Evaluation

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

A: Our media product takes influences from other movies such as 'Triangle' and '28 days later' and adds to them improving on suspense building music and other things for example we used camera shots to capture quick pans etc. We used a variety of unusual angles which we feel add a sense of eeriness. Also we have a real sense of mystery and general fear incorporated the movie as we as the audience dont know what hes afraid of. The sounds We used were also a big part of the movie we used appropriate sounds which worked really well and faded them into each other in a subtle way. We also edited in sound effects in such as the loud bang noise that the I hear in the movie which was a lot more effective as it was a clear pre-recorded sound from 'Imovie'

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media movie doesn't represent particular social groups, however it may be said that it represents paranoid teenagers as the twist has not yet been revealed and it could be that the way he is seeing things is not really how it is happening. It may also appeal to those who are students in college as the main character is one.


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

Hmv, virgin megastores, zavvi, and all other stores that sell films might distribute our movie. It may also be available online as a podcast. 'Brain Damage films' is a horror movie distibutor who are dedicated to scaring the public. what happens is the movies are sent to the company and then they distribute them worldwideand domestically. some of their flicks can be seen here... MovieDistribution@BrainDamageFilms.com


Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for our piece would be those looking for a good horror to watch or just people who are interested in horror movies, particularly good ones. Also it could appeal to young students as they are at college and will be able to relate to it, also they may be interested in what it would be like if they came to an abandoned school and may be interested to seewhy the college is abandoned after seeing the advert/sneak preview.

How did you attract/address your audience?

We designed fantastic posters which we made look very appealing and interesting to the public, and advertised it on the social networking site facebook and myspace. We also uploaded a sneak preview of our video to Youtube and Vimeo for people to look at and told all our friends to check it out and tell their friends however I feel with more time we would've been able to really get many more people anticipating its release.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

We've learned how to use high quality camcorders and use all the features adjusting things to our preferance, eg flash, focusing etc. We learnt how to attach and dettach tripod when panning smothly also which has proved useful and provided smooth shots. we've learned that when recording the microphone is very sensitive so we put in headphones when recording to make sure we did not pick up any unwanted sounds as we needed a fairly quiet atmosphere. we used white boards to keep track of the clips we had taken and also found that it helped to allow the camera to recognise that that was the colour white which made our shots alot more colour clear and accurate.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

how to build up tense and suspension through sounds (diagetic and non diagetic sounds). I feel we have become increasingly confident with using the camera then when we first started, all members of the group have developed a steady hand when holding the camera. We learned useful shots that proved to be very effective in our later piece such as the tracking shot and the over the shoulder one. I also feel i have learned a variety of ideas which are very important to not only just our movie but overall movie making. I also feel i have learned how to record important and relevant information to my Blog (blogger). Finally the whole editing thing on movie was something that i learnt about such as its aspects, the sounds available as well as image and text. Finally I also learnt about getting ideas and constructive criticism and responding to it.