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. 

Evaluation 2 How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups.

       











Our media product "The Abandoned" is about a young girl who enters a burnt down house which is later shown that the house is possessed. We used a school girl because it relates to our target audience. The costume we used was a school uniform the girl was wearing a short navy blue skirt with a white shirt and a blazer this gave it a full effect that we were protraying a 15 year old school girl. we made our character where a full uniform because we wanted to show she was young and many horrors we had seen had the similar uniforms. We compared our costumes to the beginning of the ring where the girl is killed in her uniform. the makeup we used was a girly type makeup which most teenager would wear this is also common in many films. we wanted to have a normal teenage girl but we made her more of an outcast to fit our story line.




We didn't make our media production a typical horror we used a quiet girl that doesn't really get in trouble to make it less stereotypical this also gives our film a twist. Thats why the social group she represents is an outcast this isn't really common in films but we used this because we wanted a quiet young girl that hasn't got many friends so when she walks in the house alone its normal because she's use to being by herself.


The picture shown above shows two school girls from the film the ring but the way there are dressed shows that they social groups is popular and have loads of friends compare to our character we had Aime in her school uniform but she wears glasses and her skirt isn't as short as theres but we did let Aime wear makeup but it shows her as an outcast. There body language is a lot different to Aime's as there are shown to be the type of girls who are around boys and more out there as aime is all alone and her uniform is neat she's also more of a jumpy character.

Evaluation 1 In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use,Develop And Challenge Forms And Conventions Of Real Media Products?

The Abandoned 

The Blair Witch Project

The shots above are showing two creepy houses one is from The Blair Witch Project and the other one is from our opening sequence The Abandoned. Both of them were filmed in a creepy house this gives our film an extra effect because the house is the main feature and contains the films story line. The houses in both film are haunted which causes whoever enters it to become possessed.

We used props in our opening sequence and the props that we used was a bible and cross the reason we used this is because in many typical conventional horrors religion is used for help. The shot of the cross is from the film Amityville horror which is also about a house that gets a man possessed.

Aime is dressed in a school uniform this is to establish that she is a young girl and she attends school so this makes her seem very vulnerable. I compared her uniform to a horror Halloween H2o This is also another typical convention.

We didn't use much lighting we left it dark to make her stand out. This to scare the audience because it looks like she's walking into a pitch black room which causes an enigma. It doesn't show whats exactly happing in the room. The camera is on a shallow focus.

This is a list of screen shots from our opening sequence that helped me with my evaluation.

Update March 14

March 14 our group was in the middle of editing and we started to film extra footage that we might need to add. We also updated our blogs to make sure we have completed all our work and have added enough detail as we could. As a group we all have helped with the editing E.G making sure the right footage is added and put together properly.

Props

for our opening sequence we used many props to help create our paranormal horror. The props that we used were..

A Bible And A Cross

The reason we used this is because we wanted to make our opening sequence look effective and also we filmed it in a burnt down house and the bible and cross are in perfect condition showing that it was not in the house at first.






The other props we used was a School Uniform,Glasses,Bag and a Doll. The props helped make it more effective and create a lot of tension.

Risk Assesment

We decided to do film our opening sequence in a burnt down house to make it look real and give a supernatural horror effect but before we could start our filming we had to check the whole house out to see whether or not it was safe to film there and what hazards could of effected us during our film production. There were many hazards that were there but the hazards the were there could be avoided e.g. there was a lot of burnt wood on the floor it was a lot of mess but we still decided to film there because it helped bring out the supernatural horror effect. But before we actually started filming we checked to see if the house was still stable and that there was no chances of it dropping on us. We also filmed our horror clip really quick just to be safe and we wanted to be near a busy environment just incase anything did happen we could get help.

Location Recce

For our location research we decided that we wanted to film our opening sequence in a house. The reason we chose a house is because we wanted our clip to look like a real paranormal horror.In order to make it look effective and realistic we wanted an abounded house because that would help the effect of a possessed house that we were aiming for.We went around many different areas to find a perfect place to do our opening sequence.We wanted it be like a haunted house, this would also make the audience think why the house is haunted and what exactly had happened there.

Title Credits

Title credit: with Mariah Raja (the credits will come in and out of the shot by using fog for pathetic fallacy)

Title credit: and Patricia Brown

Title credit: casting by Amanda Phillips

Title credit: costumes designed by Frank Pierre

Title credit: co-producer Richard Branning

Title credit: music by Cathy Berk



Title credit: edited by Sarra Webb

Title credit: production designer Micheal rider

Title credit: director of photography Amna Mahmood

Title credit: executive producers Alana Stephenson, Daniel Walsh

Title credit: produced by Courteney ,Amna and Sarra

Title credit: story by Courteney Randall

Title credit: screenplay by Courteney Randall and Sarra Webb

Title credit: directed by Courteney Randall

Equipment List

Script
Recording Equipment

Sony Dv Camera

Paglight

Tripod

Blogger

Final Cut Pro

Apple IMAC

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