Analysis of the sixth sense:

Question 5: Audience feedback Vox Pops part two

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Final Warning Final Draft

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Here is my preliminary task:


Here is my final draft of our opening sequence Final Warning:

I will be comparing my preliminary task to my final draft of Final Warning, as you can see in my preliminary task we have used a match on action; where Ben is about to enter the classroom and then he is in the classroom this is a simple match on action with limited effect. However in our final draft of Final Warning a match on action is used when the girl is trying to escape where she is running through the forest, the difference between the two match on actions is the final draft of the opening sequence Final Warning uses match on action for effect for example through showing many shots of the girl running it gives the effect the forest is larger than it actually is adding tension. Another difference that clearly indicates my skills have improved as the academic year has gone on is the use of diegetic sound correctly, in our preliminary task diegetic sound of people talking can be heard throughout, however in our opening sequence diegetic sound has been used effectively for example the wind in the forest to add an isolated effect for example.

Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents a range of social groups, for example; gender, age, social class and ability. Our media product represents particular social groups a particular one is age for example teenagers because we do not have any adults or children in the product. So we have used contemporary stereotypes of teenagers for example a teenage girl dies first, this is to match the gender stereotype of a female being weak and powerless, the other stereotype we have used is age because the girl is a teenager and they are usually stereotyped as inexperienced and unconversant. The social class of our characters is very similar they are all working class characters we know this because of the costumes they are wearing, they fit the stereotypical representation of teenagers. Below is a screenshot of our final draft of me and Lindsay, this reinforces the point of our final draft representing the particular social group of teenagers.

Question 5 - How did you attract/address the audience and Director's commentary part one?

Voice over Audience Feedback:

Director's Commentary:

Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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

Technologies which are brand new to me are the fig rig, Screenomatic, Final Cut Pro and Freesound. I have found through the making of this product that I have learnt a lot especially the use of Final Cut Pro because before this task I didn't know much about the software, however now I know how to insert letters and add effects to them for example the movement of the letter. The technologies that I have developed my skills in are my camera work skills and Imovie 09. I have noticed that my skills have developed greatly in using the moving image camera for example I can now perform a pan which flows with all steadiness this is a massive development for me because before my shots weren't as steady when using a moving image camera. The most obvious technology that has allowed me to produce a product which is creative is the moving image camera because it allowed me to explore different shot types and seeing their effect in a different prospective other than my own. Technologies that helped to develop my creativity; Imovie 09 because it allowed me to experiment with different effects and transitions on my shots. There were many technologies that needed careful planning but one which is most important is the use of the moving image camera because if I didn't plan or stick to my plan the footage which was shot wasn't a true reflection of my best ability. There was one time were I didn't use technology correctly and I had to repeat the task again correctly because of my misconception of the software; I thought I could move individual letters when I couldn't because the software didn't have the function and I wasn't authorised. The technology of the camera I used is so far ahead in technology compared to the camera I used at GCSE for example the camera I used for this product had much greater resolutions.

Below is a collage, I created themed on the technology I used whilst doing this project.

Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Audience:

Gender: Male and Female                                                                                                                    
Age: 16 - 32                                                                                                                                         
Area: All                                                                                                                                               
Education: /Sixth forms/Colleges/Universities/                                                                                        
Class: /Working/ Lower/                                                                                                                       
Type of Person: Student                                                                                                                       

Our films target audience.....

Our films target audience. Our film can be viewed by a mass audience it doesn't fit a niche audience. Our film would be very popular with a young demographic. The structure of the target audience lives (demographic) would be; live in all areas for example rural and urban; they would be at the associative stage of education they would attend all types of schools from public to comprehensive; they would be working and lower class; both male and female; young adults.

Our films target audience. There are many psychographic variables and attributes of our mass audience. The social research has shown that our target audience, enjoy socialising. They do this through social networks for example Facebook, Twitter and Skype. The stereotypical weekday of our audience would be studying during the day, subject work in the evening with TV, clubs, socialising and listening to music because they would be very proactive. The stereotypical weekend of our audience would consist of them socialising, completing subject work, jobs, clubs and past times. They would have all types of social groups. They would be esteem seekers which means they would be materialistic in the sense of always wanting to look the best or have the latest phones and clothes, however in some circumstances this isn't the case because they may still be materialistic but not in that way they maybe wanting experience or wanting to travel.

Our Groups Feedback From Teachers:

Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? Part one

Final Warning Draft Two

Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? Part two

What Kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Our film is called "Final Warning" its conventions are very similar to the horror genre making it a horror film.

Our films distributor is "Paramount Pictures", it is much-publicized, prominent and greatly reputed around the world as it being consistently ranked as one of the largest growing film studios. "Paramount Pictures" don't specialise in any particular genre, however some of the greatest horror movies have been distributed by them; for example "Friday the 13th". Generally most films distributed by paramount pictures don't take much time to reach fruition.

Our films production company is named "Clockwork Productions" in reason of the film is time orientated, this essentially means how long will it take until the killer will stop killing defenceless victims? This is dependant upon either until he has given up or has been caught. In our opening sequence the audience are shown two teenagers besieged by the killer. I personally believe that the idea of our film being time orientated is brilliant because it builds involuntary tension.

The most suitable media institution would be sky because they have designated channels for horror movies.  However the content wouldn't be suitable for the BBC, and in terms of ITV the film would be to modern for their specifications.

Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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

One convention which continually appears in horror opening sequences is the use of a distribution and production logo. A production logo is the company which produce the film for example "Lionsgate" and a distribution logo is the company that takes the film to the audience for example "Twentieth Century Fox".

Another convention which has "steadfast loyalty" to horror opening sequences is titles. Titles continue throughout horror opening sequences usually because they help the audience get a gist of what the film is going to be about. Our opening sequence develops the use of titles because our group have used the rule of thirds this means that there is nearly always great sufficient space in shots to insert titles into.

Below is screenshot examples of the titles we used in our opening sequence to Final Warning.

Final Warning first draft

This is the first draft of our opening sequence of 'Final Warning'.

Titles:

Titles:

This is the website I have taken the fonts from: http://www.dafont.com/

All of the fonts I have researched have been used with the title of our opening sequence (Final Warning) I have done this so I can see what the fonts look like in use. 

This font above is called "death font", I would consider this a contender for our groups opening sequence titles because it is different not all the letters follow the same rule, which reflects our film not everything is as it seems some things happen to the characters for a reason and some things happen to the characters without a reason or a reason that will never be revealed.

This font above is called "mystery forest", I would consider this a contender for our groups opening sequence titles because it reflects our opening sequence scenes, they are all in the forest/woods and this font symbolises a woodland area because the font looks like it has been made out of wood.

This font above is called "cold night for alligators , I wouldn't consider this as a title for our groups opening sequence  in reason of its a bit over the top, our opening sequence will have blood in but not to the extent we could use this as a title. However I like the style of this font I think it is just a bit exaggerated so if there was a font which had some of this fonts traits and not too much of the bloody effect, I think our group would definitely consider it as a contender.

This font above is called "crime time six", this font has been spotted by another member of our group (Lindsay Brophy), I agree with the decision she chose for picking this font as a contender. I believe this font would be a strong contender for our groups opening sequence because it is an original font which has similar styles which have been used in many horror opening sequences, according to me I think this style of font is very popular because of its simplicity. However we wouldn't show any diversity when using this font and we wouldn't be taking risks with our audience when using this font, this is the downside to using it.

Story Boards:

These are the storyboards our group created and I scanned and uploaded, these storyboards are great to use because it helps you to plan the film, because you don't want to jump straight into filming because your film wont be very good and it won't have any meaning. Through our group doing several drafts of storyboards we have finally come to a group decision on our opening sequence which has been drawn and explained shot by shot above.

Location Permission

Location Permission

This is the form which myself and Lindsay filled out, it is asking permission from the local council for us to film in their area for a local school project, in this document above we have explained the contents of the film, the number of our crew, the dates and the props which are used etc. We have to fill in this document because otherwise we are not authorized to film in their area and we could get fined.

This is the permit that we have received from Sutton Council for us to film in Nonsuch Park.

Storyboard Animatic:

Storyboard Animatic:

This is the Animatic which our group made, it consists of all the shots from our storyboard with a sound track (license free)and titles off of Imovie, so really this was a draft of our opening sequence but without real life acting. I believe through our group creating an Animatic it means we can see what our sequence would look like as a final draft, this means that anything we thought looked good on paper and it wasn't as we imagined in our Animatic we know we will have to change it.

Shooting schedule scanned in:

Shooting schedule scanned in:

This is our shooting schedule which our group created and I uploaded, this is a guideline for our group so we know where we are going at what times etc. It keeps our group on track and organised without this I don't think we would use our time as wisely as we could.

Character descriptions scanned in:

Character descriptions scanned in:

These are the pictures I uploaded of character descriptions, simply it is a character profile for all the actors in our group it describes their personality, what they look like and other details. I believe this is an essential piece of planning for our group because without these character descriptions we wouldn't know what our characters would look or be like therefore the film wouldn't have as much meaning as it would have if the actors knew the characters details, therefore making a better film.

The Script

(Tom and Lucy are walking their dog through Nonsuch Park. Their dog begins to pull away from them as he smells something unusual. Tom and Lucy follow the dog and find the dead body)

Lucy: Oh my God!
Tom: Call the police!

(Lucy begins to panic but gets out her phone and calls '999')

Lucy: Hello?! Police?!

(Phone cuts out)

Lucy: Hello? Hello?! Tom, it's not working!
          Tom?

(Lucy turns around. Tom has disappeared)

Lucy: Tom?!

Casting:

Casting:

Choice of actors and why we have chosen them:

I the murderer have voluntarily chosen my role because I believe I would be a great actor as a villain because I have played this role many times before.

George 2 is part of the couple he has chosen this role because he thinks he would perform well in this role.

Lucinda volunteered to be the victim because she is apparently very good at holding a still position.

Lindsay is the other part of the couple and volunteered her role because she believed she would be best at this role.

Through choosing our roles I believe this will cause a great effect on the work rate of the group and it will produce a great output in the end.

Prop List:

Prop List: 

George: Murderer:

I am a murderer so I shall wear all black clothing, and try to hide my identity so to do this I will wear many layers of dark clothing, because stereotypically murderers in horror films don't wear bright summery colour clothes.

        

Lucinda: First victim:

Lucinda is the young girl who is found dead by the couple, so she will wear blue clothing to symbolise she is an innocent girl. As being the victim Lucinda will need the Scrunched up note saying "your next".

George 2: Male significant other:

George 2 is the boy friend so he will wear navy blue coloured clothing so he doesn't have any symbolical features this is to show he is a normal boyfriend.

        

Lindsay: Girl significant other:

Lindsay is the girlfriend so she will wear bright clothing to show she is young and innocent, so stereotypically she is a normal girlfriend. Also Lindsay is walking a dog who finds the body.

Props, Location and Costumes:

Props, Location and Costumes:

Props: 

A mobile phone because the couple need to call the emergency services about the terrifying event that just happened.

A dog because it smells the victims body and makes the couple aware of the situation.

The note in the girls hand; "your next".

Location:

A park because this is where the main event happens.

The walk to the park, to show the couple before they find the body and to build tension.

Costumes:

Normal clothes for the couple and a dark costume for the victim to foreshadow when they find her that she is dead.

Sound used in our opening horror sequence:

Sound used in our opening horror sequence:

I don't think we should use a nursery rhyme because it's very popular and predictable, I think by using different sound effects to get away from the norm would make the opening sequence unique and individual. Through the opening sequence being unique and individual I think it would be more popular to the audience because they would want to know what's going to happen but because it being far from the norm it will be hard to guess. Also there wouldn't be a point in our group using demonic laughs because it wouldn't suit our plot.

I think our opening sequence should consist of a flurry of strings and sinister music because they would work well together to build and create tension on the audience also it would suit our genre very well with our plot. Through using sinister music it will foreshadow something is going to happen, therefore making the audience want to watch the rest of the film.

An example of a soundtrack I would consider to use in my horror opening sequence would be the one I've put a link to below because it builds tension very well and it is free to use (license free):

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100710