for us to go threw the barrier since the door we needed was only about 2inches behind the barriers. They said to ask the workmen.

LUCKILY...

Holly and Fabian bravely asked the workmen if they would mind letting us threw just to film these last few shots and how important it was for our A Level Media! And the situation that we had come with. The workmen was obviously understanding and kind enough to get some sort of tool what he needed and opened the barrier for us to go through. And we then thanked them for their help.

Analysis Of Thriller Clip Watched In Class

Location shots