Evaluation of my Video!
In what ways does you media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products?
The conventions which are presented with in a horror movie are:
Frightened or panicked, cause dead and alarm, invoke our hidden fears,
captivating and entertain the audience in a surreal experience, often concluded
with a terrifying finale.
My product uses the forms and conventions quite well in some
scenes. One noticeable scene is the one when you can see a mysterious
silhouette after half of the video it was filmed from her point of view, as it
didn’t allowing the audience to see who the killer is. Also the change in
light, as the dark had covered the silhouette and it reveals after she walk in
the light. I also use generic conventions such as killing and weapons. The
stabbing scene I cut it off as the opening was counted too long, however the
scene goes until the silhouette is about to do the job. The finales of the
video again uses the conventions as it ends with a terrifying scene leaving the
audience to ask “he killed the child isn’t it?”
In this kind of films generally the perfect victims are
females in their late teenage time and blond. However I have challenged the
forms and conventions as I used a male victim, child. Moreover I have also
challenged the forms and conventions on the killer as it is a woman in her
early adult age. The fear the a horror movie
presents is the terror of unknown, and that what I presented I the killer is
not known, she is mysterious and will be
found out further on in the movie. My video
is inspired form the film of The Eye. This is because the character wasn’t
afraid aft eh world around when she was blind, after the eye operation when she
started seeing again but blurry she kept seeing dead people which were
following her. So my killer is not seen because after all she can be your
friend/girlfriend.
How does you media product represent particular social
groups?
The main social groups represented my media video are mainly
the male young adults age between 18-25years. This is because they are more
stereotyped with these kinds of things, as we see them on news killing friends
and family members because they are on drugs or alcohol and they feel powerful
to take someone’s life away. The statuses which are represented can be B and BC
and it can be all races. I conform to the conventions of this genre through a couple
of things: my killer has a trademark, so at the end of the film she could get
tracked down and this is the glovers with the pink bow at the side, and also as
the end finishes in suspense and leaving the audience to think about what will happen.
I am also running opposite to them and i use a girl for the killer as it suppose
to be the other way round and the killer to be a man.
What kind of media institution might distribute you
media product and why?
For the distributor for my video I have used Lionsgate
because they have made a horror film which was near my idea even doe all other
institutions like MGM and Warner bros has made really good horror films,
however talking in real life I don’t think that any famous and big company will
ever distribute my video. This is because they have become too professional and
high standard. However my video if not distributed by a famous company, it
could be by an armature company worldwide, who some can have full services
distribution and film production. Being realistic I don’t think it would be
taken behind the screens and TV screens. What i think would suit my opening is
a lot of promotion so people get aware of it and maybe a release on DVD. I think
that my video will be described as “gruesome” this is because my mise-en-scene
is gruesome and the sound effects make it even more frightful. My video will
maybe have other examples in other forms but with the same idea therefore I don’t
think will be released as it doesn’t have a unique ideas that could attracts
the audience and offer them something new.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my media video will be teenagers to young
adults, the age between 15 and hitting 25. I also think that other age males
and females could turn up to watch it because it could be quite scary, however I
think there will be more female coming, this is because what I have made it may
be scary but for some men id quite mild as they prefer something more heart
jumping. But also that the killer is a lady it will make it more interesting
for the ladies
How would you attract/address you audience?
As I said my target audience are teens and young adults age
15 to 25 which are maybe full time students and if not they are at work for the
whole day. The film wouldn’t appeal to any younger age as the emotional impacts
is too high and because they are aware that people get murder and die which is
not something very pleasing and watching this film will affect them too much. However
if presented in a cinema and this genre people turn up to watch it they will
find out that they could make connections to some other horror films they have
seen. The editing is essential in attracting the audience especially in a
horror movie as the special effects have the biggest impact on the audience. I think
my editing is looking pretty good and when I was editing I especially focused
on the soundtracks with the special effects of them. Also the shots and angles
you use. In my piece I’ve used a range of camera angles and shots to create the
atmosphere needed and make it as real as it can be. I have also attracted my target
audiences through the social networking as I’ve advertised my video and it
worked as people went to check it out. So them could go for their curiosity to
go on the video could end up watching it all as the new scary information is
given to them, keeping the interested.
What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing the product?
I have realised and told from some viewers that the quality
of the camera wasn’t so good. As being transferred of the Mac to get edited to look
really good however when it gets exported onto the usb and then on YouTube the
quality has gone. It was also quite hard to film without good lighting when needed
or even it the dark scene, could’ve been some good lighting to make things easier
to be seen. Because of this I shot again the scene outside with some lights in
order for the audience to see something, little bit, but also used some torches
which made more light. Sound was alright at the camera, which was picking up
every detail and bang and noise made by the camera person and the character. All
my filming was done outside and inside my house, and there wasn’t any need for
green screen. However when I’ve edit it in the Mac imovie software I had used
some sound track and I was combining the and some special effects which i didn’t
have I real life but that was is sync with the movements making the video more professional and more
into the horror side.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression fro it to the full product?
The editing of the video which in the main task was fully
done because the genre was easier to work with. For my preliminary task I did
edit it however i didn’t add no soundtrack and no special effects which makes
the audience more drawn into the product, feeling the atmosphere of their
skins. Now I feel more confident in the use of the editing software after i
used it fully and understood what I have to do for every choice I had and also
how to cut from several footage only the essential part of it in order to fulfil
the time given. I feel that the end product is quite good as the comments for
it were more positive than negative. And the only thing which i think it needed
more work on is the sound in one place and one of the scene which jumps a
little bit.
Also for my preliminary task I was working within a group
and we also did for the main task, however there was small issues and I decided
to work on my own with a fresh idea even doe i have contributed with the basic
ideas on the group video.