Evaluation Q7

Evaluation q7 from BenSherwinator

Here is the clip for slide 3

Evaluation Q6

Evaluation Q5

Q5. How could you attract/address your audience?
I can attract the audience through advertising.
Advertising would allow me to express the meaning behind my clip and demonstrate its useful resource to institutions and education systems in a more basic way. For example, it would be easier to explain what I have attempted to show in my thriller opening instead of letting teachers figure it out for themselves. Although that would be an interesting test/experiment, I fear it may be too hidden for them to realise. Advertising it in this way and explaining it would also encourage schools and colleges to purchase the product, and it would create awareness for those who'd want to purchase it for themselves in the general public. It could even be used as a drama clip in a media exam to be related to youth/age or ethnicity. Another part of advertising would be to show small scenes of tense acting and the put sound/music over the top to intrigue the younger population more. I could also advertise the blog to show the work effort put in as an example in lessons such as media itself, or use the blog to advertise the clip to anyone who follows my posts. The blog builds up towards the final clip. So far I have had over 500 views, so it could be a worth while method of advertising and attracting the audience.
I can keep my audience engaged with:
Mise en scene
Typical young clothes in fashion of today
Technology, i.e. phone
Sound
Mysterious and frightening music creates interest
Loud gunshot creates excitement.
The inclusion of speech encourages people to listen and know what they are saying
Camera
Low camera angles; the audience questions what's happening. 'Who is it?' etc.
Movement draws people into the action and creates suspense.
Unusual angles interests the audience.
Editing
Titles make it more professional which attracts an audience who enjoy well put together clips.
Fades and dissolves make it spooky and mysterious, grasping the audience's attention.

Evaluation Q4

Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Q3

Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln discuss my media product's appropriate distributor for Evaluation Question Three...

Evaluation Q2

This is the answer to Q2 of my evaluation via Prezi.

Evaluation Q1

Q1. In what ways does your media product use forms and conventions of professional media products?

In my thriller project, I used a variety of methods and ideas in the process of filming and editing. I wanted to create intrigue. So for example I used sound to create atmosphere. There are many areas in my thriller opening sequence where I used low toned notes and percussion, e.g. the distant boom sound to build tension. I was inspired to add this in when I took note on the boom noise at the beginning of "The Dark Night", when the titles end and it cuts to the city establishing shot (on the top left). Also the noise as the scene changes to the villain waiting for the car, (picture on the left) inspired me.
In the opening credits, I used font style to get across the message that this is a thriller. I incorporated a similar style of font to Seven to use in my titles. It takes a handwritten style font called 'chiller' on Adobe Premier Pro.
The titles effects for Seven tie in well with the movement of the camera, music and the changing shots.
However, I didn't use as many unusual effects as the ones used in Seven, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2gsEI34CE) because my thriller wasn't as fast paced throughout and because there isn't as much movement in the camera and close up shots. The suspense in my thriller opening was slow moving up until near the end where we hear the worrying sound of the caller 'Hello, Mr Andrews?' and the crackling white noise that follows before a bang to finish. This creates more intrigue (the clip below)...

I think the titles for my thriller tie in better with the long white noise that goes on through the clip, because they are subtle  and not as lively; they have a spooky feel instead, whereas Seven has a mechanical feel of movement and intimidation for the audience...

My thriller has aspects of conveying intimidation which I included from watching thriller scenes, such as the Bourne Identity fight scene, which I posted on my blog. This is one aspect most thrillers have in common, the ability to intimidate, sometimes the audience or sometimes a character in the scene. My thriller showed this aspect when the "villain" (Ian) banged on the window as if appearing to frighten the driver. This isn't necessarily intimidating to the audience, but creates a sense of concern and people are inclined to question what happened to the "driver".




Another convention I tried using in my thriller was the camera angles which were low down or had a limited view of a particular character, e.g. the villain walking up to the car. I managed to get a clear shot of his legs as he walked and I think was enough to make the audience wonder who it was. This type of camera angle is used commonly in thrillers, e.g. The Usual Suspects in the beginning scene.

See here the low camera angle not showing the villain's face