Evaluation Activity 7

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

Preliminary Video

In the preliminary video the task at hand wasn't that familiar so we were experimenting with different techniques. In the opening credits I have super-imposed text onto the screen. In reflection on the preliminary video the text alignment could have been structured better as it masks half of the screen in contrast to 'Fool Me Twice' when the decision was made to make the text look more submerged.

Final Video 'Fool Me Twice'

                                                                                 Match on Action...In the preliminary video 'Finding Derick' we created a match-on-action shot where the protagonist strikes the antagonist hurling him to the floor. This type of editing is vital for continuity, it shows the method of one shot cutting to another, portraying the action that was intended in the first shot.

Evaluation Activity 6

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

Evaluation Activity 5

How did I attract/address my audience?

Evaluation Activity 4

Who would be the ideal audience for my media product?

Generically the film would have to be 18+ due to the violence, gangs and drug references. It is vital to give a film with this type of content a high age certificate because it would affect minors mentally short term and long term. Teamed with tense chilling music and recent reviews such as 'Twisted', without a certificate this is self-explanatory that the film will be very tense and not for younger viewers. That film contains only male actors (if the full film was made only very few female actresses would be casted) evidently appealing more to males, however this also depends on preference on the female perhaps some enjoy films with a protruded  male to female ratio. 'Fool Me Twice' would also gain the interest of males because the main themes are violence and drugs (both which men have a tendency to enjoy) as well the male audience may be able to relate to the characters in the film with it being contemporary.

  The photo I have is a modern nineteen year old male. Varied taste in clothing attire would shop at favorable stores such as...
 http://www.asos.com/?r=2
http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/home/uk/en/
http://www.americanapparel.net/

Favorite T.V Programs would include...

Evaluation Activity 3

What kind of media institution might distribute my media product and why?

Evaluation Activity 2

How does my film represent different social groups?

On the left: Gordon Gray (actor in 'Fool Me Twice')
On the right: Gary Stretch (actor in 'Dead Mans Shoes')

Both films are contemporary thrillers.The story line and the role of both characters are similar in 'Fool Me Twice' and 'Dead Mans Shoes'. It's difficult to understand whether Gordon or Gary and his clan are protagonists or antagonists as they both have committed a crime in the past but then are punished for it by their adversaries. Both characters are wearing black, leather jackets teamed with a dark colored scheme attire. The dark colors represent loss and death, evidently this clothing is foregrounding of their pre-determined fate. The ethnicity of the characters is also a vital decision when choosing roles for a thriller film. Without being xenophobic it is the norm for a white Caucasian male to be casted as the victim in a thriller film. This focuses on the stereotypes of ethnicity in the media industry. 

Below are numerous thriller film's that include white, Caucasian's as the victims...

                                 Sleuth Jude Law                           Secret Window Johnny Depp

  
                                 Misery James Caan                                Phonebooth Colin Farrell


 

Evaluation 1 Continued

Camerawork and Editing

A variety of types of shots and angles were used in the process of completing our two minute opening film. The long establishing shots were important at the beginning of the film because it gives the audience a sense of the mise-en-scene and what to expect later in the film. After the opening credits both protagonists pursue into the wood. The start of the wood is masked by colossal tree's which adds to the mystique and the element of the unknown in the film. Films such as The Shining and Silence of the Lambs both start with establishing shots.







Title and Font

We pursued the same title font and style throughout the two minute film opening to reinforce the element of continuity evidently augmenting the sense of realism. Also including the superimposing technique as a lot of thriller films do (like above) for their opening credits.

 

 

Overall the opening credits of thriller films often seem to be superimposed on the screen in modern day however in the 20th century when technology wasn't as advanced or perhaps due to preference; an alternate title screen was made for the opening credits however I believe the contemporary method of superimposing enhances the 'cinematic experience'.

 

 

Story, Genre and How Characters are introduced

At the beginning of the opening the two protagonists naively walk into an isolated woodland area. The wood has numerous physical barriers such as the broken fences, derelict buildings and bad terrain that should initially make the two protagonist teens avoid the area however being the stereotypical Caucasian, vulnerable teenager, they are oblivious to all danger. Also due to the diegetic, ominous music, the audience will sense the negative energy portrayed by all the barriers and atmosphere evidently preparing themselves for a thriller/slasher.

The antagonist is not introduced into the clip until one minute into the film however his face is not shown until two minutes eighteen seconds. When the antagonist first appears he does so with a wrench in his right hand however there is a low angle close up on the hand with no wrench in it. The tracker releases the wrench from his sleeve and falls into his hand simultaneous to the ominous 'knife' music.

 

 

The Warriors

 

I gained inspiration from the scene from ''The Warriors'' where the 'Baseball Furies' face 'The Warriors' and the lead member drops a baseball bat from infront of his arm (out of the camera's view) however the camera catches the extreme close up of the release of the bat because there is an extreme close up of the hand region.

 

 

Effects Used

There were numerous effects used in the two minute film opening to enhance the aestethics of the clip and accentuate some necessary factors. We included a sepia filter to insinuate the trackers perception. Though exaggerated it was necessary as the colour connotes violence and it showed an insight to the deranged killers mind. Also altered the contrast and brightness of each clip to improve the quality.