Group Response :
In Group (in order we are sitting) and Candidate Numbers:
Desiree Boland - 9022
Lauren Webb -9180
Naomi Deane-9053
Sophie Madden- 9118
Friday, 2 May 2014
Evaluation : How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My Response :
Our representation is of younger/teenage groups with some older social groups due to our 2 main characters, our victim and the doctor. We represented the victim very stereotypically in gender and her class/status , she was wearing a dress as if she were going out and was heavy made up. This represented a younger social group as younger people tend to go out more often for party's/ clubbing. The doctor was wearing the top half of scrubs and we never saw his face due to the out of focus camera shots so you couldn't really tell his social class, but you could tell by his voice the he was a lot older than the girl, this represented the older social groups.
Group Response:
Our representation is of younger/teenage groups with some older social groups due to our 2 main characters, our victim and the doctor. We represented the victim very stereotypically in gender and her class/status , she was wearing a dress as if she were going out and was heavy made up. This represented a younger social group as younger people tend to go out more often for party's/ clubbing. The doctor was wearing the top half of scrubs and we never saw his face due to the out of focus camera shots so you couldn't really tell his social class, but you could tell by his voice the he was a lot older than the girl, this represented the older social groups.
Group Response:
Evaluation : What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why ?
My Response :
We discussed that although we had an English film (criteria from BFI) it did have a more Hollywood theme running throughout. Therefore we decided that bigger conglomerate film institution would be more likely to distribute our film as the story line is very Hollywood and therefore has mass appeal to global/ wider audiences
Group Response:
We discussed that although we had an English film (criteria from BFI) it did have a more Hollywood theme running throughout. Therefore we decided that bigger conglomerate film institution would be more likely to distribute our film as the story line is very Hollywood and therefore has mass appeal to global/ wider audiences
Group Response:
Evaluation: Who would be the Audience for your media product?
The genre for our film opening was horror with the element of gore and a sub genre of psychological thriller. Therefore, i think our film as a whole has a very American/ Hollywood story line, even though it will be considered British film due to BFI'S criteria. This may make it appealing to a global audience due to the American feel that it has.In view of this, we decided that our audience would be British with hopes that it would spread globally to America.
We decided that we would like our film to appeal to both gender as we thought that both males and females would enjoy this type of film. However, we did discuss what type of females would like this film, in particular females who like horror films. We appealed to both male and females by using a female protagonist. This attracts females as they are more likely put themselves in the shoes of the main character creating sympathy for them, we also attracted the males by using a younger girl. We conformed to a few stereotypes to ensure that males would like this film, an example of this would be that we put the main character in a black short lace dress thus showing her 'provocative' side and giving her the 'sex appeal'.
Although the age range for our film will be 18+ due to the mount of gore we have in the opening sequence , it is unlikely that anyone over the age of 40/50 will be in the demographic to watch this film, as this age range is not usually interested in this genre of film. I feel as though our intended audience might not be our actually audience as some generations who our outside of our demographic may be very interested in this particular genre of horror and therefore might watch it. Also, we might have intended for our audience to be British, but considering the story line itself has an american feel to, then Americans may want to watch it. Overall i think our film has the potential to have global audiences
We decided that we would like our film to appeal to both gender as we thought that both males and females would enjoy this type of film. However, we did discuss what type of females would like this film, in particular females who like horror films. We appealed to both male and females by using a female protagonist. This attracts females as they are more likely put themselves in the shoes of the main character creating sympathy for them, we also attracted the males by using a younger girl. We conformed to a few stereotypes to ensure that males would like this film, an example of this would be that we put the main character in a black short lace dress thus showing her 'provocative' side and giving her the 'sex appeal'.
Although the age range for our film will be 18+ due to the mount of gore we have in the opening sequence , it is unlikely that anyone over the age of 40/50 will be in the demographic to watch this film, as this age range is not usually interested in this genre of film. I feel as though our intended audience might not be our actually audience as some generations who our outside of our demographic may be very interested in this particular genre of horror and therefore might watch it. Also, we might have intended for our audience to be British, but considering the story line itself has an american feel to, then Americans may want to watch it. Overall i think our film has the potential to have global audiences
Evaluation: How did you attract/ Address your audience ?
My Written Response :
We Wanted our film to be as realistic as possible for our audience to really engage with the film. Although our story line is quite dramatic we used other ways to attract our target audience. We made our victim of our our film a young teenage girl, this really related to our intended audience as they were between the ages of 18 and 30 years old. By using a young girl it created sympathy from the audience as they were able to put them selves into the characters shoes. To appeal to both genders our film,as well as having a young girl, we also had the element of gore which would attract both the male and female genders. We included this modern day crime with gore and thriller as we thought it would most appeal to our target audience.
Group Response :
We Wanted our film to be as realistic as possible for our audience to really engage with the film. Although our story line is quite dramatic we used other ways to attract our target audience. We made our victim of our our film a young teenage girl, this really related to our intended audience as they were between the ages of 18 and 30 years old. By using a young girl it created sympathy from the audience as they were able to put them selves into the characters shoes. To appeal to both genders our film,as well as having a young girl, we also had the element of gore which would attract both the male and female genders. We included this modern day crime with gore and thriller as we thought it would most appeal to our target audience.
Group Response :
Evaluation : What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product.
I have learnt many things when constructing our final product. I have learnt that without some of these technologies we would be unable to distribute it the way we did. An example of this is Digitisation , this process allowed us to become a small independent British company that was able to screen our product globally attracting a larger and wider demographic. Digitisation has allowed us to not only upload our final piece, but also our 1st and 2nd shots to YouTube so that the whole world has now got access to our film opening. By putting our 1st and 2nd cuts onto YouTube we were to not only see our improvements each time, but also who would be more interested in watching our final cut, especially due to our very American story line and now that it is on YouTube everyone, no matter where in the world, can view it for free. This was important for us to do because our story line is so stereotypically American we needed them to view it as it would most likely relate to them.
Another thing that we have learnt through this process is that technology has enabled us to film using the DSLR camera.Not only did this camera enable us to watch back shots that we had just shot but also enabled us to re film some scenes we were not happy with, something that wouldn't have been possible to do with film reels as this would have cost so much to do. The DSLR camera improved the quality of our film as a whole and we were able to change focus on the different size lenses depending in what we wanted each shot to look like, e.g. when the camera is in the P.O.V of the girl,the doctors face was blurred, thus creating tension and enigma for our audience.Furthermore the use of the DSLR camera has enabled us to export it quickly and sufficiently into cutting software such as Final Cut Pro. This software has allowed us to make our film opening more cinematic and much more professional, we were able to cut shots and then undo them if we were not happy with it, something film could never have done. We were able to play around with what worked best and finding tools within the software that could do different effects which really added to the feeling of the piece as a whole.Without the development of technologies in the last 20 years, this process wouldn't of let us make some of the mistakes we did and change them as easily as we did.
By using both the DSLR camera and Final Cut Pro we managed to create a high stranded film opening and by incorporating the internet such as YouTube this has allowed us to distribute it globally to a wider audience
I have learnt throughout this process of constructing this product that the things we did with very little trouble wouldn't have been possible without these technologies we have in modern day society. Technology is always changing and perhaps in years to come they will see the way we did our film making as 'old fashioned' and no longer a desired process to take, like how film these days is in very little use. Without these technologies we wouldn't of had the DSLR cameras which made filming so much easier, the editing software we used also helped a lot with this process as we were able to go back on any mistakes that we had made and change them instantly. overall I think Digitisation has helped us the most, we haven't had to make any hard copies of the film yet the whole world has access to it as it is on YouTube. Technology has helped us to develop our film further into the standard in which we wanted.
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