Evaluation Question 7

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

In our preliminary task the first thing i noticed was that we were still wearing our school uniform. As this is an important part of mise en scene, we decided to use a costume. For example Barbara wore black to represent herself as dangerous. It is important that we did not use our school clothes because then it would take away from the realism of  our thriller piece.

Another thing i noticed about our preliminary task was that it was quite short. If we wanted to include a number of different camera shots and show a story, our final thriller piece would of had to be longer. The final thriller ended up being around 1 min 30 seconds, whilst the preliminary task was only 30 seconds. I think we had enough time in our final thriller to add enough camera shots and show what the story would be of our thriller, if it was completed.

Because we had not had much experience with the camera before, a few of the shots were also occasionally shaky. There were times when the boom mic could be seen in the shots and we may of kicked the tripod a few times by accident when we were carrying it. These problems were not in the final thriller because we had gotten used to holding the camera and using the camera, so the camera shots in the final thriller were a lot more steady and clear.

Editing was another thing that had improved from the preliminary task to the finished thriller. In the preliminary task, we used mainly jump cuts or straight cuts, however in our finished thriller we used a variety of cuts including fades and wipes. This meant that our finished thriller was a lot smoother to watch and flowed well, unlike our preliminary task.

Evaluation Question 6

What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this process?

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Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

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Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The main age group for a thriller is 17-40, and the most common demographic is males. The reason may men prefer thrillers to women are the fast paced action scenes, car chases and possibly a sex symbol. This links to Laura Mulvey's theory of male gaze, this is the theory that the audience is put into the perspective of a male, and the camera may focus on female body parts considered sexual. I do not think that this theory can be applied to our thriller opening because Barbara is shown to be in a powerful position, compared to some other thrillers where the female is shown to be in the passive position.

From our audience feedback both females and males enjoyed our thriller opening. The males liked it because of the fast paced action scene (the alley way scene), and the females enjoyed it because it had a female lead, which is not typical of most thrillers. The audience ranged from ages 16-18, which is the type of audience our thriller would likely attract.

An important part of attracting an audience is making sure they are interested in the film from the beginning. At the beginning of our thriller we wanted to make sure the audience was interested by using tense music, and leaving the audience confused as to why i was being tortured, which would leave them wanting to watch more to know why. There was also an enigma in our thriller opening, which was, why was Michael killed?

Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

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Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups

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Evaluation Question 1

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