Evaluation question 7 – looking back on your Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Evaluation question 7 – looking back on your Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? from mattyparks

Evaluation question 4 - Who would be the audience for your Media Product?

Evaluation question 4 - Who would be the audience for your Media Product? from mattyparks

Intrustion - Final Product

Post-Film Questionnaire

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

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

Our plot is based around the death of one of the main characters in the opening sequence, where he is shown to be laying on the floor dead. We did this on purpose to create tension in mystery in the first two minutes, this would draw the audience into the full film as they would want to find out what happened. The use of credits over the rolling clip is used in many other films and informs the audience who the characters are and what the name of the film is while the clip is still playing. The title and credits were placed over the lesser important scenes in order to not draw attention away from the key scenes and action in other parts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Plot is set out to be non-linear and shows the future first, as It shows the character dying, the full film would be set before the opening sequence was and will then join back on to the present, this being the title sequence.

 
 
 

 

The use of low key lighting portrays the genre of psychological horror in scenes such as the outdoor scene and the scene where the characters run back inside. This creates a sense of panic, claustrophobia and mystery, all of which match the genre. Due to the use of a dark figure whose face is never shown in the film, it again matches the genre as it represents an antagonist which are commonly used in other psychological horror films. Such as ‘A nightmare on Elm Street’ and ‘Friday the 13^th’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dolly in/zoom out shot used on Luke portrays his shock when he hears the bang outside. This shot is commonly used in many horror films and focuses all the attention on the character. 

Throughout our film, we used a number of tracking shots and hand held shots. These types of shots show panic and focus on individual characters presenting their emotions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast paced editing is used when the characters hear the bang and run out of the house and the change in pace shows when something important occurs in the scene. It also builds up tension by changing angles and shots to reveal more in a scene. This draws the audience in and keeps them entertained and on the edge of their seat, this supports the ideology of the theme of psychological horror.

 

Throughout the film, the soundtrack used included different sections that both increased and decreased in pace, we matched these up to the corresponding parts in the film to create the best effect. A 5 second silence is used after Luke has been stabbed, which creates an eerie effect, alerts the audience and puts the main focus on the current event in the scene. Different sound effects such as the distortion and the eerie sound creates an atmosphere and puts the audience into a state of tension, foreshadowing the idea that something is about to happen. This links back to the genre and develops forms used in real media products.

 

Evaluation Question 1

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Question 2 Evaluation

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Question 2 - Evaluation Question from ElliotFitzpatrick

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

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Question 3 - Evaluation

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Evaluation Question 3 - What media institution might distribute your product and why?

Evaluation 3 from ConnorOB

Evaluation Question 3 - What media institution might distribute your product and why?

Question 4 Evaluation

Question 4 Evaluation

Question 4 Evaluation

Question 5 Evaluation

Question 5 - Evaluation

How did you attracts/address your audience?

From the results of our post-film questionnaire, we know that we reached our intended audience for our media product.

From the responses given, we found that the audience agreed that the genre of our film was psychological horror due to them stating ‘Yes’ in the questionnaire. They also answered ‘Yes’ to the question, ‘Do you understand the storyline?’ in a pre-production questionnaire.

We found that the audience felt that the film reflected the original storyline, that we published in an earlier questionnaire. All of the responses stated that the film reflected the storyline.

We also asked if the film relates to the certificate of our film of 15-19. Most of the responses from the questionnaire stated ‘Yes’. This shows that we appealed to our target audience by finding the correct certificate.

When writing the script, we added elements that would only be suited specifically to our target audience. We added strong language into the characters dialogue so the target audience of 15-19 could relate to the characters. We also tried to add violence into our film to link with the genre of psychological horror, which we found our target audience enjoy. We did this by using a knife in one of the scenes.

We wanted to use a location that the audience could relate to but also link to the genre of the film. We decided to use the idea of a friends house so that the target audience could relate to the social side of the film but then use the idea of them meeting at night time, to create the horror style. The results from the questionnaire show that our location was successful and linked well to the genre of the film.

One response from our post-film questionnaire stated how we had used a variety of shots to help establish the genre and allow the target audience to enjoy it. One other response stated that they enjoyed the use of sound effects such as the bang and the knife to create a tense and frightening feel.

Some responses stated that there could be improvements to our film. For example, some of the audience didn’t understand the jump cut sequence of pouring the drinks. Another response stated that they disliked the knife scene and thought it was too brief. To improve this next time, we could go into more detail in this scene and possibly add more violence to link closely with our genre.

Some improvements we thought we could make were to make the knife scene at the end of the film last longer and give the audience more of an insight into what happens.

 

Question 5 Evaluation

After handing out feedback questionnaires and gathering the responses back we have achieved reaching our target audience. When we asked if our film relates the age certificate of 15+ 5/7 responses were ‘Yes’ with one response ‘Possibly’ and one ‘No’. 

 In order to do this we added expletive language to the script and added violence into some parts of the product. The audience also responded with saying ‘Yes’ to the genre being psychological horror and ‘Yes’ to understanding the storyline.

We had lot more feedback that commented on more of our successes. For example, one response identified how we used a variety of shots (i.e long shot, medium close up, medium shot, medium long shot, establishing shot). We also got a response commenting on the success of our sound effects such as the bang, and the knife stab. This adds violence and tension to the film which helps create the enthralling experience for the audience that psychological horrors should do.

We also asked if the audience thought our location was appropriate. They agreed it was. The reason we used this was because the dark setting created fear for the audience which is intended to be transmitted to the audience.

However, there were improvements that could be made. A few comments were made about the jump cuts we did when making the drinks. They did not understand the concept of it therefore next time, we will make sure to complete them to a more successful level. Surprisingly, a couple of comments were made regarding disliking the knife scene. In the future, we could put emphasis on this scene as it was very brief. This would add more violence to our opening part of the film and add even more support to our genre and create a more psychological horror experience for the audience.

Evaluation Question 5

From the questionnaire we collected the responses and we have reached our target audience. We asked the public if our film relates to the age certificate of 15+, five people said that it does reach the age of 15+, one person said ‘maybe’ and one said that it did not reach the age of 15+. The audience also said that the film did follow the psychological horror genre and they said that they understood the storyline.

 During the production of our media product we wrote the script with explicit language to help represent the language that young people are stereotyped on using. This helps our film fit in with the 15+ age restriction. We also introduced the use of violence such as a knife to help the media product fit into the age category.

 The feedback we received mostly commented on our successes with the media product. An example of this is that one of the responses identified that we used a variety of shots including long shot, medium shot and many more. We also received the response that the sound effects and music we used fit in well with the genre of the film and made it seem professional. We agree with this comment and will spend more time looking for high quality music for our next clip.

There were some comments on the improvements that we could make. We had a few comments on some jump cuts we added when making the drinks, they were unsure of the concept we were trying to achieve so next time we will edit it a lot  better and smoother so that it is more successful. Another comment said that the violence clip was too brief and needed more emphasis so next time we know to make sure to emphasis a violent scene more to make the clip more interesting for the viewers.

Evaluation Question 5 – How did you attract/address your audience?

Question 6

Question 6 Analysis - Elliot Fitzpatrick

Question 6 from ElliotFitzpatrick

Question 6 Evaluation

Question 6 Analysis

Question 7 Evaluation

Evaluation - Question 7 from BenHoughtonMedia

Evaluation Question 7

Question 7 Evaluation

Our preliminary task was a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with both characters exchanging a few lines of dialogue. The task involved the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot. Our main task involved the titles and the opening 2 minutes of a film.

The planning of our preliminary task was not ideal. Firstly, we made the dialogue up as we went long therefore it was difficult to portray the storyline we was trying to get across to the audience whereas in our full product, we used Celtx to write a script beforehand so we knew exactly what we was doing. This also allowed our filming to be less time consuming.

For our preliminary task we did not research into similar genres or films therefore we struggled to relate our task. Because of this, we made sure we researched our genre (Psychological Horror) thoroughly and also researched similar characters. This ensured we picked the correct location and time to film. For our preliminary task we filmed in a classroom at college in the middle of the day whereas for our final product we filmed at an alleyway, on a street and inside a house. We filmed all these settings at night in an alleyway, house and on the street. This allowed our location to relate to our genre. Researching characters also helped each character dress and behave in a way that portrayed the genre to the audience. For example the intruder dressed in black and acted suspiciously creating tension and fear for the characters and the audience. In our preliminary task the characters dress code did not portray the personality or the mood of the characters.


In our final product we have been able to use more mise en scene than in our preliminary task. In our preliminary task we used very basic props such as a table whereas in our final product we have used mobile phones, tv and earphones which has allowed our film to appeal to a younger audience (16-19). We have also used weapons such as a knife to make sure our film relates to the genre of psychological horror. Since our preliminary task we have also learnt about lighting. By adjusting lighting in our end product, we were able to go from a normal, friendly atmosphere to a tension, frightful one which reflects the genre of our film.

Also, due to a lack of knowledge on cinematography and editing we struggled to create a shot list that had a varied amount of shots such as a tracking shot and a focus pull and portray editing techniques such as graphic match and jump cuts therefore in our preliminary task we were only able to perform basic shots such as over the shoulder shot, angle shots and use basic editing techniques such as match on action and shot reverse shot. However our knowledge of editing has also improved drastically since our preliminary investigation. We have learnt by adjusting the pace of the film, we can affect the tension reflected to the audience, for example in our final product we used fast pace editing (1min 42 secs) whereas in the preliminary investigation we used one pace throughout. We have also learnt how to perfectly perform techniques such as a match on action (2mins 5secs), shot reverse shot (0.42 secs), graphic match (2mins 8secs) jump cuts (0.58 secs) and elliptical editing (1 min 47 secs) which ensured our film was projected at a high standard.