Evaluation

Evaluation

In this coursework, my group and I made jus over a 2-minute opening film clip based on a thriller genre. How we came to selecting our storyline is by brainstorming ideas down on a piece of paper and also we discussed previous film clips that we seen and put them forward to the table to give us and insight of what type of costume, location and shot type etc. that would could interpret into our film to make it thrilling. I originally made the narrative and put it forward to my group and they all seem to like my idea. In addition, the storyline was to have a woman of high status walking home from work, holding valuable possessions in her handbag and is later attacked by two possible suspects but we never see who actually does the actual assault o-n the woman.

The ways in which my media product develops and challenges forms of conventions is by the costume. The costume that we selected for the man is for him to look like a stereotypical bad boy. By these, we choose to have him in black trainers, black jacket, black woolly hat and blue jeans. By having this type of colour, it may reflect darkness. Meaning there is something dark/scary about the man. By this, the audience would automatically think that the man is the main suspect of the story. Likewise for the other potential suspect, we decided to have him wearing black trainers, blue jeans, black woolly hat and brown hooded top with the hood up. Lastly, for the high status woman we decided to have her in a business suit, which consisted of black heels, tights, grey skirt, white shirt, blue sophisticated jacket and a black handbag. By this arrangement, the audience would think she is high status by appearance and would immediately think she is the victim.
The location was in a council estate and side alley, we thought this would be best because the media is always showing us that this is most attacks happens. Body language of the high status woman was kinder crucial because she looked un-eased with herself, paranoid and worried, whilst she was walking. Whereas the males body language, was a lot more laidback and at ease with himself, and just normal but scary at the same time. So looking at both characters you can see a huge contrast between both of the actors.
Shot types that we used where mid-shots, long shots, crown shot, close and extreme close ups, tilt shot and high shot. The reason why we used mid shots was that we wanted to have a visual picture of the character. We used long shots because we need to see what is in the mise-en-scene see the scene and a clear picture of the location. Used crown shot to get a birds-eye view of the scene, which reveals everything. Used close and extreme close ups because we wanted to get a clear picture of the characters faces and there expression to understand there mood and what they could possibly be thinking. Tilted up shot was used to show the audience that the man is powerful and is sort of the top dog.
Through viewing previous thriller films most of the films use dull colour to emphasise that something bad could possibly happen. In addition, it lets the audience feel the mood and vibe of the scene. It indicates something thrilling. In my film, we did not use that many effects other than one. And that effect was just to show that we went into the past, so we can see what happens before she gets attacked. When it came to editing the film clip, my group decided to make it slow because we wanted to make sure the audience get a clear view of the location. Also we can see where the characters are heading.

My media film clip represents particular social groups due to the characters in the film. Mainly because of the male actor, reason being is that he looks like a troublesome youth. By the clothes, he is wearing and body language. Plus we see him coming out of his house, which is placed in a council estate so immediately we think he’s either working or a lower class citizen. On the other hand, we have the young woman actor. Who is wearing sophisticated clothes and looks like a high status woman.

The kind of media institution that would distribute my media product would be a small independent film label. Reason is because; the quality of the film does not look like a film that could be distributed all around the world on worldwide release. I feel that the audience would not give this film opening an opportunity in the cinemas because it is not fast and explosive enough to attract the viewer, they may begin to feel like it is boring.

The target audience for my media product would be for viewers around the age of 15 and above because, older people seem to have more patience. Whereas, youngsters want everything to be quick and fast. This film can be targeted at both genders. I think its one of those films you could watch as a couple, mates (male and female) and family. However, this film is more likely grab the attention of low status people because, of the characters and the location of where the film is set.

How my group attracted/addressed our audience is by the choice of stars and location we used. We attracted the lower class people by using the low status man, maybe some people could relate to his lifestyle and environment. This makes the audience attracted to the film because, they end being curious about what is going to happen in the film, making the audience wanting to watch more.
The title of the film, which is called “Possessions”, attracts the audience, because it indicates to the audience that this film is going to revolve around a pride possession that someone is carrying.

From doing this coursework, I learned a lot about the technology process of constructing this film opening. What I learnt is that the camera work is crucial for the editing stages on Final Cut Pro. What recording on the cameras you have to make sure the actors do the same thing exactly the same way as before, so when you began to match everything flows fluently. When constructing the music on Soundtrack it was very straightforward and easy but the only thing I did not really like about it was that there was too many sounds and very view good ones in my opinion. Other than that, everything was easy for when using all of the software, Apple Macs and cameras.

Finally, looking back at my task things that we could have done differently is the planning. We could have been a lot more prepared for what we were going to do when we went out to film our film clip. We should have had an organised structure of what scenes and shots we were going to use for particular scenes. When it came to my group in the beginning, I felt it was a little unfair because, I did not get to choose whom I wanted to be with. However when I got into my group I felt satisfied because I knew they were hard working people, and would work to the best of there ability.