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?

Animatic storyboard

9 screenshots of our task

This shot is a close up of the suspected villain/bad guy interrogating a suspect. he is a large grin on his face showing the audience that is glad the suspect (Sam McCool) said that he wasn't going to tell him anything. the effects of having a close up of a person is that the audience can easily see the facial expression on their face. The mise en scene of the glasses suggests that Avraj's character is intelligent and sophisticated.

WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. is a fully integrated, broad-based entertainment company and a global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing of all forms of entertainment and their related businesses. A Time Warner Company, Warner Bros. We chose warner bros as our distribution company because Pictures produce and distribute a wide-ranging slate of some 18-22 films each year, employing a business paradigm that mitigates risk while maximizing productivity and capital. Warner Bros. Pictures either fully finances or co-finances the films it produces and maintains worldwide distribution rights. It also monetizes its distribution and marketing operations by distributing films that are totally financed and produced by third parties. Among the films on Warner Bros. Pictures’ 2014 slate are The LEGO Movie, 300: Rise of an Empire, Edge of Tomorrow, Jupiter Ascending, The Judge, Horrible Bosses 2 (New Line Cinema) and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

I liked this shot as i feel it implied to the audience to the film was a thriller, the use of the knife in the foreground and the long shot of both characters in the background further suggested that the film hit key aspects of the thriller genre, which includes  intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features. Additionally, the use of the panning shot gave an idea of the location and the mise en scene of the knives and various industrial tools created images of violence within the audiences mind. i feel like it could have been improved in editing with the colour balancing, reducing the amount of light coming in through the windows, which would then focus the shot more on the characters and the knife.

 

 

 

This shot was very effective when we used it, having a high angled shot, showing the vulnerability of Sam, who was the antagonist and the one being interrogated, and with Max (The Henchman) throwing punches into the stomach of Sam. This shot gave the effectiveness of action and violence. With Max and Sam both in suits, show that there is class in the shot and also gives it the back story of the storyline being about drugs, money, etc, as the suits suggest class. This shot would have the effect on the audience showing that the protagonist (Sam) being brutally beaten up, giving the audience the action feel and also the shock that you don't know what is going to happen next. This also adds tension and excitement into the film with just the one shot, also increasing the suspension. Also with the use of the location, gives us and the audience the effect that it is somewhere secret, where most interrogations occur.

 

 

This shot is also very effective when we was filming, due to the low angle, close up shot of the interrogaters feet (who is Avraj), this gives the effect of the interrogater being mysterious as we can't see the top half of the antagonist. This gives the effect on the audience of being vunerable, the tension and mystery plays a part in this as it gives the antagonist a scary/hard hitting feel even before we see the full body or before he says anything. Also this gives the sense of danger and violence as the audience can feel, due to the tension, that something will happen. Overall, this shot was very effective on the audience and also when producing the film.

 

 

 

 

 

This shot shows the antagonist (Avraj) sitting down onto a chair, using the medium shot, this shows the power and dominence the antagonist has on the protagonist, which is sam. this gives the effect that maybe, violence will occur, giving the audience the effect that the antagonist has all control over this situation and because the protagonist (Sam) is tied up and sitting down revealing his vulnerbility and through this shot. The suits in this shot, worn by the antagonist, signifies the elemant of power through the use of Mise-en-Scene. This shot was slightly effective in our opening 2 minutes, because overall it gave a slight effect on the audience of danger and violence that would've occured in this short camera shot.

 

The audience could feel the full effects of this shot, as this shot expresses through the use of a close up/middle shot, the close up being Avraj's hand (the antagonist), grabbing the knife, giving the audience the effect of violence and danger, that the protagonist (which is Sam) being in danger and giving the sense that he might be killed. This gives the action effect on the audience just from this shot. The facial expressions on Sams face shows that he is concerned about what is going to happen next, giving the audience the effect of feeling his fear and through the use of the medium shot, helps focus on both the knife and Sams facial expressions.

 

 

  

 

 

This is a shot from the title sequence of "Outgone", this was completed and made on Sont Vegas Pro 11, this title sequence gives the action effect that is needed for our opening 2 minutes, it was very time consuming and was made from scratch, This gives the audience the action effect due to the bullet holes and fire and the colours used, this would all be found in an action film, signifing damnger, violence and fire.

Actors

Well, we have before you is a behind the scene look at who our Actors who starred in the 2 minutes short film of OUTGONE.
These actors have starred in various other films such as;

• The lookout
• Darkness
• Hold up
• Batman - The Dark Knight
• Star Wars trilogy
• Blood Diamond

And plenty more.

Here we have a photo of one of our actors playing a part of a Native American in the film "The Lookout"

Here is our very own actor, Avraj, he is a very popular actor around the globe, mainly in America and has starred in the films such as "The lookout", Batman - The Dark Knight and played a small role in Blood Diamond.

That was only a little bit of fun, now to the serious agender.

We all enjoyed making this openiong 2 minutes of our film (Outgone) and we have here the two main actors that were a part of our final piece, unfortunatly one of the other actors who starred in the film has departed from our group and wont be showed in this post. In the picture below will have a picture of our actors, Max Chillman and Avraj Chagger.

Max Chillman, on the left, played the role of the 'Henchman' in our opening two minutes of our film and enjoyed playing the role, he quotes "It was an enjoyable experience, one that I will take everywhere I go".

Avraj Chagger, on the right, played the role of the antagonist which was the lead interrorgator, also known as "The King" in the opening two minutes of our film and enjoyed playing the role, he also quotes "It was a conjunction of both high intensity, emotions and hardwork.

We also have the actor, Sam McCool playing the part of the protagonist who was the person being interrorgated, sadly he departed from our group and we also dont have a photograph of the actor

Overall, the opening 2 minutes was a success and was highly enjoyable to direct and watch the actors do their work. 

Soundtrack Research (2) - Interrorgation Room

This type of interrogation is one of the soundtracks that we all looked at and one of the various pieces of soundtracks that we might of used in our opening two minutes. This soundtrack sounds very hard-hitting and 'dark' in the sense that this type of soundtrack is a very good piece to use if making an interrogation room scene. The use of drums in this piece of music gives it that hard hitting/dark feel to it as it increases the tempo of the music giving us the nervous feeling and would have an effect on the audience. We didn't use this soundtrack due to the fact that it would be a bit 'epic' for our opening two minutes and also that it is copyrighted by the Alpha Protocol game and their producers, but this could easily be mimicked in the sense of using drums to make a dark/hard-hitting/scary piece of music. We used this type of music to get various ideas for our music soundtrack for our opening 2 minutes, the use of drums was a part of it. Overall, this is a very good piece of interrogation music and it does give us the nervous feeling and the nervous/hard-hitting impact on the audience and this is what we intend to do with our opening two minutes.

Audience Research - Action

This audience research is what we used to help make our decision on what genre to make our opening 2 minutes. We can see from the Age, Gender and Children categories on what sort of audience are more likely to watch an action film

In the Age category, the ages more likely to watch an action film would be from the ages of 18-44 with an overall percentage of 69%, this could be because most action films are around 15 years+ making it more appealing for the youthful/young adult population and also the middle ages population.

The Gender category shows that the Male Gender is more likely to watch an action film than the female audience. With the male audience having 61% of the total percentage, this means that action films are more likely to appeal to the male audience, this could be because of the fight scenes, car chases, shootings, blood etc. this could be what appeals to the male audience stereo-typically, but this wouldn't appeal to most of the female audience.

The children Category shows us the percentage of adults that have/do not have children and how action films would appeal to them. The highest being people with no children with 54% this could be that they would be able to watch the films they like, without any hasell of a young child, who would not be suitable to the young child.

 Overall, this is what helped us make the decision of making our opening 2 minutes an action film, as this audience research show us what type of audience that our film would appeal and also what target audience we should be going for.

Research and planning provisional mark

Name of student: Max Chillman

	Done?	Comment/target
RESEARCH
Genre Research and mind-maps	YES
Uploaded YouTube videos of openings - analysed	YES
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched	YES
Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre openings analysed in detail	YES
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken.	Comment on the setting image you uploaded – how it has contributed to your planning and ideas
Actors and props photos and interviews	Props photos	Upload some interviews with the actors – these could be video diaries.
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)	Make sure you get this completed and uploaded
Institution research (Paramount etc)	YES
Certificate research	YES
PLANNING
Own film idea brainstorm	YES
Own film treatment	YES
Relevant Online Tutorials and Comment	YES
Documenting of influences on production	?
Shot lists	YES	Comment on this post – why have you made the choices you have? Did they change when you filmed? Develop your comments in more detail, showing clearly your thought processes and the journey you have undertaken
Consideration  of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.	?
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!	NO
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs	NO
Mood board	YES
Script	YES
Practice titles created and uploaded	YES	Make sure you comment on you posts
Storyboard – animatic.	NO	This is vital to your mark
Time Management Schedule	YES

 

 

 

Research and planning mark scheme:

 

Level 2

8–11 marks

Planning and research evidence may be partially incomplete;

There is basic research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is basic organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is basic work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is a basic level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management may not be good.

 

Level 3

12–15 marks

Planning and research evidence will be complete;

There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is proficient work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management is good; there is a schedule of filming

There is no animatic storyboard and/or mood board

 

Level 4

16–20 marks

Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;

There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;

There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;

There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;

There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;

Time management is excellent.

 

Research and planning mark      12/20       Level 3

Max - make sure you comment on each of your posts - – why have you made the choices you have? Did they change when you filmed? Develop your comments in more detail, showing clearly your thought processes and the journey you have undertaken