Question 7 Evaluation Task

Question 6 Evaluation Task

We added annotations on our video answering the evaluation question 6 which is "what have you learned about the technologies from constructing this product?"

Question 5 Evaluation Task

I have made a video explaining how I attracted and adressed the audience with my thriller

Question 4 Evaluation Task

Who would be the audience for my media product?


I have created a new fake Facebook profile to portray someone who would be the ideal target for my film. The target audience age range for my thriller opening sequence would be between teenagers and young adults since these ages are the ones with more relationship troubles. In my thriller, wives hire this killer who is a woman to kill their husbands who have been unfaithful to their wives. This relationship drama may be targeted by younger audiences maybe ranging from 16 to 24 year olds. My thriller opening sequence can be target to both genders, however, slightly more towards the female side, since the thriller deals with the concept of feminism and how females can be dominant over males. This would be targeted specifically to the typical teenage and young adult girls who are still searching for a man and face many relationship issues.Also, it is worth mentioning that the film would be targeted to people who enjoy thrillers, more specifically crime thrillers. So basically the thing that would attract women to my film is the concept of feminism, showing a woman who kills men (who are stereotypically viewed to be stronger than women). The film would also attract men, but not as much as women. This is because of the murders and blood and killing that would be shown in the film. So as a conclusion my primary audience would be women whereas my secondary would be men, all of which of young ages. Even though men are usually targeted when it comes to crime thrillers my thriller would attract the opposite gender due to themes that attract more the feminist side.

I made the girl in the fake profile like posts about feminism , thrillers and movies about female power, and thriller TV shows such as Hannibal and feminism ones such as Sex and the City.

Question 3 Evaluation Task

I have done a power point presentation to show my research and discuss about the company that would make my film.

Question 2 Evaluation Task

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My thriller opening sequence can be directed to a very specific social group, which is of a lower social status.

Basically the story revolves around a woman who happens to be a contract killer who kills unfaithful husbands after being contracted by the cheated wife. It is stereotypically correct to say that this eliminates the higher class of the equation seeing that generally these higher class social groups have less domestic problems since they live a wealthy, relaxing life. Thus, making it possible for the middle and lower class social groups to relate to the story as to why she is going around killing men.

In terms of mise-en-scene we used props such as a camera, a walkie talkie, a brown envelope and two decent cars. Non of which are very expensive material, except for the cars which still aren't the best cars out there. The spy is not using any expensive gadgets and extremely impressive spy material. This tells the audience already he is a low budget spy, not one of the big names in the spying industry. Next, in terms of costume, no one was wearing expensive looking clothes, maybe for the exception of the killer who was wearing high leather boots. The was the killer was dressed kind of suggested that she is a respected killer in the industry. However, the spy was wearing the contrary, the was wearing very simple clothes, including a leather jacket, some regular black gloves, a regular head wear. And the wife who was dressed up very casually, just as an individual imagines a middle-class housewife, reenforcing the fact that the thriller is directed to a middle to low social class. As in for lighting, we used only natural lighting, this was to portray the fact that the killer was being spied and did not have any idea about it.

Camera work wise, we kept changing between the spy's point of view and to the actual scene. At one point we did give the killer a low angle as she was walking out of the car And the freeze frame portraying the fact that the spy took a picture of her was also of a low angle to her face. These low angle shots on the killer not only makes her more intimidating, but also since her clothing already suggests that she is likely to be professional and is part of a slightly higher social group, it also helps the audience realize the fat that she has more money. Therefore making the opening sequence slightly more directed to a higher social group as well.






Sound wise, the use of the dietetic sound of the camera clicking as the spy took a picture also gives the audience a sense of an unprofessional agent. Due to the fact that he is running the risk of being heard by the killer and the wife due to this click sound. This also suggests that the camera he is using is not very good, therefore directing a bit more to the lower social class who cannot afford high level equipment. The non-diegetic background soundtrack is not directed to a specific social group, since it is simply there to fulfill the conventions of the genre, attracting all kinds of audience and grabbing there attention towards the intensive sequence they are watching. At one point also, the walkie talkie starts losing connection and it becomes harder to hear what the wife and killer are saying, this suggests to the audience that the walkie talkie might be a cheap piece of equipment, again connoting that the spy is it very professional, therefore not of a high social class.

in terms of editing we used a slightly different form of acting at one point. Which contradicts the conventions of a thriller, however it does help build tension in my opinion. There is a bit in the sequence where we used fast paced editing, which is a convention of an action film. This may be able to attract a more varied range of audiences (including a wider range of social groups as well) since there is a tiny taste of action there, but still being able to hold that suspense of a thriller.

Question 1 Evaluation Task

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

To answer this question I will be comparing a real film to my thriller opening sequence. 
I will be comparing "The Public Eye", a film about a photographer who specializes in crime. Both my media product and this film share a similar theme, since my crime thriller has this man taking pictures (audience may assume he is a photographer or a photojournalist or a spy) and "The Public Eye"with the photojournalist who takes pictures in the crime scenes. 

CAMERA WORK 

• Both my Thriller and "The Public Eye" have shots of the photographer as he takes pictures of the scene. 
• These two similar close ups are used in both the media products to give detailed information of what the photographers are doing.  
• On my media product it goes with the conventions of a thriller because the shot is played later on in the opening sequence, and is the first revealance of the photographer's face. All the time before this shot the audience would be wondering what this camera guy looks like. 

 MISE EN SCENE 

• In terms of location, my opening sequence is shot in a secluded rural car park whereas "The Public Eye"is mostly shot in urban areas where crimes have been committed in the city. 
• Both my location and the other film's location go with the conventions of a thriller, because both the dark city where crimes take place and somehwere hidden away from urban areas are locations which are part of conventions of a thriller. 
• One way in which my thriller opening sequence and "The Public Eye"differ is in the lighting. This contrast in my media product challenges the conventions of a thriller because thrillers are usually dark as opposed to my opning sequence where the view is clear and bright. 
• In the first comparison it is also clear to see that both photographers have a similar facial expression, suggesting seriousness and professionalism to their work. 
• One prop that both films are similar are cameras. it is debatable that cameras are not seen as conventional props of thrillers. Or, jsut not as much as things like guns. So it is possible to say that both films challenge those conventions. Also, both media products share the car props, however, cars are generally seen as conventional props of action films and not thrillers, again challenging thriller conventions. 

Sound

• Sound wise, both songs created and built tension throughout the scene, however, my thriller kept a more muffled, "boomy", low frequency non diegetic soundtrack. And If you listen to the soundtrack at the beginning of the trailer for "The Public Eye" it starts of with a much higher frequency content soundtrack, however, being different still creates tension and still goes with thriller conventions. But in the trailer, after a few seconds the music changes to something completely different, challenging the conventions of a thriller. 

Actors

• Obviously we aren't going to get any famous actors for our AS thriller coursework, however the choice of actors is what matters. And despite the fact that both photgraphers look different they resemble in various ways. Both of them have that mysterious/professional look on their face that goes with the conventions of the genre. Both actors are suitable for their roles. 

Editing Process

                 In day one of editing the group and I got together and during class we decided on all the clips we were going to use. We dragged all of them from the bins to the timeline and established an order for them by arranging them using the select tool by clicking and dragging each clip. Then we worked with how long each clip would last by right clicking on the certain clip and working out the time. On day two we made minor arrangements to what we had, messing with the orders of the clips, at this point we were still working with the picture frames. We also found out how to freeze frame on clips, so we did it on one of the pictures the spy took. On the same day I came to the editing suite by myself and I did some major changes in a new log in order to later show my group what I've done and see if they would agree to use my edit. I changed the order of plenty of shots, and I included more shots of the spy taking the pictures switching back and forth to his point of view and shots of him spying as opposed to the last edit where we would see the wife in the car once and then everything else would be from the camera's perspective. I also made all the freeze frame shots in the sequence including the one of the car, the one of the envelope, the one of the killer, and a few others. I did this by cutting the clip where I wanted it to pause and cutting it again, one frame before my last cut using the key  "Command-C" as a shortcut to select the cut tool. I then right clicked on that one frame and selected "frame hold". Then I selecting "time" in the settings and typed in the time I wanted the frame to be held (1.5 s).
              The next day I showed my group what I have done and then liked it, for the exception that I wasn't able to include a freeze frame of the close-up of the number plate on the car. Later I also deleted all the audio by myself and kept only the bits that were usable. I ended up deleting all the audio with the exception of the click sound from when the spy pressed the button in the camera to take a picture. Then I used that audio cut and "copy pasted" it on all the places where the picture was taken.
                Then, we worked with the SFX of the edit. We used one of a camera lens linings on top of the bits where we had POV shots of the camera. We also added an SFX that made the central bit of the screen focused while leaving the edges of the screen unfocused. I then decided that we shouldn't have the SFX of the camera lens linings in the freeze frame bits where he took a picture. So by using the select tool I grabbed the end of the SFX on the timeline and dragged it back to tight before the moment when he took the picture. I did this to all the other SFX applied, making it seem as if it was an actual picture taken without any editing and processing on it.  And that was the editing process for my thriller opening sequence.