Task 7- Evaluation:Looking back at your preliminery task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at my Preliminary task i feel that my i have improved with my skills and using the camera equipment.
I feel that during the process of making 'Final cut' my group and i felt more confident in using the camera and got the nick of how to record, see our recording and properly put the camera on the tripod.
When we used Final cut pro to edit our preliminary task at first we found it hard to edit and we did not use man special effects, however in the process of editing our thriller opening we were much more confident and skilled using different effects and it looked more professional than the Preliminary task itself.
I feel that my skills have progressed because when i was filming the preliminary task i wasn't that familiar with the use of the camera and how to use final cut pro, soundtrack pro or live type. With the preliminary task we used a limited amount of camera angles and it wasn't edited to a high standard.
Whereas with our thriller opening i found that it was much easier to use final cut pro and sountrack pro. We used much more special effects and our editing skills were of a higher standard probably down to much practice.

Below is a screen grab from our Preliminary task compared to a screen grab of our thriller opening 'Final Cut'.

As you can see the preliminary match cut which is on the left is less skilled as the camera is on a triod and has shot of two people in the same scene together. Whereas the thriller opening screen grab is more skilled as it is filming behind a door lookking into a mirror therefore filming a reflection.

Task 6-Evaluation: What have you learned about technologies from of constructing this product?

I have learnt how to used many different technologies such as Final cut pro, soundtrack pro, livetype, google, youtube, Apple mac computers, Blogger and using the website art of the title.

At first everything was all a bit hard to use. I used youtube and google to research all the different types of sub-genres there were; to help us make a decision about what our thriller openign should be about.

I had never used a Apple mac before and therefore it was my first time, at first i found it hard to copy and paste stuff because it was so different to using a PC.
We used a jvc camera to record our thriller opening once we had recorded it, we put it on a hardrive.

Once we put all our clips together we used final cut pro to edit and soundtrack pro to put our own music to it.
We also use livetype to create the titles for our thriller opening.

During our filming and editing we blogged about what we did using blogger.

We also looked at the website Art of the Title and looked at different shots from a real opening to a film to see the layout of what to put first such as production company, director, producer etc.

5. EVALUATION- My Audience

Penny is a 21 year old woman , who enjoys psychological thrillers. During the week she is a shelf stacker at ASDA but she also has a weekend job at her local cinema which she thoroughly enjoys, "I get to see films as soon as they come out so it's a very exciting job for me", Penny added. She is currently studying Psychology at UCL and loves to shop in thrift stores or read detective novels in her spare time.

Content of Pennys bag:

TASK 2 - EVALUATION

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This is two images of the main/only character in my film "Final Cut" As my title sequence is vague and there is no particular story line and there is just one character, it is difficult to link it to social groups, however you could argue that this character is a stereotypical mental patient as she looks dishevelled and the way she he is standing in the dark with the candle shows she unhinged. Also the fact that she is always alone suggests she is a loner. A character from an opening that inspires me is the main character in the 2010 film Shutter Island, he is presented as a detective, who is going to Shutter Island, the home for the "criminally insane", to solve a mystery of a missing woman. However we are made aware that everything is not as it seems as he suffers from anxiety, and is grieving for his wife.

Both characters are different as it is clearly indicated through her appearance and body language that she is unstable. However in Shutter Island the character is presented as normal, as his appearence is that of a normal man, his mannerisms and behaviour is also presented as normal until his nervous disposition starts to show.

In both my film and in Shutter Island the main character does not know of their illness

which makes the films psycological thrillers and will give the audience a shock.

Task 5 - Evaluation-Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is a university student called Adam. He is currently studying law and economics.
In his spear time he enjoys going to the cinema with his friends; he loves horror/thriller/sci-fi movies. He also love to shop at Topman and Hollisters; he also works in M&S.

The following items would most likely be the contents of his bag:

TASK 5 - EVALUATION

"Jenny, a 19 year old sales assistant from London,

she is a horror and thriller lover.

She shops on the high street as well as markets.

She enjoys going to the cinema and goes to the gym regularly.

She is currently studying medicine in university."

The contents of Jenny's bag:

• Mobile
• I Pod
• Sunglasses
• Purse
• Books
• Magazines
• University Pass
• Beauty Products

TASK THREE - EVALUATION.

This is an example of how my film would be advertised, i simply screen grabbed images from my title sequence, the first image shows the title of the film to make it clear to people what the name of the film is. The second image is of the character in the sequence, i have chosen this image as it will engage people and make them want to know more about the film. The picture is demonic due to the character's stance as well as the use of the candle which connotates witch-craft. I believe the picture creates an eerie atmosphere as it appears she is watching over people who are passing by.

I decided to advertise using OOH (Out of House) advertising in the form of billboards on the street walls, instead of the TV or in well known magazines, as my film is serious and uncommercial as i believe it would be an indie art house film. It also has a niche market for horror and thriller lovers. I would take my film to film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Edinburgh Internation Film Festival which are both popular and established film festivals. I would target an independent film distributer such as Vertigo Films as they have a good reputation in producing and distributing independent films or perhaps have a less established company distribute or film such as Delanic films. I would try to get a simultaneous release for the film As my film would be an independent film which indicates a low budget a simultaneous release would be good as we would only need to spend on one marketing campaign opposed to seperate campaigns for each release window.

An example of an independent film Vertigo Films has distributed is the film Streetdance 3D which is due to be released on the 21st May.




These are the types of cinemas we would market our films at, the first cinema is part of Everyman cinemas a chain of independent cinemas spread out across England since 1933. The other is Phoenix cinemas another independent chain of cinemas across england since 1910. These are independent cinemas speacialise in showing independent films as well as rarely showing mainstream movies.

As my film is highly uncommercial, linking products to the film synergously would be difficult therefore i would focus more on advertising on billboards, like those above, as well as magazines like Empire as they discuss many different types of films which would help me reach out to film lovers. However my film could be sold in a box set with various other films of the same genre such as Arlington Road.