Evaluation 2

how does your media product represent particular social groups?

EVALUATION | Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our protagonist is presented as a slightly cheeky ill composed young man. He represents a social group that is familiar with being looked down upon by those who consider themselves to have lived a wealthier lifestyle, but he knows just like many working class lads fighting to prove themselves in a city like this that his life has been rich and that wealth is something more metaphysical. We knew that by simply dressing him in a hoodie the viewer can begin to make assumptions as to his background, while not all of them positive this sort of stereotyping is widely used in the media. What is important in stereotyping a films protagonist is that you get people to question the stereotype by building upon the preconceived character throughout the story. I think we were more inspired by our own experiences and the knowledge that many people out there will be able to relate to them rather than another film when coming up with this character but you could say he stands as a polar opposite to many personalities seen in thrillers.

Take Tom cruise if the film Collateral for example:

The screen captured above is something i see as quite the opposite to the film we produced. The man above is moving steadily and assuredly in a crowd of people, quite different to the frantic sweaty escape of our hero. He's smartly dressed, and subtly hides himself behind those sophisticated shades, where as our guy comes over as exposed and certainly has a more casual attire. I suppose our film plays off professional characters like Tom Cruises' assassin in collateral, knowing the viewer is already familiar with them from other movies, allowing us to present them someone quite different.

Evaluation 1

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

Our media product challenges forms and conventions of real media products by introducing many forms of conventions, these conventions are:

• Setting a scene/ establishing a a place- by showing the character in a deserted urban canal this emphasizes to the viewer that the character is vulnerable as the canal is filled with graffiti and has a very claustrophobic feel about it due to the view that the end of the canal is the only way out. Our character is shown to be resting at a magnificent landscape when he is attacked this creates suspense by the landscape as this emphasizes that he is in a safe zone, later on he is shown looking at the lake and we see someone behind him.

• Making the audience question what happens later in the movie- our product questions what happens later on the movie by not showing who is chasing him and why are they chasing him

• Edit- the way our product is edited glorifies the titles, the film was edited to slowdown when the titles appear this makes the titles noticeable by the viewers, lots of real media products use this technique, this is used to make the cast, directors, etc.. known by fans.

• Sound- the sound in our product is fast paced which builds up the tension as the actor flees for his life through the canal. there is a loud church-bell sound every time the slow-motion and the titles appear on screen.

• The titles- the titles on our product are shown in white text with a bright red glow around every letter, the titles flicker across the screen making a scary scenario. the sound, edit and titles all contribute in making the titles appear affective in thrilling the audience.

Evaluation question 1

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

Our whole title sequence follows the convention of creating a mystery as no one knows why the character is running until the end when the audience are introduced with a reflection of somebody else in the water. The title sequence was a suspense builder as the audience were unsure of what it was that was after the main character and what had happened before this.It ended with a cliff hanger which was very effective and chilling, again utitlising a commonly used convention used in the opening of thriller films. . During the sequence we had a long shot, this could be seen as someone watching our main character from a distance causing tension. We used slow motions in the scene to emphasise the characters need to escape, the fact the he would jump over things instead of simply walking around them showed that he was desperate to escape and was not in a state of mind of thinking clearly, also he desperately attempted to open the gate by kicking it open as he was in a hurry. The title 'On the run' speaks for itself as it is introduced right at the start and it follows up the next scene.

The music was upbeat and it provided pace. It started of slow as the tension was rising then it trailed of to a more upbeat style nearer the middle. The suspense builder was more during the end as the music went quieter.

Evaluation

Skills Audit- Editing

I have learnt how to use final cut pro efficiently and i have been through the BAIT tutorial. this tutorial showed me how to use every part of the software efficiently. in order to start up the editing software i had to click on macintosh HD and then find my way to final cut. the clips in my computer are shown in the browser which i can drag to the timeline, during the film i used "i" and "o" to cut bits of the film off and drag them to the timeline.

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.