1. Media Evaluation Richard Gough

5. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product? I feel that this film could be produced by a major Hollywood studio as the story is, I feel, has the capability to be produced into a good, well made, dynamic film. There are similar products on the market at the moment, for example ‘Disturbia.’ This has the same idea of a teenager been caught in the middle of murder enquiries and adult activities. Disturbia became very popular amongst teenagers and I think this is down to the main character being a typical teenager. I think that the film would be made into a TV movie after being released into the cinema. I feel this would give the film some advertising, then when it is released into a TV movie it will become very popular among older families (with kids over 15). Looking at other films on the market there are always characters that form the trademark for the film. For this film I feel that the two teenagers could be a trademark, this would help with the merchandise for the film, for example posters. With this style storyline it could be very simple to make a sequence, this will yet again be an opportunity for profits and merchandise. In the film we tried to show the contrast between good and evil. To do this we made the visual style seem very innocent, with the sun and the park it was set up for a very innocent scene. Blue skies with the green grass makes it seem innocent. Relaxed Dark clothes, rolled up sleeves makes it seem stressful

7. How did you attract/address your audience? I think there are points of the film that would appeal to a certain audience, this is the scene with the policemen in his office. Although not a very action based scene, I feel that particularly the male audience will like this as it is mysterious and a pinnacle point in the film. This is a good shot as the audience is allowed to sit back and watch the story unfold right in front of them. This medium range shot tied in with some low angle shots gets the audience into the action and they don’t miss a beat. This low angle shot has an impact on the audience as it gives the sense that the characters are very dominant. As these shots are early on in the film, it will shock the audience s the action and suspense starts straight away. Important shot, memorable shot We were careful not to show the body as we wanted to make a thriller, not a horror. With this kind of shot the audience are forced to use there imagination.

9. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the final product? For me the planning stages were the most exciting, as we had no limits and we were given a task to come up with a good story from scratch. To start off I went home and noted down three ideas of mine own, I proposed these ideas to the group. As a group we looked at the ideas and picked one and worked on it. After a few discussions we were ready to storyboard. Storyboarding helped greatly as when it came to filming we knew exactly what we wanted and we were not wasting time. During the process I became more confident with both the angles but also the equipment. This helped as when we were filming we had in our heads which shots give the right messages. So for instance we knew that the low angle shots give the impression that the characters are dominant. By the end of the detailed process I also felt myself getting more confident with the computer equipment as I knew what each tool did, this speeded up the process. Overall I think the product has been very successful. Although we may not have got the shots we wanted, we still got some good and clever images. Our task was to make an opening sequence to a thriller film and I think that is precisely what we have done, we were very careful not to make it a Horror In the planning stage, but with the right shots and storyline it is clear that the film is a thriller.