Evaluation Question 7

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

When deciding what to do for preliminary task, we decided that we were going to have an argument between two people about something that the audience did not know about. This argument included one person walking up to another and telling that person that they are 'not able to do it'. The other person then responds to this with aggression and questions why and what makes them think that they can just 'quit' whatever they started. We started off by doing a storyboard on what we were going to film and in what order it was going to be put. Once we started filming we had to keep in account three things; the 180 degree rule, had to include match on action and shot reverse shot. Our filming was easy to start off with but getting everything on film was hard as we had to film from different angles and not have other cameramen showing in the others shot. In our main task, it was then easier to film as we had now gotten the hang off how to film as well as how we could get the right angles and scenes.

Frames 

This clip is from our main task, our final media product. It is a continuity edit of the coffee getting scooped by a spoon and into a cup. We filmed the scooping of the coffee with spoon as a different scene to the coffee going into the cup. However the continuity edit has made it into looking like one whole scene.

Continuity Edit

As well as that, we also used iMovie to edit our task. We found that our media film opening went well with dissolve edit, as this made it blend in together well and made it fast and look good when put as one.

Dissolve Edit

We also gave the audience a quick scare by putting a jump cut scene of the old woman in near the end of our film opening. This jump cut was an extreme close up of Ruby as the old woman and is a quick flash of her up close to the screen. We thought this added a thriller and in a way scary aspect to our media product.

Jump cut // Extreme close up 

Final Media product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH2WbHOYxiQ

Evaluation Question 6

What have your learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Camcorder 

Tripod 

The technology that we used was mainly a tripod and a camcorder during the filming of our media product. We used 3 camcorders to film different angles and scenes as well as used a tripod if we needed more of a steady and balanced shot of something that would be shaky if someone else filmed it. Using the camcorder was easy as all we really did was record extreme close ups of the food we cooked as breakfast and a few scenes that were filmed outside, in a car. Using the camcorder that the school provided us also meant that they were suitable for the Mac computers as when we first filmed on our phones, it wouldn't import the video clips onto the computer, meaning we had to redo everything all over again. 

YouTube 

As well as the filming technology, we also had to use sources online such as Google for the information on Fred and Rose West, Dexter and all the films that were similar to ours or inspired us. We also used YouTube for the music that went over our film, as well as YouTube converter to convert the video of the song 'How do you like your eggs' into MP3 so we would be able to put it onto iMovie. In addition we also used iMovie, to put our film together and edit everything.

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience? 

The way in which we attracted and addressed our audience was firstly through the use of genre conventions which included the characters, the atmosphere and the narrative order. Secondly we used music and sound, as well as mis-en-scene and the editing effect and pace. Lastly, we also used cinematography which is the the photography and camerawork in film-making. 

The use of genre conventions to attract our audience was done by using our audience research, our questionnaire to find out if people enjoyed the conventions of a thriller, a crime and mystery genres. As a result most people enjoyed mystery and suspense as the conventions of these genres, we tried our hardest to make our media product as suspenseful as well as mysterious by not showing the characters as much throughout and also by having flashes of the victim giving the product a mysterious feel. The atmosphere of our product also made it easier to attract our audience because of how the audience will know it is a thriller/crime/mystery but the atmosphere of the opening is jolly and different to what they expected making it even more suspenseful for the audience. The music and sound of our media product also worked as a way to attract the audience because of the way we didn't do what normal thriller or mystery films would be. Instead of using silent and creepy music to go with the plot of our film, we used a cheery and jolly breakfast song called 'How do you like your eggs?'. This makes our film different to other films and makes the audience want to know what the rest of the media product has to offer. 

In addition, we also had the use of mis-en-scene to show the settings of our media product, the costumes worn by the characters, they props that are used and the things the characters are surrounded with. These things worked to attract or address the audience because these are the key elements of putting our media product together so that it is suitable and is bought to the attention of our target audience. 

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

When we did our questionnaire for our audience research, we decided that our media product will have 15+ as the target audience. This was because of the results we got in our questionnaire on what age the people who answered were and what conventions of mystery, crime and thriller genre they enjoyed the most. As a result we found out that 50% of the people who answered enjoyed mystery as the conventions and the other 50% enjoyed suspense conventions from the genres. This meant that the film had to be suitable for people who were able to understand the concept of a mystery and confusing, twisted plots as well as expect the unexpected in a suspenseful film. Our way of showing the results was through making pie charts which was the easiest way to show the results that we received from our target audience. As well as the conventions our target audience, in our questionnaire, we asked if the people answering were 15+. The result to that was, that everyone who answered was 15+, meaning that our media product was appropriate for them to watch.  

The typical target audience for our media product would be someone who is 15+, as well as looks 15+. I chose to take a picture of my fellow classmates to show you who I thought vaguely would be someone who would like our media product. This is a female, 17, who likes to watch thriller films as well as her favorite genre being thrillers and romcoms. She likes the suspense about the thriller films as she enjoys not knowing what will end up happening and likes to be kept in mystery. She likes to listen to music which is a mix of RnB, trap and dance as well as watch reality shows such as Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in which a lot of Drama is involved. In addition she also likes to shop in Zara the most. I believe that she would be quite a suitable audience member for our media product as her favorite genre is thriller itself. I also believe that she would enjoy our media product as she is into reality shows and our product was inspired by a real life story of Fred and Rose West. 




Another person I took a photo of was a male, 16, who enjoys watching thriller films as well as listening to grime and rap music. His favorite TV show is 'Boondock', which is an anime with the genre of action and black comedy. In addition his shopping trips are mainly to JD Sports as well as Topman. This persons favorite genre of films is thriller as he enjoys a sense of mystery and believes that mysteries provide silent music, which he thinks create more suspense in a thriller film. One of his favorite film is 'American Gangster', however this changes the correlation of liking thriller films as 'American Gangster' is a crime related film. This doesn't effect anything as the genre of our media product is partly crime too. On the other hand one of his favorite film is also 'Lord of the rings', which is a high fantasy genre. This shows the contrast between the liking towards a crime/thriller genre film and a fantasy. As well as this, he also enjoys watching documentaries which links in with the idea of our media product again being inspired by a real life story. Following on from that Fred and Rose West also have a documentary that was made about them, which shows that this person may enjoy our product. Overall I believe that this person would not entirely enjoy our media product because of the TV show he likes to watch and the type of genre that it is, which is action and black comedy and the liking towards a fantasy genre film also may not make him suitable for our product. However some aspects of his answers create a confusion to if he would like it or not, as his favorite genre is thriller, he likes watching documentaries and crime films.