4/5 what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? how would you attract/address your audience?

As our film is done on a student production, low budget we would have to distribute it as a independent film as we don't have enough money to afford a big mainstream production. To advertise my film i would have to use the internet as it is the best and cheapest source to advertise small independent films.

To attract an audience I would use the most common social network sites such as Facebook, twitter bebo extra, these social network sites are good for the fact that they will produce a mass audience  for the reason that a wide mass of the population use these social networking it allows all ages and genders to comment and rate the film so we will have a mixed review.

 There are many more varieties of social network sites that maybe useful for marketing such as vimeo youtube and bbc network which most students use to marketise their film, this sort of sites are used generally by small independent media productions because they are free use and to advertise your films and have a high response rate by the audience as most of these sites are popular within the population.
Here are some examples of independent films marketing on these sites;

                                         (YouTube)

(youtube)

They may use Youtube to advertise their film becuase there are many different applications that the audience can use to rate and comment on the thriller;

    

Also as youtube is used by a wide population it is more likely that they will get an audience for example; This opening sequence got 3, 516  votes of (17 likes, 3 dislikes)

And as You Tube user's can share there views on the thriller, the maker of the film will be able to take notes and adjust to the film if there's any criticisms.  

(BBC network)

 I found this thriller opening on the BBC networking site, I haven't used used this site before but there are certain aspects to it that are different from You Tube and may be some reasons as to why this thriller was published on this site. some of the reasons may be because, this website is just targeted at films which may be better for the creator of the thriller clip because now they only have competition with viewing rates and rates with other films. There is also much more categorised and choices for you to choose from, so you can find an exact film you are looking for. This is an example of the site:

find a film

by category

• animation (69)
• artists' moving image (34)
• music (33)
• drama (128)
• comedy (72)
• documentary (45)

(Vimeo)

Sundot - The Strangers from Sundot on Vimeo.

Vimeo is an interesting site as it kind of like a combination between Youtube and BBC network. It almost uses similar aspects to the 'Sun online' as you get information about homing and different aspects of the work world. This website looks as though its targeted for a more older audience as it looks more formal and well structured. The person who published this thriller 'Strangers' may have done it because it has a separate page for every published video, and may give more  of an opportunity to show of the film, as you can write about it and have your own personal rating of the thriller itself, for example:

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Like these student thriller examples i found, our film has also been blogged, put on cinema screening which was viewed by all AS media groups from our college, Has been put on dvd and If we feel it is necessary we can publish it on Facebook.

However marketing our film onto these sites may be difficult, because of web competition. Many people who are also distributing their film of a independent, low budget and is a small production group, will be publishing their films onto these sites as well. And for this reason we will be at competition with the amount of ratings and viewings we get from audiences, as some people may prefer other thrillers to ours, which may result in a low response rate. To over come this we should publish our film on as much social networking and internet websites as possible.

watching our film in the cinema

At first i didnt know what to expect, I had not seen other media groups films before and they havnt seen mine. I was interested to know whether the audience would enjoy our film or not and also whether they could get the idea and theme of what our films about. As our main aim was to make the audience feel on the edge of there seat and to build anxiety asthey didnt know what to expect next. However when our film did start the audience seemed intrigued as to know what our film was about and at the end there was a loud applaus which gave me the sense that it was a hit within the audience.

Most of the other films i watched from other media groups were really good and really drawed me in, some of them almost seemed perfessional... I got new ideas from watching all the films so if i was to remake the film we done i would use some of the good methods and camera shots used in the other films. Also looking at the different films i noticed some of them had the same idea as already made films, this interested me as i could see the link between the media groups films and the already made perfessional films. for example; in one of the i saw that they used the same style title sequenced used in 'Se7en'

Question 8) Prelim film to final film

These shots are the progression from our prelim shots onwards to our final film. We could see as a group that comparing our prelim film to our final film that there is a big improvement with use of sound, lighting and credits. 

This shot is too dark however our final film has more lighting. 

The mise and scene in this shot is not right, as too our final film we organised as to were we wanted our props to be.

in this shot the credits are not right, you don't have to show 'Staring', in our final film we just used the names of the cast individually.  

The font and layout is very basic and doesn't really go with the story of the prelim film, however in our final film we managed fit in the credits into the right places and use correct fonts in order for theme of our film to also show through the credits. 

Through out the time, from learning since the start of our course, we have progressed a lot being able to know what techniques to use, what not to do with the camera and also what we can do with the camera to get the best results that we need to get a clear and steady shot.

Question 7 : The different technologies we used on the process of constructing our project

Our script for this video. (That wasn't used because it was too long to add to the clip)

* We was also given a tutorial on how to use the cameras and the other equipment, after that we then had some practice rounds in order to improve our camera skills, we used a still camera to begin with used jelly babies to make a animatic movie using different shot types. We then went on to making various films using real people. Before we could start filming for out final film we had to first pitch our ideas of the film that was going to make  everyone in the class in order to persuade them that the film we was making was good enough to proceed, and they had to make a decision whether our film was worth making or needed more convincing ideas that it would be good.

More to character similarities of 'Halloween' and our film the 'basement'

More to the contrasts of characters played in my group film 'The Basement' and 'Halloween'

The mask in 'The Basement' is not fully covering his face therefore we can see that he is a young black man. He is wearing a navy blue top which may represent his youth whereas the character from Halloween is dressed in raggedy black clothes which gives the sense of old and warn out. I can capture more of a story with 'The basement' as I wonder as to why a young person would want to be a murderous villein. Also because he is  black wearing a white mask over his face, it could be symbolic for the history of black and white people.

Who would the audience for your media product

Jonah, 20 years old enjoys thrilling and exciting activities. He always takes risks in life and hopes to enjoy and experience every opportunity that is thrown at him. He is into sports, mechanics and watching thrilling films however his most ideal kind of films are action and horrors.
He works part time jobs to pay of his university debts, but he doesn't yet have a fixed idea of what he wants to do in the future however his real ambitions is to perform dangerous tasks like bungee jumping or sky diving. Jonah is not really interested in the world of fashion and prefers to feel comfortable in the clothes he wears rather than to show them of, his main clothes shops M&S, JD and Nikey town just for the fact that they sale sport gear most suited to the activities he does.

Similarities between characters in our thriller and another thriller.

Both this characters have similarities due to the fact they both use mask in order to disguise their identities. Leaving the audience to question who they really our. However the character from halloween doesn't give too much clues away, age and race, whereas in our thriller film its quite obvious. 

character from the film 'Halloween'

Character from our film the'Basement'

These two victims are both similar as they both are females, the costumes are similar with the bloody white top and the scared worried facial expressions. 

Our victim from the 'Basement' 

Victim from 'Halloween' 

Evaluation of 'Se7en' and our opening sequence

'Se7en' Screen shot of title sequence

Screen shots of our thriller 'Basement'

The screen shots of our thriller are similar to the opening title sequence of 'Se7en' because they both use dark lighting, a lot of dark shadows are used to distort images so that the audience are not sure of what they are seeing.

The extreme close ups allows the audience to try build a picture of the surroundings which is similar to 'Se7en' because they have ECU's of hands and objects in a room however due to the close up you have to build an idea of what the room looks like.

'Se7en' Screen shot of title sequence

Screen shots of our thriller 'Basement'

The screen shots of our thriller are similar to the opening title sequence of 'Se7en' because they both use dark lighting, a lot of dark shadows are used to distort images so that the audience are not sure of what they are seeing.

The extreme close ups allows the audience to try build a picture of the surroundings which is similar to 'Se7en' because they have ECU's of hands and objects in a room however due to the close up you have to build an idea of what the room looks like.

Q6 Audience Feed Back

As a group we are happy with the feed back we got, the feed back was mostly positive, for example; Someone noted that they liked the soundtrack and that we had a good use of lighting. Seen as all the feedback given was mostly positive it is clear that we got our target audience. We achieved our initial plan in making our thriller suspenseful. However there were some criticism's such as our thriller was too dark in certain places, but that was the whole point in order to create mystery to our title sequence. If we were to improve it we would add a bit more lighting in order to get more positive feedback.

jelly baby film

Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic moment, with tension being a primary emotion felt as part of the situation. In the kind of suspense described by film director Alfred Hitchcock, an audience experiences suspense when they expect something bad to happen and have (or believe they have) a superior perspective on events in the drama's hierarchy of knowledge, yet they are powerless to intervene to prevent it from happening. In broader definitions of suspense, this emotion arises when someone is aware of his lack of knowledge about the development of a meaningful event; thus, suspense is a combination of anticipation and uncertainty dealing with the obscurity of the future. In terms of narrative expressions, it may be contrasted with mystery or curiosity and surprise. Suspense could however be some small event in a person's life, such as a child anticipating an answer to a request they've made, e.g., "May I get the kitty?". Therefore, suspense comes in many different sizes, big and small.

Interview about paranormal activity

At lunch in college I decided to interview my friend Sophia on the film 'Paranormal Activity' and find out what certain things she found thrilling in the film.

I asked her the following;

•  What's the most scariest part you found in Paranormal Activity? 

'At the end when her face comes into the screen, I was terrified because it came really unexpectedly and her face  looked possessed.'

• What did you find interesting about the sound? 

The whole way through the film there was no music apart from the dialogue used by the actors and the noises of the creatures that you could not see, this made me feel even more on edge as because I didn't know what to expect.'

• What did you find interesting about the story line? 

'The first Paranormal Activity was kind of plain Jane but the Second Paranormal Activity created interesting story and gave me a better understanding of the first Paranormal Activity.'

• Did Paranormal Activity scar you for life? 

'Yes it did, it made me feel scared to be home alone and if I heard things fall randomly in my house it would make me feel nervous because it reminds me of some of the stuff from Paranormal Activity.'

• Would you watch it again ?

'Yeah, I love watching horror films in cinema's' 

watching the film 'Aliens' review

The other day I watched the film 'Aliens' I found it very suspenseful and scary I was always kept on the edge of my seat as I didn't know what to expect, however as 'Aliens' was made in 1977, I could predict more quickly as to when the jumpy parts would come however looking back the interview on my mum's view on Aliens, she said that at the time when the film first came out, all the technology and suspenseful atmosphere used through music and camera shots was new to the film industry which made it even more thrilling for her. But even though this was the case, the film was still very good and deferentially made me feel on edge.

watching the film 'Aliens' review

The other day I watched the film 'Aliens' I found it very suspenseful and scary I was always kept on the edge of my see as I didn't know what to expect, however as 'Aliens' was made in 1977, I could predict more quickly as to when the jumpy parts would come however looking back the interview I had with my mum on Aliens she said that at the time all the technology and suspenseful atmosphere used through music and camera shots, was new to the film industry which made it even more thrilling for her. But even though this was the case, the film was still very good and deferentially made me feel on edge.

Sound effects

These different sound effects creates tension within the audience as the load jolt of sound makes the audience jump as it was unexpected. 

Why sound is important in films

Composer David Raksin says that Alfred Hitchcock wanted no music for the 1944 filmLifeboat, because the characters are ''out on the open ocean. Where would the music come from?'' Raksin replied, ''Go back and ask him where the camera comes from and I'll tell him where the music comes from!'' (Kalinak xiii). 
Director John Carpenter, who creates and performs the music for almost all of his own films, agrees that the soundtrack should be implicit. ''[Y]ou shouldn't be aware of what I'm doing. Yeah, when it's scary or action-filled, you'll hear it, and it's fine. But you shouldn't be sitting there listening to music, or aware of it. It should be working on you. ... I don't want you to be aware ofthe technique. I just want you to feel it'' (Droney 118).  
Sometimes the composer does want you to be aware of his technique. The most obvious soundtrack technique, known as''mickeymousing,'' is just barely considered respectable by respectable film composers. Mickeymousing is when the music blatantly matches the action. When King Kong climbs the Empire State building, the music likewise rises and falls with each of his movements. In what has become a cliché, mickeymousing even has the music giving away the action about to happen(Bazelon 24). A heavy brass chord announces danger; a low, sustained tone creates mystery; sliding intervals of gliding strings  imply seductiveness. This musical signal, that prepares the audience for the dramatic events to follow, is known as the stinger. 
The modern audience has become sophisticated enough to be conscious of these musical cues. The recognition value of really 
successful music like the Jaws and Psycho themes allows them to be parodied. James Homer's soundtrack for Aliens makes musical allusions toCapricorn One and Star Wars (Karlin 151), and it is parodied, in its turn, by Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness. In comedy films, composers can also use contrapuntal music that plays directly against the textual theme. WhenStanley Kubrick introduces the song ''Try a Little Tenderness'' to accompany two planes refueling in midair at the beginning of Dr. Strangelove, he makes a joke that contrasts with the dark and deadly implications of the rest of the film (Bazelon 112). 

Source found of a article

Thriller music

I looked at different thriller music, so I could get a better understanding on how thrillers creates suspense through sound.

Thriller fonts

In certain thriller openings, I saw that they had different typography and font to express the type of thriller it was going to be, for example; In a action thriller they had load of different symbols used for the credits also in the film 'Se7en' they used fonts that looked very scratched out and faded for credits.

On the internet I found some examples of different fonts they may be used in thriller films.