Evalution

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

My thriller does conform to some of the conventions found in thrillers. It is set in 2 different locations which are accessible , which is usually the case in thrillers. The characters involved in my thriller are average high school students to create the idea of normality. They are just everyday people as in the case of most thrillers. Also, I carefully selected the actors to play the roles. I feel that they convincingly played their roles to the best of their ability to portray the characters they were meant to convey, which can be an issue when producing a film without professional actors.
However It does challenge several features of traditional thrillers. The music is used to create suspense throughout the entire film but is not your typical eary sound that often alot of thrillers have . I have used music to develop the character and to an extent to narrate what is happening on the screen for the opening scene. Also, I have used music with lyrics, which is unusual but I wanted the lead character to be seen as though she was listening to the music herself (diagetic music). It is only when I reach the dream sequence that music is used to create suspense. Instead of building up to something happening. I have used the opening to disorientate the audience as what is going on. some of these elements are not usually found in your typical
thriller and that is why i chose some of these aspects to challenge the typical genre.



How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our film has a clear representation of youth. In our thriller, the youth are represented in a very negative light,which often occurs within society where they are shown as being involved in drugs, alcohol, smoking and they has our thriller progresses somehow linked to the murder. Some of these activities such as drinking, are often associated with the youth of today, so my thriller has conformed to the stereotypical representation of youth. However, it has been taken to the extreme and as thrillers do take an unexpected turn .

what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why ?

I feel that alot of media institutions would distribute our product , mainly I aim for the obvious film industry , and would also like to use trailers and possibly a premiere that would help with the development and the progression of our film and would be an effective way of promotion, considering a trailer has a limited amount of time to reach out to its target market, i would have to ensure that in that short time the clip that i would distribute would be to a high quality but to mostly interact the watching audience so that they would want to watch the film has a whole. Film premieres allow the film to be publicized around the globe, not only giving actors publicity but also the film company itself. meaning that the company would be able to grow and progress.


who would your audience for your media product?

Our film is aimed towards ages 15 and above, and possibly no older than 30 as some of the content maybe frowned upon by older generations. The reason I feel that our thriller would be aimed towards people over the age of 15 is because of the reference to drugs and alcohol, which would be persistent throughout the film. Due to this content I would classify the film as a 15.

How did you attract/address your audience?

we attracted our audience through the content of the film. My target audience often are attracted to risky behaviour so to have a film that revolves around all these types of behaviour and showing these activities would interest the targeted audience. Also, the choice of music appeals to the target audience involved but also subverts the typical music used in thrillers.
The fact that the thriller is based around drugs and alcohol mainly, would appeal to the target audience (15 and above) as they are more likely to be able to identify and be able to relate with the issues covered with in the film If the film were to be released I would try and attract them through the usual ways such as trailers, interviews, pod casts, premieres and reviews in magazines and newspapers by covering all ranges of media this would also enhance the different audiences that this may attract.

what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I learnt how to use the programme Imovie when i had never used apple software before , after practice and trying out different things i became rather efficient when using it and found i was able to finish things quickly but to a high standard, I also learnt how different camera shots and certain editing can change the entire sequence of the film and keep the audience interacted. Finally i also learnt how to look for certain music that would fit to what was going on , on screen and how different music can effect the mood that you are trying to create.

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

Since my preliminary task, I have learnt various things not only in the production and development but learning of new skills and the use of equipment that i maybe not used to , i also realised the importance of team work and co-operation and how effects the pace and standard in which you get things completed and i feel that we as a group tackled this rather well after little adjustment. In the editing of our preliminary task some of our shots were left and held for too long. This was not the case in our thriller but i feel that there maybe could of been a bit more dialog because on the first watch some may be confused of the plot of the thriller. In order, to keep the audience interested we had to ensured that shots were not held in one spot for longer than 3 seconds so it did not drag on. In the are of editing I learnt how to add various effects and how it can change the mood of what is going on . Also, I thought that it was important to include a range of different shots that would help enhance what was going on. I feel that by planning it thoroughly we were able to complete it rather quickly and therefore had more time to edit and go back and change things if need be due to the time we had left this seemed to work very well.