Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Evaluation Question 4

Evaluation Question 4:
Who would be the audience for your production?

Our media product is aimed at Teenagers / Adults. This is because of the content included and how it comes across to the audience. For example, it shows aggression from the antagonist and Elements of terrorism (the bomb), and interrogation against the protagonist.

Furthermore, we did a public survey within our audience to find out what sub genre within thillers' are most favoured (Ages between 16-20):

David Cap (18) said that his favourite movie genre was comedy thrillers. We asked him for his best film in this category of his opinion, and he said that The A  Team was his favourite.

Jane Peel (16) Told us that her most preferable category is Crime Thriller. Furthermore, we questioned her on her favourite movie/s in this particular genre. She told us that the Fast and Furious series of films is her best pick.

Finally, we questioned John Hall (20). He let us know that his favourite sub genre is Romantic Thriller. He also added that she loves the movie Enemy at the Gates, as it explored the theme perfectly to his liking. 

Saturday, 7 February 2015

Evaluation Question 1

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions or real media products?

Titles and credits:

In our media product, we have opened it up with titles and brief credits. The titles is presented as shown below:


As you can see we have considered the colours and font very carefully. We used the website 'Da font' to select our font. It is very suitable for our thriller, considering the forms and conventions of our final product.

Also, we have included our company logo in the opening:


Again we used Da font to find our font for this title. We used final cut pro and adobe photoshop to perfect this, and fit our theme of thrilling and suspense.

Costumes:

We have carefully selected a couple of outfits to fit our characters and their roles in the story. Our Antagonist wears all black. A long coat and top-hat. The colour black reflects on his personality, as quite dark and bad. 

Our Protagonist wears quite normal clothing as he is an 'undercover detective'. 


Sound:

In our media product we have used various sounds and sound effects. In the opening we have slow paced, dramatic music which suits our particular thriller product, which was created using an acoustic guitar. The music and overall sound adjusts to the things on screen. For example, when the antagonist is viewed, it becomes louder and more aggressive.


















Wednesday, 4 February 2015

The Captive: Rough Cut

Shooting Schedule



Shooting Schedule


Tuesday 2nd December- 1:20pm- 2:20pm 

Shooting running scene through woods.


Location: Forest
Props: None
Shots: Closeup, Long, Low Angle
Costume: Blue jeans, Blue Nike shoes and Hoodie
Actors: Dan Rogers


Wednesday 3rd December- 9am- 10am
Opening to part in the Stanier Hall

Curtains opening, walking through auditorium, writing the note 

Location: Stanier Hall, Wem 
Props: Chair x2, table, rope, sack, stick, hat, note, pen, portable lights x3, two cameras with tripods
Shots: Establishing Shot, Closeup shot, Several angle used
Costume: Top hat, Long jacket/robe, Black trousers.
Actors: Dan Rogers

Wednesday 3rd December- 2.20pm- 3.20pm 
Carrying on filming in Stanier Hall

Tying up Steve, hitting Steve, taking bag off Steve, shot of light

Location: Stanier Hall
Props: Camera x2, tripod x2, portable lights x3, sack, chair, table, rope, stick, hat
Shots: Over the Shoulder, Closeup, Medium shot
Costume: Top hat, Long jacket/robe, black trousers, 
                    Sack, red jumper, blue jeans and pumps 
Actors: Dan Rogers and Steve Floyd


Tuesday 9th December- 1.20- 2.20pm
Shooting scene of wires leading up to chair

Location: Stanier Hall, Wem
Props: Camera, tripod, portable lights x3, sack, chair, rope
Shots: Closeup, Tracking Shot
Costume: Sack, red jumper, blue jeans and pumps
Actors: Steve Floyd


Friday 16th January- 10.20- 2.15pm 
Finalising Stanier Hall Shots

Location: Stanier Hall, Wem
Props:  Chair, table, rope, sack, hat, portable lights x3, two cameras with tripods, wires and dolly.
Shots: Closeup Shot, Over the Shoulder Shot, Tracking Shot, Dolly Zoom.
Costume: Top hat, Long jacket/robe, black trousers, 
                   Sack, grey jumper, blue jeans and pumps 
Actors: Dan Rogers and Steve Floyd


Thursday 22nd January- 9.20- 9.50am
FInalising scenes

Location: Studio
Props: Dolly, Camera, Tripod and Wires.
Shots: Closeup Shot, Tracking Shot
Costume: None
Actors: None

Friday 23rd January- 10.30- 11.45
Finalising scenes

Location: Forest
Props: Box, phone
Shots: Mid Shot, Tracking Shot, Over the Shoulder Shot, Establishing Shot
Costume: Blue jeans, Blue Nike shoes and Jumper
Actors: Dan Rogers  

Tuesday, 3 February 2015