7. Looking back at your preiminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it.

The preliminary Task video




The thriller task video

The preliminary task that we produced was the introduction in creating our thriller. There were some things that we didn't do so well and there were things that we did do well. Comparing it to our final film project it was a real improvement we were able to do a few things more that we had adopted from our preliminary task. The camera work on our preliminary task was poor. We didn't use a range of styles like we did in our thriller, we only did straight shots. The camera work on the preliminary video was slightly unprofessional as there were a few 'shaky' parts to the clip. In the final project I decided that that shakiness of the camera could be used to create tension or a first person view. Another thing that was poor from the preliminary task was the fact that we cut of parts of Michaels' face. Although we wanted to do a close up we didn't cut into a close up but rather zoomed in to the close up. 

During the film making and editing process I learnt how to manipulate different camera angles and not going by a set of rules/structures in making a film (i.e. making it more interesting with a theme). I learnt how to make an particular colour visible whilst everything else was in black and white (sin city effect). I had some help on youtube finding out the process in making this happen. Another thing I learnt was how to make an animation on Photoshop. Up until making the thriller I had used Photoshop in and out not really concentrating on using it. When I found out that I could make an animation. I decided to produce the animation by again watching a couple videos on youtube. 

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

After the 2 min preview, I think the people/ audience would want to carry on watching my thriller. I made my thriller black and white representing a flashback. 

Being a flashback, I decided that it should be in the beginning of the film so that it would set a tone of what happened in the past. It is sort of a puzzle that the audience would find clues and twists which later on would link to the ending of the film. It is also effective because the audience want to know what happens next as they are only introduced to what has happened in the past.

The audience would also engage with the film because it has young characters in the film. As they see the young characters they would automatically have some sort of bond with that character. Its sort of a journey they would be taking with the characters, the main characters especially. 

4. Who is the audience of your thriller

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

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2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

1. Ways in which our media film uses the thriller convention

In our thriller film we used quite a few conventions to make our film represent the thriller genre. The first convention we used was the chase. In a thriller film a chase happens almost all the time, it is used to build up the tension of will the antagonist (villain) catch the protagonist(Hero) or will the hero survive.

The next convention we used which links in with the chase was the P.O.V (Point of view) shot. This was used to see what the person being chased sees. This puts us in their shoes as if WE, the audience, are being chased by this character and we are trying to help each other out of the situation. As part of this point of view shot we also see a glimps of the villian who is going to be doing the shooting but not his face.

We used dramatic music to build up the suspense with the chase. As it is dramatic if sort of puts a feeling inside the audience that makes them be on the edge of their seats. Not only did we use dramatic music but we also included was diagetic music. We used a heart beating so that the effect of the heart beat would be a reflection of the characters heart also the heart of the audience. In addition to this sound effect was the sound of a gun shot. When I faded the screen out to nothing after showing the gun I placed it in the rejion a little before it becoms visible again. I found this effective because I didnt want to show the audience that the antagonist was going to shoot although a pistle was present. When watching it the audience think its going to over for the film then I hit them with the loud gun shot as a sense of shock.