1) A pretty thorough attempt- no mood board
2) Good effort with blog 2 but more on representation of women would have been better
3) Examples of other thrillers that Paramount have been involved with?? Vague on the role of a film company. Not a great post
4) But what constitutes a 15? More women going into this type of career?? Surface psychographics here!
5) Was there low key lighting in your thriller? Another post which is solid but there could be more- the Twitter page is lovely but there are so many other possibilities on social media
6) "
7)I liked this post!
Ella 13
Olivia 12
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Film Opening- Marking
Level 3 36–47 marks
There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects
I like the opening. The material is clearly appropriate to the thriller/crime drama genre.
The titles are unobtrusive, conventional and nicely paced. Liked the OE production company.
The sound used is fairly basic but appropriate for setting the mood of the piece and raising audience expectations. The gun shot could have been edited more tightly along with the cut to the train although I thought this was a nice idea.
The camera work is generally good. i question the decision to start fairly close and then go into ELS before getting nearer again and the POV from what I assume is the killer was confusing with the other ELS shots. There was one rather strange cut which broke the 30 degree rule at about 44 seconds. Good to avoid shadow at start!
On the whole the editing worked although, for me, there was some confusion between the POV and the ELS. Overall meaning was clear.
Ella and Olivia provisionally 43
There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects
I like the opening. The material is clearly appropriate to the thriller/crime drama genre.
The titles are unobtrusive, conventional and nicely paced. Liked the OE production company.
The sound used is fairly basic but appropriate for setting the mood of the piece and raising audience expectations. The gun shot could have been edited more tightly along with the cut to the train although I thought this was a nice idea.
The camera work is generally good. i question the decision to start fairly close and then go into ELS before getting nearer again and the POV from what I assume is the killer was confusing with the other ELS shots. There was one rather strange cut which broke the 30 degree rule at about 44 seconds. Good to avoid shadow at start!
On the whole the editing worked although, for me, there was some confusion between the POV and the ELS. Overall meaning was clear.
Ella and Olivia provisionally 43
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Research and Planning- Marking
Olivia and Ella's mood boards demonstrated an understanding of genre although both seemed to emphasise the countryside for a setting when the first could have been more general in approach. The film analyses are pretty good (what happened with the font??) although it was only the Dark Knight one that had reference to film openings in general. Some of the details picked out such as comparing the three girls to the witches at the start of Macbeth, were excellent but delivered in slight a clumsy way. The post on Opening Sequences identified differences in styles but did not really get to grips with what these styles were and why they would be used. The analysis of the Inception poster lacked insight.
The girls' questionnaire was far too short and I wasn't entirely convinced by the questions in terms of how the answers would influence the product. I did like their analysis of the pyschographics of their young adult audience. I felt that this post indicated a real attempt to understand this process. I liked their podcast(??) on the focus group but the questions and answers were a little stilted.
The posts on the Hazards and the BBFC showed an understanding of the regulations placed upon industries although, in the case of the latter, it would have been nice perhaps to have used some examples in order to drill deeper into these issues. The posts on Film Company and Logo showed some insight into the way that companies tend to specialise.
I liked the post on Filming Days and Problems as they highlighted a willingness to adapt and learn as the project went on. The Storyboard, Music and Sound, Character Profiles all showed an appreciation of choices and audience interpretation. The pitch would have been better if it had been for the film rather than just a plan for the opening.
The girls demonstrated an understanding of marketing. The Social Media post demonstrated a good understanding of how this process works. Perhaps guerrilla/viral advertising could have been included here. The post on posters and trailers could have included a little more detail in terms of analysis. The girls then backed this up by later posting examples of a Facebook and Twitter page as well as a film poster which I really liked.
The girls have worked equally hard on this and produced work of a similar standard. I felt that the analysis was not the strongest- lacking any real depth. However, the thought that went into the planning and marketing was detailed. There was some variety in the presentation of the blog but it was a shame that some issues remained about fonts.
Olivia 14/20
Ella 14/20
The girls' questionnaire was far too short and I wasn't entirely convinced by the questions in terms of how the answers would influence the product. I did like their analysis of the pyschographics of their young adult audience. I felt that this post indicated a real attempt to understand this process. I liked their podcast(??) on the focus group but the questions and answers were a little stilted.
The posts on the Hazards and the BBFC showed an understanding of the regulations placed upon industries although, in the case of the latter, it would have been nice perhaps to have used some examples in order to drill deeper into these issues. The posts on Film Company and Logo showed some insight into the way that companies tend to specialise.
I liked the post on Filming Days and Problems as they highlighted a willingness to adapt and learn as the project went on. The Storyboard, Music and Sound, Character Profiles all showed an appreciation of choices and audience interpretation. The pitch would have been better if it had been for the film rather than just a plan for the opening.
The girls demonstrated an understanding of marketing. The Social Media post demonstrated a good understanding of how this process works. Perhaps guerrilla/viral advertising could have been included here. The post on posters and trailers could have included a little more detail in terms of analysis. The girls then backed this up by later posting examples of a Facebook and Twitter page as well as a film poster which I really liked.
The girls have worked equally hard on this and produced work of a similar standard. I felt that the analysis was not the strongest- lacking any real depth. However, the thought that went into the planning and marketing was detailed. There was some variety in the presentation of the blog but it was a shame that some issues remained about fonts.
Olivia 14/20
Ella 14/20
Friday, 5 May 2017
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Evaluation 6
Evaluation 6 from ellabarringer16
This SlideShare PowerPoint discusses how we documented the process of making the film opening, how we promoted the film, the ways that we researched throughout the project and how and what we used to produce the final film.
This SlideShare PowerPoint discusses how we documented the process of making the film opening, how we promoted the film, the ways that we researched throughout the project and how and what we used to produce the final film.
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Evaluation 5
The film Se7en attracts a young adult audience because it is a crime film with a lot of twists and also has a psychological aspect to it. This film is liked by our audience type as the survey results showed that the second most liked sub-genre of thriller was Psychological. There is also a lot of enigma used throughout this film, so we made sure to include some sort of enigma in our opening, as this is known to be likable by young adults.
Shutter Island is a thriller that has a lot of psychological and crime aspects to it, and since this was the two most popular sub-genres on the survey that we had people complete, this film would appeal to young adults. We took the crime idea from this film and applied it our own as it is fairly easy to apply crime to a thriller opening, Whereas it would be more complicated applying psychological.
Evaluation 4
Our audience
Our target audience is ages 15-24. This is because after completing primary research such as an online
questionnaire and focus group we found that this age range was the most common occurring. This age range
were the group who answered the survey the most and who said that they liked. We also looked on the BBFC
to see what age ranges suited what films and looked at similar horrors to see what age rating they have and
audience type.
Genders
Crime genres are usually aimed at men due to the crime, use of guns, knifes and blood.
However our horror is less gory and more just mystery based of using clues to find bits our therefore ours is for
both genders as there is far more women going into this type of career also.
Age range
Official statics have shown that people of the ages 15 years to 24 years are most likely to go to the cinema to
see crimes in comparison to only roughly 20% over 40 year olds.
Here are some typical types of people who would like this kind of genre...
Jenna, shes age 17 and loves going to the cinema. When she goes to the cinema she would usually see either
horror or crime based films. She loves psychological books and likes the film Se7en. She said one of her
favourites is inception which she really enjoyed, with thrillers she thinks they make you worried for the main
victim but also excited as there is always clues to pick up on throughout the film. Other teenagers of the same
age as her would most likely have mutual feelings, especially liking the fast tension and build up.
Ellie is a 23 year old lady who has a strong interest in crimes. Both documentaries, films and TV series too,
which encourages her to go to the cinema as soon as a new crime film is introduced out. She spends a lot of
time out with friends watching this genre of films. A lot of her time is spent with her friendship group which
usually consists of a group of boys... giving her even more reason to like thrillers!
Both of these girls would be an example of someone from our target audience as they are interested in the
aspects of crime we tried to involve, for example Jenna likes psychological films and books. Ellie also likes
crimes, both of these girls would fit our audience perfectly.
Our target audience is ages 15-24. This is because after completing primary research such as an online
questionnaire and focus group we found that this age range was the most common occurring. This age range
were the group who answered the survey the most and who said that they liked. We also looked on the BBFC
to see what age ranges suited what films and looked at similar horrors to see what age rating they have and
audience type.
Genders
Crime genres are usually aimed at men due to the crime, use of guns, knifes and blood.
However our horror is less gory and more just mystery based of using clues to find bits our therefore ours is for
both genders as there is far more women going into this type of career also.
Age range
Official statics have shown that people of the ages 15 years to 24 years are most likely to go to the cinema to
see crimes in comparison to only roughly 20% over 40 year olds.
Here are some typical types of people who would like this kind of genre...
Jenna, shes age 17 and loves going to the cinema. When she goes to the cinema she would usually see either
horror or crime based films. She loves psychological books and likes the film Se7en. She said one of her
favourites is inception which she really enjoyed, with thrillers she thinks they make you worried for the main
victim but also excited as there is always clues to pick up on throughout the film. Other teenagers of the same
age as her would most likely have mutual feelings, especially liking the fast tension and build up.
Ellie is a 23 year old lady who has a strong interest in crimes. Both documentaries, films and TV series too,
which encourages her to go to the cinema as soon as a new crime film is introduced out. She spends a lot of
time out with friends watching this genre of films. A lot of her time is spent with her friendship group which
usually consists of a group of boys... giving her even more reason to like thrillers!
Both of these girls would be an example of someone from our target audience as they are interested in the
aspects of crime we tried to involve, for example Jenna likes psychological films and books. Ellie also likes
crimes, both of these girls would fit our audience perfectly.
Monday, 1 May 2017
Evaluation 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Production company
A production company is an institution that produces and makes films.They are also included in such things
like promoting and advertising. They do things such as setting the budget for the film to be made.
Production companies can be either small or large and some films even have more than one production
company.
Distribution purpose
Distribution is all about getting the product out to the audience and consumers and there are a fair few
methods of doing this. The most up to date way now is through it being put out in the cinema first of all.
The distributor is mainly the one who promoting the film, usually by posters and sorting out the adverts. They
set dates for the films to come out in the cinema, also maybe creating twitter, Facebook and Instagram
accounts.
What distributor would be use ?
We would most likely ask someone such as Paramount as they have distributed other thrillers. They tend to
distribute films to do with horror, thriller and crime, for example paranormal activity. We produce and create
the film and they distribute it.
Funding
If we was to fund everything just by ourselves it would more than likely not go ahead as we wouldn't be able to
cover all the costs ourselves. We'd have to keep the budget low otherwise we'd financially struggle a lot. By
working alongside a popular more successful company, it allows us to up the budget and not struggle. Letting
us have a much more impressive location, props, actors and costumes. Also the cameras themselves to help
get the best possible shooting we could. By having more money to fund means not only the production of the
film can be impacted upon and improved but also more aspects can be increased like fro example marketing
and advertising. Paramount are a crucial part to creating the film as without them the film would be basic with
low levels of actors, poor locations and hardly any props or costumes making it less successful.
Money from merchandises and cinema costs can go back into the making of the film once it is created.
What is our film similar too
Our film has inspiration from several things. The main one that has been mentioned which is Vera the TV
series as it has the same sort of location and backgrounds, it is all mysteries. Also in Psycho the fact that n
othing happens for a while, just like in our opening you wouldn't guess something is going to happen.
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