When I look back to all our previous work especially the
preliminary task, I can now see that it was to prepare us for filming our
thriller opening scene. Reflecting on
the task, I can see how far I have come on my own as well as in a group,
regarding the film industry. I learnt that all about setting up the equipment
properly. If we hadn’t had a chance to take part in the preliminary task, I do
not believe that our thriller would have turned out like we had expected.
Wednesday 5 March 2014
Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product? - Prezzi
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Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My opening sequence consists of 3 main characters. These are; the main male, the young female and the killer. We didn't want to have too many characters as we wanted out narrative to be focused, and not have several back stories, and so decided on these characters.
The young male is portrayed as being manly through his body language and dialogue which will make him seem macho and grown up, making the audience believe that he will not be the victim. This character will appeal to the audience because of this, as they will believe he is going to protect the other character. Gender is represented in a subverted way, which is uncommon in thrillers, the victim is stereotypically always a female. By presenting him in everyday, young clothes such as jeans and a hoody, it shows his youth, meaning anyone who is a parent or has young friends etc will be able to relate to him.
The young female will confuse the audience. They will begin thinking that she is the victim and that she's weak. She is used to help create an enigma which is conventional to thrillers as it leaves the audience unsure of what has happened and so they question it and continue to watch to see what happens. We dressed her in jeans and a hoody as this is a normal example of everyday clothing for a teenager.
The killer is the main enigma in my thriller opening as his identity is kept hidden, which is very conventional to the thriller genre as it makes the audience eager to know who the killer is which keeps them engaged with the clip. The audience should react to the killer in a negative way. He/she should make them feel uncomfortable and should be responsible for creating all of the bad emotions the audience feel.
Question 1 - in what ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My groups thriller film is called, 'The woods', the plot involves a boy and girl walking into a low lit forest, and who go into an abandoned building. They are interrupted by a knocking at the glass, the boy trying to be manly goes to investigate the strange sound, leaving the girl alone. After a while the boy has not returned leaving the girl to go and find him. When she does find him she is surprised to find his is dead and hanging from a tree. In the back of the scene we see the killer go to kill the girl.
Our brief for our group was to create a opening scene for a
thriller film which had to last no longer then 2 minutes. The brief had many
expectations and had to include a range of camera angles, sound, and a varied
use of conventions which all fit in to the thriller genre. My group consisted of Noah and Alex, who all
took up different roles within the film making process. Such as, I was editor
and time keeper, meanwhile Alex was in charge of the equipment and also
director. By giving people certain
roles, it helped the production roll smoothly.
We also had many people from outside our group to help us, such as actors.
It was essential that we worked well as a group. However we
did experience a few step backs as, I couldn't be there for filming as I had
other appointments. However we did overcome this step back and still worked
well as a team. Overall, I felt like we were a very strong team, who listened
to each other’s views and worked around them. I also felt like everyone
appreciated feedback from one another and did not take it personally. Key to
being such a well knit team is to relate our decisions back to the genre and
the conventions associated with it. Therefore we used a typical thriller
location, the woods, which kept within the conventions of a thriller. By
adjusting to each other’s point of view, I felt like we made high quality
decisions throughout the making of our thriller.
The generic
conventions of a thriller are, dark lighting, suspense filled soundtrack,
unexpected sounds and a series of camera angles, to name a few. These are key
element which you find in successful thrillers, and therefore are key to our
own thriller. As individuals and as a group we researched thriller films in
hope of inspiration and to further our knowledge on their impact. We found that
in many thrillers, they use a quiet location such as woods or forests, such as
cabin in the woods. Therefore as a group we decided to use the same location.
If we had not of taken the following research we would of used other aspects
such as low key lighting which is seen in Prom night, and a suspense filled
soundtrack which is seen in The Conjuring. If we hadn’t of researched into
these films we wouldn't have known how to use them to their full effect. Although
we did use low key lighting throughout our thriller, we added this in while
editing. We chose a setting and a story line which would appeal to a age range
of 16 – 25, as we hoped the characters who be most relatable to them. . Our
opening sequence defines the thriller genre as it obtains many micro elements
of the genre throughout the duration of it, if we were to compare our thriller
to another film it would be final destination in regards of this.
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