EVALUATION QUESTION 3

3/03/2017

WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

We believe that our media product can be used for most distributers as it has a wide age range for target audience and horror films are seen everywhere. However there are some distributers that are better than others based on our target audience and the day and age that we live in now.

From research, we have found that most teens and adults prefer to stream videos rather than watch them directly from the TV. This means our media product would be viewed more on sites like Netflix rather than be put on TV as our target audience prefers this. Netflix has had millions of new subscribers since 2011 reaching around 90 million overall subscribers with nearly all being our target audience. 

The other distributer we believe will distribute our media product successfully is cinemas. Every year, cinemas show hundreds of horrors gaining lots of profits from them. We have found out that most of these viewers in cinemas are also teens and adults. Horrors are especially good in cinemas for adults and teens as they like going watch it with their friends and have the adrenaline/emotion running through their bodies from the film.

Both these distributers work really well together as it means that when our target audience gets home from work or school, they can watch our media product on Netflix. it then also means if they want to go out they can still see our media product as the cinema is an attractive place for teens and adults when going out and socialising.

EVALUATION QUESTION 1

3/01/2017

In what ways does your film opening use, develope or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?




  1. The first frame represents the title of our opening scene which is shown at the end of the opening scene to seperate the 2 opening minutes from the actual film which would be following.
  2. The second frame shows the setting we chose to film at. Even though the story is set inside the building, we chose to give an overview of the building so the viewer has a better imagination of where the story is taking part.
  3. The third frame shows the chosen costume and most of the used probs. We kept the costume very simple, partly because it fitted best with the characters and their role but also because it set the scene and did not destract too much from the happenings of the opening scene.
  4. In the fourth frame we tried to represent the camerawork and editing we used, our video however has quite a range of camera shots and angles so we thought the shot of the young boy Jack is a good represantation for our filming style. We mostly show close ups of the characters talking or filmed subjects from a closer view point instead of filming from a wider point of view to make the viewer feel like they were involved in the storyline. The editing focuses on shot-reverse-shot to make the scenes more interesting and again make the viewer feel like they are part of the plot, so that all shots are kept under a max. of 3 seconds.
  5. The fifth frame is an example for the font we used. We were looking for a typewriter font to fit the plot which is about a journlist researching for one of her articles. Instead of looking for computer writing or a neat typewriter font, we wanted a washed out and older looking style to fit the setting of the old house and the mysterious atmosphere.
  6. The genre and how the opening scene suggests it, is represented in the sixth frame. We tried to create a mystery drama so the chosen scene as the sixth frame seemed quite fitting.
  7. The seventh frame represents the story which is the mystery of an old house and makes the viewer question what is going on, so the scene of the houseowner holding back the journalist from entering a locked room felt like it best describes the mystery behind the old house.
  8. The 8th frame shows how characters are introduced which is by letting the viewer observe their behaviour and letting them follow a conversation between the characters, slowely showing characteristics and personality.
  9. Special effects occur in the last seconds of the opening scene and some of them are shown in the 9th frame. By overlapping the same futage and putting a green and grain filter on top we created a vintage looking scene which should look intriguing and mysterious.  
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Final Elements of Video

2/06/2017

Props

Clipboard -
Wooden Aeroplane 
Camera-
Notepad-
Pen -
Glasses-
Walking stick
Rocking Horse
Paintings
Door

Characters

Journalist
An aristocratic man who owns a very large house
Young boy

Casting

Evie Holness - the journalist
Michael Holness - the house owner
Herbie Holness - the young boy 


We chose Evie to be the journalist in our film opening because she is related to Mike and Herbie and therefore they all worked well together. It was also convenient to use Evie because she would be coming to Voewood anyway and therefore we would not have had tp provide transport for anyone else. Evie worked well as the character because she’s very confident and is able to adapt her personality well to fit the character. 

We chose Michael to be the house owner partly for convenience because of the situation with the location availability. Another reason we chose Mike for this role is because he has done acting before so was easily able to fit the character he was given. 

We chose Herbie to be the young boy (Mikes nephew) because he again has a lot of experience in acting and he was played the main character in our practice video and we were really happy with his performance and the outcome so we wanted to involve him in this too.


Film Location

The location we are using for our opening two minute of a film is Voewood. Voewood is a very large country house. It’s an arts deco house that is filled with bizarre objects. This made it perfect for filming our movie in because it came across as eccentric which suited the character mike played.  We also chose this location as Evie’s mum works at the house and was able to give us the connections to be able to use the house for our film opening. 

Filming Schedule


We are planning to film on the 20th December during the Christmas holidays as it has been a hard task managing to find a time when we are al able to get there. Also Voewood often gets hired out for the night and Christmas is a busy period for this so its been hard to find a date where the house is free and we are all able to get there.

Final Script

Evie: Hi, I’m Evie I’m the journalist who’s come to look round for BBC reports
Evie: So, is there much you can say about Voewood?
Mike: Bugger all, actually?
Herbie: *Aeroplane noise*
Evie: So how many of you are there that live here?
Mike: Just the two of us.
Evie: So what was one of Voewood’s purposes?
Mike: It was a school for a long time.
Evie: Why is it no longer a school?
Mike: There was an incident that meant it got closed down.
Evie: Why? Sorry, if you don’t mind me asking.
Mike: A young lad died.
Evie: Oh and what’s it used for now?
Mike: It’s just my home.
Evie: Just you and… you’re son?
Mike: My nephew, yes, just the two of us.
Evie: So what’s your name?
Mike: His names Jack, he doesn’t talk much.
Evie: Oh so what’s in here?
Mike: Nobodies allowed in here.

FINAL IDEA - RESEARCH TASK

2/03/2017

The final idea which we have come up with for our AS media coursework is the genre of horror. We will have 3 main characters in the opening two minutes; a journalist (Evie), the homeowner (Mike), and the homeowner’s nephew (Herbie). We are going to have a journalist come to look round a very large house called Voewood. The journalist is going to arrive and walk up the driveway and look up at a window and see someone looking out and quickly shutting the curtain. She will knock on the door and Herbie will open the door quickly followed by Mike. She will go in and ask lots of questions about the house and its old purposes and the story behind it. She will find out that it used to be used as a school and it got closed down because a young boy died there in an accident. She will then be shown around the house and in a couple of different rooms and as she walks out of one of the bedrooms a rocking horse will start rocking without being touched. Towards the end of the two minutes the journalist will be shown towards the door to leave but a locked room next to her will catch her attention and she will try to open it. Mike will quickly stop her and explains that no one is allowed in there. The very last scene of our 2 minute opening sequence will show what is inside the locked room. Inside there is framed photographs along the walls of young children who have perhaps been involved with 

Mise-En-Scene The Setting

2/01/2017


For our mise-en-scene video we used the location of a nearby park to film, the park had old-fashioned style equipment, which added to the feel of our video. The park was deserted at the time when we chose to feel which added effect; the loneliness of Herbie was exaggerated by the emptiness of the park. The weather when we were filming at the park was gloomy and a little foggy which made the video look more depressive and miserable. At first Herbie is in the park with his mum, he wanders further and further away from the park creating a increasing the sense of his isolation. As he heads more into the wilderness this makes his seem more alone. When he finally arrives at the lake it appears a more open space, which creates a sense of opportunity and possibility. When Herbie arrives at the opening at the lake the weather has picked up which added to the sense of opportunity.