Evaluation...

How my media products uses forms and conventions of real media products

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQQpmm5u3w

I believe, my movie creates creates, not only tension, but suspence. This adds to the main theme of my move ,thriller, and furthermore attracts my target audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZu1cTg-xUM

This movie has a similar opening to mine, as they both open up with some information about what has happened. This makes the audience eager to watch the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcxgk18AINI

 

Unlike in 'The Blair Witch Project' where you are given a load of extreem close ups, both to should un proffectional camera work, but so you get to know the characters on a personal level. I have put none of these shot into my movie as I want the audience to feel detatched from the characters, so the realise the bad they have done, and that what happened inthere own fault. In which I am then hoping it plays on there mind, and stopping them from bullying in the future.

Evaluation...



The camera I used

What I have Leanrt about technologies from making my product

I have learnt many skilols from making my monie opening, on of which is how to expectly use angles and how to possition the tripod in perticular places to get a perticular effect. I also learned how to upload the videos from the camcorder, on to the computer, and then. 'Adobe Premiere Pro' (which is the soft wear I used to edit my moive)

While using this soft wear, I learned a number of techniques on it, on of which was cutting certain parts out of my of my movie out, thus resulting in me being able to cut every thing i dont want out of my different shots, improving the quality.

 I also learned to cut sound out, by dragging the sound I didnt want onto a different level, and simply mute it. It then ment i could play different music over the top of my movie. This means, instead of having unpleasant wind in the background of whats happening, I could put eary music on instead, meaning the feel of my movie will become even more eary, and jumpy, esspeacially if I but loud music in the right places. Over all adding to the effect of it.

Another peice of soft wear I learned to use was blogger its self. This means I am able to make a portfolio that is need and tidy, and it also means I am able to access my work anywhere I go.

Evaluation...

How I attracted/addressed my audience




Written Laungage



This shows my slender man jumping on the screen and off again
Clip one (sorry it isnt actually a clip)  





Another way I attracted my audience was to pick a theme that people of my target audience would know, in this case, the popular meme Slenderman. This means the storey will interest them, and would make it more likely for them to want to watch it.

Evaluation...

What progress I have made from my preliminary task


One of the major things I have learned from making my preliminary movie was that having my actors speak loud and clearly enough for the camera misc to pick up. Another way I have progressed from my preliminary movie was to pick the right actors from the right parts. The character who gets his face slapped in my preliminary movie (John wilson), I found, was two quiet for the camera to pick up, so I gave him the roll of 'Slenderman' as it wasn't a talking part. However if I was to do it again I would chose a different actor to play the man who died, as well as the man who slapped John (Jack Stevenson) as I believe he couldn't act serious enough for the roll, as he kept on smirking, fortunately I have attempted to cut out most of his unfocused smirks and laughs, although it would be something I would avoid if I was to do it again.

John  (as Slenderman)

John Wilson

Jack as himself

Jack Stevenson

One last thing I believe I have made progress in, is my lighting, in my preliminary movie the lighting in it makes it so that it is hard to make out my characters, also it changes from scene to scene. However in my main movie, I have concentrated to make my lighting as natural,and similar as possible. (please see preliminary movie above and 'Final movie draft' or    DVD of 'The Slender Man')

Evaluation...

How my media product represents a particular social group

A screen shot from the movie 'The Blair Witch Project' 

The photo featured in my movie opening of the
group of  friend

Both of these social groups are similar because they are both students, they are both dressed casually, and are obviously friends. However culturally they are different as the characters from 'The Blair Witch Project' are American and my characters are British.

Another similarity to each other is that both my movie and 'The Blair Witch Project' are low budget meaning the out fits are everyday outfits as well as there not being much make up (other than a bit of powder to cover shine'. Also the mise en scene is mostly what is available, for  instance, trees and grass to show the audience that the characters are out side, of a fridge and cooker to let them no the characters are in a kitchen.

Evaluation...

A media company that could possibly distribute my media product

http://www.filmbaza.net/indexes/index-logos/h-h_logos.htm

One distributor that could be interested in my movie is 'Haxan Flims'  (1) which is a low budget movie distributor, of which created movies such as 'Lonely Molly' and 'Seventh Moon'. 

I believe this film company would be interested in my media production because they are a low budget 'indie' company. I also believe they will be interested because the main genre they concentrate on is thriller/horror, most popular of which is 'The Blair Witch Project'. So with my media product being a similar theme, this  is why i believe they would be interested in 'The Slender Man'. 

1. http://www.haxan.com/

Evaluation...

The audience for my media product

I believe the social group my movie is individuals. I don’t believe my audience are the type of people who would go see large, extravagant movies, such as Harry Potter, est. but rather the smaller screen, indie movies. I also believe this movie will interest internet uses who read ‘meme’s’ for example ‘meme base’ (1)

A cultural idem that is transmitted by repetition (2)

As I got my inspiration for the sporty from the popular meme ‘Slenderman’ (3)

I also believe, from my audience analysis, that my audience like : -

·        Both horrors and thrillers

·        Thing to be gory and jumpy

·        To have music in only certain parts of the movie

·        To only have some people die and to see some of the deaths

·        To have some dialogue/written laungage

I believe I have stuck close to this analysis by trying to put most of these points in at least one part of my movie opening.

So in conclusion, I  have music in certain parts, have some people die, and to have at least some dialogue, as well as you see some people die. Because half of the people I asked said that they would like a horror/thriller, gory/jumpy and Sound of Drums/Slenderman I have choosen between them. So I  decided to name it The Slender Man, as the movie if about him but I couldn't call it Slenderman because of copy right, I also chose to make it jumpy as I believe that would aloud me to show of more complex shot types, and as for the genre I decided to combind the two, so it will be a Horror-Thriller hybrid.     

1. http://memebase.com/

2. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme

3. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man

Final Movie Draft...

Next take two...

I have completed editing and handed my second draft of my film opening, the mark I got back was a C. Satisfactory but not great, to improve my grade I plan on re doing my sound, making it more smooth and adding a more jumpy sound track to the jumpy parts. I also plan on making my transitions smoother, as well as cutting down a certain part of it so interest doesn't stray. However i plan on keeping most of the background noise out, as it gives my opening a more realist theme, which in what i want.

Movie analysis...

1. Half said horror, half said thriller
2. Half said gory, half said jumpy
3. Everyone said to have music in only certain parts
4. Everyone said to have some people die
5. 3/4 said to see the people die
6. Half said Sound of Drums, half said Slenderman
7. Everyone said so have at least some dialogue

So in conclusion, I am so have music in certain parts, to have some people die, and to have at least some dialogue, and to seen some people die. Because half of the people I asked said that they would like a horror/thriller, gory/jumpy and Sound of Drums/Slenderman I am going to have to choose between them. So I have decided to name it Slenderman, as the movie if about him, have it jumpy as I believe that would aloud me to show of more complex shot types, and as for the genre I have decided to combind the two, so it will be a Horror-Thriller hybrid.   

(P.s Sorry its a bit late :P)

What do you do when you win....

I plan to use sound in a similar way the director uses it in this episode of house, I am doing this to add depth to my film opening. As well as to get the effect I want i.e. jumpy, suspense. I plan to do this by adding one track of music which will play through out most of my opening to create suspense, and then add a louder more dramatic sound over the top to make it jumpy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrP0YznxKw8

Second Movie draft...

Next...

So far I have filmed my new clips, and edited my old one so they would fit into my new clips. I have also downloaded some royalty free music of the Internet as the music I recorded wouldn't fit into my new movie sequence. What I plan on doing next is editing my new clips, placing them with my old ones and adding the music over the top of them. Hopefully, after all that, I shall be finished my movie to a high standard and would be able to upload it to blogger :)

Photo of all my 'victums'...

This is the group of friends that pick on my main character in my opening, this picture will feature at the end of my sequence as my main character crosses out the face of his latest victum.

First rule of fight club, don't talk about fight club...

One technique I would like to imitate in my movie opening is flashes of a character, in my case slender man, but only lasting about a second and only revealing who it really is at the end of the scene. This will create suspense and tension, and in result drawing the audience in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYDLv8rK4z8

First Draft of movie...

New and improved storey bored...

Storey bored Changes...

At first my storey bored was to much like a short story, so i decided to scrap parts where the character is playing the drums and only having the drumming in the background. but unfortunatly that made my movies to much like a trailer. So i am redisigning the whole storey bored to make in more like an opening.

Story Bored...

Public analysis...

1. What breakfast cereal do you eat?

2. What mode of  transport do you use?

3. What do you live in?

4. What do you drink

5. What TV show do you watch?

6. What is you favourite meal

7. What sport do you play, if any?

8. Who is your partner, if any?

9. Where do you go on holiday?

10. Do you vote, and with who?

11. What type of bar/pub/club do you go to, if any?