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

Evaluation - How did you attract/address your audience?

To attract our audience David and I wanted to create an opening that was full of suspense and would really set the scene for what the future of the film would bring, however we were very careful not to give too much away and spoil the rest of the film as we left it on a cliff-hanger and didn't give anything away about the characters that could tell you about them or why they were there. We also tried by using the insert shots to create a creepy aspect of the setting and location of where the characters were without giving too much away about why or where they were. By using all these aspects to try and create this classic thriller opening scene atmosphere we feel that the audience will be left on a cliff-hanger and the tense atmosphere will leave them wanting more.

Here are some of the answers people gave me about our film when I showed it to them:

Evaluation - Who would be the audience for your media product?

To decide who my target audience would have been for my media product at the start was determined by the questionnaire that I handed out to people I know or random people to find out their age and what they liked about thrillers/our thriller. The results were that we asked 8 16-21 year olds, 1 22-30 year old and 2 31-49 year olds, this clearly shows that from the people we interviewed the 16-21 year olds category was the best and our audience that we had to target our project towards. However there are a lot of young adults about 30-40 years old that like thriller films/programmes therefore we can also target our product to cater for this age group as well, this will not be hard as both age groups have a very similar interest when watching these films as all you need is good suspense and a good plot to keep them watching.
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Here is a video where I explain what certificate I believe our film would get had we carried on and published it:

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

Evaluation - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

One of the ideas that some thought the two men were in the same place because the stalker in the hood was going to murder the other man in the suit, therefore I researched online the connections with males and murders I found that of 215,273 victims in murders 77% were male and that men committed 90% of murders between 1976 and 2005. This means that males can be associated stereotypically with murders and being murder victims. We also felt that males are seen throughout history as a more dominating force between the genders and we wanted to only use male actors to try and cement the fact that there is a more dominating force, if we used a female antagonist we felt that it wouldn't have the same effect. We tried to create this idea of a dominating male character by keeping him mysterious and getting an actor that is tall and broad at the shoulders to make him seem more tough and manly. We also found that we beat the stereotype of the male stalking and killing the female as we used a male victim instead, we wanted to create something a bit different so that it wasn't the same as every other story line that has a similar theme across it.

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

At the very start of our piece there is a skyline shot of Nottingham city centre where David gradually walks into the shot to look over Matt as he is walking across the playground, i took inspiration of this shot from a David Fincher movie where he has a skyline at the very start where 'Directed by David Fincher'. Although it is not as good as the skyline that David Fincher uses we feel that it serves the same purpose and gives off the same effect, i would have liked to have had the skyline at night however it would not have fitted in with the time of day that every other shot is set in.

 

 

Our production company titles were also inspired by another real professional production company's title: Walt Disney Studios. We decided to use the old production titles because of three reasons, one the new one is very hard to replicate as it was made by qualified computing staff whereas the old one was very simple, two the old version had a lot of features that we could use on Adobe After Effects such as the revelation of the castle and the glow of the Walt Disney and three the old one was very euphoric and is a well-known symbol of great entertainment which is what we wanted our audience to remember. Here is our and the old Walt Disney production company titles:



Our second insert shot of the hallway where the camera pans around to the right to show the full extent of the hallway and all the graffiti that are on the walls, we thought that this shot would set the scene well as, like the others, it would show a side of the place that they were in that you wouldn't have been able to see if we hadn't put them in. It also creates a creepy atmosphere for the setting as you can see how awful the state of the place is, we can link this scene to the one is paranormal activity where the camera pans to the right and reveals the boy under the sheet then he vanishes as this shows the full layout of the house and gives the house a creepy sense to it.

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