Sunday, 13 March 2011
Evaluation - Part 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We are overall very glad with the technology we were given to use. The Macs were really helpful and we never encountered any problems unlike other groups. We feel that with the software that was available to us we created unique and established logos and titles for our opening. We wouldn't have been able to create such things without AfterEffects, Photoshop and Final Cut Express. Overall we are very glad with the technology we used including our camera as it was easy to use and picked up sound really well and essentially uploaded to the macs really quickly and efficiently.
Evaluation - Part 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?
We thought we attracted our audience by including a variety of things that people had voted for on previous questionnaires, such as a dark theme, an eerie soundtrack and sense of mystery. We feel we have included all of these aspects to an extent.
We feel that we were most successful with the torture scene as the lighting worked really well and judging on feedback people generally spotted that there was an excellent use of 'orangey' lighting shone on the tools and the victims face.
We feel that we failed to appeal to our audience in the aspect of making it a fast paced opening, as there is a period at the start where not much is going on just the victim walking. Although this is true, we feel that it creates a sense of fear as we know something is going to happen but just don't know when. There were mixed feedback on this aspect of our opening but we are still happy with the outcome.
We feel that we were most successful with the torture scene as the lighting worked really well and judging on feedback people generally spotted that there was an excellent use of 'orangey' lighting shone on the tools and the victims face.
We feel that we failed to appeal to our audience in the aspect of making it a fast paced opening, as there is a period at the start where not much is going on just the victim walking. Although this is true, we feel that it creates a sense of fear as we know something is going to happen but just don't know when. There were mixed feedback on this aspect of our opening but we are still happy with the outcome.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Evaluation - Part 1 - In what ways did your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In what ways did your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Frame 1: Our first frame is an establishing shot, which shows our scene from both sides of the road. This shows us setting the scene of our media product and doesn't reveal much to the viewer to create that sense of mystery and confusion.
Frame 2: The second frame shows the serial killer deciding which tool to use on his victim. The lighting in the shot used makes it effective as the light is shone onto the tools and we can only faintly see his hands which also adds a sense of mystery as we don't know what he is doing with the tools and who he is.
Frame 3: The third frame shows our title. Our title is in a plain and simple font as we thought it looked more professional. However, there is an effect of what looks like blood flowing through the title, although in the frame the shot has been taken while it was clear and no blood was flowing through.
Frame 4: Our fourth frame is of the victim walking. This shot has been used as we thought it would be good to have a slow start which was of me just walking, and then the scenes would gradually become more intense throughout. Further on in this shot the victim turns around and it looks all blurry, this was used because it shows that the victim is under some confusion. This bodes well with our sub-genre which was psychological.
Frame 5: The fifth frame is a still of a title shot. Our titles did have quite a sinister look to them as they were in a bloody red colour and the font was similar to the one of a typewriter. This challenges thriller conventions as the titles are also on a black backdrop which gives the the movie a dark and gloomy feel which many thrillers attempt to create.
Frame 6: The sixth frame in our 9 frame sequence is the victim actually getting kidnapped from behind, this is the bit where we see how the victim got to the scene of the torture. This adds to the thriller conventions as there is some sort of action taking place.
Frame 7: This frame shows the victim in the actual torture scene struggling to understand his surroundings and what is going on, this is also backing up our sub-genre of psychological thriller because we can infer that there is something wrong with the serial killer and is insane due to the way he has tied the victim up and what weapons he has in his arsenal.
Frame 8: The eighth frame shows the victim walking from the front this time. We included this in because we wanted to get more type of shots into our movie.
Frame 9: Our 9th frame is the last shot of the film. The serial killer is about to hit his victim with a hammer, this adds to thriller conventions as there is some sort of violence taking place.
Monday, 7 February 2011
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