Friday 26 June 2009
Thursday 26 March 2009
Thriller Evalation
In my media product I feel we stuck to real life media conventions for example the 180 degree rule, match cuts and shot reverse shot. We especially paid attention to these 3 rules because if we didn’t we realised our whole thing would go wrong and wouldn’t be understood.
To do this and understand what works and what doesn’t we had to study a few clips that have made it as professional films. We watched a selection of films in our media lessons and we wrote notes down. Some of the interesting things that we learnt was some techniques which involve important matters like lighting in “28 days later” this didn’t really help with our filming because we didn’t have the money to buy it and use it, there would also be no point of us getting this because we wouldn’t use it apart from this one time of filming so it would be a waste of money. Also from watching these shot openings to a thriller, I found out that we was able to film anywhere in London and wouldn’t get it trouble or fined because it is a public place and can be used for anything. We were given the opportunity to watch a documentary of a film called
“The watching” which helped immensely. Also some of the clips we studied were:
”28 days later”,
”Arlington road” ,
“collateral”.
After watching a lot of professional films and their beginnings but surprisingly we decided as a group that we would not go for the shocking style of thriller but instead we went for a different style in the way of flashback and suspense.
However many thrillers can appeal to anyone of any age, for example a crime thrillers such as snatch
Baring in mind all of the information we have taken in from the professional thrillers we were asked to plan the opening to a thriller. Our teachers gave us as a group a double side of a3 size of purple sugar paper to come up with and a good idea to present back to them. Some of the things we had to come up were camera angles, lighting, storyline, who it is going to appeal to (age, gender, ethnicity etc) and we needed to produce a storyboard of shots which we could follow if we got stuck on what to do next. The first and second idea we came up with as a group wasn’t as appealing and got turned down by two of the teachers. After hearing some advice we decided to scrap them ideas and to think again and this is where we came up with our current idea of a job interview. When we presented this to our teachers we got approved so the next lesson we started to film which was a relief.
Yet our thriller only appeal to young audiences as many people are or have experienced being bullied or yet even witnessed this kind of terrible behaviour. This is why we feel that our thriller can appeal to all ages because everyone has experienced a bit of this disgusting behaviour in their life!
To shoot these specific shots wasn’t that hard to shoot as many people might have thought but was actually quite easy because we planned to do this. Here is some example of the shots:
The reason why we have chosen to present these in black and white is to show that he is having flashbacks from when they both were at school and when he was getting bullied. Also we chose to put them in black and white because we want these shots to seem exaggerated and too graphic to show it in colour. These still shot images were only to represent our story board so the teachers got a rough idea of what we was filming, and also felt it would be acceptable so we could go ahead and film. This is what we came up with these shots:
My media product isn’t like ordinary thrillers for example the conventions of my thriller was different to many of the other groups doing the thrillers my thriller breaks the conventions of thrillers as it is not about crime, violence or murder etc. Although we broke media conventions I feel we have stuck to the media conventions very well in the view that we generated allot of tension, building to a climax and making the audience what is going to happen next , when he opens the lift door.
In my media product I feel that it represents all ages, all races, all classes and all genders. We decided to have no women in the thriller because very rarely we see thrillers where there are men beating up the women, although this could have made people feel more sorry for the person being beaten up. Maybe this is something that we should have doneto make it more impactfull. Also I feel everyone who regards themselves to be in any of these cases can be heavily involved in being bullied as a child or even as an adult. This can also be a result of which religion they represent, their political views or even what postcode they are from. Also I feel that our thriller is different to others as we have the white guy being beaten us whereas in professional thrillers have the black guy or Asian being beaten up which is very unusual.
I think that my media product will be distributed in a smaller production line. Something like over the internet, YouTube,
MySpace, maybe turned into a documentary then put onto a DVD. I think this because we didn’t have a lot of money to work with like the big film maker make for the Hollywood type screens. Maybe if we had more money to explore more places with then we would definitely make it to a Hollywood premier.
The target audience for our thriller is mainly for the age group from children starting school to teenagers in school or even college students. Specifically people who have different looks (over weight, wears glasses, ginger etc) or even if they have a disability (wheel chair, dodgy leg, speech impediment etc). If children of these ages have a function like these, our thriller is aimed at them. People think that they are the only people going through these but millions are going through the same thing each and every day. In some cases it is because of races or even gender. These people fit into our product in the way that when the interviewee was in school the interviewer bullied him and although you might have forgotten about the past it will still be in your mind and may affect you later on in your life time. For example in this case the victim is called Timi and the bully is called Ryan, and the reason Timi got bullied is because Ryan was jealous of him, maybe he was smarter than him or he was more popular den him with certain people or even jealous of him because of his looks? As one of the producer I can’t say what the reason is behind it because that is part of the suspense and might make the story seem not as good but these are possibilities. The reason why we are aiming our product at these people is because this is how many teenagers are ending up dead, either being stabbed, shot or even committing suicide. We made this thriller in aid of sending a message to every single teenager around the world encouraging them to lead a good life and not starting trouble with other people their age.
Addressing my target audience shouldn’t be difficult to capture. I would market my film by ringing some good professional members of the film industry show them a trailer of our film, which I cannot see them disliking. But first I would get in contact with one or two famous actors to help progress this film to the next level. This would give my film that extra bit of oomph. Maybe to play the victim having a big star like:
Martin Lawrence who has previously starred in films like blue streak, wild hogs, bad boys, big momma 1 and 2etc. And to play the bad boy bully we could have bad boy Vinnie Jones who has starred in films such as mean machine, football factory etc. This would definitely get the attention of the film promoters. I feel that by bringing in some famous actors to act the parts that me and Ali was playing would make it more believable and because these are both two well known fantastic actors people would be attracted to their work which would make the viewings more than if it was just me and Ali some unknown actors. I feel that the relevance of having these two actors specifically is that the effect of their race would make the message more exaggerated. The victim would be black and the bully would be white like the common conventions of a thriller.
To go about advertising my film I would have posters in the most popular places in the country such as: Mac Donald’s, KFC, billboards on motorways, trailers at the beginning of films at the cinema, adverts on television, posters stuck at train stations etc.
Overall I and also my colleagues feel that this process of filming editing and acting went really smooth maybe a few kafuffles along the way and a bit of match making made this film the little bit better and probably wouldn’t have been half as good as it ended up as. Some of the things that went wrong and were not planned were some things like the close up shot of the fingers pressing the lift button .
The thing that made this clip work, is that once we put our video together we watched it and thought there was something missing so we thought we should do a close up of the fingers quickly repeatedly tapping the lift button to show some intensity about our thriller which also gives it a little bit of quickness.
Other shots we didn’t plan was things like the weather but luckily when watching the footage on the computers it blended in very well with our topic because it didn’t matter whether it had rained or not because we started shooting and finished shooting outside in the one day (session). I think if we had filmed the outside shots (bullying scenes) in different weather conditions it would have gave it the affect that he is being bullied on different days instead of just the one day and in the same place.
To do this and understand what works and what doesn’t we had to study a few clips that have made it as professional films. We watched a selection of films in our media lessons and we wrote notes down. Some of the interesting things that we learnt was some techniques which involve important matters like lighting in “28 days later” this didn’t really help with our filming because we didn’t have the money to buy it and use it, there would also be no point of us getting this because we wouldn’t use it apart from this one time of filming so it would be a waste of money. Also from watching these shot openings to a thriller, I found out that we was able to film anywhere in London and wouldn’t get it trouble or fined because it is a public place and can be used for anything. We were given the opportunity to watch a documentary of a film called
“The watching” which helped immensely. Also some of the clips we studied were:
”28 days later”,
”Arlington road” ,
“collateral”.
After watching a lot of professional films and their beginnings but surprisingly we decided as a group that we would not go for the shocking style of thriller but instead we went for a different style in the way of flashback and suspense.
However many thrillers can appeal to anyone of any age, for example a crime thrillers such as snatch
Baring in mind all of the information we have taken in from the professional thrillers we were asked to plan the opening to a thriller. Our teachers gave us as a group a double side of a3 size of purple sugar paper to come up with and a good idea to present back to them. Some of the things we had to come up were camera angles, lighting, storyline, who it is going to appeal to (age, gender, ethnicity etc) and we needed to produce a storyboard of shots which we could follow if we got stuck on what to do next. The first and second idea we came up with as a group wasn’t as appealing and got turned down by two of the teachers. After hearing some advice we decided to scrap them ideas and to think again and this is where we came up with our current idea of a job interview. When we presented this to our teachers we got approved so the next lesson we started to film which was a relief.
Yet our thriller only appeal to young audiences as many people are or have experienced being bullied or yet even witnessed this kind of terrible behaviour. This is why we feel that our thriller can appeal to all ages because everyone has experienced a bit of this disgusting behaviour in their life!
To shoot these specific shots wasn’t that hard to shoot as many people might have thought but was actually quite easy because we planned to do this. Here is some example of the shots:
The reason why we have chosen to present these in black and white is to show that he is having flashbacks from when they both were at school and when he was getting bullied. Also we chose to put them in black and white because we want these shots to seem exaggerated and too graphic to show it in colour. These still shot images were only to represent our story board so the teachers got a rough idea of what we was filming, and also felt it would be acceptable so we could go ahead and film. This is what we came up with these shots:
My media product isn’t like ordinary thrillers for example the conventions of my thriller was different to many of the other groups doing the thrillers my thriller breaks the conventions of thrillers as it is not about crime, violence or murder etc. Although we broke media conventions I feel we have stuck to the media conventions very well in the view that we generated allot of tension, building to a climax and making the audience what is going to happen next , when he opens the lift door.
In my media product I feel that it represents all ages, all races, all classes and all genders. We decided to have no women in the thriller because very rarely we see thrillers where there are men beating up the women, although this could have made people feel more sorry for the person being beaten up. Maybe this is something that we should have doneto make it more impactfull. Also I feel everyone who regards themselves to be in any of these cases can be heavily involved in being bullied as a child or even as an adult. This can also be a result of which religion they represent, their political views or even what postcode they are from. Also I feel that our thriller is different to others as we have the white guy being beaten us whereas in professional thrillers have the black guy or Asian being beaten up which is very unusual.
I think that my media product will be distributed in a smaller production line. Something like over the internet, YouTube,
MySpace, maybe turned into a documentary then put onto a DVD. I think this because we didn’t have a lot of money to work with like the big film maker make for the Hollywood type screens. Maybe if we had more money to explore more places with then we would definitely make it to a Hollywood premier.
The target audience for our thriller is mainly for the age group from children starting school to teenagers in school or even college students. Specifically people who have different looks (over weight, wears glasses, ginger etc) or even if they have a disability (wheel chair, dodgy leg, speech impediment etc). If children of these ages have a function like these, our thriller is aimed at them. People think that they are the only people going through these but millions are going through the same thing each and every day. In some cases it is because of races or even gender. These people fit into our product in the way that when the interviewee was in school the interviewer bullied him and although you might have forgotten about the past it will still be in your mind and may affect you later on in your life time. For example in this case the victim is called Timi and the bully is called Ryan, and the reason Timi got bullied is because Ryan was jealous of him, maybe he was smarter than him or he was more popular den him with certain people or even jealous of him because of his looks? As one of the producer I can’t say what the reason is behind it because that is part of the suspense and might make the story seem not as good but these are possibilities. The reason why we are aiming our product at these people is because this is how many teenagers are ending up dead, either being stabbed, shot or even committing suicide. We made this thriller in aid of sending a message to every single teenager around the world encouraging them to lead a good life and not starting trouble with other people their age.
Addressing my target audience shouldn’t be difficult to capture. I would market my film by ringing some good professional members of the film industry show them a trailer of our film, which I cannot see them disliking. But first I would get in contact with one or two famous actors to help progress this film to the next level. This would give my film that extra bit of oomph. Maybe to play the victim having a big star like:
Martin Lawrence who has previously starred in films like blue streak, wild hogs, bad boys, big momma 1 and 2etc. And to play the bad boy bully we could have bad boy Vinnie Jones who has starred in films such as mean machine, football factory etc. This would definitely get the attention of the film promoters. I feel that by bringing in some famous actors to act the parts that me and Ali was playing would make it more believable and because these are both two well known fantastic actors people would be attracted to their work which would make the viewings more than if it was just me and Ali some unknown actors. I feel that the relevance of having these two actors specifically is that the effect of their race would make the message more exaggerated. The victim would be black and the bully would be white like the common conventions of a thriller.
To go about advertising my film I would have posters in the most popular places in the country such as: Mac Donald’s, KFC, billboards on motorways, trailers at the beginning of films at the cinema, adverts on television, posters stuck at train stations etc.
Overall I and also my colleagues feel that this process of filming editing and acting went really smooth maybe a few kafuffles along the way and a bit of match making made this film the little bit better and probably wouldn’t have been half as good as it ended up as. Some of the things that went wrong and were not planned were some things like the close up shot of the fingers pressing the lift button .
The thing that made this clip work, is that once we put our video together we watched it and thought there was something missing so we thought we should do a close up of the fingers quickly repeatedly tapping the lift button to show some intensity about our thriller which also gives it a little bit of quickness.
Other shots we didn’t plan was things like the weather but luckily when watching the footage on the computers it blended in very well with our topic because it didn’t matter whether it had rained or not because we started shooting and finished shooting outside in the one day (session). I think if we had filmed the outside shots (bullying scenes) in different weather conditions it would have gave it the affect that he is being bullied on different days instead of just the one day and in the same place.
Monday 23 March 2009
Evaluation
The Reunion
Our Thriller applies to the conventions of a normal thriller, for example the shot reverse between me and Chris. This was shown in the scene where I first entered the room and he gazed at me and I looked bemused. This is a common convention for communication in a thriller, more over narrative was shown not only through the shot reverse but also but also through a letter which explained the interview this addition help audience members understand the reason for Chris waiting in the holding room and gave sense to our thriller. Also we used the effect of black and white to indicate the past; this is where the bullying took place in the scene where there was black and white for the audience to understand that the bulling had taken place at school. This is a normal convention in many thrillers such as “once upon a time in America”.
However our thriller we did not go for the shocking theme as many thrillers do , for example many thrillers go for the shock effect such as Scarface, yet our we wanted to build the audiences suspense instead of a shock theme. This
The Reunion applies to people age 18 and below because of the fact that our thriller is based on the idea of how bullying could affect someone when they become older. The reason why we believe that the age 18 and below is suitable is because teenagers are commonly bulling or getting bullied, and it is fresh in younger people. This shows the impact of bulling and still affects people when they get older.
Moreover class and gender is not sufficient in our audience because people in every class and both male and female have witnessed or been bullied so it could be applied to any of them. Yet ideal audience members would be the people that bully other people so they can see their extent of what they are doing. More over if I could for an ideal audience member he would be at secondary school, age 14, lonely no friends and being bullied, this will help him understand that he is not alone.
The advertisement is key to any films success because the way you advertise your film is the way it will be perceived by the public. Moreover we there will be a surprise celebrity in our film so it could get more publicity as people do not care what the film is about rather they care about who is in it we will choose Will Smith to play the person getting bullied this is a publicity move so he can get a sympathy vote as he plays roles more often very brave and Manley, for example “I AM LEGEND”. The reason for choosing Will Smith is because he is one of the most well known actors in the world and is at his prime of his acting career.
We would advertise the thriller through trailers on YouTube as it is the biggest shared video site in the world and could give our film good coverage and publicity; this could profit the film by more people knowing about the film. We will attract audience by having billboards around main cities which we want our film to be viewed. Also we will advertise through McDonalds as they are supreme in their market for fast food with their support we can attract all ages and also with the support from them we could get promote McDonalds and in turn get some money from them.
I have learnt how to organise and make a storyboard which is an invaluable asset to making any film as it show you step by step what scene to film next, also filming with the camera is a difficult job for example you have to adjust the focus so that the picture is clear. Also we used the tripod so the camera is not tilting to one side and was fixed on a particular position. Moreover filming is challenging, we had a lot of faults with the camera for example sometimes we could not get the 180 shot as the camera on the tripod could not turn quick enough so we had to adapt to this and slow down our movements. Also final cut pro help us to cut and edit our thriller, we done this by dragging the clip we wanted to edit also we used effects such as Black and white to show the past.
The internet makes it able for me to blog what i have learnt in my lessons and talk about it from my perspective. More over Vimeo allows me to access and see my thriller on my own and make a judgemnt.
Our Thriller applies to the conventions of a normal thriller, for example the shot reverse between me and Chris. This was shown in the scene where I first entered the room and he gazed at me and I looked bemused. This is a common convention for communication in a thriller, more over narrative was shown not only through the shot reverse but also but also through a letter which explained the interview this addition help audience members understand the reason for Chris waiting in the holding room and gave sense to our thriller. Also we used the effect of black and white to indicate the past; this is where the bullying took place in the scene where there was black and white for the audience to understand that the bulling had taken place at school. This is a normal convention in many thrillers such as “once upon a time in America”.
However our thriller we did not go for the shocking theme as many thrillers do , for example many thrillers go for the shock effect such as Scarface, yet our we wanted to build the audiences suspense instead of a shock theme. This
The Reunion applies to people age 18 and below because of the fact that our thriller is based on the idea of how bullying could affect someone when they become older. The reason why we believe that the age 18 and below is suitable is because teenagers are commonly bulling or getting bullied, and it is fresh in younger people. This shows the impact of bulling and still affects people when they get older.
Moreover class and gender is not sufficient in our audience because people in every class and both male and female have witnessed or been bullied so it could be applied to any of them. Yet ideal audience members would be the people that bully other people so they can see their extent of what they are doing. More over if I could for an ideal audience member he would be at secondary school, age 14, lonely no friends and being bullied, this will help him understand that he is not alone.
The advertisement is key to any films success because the way you advertise your film is the way it will be perceived by the public. Moreover we there will be a surprise celebrity in our film so it could get more publicity as people do not care what the film is about rather they care about who is in it we will choose Will Smith to play the person getting bullied this is a publicity move so he can get a sympathy vote as he plays roles more often very brave and Manley, for example “I AM LEGEND”. The reason for choosing Will Smith is because he is one of the most well known actors in the world and is at his prime of his acting career.
We would advertise the thriller through trailers on YouTube as it is the biggest shared video site in the world and could give our film good coverage and publicity; this could profit the film by more people knowing about the film. We will attract audience by having billboards around main cities which we want our film to be viewed. Also we will advertise through McDonalds as they are supreme in their market for fast food with their support we can attract all ages and also with the support from them we could get promote McDonalds and in turn get some money from them.
I have learnt how to organise and make a storyboard which is an invaluable asset to making any film as it show you step by step what scene to film next, also filming with the camera is a difficult job for example you have to adjust the focus so that the picture is clear. Also we used the tripod so the camera is not tilting to one side and was fixed on a particular position. Moreover filming is challenging, we had a lot of faults with the camera for example sometimes we could not get the 180 shot as the camera on the tripod could not turn quick enough so we had to adapt to this and slow down our movements. Also final cut pro help us to cut and edit our thriller, we done this by dragging the clip we wanted to edit also we used effects such as Black and white to show the past.
The internet makes it able for me to blog what i have learnt in my lessons and talk about it from my perspective. More over Vimeo allows me to access and see my thriller on my own and make a judgemnt.
Sunday 22 March 2009
Watching our thriller in the VUE cinema
Thsi was a chance for the whole of the as media students and teachers to compare and give their opinion on other people thrillers. As our group were near the end this gave us time to watch all of the thrillers and essential compare their auidence reactions with ours, their was 45 thrillers in total, which ment that we would be there for more than an hour, also each thriller lasted 2 miuntes.
at the start the auidence were exited so the first few thriller had got good good reactions however as time went on the thrillers tended to be the same, for example a stalker, kidnapper or killer, yet when our one came on the change of scenario gave the auidece a shock, when the flashback scene came on people reaction from confusion to shock, and when the thriller finished the auidence had gave a nice appaulase. Moreover this oppertunity to see our thriller on a big screengave our work a sense of achievement knowing that not only did you created yet starred in your thriller and for poeple to see you on a cinema screen gave not only our group but i feel for the whole of the as media students a sense of self achievment and confidence to know that what you have created could be interpreted in other ways by other people. For example our thriller could be jusgt a basic thriller to one member of the auidence yet to another a frsh new idea.
at the start the auidence were exited so the first few thriller had got good good reactions however as time went on the thrillers tended to be the same, for example a stalker, kidnapper or killer, yet when our one came on the change of scenario gave the auidece a shock, when the flashback scene came on people reaction from confusion to shock, and when the thriller finished the auidence had gave a nice appaulase. Moreover this oppertunity to see our thriller on a big screengave our work a sense of achievement knowing that not only did you created yet starred in your thriller and for poeple to see you on a cinema screen gave not only our group but i feel for the whole of the as media students a sense of self achievment and confidence to know that what you have created could be interpreted in other ways by other people. For example our thriller could be jusgt a basic thriller to one member of the auidence yet to another a frsh new idea.
Class Feedback
In this lesson we watched all our classes thrillers, we each had to give a small presentation explainig what our thriller was about. While watching other peoples thrillers and how they used their time in creating their thriller our group found out that most groups went with the conventional stalker or killer thriller, yet our thriller was different because of the way we implanted the mystery factor which gave an edge to the thriller and from some of the poelpe in our classes the reaction were better than exected, we had a view nail ripping scenes such as the lift scene were chris is pressing the lift button reppeatedly to show his fear.
Moreover the comments from our class was vital to us as they gave us some pointers also the teachers Mary and Dan told us that they like the smooth cuts, so this boosted are belife in our project.
Moreover the comments from our class was vital to us as they gave us some pointers also the teachers Mary and Dan told us that they like the smooth cuts, so this boosted are belife in our project.
Friday 20 March 2009
The Reunion: Thriller Evaluation
In contrast to the many media products that have been made for the consumption of media audiences, I think my thriller film does oppose a few of the many conventions, in the sense that my thriller’s opening shot is not an ESTABLISHING SHOT. Whereas my thriller begins with a ZOOM out of a letter, where the character’s current activity is established. In support of this, my group and I wanted the audience to be uninformed of what is happening initially.
My media product is not deliberately subjective to any social groups and in my opinion, I do not think this presents any issue in my film.The characters in my film represent two working class, white males. However, it was not deliberate that both of the actors would be of the same racial identity but it was primitive that they would both be of the same gender. This was mainly for the purpose of the bullying scene. It would have been a little out of character for a boy to be bullied by a girl and vice-versa, but not impossible.
YouTube owned by Google, is a video sharing site that users can watch, upload and share video content. Once a registered user you are able to upload numerous videos.This would be a good website to use if choosing to broadcast my thriller, as it is free and available to any internet user for consumption.
Channel 4 is an independent, commercially self-funded media company.
The channel offer opportunities for new directors to produce films for broadcast television. In the form of a three-minute media product, appropriately named Three Minute Wonder (3MW).If I were intending to broadcast my short film on television, I would consider approaching Kate Vogul, the Commissioning editor at Channel 4.
One famous film that does follow some of these conventions is the 1958 crime thriller, Touch of Evil film directed by Orson Welles, starring Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston. Although the film does not begin immediately in an ESTABLISHING SHOT, it does include one legendary, continuous, three minute CRANE SHOT.
Still taken from 'Touch of Evil' film (below)
My media product is not deliberately subjective to any social groups and in my opinion, I do not think this presents any issue in my film.The characters in my film represent two working class, white males. However, it was not deliberate that both of the actors would be of the same racial identity but it was primitive that they would both be of the same gender. This was mainly for the purpose of the bullying scene. It would have been a little out of character for a boy to be bullied by a girl and vice-versa, but not impossible.
If my film were for the consumption of media, audiences it would be distributed to a small number of UK ‘art house’ cinemas and would have been a small independent UK release. The reasons for this are that the film was produced on a minimal expense budget and the facilities were provided. In addition to this, the film is intended as a student project.Despite this, the film if released or if made available for public consumption for any reason, would have to distribute via the most cost effective means.
YouTube owned by Google, is a video sharing site that users can watch, upload and share video content. Once a registered user you are able to upload numerous videos.This would be a good website to use if choosing to broadcast my thriller, as it is free and available to any internet user for consumption.
Channel 4 is an independent, commercially self-funded media company.
The channel offer opportunities for new directors to produce films for broadcast television. In the form of a three-minute media product, appropriately named Three Minute Wonder (3MW).If I were intending to broadcast my short film on television, I would consider approaching Kate Vogul, the Commissioning editor at Channel 4.
Other sites I would consider if intending to broadcast my film include:
The target audience for my media product would be 17 – 22 year olds. I think that the audience that would find my short film most interesting would a predominately white working class background, mainly aspirers.
An example of a person that would be typical of my audience is ‘David, 18 works at Sainsbury’s part time whilst studying A level ICT, Electronics and Film Studies. David also enjoys socialising with friends, festivals and supporting small niche groups, spends most weekends with his girlfriend Sophie.
The target audience for my media product would be 17 – 22 year olds. I think that the audience that would find my short film most interesting would a predominately white working class background, mainly aspirers.
An example of a person that would be typical of my audience is ‘David, 18 works at Sainsbury’s part time whilst studying A level ICT, Electronics and Film Studies. David also enjoys socialising with friends, festivals and supporting small niche groups, spends most weekends with his girlfriend Sophie.
To attract my audience I would have an internet campaign and trailers on Channel 4. As I would be working on a small budget, I would like to market my film based on its reviews. I would like to get as many valuable reviews as possible that praise the film, as it is generally ‘word of mouth’ that sparks interest and debate into most films.I would also popular television programmes talk about my film, e.g. London Tonight on the 6 o’ clock news when one of the critics could express their opinion on the film and that is available for viewing at selected cinemas.
Having reached the end of the project and reflecting on my preliminary task, I now understand the importance of a soundtrack in relation to any moving picture. I am now fully aware that sound can be used to manipulate the interpretation of images.
After reviewing footage from my preliminary film and thriller film, I think it is clear that my filming and editing skills have developed greatly. I noticed that in the preliminary film that I was using the ZOOM function unnecessarily at times.I also noticed that the CUTs in between shots in my thriller are much smoother than the ones in my preliminary film.
Having reached the end of the project and reflecting on my preliminary task, I now understand the importance of a soundtrack in relation to any moving picture. I am now fully aware that sound can be used to manipulate the interpretation of images.
After reviewing footage from my preliminary film and thriller film, I think it is clear that my filming and editing skills have developed greatly. I noticed that in the preliminary film that I was using the ZOOM function unnecessarily at times.I also noticed that the CUTs in between shots in my thriller are much smoother than the ones in my preliminary film.
As the planning for the preliminary film was of a low standard, I think it is apparent in the quality of work that my colleagues and I produced on this occasion.
An example of this is that the location we had for filming our preliminary task was decided on short notice. The room was untidy and I believe, distracting for any audience as it has no relevance to the mise en scene. At one point, there is a plant stem in one of the MEDIUM ANGLE SHOTs.
An example of this is that the location we had for filming our preliminary task was decided on short notice. The room was untidy and I believe, distracting for any audience as it has no relevance to the mise en scene. At one point, there is a plant stem in one of the MEDIUM ANGLE SHOTs.
Still from Preliminary task (below)
I also learnt that professional film makers only use 10% of the rushes they shoot. When filming the preliminary filming my group members and I were short of choice as we had a very basic array of shots to choose from when editing.
However, when editing my thriller the choice of shots was vast and at times, we were undecided on what shots we should use.I have realised the importance of thorough planning. If the planning at the beginning of the project had been more in depth, I am more than certain that my media product would have been of a higher standard and most definitely had a better concept.
I also learnt that professional film makers only use 10% of the rushes they shoot. When filming the preliminary filming my group members and I were short of choice as we had a very basic array of shots to choose from when editing.However, when editing my thriller the choice of shots was vast and at times, we were undecided on what shots we should use.I have realised the importance of thorough planning. If the planning at the beginning of the project had been more in depth, I am more than certain that my media product would have been of a higher standard and most definitely had a better concept.
Tuesday 10 March 2009
The Title
The title is also as important as the sound, because this also describes the film in one way. So we needed to choose one that reflects our Thriller but also appeals to the auidence, yet as we had to finish the sound we didnt have alot of time to choose the right title for our thriller.
Our first title choice was The Comback, yet this title felt a bit common so we decided it would not portray our thiller. The next one was The Return even though this explain our thriller by me returning to see the person i once bullied, it felt too simplictic, we wanted something that explained our thriller but also made our thriller shine when we introduced it. As this was the thing that our auidence would see at the end. The name we thought next was The Reuion this had an appeal to it, for example it portayed that we would reunite and also it has a misty scare to it. The Reuion has a creative edge to it compared with The Comback.
We chose The Reuion becasue we all agreed that it gives the film a nervous approach, Just like what the film is about.
Our first title choice was The Comback, yet this title felt a bit common so we decided it would not portray our thiller. The next one was The Return even though this explain our thriller by me returning to see the person i once bullied, it felt too simplictic, we wanted something that explained our thriller but also made our thriller shine when we introduced it. As this was the thing that our auidence would see at the end. The name we thought next was The Reuion this had an appeal to it, for example it portayed that we would reunite and also it has a misty scare to it. The Reuion has a creative edge to it compared with The Comback.
We chose The Reuion becasue we all agreed that it gives the film a nervous approach, Just like what the film is about.
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