Production Mark Scheme

Psychological Horror films..

Here is a list of some psychological films that we looked into in order to follow the correct conventions of what the should include.

Black Swan
The Blair Witch Project
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
The Butterfly Effect
Carnival of Souls
The Cell
Come and See
Dark Floors
Dark Water
Forbidden Siren
The Forgotten
Grim Reaper
The Grudge
The Haunting
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
The Innocents
Jacob's Ladder
Ju-on
Kairo
Kaun
Les Diaboliques
Marianne
The Mothman Prophecies
One Missed Call
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Others
Pulse
Rasen
Repulsion
Rosemary's Baby
Salad Fingers
Secret Window
Session 9
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
Silent Hill
The Sixth Sense
Suicide Club
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Uninvited
Whispering Corridors


Samantha

Complete

After numerous weeks of completing my evaluation of my AS Media horror film that i have created. This was after completing numerous excersises that helped with the production, editing and distribution of my horror film. In my evaluation i had to include things such as, the research we carried out, the feedback we were given aswell as creating a film poster that suited our film. We also had to comment on how our film follows the conventions of the sub-genre and how it targets our audience.

Samantha

Garage Band tutorial

Here is a tutorial on how to use garage band which is a program that we had to use to create the music for our horror film and assure that it fitted well. Tutorials on Youtube were very important so we were able to make the music after never using the program before.

Samantha

Issues we faced

During the process of filming we came across 2 problems that effected our filming. One of these was the weather. Because we began filming in February time it meant that the weather was changing making it effecting the date of our filming. This was because of issues like the snow which meant that if we were to film, we wouldn't be able to assure it would be there again meaning that the continuity of our film wouldnt be good.
Another issue faced was the booking out of camera's, as we wanted to book out a camera at the point of half term, however there were none available. This meant that in future we would have make sure we were more organised with booking out camera equipment.

Samantha

If we were to do it again..

If we were to start the process of our filming again i think i would ensure that all the planning was appropriate so we new exactly what shot were needed and could follow these very good.
I think that the group i worked in were really well as we all stayed well communicated so we knew when and where to meet in order for us to film our project. I think the story line of our horror was very good however i think we needed to be more prepared for issues that we faced during shooting.

Samantha

Transitions

Here is an example of a transition that we used within our horror sequence. I think that this was very effectively used as it made the shots flow without jumping and helped the continuity of these shots. I also believe that this shot helped the audience understand the setting and the storyline of what was happening at this point as they flowed into eachother.

Samantha

My evaluation

As today's deadline approaches, I have ensured that I looked over my blog to check that everything has been included and it has. This means that I have now completely finished.

Sorraya

iMovie

Here is a iMovie tutorial which is really helpful and explains how we edited our software to create our final piece. When looking at the tutorial you can see how professional the software is and how it has allowed us to create our film. iMovie was a very beneficial software to have and without it our film wouldn't be the same. The numerous special effects and transitions on iMovie allowed us as a group to play around with different effects and add these to our film, eventually reaching a conclusion on what looks and works best for us. We found some highly effective transitions (for example when Annabel's eyes are moving frantically across the screen, there is a dissolve transition from that to her walking through the woods. Overall, iMovie was a very useful and professional software.

Above is the example that was previously mentioned of the characters extreme close up shot having a dissolve transition onto the next shot of her walking through the woods. This is the midpoint of the dissolve as both shots are on screen.

Sorraya

So Far..

At this time i have almost finished my evaluation after completing my prezi presentation last night. This means that all i have to complete is my question 5 then my evaluation will be complete. This means adding the extras and talk about the feedback we recieved with our film.

Samantha

Things to work on for the future

For future references, I think the main aspects that I need to work on improving are the soundtrack and carefully considering my location choice. The fact that the weather delayed our filming so much means that in the future, I would preferably choose an inside location because it means that we wouldn't be delayed as much in terms of filming and this would give my group more time to focus on editing. Not only this, filming in a public location means that you cannot guarantee privacy, however we did not suffer greatly from this. In terms of our soundtrack, compared to other films made by students in the previous years, I feel that our soundtrack lacked variety. Although it was a good piece of music, it did not vary greatly throughout our entire film and because of this I feel the music did lack slightly. Therefore, in regards to future filming, I would take the time to carefully consider where I'm filming, the problems that may occur because of this, the variety of my music and how much time we have left to complete our music.

Sorraya. 

What have you learned?

Overall, I think doing this exercise has taught me a lot about how to control a camera and how to create effective shots that portray things such as power, weakness ad equality. Without this exercise, I wouldn't of been able to fully understand how useful these shots are. Compared to my preliminary exercise, I have learnt a lot more about creating a continuity cut as my editing on the preliminary exercise was extremely poor. I think I worked a lot harder and payed a lot more attention to detail when editing the footage and this resulted in a realistic looking film because there weren't any major jumps. In this exercise, our entire group spent a lot of time filming and this enabled me to take a lot more care when filming to ensure that my shots were good enough and matched our standards. Because of this, we ended up having some good shots in our film. I think learning these has given me the experience needed to film projects in the future (e.g. media A2 music video) and because of this I feel pleased that this exercise has made me more skillful in both recording and editing.

Sorraya

What was difficult about this project?

When looking back, I think the most difficult/challenging aspect of producing our film was the fact that we had chosen to film outside. The thing we hadn't thought about was how predictable the weather was going to be and because of this, we suffered a lot of setbacks when it came to producing our film. On our first filming schedule, the heavy downpour of snow meant we couldn't film due to continuity errors that would occur if we had to re-film. Also, on many other occasions, the heavy rain made it difficult for us to film certain scenes and to even use our camera equipment incase it broke. Because of these difficulties, we ended up very rushed for time to finish filming, whilst many others within our class had finished all of their filming. We did actually manage to have our film done on time, but the weather certainly delayed us and meant we weren't able to finish our filming on the times we had hoped for.  I found that when it came to filming, it was also difficult to exactly replicate all the shots we had intended to do. This is because whilst we filmed we also thought about how we would then take this footage to make a continuity edited piece, so when filming certain shots, I struggled to see whether or not the shot was good enough to be in the film. However, because of this, we ended up filming many takes of the same shot and this meant we did not have to go back to re-film shots we had already done because even though we may have faulted in one shot, we had filmed another replica to replace it.

Sorraya.

Looking back - Changes that we made

When looking back at our initial film story line, several aspects have been changed. Our original idea was to have our title sequence to take place within a house. The idea was to have lights flickering, music playing randomly etc. However our feedback from our class mates suggested to us that the house in our title sequence was unexplainable as they didn't know whose house it was and what relevance it had to do with the film. Not only this, we also decided to have the character holding a knife because we wanted to have a severe threat within the film. However, it was revealed to us again through audience feedback that there was no explanation as to how the character gets a knife. This resulted in a big change for our film title sequence because the entire plan of it needed to be different. From this we concluded that the shots which revealed names of actors, producers etc would all have the font written on what appears to be a burning book. And even though we kept factors such as lights flickering, we made sure that this happened in an empty room so that it gave the appearance of the character being in a mental asylum. Overall, this ended up being a better option because it made more sense to the viewer and after showing the title sequence to the viewers, there were no criticisms relating to it not making sense. We also decided to remove the knife because this was unneeded and only left the audience confused. In conclusion, I think the changes we made as a group benefitted our film as they allowed us to make our film clearer and more believable for the audience. I think the large amount of planning and preparation that we did made filming a lot more easier because whenever we were unsure as to what we were doing, we could always look back at our shot list/story board etc to find out exactly what shot type and scene we should be filming.

Sorraya

Websites that helped us

Here are some logos of some of the sites that have been helpful to us in our research and planning. Without these websites we wouldnt of been able to find out important information such as who our target audience are and what age rating would be appropriate for our film. It is therefore the case, that these sites have had a large impact in providing us with the knowledge we have gained whilst creating our film.

Sorraya.

Here is another tutorial I looked at which allowed me to understand how to use Prezi and then embed it onto my blog. Overall, it was quite an easy process and this is another reason why Prezi was so useful for me.

Sorraya

Prezi tutorial

Here is a brief tutorial on how to use the Prezi presentation website, I found this quite useful as Prezi was something I had never come across before and in looking at this tutorial I was able to get a grasp of how it works. I found that Prezi was actually a very effective and creative form of presenting my work and because of this, I see the importance of creating this presentation to explain about the technologies that I have come across whilst creating my media project.

Sorraya.

Thursday 26th April 2012

Today is our evaluation deadline, this means that we have completely finished all that we had started for our filming project (both our film and blog). We as a group have worked together to create an informative blog which shows our progress from early September (our preliminary task) till now. This involves looking at our early camera exercises, to planning our film, creating our film, the feedback we received, our final film and our evaluation. We feel the information we have included within our blog shows how we as a group have progressed and shows the planning we made to get to where we are now.

Sorraya.

Evaluation Progress

I have now finished everything for my evaluation. On Tuesdays' lesson I was able to film and edit my recorded evaluation and on Wednesday I finished my Prezi presentation. All that remains for me to do is to go over my evaluation and to ensure that I have included everything that needs to be there. I am pleased that I have finished my evaluation in time as this means I havn't rushed my work and have taken the time to properly discuss all the questions that were set for the evaluation. Questions 6 and 7 of my evaluation are featured on seperate blogs whilst questions 1-5 are all on the same blog.

Sorraya

Question 6 Prezi Presentation - Sorraya Begdeli (EVALUATION)

Copy of Sorraya Begdeli Evaluation on Prezi

Sorraya Begdeli - Question 7 (EVALUATION)

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

Evaluation progress

I have now currently achieved my target of finishing questions 1-5 of my evaluation today, this means I have 3 days left (including a 2 hour lesson) to finish questions 6 and 7. I am aiming to plan for my prezi presentation tonight and plan (hopefully film) my filmed evaluation tomorrow. This means that hopefully I am prepared enough for my evaluation deadline and that I can complete it to the best of my ability and in as much detail as possible.

Sorraya

Feedback

After reviewing all of our feedback, we feel quite happy with our film and feel that we created a piece which was liked by our peers. Of course, criticisms did occur, but we feel this was constructive rather than a major flaw within our footage. Because of this, we can see our feedback forms as something we can look at seriously and properly to consider how we could improve in the future. The overall feedback was reassuring to us as a group and suggested to us that we did reach out to our target audience and that we created a film appropriate to our genre.

Sorraya

Evaluation Update

So far I have now fully completed questions 1-4 to what I feel is the best of my ability, all I now have left is to finish off question 5 then start question 6. After this, my final part will be to record my evaluation based on the skills i've learnt and how i've progressed since the start of the media A level. 

Sorraya

Evaluation Work

Our final lesson to complete our evaluation is on Tuesday the 24th April, this will give us two hours to hopefully finish or nearly finish our evaluation.

Sorraya

Film Company LOGO

This is the logo for our film company, 'Shadows Films'. It was created to reflect our horror genre and through using blood splatters, a dark background and a unique font, we think we have achieved this. We think that the logo is recognisable and memorable for a viewer because it stands out as being different and the contrast of colours used help it to be easily recalled or remembered for the audience. We believe that because of how this logo has been created, if this was to appear before a film, an audience would instantly be able to tell that a horror film is about to be shown.

Deadlines

The deadline for our blog evaluation is in 3 days time. This means we have a lot of progress to make to finish. I need to finish off different parts of each question that could only be completed after filming and I am hoping to finish this by Monday (today), ensuring that all I have left to do is parts of question 6 and then finally question 7.

Sorraya

OUR FILM POSTER

This is the film poster that my group has created. We took inspiration from 'The Grudge' film poster and then from that created our own. We stuck to typical conventions of a film poster by including the billing, the release date, the title etc. The colours used stand out amongst the black background and this creates an effective, eye catching poster.

Feedback for our final film

The lack of information within this means we cannot see as a group where we could've improved, however the scores that were given to us are quite high and we are pleased with that.

Feedback for our final film

Once again, this feedback is quite positive and detailed in areas where we exceeded and areas that could be improved (How easily the titles could be read). This is something that allows us as a group to look at in terms of how we can improve. It is unfortunate that this member found the titles hard to read and it is something we could work on in the future. 

Feedback for our final film

This is the most criticising feedback form we received, however the positivity that is still included (e.g. "quality titles", "sub genre was clear") allows us to feel that we still created a successful horror and that the problems mentioned were not big enough to ruin our movie. 

Feedback for our final film

This is great feedback for our film, it is reassuring that others within our group thought so well of our film and actually liked what we created.

Marking our own horror film

Coursework FINAL PIECE. Sorraya Begdeli, Samantha Whawell, Kane Anson

2:29:23 total time


Here is our final piece, this is something that we have worked incredibly hard on as a group over the past few months to plan, create and put together. We feel happy with the idea of the story and feel happy with our film also.

Filming

On Wednesday we finally finished our filming, this was a big relief as time was running out. We feel we have the right footage now to portray our film in the way we see best. This final lesson will be quite busy as we have a lot to do, we have to put our film together, finish our music and then hopefully finish the film.

Feedback for the first preview (film unfinished)

The feedback from this form is quite positive and it also mentions how we use 'good close ups'. This is quite helpful to us as a group because we know the importance of using many good closeups within this film, so to hear that we have done this is great. 

Feedback for the first preview (film unfinished)

The positive feedback from this is reassuring to us a group, however the main criticism to this ('don't understand why she's in the woods') is something we don't feel we can change as our film will remain based within the woods. However, the main factor we could work on is providing a form of explanation to the viewer as to how she ends up in the woods and why. Hopefully then, this will allow the audience to understand our film a bit better.

Feedback for the first preview (film unfinished)

The main criticism to this was that we needed more shot types, and this is something which at this point I agree with. I think that once we have edited more footage and put it together, this will then reveal that we do have more shot types available however as we are currently still editing, there are less shot types featured. Overall however, once again we have quite a positive feedback. 

Editing

So far this is our media film that we have created, it's took us 3 weeks to create so far due to weather and camera bookings etc. So far as a group we feel that the projects going fine but we have just realised we are running short on time so our next filming session is going to be the wednesday coming up. We have included our 'Shadows' production logo at the beginning to introduce the audience to the film company. As you can see the film is a bit jumpy at times but we hope to have that sorted out soon. We have also improved greatly on our title sequence.

Feedback for the first preview (film unfinished)

Once again, the feedback is quite positive. The criticism here is to do with continuity and this is something we know as a group is extremely important and that we must continue to work on to improve our film.

Feedback for the first preview (film unfinished)

At this point in time, music had not yet been added to our film which explains the n/a feedback. Overall the feedback was quite positive and had only one criticism. This is quite reassuring to our group as at this point we still have a lot left to add to our film and this tells us we are working to an acceptable standard.

Updates

As of Wednesday we have finally finished recording all of our title sequence, this was quite a big relief to our group considering we have had to film on many separate occasions due to different circumstances rather than film the entirety on one occasion. However, I feel that this has allowed us to put more preparation into individual scenes. Now that our title sequence is finished, this means all we have left to do is a few more shots for our main film and then to film a burning book for the cut scenes in-between our title sequence. As of now, the work which we need to focus on most is editing the footage so that it has good continuity and creating the music to accompany our film.

Improvements on Editing (also included title sequence)

This is an improvement to our previous edited version as instead of having the large pan from a further angle, we have a close up shot of the character's face as she sees the hand and not only this, we have included a shot reverse shot to provide more impact for the audience. This is a better portrayal of horror as we see the character's true reaction at a close angle. 

Second Shoot Editing

This is our second edited version and we feel the editing runs a bit smoother now, one problem we have discussed is that on the shot in which our character sees the hand by the tree, the pan we use leaves too much of a widespread gap within our footage and doesn't seem realistic to what we are trying to achieve. We thought we could change this by having a closer recording of the character's face and her shock when she sees the hand. Also, timing is an important aspect to consider as we have already used roughly 30 seconds of footage.

Bang! Film Festival

Here is a short documentary of the 'Bang!' film festival in Nottingham which allows independent films to get a viewing. This is a possible form of distribution for our movie.

Why Movie soundtracks are so important

This video truly shows how important a movie soundtrack can be when it comes to adding effect to a film. The two contrasts of music throughout this clip show instantly the two different reactions you receive as a viewer. Music is not always noticed by the audience, however it is such an essential contribution to film that if done wrong, can change the entire mood and intentions of a clip. This video has allowed me to look at the importance soundtracks have on a film and from this, we as a group can work together to create a piece of music which accompanies our film in a beneficial way.

Sorraya

What We Need To Do:

We still have quite a few things left to do for our final deadline however we feel we are working at a good pace to get everything done.

Due to bad weather on both of our booked filming dates, this meant we were unfortunately pushed back a lot for timing. The first date left us unable to film due to large amounts of snow which would effect continuity if we had to go back and refilm and the second date (which we began filming on) was raining heavily at many times meaning we weren't able to get as much done as we had hoped because the ground and the weather weren't suitable filming conditions. However, on this date we managed to get roughly half of our film done.

We have planned to go back for more filming on the 7th of March (Wednesday) and possibly the 11th (Sunday) if needs be. This should allow us to have our film finished and ready for editing.

We also have to add more to our evaluations which are currently coming along nicely.

First Shoot and run at editing

Here is the first go we had at putting our film together after our first shoot, we managed to get the majority of our film done however some parts have to be filmed. We've used different angles and shots which are present within the footage such as the extreme close up of the eyes, the high angled shot and the close up of the feet. We believe most of our shots are steady except for one in which the high angle is present, this is because Kane had to stand in the tree so there was no stability from the tripod, however we feel this could help enforce horror as it gives the sense of something watching the character. We think it is well framed as we tried to use the rule of thirds and there isnt a lot of head space available which is making the shot wasteful. When going back to film we need to work on using more close ups for our film.

(We have not yet looked at or changed the sound)

Kaine Evaluation

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

I have chosen some of these images below to help influence my final film. I have taken some screen images from other horror film and  horror psychological films that show the typical conventions of my sub genre. I have compared these shots with images of my own to show how they have influenced my film.

This is a Warner Brother logo for the opening of there films. This logo personally feel like its made for a horror as the use of the black and white colors.  I like this logo because the use of the color white can be used to imply sterility as doctor and nurse wear white which is related to death. Also the use of black is very dominant which allows us to see that there evilness involved. In the background of this logo I also like the use of clouds as it calmly bring the whole logo together as one connecting with the font which i also like as it is basic. Warner Brothers logo is very interesting as this is how i want my logo to look as it could represent my opening to a horror film.

Here is my opening logo for our horror film 'What Doesn't Belong'. The film company is called Shadows as it is related to darkness, mysterious and creepy name. To make this logo we had taken ideas from Warner Brothers by using the colors black and white but also a use of red to make it create a scary look as our company was all about creating horror films. At the start I liked Warner Brother logo as it was smooth but could also relate to everything from a horror to a children's film but in the end i taken inspiration from Universal. The reason is because there logo was more catchy as they use the imagine of the globe to say that they are aiming films at everyone but we chosen to get a old map of England in the background to symbolize we are aiming at the English so we combined the two logos by using Warner Brothers colors and Universal idea of the globe. 

This title used is very simple and basic as it just has the use of the 2 colors (white and red) and also a picture of the mask in the back ground sunk into black. This logo is great as the red represents death, danger or blood then the use of black tells us and represent the evil, darkness and fear. The font used is also basic which allows it to stand out but as the ghost face mask is in the background, this allows us to create tension as we feel like were being watched. This logo of scream is also inspiring as this is what I would like my logo to look like as its basic but on the other hand interesting as it represents a lot with only a limited amount of colors words and images used. 

Here is the logo for our psychological horror that appears in the titles of our film. I have tried to follow the colour same colour scheme as Scream but using 3 colors to create a horror effect. In this imagine we can see the horror effect as we have the use of a red hand to relate to blood and danger but also the use of black which is sunk into the brown which represents evil, darkness and fear as it does in Screams logo. Am very impressed title sequence because it as the effect I wanted it to have as it looks scary but also the use of the book page in the back ground relates to the opening of our film. 

This is a image of a scene from my sub-genre 'Paranormal activity 2' were a lady is being controlled by demon, making her stand in the middle of the bathroom doorway. A couple minutes later the film fast forwards by 2 hours and the lady hasn't moved a inch still standing still which tells us that the demons and spirits are power. The camera is at an high angle which makes the lady seem even weaker and also as this film is made by a hand eld camera and there is a timer in the bottom corner, it makes it seem more realistic as this is how a camera we would us would look. 

This is an imagine taken from our film when our character Annabell is wondering around in the fields. This imagine can relate to the imagine above as its a stereotype of girls being vulnerable in the weaker dominants as one girls is wondering through fields in pajamas and the other one is standing in babies room being controlled. The imagine is a high angle to make powerful as it makes the lady look weak but also as if someone is watching her which also makes this shot more realistic.

This is a image of a film from an existing zombie film called 'Blade trinity' staring wesley snipes. This film is about a character called blade who is a half vampires who learns to fight to kill all the bad vampires. As we can see from this imagine, blade is a strong character from the muscles he has to the anger expressed on is face and the bullet proof vest which imply to us that he comes close to death. Also as the camera is slightly at a low angle, it also allows him to seem more power.

This is an imagine that establishes the character as weak and scared. From this shot we can see that it relates to girls being weak compared to males as Wesley Snipes looks angry and ready to fight how every this character Annabel looks frightened and scared as she in hiding behind a tree. This is a great imagine when establishing and showing the true character of the actor as we have made her seem the weakest and scared as it is also a high angle which tells us that what every is bothering her is stronger than she expected. 

This is an example of mise-en-scene from the film 'The strangers'. This film is about a family stalking a couple trying to kill them because they have been living in there house. In this scene we see family threatening the couple who are  sitting down. In this scene the costumes are very powerful as they all have masks on to hide there identity and also the man's mask is different to the others which singles him out and also he is wearing a suit which could imply and tell us that he is a very serious or important person.  In this imagine we can see that the woman on the right as A big kitchen knife in her hand which could be used to kill the couple and also as the couples are sitting down, it also allows the family with masks to seem more power   full. Also there body language is formal and relaxed which also imply that there not scared and may of done it before. From this angle of the camera, its looks like there in the middle of no were which tells us that there not going to be a hero or a rescue coming.

This is an example of mise-en-scene from our film. In this imagine we can see that there is a lady walking through a forest. This shots shows the background of the location the lady is in and we can see that it relates to the imagine above as both victims are in an isolated area where there is no help but just danger. It creates a sense of being a lone which relates to the theme of the film of a physiological horror.

Four images from an existing film (The Strangers):

This is a power image as we see a long shot of a female sitting beside her bed holding a knife. From this imagine we can tell that this is a horror film as the lady is looking scared and also she has a knife in her left arm which tells us that she could be in danger and may use it which then relates to stabbings or death. Also her skin is very pale and on the floor next to her there is mess which tells us that she is not in a good environment. 

This is a low angle close up of Annabel holding rosary beads. From this imagine we can tell that Annabel is scared as these beads are related to christians praying, maybe for help. The idea of this imagine came from inspiration from the imagine above as both girls are in a similar situation and need help but the lady above protects her self using knifes how ever Annabel prays to God for help. 

This is a mid close up of a man which instantly highlights the psychological genre. This is because from looking at his facial it instantly tell us that he feels unsafe has he is looking to the right with a paranoid face is if something is there. Also in the background we can see loads trees and a vandalized car which allows us  to think that someone is out there and also as he has a knife in his hand we suspect that something is happening or is about to happen. 

This is a mid close up of a Annabel which instantly highlights the psychological genre. This is because from this imagine we see the character on the floor leaning against the tree. In the background we can see more trees but also tree on the floor which tells us that it could be bad weather as a tree may of been blown over. These two character can relate as both imagines make us think thats both characters are in a vandalized or creepy place but also they are also both alone and by looking at there facial expressions we suspect that someone or something is out there looking for them. 

This is a powerful imagine. The reason is because it instantly makes the audience think. This is because as it is a close up, it allows us to see the characters emotions and this character as worried emotions as it highlights her facial fear. I think this because he facial language looks like something is wrong and there is nothing she can do about it. Also as she is in the imagine alone this instantly make us think she is  scared and that could be the problem.

This is a powerful imagine as it is a close up of the character Annabel. The reason why i think this picture is powerful is because like the picture above it allows us to see all the facial expressions. As seen in the image the facial expressions tell us that were looking at a character who is scared of something but also may be crazy as her make up is a mess and around her eyes look black but her eye balls look like they are focused on something but what?

This is a mid shot of a lady on her hands and knees crawling a long the floor. This is a power full image  because the use of the mid shot allows us to see the ladies facial and body expressions but it also allows us to see part of the back ground which doesn't look like the best place to be as it is dark and there a trees which both come across as creepy. Also as she is in the imagine alone this instantly make us think she is  scared and that could be the problem.

This is a mid shot of Annabel running. The reason i have chosen this shot is because i think the imagine is powerful. The reason is because in the imagine we get ever thing we need to know thats she in trouble such as the creepy background and the facial expressions on her face. I can also relate this imagine to the imagine above as it seems if both ladies are in the same situation and there both trying to escape as Annabel is running away and the imagine above is trying to do the same thing but hide at the same time.                              

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?


Representation shows the stereotyping of how characters are and how they behave. The character represents the weaknesses by following the stereotype, in these videos we can see that the woman and young boy both appear to be very weak and vulnerable.  This could be because woman are usually seen as weaker then male and also the younger you are the more weaker, vulnerable and innocent you seem so that in its has instantly built a stereotype of how we see charters.  

From this trailer paranormal activity 3 we can see that this film is aimed at the older age group. This is because the film is about ghost which may be scary for the younger age groups. Also throughout the trailer we can see that this film as a stereotype against girls and younger age groups. This is because the have he most screen time and also we hear a lot of screaming coming from them. The use of the two little girl is also very power as we feel sorry them instantly even before anything happens. So far throughout the trailer woman as seen as the victims because there he only people we see and also at 26 seconds we see a lady being dragged out of the baby bedroom which also could be a stereotype of woman being weak. 

This is a clip from a psychological horror called IT the clown. This scene shown is about a little boy called Georgie who is trying to get his paper boat back before being kidnapped by a clown. In this clip shown we instantly see that there is a victim and a bully. During this clip, we instantly see that the challenge the stereotype of age groups. This is because they are seen as weak and in this clip, the young boy is seen as weak as he is easily dragged in the water wastage hole.  Also it challenges the stereotypes that young people are vulnerable and they would do anything for sweets as they normally would. I say this because at the start the clip the boy say he must not talk to strangers untill he hears the clown talking about bloons and candy and quickly changes his mind and decides to talk. 

From looking at both of these clips it can be shown and seen that the two clips have a major stereotype against the younger age group as they are put across as weak. This is great because it instantly tells me that during films character are seen as to be weak if they are girls or young. Also from looking at these clips I realised that as my character is a girl, this will make her be seen as weak but by giving her more screen time it will make the audience feel sorry for her more and create more feelings for the character which will upset the audience or create more of a fright to them if something happens to her. 

Feedback: When i was look through our feedback we received from our our class memebrs after they had watched the film. This was helpful to me and my group members as no one felt as if we had a negative representation of any of these social groups. We aimed to have a neutral or positive representation so that our film appealed to a large audience. Overall we found that we had some good feed back as people were happy with the film and that they felt it fell in with the correct genre and age group.

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

This is a poster taken from a psychological film called Saw. The reason i picked this poster is because i find it inspirational because of the colour sequence and the imaged used. This is because the black used instantly creates a message of evilness and with the red involved it also tells instantly creates a imagine of danger or blood. Straight away this poster is great because just by looking at the poster colours we can create though and images or scary things happening which is great but it allows us to be sacred even before the film as started.  Also the imagine used is a mid close up of a man with is head in a box. This image is powerful because as its a mid close it we would expect to see more detail but as he can't see this detail yet again it make use instantly think about band things that could be happening to him inside that box. With the image and text put together this is an excellent combination because it create an imagine of horror and thought as it makes up naturally think and be scared automatically. 

Release Diary:
The release date I have chosen for our film is the 25th September 2012. Our team have chosen this date as after researching the dates of when the Oscar awards are hosted, I found that it is mainly hosted in February or March. I also looked at many films that have won the 'Best Picture' award and the majority of them have been released late in the previous year (Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec). That is my reason for choosing the 25th September, however another reason is that it provides time for planning and refilming incase any thing doesn't flow, such as if the continuity of the video isn't right.  This means that if our group has extra time spare on our hands before September and everything is sorted out correctly we can use this time to create extra's such as posters or to even bring out a last trailer ect..

However the release date for the DVD will be different as we want as many people as possible to watch it in the cinema's first we have decided we want the DVD to be available on the 26th of December (boxing day). The reason for this date is because after doing research we have found out that DVD's tend to come out roughly 3-5 months after being shown in the cinema. Also this means that if the DVD takes a while to come out, people will be more excited to buy it but also as it is the day after christmas this will mean that people will hopefully have to money to be able to buy the film on DVD.

 

 Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

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It is important to know who your target audience is and that is why in our media film we have chosen to give our film a rating of 15 which means that no one below the age of 15 can watch it. This is because it allows us to use strong language and maybe violence. This means that anyone the age of 15 or above can watch this which is great because throughout the research I have done, i have found out that mainly people the age of 18-21 are the most popular people for watching psychological horrors but as some younger teenagers also like to watch psychological horrors we also chose to aim our film at them aswell which would be a good would be a good cimbination of people to aim at. Also by doing other research such as watching psychological horrors I found out that they mainly contained males as there main character but in our media film we are going to have a girl as the character which will allow us to aim at a wider variety which will allow all the 18-21 males to watch it but also females as it will attract them because of the character being a female. In our film the main audience will be females and males the age 15 and above.

This logo means that this film is only suitable for people the age of 15 or over. Also no one younger than 15 may rent or buy this film. The reason is because at this age level films start to use more strong language more frequently. Also the use of drugs may be seen different as character may take some but this is acceptable as long as the promote or encourage drug using. Also violence and nudity may be shown but not in as much detail as an 18 ect.. 

This logo represents that no one under the age of 18 may watch, rent or buy this film. The reason is because they have more less have no restrictions which means more strong language, more sexual scene showing more flesh and more scenes which may accidently give out the wrong promotion. 

As you can see that there is two different logos which tells us that there is a difference in films. During an 18 year olds film you are likey to see a change in the way characters behave as they are more free to swear and also have the advantage of doing more things were as in a 15 year olds film they are limited with in what they are allowed to do.

 From this trailer paranormal activity 3 we can see that this film is aimed at the older age group. This is because the film is about ghost which may be scary for the younger age groups. Also throughout the trailer we can see that this film as a stereotype against girls and younger age groups. This is because the have he most screen time and also we hear a lot of screaming coming from them. The use of the two little girl is also very power as we feel sorry them instantly even before anything happens. So far throughout the trailer woman as seen as the victims because there he only people we see and also at 26 seconds we see a lady being dragged out of the baby bedroom which also could be a stereotype of woman being weak. 

Film: The strangers

Certificate Age: 15

Rated: 6.1

Film: The Others

Certificate Age: 12

Rated: 6

Film: Paranormal activity 2

Certificate Age: 15

Rated: 7.7/10

Film: The Ring

Certificate Age: 15+

Rated: 7.1/10

Film: The shinning  
Certificate Age: 15+
Rated: 8.5/10

From this information we can see that these psychological horror are watched by mainly males aged 15+ but also the odd 12 year olds films. As most psychological horror aim roughly at the same age group, this instantly tells me what a good age group is to aim at when creating a psychological horror. 

 

Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

 As a group when we was planning our film we was thinking about what would scare the audience and what would they enjoy but to start of with we had to do some extra planning to find out who our target audience would be. We did some reseach and found out that main and most people who watch horror films are aged 18-21 but also the odd 15+ year old tend to also watch horrors also. When making the film we wanted to it to be a film that the audience enjoys so we decided to add spookie parts that make the adience jump in fright so when that when we ask them if they enjoyed the film they can say 'yes it was very spookie and scary'. When the audience watch our film we would want them to see scary, bloody and gory parts which would be in any other horror film.

Also when creating the film we had to think about what age group to aim at. We had to take in to consideration that if it was aimed at 12 years olds + we would have to make sure that it was appropriate for them to watch but also if we aim it at 18-21 but also 15+ this is good because it allows us to use strong language and maybe violence. This means that anyone the age of 15 or above can watch this which is great because throughout the research I have done, i have found out that mainly people the age of 18-21 are the most popular people for watching psychological horrors but as some younger teenagers also like to watch psychological horrors we also chose to aim our film at them aswell which would be a good would be a good cimbination of people to aim at.

Another thing we had to plan was that were we going to locate our film and also what props we was going to use to make our horror film more realistic. We decided the location of our film would be Wollaton Parks forest. The reason for this is because it would fit in perfectly with our genre as the woods are creepy, big but also dark. This way we create more of a tense and spooky film which would effect how the film looks a lot. Also to make the film more tense and spooky we decided to use a lot of props such blood to make the film more gory, we used a lot of make up on our character to make her look ill and dangerous. Also we used to a scary glove which is long to make the audience get a little but frightened. This will help connect with the audience because it will allow them to be more scared and also when the see the character look mad and scary and also when they see the hand with long fingers it will hopefully scare them.




When making the film we also remembered we had to make a tittle sequence to introduce the actors and directors etc.. The reason we did this was because we wanted to engage with the audience from the start such as by slowly creating tension from the music we have used but also from the back ground images and short clips of the cross and the books on fire etc..

To add more fright to the film as a group we also decided to create music to give the film that extra bit of horror. To make the music/sounds we used garage band which helped us a lot as there we many sounds and instruments to choose from to help us. The music we created is spooky and quiet. The reason is because we just wanted to as background music just to help us add more tension to the horror film. The sounds we used are also there to indicate that some thing is also going to happen to the victim.

After creating the final psychological horror as a team we was being optimistic which meant we couldn't see nothing wrong with our film and though that everything was perfect so to see if we was right we decided to ask the class to watch our film and give us some feed back. After the feed back we received we was very happy with what we created as class members gave us great replies such as saying our film fits in with the level 4 boundary or that they found our film spooky which its supposed to be. This was good because it make it believed that our film was successful and fell into the correct age group and category. his is because it allows us to use strong language and maybe violence. This means that anyone the age of 15 or above can watch this which is great because throughout the research I have done, i have found out that mainly people the age of 18-21 are the most popular people for watching psychological horrors but as some younger teenagers also like to watch psychological horrors we also chose to aim our film at them aswell which would be a good would be a good cimbination of people to aim at.

Film Ratings (BBFC):

This logo shown represent that a film is suitable to be watched by people over the age of four. The logo also represents that this film will not contain any scenes including drugs, violence, horror, threat or sex unless there is a clear message explaining to people watching the film that these things are wrong to do and shouldn't be done. 

This logo PG as known as parental guidance means that this film is for general viewing as it is allowed to be watched by a child unaccompanied however it is up to the parents to decide if the child may watch the film as it may include content which may upset the younger or more sensitive children. In a PG they may contain tame bad language, natural nudity, soft violence without detail ect...

This logo represent that this film may not be watched by anyone under the age of 12. This is because at this age films start to use more sex, drugs, violence and also strong language such as 'fuck' but on the other hand they don't take advantage of this opportunity by making sure materials and words used are suitable for those aged 12.

This logo represent that this film can be watched by a person the age of 12 as long as they are accompanied by an adult. This is because at this age films start to use more sex, drugs, violence and also strong language such as 'fuck' but on the other hand they don't take advantage of this opportunity by making sure materials and words used are suitable for those aged 12 who are less sensitive and more grown up.

This logo means that this film is only suitable for people the age of 15 or over. Also no one younger than 15 may rent or buy this film. The reason is because at this age level films start to use more strong language more frequently. Also the use of drugs may be seen different as character may take some but this is acceptable as long as the promote or encourage drug using. Also violence and nudity may be shown but not in as much detail as an 18 ect.. 

This logo represents that no one under the age of 18 may watch, rent or buy this film. The reason is because they have more less have no restrictions which means more strong language, more sexual scene showing more flesh and more scenes which may accidently give out the wrong promotion. 

The 'R18' is a restricted category which can only be brought and watched in licensed shops and cinemas as it contains detailed sexual parts. The reason is because these films may give out the wrong message and may make some of the young sexually active.

Through out this research me and my group members decided to give our film a age rating of 15. This is because as we want our film to be open to most people we worked it out that as our film doesn't contain loads of strong language and no fleshy or sexual scenes we realized that our film could be watched by people under the age of 18. On the other hand, through out our researched we found out that as 12 year olds are not teenagers and still may have sensitive feelings, as our film is a horror and it will contain some upsetting or maybe scary scenes we decided that it would be more appropiate to aim it as 15 year old as there feeling and emotions may be stronger. 

Question 6: What I have learnt about technologies (prezi)

What I have learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product on Prezi

Question 7: Evaluation