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

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

The preliminary task was an experiment in helping understand the skills we already have and the skills we need to develop. So in comparison to our opening sequence we can see the contrast between the quality of the camera work from then and now.

In our preliminary task and opening sequence we use an over the shoulder shot, in our opening sequence the person who has there back to the camera gives little clue to the narrative or any other characters, creating this sense of mystery we want for our film.

In our preliminary task we see another character facing the direction of the other person of the shoulder, so we have learned how to be clever with shots and what works with what genre, so by not having another character in our actual film we do not give any indication of the relationship that our characters have other than he could be our possible kidnapper or maybe even police.

Also compared to our first task we can see we have use various shots and this changes the dynamic and visual display of the story which will help engage the audience more because it’s not as still.

6. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing the product?

4. Who would be the audience for your media product? 5. How did you attract/ address your audience?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Stockholm Syndrome would bring in people that enjoy thrillers and mystery this could apply to a varied age range but in particular we are appealing to young adults, so 16- 25. Our product has done this by casting our main character as someone who is within that age range as our target audience will feel as though they could possibly relate to her character. Although we are assuming more males will watch this rather than female, we can see that there could be a chance of more females seeing our product because our lead is of them same gender meaning they can also connect with her character. Yet still may appeal to males because of the genre and male gaze. 

How did you attract/address your audience?

So connecting back to what I said about the male gaze and females being able to relate to our main character, having a female lead brings in both genders. Usually thrillers with males as a lead implies there could be more of an action element. We want our film to allow the audience to question character’s motives and what their next move is going to be, and our audience would probably be reformers or explorers which is why our opening sequence is edgy and hasn’t many clues to the main narrative because this is how we want the audience to engage, nothing is going to be over the top we need an intense audience for an intense film. 

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media productand why?

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2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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

Diary Post

Seth and I created a short video from footage we had filmed around the school to benefit us when it came to filming, it was important to learn to have control over the camera so shots were not shaky and were a reasonable duration. We tried to capture the essence of a Doctor's waiting room and at no point insinuate we were really filming in our school.

Moreover we found it a fun task and we used angles such as a low angle looking up at the clock and a high angle overlooking the waiting room to see the scene and grasp the idea of a still room with waiting patients. Our stillness was effect and overall we received good footage which was then finally edited and looked of a good quality.

Diary Post

We have been editing our footage we filmed in Nonsuch Park. We chose to film here instead of Richmond because it was even closer and had more woods and the type of forest we would like for our film. So our editing is going really well we're making sure we use the best of what we have and there is a lot of footage so it's been hard cutting it down but we've settled for the footage that best suits our genre and makes the product realistic.

Editing wise we're making sure it is continuous as Anna is running through the forest we need to make it clear which direction she is running, we have been quite nit picky with this, so how movement should go from left to right because naturally that's how we look at things. Next week we'll be looking at sound and filters to put on the shots which add to the genre.

Story Board

This is our group story board, we can get a rough idea of how we want  our scenes to progress and the continuity of cross cutting between the flashback and the girl running through the forest. As we can tell by the Deer the setting is a key feature that we want to capture within the opening to give an impression of the story line.

Intertitles

Our groups intial ideas for our film

Initial Ideas for the opening of our film. from elliesmith1201

Mood Board

This a collection of my ideas in a mood board format. If we look at the costume choices we can see a contrast between the female character and male character. In addition we can see the age difference we can also see the male is older and wealthy by his suit. The car is also his belonging which establishes his wealth. The police tape indicated an element of crime solving and mystery. Lastly the pictures of the deers and map is Richmond park which is the location we'd like to use for our opening two minutes. Our group would like the wildlife to be involved with our opening.

Preliminary Task

In my preliminary task I worked with Ellie, Ashleagh and Zoe. I helped direct and take in turns to film the task with Ellie. It was important to involve as many camera shots as possible so we used shot reverse and 180 degree rule. I think at times I was quite steady with the camera but we did have a few shots that were fairly shaky therefore Ellie and I came to conclusion that when we work with each other to create our own opening sequence we will have enough footage to cut down and edit so we have the best shots we can.

Script

In our opening sequence we agreed as a group we didn't need a script. Thriller's main element is suspense therefore there would be no need to have a lot of dialogue and in our case we do not want to use any at all. Furthermore our decision was based on the idea that our plot was based on crime solving and mystery so we do not want to give any obvious clues as to what may happen further along the line, our aim is to keep the audience guessing.

Moreover as a way of intensifying the first two minutes we will use diegetic sound, such as: heavy breathing, crying, screaming and may wind to show her franticness whilst running. Our co actor may make a few sounds to insinuate his emotion towards the girl. Ambient sound will be used also to set the scene within the first few seconds and in snippet to get a fixtures of drama and calmness so the audience can feel confused. Lastly any other tributes to sound will be added on the day of filming, so it's more raw which may be have a better affect of the audience and final edit.