Q8: What do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Our preliminary filming was very basic, meaning we used a smaller variety of camera shots and hardly any editing was involved compared to our final product. We put in titles and sound effect into our final product whereas our preliminary piece there were no titles and very limited sounds to create effect. We were able to develop our skills by practising with final cut pro and seeing what was the best way of putting clips together and editing. This meant our final piece looked more professional, also because we had more time to edit and plan how we were going to film. Some clips we filmed we realised didn't look as good and so we didn't use them in the final piece. We just found another way of showing this, through a sound effect, like Lashmi screaming, originally while filming, we couldn't manage to get the right picture as well as the sound, so we decided to put an effect in there instead.

When we made our pre-lim we were a lot less experienced, and so had more trouble deciding on where to film, what shot types we should use, it was harder to make decisions in the time we had and make it work when editing. It was easier though that we had a shorter amount of time, it meant we had to be decisive and spend less time worrying about what to film rather than just film.
When we were making our final product,






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Q3: Who would be the audience for your media product?

The ideal audience for our thriller opening would be probably male, name Steve, because they usually prefer films which have violence associated with them, which ours has. He would love to go to the cinema, and he would own the whole james bond film collection. He would be up to date with all the latest gadgets and technologies, and always have the latest phone and gaming device. He wouldn't care that his car is cheap and rusty. A typical target audience member for our film would be for young adults and teenagers, because its exciting and thrilling. Other films he enjoys to watch are Knight and Day, Robin Hood, The Jungle Book, he loves to be left in suspense and always guessing whats going to happen next. He is also a big fan of murder mysterious on NCIS and Midsummer Murders

Question 7. What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

In order to answer question seven, the group got together and were each responsible for helping out with something in the film. Temi put together the Final cut production, Whilst, Lashmi and mehdi were responsible for writing the script and producing it for the voiceover. As a group, we then put the Final Cut production and the voiceover together, editing the voice in timing with the pictures and adding in fades. As a result we have this video shown below. 

Q4&5: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract your audience?

An institution that would distribute our media product wouldn't be a conglomerate, it would be a small distribution company in England that liked the look of our thriller opening. However, because our film was very low budget, means that were limited to how we market our film. With a small distribution company, like Film Distribution Association, they are an independent company and because of this, our film would require different marketing to a mainstream blockbuster.

The internet is a very good way of effectively distributing new films, through video sharing sites, which can be rated out of 5 stars, and comments can be made, so a good amount of feedback is received, which tells you what your audience thinks about the clip, which is a very simple and cheap way to get find out what people thought was good, and could be improved. This would be our main way to advertise our film, and then maybe through that, an independent company would then buy our film, because they see the potential in it. Blockbuster films would be marketed very differently to gain a wider audience, through cinematic releases, premiers, billboards, Facebook, twitter, flyers, posters, as well as video sharing sites like Youtube and Vimeo.

Task 1:
Bbc film network, is a realistic showcase, which provides opportunities for young film makers and help get the product to the market.
Amateur film http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p00dsjw7

This film maker found an audience by uploading their film to the bbc film network, for people who want to get opinions about their film making, from other people who like to browse and make short films too. This can be a very helpful and expressive way to share your films and learn techniques to improve your own.

Task 2:
Vimeo, a video sharing site, where lots of different audiences can find it.

Task 3:
Youtube, a very popular video sharing site, which reaches a wide audience and user comments and ratings.
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Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our opening has a taster of violent, agressive behavior, when I beat Lashmi on the ground. This is similar to the people in kidult/adulthood's social groups, unnessisary anti-social behavior. The type of clothing i was wearing was suspicious because my hood was up, and you couldn't tell who i was from a distance. This is a feature of gang culture which can be intimidating to the public. Our opening is based on a steroetypical view, to make it clear to the audience that i wasn't a "goody". However, because im a school teacher, it seems very strange that i'd want to kill my students, that why i dressed unusually to how a normal school teacher would. Even though in the classroom im wear a sweatshirt, which is still similar to what i wear when i go to the park and hurt Lashmi. 

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

Our title sequence wasn't entirely based on a another films title sequence however, Any Human Heart's titles were simliar, as they are in quite a small size and abstract font, which we used. We used small font so the titles seemed more like they weren't there, and the trailer alone was more important. The clips in the sequence were also establishing shots, which help identify the location, which is done in Any Human Hearts opening. Any Human Hearts opening is very simliar to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's opening as the title pictures are really abstract and it person is a shadow, there are no features you can see apart from the bodies outline.

This is the title sequence screen grabs from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,  which also uses very simplistic style for their title and similarly the font is small and positioned to one side, to create an effect. However we chose to place all of our titles in the middle, so they were clear, and usually easy to read. And centered is very formal, and can always be seen because its in the middle.

Q6: Audience feedback and comments

This was the general response we received from our class when we watched everyones thriller openings today in lesson. This was good because it told us if we were meeting our brief that we had been set which we were, to create suspense using a variety of camera angles and sound effects. However, i dont think our target audience is specifically teenagers, i think it's broader than that, and young adults would enjoy the opening too. Not specifically for boys or girls either, and because ours has a twist, it would be even more appealing to girls. We got some feedback about the greyscale effect we used, sometimes this looks really bad in a film if its not used correctly, but i think we mastered it, it had the effect so everyone knew it had just happened recently. Our response from our class twas overall very helpful and good to hear.