On Wednesday 20th February 2010, my media group made our way to Chingford Mount by getting the 179 from Trinity Catholic High School to Station Road, Chingford. Then the second bus we caught was the 98 which took us to Chingford Mount. Our setting for our opening sequence, for this part of the product was being filmed in the cemetery, in order for us to carry out our media opening sequence. Before we started filming we had to go to the head office to ask permissions, if, if we were able to film in the cemetery. we already had a plan, of what we were going to do. we had planned to use a relatives grave as it would disrespectful if, we ad chosen someone else's head stone.
Our first shot for filming was the murderer walking up the hill, getting ready to visit the grave. We filmed a varied amount of shots for the part e.g. the feet, the murderer holding the flowers etc. During this time, we had to wait a while as other people we visiting the cemetry and we didnt want them in our shot.
That section was finally fully filmed so we moved onto the ghost of the girl who was murdered. we positioned the camera behind the gravestone focusing on the murderer. Then all of a sudden the vistim appears and places their hand on the murderer. At this point we ended the shot and took another one without the victim, to show that it was a ghost, when the murder goes to touch the girls hand.
The last few shots filmed was when the flowers were put down by the gravestone. This took a numerous amount of goes, as we wanted to get a good effect, such as: the reflectiojn from the gravestone, or any surrounding around to be falling on top of the flowers such as a leaf or feather. however, the falling object didnt help, as it looked slightly unneeded.
On this day i felt our group worked well togther as we all contiributed with good ideas which were used. we used the time well, as we worked through all the hours we were given without getting distracted, therefore we were able to get all the filming we wanted done in the gravyard completed.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our media product used loads of different conventions of other thriller films filmed and released. The conventions within setting, which we used, were: the typical characters (victim and murderer), themes, and props. The setting we used was a graveyard, which is a stereotypical convention of a thriller film. The typical characters in our film showed the typical props such as blood, weapons, gloves etc. our media product is similar to the film ‘Se7en’ as they also have cross cute during their opening sequence. There, cross cuts are are different objects shown which leads up to a murder.
This photo shows our use of a stereotypical victim of a young teenage girl:
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents particular social groups. Such as, the genre would appeal to people who like a thriller movie and who are into action. For example, it would appeal to many teenagers’ of the age 15+. It would also appeal to an audience who likes horror films aswell as the genres are very similar.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
An institution that might distribute my media product would be ‘New Line Cinema’. This is because they distributed the film ‘Se7en’ in which our product is similar to.
What would be the audience for your media production?
The audience for my media production is aimed at 15+. Due to the film being a thriller some gory scenes will appear, this is why the minimum age for this film would be a 15, as it wouldn’t be suitable for anybody younger, due to violent scenes.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted a certain audience with our product. An audience that enjoy watching thrillers. Our product has a moving opening where an audience would be drawn to the movie by the opening, as it contains cross cutting back to the past. So straight away it is giving out a message of what the film is going to be a about, which will lead to a cliff hanger at the end of the opening sequence, which will make them want to watch the rest of the film to see what happens.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
During the process of making our product we have used a video camera, tri-pod, Apple Mac, and I-movie to edit the footage the group had filmed in order to put together our opening sequence. I have learnt how to edit on I-movie successfully and how to add different effects to the movie in order to make it eye-catching. I hadn’t really worked a video camera before; until I started to film my product and I grasped it quite well. I was use to an Apple Mac, as I have used them before so I knew where to find things etc.
Our media product used loads of different conventions of other thriller films filmed and released. The conventions within setting, which we used, were: the typical characters (victim and murderer), themes, and props. The setting we used was a graveyard, which is a stereotypical convention of a thriller film. The typical characters in our film showed the typical props such as blood, weapons, gloves etc. our media product is similar to the film ‘Se7en’ as they also have cross cute during their opening sequence. There, cross cuts are are different objects shown which leads up to a murder.
This photo shows our use of a stereotypical victim of a young teenage girl:
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents particular social groups. Such as, the genre would appeal to people who like a thriller movie and who are into action. For example, it would appeal to many teenagers’ of the age 15+. It would also appeal to an audience who likes horror films aswell as the genres are very similar.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
An institution that might distribute my media product would be ‘New Line Cinema’. This is because they distributed the film ‘Se7en’ in which our product is similar to.
What would be the audience for your media production?
The audience for my media production is aimed at 15+. Due to the film being a thriller some gory scenes will appear, this is why the minimum age for this film would be a 15, as it wouldn’t be suitable for anybody younger, due to violent scenes.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted a certain audience with our product. An audience that enjoy watching thrillers. Our product has a moving opening where an audience would be drawn to the movie by the opening, as it contains cross cutting back to the past. So straight away it is giving out a message of what the film is going to be a about, which will lead to a cliff hanger at the end of the opening sequence, which will make them want to watch the rest of the film to see what happens.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
During the process of making our product we have used a video camera, tri-pod, Apple Mac, and I-movie to edit the footage the group had filmed in order to put together our opening sequence. I have learnt how to edit on I-movie successfully and how to add different effects to the movie in order to make it eye-catching. I hadn’t really worked a video camera before; until I started to film my product and I grasped it quite well. I was use to an Apple Mac, as I have used them before so I knew where to find things etc.
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