Audience Feedback

What was your initial reaction to the openinig of Twelve?

"The use of the camerawork really made the piece flow and made it easy to watch"- Kim John

"I was intrigued and wanted to see the character to be developed, it was like they're waiting for the exact right movement to reveal the truth" - Nick Ashurst

Did you feel it met the expectations in relation to a block buster film?

"It exceeded my initial expectations through the quality the quality of the image could be improved i guess" - Philip smith
"Over all it was very well done however, i fell the costumes weren't as expected from thriller" - Damian Marley

 Did the soundtrack fit in to the clip? 

"It flowed well with the chase scene but i feel like there should have been some sort of  music at the beginning" - Jordan King
"It was what i would have expected from a thriller genre" - Logan Micheles

Did the way the characters were dressed suggest anything about the characters personality?

"I couldn't really distinguish between the antagonist and protagonist, However, i did think the darker clothes helped to create a more mysterious and darker character" - Kim John

"The casual costume of the protagonist portrayed a more unprofessional and inexperienced character" - Damien Marley

Did it meet the expectations of a thriller genre?

"It was what i was expecting to watch, the high level of action and fast paced editing which created tension is exactly what i got from the clip"  - Jayceon west

How could it have been improved?

"I think it could have been made better if it had a more action packed fight scene" - Samantha Jennings

Evaluation task 5

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Typical Target Audience The target audience of many psychological thrillers are 18+ This is because they include a lot of violence and some psychological issues which can be disturbing for many younger viewers There are usually warnings on the back of the DVD cover which states why it is rated as it is e.g. contains extreme violence or sexual scenes

 Our Target Audience The audience which we are aiming to attract with our film is 15+ males or females who enjoy psychological thrillers Our film opening will have a rating of 15+ because the movie will contain aspects of violence, death and a character with psychological problems However, it will not be an 18+ because the content is not overly explicit.
Films With a Similar Target Audience ‘Skyfall,’  ‘Bourne ultimatum,’ ‘Fatal Attraction’ directed by Adrian Lyne ‘American Psycho’ directed by Mary Harron ‘Se7en’ directed by David Fincher ‘Rear Window’ directed by Alfred Hitchcock ‘Silence of the Lambs’ directed by Jonathon Demme.

We attempted to reach our target audience by hitting the criteria of 15 rated films and by the use of violence that wasn't explicit and gory thus making it acceptable to be give the rating it was.

Evaluation Task 4

Our film will be targeted at people from the age rating of 15 on-wards and would probably be targeted at males due to the large amounts of violence. we want it to be this way as it will increase our audience size.
It would be a 15 because it would include:

All of the following:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language
• discriminatory language or behavior
• drug taking

Additionally, we would want our film to be a 15 because  At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language (e.g. ‘f***’).
Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (e.g. 'c***'), depending on the manner in which they are used, who is using the language, its frequency and any special contextual justification. There may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory language, and the work could explore themes relating to this. At 15 violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.At 15 drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse (for example, through instructional detail). 
We consider the risk of potential harm to impressionable teenagers. For example, dangerous behavior such as hanging, suicide and self-harming should not dwell on detail which could be copied.
Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.

Evaluation task 3

We used 2 types of film industries in our opening 2 minutes to give it the more effective action genre feel and impact on the audience. These two were Warner Brothers and Walden Media.

This is one of the opening titles that we used in the opening minutes of our film, Warner bros. produce a lot of action films/interrogation films, so we though that overall, this film industry was right for our film. We also used this film industry as it distribute a wide-ranging slate of some 18-22 films each year, making this film industry very popular. They're known for their opening titles of being in the Batman Trilogy, Lego Movie, 300, The Hobbit etc. We made the joint decision of choosing this opening titles as it is also effective and gives it the action feeling towards the audience. Overall, whilst using this opening titles sequence, we found that it was right for our film and that it portrayed its way on being effective towards the audience. We also linked this opening title sequence with New Line Cinema productions, this also works closely with Warner Bros and found that it worked well to give it the action feeling and effectiveness towards the audience.

We thought that we would use Warner brothers as it has help make and distribute many other action genre films, as I said above, 300, Batman Trilogy Lego Movie, The Hobbit etc. We used this type of Warner brothers opening titles due to the fact that it gives it the impact straight away on the audience and also that we felt that it was the right film institution for our opening two minutes as it had all the right aspect about it.

Warner Brothers is closely linked with New Line Cinema and this is a part of the Warner Brothers institution and is what Warner Brothers owns, we also used this as it a uses media convergence linking with the film.

We also used Walden Media as a part of our opening two minutes too as it is a media distributor and also that it works on films that are aimed at children, teenagers and young adults and that is what our opening two minutes are aimed towards. Walden Media is mostly known for the Chronicles of Narnia which is a fantasy action film and we found that it would work well with our opening two minutes.

Here we have the opening titles video we used for our opening two minutes.

Evaluation task 2

We have a comparison here of a similar interrogation situation, the top picture being from our opening two minutes of Avraj (playing the antagonist) interrogating Sam McCool (the protagonist), now comparing this to the bottom picture of The Joker (Heath Ledger), from the Batman trilogy, these two pictures have similarities but also loads of differences.

The similarities between these two photo's is the type of clothing that is worn, we can see from both pictures that they're both wearing a blazer and also a smart shirt, showing the effect of mystery, wealth and power, which is needed in an action film. Also the setting is similar in a way, this is due to try and make the setting feel like it is tucked away in a warehouse somewhere, comparing to the picture at the bottom we can see some similarities of the setting as they're both set in a warehouse scene. Another and final similarity is the facial expressions on the faces of the antagonist's, giving the blank expression on the faces, making the audience feel that they don't care about what is going to happen.

There are also some differences between these two photos aswell. One difference being that the setting in the bottom photo makes it feel more like an action films, due to the better equipment etc. comparing this to the top photo, the top photo (A scene from our opening two minutes) gives it a sort of action film, but you can tell this was done in someones back garden in their shed, due to the equipment seen in the scene.

Overall, there are some similarities and differences from the two photos and that I personally think that there are more similarities than differences. In our opening two minutes we tried to make Avraj feel like The Joker in the mysterious, cunning and powerful way, giving a huge effect on the audience.

G321: Evaluation Activity One Check List

OCR Media Studies: G321: Evaluation Activity One Check List

 

 

·         EVALUATION ACTIVITY 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)
·         Nine distinct frames posted
·         Analysis about how typical or not the opening sequences is and how conventions have been adhered to or subverted.
The aspects considered in the nine frames are: 1) The title of the film 2) Setting/location 3) Costumes and props 4) Camerawork and editing 5) Title font and style 6) Story and how the opening sets it up 7) Genre and how the opening suggests it 8) How characters are introduced 9) Special effects
Media Terminology is used in the analysis.

 

Film production mark

The mark you received at moderation for your film production is 48. Target to improve: work on your titles - they titles come in at wrong time and don't fit the mood you have established. You could change the music that accompanies titles - gangster rather than action for example. The cut after the institutional information is a bit jumpy and sudden - could you fade?