Media evaluation Q7: looking back at your preliminary, what do you feel you have learnt from it to the progression to the main task?

Ok so as me and Charlie worked together on our preliminary and our main task, it worked perfectly to do the video together, obviously the pressure gets to you when having to talk into the camera as many of you may know!

Also if you're wondering who/what we're smirking at, at times throughout the video, Eloise was doing her best to distract us ;)

Thriller opening- Nocturnal

Finally!! After MANY hours (weeks) work, along with major technical faults which we encountered along the way, our thriller opening is finally ready!

As everyone probably knows we have had software issues all along the way, including up to the final day when the film wouldn't export, which meant we didn't have the time or capability to use after effects with our production, which we would have really liked to do, and which would have benefited the film massively!

Unfortunately something has occurred to make the film sizing distorted, this wasn't happening until it was exported, meaning there was nothing we could have done/ can do to prevent it from happening, so you're just going to have to ignore that! (I am hoping this is the last issue we have along the way in our media course!! But at least we can say it's improved our understanding of technology and defiantly out patients)

Other than that, I hope you enjoy:)

Evaluation Q6: What have you learnt from technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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https://www.evernote.com/shard/s623/sh/dafe203b-d0f9-43d0-81cd-d1b5df66b627/90b384b82cda46e5c2f1284462090ee5

Evaluation Q5: How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Q4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Q3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In terms of the groups being represented, our film shows typical, British teenagers, from working class backgrounds, (which also links with the target audience, but we will talk about that later on..)
The murderer of an unknown identity, proposing a person male or female of any class, and ethnicity.

Aim
One aim of our film was to challenge the ideology of film. Typically in thrillers the main character types are an antagonist, protagonist, and victim, which we have, however the typical character type of an antagonist is the villain, played by a male character who is portrayed as emotionless, and powerful through the use of camera shots, making the character look bigger and overpowering presenting the authority and power. The antagonist is typically played by a male character in most thrillers, we challenge these roles as the identity of the murderer is unknown, allowing for questionings by the audience whilst watching, creating more suspense in the film.
The character of a protagonist also known as the hero, is stereotypically played as a young white, male, who is an independent character, usually portrayed as being more important and powerful than female characters which is shown by the camera shots being used. In our thriller opening we don't see the hero, or don't know of it at the time, this is because the protagonist it presented later on in the film, when the equilibrium is being restored.
A victim in most thrillers is portrayed as a women who is young and vulnerable, the victim is the complete opposing character to the antagonist, in our film this completely contradicts the original version of a victim, our opening shows the victim as being a male character (Brad) who is in fact the only male in the group of friends.

Location
Our thriller opening had two locations, the woods (which helped to set the scene) and the log cabin (the accommodation of the short break away. These locations were chosen to portray the rural and solidarity of the destination, which works perfectly with the age group of the film as teenagers are known to be an adventurous and curious age group. The isolated location seems like the perfect place for teenagers to escape for the weekend. Editing and lighting techniques have been used to make the log cabin seem a cosy and pleasant location which is a major contrast with what actually occurs in the wilderness.

Target audience
We chose late teenagers for the main characters in Nocturnal as we thought thrillers tend to appeal to people from around 15-24, the film will therefore me more engaging and appealing to the audience as they can relate to the film as the characters are between that age group, this also helps create a sense of realism for the audience enhancing the thrill of the film. I believe my thriller appeals to westernized countries, this is because the film is more realistic to viewers who have the same/ similar immediate surroundings, which helps to generate fear. (The films age rating is 15).

Evaluation Q1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Unfortunately due to an issue with Slide-share I was unable to post my PowerPoint presentation and therefore had to transfer the information into a Prezi! Hope you don't mind too much lol, enjoy! :)

Uploading problem

Unfortunately SlideShare wont upload my powerpoint for question 1 atm!! Bear with me, im doing the best I can, however I think im going to have to use a different format, grrrr