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Question 7

Looking back at your Preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Question 6

Question 4

Question 3

what kind of institution might distribute your media product and why?
Lionsgate is a well known distributor that is know for bringing out thrillers which is a key reason as to why we decided to use it. Our distribution company is Lionsgate, we decided to use this as we wanted our product to be marketed around the world, which is what Lionsgate is also known for.

The types of roles that the distribution company would take would be to market the film and put money towards the making of the film.

An example of how they would market the main actors within the film would be to have their names in the opening tittles, coming up in order of status from low to high.

I would consider our film to be presented in a similar way to how the films; the eye; the cabin in the woods and Texas chainsaw. Most Thrillers are rated 15 or 18, however we would rate our a 15 as it contains strong language, portrayals of sexual  activity, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence, discrimination language or behavior.  

Our film would be shown at the cinemas and be brought out on DVD, and after the first five years after release date out of cinema then we would air it on t.v.

If we had the budget of a multi-million pounds then the things that i would change would be the actors, as i would use well known actors so that it would allow fans from different people to want to watch the film, making a bigger intake. I would also use a different set as it was difficult to get the right shots from what we were using.

Our production company 'Lost Productions'

We decide to call it 'Lost productions' because we wanted it to relate to the genre of the film we created. The logo its self consists of red and grey writing that looks like dripping blood, there is also a red hand print, that is used to suggest a hand that had been bleeding. The black background is used to create mystery within the opening sequence. The logo it self was created to make the audience feel afraid and nervous before the sequence starts.

Within a film the production company's main roles is to help create the film, advertise the film, budgeting the film, scheduling, the scripting and the casting for the film and other types of jobs. The production company are also responsible if  things go wrong with the film. For example, if the set was destroyed, or if the film never made enough income.

Question 1

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

I found out from my target audience research that within a thriller film the conventions that are needed/expected include; tittles; music; low key lighting and close ups. We tried to make our work as professional as possible therefore included all of these.

Examples of when the conventions are used within a film are as follow; The Tittles are used at the start of the film to allow the audience know who is gonna be in the film. Music is used to help set the mood of the scene, the music allow can make the audience feel an emotion. Low key lighting is used to help make a character come across in a particular way. Close ups are used to allow the audience the chance to see an expression that an actor is using.

Examples of when there conventions have been previously used within an opening scene is as follow...

Music, this music makes you feel something, from peaceful to intense.


An example of what we used....

Close up, this close up makes you feel sorry for him.












An example of when we used a close up to make the audience to feel sorry for the victim...

Titles, how the titles can make the piece look mysterious.



















An example of what we did...










We started the opening sequence with a black screen, so that the audience would have no idea of what they are looking at. Then we made the tittles of the cast and crew fade in and out. Like most thrillers we never started with a climax, as we let the first scene build up with tension. I think that this works more effective as some thriller films can be predictive of what you expect to happen, where as the audience had no idea about what was going to happen next. The use of the tittles fading in and out help made it come across as dark and mysterious. We then added the music that overlapped the talking. Like most films this helped create the atmosphere, develop the mood and set the scene. we tried to keep the stereotype of most films with fast paste music within a thriller film. However i think that are music was more effective then music that is used in most thrillers as the paste changed. Not just depending on how the up beat the scene is. Thriller films tend to include low key lighting, however i consider ours to be different as in the interview room there is only one source of light coming on to the police man. Therefor i consider it a step further than low key lighting. Every different type of film includes different types of shots, however within a thriller i consider a close-up to be one of the most important as it allows the audience the chance to see that actors face close up therefore they get to see the in depth expression that they are pulling.

Question 2

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The different social groups within this opening sequence consist of the following the female character with her gender and how this is portrayed. As well as the police officer that is conveyed in the interview scenes, with the social group of his job occupation and how this is constructed in the opening sequence.  

 

Police officer:

 

Police officers are commonly portrayed to people as ‘save the day’, hero’s, able to confide in to, clever minded, always there to help and trustworthy. People such as the audience, have this stereotype of the police officers. For example, when looking at other films, such as ‘prisoners’ there is a police officer that is focussed on throughout the opening sequence. The name of the police officer is Detective Loki, this character is portrayed as ‘save the day’ and extremely clever minded throughout the film. This is an example, of how they are portrayed as well as how this character is shown throughout this specific film.

 

Unlike most police officers, the police officer that is focussed on within the opening sequence that I have created called ‘The Ritual’. The police officer that is focussed on throughout the crosscutting is named Mark Stevenson. Mark Stevenson, is a character that is completely different to how police officers are visualised in the stereotypical way to people. The police officer, throughout the opening sequence is portrayed as mischievous, devious, darkened, evil like and labelled as the antagonist. The reason why we wanted to portray the police officer in this form, was because we wanted to create a twist to the narrative of the opening sequence. By portraying the police officer like this, it makes the audience feel intrigued and nervous about what’s going to happen next.

 

Personally I think that constructing the police officer to be like this, was effective and a good idea towards the project. By the police officer acting in the way he did throughout the opening sequence, it made Mary Shaw the female character to look more vulnerable and innocent like. The idea of the police officer, being viewed like this is different to the stereotype and personally I think that it is more effective to make the audience feel uncomfortable and considering that the genre of the opening sequence is ‘thriller’ based.

We also focused on how the police man moved, we kept him quite still with very little movement so that he would come across as mysterious. His head was kept straight and he didn’t really move it. We he was speaking to Mary and was trying to comfort her he didn’t move in close to make her feel safe. If he didn’t move in to support her then it would of made him come across as nice and friendly what we didn’t want. His facial expressions mainly stayed the same and he didn’t give out any emotions. He could be described as ‘neutral’.

The lighting around the police man was really dark with low key lighting. However there is a light that is on the right of him. This light empathises his facial expressions and makes him come across as dark and ‘Evil like’. His dark clothes also highlights how he isn’t pure and nice as you can’t really make out what he is wearing as it is all black.

Girl

In most films the woman is stereotypically the innocent one. For example in the film  ‘I know who killed me’ the actress Lindsay Loan plays the protagonist who is chased by a killer. Within the film she is portrayed as innocent and defenceless. Most woman are presented weak and not strong so like most films we decided to carry on the stereotype of the way we present Mary.  

Mary is young which makes her come across as weak and venerable, we decided to use this and show her age through the use of hair and costume. We made her wear a white top which makes her come across as pure and innocent. Her hair is blond which communicates venerable. The she wore her clothes made her look sophisticated and mature. This allows the audience to see that she isn’t  a trouble maker, however it also makes her look weak. This helps to make the audience feel sympathy for her. As she seems to be an easy target.

Though the scene in the interview room Mary comes across as though she trust the police man as she is open to him as she tells him everything, as she trusts him. The fact that she is almost in tears allows the audience to see that she feels that she can break down in front of him as she is comfortable. The fact that she feels that she can trust him shows that she is In denial as she thinks she is safe.