Question two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
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question one

Evaluation question 1. 

 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge the convections of real media products?

 Before you plan a film you must understand the convection rules, so that you know what is and what isn't suitable for the audience and so that you know what the audience is expecting to see i a thriller film.





Characters.

My film.




The characters i used in my film were very convectional because we started with a victim, who was aged 16 with is a good age for our target audience the relate with. The outfit that he is wearing is very modern and casual. He's wearing a dark hoody, jeans, trainers and a pair of big earphones on his head, the ear phones show that he keeps himself to himself, like a lot of teenagers do.

We have three villains (the gang) they are also a similar age to our victim. They are wearing baggy jeans and hoodies which stereotype them at 'Thugs' and portray them in a negative way, this is so that the audience can immediately tell who is the victim and who are the villains. Also because there is three of them and not just one make them seem for intimidating.    
They way they confront Jacob (victim) shows that they are the bad guys, by the way they crowd from him, getting up close to him. 


Real media products.

Most thriller films start by showing the victim first so that the audience can get to know them first so that they know that they are in fact the innocent victim. Then introduce the villains afterwards.

The victim is usually dressed casually depending on the story line of the film and the villains are usually dressed either, smart, in black or casual. Again depending on the story line of the film. Either way you can normally know straight away whose the good guy and whose the bad guy.


Sound.

My film.

In our media product there are a range of different sounds. For example, at the beginning of the film the is music playing, this starts when Jacob put on his earphones. so that it looks like he is listening the the music through his earphones. This music goes on until gang turn up, which is when the dialogue starts.

We also have a 'bang' sound when the gun gets fired at Adam. This shows that jacob has shot Adam and not just threatened to do it. This creates tension and shock to the audience. A gun shot is a very conventional sound in a thriller film.

At the end of the film they is the sound on water running because Jacob is cleaning his gun in the toilets. He is cleaning his gun to get rid of any evidence of the shooting. This is also convectional because in most thriller films you find that people clean there weapons to get rid of any evidence so that they dont get caught.

Real media products.

This contains importany element which make up a good thriller. For example, themes and stings are shown, as the different music theme produce a different mood and feel for thrillers. Examples would be scary and jumpy music which play in each scene in the background, can me named as theme/stings and they produce different moods and setting for thillers. Another sound element which is important is high pitched sounds, sounds such as, screeches, this creates suspense and horror to the film to give the films their thrilling genres.


Mis-en-scene.

My media product.

Whilst making our film, we did think about lighting. We made sure that we film at the same time every time we filmed, this is to make sure that the lighting different drastically change throught out the film, if the lighting did change it would make the film look strange because it would be light then dark. We also made sound that the time that we chose to film at, which was 3:10. Gave us enough time to get quite a bit of film done before it got dark.

We made some tense moment with the gang walking toward Jacob.

We included props in our film, such as..
A gun,
Phone,
Headphone.
These items have been used to portray the characters in different ways, and the make you wonder what is going to happen in the film. Having the gun as one of the props show that someone is going to die or maybe could die.

Our setting was specificatly chosen, it made sense to have it there in the school because it was outside so there was more room to film and Jacob was more liking to shot someone outside instead of inside because there arent any people or cameras around.

Real media product.

Mis-en-scene contains important element which help at thrill to films and also creates suspence. Lighting such as colour design sound be quite dark to give the film gloominess this also sets the scene more by making it seem more frightening and helps make the audience feel more suspence toward the film. What also helps a thriller film stick the the gerne is the props that are used. In thriller films there are normally alot of sharp objects, such as knifes etc.
In films such as, Train spotting, they use props such as, drugs, needle and cigerrettes, to show that the characters are bad druggies and to show the auidence what each character is like.

Audience feedback

From getting audience feedback, i have realised what i need to improve in my film and what i have done well. It is good that the feedback was given by other students in my class because they are about the same age as people in my film and also they are doing the same work as me so they know what they are doing.

Audience targeting

Audience targeting 

My film is aimed for teenagers aged 15 and above, as my film is a certificate 15.
My target audience need to be able to watch thriller films, dont mind a bit of mild violence, don't mind threats and guns.

Props and costumes


Props.

These are the headphones worn by Jacob in the start of the film. I think its important that the wearing of these headphones is emphasised because it shows how he keeps himself to himself and likes to switch off and just listen to his music.

This is Jacob’s phone this is used a few times in the film. We see him receive texts off the bullies on this phone and we see him go on his phone when he is awaiting the bullies because he is nervous.

This is the gun that Jacob uses to scare off the bullies and the gun that is eventually used to shoot Adam. The gun is a very important object in the film as it is so unexpected for Jacob to posses such a deadly weapon.

Costume

This is Jacob’s costume … He still wears fashionable clothes despite being unpopular. He has a good fashion sense wearing a branded hoodie, nice jeans and stylish shoes. He dresses like a typical teenager so this represents his character well.

This is Beth’s costume… she wears fairly baggy clothing and doesn’t really take much pride in her appearance as she knows that no body will criticize her because she is so intimidating. You could say she dresses quite ‘gangster’ so therefore her outfit represents her character nicely.

This is Adams costume… despite being part of this gang Adam does not represent this in the way he dresses. He has quite a smart dress code and takes pride in his appearance.

This is Dom’s costume… Being Beth’s brother you’d expect him to dress quite scruffy but actually he takes a lot of pride in his appearance. He always tries his best to look good which kind of shows that he doesn’t follow the gang stereotype.

Setting board

Settings board 

 

 

 

 

These are a few picture of the settings in our film. The top two picture are where the shooting takes place. The other pictures are the places that jacob walks through on his way to meet the gang.

 

Actor profile

Main Character

Name: Jacob Riley

Age: 16

Bio: Jacob is a teenager who loves school and is a typical hard worker and enjoys spending time studying. He keeps himself to himself and is really quiet. He’s never been one for violence and tends to avoid conflict. He is used to being bullied but has never done anything about it. He dresses like a typical teenager wearing hoodies and jeans etc.

Character

Name: Beth

Age: 17

Bio: Beth is not your average girl. She is a tough. She has a clear rough upbringing and doesn’t seem to care if she hurts someone's feelings. She is the main bully and scares people into being friends with her, she's certainly an Alfa character. She wears fairly baggy clothing and dresses kind of scruffy.

Character

Name: Adam

Age: 17

Bio: Adam is the muscle of the gang. He defends Beth and Dom. However he is a bit of a sheep and tends to follow Beth around sucking up to her. He wears quite trendy clothes and keeps in with the fashion.

Character

Name: Dom

Age: 16

Bio: Dom is Beth's little brother and she has pretty much raised him. Like Adam he is a bit of a sheep and follows Beth around. Because he has been brought up with violence he sort of knows no different and will do whatever Beth tells him. He wears nice clothes, chinos, round neck etc.