Location

Here is some snap shots of the church that we used in our thriller.
We used this church to symbolise the death of the girl and the mourning.
It also gives an eery effect as this is where she possibly could have been buried and the murderer is visiting her grave.

Evaluation

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

Our media product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products in a variety of ways. Firstly, we used a crime at the core of the narrative. This was the muder of our dead girl, this was centered around the past, memories, jelously and revenge. We also used a complex narrative structuren with clues. In our thriller you see quick shots of the after effect of the murder, which we don't grasp the concept of why the girl is murdered, thus adding suspense. We then challenged the next convention which is a narrative pattern of establishing enigmas which the viewer expects to be resolved. We don't really know why the girl was murdered or why she wanted revenge, therefore it is different from a typical thriller film. Next we challenged the fact that the protagonist should get in trouble with the antagonist. We didn't really have a protagonist because they were both bad in a way as they were both seeking revenge of some kind. As well as this we have used themes of identity, in the happy park scene we see that they could have been possible friends or even lovers. So therefore they may have been an argument of some kind, this leave the viewers still in suspense. Also we used themes of mirroring. We did this by making them have the same motives, which is that they are both out to kill and have revenge on one another. We then challenged the protagonist with a flaw which is then exploited by the antagonist. The problem is that it is hard to tell which character is which as they are both bad in a way and could be good in a way. So basically they are both bad and their flaw is one of the "7 Deadly Sins". The muderer's flaw could be "Envy" as this may be the reason she killed the girl and the dead girl's flaw could be "wrath" because she seeks revenge or it could be pride as she might have needed to justify her death.

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents conflict between young girls/friends which can get out of hand very easily and become dangerous. Our thriller shows how girls can be extremely jealous, over reactive and hold grudges. Many women, more than men, tend to think that someone is out to attack them personally even when nothing is going on.

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

I think that a small media institution would distribute our media product as it would not qualify for a big hollywood movie. This is because we didn't have all the equipment needed to make it extremely exciting and lifelike. I think if we did have the right equipment, well known actors and better music soundtracks it might have a chance, because it is a typical well known type of genre; relationship thriller. Friends or lovers fall out and one ends up dying because of a grudge.

4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience best suited for our media product would be women and men, aged from 15+. This is because there is no nudity, usage of drugs/alcohol, onscreen violence or swearing. However it could potentially come across as slightly scary to children so 15 would be the ideal minimum age.

5) How did you attract/address your audience?

We selected a certain genre type that our media product would fit into and then thought that the people who would be interested in the latest thriller, people who have seen similar films in that particular genre before. We attracted/ addressed our audience by using similar ideas of other films and by using fast and jumpy cuts to make them jump. Also in the last scene before the title sequence we see Grace "The Killer" turn around slowly which created suspense. This helps attract the audience because they would be waiting for something to happen, this is also very helpful because thats what the typical thriller audience loves to watch.

6) What have you learnt about technology from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt a lot about technology from constructing this product. I have learnt how to properly use a camera alonside the tripod, this includes; getting the right angle, distance and also to make a certain object seem more important than the rest. In editing i have learnt how to use the imac and all the techniques that come with it. I have learnt how to cut, paste and make shots bigger or smaller and also i have learnt how to add certain effects to them. I found that using the camera and then editing was quite easy and simple, even though i have never used any of it before.

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

I have learnt, from the progression from the preliminary task to our media product, how seeing the expression on each of the characters faces is extremly important as it sets the mood and atmosphere of that particular scene. I have also learnt that by getting the distance and angle right you can pretty much make a bad scene look really good.

COMPLETED wooop!!!

Today we finished our Thriller WOOOOOOOP

well done everybody we did it :) :) :) :D :D :D

We added the title screens and the credits to the beginning and the end of the sequence.

This included all of our names and candidate numbers. At the end we put the name of the thriller which is R3VENG3

We added a soundtrack to it!!!

But not from Moby Gratis because they still didn't get back to us

We had to search for a soundtrack which was non copyrighted which we finally found on ;

www.akmmusic.co.uk

we had to pay for it but that doesn't bother us that much because it is really good

we gave up on mobygratis after a while because we was running out of time

plus the soundtrack we have now is sooo much better :D

Now the final task basically is to complete the blog and the evaluation of our project.

Again WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!!

MOBY GRATIS WHERE ARE YOU???

there is still no reply from moby gratis!

in result to this it means that if we still have no reply soon then we will have to find an alternative soundtrack to our thriller :(

we have talked about possible alternatives such as;

making our own soundtrack on garageband on the computer

this wouldn't be the best idea but we have had experience with using it before so it should be ok :D we also used it for our preliminary task which turned out surprisingly catchy :P 

Editing

After the easter holiday we all got together to do the editing 

(this is the part where i saw the second day of filming)

there was a couple of things that needed to be twigged but apart from that it was good by itself

We chose the best shots and added in affects.

There was some difficulties due to clips not being long enough but we got round it.

we put some scenes in black and white to show that the muderer was looking back at a memory in the past. (obviously)

after we did finished part one of the editing we decided to add sound so we requested a sound off of moby gratis 

The next step is to basically improve and complete our thriller :D

easter holiday

hello its now after the easter holiday

i didn't get a chance to blog as i was in spain for most of it

n i left it a bit late after i came back haha i forgot about it haha

well its not funny but hey :S

Anyway before i went to spain grace, jess and i met up and filmed some shots

we did the happy park, bedroom and  stair shots/scenes

our cast includes, Grace, me, grace and Paris

Paris is the dead girl and Grace (not in our media group) is the killer

Grace (in our media group) and i played extras in the happy park scene.

this of corse was all filmed by jess!! well done!!!

personally i think we did excellent in shooting the thriller as we all inputed on how it should me shot ie. the angles and what type of shot it should be.

On the second shooting day unfortunately i wasnt there but jess and grace filled me in

basically the shot the rest of the shots out side the church near to where jess lives

which again they turn out exceptionally well :D well done again :D

all in all the filming was a sucess and went better than we expected ^_^

I would like to say well done for everyones participation and co-operation

Tuesday 31st March 2009

On this day we did some practice runs on our opening to our thriller.

This helped us to see the angles and effects that we could potentially use.

We found that the camera is quite hard to use at times when we are moving it, as it jolts and isn't very smooth.