The Abandoned Final Draft

Evaluation 7 Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task.What Do You Feel You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Production?

When looking back at the preliminary task that the editing has proved a lot. We improved a lot on the match of action and eye line match it looks more realistic now,when we filmed our preliminary task we wasn't sure how we had to have each shot and the perfect angle. We were taught the 180 degree rule but we didn't do it as well as we did in our media product the audience would have no confusion but in our preliminary the shots didn't match,which caused enigma.

The preliminary task didn't look realistic. The shots were not levelled and didn't match we also messed up in editing because when i opened the door and walked in it didn't match as much as it should. The continuity editing was all wrong when we gave the skittles it was timed as well and thank you was repeated twice but we cut the sound.

Evaluation 6 What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

Blogger is one of the technologies that i learnt about through this process,this is where i put all my work and also checked up to see what the upcoming tasks are and when the work has to be completed. Blogger is also where i put up my final draft of our opening sequence.

Youtube was another technology that i used through this process.

Youtube was used for uploading my videos that i could post on my blog. I learnt how to add a video on youtube and how to transfer it on to my blog.Youtube also helped me view other supernatural horror clips.

PD 170 Camera is what we used to capture our footage for our opening sequence and our preliminary task.

The reason we used this camera is because we wanted to use the mini screen to see if we had the footage and if we had the right shot and angle. Another good feature about this camera is that it has a speaker which cleared out the voices which actually helped us.

The Mac Pro is what we used to edit our opening sequence and preliminary tasks. I also learnt how to use the applications on this computer because they are different to other computers i have used. The Mac Pro was also used to burn our opening sequence and put it on a DVD.

Rough Cut Of Our Opening Sequence.

This is a rough cut of our opening sequence this has just been edited in some parts.

Evaluation 5 How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience?

The Abandoned was based in a creepy burnt down house,this was the main feature that we used to attract our audience the house wasn't something that you would normally see and it was also in an open field with nothing around which also makes the audience think whats going to happen next as there is no one around to help her.

We also wanted to address the audience by using a teenage girl,this is the perfect way to attract your audience because we started the age group from age 15 on wards and having someone that they can relate to and this would keep them interested. We started our production off with an establishing shot which shows her whats behind her and what she's holding in her hand to represent a school girl.

We used reporters to make it seem as a real story and that it was actually based on true events to make it more effective we used more than one reporter this just helps build tension within the audience. Using the reporters made it seem as the film is about an investigation and past events.

One main attraction we used was showing a bible in the house,we did this because many supernatural horror contain religion and the bible is a massive attraction,its shown in most possessed films that they use the bible to help cure the person. So by showing the bible its attracts the audience because it gets them thinking if she did get help or not.

Evaluation 4 Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?

We are aiming our target audience to be between the age of 15-24 years old. The reason we aimed it from 15+ is because we used a young girl in her school uniform who is walking home from school. Also we are doing a supernatural horror we decide that aged 15 is the youngest we will go this because the location we used was a creepy house that has been burnt down and in the middle of no where and it would frighten the younger audience to show a possessed girl.

Our media product wasn't aimed at a certain gender we used a female actress but the overall production was to male and females because the story was about a young teenage who gets possessed in a burnt down abandoned house it would effect both. The reason we aimed it at both genders is because this type of thing can happen to anyone we just used a girl.

Before we recored our media product we asked our target audiences what types of films they prefer horror or thriller and and what the films were called ,this helped us get ideas on how we should record our film and what we should feature to keep the audience interested. Our audience research showed that the main film that was mentioned was paranormal activity which is a supernatural horror. The film gave us a few ideas on how we should produce our opening sequence and how to direct it to our target audience.

Paranormal activity is a supernatural horror which has things getting moved around without anyone touching them also doors that shut on there on. The social group we were aiming at was the type that like going cinema. We were aiming at ABC1s and C2DEs,because these both groups could enjoy thriller and horror films and they can also relate to it.

Evaluation 3 What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Media Product And Why?

If i had a bigger budget to distribute my film the types of media distributers that i would invest money in are..

Ghost house pictures. The reason i think this distributer would be good for 'The Abandoned' is because ghost house pictures was part of the making of The messengers,Drag Me To Hell and The Grudge.

IMDb is another company i would invest in.IMDb is the online database of information related to movies. And it is also a distributor.

One very successful distributor is Paramount pictures this is a internationally established distribution company. This distribution company has worked with different types of film but it has great success with horror films. Amityville Horror,Friday The 13th,The Omen are films that paramount distributed and the films were very successful in cinemas. I would like to invest money into a big american company because the gross revenue is always higher than the budget. 'The Abandoned' should be distributed by Paramount pictures because it has a typical horror convention storyline and would be very successful.