Group 6 AS 2016/2017

What have you learn't about technologies from the process of constructing your product? Technologies we used in the process: Canon DSL 650 D with 18 - 55 mm lens: Although I was not the cameraman and therefore didn't have much experience with the camera, when I did use the camera it was easy to use and easy to film with. However one con that I would say is sometimes it was hard to focus with.   Microphone:  The Microphone picked up the dialogue of the actors very well and blocked out most of the background noise. Although when it picked up the dialogue the sound quality was very good, sometimes the mic wouldn't pick up the sound and we would have to film again. Blogger: Blogger was very useful throughout the production process of our thriller opening as it helped us to record our research and ideas with ease. However when producing something on blogger especially when using pictures it would become frustrating when the layout would change (from...

How does your media product represent particular social groups? Character 1 -   Protagonist  - Military trained young adult 18 with a disturbed past. Very ambitious and courageous. - Can work well in changing environments. Outstanding combat fighter. Comparison to Alex Rider  - Brave, great athletic skills. - Military trained, works for MI6. - Great combat fighter. - Very intelligent. - Can use Military grade weapons. We have based our thriller opening character on Alex Rider because of his personality and traits.  Similarities  > Athletic > Great combat fighter  > Works for secret service > Dresses well > Military trained. > Courageous and Brave Differences >  Both come from different backgrounds. One comes from a wealthy background other was very poor and had to build his own wealth. > Alex is very confident about himself whereas the Protagonist doubts himself a lot. ...

Looking back at your preliminry task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? Preliminary task Full product Pre-production stage In our preliminary we only had 30 minutes to plan our movie whereas for our final product we had around a week to plan our script, storyboard and narrative. This means we had enough time to plan our film and plan costume ideas and settings we need. Production We filmed our preliminary task in school and planned shots we would use as we were filming whereas for our final product we already had our shots planned and could film straight away. In both we used similar shots which were shot-reverse-shot, 180 degree rule and match on action. Post-production For our preliminary film we only had a lesson to edit our film whereas for our final product we had a week to edit. In both the preliminary and finished product we added music and a production picture. In both we used fina...

Evaluation Activity 6 What have you learn't about technologies from the process of constructing your product? Technologies we used in the process: Canon DSL 650 D with 18 - 55 mm lens: Although I was not the cameraman and therefore didn't have much experience with the camera, when I did use the camera it was easy to use and easy to film with. However one con that I would say is sometimes it was hard to focus with.   Microphone:  The Microphone picked up the dialogue of the actors very well and blocked out most of the background noise. Although when it picked up the dialogue the sound quality was very good, sometimes the mic wouldn't pick up the sound and we would have to film again. Blogger: Blogger was very useful throughout the production process of our thriller opening as it helped us to record our research and ideas with ease. However when producing something on blogger especially when using pictures it would become frustrating when the layou...

How did you attract/address your audience? Our target audience is 15 year olds to 25 year olds. Our title appears to our target audience as it is a dark background which shows it is scary and a simple word CHASE. It is a simple word that gives away an idea of what the film will be about and older people don't like horrors and prefer movies with more complicated narratives. The audience would be drawn into the film as they excited and the film building suspense will make me people want to keep watching. Also plot twists such as when the protagonist discovers the antagonist new his dad makes the audience ask questions such as why is his father significant and what is going to happen next. We targeted our target audience through social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Posters for our movie will be on buses and billboards. 

Who would be the target audience for your media product? We conducted surveys on survey monkey. What we discovered? We discovered our target audience is between 15 and 25 year olds.  The majority of our audience is between 15 and 17 year olds. We have a mix of male and female audience. What certificate we choose to make it We choose to aim it at a 15 certificate as the majority of our audience is between 15 and 17 year olds. This is a suitble certificate as we have limited swearing, violence and sexual content. 15 rated certifciate means no one younger then 15 can watch our film but from our surveys no one under 15 was in our target audience so it wouldn't really affect the amount of people who watch our film. If more of our target audience was between 18 and 25 years old this would of allowed us to add more violence, sexual content and swearing but an excessive amount of this would not fit our type of film. Similar thriller with certificate 15 ...

How does your media product represent particular social groups? Comparison between the Protagonist of 'The Chase' and a Real Protagonist: My protagonist reminds me of Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) from 'Alex Rider: The Stormbreaker'.   Here are some similarities and differences between the two: Similarities: Both roundabout the same age. Athletic Military changed; weapons, hand to hand Great Combat fighter Works for secret service Courageous  Brave Smart Adaptable Has family in secret service Differences: Come from different backgrounds; one grew up knowing that his family was part of the secret service, Alex was propelled into the scenario in under a day. Alex is very confident about himself whereas the Protagonist doubts himself a lot.   Alex talks more and is more childish (or comedic) with the things he does/says. Ethnicity Comparison between the Antagonist of 'The Chase' and a Real Antagonist: ...

How does your media product represent particular social groups? Character 1 -  Protagonist  - Military trained young adult 18 with a disturbed past. Very ambitious and courageous. - Can work well in changing environments. Outstanding combat fighter. - Shuts society out and keeps himself to himself. Comparison to Alex Rider  - Brave, great athletic skills. - Military trained, works for MI6. - Great combat fighter. - Very intelligent. - Can use Military grade weapons. We have based our thriller opening character on Alex Rider because of his personality and traits.  Similarities  - Athletic - Great combat fighter  - Works for secret service - Dresses well - Military trained. - Courageous and Brave Differences -  Both come from different backgrounds. One comes from a wealthy background other was very poor and had to build his own wealth. - Alex is very confident about himself whereas the Protagonist doubts...

HERE IS OUR THRILLER OPENING NAMED CHASE: 

Here is the Pitch explaining why we changed our idea. This change began after we had filmed and edited our original plan, after this we showed it to some of our target audience and didn't like the feedback we received so we began to think of ways we could change our idea until we were struck by the totally new idea of 'CHASE'. Even though we knew it would be a challenge due to the remaining time we had, we still pursued this idea and our perseverance gave us the following thriller opening which we thought was excellent and way more better than the original, which then received the following feedback which we were very happy with. Similarities between our old and our New idea: Our protagonist is still involved with a government agency. He is still being chased (no pun intended). Our title have similar effects (Capital letters, big, bold, have special effects added to them) We planned a plot twist for our original idea and we have put a plot twis...

Foley Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.    In the image above a Foley artist is recreating the noise of a bike pedalling. When filming in the production stage the acoustics picked up by the microphone while recording are not always clear so sounds are recorded and edited into the visual footage. These sounds are enhanced which improves our audio experience. The word "Foley" is also used to describe a place, such as Foley-stage or Foley-studio, where the Foley process takes place.

One costume idea is that we have detectives like in Shutter Island.  A second idea is that the actors wear masks as they are criminals.  Another idea is that the actor just wears normal everyday clothes. Another costume idea is actors dressed in black suits with black glasses so they look like agents.

The locations/settings we will be filming in, is a house and a science lab.

Examples of music used in Thrillers:                                                                  Fight Club (1999): The Exorcist (1973): Examples Royalty (copyright) Free music options for our group:

Examples of Thriller Film Titles: Our Ideas: Title designs from bruhfu