The main convention used in our thriller film is partial vision, the reason why this is so important is because it preserves the killers identity and creates a sense of mystery in order to make sure the audience don't know exactly what is going on, which will make them want to watch the remainder of the film. As partial vision has been used the audience won't be able to see the whole picture, however, the images that you can see have been used in order to connote crime. Dark low key lighting has also been used in order to create shadows and add to the partial vision. Again, this is typical of a thriller film as it makes the scene seem more mysterious.
Slow, tense music has been used in order to create tension. Tension is typical of a thriller film as it makes the watcher want to know what happens in the end, thus, making them watch the full film. The music in our film also has an eery feel to it as a minor violin piece has been used.
Also, certain enigma codes are used in order to create questions, such as:
- Who is the man?
- What is he doing?
- What is he drawing?
This is a still from the opening sequence of seven, as we can see it uses partial vision like we do in our sequence:
Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
However, if we consider the rest of the film, there is a representation of male and females; As none of the main characters in our film are female it shows that we live in a patriarchal society. It also shows that males have power that females do not.
The main character in our film is Detective Edgar, Detective Edgar is a high status crime investigator, who spends most of his time solving high profile crimes. It is typically stereotypical of people of this description to be male in fiction. This is because males come across more powerful, fearful and fearless.
Age can also be found within the film. As the audience can assume that Detective Edgar is almost twice as old as the killer, Detective Edgar took the killer from his abusive parents when he was a young boy, it shows that the film also subverts from stereotype as Detective Edgar comes across as stronger than the killer as he defeats him. The film also reinforces stereotype as Detective Edgar who will be relatively older is a lot smarter than the killer as he out smarts him.
Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
As our thriller film is a big budget film, because of the use of big actors such as Kirsten Dunst, i researched into film distributors and found the ones that would be most relevant to the opening that we have produced.
These are the websites that i found:
http://www.newline.com/
http://www.fox.co.uk/
http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/
In my opinion the best distributor out of these for my film would be new line cinema which is a part of Warner Brothers. I thought this would be best as it has already distributed thrillers such as; Seven, The butterfly effect, The number 23. These films aren't too different from the idea of our thriller film.
Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our film was aimed mostly towards the under 25's so that more modern technology can be used, however, after reviewing our earlier ideas we decided that it is aimed at both sectors; under and over 25's. This is to add to the diversity. We also believe that it will be aimed more at males than females as there is lots of violent images involved throughout the film.
These are pictures of people who would be expected to watch the film that would be produced, this is because they are both males under and over 25.
Q5. How did you attract/address your audience?
In order to try find out what people would enjoy our thriller film to consist of we distributed 25 questionnaires between people aged both under and over 25, males and females. We did this in order to point us in the right direction of what would be an effective thriller film that a wide audience could enjoy.
Our research found that the most popular idea was; A delusional man attempts to rein act his violent dreams, with the title; The delusional. We used this audience research in order to completely fulfill the audience's wants when it came to our film and we feel that we have done this. However, we changed the name of the title to 'The Delusion' as we thought it fit more with the story but still stuck to the original version. Here is an audiences reactions to our film:
The audience found that our sequence worked well as a thriller opening. There was a lot of good feedback given and we found that they thought the different effects such as the screams had a good affect on the viewers. Editing techniques such as cross fading were also complimented and the use of partial vision and withholding important information made the audience want to watch more.
Q6. what have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From the process of constructing this sequence I have learnt how to use the program Adobe Premier Pro.
Here is a screen shot of our premier project.
1. This is the time line. Here, we assemble the film using different layers in order to make the sequence affective. This is needed in order to put all of our shots into one sequence.
2. This is the Preview screen. This is where you can see a preview of the sequence that you are making in the timeline. Here, we can see if the sequence looks good or bad and then make the wright corrections.
3. This is the selection box. This is where music and film clips are stored that will later be inserted into the timeline. From this we decide which clips we won't to put in our sequence.
4. This is the effects box. Here, we can get effects that will make our films look more professional. it also allows us to put emphasis on the distorted mind of the killer by the different effect used.
Using Adobe Premier Pro has been useful as it creates room for mistake as it is non linear editing, which means you don't have to be as precise as what you would normally have to be with linear editing.
Also, When creating the film we had to blog our progress, thus, meaning we learnt how use technologies such as blogging in order to use the information we have obtained from making the film and put it on the Internet so other people can see.
Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
In the progression from my preliminary task to this one I feel that I have learned different things, ranging from the uses of different technology to working in a team. I have improved in different aspects of film making and I feel I will continue to improve with future projects. I also feel that the my thriller film is a large improvement from my preliminary task.
On filming this sequence I learned how to correctly utilise the camera in order to achieve the shot that I wanted. This involved using different sizes, angles and movements in order to portray to the audience what our character is like. I also learnt that in order to achieve a good shot you have to do different takes so that you can choose the best one.
Also, in our preliminary task we used continuity but in our thriller film we used a montage of images, this means that we have gone from straight forward filming that goes in order to a stream of different images but still make the scene effective.
When using Adobe Premier Pro to edit the sequence I learnt how to use effects and insert sound clips in order to make the sequence affective. Again, this adds to the characters portrayal in the film. I also learnt to pay close attention to detail in order to make sure that all the shots match and the sequence goes how I want it to.
When filming the sequence I learned how to work professionally within a group of people I wasn't too familiar with in order for the shots to turn out how we had anticipated them to. As we working professionally within the group it meant that there was no room for mistakes and disputes would not be tolerated as we have to work together in order to achieve something that we all want.
What I have learnt so far, I feel, are the most important factors in being able to effectively film and produce a piece of media.
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