Now our group has finished our title sequence I am going to be doing an evaluation to our title sequence-
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our media product is a film and the type of genre that our film is, it is a horror film. There were many other genres that we could have picked but we thought of a good idea so we went ahead with doing a horror film. We tried our best to contrast our film with other horror films and still to keep the concept of making the film as intense as we could. We did come up with other ideas for other film genres but we thought, the idea that stood out the most was the title sequence that we have chosen now.
Codes and Conventions of horror films are-
Killer leaves his mark- we know the killer, the characters doing and he can do what they feel is right.
There is always a main character and that character mains to stay alive.
Good Vs Evil- someone good always faces something evil.
In our film we do tick the boxes of the codes and conventions, not all of them but as many as we could do.
Our first convention is that the killer has his own trade mark, in our film our character does have his own trademark and this really sets the genre of horror. The way our character kills his victims seems very painful, the character will start of his murder by beheading the victim. That is not all he does he then burns the victims face to make it look exactly like him. The reason why our character attacks these people is because they used to take the mick out of him because of the way he looked and he wants to seek revenge on them for what they did to him. This is one way of creating horror, not because of the end turn out but what he does in order to make these people look like him.
The second code and convention is the main character role. You could say that Damien is the main character in our film but, later on as you will see the victims also become the main character in the film so we don’t really have main character. Damien is in most of the scenes so you could say that he is the main character, he can also be called the main character because he is always doing something within the scene or because everything is related to him.
The last point is Good Vs Evil, our film is less on the point of Good Vs Evil and the reason for that is because everyone in our film has done something bad. The victims are also as bad as the killer to some extent; the victims had bullied the killer when he was a child because of the way he had looked. There is a little sense of Good Vs Evil and that is that the bullies that bullied him have become good over the years and they have changed but Damien does not see it that way he seeks retribution.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our film does not classify to any type of social group. We did not want it to relate to any specific group and the reason for that is because we wanted it to be different. Not all victims that have been bullied go around killing the bullies; they might stand up to the bullies but not kill them. You could say it is aimed at bullies but we did not aim it to any group because we didn’t want them to get the wrong message across. Damien was not meant to be in our film to represent people that have had server things happen to them, he was used in our film to be as an angry man and seek revenge. The reason why we said that he should have some disfigurement to his looks is because then we could create a story line from it and it will be easier to get the attention and emotions that we would have liked. The gender this film can be shown to is both genders because we have based it on bullying, not only boys get bullied, everyone gets bullied so we would like the gender to be aimed at both types of gender.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We had researched loads of different types of British type Film Company’s and we had decided to go with Hammer Films productions. Hammer Films productions are what we have chose because they have created many horror films, they specialize in this sector of the film industry. They have mad the big films such as The devil rides out, Frankenstein, Dracula prince of darkness. These are very big films in the horror gender, as you can see the films that I have listed are high budgeted films and they have been very successful in the audience that have seen it. We wanted our whole film to be a British type film and have no other County come into it.Britain
Who would be the audience for your media product?
We have decided as a group that our film will be highly rated and the reason for this is because the graphical images that are being used are very vial and gory when Damien kills his victims. Whilst we was discussing the age we had to think carefully because we had to think what type of audience would watch this and we thought people at the age of 18 and above will enjoy this film. I would say that the age group we would have liked the film to be was a 15 rated film, when we presented our pitch to the class they all said that they think it is advisable to have the age of 18. The reason for that is because of the things that Damien ends up doing and how horrific the film sounds. They though the age of 15 is too young to be shown too. We had agreed because our film was horror we should release it in the horror type period so we wanted to release it on the day of Halloween. To create tension and atmosphere we would have advertised the screening night because we wanted as many viewings as we could get. The release date was to be set on Halloween; this was also done because it is near the holidays that will be good things because it is a school holiday which means more profit will be made. When it is released it will make an impact because it is a new film and many people would like to see something new.
How did you attract/address your audience?
To attract the audience we knew that we would have to introduce bold characters and characters that will please an audience. We had to choose wisely because we wanted people to come and view our film so we had to think of who brings audiences in so we thought that these were the best actors for the job.
Characters that we would want to star in our film-
· Freddie Highmore--Young Damien
· Shia LaBeouf—Older Damien
· Alan Rickman—Damien’s Father
We have used Freddie Highmore to act as Damien when he was young and that is because Freddie Highmore looks like a young and easy going character. We wanted Damien to look all innocent when he was young we sort of wanted to create an enigma because the character changes so the audience will want to know why that had happened. Shia LaBeouf is a dark actor and has a different personality then Freddie Highmore and as Damien gets old he gets bad so we thought it was best to place an insecure actor there. After the fire Damien’s dad becomes an alcoholic, Alan Rickman has been referred to be a hated rude person and does not bother with things other than him. We thought if we can add this in then people could also understand Damien’s lifestyle at school and outside of it.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We had used three different types of technologies in this project and they were Final cut pro, garage band and blogger. I have never ever used these three software’s in my life. We did get tutorials for them and that did help a lot but I did get stuck quite a few times. Final cut was where we had edited out title sequence. I was selected to edit our film as someone had dropped out, but we all had a go. At first it was really hard to get the hang of but then as you get used to it, it wasn’t too bad. Garage band was not as hard to use as final cut because it was basic. We had produces our song from scratch and I think it seemed to work very well with our title sequence and everybody thought that too. It had created tension because of the beats we had used. I have never also used blogger and that took me time to sign up to, but eventually I got the hang of it. At first I did not use my blogger but now I have tended to use it regularly and that is a good thing because it keeps me on track.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
In this whole title sequence I have learnt many things. I have learnt how to use three good software’s which where garage band, final cut pro and blogger. You can learn many skills from final cut pro and garage band and it was what produced our title sequence. I have learnt that you have to be dedicated in what you do and take every opportunity of time. At one point I thought we would have not finished, but with the dedication with my fellow group members we achieved it and produced a good title sequence. At first our title sequence seemed basic but it took us all to surprise because we had to film it at least three times. All in all I am proud of what we have produced because it has given me different skills and it was enjoyable.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our media product is a film and the type of genre that our film is, it is a horror film. There were many other genres that we could have picked but we thought of a good idea so we went ahead with doing a horror film. We tried our best to contrast our film with other horror films and still to keep the concept of making the film as intense as we could. We did come up with other ideas for other film genres but we thought, the idea that stood out the most was the title sequence that we have chosen now.
Codes and Conventions of horror films are-
Killer leaves his mark- we know the killer, the characters doing and he can do what they feel is right.
There is always a main character and that character mains to stay alive.
Good Vs Evil- someone good always faces something evil.
In our film we do tick the boxes of the codes and conventions, not all of them but as many as we could do.
Our first convention is that the killer has his own trade mark, in our film our character does have his own trademark and this really sets the genre of horror. The way our character kills his victims seems very painful, the character will start of his murder by beheading the victim. That is not all he does he then burns the victims face to make it look exactly like him. The reason why our character attacks these people is because they used to take the mick out of him because of the way he looked and he wants to seek revenge on them for what they did to him. This is one way of creating horror, not because of the end turn out but what he does in order to make these people look like him.
The second code and convention is the main character role. You could say that Damien is the main character in our film but, later on as you will see the victims also become the main character in the film so we don’t really have main character. Damien is in most of the scenes so you could say that he is the main character, he can also be called the main character because he is always doing something within the scene or because everything is related to him.
The last point is Good Vs Evil, our film is less on the point of Good Vs Evil and the reason for that is because everyone in our film has done something bad. The victims are also as bad as the killer to some extent; the victims had bullied the killer when he was a child because of the way he had looked. There is a little sense of Good Vs Evil and that is that the bullies that bullied him have become good over the years and they have changed but Damien does not see it that way he seeks retribution.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our film does not classify to any type of social group. We did not want it to relate to any specific group and the reason for that is because we wanted it to be different. Not all victims that have been bullied go around killing the bullies; they might stand up to the bullies but not kill them. You could say it is aimed at bullies but we did not aim it to any group because we didn’t want them to get the wrong message across. Damien was not meant to be in our film to represent people that have had server things happen to them, he was used in our film to be as an angry man and seek revenge. The reason why we said that he should have some disfigurement to his looks is because then we could create a story line from it and it will be easier to get the attention and emotions that we would have liked. The gender this film can be shown to is both genders because we have based it on bullying, not only boys get bullied, everyone gets bullied so we would like the gender to be aimed at both types of gender.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We had researched loads of different types of British type Film Company’s and we had decided to go with Hammer Films productions. Hammer Films productions are what we have chose because they have created many horror films, they specialize in this sector of the film industry. They have mad the big films such as The devil rides out, Frankenstein, Dracula prince of darkness. These are very big films in the horror gender, as you can see the films that I have listed are high budgeted films and they have been very successful in the audience that have seen it. We wanted our whole film to be a British type film and have no other County come into it.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
We have decided as a group that our film will be highly rated and the reason for this is because the graphical images that are being used are very vial and gory when Damien kills his victims. Whilst we was discussing the age we had to think carefully because we had to think what type of audience would watch this and we thought people at the age of 18 and above will enjoy this film. I would say that the age group we would have liked the film to be was a 15 rated film, when we presented our pitch to the class they all said that they think it is advisable to have the age of 18. The reason for that is because of the things that Damien ends up doing and how horrific the film sounds. They though the age of 15 is too young to be shown too. We had agreed because our film was horror we should release it in the horror type period so we wanted to release it on the day of Halloween. To create tension and atmosphere we would have advertised the screening night because we wanted as many viewings as we could get. The release date was to be set on Halloween; this was also done because it is near the holidays that will be good things because it is a school holiday which means more profit will be made. When it is released it will make an impact because it is a new film and many people would like to see something new.
How did you attract/address your audience?
To attract the audience we knew that we would have to introduce bold characters and characters that will please an audience. We had to choose wisely because we wanted people to come and view our film so we had to think of who brings audiences in so we thought that these were the best actors for the job.
Characters that we would want to star in our film-
· Freddie Highmore--Young Damien
· Shia LaBeouf—Older Damien
· Alan Rickman—Damien’s Father
We have used Freddie Highmore to act as Damien when he was young and that is because Freddie Highmore looks like a young and easy going character. We wanted Damien to look all innocent when he was young we sort of wanted to create an enigma because the character changes so the audience will want to know why that had happened. Shia LaBeouf is a dark actor and has a different personality then Freddie Highmore and as Damien gets old he gets bad so we thought it was best to place an insecure actor there. After the fire Damien’s dad becomes an alcoholic, Alan Rickman has been referred to be a hated rude person and does not bother with things other than him. We thought if we can add this in then people could also understand Damien’s lifestyle at school and outside of it.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We had used three different types of technologies in this project and they were Final cut pro, garage band and blogger. I have never ever used these three software’s in my life. We did get tutorials for them and that did help a lot but I did get stuck quite a few times. Final cut was where we had edited out title sequence. I was selected to edit our film as someone had dropped out, but we all had a go. At first it was really hard to get the hang of but then as you get used to it, it wasn’t too bad. Garage band was not as hard to use as final cut because it was basic. We had produces our song from scratch and I think it seemed to work very well with our title sequence and everybody thought that too. It had created tension because of the beats we had used. I have never also used blogger and that took me time to sign up to, but eventually I got the hang of it. At first I did not use my blogger but now I have tended to use it regularly and that is a good thing because it keeps me on track.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
In this whole title sequence I have learnt many things. I have learnt how to use three good software’s which where garage band, final cut pro and blogger. You can learn many skills from final cut pro and garage band and it was what produced our title sequence. I have learnt that you have to be dedicated in what you do and take every opportunity of time. At one point I thought we would have not finished, but with the dedication with my fellow group members we achieved it and produced a good title sequence. At first our title sequence seemed basic but it took us all to surprise because we had to film it at least three times. All in all I am proud of what we have produced because it has given me different skills and it was enjoyable.
