Q1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Se7en, Pink Panther and Deadline

Here are some Still shots of the film Se7en and some still shots from our opening Deadline:

We decided that we were going to use Sans Serif font just like the film Se7en in order to follow some conventions. This type of font also enabled the audience to focus on the footage rather than on the titles. Also the use of black screens is a convention followed by many movies and so we thought it would be good for our opening to  also have black screens. We thought that it would be good idea to also do it as it gives the clip a more sinister effect.

Here is a still shot from the film Pink Panther and a shot from our thriller opening:

 Here is a still shot of the film Pink Panther where it's seen that the criminal leaves a white glove behind as clue of who committed the crime, we decided to intergrate this in our opening, DEADLINE by making our main character leave a scarf behind also as form of a clue.

Here is a detailed still shot from the film Se7en:

  As it's seen in the still shot from the film Se7en the shot is very detailed as the shot is being focused on small but significant things, things that give a small insight of the character without completely understanding what the character is doing. We decided to intergrate this in our thriller opening by doing match cuts of the main character putting on lipstick, drinking a tablet, picking up a glass of water and wearing blusher. These small things help our audience to understand what it happening but we do not 'spoon feed' our audeince by giving too much away.    

Overall, I think that our group have follwed very well conventions thriller movies. I believe that we were very successful in creating suspense (which is the most important thing) through these conventions. We were also able to use Intertextuality through these conventions and created a sense of realism with our opening. Many of our audience will be on the edge of their seats but still have certain feeling of security as they almost know what might happen next. I feel very proud of our thriller opening and I think that we have achived our aim which is to attract women between 20 to 40 years old.

EVALUATION Q6: AUDIENCE RESPONSE (PT. 2)

EVALUATION Q6: AUDIENCE RESPONSE (PT. 1)

This are some of the responses  from the audience that viewed our Thriller opening first.

Julian

Ayub

EVALUATION Q4&5

AS Media Coursework- Grade A

Dead Line

The success of a film determines on how good it actually is. Budget can effect that to an extent as it limits the equipment and technologies available to the students. However I do not think that is the main determinant for the success of a film. For example, if the idea for a film is very cliche and boring but the movie was filmed in 3D, it would not necessarily do better than a ordinary 2D film with a very good and exciting story line.

 Although our film may not be on a large budget I certainly do not think that would determine the success of our movie. We have posted our opening title sequences on Vimeo, YouTube and Blogger to help distribute our title sequences. If the quality of our movies was any better i doubt it would effect the success we would have on the Internet.

EVALUATION Q3: TARGET AUDIENCE MEMBER

Meet Amber..

 Amber is a 19 year old girl from Essex. She lives at home with her mother and little brother. Her room is a mess due to her laziness and carelessness. She is a big fan of facial piercings, tattoos, big black hair and big black eye makeup, parties, getting drunk and/or high. She shops at H&M and lives off her mother. She used to work at the local cafe but got fired on her second week.

                                                                                                    

Our target audience is a teenage girl/ young adult, who is not your average girly-girl. She has a bit of an edge and likes psychological thrillers that mess with her mind and make her think. She does not frighten easily so it takes a lot to scare her. For her, the scarier the better.

EVALUATION Q2: PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS

Dead Line and The Stepfather (2009) 

In our psychological thriller it becomes clear the character is worried about her appearance as she re-applies her makeup. This is projected from The Stepfather's title sequence when the stepfather is trimming his beard. These seem wrong in a thriller as they are "every day" activities and do not fit in well with the theme of the movie. That makes the character seem mysterious.

Dead Line and Se7en (1995)

 Both Dead Line and Se7en begin with shots of the hands which may seem unusual to the viewer. The activities also may trigger a feeling of tension in the viewers, taking a tablet and putting a needle through a thread may seem normal but in a psychological thriller movie they can't be good news. Both these shots show there is something abnormal about the characters.














 

Evaluation Q1: Forms And Conventions

Above you can see various shot from our thriller opening and from that of Seven. We integrated the use of close-up shots that show the detail of the character. We thought this was a good type of shot to use because it hides the identity of the character but at the same time allows the viewer to see something of them. What I mean by that is that the viewer is in a way seing their identity by their hands for example (your fingerprint is a form of identification) and it allows the audience to see things of the character that they would not really focus on if they saw her fully. Also we had our titles to the side of the screen, this relates to both the Stepfather and Seven. In Seven you have the titles in the centre but the go well with what is on screen, and they are not very 'in your face' titles, they are more discrete. In the Stepfather the titles are also to the side of the screen, they are discrete and simple. The title of the movie blends in with what is in the background, it is, like Seven, a discrete title. There shot were the hand is hanging out is similar to the stepfather when the viewer is shown the people that have been murdered, however, we decided again to hide this persons identity leaving it a mistery to the audience, we thought this might make them want to keep watching to reveal the identity of these characters.

Also there is a shot were she is putting make-up on which is a very similar shot to when the guy in the Stepfather is seen in the bathroom mirror when he is in a way trying to hide his identity by shaving,etc. which is what the girl in Dead Line is doing, not changing identity, but putting make-up on to try and show that nothing is going on, she is trying to act normally.