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Q6- what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product
Q6
For the filming of our pre lim task we used a video camera
and to edit the footage we used premiere pro.
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Q1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products
The function of a film opening sequence is
to address to the audience who is involved in the production of the film;
including titles of actors, directors, sound editors and producers etc. More
over the title sequence should hint to the audience what genre the film will
be, plot clues to the rest of the film but to also help recognise the setting
and characters in the film.
an example of the title credits displaying
the director. A close up shot iconic of thriller/horrors
This
shot exemplifies this idea of acknowledging the genre early on. We understand
that the film will have sinister connotations through the dark lighting and
silhouette.
The general order of
titles begins with production and distribution idents, followed by names of the
main actors, then the title of the film, and following that the rest of the
actors, casting, sound, costume, and at the end the producer, the writer and
the director
The reason it is in
this order is that showing the idents first help give the audience familiarity
in the type of film they will watch.
An
example of an inspiration for our title sequence is the film ‘fear’
Several
shots in ‘fear’ included close up's and match cuts, in which we wanted to embed
this type filming into our own work, where we had match cuts of actions by Mia
i.e. pressing the button at the crossing, using her phone and the last scene
with the close up of the stalker.
I
also admired the disturbing nature we get from the stalker which we hoped we
conveyed in our sequence.
Here
we can see a medium/closeup shot showing us the relationship between the two
characters.
We
included scenes of flashbacks to the protagonist's boyfriend confronting the
stalker which were short in length and loud in volume so to shock the audience
and attempt to get them to question the possible relation between the boyfriend
and the stalker. In this instance we used this idea of conflict between two
characters just like this snapshot suggests. Also with a sense of threat that
both scenes reveal.
Another
film that inspired our group was "The Breakfast Club. The lighting in this
film helped add a thin dark tone to show the unexpectedness of the social group
of friends, which we tried to add into our own film, where we had dark shots in
a classroom that both Mia and the stalker were in. This film gave us the idea
to have a young cast and have the setting of the plot to be in a college,
similar to theirs.
In
some ways we have challenged the codes and conventions of our genre by filming
youths rather than younger/older adults. We did this to shock the audience but
to also make it relatable
Q2- How does your media product represent particular social groups
Representation are ways in which the media
show different cultures, communities topics from a particular view.
In our genre the typical social group you
would expect to see would be young adults where the person being stalked is
left clueless and vulnerable. The stalkers in the films are usually placed
above the victim with full control over the victim. We have mimicked this
concept. In regards of relationships the boyfriend usually come across a s very
protective and hostile to anyone threatening the victim. We have also used this
stereotype for example in this scene where the boyfriend confronts the stalker.
We decided to shoot with young adults as it
best helped to precisely constrict our target audience to teens so what
happened in the film would be more relatable fore the target audience,
inevitable making the audience empathetic of the film. Once again the
‘breakfast club’ helped entice our decision to film young adults. Also, as
young adults we are surrounded by possibilities that add realism and therefore
intensity.
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