IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OR REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS,

Thrillers can use a range of conventions for example a fast pace and short clips to create a fast tempo creating enigma and raising the heart rate, we were instructed in our brief to create a two minute opening sequence for a thriller, we began this by researching into many different aspects of what make up a thriller this would include anything, the characters, setting lighting, themes, sound, titles we looked into it all. To start we began by evaluating other peoples thriller much more well known one such as ‘The Orphanage’, ‘one hour photo’ and ‘seven’ these films used conventions such as low key lighting,, and twisted storylines that make the audience feel uneasy. They would usually have two very distinked characters most like to be the protagonist; the hero or the GOOD character were as on the other hand we would have also the antagonist; who tries to distyrupt the peace known as the villain on BAD character and there usually would be come sort of conflict between the two. When it came to our own ideas we have a few brainstorms coming up with a range of different ideas that would follow though onto our final piece although going through the odd change now and again were we have adapted and developed what we had began to think about.




I would say that our media piece doesn’t correspond to most conventional thrillers; we use a lot of restricted narration we seem to be following a character around discovering as he does. Were as films were we would find out something that the character wouldn’t already know, so we would be presented with unrestricted narration. In the case of the mise en scene there were a lot of changes, going back a forth with ideas. As we started using natural lighting what we had while we filmed, then we decided to change that and darken the mood lighting to a dark blue to create a more sinister feel towards our footage although in the end we changed our mind and decided we would use natural lighting once again. We used iconography A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre being “thriller” using for example the shack which is a symbolic form of loneliness, cold and creepy, ideal for what we are trying to achieve with our video. Our story line didn’t involve a direct or clear antagonist; we left it more for the audience to judge for them self from the beginning of the film again using another example of the restricted narration.
Mise en scene all the elements placed in front of the camera to be filmed, including the;
Costume
Hair
Makeup
Props
Setting
Décor
Colour
Lighting
Composition
Body language
Facial expression
Were something’s here were applicable; some weren’t for example the facial expression as we decided as group that it would be more of a dramatic piece.





Our group was put under the review of the rest of the classes were we were presented with marks that showed us we had done a good job with the out come of our product. Despite the odd opinion were you got some anomalies in the results? The results are as followed.
Holding shot steady. 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 4

camera framing 2 3 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 3

variety of shots 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2

Appropriate shooting thriller? 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 2

Mise en scene 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3

Editing 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 3

varied transitions and effects 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3

sound and Foley 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2

titles and credits 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

does it work as opening to a film 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1



HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

There isn’t much that can right about the characters as we only included one in our film, what we did is present the audience with a choice, they could have interoperated our character as an antagonist as we dressed him in black and because of the mystery surrounding this character we have basically left a huge question mark over his head. He is representing the young adult culture but not in the typical rebellious way that most would first anticipate he seems to act in a more weird and surreal way that would contradict the average lifestyle of the young adult population. I suppose we have represented him in this way is because in my opinion it more strange for someone of that age to be doing tasks out of the ordinary surprise’s people and grabs people out of there comfort zone and throws them into a state of thinking that this character isn’t normal isn’t quite right in his state of thinking.
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WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT DISTRBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

To start with I need to analyze the film opening and think to myself what type of film this is, which it is an independent film made with almost no budget so it is expected to be of a low quality, this also come across in our acting as we don’t have a paid actor. So from our cheaply independent film would need to be distributed by someone who isn’t expecting Hollywood perfection and would except our movie so after a wile of scrolling and searching through pages I found metrodome distribution, which do specialize in the independent film making area of the industry. This would be shown in local smallish cinemas with private business that would screen our film. The following text shows the information on the distribution of my choice.
Metrodome Distribution
3rd Floor
Royalty House
72 – 74 Dean Street
London
W1D 3SG
T 020 7534 2060
F 020 7534 2062
www.metrodomegroup.com


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WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?

Our target audience would be between the ages of 15 and late 20s early 30s which I would state is yes a small amount of people. The type of people that our film would attract would be people who enjoy a type of thriller that evolves a reasonable amount of thought to follow and understanding, as we prompt the audience to think for themselves rather than handing them the plot and story on a platter. I suppose that I would compare our piece to that of philological thrillers such as a beautiful mind, and fatal attraction which lead complicated story lines were the audience has to think for themselves and piece the story together independently. Despite the typical gender audience for thrillers would be males, but although because our film involves more physiological horror than a form of violent or gory imagery to create the horror.
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HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOU AUDIENCE?


We wanted to attract our audience by pulling them in by making them ask question using restricted narration were there audience only know as much as the character. Also we don’t start our film on the equilibrium we come directly in with the disruption to directly grab the audience’s attention right from the star of the viewing. For example bringing these two aspects together were we are presented by the disruption were he takes down the poster bringing up immediate question enticing the audience to know more giving them the restricted narration which is why once the audience is lulled into there false sense of security we can give them a more powerful jolt when they are introduced the wall of wanted posters. Our group choose to use a verity of long establishing shots were our character walked through the screen creating a scene these are also useful later on in editing were we wanted to use tracking text to follow our character. The setting is shown through a use of shots and pans were we had very open wide framing showing no one else was around so the character placed him self in a restricted and isolated area so he wouldn’t be seen which seems to be a common acurance in our movie, were our character keeps his identity a mystery again giving the audience something to think about and create another reason for them to watch and follow the plot closely. The mise en scene for example the clothing would attract the audience as he presents himself as a character who is well brought up and well groomed in himself he wears a suit to show class and statues so this would attract the audience rather than if we had put him in rags and unattractive clothes that would repel the audience against him. The sound track was very suttle in how we put it together we used wind and easy listing sounds that slowly build enigma as the opening gets further and further towards its climax which in this case was the unveiling of the missing wall and the presenting of the main title “MISSING” we used non digesting and in all our clips use sound bridges to link them all together making cutting less noticeable making the movie more believable and therefore a direct result incising in the audience to enjoy the film. And to make the whole experience that much more realistic we created a lot of Foley sounds our self instead of being a slave to the garage band corporation, we went out as a group and used a Dictaphone to manually record the required sounds to match to out move.


WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

With everything our group went through and believe me there were a lot of mistakes taking place which Is understandable but I like to take these and as long as you learn and understand them so that when these come around again you can prevent them. Which I think we did rather well, especially in my opinion we had more failyers than success’s, most came from group organization which did seem to improve during time, we found bringing the group together or sticking to dates that we had made difficult this came through a lot in the filming, although when it came down to the editing we had a lot done by many member we booked in dates on the chart and stuck to them. A managed to further my skills on the apples as I ventured into unknown territory as I decided to use a more controllable and manual program that way final cut pro were I spent a lot of time experimenting and learning the interface so that I could be of use to the group when It came to fixing or adapting an idea with a clip in the program, also once again I decided to look elsewhere other than the default text inputs that final cut has to offer which in my opinion are really limited were I found a program which sole purpose was text titles were once again I decided to further my knowledge and learn to use another unknown program were I created the interesting titles that occupy the ending of our thriller. So when It came down to the editing and filming side I seemed to be of use to the team with the knowledge I have learned from using the program and similar once beforehand. Obviously before using any of the equipment we were given a short briefing on the correct usage. And wile filming we had to take these procotions into action for example when using high beam lights we had to be wary of the angles and directions of which ways the light way pointing as it could easy damage eyesight. And further more with the camera, tripod, EST.……
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

Most obviously I think IV learn that time management skills are something that most people lack on this is were our team was let down the most, we found it hard to find a time that was convenient to all and then sticking to it. As well as this motivation seemed to be a problem our team seemed to cheery pick what seemed nice and easy and then do them first and pushing away things that took time, for example when sometimes the blog wasn’t filed in quick enough or on the day so the details that went into weren’t as precise as me may have liked them. Although things that worked well with our combined skills from ideas were that we were being critical enough to make changes to being able to edit and use the editing software compantly. I think that at different times our group worked well together. As our skills range from different talents so that we all contribute something unique to the project. Also I realized that once we come up with an idea we should realistically check over what we have and whether we were setting our self’s realistic goal’s that we would be able to achieve for example we set our self’s back by trying to record on a train station as getting permission was near impossible. Until further on down the line were we did our footage a balcome station which is a usually quite station were we able to get the required footage at the cost of wasted time waiting for the footage to come. I think the scouting worked well were we discussed possible locations near the local area that we could make an interesting thriller.

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