Evalution: Question 1) In what ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms and conventions?

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

Final Product: That One Night

I am Gizem Mayil : 7204

I worked with;
Amani Sweeney Fenton : 7920
Hazal Ucar : 7146

 

That One Night

 

Evalution: Question 7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel, you have learnt in the profession from it to the full product?

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

What was the main aim from the preliminary task:

The preliminary task was to give me an understanding of how to operate and use a camera as I will be filming my final product. In the preliminary task we have tried to use different camera angles and movements, the main aim of this task was to help me to develop my skills of how I could capture scenes in the correct angles to present my clip as a professional video.

Video of Preliminary task:

Identify 3 things you are now better with and more confident with as for filming and editing:

I am more confident when filming different scenes as I now know how to operate a camera to make my thriller appear professional. When filming our preliminary task, I did not use any camera angles which did not help me to achieve my target audience. Therefore, as seen on the right hand side, I used an establishing shot which has helped my audience to understand what this scene is telling to illustrate. However, I also used a High angle shot which I placed the camera on a high angle which was useful when filming as then my audience will be able to identify that the female character is in danger and is seeking for help.

It was important that we edit different scenes, therefore for the scene shown on the right hand side, we have used Low key lighting which meant only small areas of light was shown. I think that this will create anxiety within the audience as the location of the scene appears to be unstable which will make the audience to think why this scene is cornered in blood and why there is only small areas of light. I now know how I could edit my thriller in order to present my thriller as a professional film.


When filming for our preliminary task, we did not focus the camera to our characters which as shown on the right hand side. This mistake did not allow us to get our audience response as the camera was capturing unwanted space such as the background for this task. However, we improved that mistake when filming for our final product, I made sure that I am focusing on the characters so that the storyline makes sense to the audience. 

Include 2 images from the preliminary task and 2 from final product:

This is a scene of us filming for our preliminary task and we have used a 180 degree angle to capture the two characters talking as this will not confuse the audience as it is very clear of who is talking first. However, we have no got the angle correct as there is unwanted space in the back and the camera is not focused to the characters and is more focused on the background.

This is another scene of us filming for our preliminary task, the camera is very stable as this creates a more clear vision for the audience in order for the audience to understand what is happening between the two characters. However, more use of Mise En Scene has to be included as there is no sound effect to create the story for the audience. In my opinion we did not get very much from our audience as the clip was not conventional to a genre. 

However, when recording my final product, I have made sure that I am focusing on the two characters and not including the background as this will allow the audience to understand what the scene is about and how the characters actions reflect back to the audience. The camera is very stable as this gives an professional effect for the audience.

This is a scene from our final product and we have edited the characters body with an overlap of the same characters face, this helps create tension and fear as the lighting is dark and only the overlapping character is shown. Moreover, the reason why I have used Low-Key lighting is that it helps to create suspense and dismay for the audience. 

Compare 3 images of preliminary to final product:

When I compare my final product to the preliminary task, I have improved my editing skills a lot as on the left I have focused the camera onto the character to build tension. Whereas, the right the camera is capturing the background which I do not need to include in my video and also I have not edited the video which does not allow the audience to respond in any way. When filming our final product, we did not focus much on the character so it was blurry and this allowed us to build anxiety.

When filming my film product, I ensured that the camera is stable and is only capturing the two characters. It is important that I only capture the characters because it allows the audience to be concentrated on the person. Furthermore, as seen on the right, when filming our preliminary task we did not focus on the characters which was not an advantage for the audience as they were confused because they wasn't able to understand the conversation going on between the two.

An important factor when filming was making ensuring that we have different camera angles and movements to allow the audience to feel engaged with the characters. On the left hand side, is a screenshot from our final product and for this scene we have Mise En Scene as lighting is very important. Therefore, when filming we have used Back Lighting as the camera is placed behind the person which creates tension and fear between the audience and characters. However, when filming our preliminary task we did not use any angles of lighting which did not help us to attract audience as it did not appear to be interesting.



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I made a successful thriller as we planned our production beforehand which ensured that nothing went wrong and we stuck to the conventions making the thriller conventional to the genre. Furthermore, we all individually stuck to our roles and succeeded in creating a successful thriller. 

I most enjoyed the filming process as we all participated and worked together to film the shots. I also enjoyed my roles which included operating the camera and preparing the storyboard which allow me to take control and film the shots making them appear professional to my audience. Our thriller could be improved by capturing more angles to reflect the characters personality, for example, the antagonist could of been filmed using more low angles making him look frightening to the audience.

Over the whole process I have learnt how to use a camera more effectively widening my skills and allowing to capture shots steadily. I have also learnt how to edit using new software, 'Final Cut Pro' making it easier for me in future. It is important that I had to know how to use 'Final Cut Pro,' as I had to edit our clip to appear skill full and efficient. Furthermore, it is important that our clip appears to be skill full as this will help us to attract our target audience.

Evalution: Question 6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this media product?

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

 

Evalution: Question 3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation: Question 2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation: Question 4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evalution: Question 5) How did you attract/ address your target audience?

Question 5) How did you attract/ address your target audience?

When creating my thriller, I did some secondary research in order is to help me understand the structure on how other directors have attracted their thriller target audience. The importance of this was to help me identify the ways I could help my filming team to develop the correct skills and use the correct appropriate convections that will help us to achieve in applying to our correct audience age rage. From this research I believe that the target audience for thriller films are mainly '15' and above as horror thrillers are often less intellectually demanding, more chilling and are therefore often aimed at young adults, from mature adults and onwards. The common themes of violence, gore and mature themes were also used to appeal to this audience. From this, the audience that I wanted to attract for my thriller is young adults from ages 15 to 18 as they have maturity to understand the concept of a  thriller as they could relate to the characters and themes so therefore they will understand what the genre may be about.

Attracting my audience:

In order to ensure that I was addressing my audiences needs, i accrued out a questionnaire I asked different types of questions such as; open, closed and multiple, because I wanted to collect and evaluate the different answers I may by offered from these questions. Therefore open questions allow the audience to write their opinion in detail. This then will be useful for filming team as they had detailed information of what their audience may want. On the other hand, closed questions allowed my audience to agree or disagree with that question. It was very important that I carried out a questionnaire as it made my plan clear of what I had to include in my Thriller.

I have identified four key questions that I asked my audience in order to help me make ket decisions, so that I was ensuring when attracting and addressing my target audience. 

1) What setting would you prefer in the Thriller you would like to watch? Explain in detail.

The answer I got from this question was, 'I would prefer to watch a horror thriller as it creates tension and suspsense.' I asked ages 15-16 for this question as, they are young adults they would be able to mentally understand what the scene is about.This will also allow them to identify their opinions in films and what they would want to expect from a thriller.

2) Do you enjoy a twist in a Thriller to build suspense? Circle on. ( YES or NO)

The most answer I got for this question was, 'Yes.' As it is important for the audience to have a connection with the characters in a way that bulids tension. This was helpful feedback as I now know in what way my audience may connet with my characters.

3) Do you prefer a Male, Female or Monster as an antagonist? Tick one. (Male) (Female) (Monster)

The answer I got for this question was, 'Antagonist.' This was useful feedback as my audience may want a antagonist as he/ she can have a hidden idenity and this creates wonder for the audiece.

4) What do you expect in a 15 rated Crime Thriller? Explain in detail.

This question was useful as my audinec gave me a brief detailed answer, 'In a 15 rated crime film, I would expect use of drugs, not in a way ro promote it and use of weapons.' This was useful feedback as If I was to create a crime thriller, I would have the knowledge to know what I need to include to get my audiences attendtion.

Identify two quotes that you got from your open ended questions that helped you make key decisions in ensure that you were attracting and addressing your target audience:

1) What setting would you prefer in the Thriller you would like to watch? Explain in detail.

ANSWER FROM AUDIENDCE: Outside a house because more things can happen.

I asked people ages 16-18 and the majority agreed that the setting should be outside the house. This was useful as I now know that i must set my thriller outside as it will be more enjoyable by the audience.

2) What do you expect in a 15 rated Crime Thriller? Explain in detail.

ANSWER FROM AUDIENCE: A bit of explicit language and behaviour, not a lot of drug use.

I asked people ages 16-18 and this was the response from the audience. Therefore, i will include these factors to ensure the audience like the thriller and will want to watch it.

Include Image of my Questionnaire:

This is my Thriller questionnaire that I gave out to my audience to answer, I asked around 20 people and pupils ages between 15 - 20 because my thriller questionnaire uses themes of violence and horror which is not suitable for below ages. 





Some key results:

These images are some of the results I got from my questionnaire that was answered by the audience:



This was useful as I now know that I must create a thriller target at 15-18 year olds as in order to get their attension.

 

This was useful as it helped me to attract my audience because now I know that I need to add spooky music in order to get my audiences attention.

Overall, carrying out primary research was very useful as it helped me attract the right audience for my thriller and has helped me address my target audience. Firstly, I created questionnaires that relate to my thriller idea, I asked open, closed and multiple questions. To get the best response from my audience, this has allowed me to understand the key expectations that my audience may want, therefore from the answers that I got from my questionnaire, I have created result graphs which sums up the answers I got. 

Audience feedback:

Furthermore, after creating my production I held a focus group because I want to be informed of my audiences opinions of my production. The people that were asked to come and view the production were individuals that I was friends with. We had different feedback from different individuals, these individual explained what went well and how we could improve. We took our audiences opinions and ideas into consideration as an film crew we need to reflect and improve depending on their ideas.  Below is some of the criticism I received.

Focus Group:





















1) one bit of feedback I received was'


This individual explained that the use of lighting was not dark enough as to be presented as a realistic clip however we could improve this negative point by making sure low key and high key lighting is used as to build fear and anxiety. I think that I did not attract my audience very well because i did not use the different lighting techniques very effectively as the individual explains I just added too much lighting without using it for the correct scenes.

2) another bit of feedback I received was'

I think that we presented our characters very effectively however we could improve this point by making sure we use mise en scene as for costume, hair and make up. This made me feel like I did not get my audiences attention much as the incorrect use of Mise en scene for costume was not correct because I did not think about what kind of costume my characters could wear to illustrate that one of them is a antagonist and one of them is the pro antagonist. 

1) Jessica aged 17 said'

Throughout our final product, we have used different camera angles which allowed us to get the audiences attention. From this point, I think that I did attract my audience because the use of editing different camera angles and movements has helped us to appear as a professional; and organised filming crew. I also think that by using different camera angles, this allowed my audience to feel engaged to my thriller. 

2) furthermore, Paul aged 16 said'

In our final product, we made sure that we illustrate our opening credits as very simple and clear. I think that our opening credits has been well presented as we ensured that our opening credits were simple but effective which made it appear to be outstanding.

Overall, I think that we did do a good job by attracting and addressing to our target audience because firstly I think that creating questionnaires has allowed me to identify what kind of expectations our audience may want so therefore when filming for our final product. I ensured that we use all the conventions that is needed to order to present our clip as a conventional thriller. Also by creating the questionnaires it has allowed me to consider what kind of Mirco-elements that I will need to use in a effective way to attract and address our target audience. 

Planning: Camera Shot List - MS B

Camera Shot List

  We have created a camera shot list so we have an order of the camera movements that we going to use within our thriller. Doing this camera shot list has been beneficial as we can be organised when producing our thriller. Also we have found it very useful to create this shot list as now we have an outline of how a shot frame will be taken.