Wednesday, 18 March 2015

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

 This is a close up of the first victim of Elvira in the opening scene of my film. when He is moving under a tree branch this brings depth and tension to the shot as he is seen a vulnerable and weak as he is on his own and this close up shot is used to empathize this. By creating depth and tension is this shot makes the film more exiting for the audience and therefore integrating  them into my film.



This is an ancient  drawing of an exorcism  with a quote from the bible on exorcisms. This shot shows the audience what the film is going to be about. Also the darkness of this shot shows that the film will be dark and gloomy and therefor showing the audience what is waiting ahead. This shot it designed to hint to the audience on what the film has in store but also not revealing much and therefor teasing the audience. This shot also shows that the genre of this film is horror.
This shot is the start of my film. This is dark so shows that the film will also be dark and fearful. yet is not to revealing so that i can keep the audience interested in the continuing shot ahead.
Many other films start with production titles and this is also why i thought it should be my first shot.






This is a wide shot of the first victim of Elvira. This shot is very good as it empathizes the fact that he is alone with nothing but nature surrounding him. This makes the audience watching see him as vulnerable and brings tension as the audience are anticipating what is lying ahead for the victim/ character within this shot.The victim/ character in this shot is called Chris in my film. He is young and to show this in my  shot i have surrounded him with big trees and a wide surrounding to emphasize  his vulnerability and showing his weakness. This shot is also good as it shows the setting/location where my film will be set. Woods are a very typical setting for a horror films, 'The ward' like my film a horror film with paranormal activity occurring also has an opening scene set in the wood.

                                                                               
                                            
This shot is an action shot, showing the villain Elvira taking her first victim to the floor. its a long shot showing a the full body of both Elvira and her victim.








This again is an action shot but of the victim Chris running from Villain Elvira. this shot shows a clear view of the setting to the film. Hes surrounded by endless open nature. no one else is to be seen and he is completely alone. The audience can see the despair in his facial expression. This shot is unlike previous shots where Chris felt comfort, he now clearly expresses his fear for his own safety.

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Evaluation, Who would be the audience for your media product?

My Target audiences is  female teenagers in the age of 15-19.
The tastes my target audience would be mystery, action, friendship and romance. these are all aspects i fell my film has. They would listen to Hip-hop, R&B, POP and rap. this is all music that i feel will be with in the film as well. The TV shows they would watch would be 'Derek', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Ghost Hunters' these all hold mystery and action all aspects of which my film has.







                                                           
My target audience is also male teenagers in the age of 15-19.
The tastes of my target audience would be Action, Horror, Mystery and comedy. I feel my film would possess each of these aspects and doing so appealing to my target audience. The TV programs he would watch would be 'Derek', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'CSI' and 'Broad Church' all of which show a villain who is at large and the process of them being caught and the back ground to why they did what they did, which will be the story of my film so appealing to my target audience.



Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Evaluation: On how my media product represents particular social groups ?



The Character Chris from my film is killed of in the first scene and so we didn't want the audience to connect with this character. So because of this we has a stereotypical teenager to play this part. He fits into many stereotypical characteristics and so this will mean that the audience watching will not be interested by this character so which is what we want as we wont be mentioning much about this opening character.

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

settings to my film

My opening two minutes of my film were shot in the woods. The reason behind it being that i feel the woods have a spooky feel to it and watching many horror films I realized that they were mainly shot in big abandoned houses, hospitals and woods when concerning paranormal activity. My film consist of paranormal activity and so having one of these popular settings in my film i fell will make my film better. As  I couldn't film in abandoned houses or a hospital as they are private buildings and in need of permission to film on. I choose to shot my film in the woods as it is a public place and in that sense could make my film that much more freaky as this possessed girl is killing victims without being seen even with all these people walking around.


film title



I used this film title as this is the name of the main character and villain of my film. Elvira means 'mistress of darkness' as so i feel fits in perfectly with the villain of my film as she is possessed and that is a alter-met  element of darkness,  

I used this style of text because i feel that that its clean and sharp which may keep the viewers on the edge of their seats as the title may suggest that danger is coming within the film. Also i feel the style of this title shows the audience the genre of the film which is horror and it is this reason on why i choose to use this title in my film. 

Changes to my film

I had to make a few changes to my film as the original actors i was planning to do my film were unable to do get to the filming. so we altered the story line of my film to compromise around this.
we altered the opening two minutes to one single victim walking home through the woods.   

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

checklist


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Comment?
RESEARCH


Genre Research and mind-maps (3 posts)
Done

Uploaded YouTube videos of openings – analysed (10 openings)
4

Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched
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Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail (3 posts)
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Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken. (At least 2 posts)
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Actors and props photos and interviews
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Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)
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Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)
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Institution research (Paramount etc)
Done
Good
Certificate research
Done
Include other Certificates e.g 15

PLANNING


Own film idea brainstorm
Done

Own film treatment
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Relevant Online Tutorials (on filming and editing) and Comments (At least 2 posts)
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Documenting of influences on production
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Shot lists
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Consideration of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.
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Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!
Done
Good detail
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs (At least 3 posts)
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Mood board
Done

Script
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Practice titles created and uploaded
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Storyboard – animatic.
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Time Management Schedule – what you did& when, problems you encountered& solved
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Codes and Conventions featured in your Opening Two Minutes
Done

Ensure that all posts have a title, detailed comments and relevant pictures which are commented on.
Some Completed