Our Finished Production

Question 7

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

Over the course of the preliminary task I have learnt how to visually progress my ideas to be easier for the audience to digest and understand, therefore making my ideas show through better, I have used far more visual effects in my video for A-level, whereas in my preliminary task there were just standard cuts, now in my Red video I used dissolve transitions, and more advanced techniques. I have also put a lot more effort into this task compared to preliminary task, showing I have learned that to make a better video which will achieve a higher grade I need to work harder, and create more cuts. This also shows I have learned to take on other peoples feed back to understand better how my video is being interpreted. From the preliminary task I have also learned a lot about camera angles, as in out preliminary task a lot of the angles were wonky and not at eye line whereas no they are all the the right height and angle.

Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing your film?

During the process of making my film opening I have learnt about a number of technologies and gained a number of skills, which I have acquired over:

Planning and Research

I have learnt to use blogger as a way of showing my developing skills in media and my work, regarding research and planning. Such as the magazine I created or the movie poster/ DVD cover. I also used social media to get in contact with Dan to plan times to meet up and scout locations, such as Facebook messaging and texts sent by Smartphones. For the magazine I made and the film poster and the DVD case I used Photoshop to make them to perfection, and I used a Canon SLR EOS 1100D to take the pictures which I used in the creative, extended media.

Production 

During the production process I improved my skills on camera work, developing on my technical use of a camera. I also used a micro phone when we needed to record the dialogue for our audio. During production I used a Canon Power shot G11, I also used a Benbo trekker Tripod to support the camera.

Post Production 

In post production I had to learn from starch how to use Adobe Premier as I hadn't properly used it before, in premier I learned how to cut clips together, I learned how to add effects, and how to overlay clips and music together, and I also learned how to use blogger.

Question 5

How does your media product represent particular social groups? Our film would represent a small social group as it is a niche film. I think the type of people what would be able to empathize with our character are people who are slightly outcast them selves, and they would therefore be drawn to see the film as they can relate to how 'Red' feels. I also think our film represents a lower class audience, possibly coming from broken homes who would also be
able to relate to the content of the film, I think the film could
appeal to possibly working class or higher but less because they think it looks interesting and relatable and more because it a horror, and they're going for the thrills. Red is an almost un-relatable character as she is so isolated, and odd almost giving a sense of pleasure to those who can relate and making the experience even better for them.

Question 4

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?I think our film would be distributed by Cruel and Unusual films, as its an indie horror distributor and I think our film fit's in best with the criteria their films fit, such as 'Sucker Punch' which has a young girl with an unusual and non-conformist character, who isn't presented like most characters are , therefore I think Cruel and Unusual represent our film best and would choose to produce it.

Question 3

Who would be the audience for you media product?

We had to consider the following for our audience:

Age - 18/ 30 
Gender - Both
Ethnicity - Caucasian
Educational background - poor/ average
Social class - lower/upper working class
Economic status - Below average
Location - Built up city areas
Accessibility - Possibly multiplex but mostly art house cinemas.

We decided our films would appeal to both genders however most likely the majority of the viewers would be female as there is a female main character therefore attracting a more feminine audience. We also thought the age group would be late teens, late twenties, as Red wouldn't attract older audiences (Frail old Grannies) because of it's content. I also put an eighteen certificate on the DVD case and film poster thus with regard for the cinema sales, it would be over 18's only, however on the release of the DVD I would anticipate a younger audience eager to see the film because it's a horror, and the character is about 14-15. I would assume our film would attract a lower than class average audience in a built up area as our film isn't educational, it's a horror based on a lower class girl, therefore hoping a lower than class average audience would be able relate to the character and want to see the film.