Evaluation

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

The Title

the title of the film is presented on the first frame. it is strongly linked with the the remainder of the sequence, through the style and positioning. the style of the font used for the title is made to represent the crime thriller genre,as it is both sophisticated but also luminous. the editing of the title also links to the genre as a common theme of a crime thriller is "chase" and "mystery". as the title is seemingly fleeing it uncovers the start of the sequence. the title resembles a real media product as has the same font running throughout the sequence used for the opening credits.

the style of the title is inspired by a combination of the film 7even and the film Pulp Fiction as the title style in seven is also extremely mysterious and daunting in a way. we also tried to go for the same effect, however, slightly more subtle with the influence of the large, bold font from Pulp Fiction. As both these films are crime thrillers we thought this to be more than suitable.

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Setting

our entire opening sequence is shot in the bedroom of an ordinary, everyday young woman perhaps in her early twenties. the reason we decided to shoot in only one location is that after watching several sequences, again under the influence of Se7en we realised that it is much more effective to keep all the details in one confound space, mainly to maintain the audiences attention. The entire opening sequence of Se7en is in the room of an evil mastermind, where he is plotting his next action, similarly we have our proletariat in her room with her plans and the details for her plot layed out.

Costumes and Props

By simply incorporating costume and props within our piece, we are enforcing the conventions of a real media product, as all films have costume and props. our Proletariat is dressed as an everyday young woman would be dressed, this is because we wanted to challenge the forms and stereotypes of what a terrorist is meant to look like. By simply having a female terrorist, it allows us to toy with her background and the reasons behind her extremist actions/attempts. this also creates a sense of mystery as the audience would be guessing why a normal girl would be thinking of blowing up a plane. this is all done through costume, as costume can present a lot about a character. In the chosen frame, the costume of a red and black checkered shirt, and gray jeans are worn with black boots. the boots give a way a main part of the characters attitude as these boot present rebellion and the confidence to rebel. the main prop in this frame would the mobile she speaks on.

Font and Title Font

the Font as said before is a combination of the film Se7en and Pulp Fiction. we decided to make our font more subtle than Se7en as didn't want the audience to be distracted from the main body of the sequence. it is similar to a real media product as it follows the conventions of the films genre, just as a horror or romantic comedy would.

Story

the story of our opening sequence is strongly inspired by Se7en as the plot is in an almost collage form, this is similar as in Se7en we witness the villain planning and plotting in the same form.

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Genre

The genre of our film is immediately presented in the opening sequence, where the red crosses are marked on the plane blue prints. the audience automatically know that something is going to happen regarding a plane. this is similar to Se7en as we see the villain cutting through pages and books and marking on peoples pictures. by enforcing ideas from other media products that follow the conventions of our genre, we are following the conventions of a real media product.

Camera Work and Editing

the editing in the chosen frame is again similar to Se7en as we also have images that fade in and out of the motion picture. Se7en does this with pictures of previous tortures, whereas we do this with pictures of our terrorists victim.

Special Effects

In terms of special effects in our opening sequence, we are relatively limited. the only special effect would be through editing where the pictures fade in and out of the film.


Question Two
How does your media product represent particular social groups?

the social group our media product represents are terrorists. however, contra to other media products, we have decided to challenge societies stereotypical idea of them. we've done this by firstly, employing a female actress to play the role. the terrorist in our film is also very simple, it allows the audience to question the reasons behind her actions. what our media product does, is challenge stereotypes, this is an enormous risk in the film industry as the audience watch a film to be entertained, they might not appreciate having the ethics and views challenged.

in a sense we are representing our social group positively as we are proving their might be some reasonable explanation behind their extremist views. by doing this we will face criticisms has, the method in which they present their feelings are morally wrong. our idea to challenge stereotypes came from the fact that in most films the terrorist or even the "bad guy" is a male. throughout history, the main villains who are most known are male, eg, Dr Evil, Dracula, Judge Doom etc.
societies idea of a terrorist:

male

masked

armed

disguised

Question Three

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

Question Three on Prezi

Question Four

Who would be the target audience for your media product?

Although our media product is suitable for anyone above the age of 18, we aim to attract mainly both males and females between the ages of 18 - 24 otherwise known as the students. the reason we would like to attract mainly this group of people is because we would release the film early April around the time the Easter holidays would start, and this target group would be off from full time education. we think these people would be attracted to our film because these are the sort of people who would be interested in certain controversial subjects, as they might want to link it to their studies. Our film is also a type of film where people would enjoy going in groups, as there might be certain frightening scenes. our chosen target audience would probably be the type to watch our film then go to get something quick and convenient to eat.

Question Five

How did you attract/address your target audience?

In this prezi i've not only expressed how i would address the audience during the media product, but also some ideas about how i would attract my target audience to watch my media product in the first place.

Question Five on Prezi

Question Seven

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

the preliminary task taught us we had to use certain shots and angles. we as a group tried to include all the preliminary tasks into our piece. we added a variety of shots (ECU, CU, midshots and long shots) however because of our slightly small shooting space this also proved a little difficult. we also Incorporated the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot.

Mid Long Shot

Extreme Close up

Close Up

Medium Long shot

Long Shot

Audience Feedback video

Audience Feedback

although we hadn't finished editing, we decided to ask a number of people from other groups to watch our raw material and give us feedback on it. obviously we wasn't expecting to receive great reviews just yet, as our film still lacked sound. however we were told we used a wide range of camera angles and shots. we were also told the footage kept the audience guessing as it kept them at the edge of their seat (what we had aimed for :] ) this could be because the audience would not be expecting a female terrorist.
the main criticism we received was to tidy up our transitions - of which we also agreed on. we were also told parts of the scene seemed too repetitive and lacked momentum. we will aim to rectify these issues in the time left.

To Do

• finalise the length
• overcome the music syncronisation
• finalise editing
• put in credits
• record the radio extract - news report
• finalise on live type

although there is still alot to do, in limited time, as a group we have agreed to stay behind on a number of days to complete everything.

Final Script

Final Script for Flight 777

editing

when editing we came across several problems. firstly, we realised we did not have enough footage as we had to edit out the retakes of scenes. this would not be a problem for larger scale productions as they would have time to re think their ideas, and possibly shoot more footage. secondly, when editing our sound track we came across a number of problems, as we had two very good pieces of music we didn't want to have either/or we wanted both, however this meant they would not be in sync. thirdly, 3 members of the group opted to have a mini black out between the production logo, main titles and the start of the sequence. they also wanted to have the music to cut out during this blackout. however i made a point that having both a blackout and no sound, is unprofessional and we would look armature. they stated it was a way to combat the synchronising of the tracks, however i pointed out that if we were to have the mini blackout we would need to have the music to fade out and start right back in, in order to keep the audience engaged throughout. this matter is still being addressed.

Final Filming

our final filming was completed on tuesday 16th march.
as we decided to cut of the heathrow scene due to complications such as, permission, time and caste shortage. this worked as an advantage as we were able to focus our entire attention on one perticular moment. we decided to hold the filming in the house of the terrorist. we also made some rash decisions regarding our 2minute oppening sequence, as we decided to have a female terrorist rather than male, this way we would be chalanging steryotypes. one other reason we did this was becuase of cast shortage, as we were forced to reshoot several times. of course if this was a production by a large filming company they wouldnt have these problems, as they would have the correct insurence to shoot at high security, public places such as airports. they would also have alternative opptions available if location became a problem. lage companies would also have understudies for the import roles.