Evaluation: Question 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation: Question 1 from Pervinotun

Final Product: One of Us

I am Pervin Otun: 8114

I have worked with; 

ThuyTrang Lam:7085

Dillan Abraham:7002

Evaluation: Question 7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? - Mrs. Quinlan

What was the preliminary task and what were its main aims?

A preliminary task is a task which will make us learn techniques which is thirty seconds long. As this contains a lot of different shots. This has helped us even though it wasn’t good enough it showed what we should not do when taking our opening scene. The preliminary task has helped us to know each other’s weaknesses and strengths to learn who would have what role in the production.

While filming the preliminary task we have learnt the particular skills and techniques we all had, such as Dillan was the one which was good at using the camera he had the skills and knew the techniques. As I have also learnt the basic things of using a camera for example turning the camera on inserting an SD card into the camera using the filters which the camera has. As these has helped me to know to film specific shots and angles correctly. The preliminary task has helped me a lot as before I never knew how to edit a video by a professional program which is, Final Cut Pro X.

Finally at the end of this task we sort out each others roles as it made it much easier to give each others roles as we have seen what people are capable to do when filming. As Dillan taking the role of the director and in charge of soundtrack, Trang taking the role as the producer, story boarder and editor and i'm taking responsibility for the Mise En Scene. These roles had helped us to know what we had to do so we knew what everyone had to do through out the whole production no one would be able to say I don't know what i need to do because everyone has a role in the production to do.

Preliminary Task:

Filming: 

I am now able to film better from different type of angles such as high angle and low angles. As their shots explains the character a lot of the time, not only with the angles of the camera also from the way they seem in that angle. For example a character which is miserable will be in a shot which the atmosphere the person is in will be shown in it as well to shows the negativity. This makes the audience capture the characters feelings as they would put themselves in the characters place.

When filming I am now able to use a tripod as I never knew how to use it before but now it is much easier to be used because I know how to place it and in which size as well. But we did not use a tripod when filming because we didn’t find it much useful to be used as we had a camera which small tripods would be able to hold it straight.







Editing:

I am now able to use final cut pro x when editing much better as I have learnt how to use different effects such as adding filter on to one of the shots which makes it give the feeling to the audience that they are watching a thriller movie it could be tension or suspense.

I am much more confident on adding transitions which would create excitement to the thriller, as this would give the audience mix emotions. As now I am able to cut scenes to jump into a different scene to create tension within the audience. The different types of transitions gave the audience a feeling of something which is going to happen with the sound that is used at the back.

Comparison from my preliminary to my thriller: 

The first time I've used panning shot we were not that proficient with the camera as it was the first time filming. But when we used it for our production we were much more capable of using a camera as we have used it before filming many times for our production. as there is emotions that can be show in the second one than the first one.

In this shot we see the close-up as in the first one we ain't able to have the camera still because we were not able have the camera still as it was the first time using a camera to film, and in this shot we didn't have good lighting. But in the second image as you could see we have a clear image on whats going on which creates tension to the audience as we had the skills shown in this shot,

Evaluation: Question 5) How did you attract/address your target audience? - Miss Begum

Evaluation: question 5) how did you attract/address your target audience?

The importance of doing secondary research in to existing films

Carrying out secondary research is very important when creating a film production as it makes the person gain some knowledge about the theme characters and etc. This will help the person to make the right decisions on what kind of character roles the lighting sound theme and etc. To pick and create to have a good production. This will be so we could get the audience’s attention on our production and what kind of response we could get from them so next time if we do this again we would be able to not make the same mistakes in the other one as well.

The target audience of thriller films and our chosen target audience?

After collecting secondary information we have found out that the most common target audience for thriller are young adults which are from both genders. There are various types of different ethnic groups as they are still in education or employed. The reason why the age group for thriller films is not above the age 25 is because they don’t think creative as they know what is what after an age, adults don’t find the scenarios very interesting and believable, but young adults they are at an age where they find out what tension and excitement is they find it much interesting. The target audience of our chosen one are very interested in watching films with the social group they hang around with as they like spending time with their friends and a lot of the time they all go to the cinemas as they know that even though the production of the film isn’t good they would have a fun time with their friends, which makes the movie much more interesting because they would all have their own opinion about the film after it ends so this would be there hobbies and interest at the same time.

I believe that from thriller films the target audience enjoy element suspense, and etc. This is because the target audiences are young adults and they are creative they find it interesting in their own ways. Further to this, the emotions I believe the audiences are likely to experience are psychological as they won’t be able to show their emotions out as they won’t want the people that she/he has went with to know that they had got scared or however they feel like. This was a good research as it meant that for my thriller I had to consider what kind of physical and psychological reactions I would want to create to a limit.

From my research into thriller, I believe that the target audience that they appeal to consist of the following:

Age: 15-25

Gender: Unisex

Ethnicity: No general

Occupation: (High education) students mainly

Hobbies and interests: sports and reading books

Addressing my target audience:
I have carried out a questionnaire so I could collect information on what kind of thriller my audience likes to watch and what they prefer to see as it has helped me to create my thriller with what they like and would want to see when watching it. The information they have given me has given me ideas on what I will be adding to my thriller when creating it, it was an easier way on planning my thriller as I had more time to do my other things such as my storyboard, shot-list and more. Overall I have collected information which has made me decide on what type of thriller conventions I will pick. A lot of the questions were multiple as this had helped me to make everyone answer the questionnaire because not a lot of people like written questionnaire.

The first questions were simple questions which I knew the answer to they were just to make sure as they were needed, I knew that they were all young adults so I had asked questions which was appropriate.

I had asked the questions mostly as a multiple because teenagers don't like long questionnaires as they find it boring they don't answer everything. The questions I had asked were simple and understandable which made it easier and faster for them to answer.

This had helped me to have more time to work on what my final product would be like as it had made it easier for me to plan and then create it.

The questions that were asked were very creative it had made them think about the films they had watched which was thriller and had them thinking about what they would like to see in thriller and what they wouldn't want to see. Knowing the kind of characters they would like to see when watching the film had helped me to know what type of character to create when doing the hair and make-up not to forget the costume as well.

Overall:
Overall, the primary research that I had done was very important as it had helped me to know what people want to see when watching a thriller movie. If I had found these information from the internet I wouldn't of made it sure if it was accurate or not but by getting these information right from them it had helped me to know what Is wanting when creating my thriller. Now with the information which is gathered up I am able to attract and address my target audience.



Focus group Audience Feedback:
After creating my first draft I was able to get feed back from A level Film and Media plus Drama students to watch my thriller and get information on what they had liked when watching my thriller and what they did not like when watching the thriller. As they were the type of target audience which I wanted to attract.



Conclusion:
Finally from the feed back I had got from my audience that I wanted as a target audience had liked my thriller but did find mistakes to get sorted out. As these had shown me what I will need to change so I could have it in a better position for people to watch it and not see the same mistakes again. As now I do know that we have a successful thriller

 

Evaluation: Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this media product? Mrs Quinlan

Planning: Planning Mise En Scene - Mrs. Quinlan

Introduction:

Mise en scene is made up of five different conventions it is important in films, which they are body language and facial expression, lighting, setting, costume, hair and make-up and iconography. It is important to have mise en scene in films especially in thriller films because the audience will have a clear vision of the scene and understanding if the film is positive or negative connotations. Overall mise en scene is important as the audience pick little things and understand what is what kind of a person is the characters for example setting without a setting there is no film because even a pitch white or pitch black room is a type of setting.

Lighting:

Lighting that we use mostly throughout the film will be low-key lighting but in some parts there will be high key lighting as well as we will use natural day light colour. The low-key lighting is to portray dark and gloomy events that will take place in this opening indicating that the antagonist is in fact, the antagonist. In the first scene we see the antagonist in the graveyard which the weather is damp and very cold which represents the gloominess. As when he enters the house it will be a low-key lighting showing that there is no one in the house except from him which makes the scene seem dark because of the empty sound.

Colour:

The colour that we will be using will be dark colours which will seem a bit depressing but that it to show what type of character the man will be for example. The guy will be wearing dark colours and this will then show that the guy is representing an antagonist. As the victims will be wearing bright colours to show what they are representing as they will not only representing that they are victims but also that they are dead in the opening scene.

Costume, hair and make-up

The Antagonist: Jami Anderson

He will be wearing dark coloured suit to represent that he is an antagonist. So the audience can know who the antagonist is from the way they look and dress. Dark colours portray a lot of things for an antagonist for him it will portray the evil intentions but the suit will show that he is confident with in himself and that he is brave. He is a psycho killer which get away with the things that he does as we know this from how he gets away with everything that he does.

The Anti-Hero/ Victim: Trang Lam

She will be wearing dress which will be white to show that she was one of the victims that the antagonist had killed once. This also represents that once he had taken away the innocence that she had once till she turned into a devil which he had created out of a dead person. We know this as she will be wearing black contact lens which will show her eyes very big. As it will empathise her eyes to show that she has turned into a devil which is going to make his life hell as that what it will seem like. Her long black hair which will be dead straight will hide her identity with her pale skin.

Victims: 1, 2, 3, 4

All of the other victims will have clothing which will be like a casual day but they died at that moment. They will be wearing light coloured clothing to represent that they are innocent but the guy killed them for no reason, as it will make an effect of mystery. They will all have pale skin colour and blood all around them showing that they were killed by him.

Planning: Micro-Elements - Mrs. Quinlan

Introduction:
The micro-elements are very important as it contains variety of techniques, which will help with the filming. Cinematography is a micro-element as it contains a lot of information, which will help while filming, such as; camera shot, angles and movements of each scene that is taken, as it allows the audience to have a clear understanding on what is going on in each stage of the scene. A different micro-element is sound as this will help the audience to have a clear understanding on what will help the audience to have a clear understanding on what will be happening if the film isn't got to do with action.

Cinematography we have planned out to use in our thriller opening:

1. Establishing Shot- We have decided that the first shot will be establishing shot in our opening scene. This shot will be used to show the audience what type of a character the main one is, as they will know this from the setting and from the costume which the antagonist will be wearing. The back scene will be clearly shown as the antagonist is walking, which they will see a funeral, as this will make them question who died and why doesn't the antagonist look upset as the others do.
2. Medium Shot- To go on to the next scene we have used a medium shot, as this will show the audience that there isn't anything interesting to come up, which we surprise them with the protagonist at the back of the guy. We have used medium shot to make it more clear and understandable to the audience on what type of person the characters are, which we have used this shot in many other scenes.
3. Close-up- we have decided that we should use close-up to make sure the audience is clear about what type of theme is used, as it makes the audience have a clear vision from it. From this shot there will be a lot of tension as they will see a dead bodies hand on the floor while the guy is walking up the stairs.
4. High Angle- we have decided that we will use high angle shots as well in our opening to create the understanding on what type of characters there are, as we will have this shot used when the guy is walking up the stair case and the dead body is fully seen with the antagonist in the shot.this will create a surprising reaction from the audience as they watch the opening scene, which makes them question why the girl is dead and why the guy don't see the girl on the floor dead.
5. Long shot- we have also decided that long shot will also be used in our thriller opening which will create a big reaction as we are going to use this shot when the guy turns the light off and the protagonist is seen at the back of the guy. This will give a clear vision of the two main characters in the opening scene, as we will see there figures from head to toe which makes it seem a bit creepy for the audience.
6. Tilt shot- we will be using tilt shot also in our thriller opening. The scene that has the shot of the fact that what what can he tell her about it till the pass goes away and doesn't leave anything to the side
7. what can he do to stop the from happening
8. hen he cant not do this  but can happen when they want it to happen