Final edit

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

Looking back at the preliminary task I realise how much I have learnt and progressed from it. I have noticed a lot of problems witht he Preliminary task since filming my thriller opening sequence.
Preliminary Task

• Only used a basic camera (flip recorder) wasnt in HD and could be fied to the tripod. Also didnt have white balance settings on it.
• Unwanted background sounds (didnt know how to edit it out)
• Good range of shots but problem with sound (cant hear dialogue)
• break 180 rule
• blurry
• out of focus at times
• shaky clips
• no consideration on mise en scene
• not planned well

Final opening sequence

• Used Canon 550d camera and exported in HD
• used tripod so shots were still
• ensured all shots were in focus
• Edited out background sound and used music over it
• filmed outside so shots had a better natural lighting
• Used a better range of dynamic shots and camera angles
• planned it well
• researched mise en scene and thought about it carefully eg. costume,lighting,location

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

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How did you attract/address your audience?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my media product will be a similar age to the actors in my thriller. I chose to do this as audiences are often more interested in something if the actors are a similar age to them. The audience will be around the age of 15-25 however older adults may choose to watch with younger adults. We have chosen the age certificate to be 15 as some of the content could be seen as disturbing to children younger than that. This is due to the disturbing murder and the mental illness the killer has to go through. Also the other horror/thrillers we viewed that had similar content also had a 15 age certificate. We aimed our thriller at a middle/working class group, however this does not mean other social groups will not enjoy it. We aimed it at a middle class social group due to the fact they have the largest population therefore there will be a larger audience, and higher viewing figures. We did this by assessing certain problems that are common in the world today. For example the mental illenss issue that some people can relate to and others want to know more about. However in order to make the thriller more interesting to the audience we over exaggerated elements of this.

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

After thinking about social groups it is important to then think about what media institution would go with my target audience, and what kind of media institution would distribute my product. Even though I have only filmed the opening sequence of my thriller, I have to bear in mind that this will evantually be distributed as a film. Taking these factors in I thought about the kind of media institutions that would want to distribute a thriller aimed at teenagers and young adults. There are often thrillers shown on the sky movie channels;however they are often not aimed at specific audiences and cover a larger target age range. Although this may be a problem sky movies do have specific channels for specific genres that could go with my thriller theme. However sky is a large conglomerate company that only show movies of a hign cinema standard. My thriller opening sequence is not a high quality cinema standard; therefore it may be best suited to a small independent company. My thriller also has elements of horror in it which means it could also go with the horror gnre, and be distributed that way.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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

An element of my media product that challenges forms of conventions of real media products is the way the opening sequence is set out. The opening sequence includes many flashbacks which may confuse the audience as to what the storyline is. However we wanted to do this so the opening sequence will also be part of the end sequence. The end of the opening sequence is also the start of the opening sequence where the movie will then play out the story, that then leads to the outcome of the opening sequence.The end sequence will include part of the opening sequence, however this time the audience will understand the plot. We did this in order to create suspense that will draw the audience in and make them want to carry on watching the movie. The fact we decided to make an opening sequence that would also appear at the end of the movie used conventions fo real media products, as this concept was used in 'Usual Suspects'. The forest location also uses forms of conventions of real media products as it is a typical location for horror/thriller movies.

Final Titles

This is the final title for the opening sequence of Relapse. We decided to make company logos for the companies instead of making all the titles the same font. This makes it easier for the audience to identify with each company. We chose a grey background for High Cross Pictures, with a bold black font, and the logo as a stick man crossing the road.






 Red leaf Productions is also shown on a grey background with a thin red font to go with the name, and a red leaf logo so the audience can easily identify what company it is when they see the red leaf. The titles were made on fireworks in order to make the opening sequence look more professional.