Evaluation Question 7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product?

Below is the link for this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuvxEZfojww

At the time when we filmed our preliminary we had only a few camera angles and simple shots shots we had planned to use. But compared to our thriller we required a more diverse and more complicated angles and shots, for such reasons as portraying the panic of the protagonist with a shaky first person shot. As you can see on the left there is an screenshot of our preliminary which shows a simple mid shot of one of the characters.

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But as you can see in the image on the right we incorporated more complex shots into our thriller, this shot is a reflection in a mirror of the protagonist and a corridor behind him where the killer walks past. This shot required abit of planning as we needed to gain the correct angle for the shot, so as you now know we did more planning and put more thought into the shots before we did them.




Also another aspect we gained more knowledge is sound in our videos, for example in our preliminary video we wasn't really required to focus on our sound that much. But for our thriller it was a big thing we had to consider, so while filming we made sure we made the diagetic sounds very distinct so they would be heard over the opening music.The music choice was also a huge factor as we needed it to relate to the opening of the thriller so after thinking over some songs we had we found one which had lyrics which was parallel with what was going on in the opening.

So in a way we have developed a better way of thinking and planning the shots and sounds etc before jumping into filming them, this has helped us majorly with our filming as it kept us more organised with our filming and clips.

Evaluation Question 6) What have you learned from technologies from the process of constructing the product?

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

How we held the audience's attention in our Thriller
One way in which we held the audiences attention was by using a rather confusing opening which was a repeat of the protagonists's morning routine, this slight confusion would make the audience want to carry on watching to see how the story unfolds.The music we used also creates confusion as it is very contrasting to what you would expect from the usual conventional thriller, here is a hyperlink for the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q9cWAdIxE8U

The use of suspense
Another way which we held the audiences attention is the use of suspence, we did this by slowing hinting at the beginning of the final morning that there were a couple things different. We also showed the killer before he attacks the protagonist, for example I took screen shots of our thriller to show these moments.As you can see in the top image you can see the killer passing the bathroom the protagonist is in revealing he is in the house, this begins the build up of suspense. Then in the image below you can see the killer peering round the corner at the protagonist, at this point the build u of suspense would be at its highest just before the killer attacks him.




The use of cliffhangers

At the end of our opening we included a cliff hanger were the protagonist wakes up in an unknown location, the use of this in an attempt to keep the audience enticed to see what will happen next.

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

Media project

This slideshow was uploaded using Slideshare, I first created the
slidshow on Microsoft Office PowerPoint were I then uploaded it to Slideshare and then embedded it onto this blog post.

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

Uk distribution company


Metrodome group is a London based publicly traded company that manages and distributes firms.Due to it being primarily based in London it is a perfect company for us as we too are based in the London area. They also handle the distribution of low budget films such as our own.

Where and how it ill be viewed

If we  were to release our film out in a cinema , we would use picture house as they primarily work with low budget british films like ours. Also  with this company being really large this means our film would be shown all across the uk.   

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

How gender is represented?

In our Thriller Gender can only be lightly touched upon cause there is not much you can say about the main character, except how he didnt act as a typical dominant male who would have put up a fight against the killer.But with the killer their identity is unknown so you cant determine whether or not they are male or female.



How is Age represented?
In our Thriller it shows an independent young person living alone, this in itself is very uncommon and highly contrasting to the usual stereotype of a young person. The same problem with the representation of the killers gender is also applicable for their age as it too is not known.

How is Class Represented?

The protagonist in our  thriller comes across as being well refined and organised, and this could give the  impression he  belongs in the  higher class of society. and by being attacked in his own home could give the impression that those in higher classes are vulnerable to those who are below them in society.    

How is ethnicity represented? 

Ethnicity is also another one which is not really represented in anyway, also again the killers ethnicity is too not revealed to the audience. 

Evaluation Question 1) In what ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The Conventions of Thrillers
On the right is an image of a mind map in my media book of the what conventions we think are in thrillers. In this mind map we cover a wide variety of points which range from aspects of thrillers such as enigmas, red herrings an dramatic irony to what scenes you would expect to see on a thriller film such as murder, kidnapping and car chase. We also included a couple of typical things such as a setting for a thriller, which would be an urban setting like a city, and actors like Liam Neeson or Matt Damon.

Types of Thrillers: Spy Thriller
                            Political Thriller
                            Conspiracy Thriller
                            Legal Thriller
                            Psychological Thriller








The use of conventions in our Thriller
In our Thriller we focused highly on the use of dramatic after the repeated mornings to create a huge feeling of suspense for the audience.We also added music which acts like a red herring as would create confusion as contrasts to what you would usually expect from a typical thriller.
We also didn't want to include any shocks as the use of a masked serial killer and shocks could have pushed our thriller more into the horror genre. If i had to catagorise our thriller in the list above id say it would belonged to the psychological thriller area, this is because of the attempts of trying to confuse the audience and throw them off as much as possible.

Thrillers which influenced us and which ours are similar to


Here you can see an image of Hannibal from Silence of the lambs, our influence of using a mask came from a couple of films but this one was the most notable. The main influence for it is the iconic memorable look which the audience would remember.