Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Almost There
Were almost at the finish line sorry about the wait, please bare with us were adding effects and sound to our final 2 minute sequence, and then it would be up loaded .
The Departed Elevator Scene
We added the departed the our blog because it created a lot of suspense in a creative why, it revealed enigma in a unique way by making it un expected we really like the departed, although it is an action thriller it still created suspense, i chosen the last seen which was the elevator seen because it created a lot of mysteries and revealed answers as several people had been shot.
Monday, 9 March 2009
Evaluation Outlines
These are the requirements of the final stage of our as media course,, in the evaluation the following questions will be answered and filmed, we need to complete this by April in order for our group to go back and fix any little errors that we encountered as we film. OCR has guided us to what we need to include and complete.
In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product?
In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product?
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Questionnaire Results
When producing a film, creators need to know what interests their viewers as the target audience which they deliver a product to, are the real critics and are who make a film successful. With this in mind, a method which we chose in order to find the interests of the public was the handing out of thriller questionnaires. With the results of the questionnaire, we are able to see who our specific target audience is as well as know what elements are needed to attract them. Comparisons between results are easily displayed through the use of diagrams therefore we have presented our findings in pie charts with percentage values.
To begin with, personal questions such as age, gender and ethnic background are the opening questions to the questionnaire. These are high priority questions as the results are important in the process of distribution for the statistics give the producers an idea in which location their product will be accepted. The first question was: What age group do you fit in to? This showed some expected results with just over half of the individuals aged from 15-17. With the other categories of 18-25 and 25+ sharing this opposing value slightly, it shows that when promoting and advertising this product, items should be distributed in places with a high population of teenagers for example, shopping centres or around a college campus.
As part of the process of distribution, we will post our opening thriller sequence on YouTube.com. Statistics on a website called Social Media Statistics from July 2007 states YouTube.com has 258 million users, 50% visit weekly or more; more than 100 million videos a day are being watched.
Location choices when distributing can be narrowed down with the second question of: What gender are you? Again with the results showing just over half of the individuals being females. As they are the majority, depending on what elements teenage females answer to be particular enjoyable in a thriller, gives advertisers an advantage in knowing what aspects should be emphasised when targeting this group. This therefore suggests that advertisements should be distributed in places which young females are likely to attend. For example, in a woman’s magazine or even near places such as hair salons. This may be considered stereotypical; however, if successful it can also attract new viewers.
Question three explores the nationality of the person. We asked about ethnicity to see if preference in genres was affected by cultural background as well as seeing if any ethnicity enjoyed thrillers in particular.
Results show that cultural background has no effect as the results of the following question support this. How often do you watch Thriller films? The overall often viewing of thrillers shows nearly three quarters of the participants having particular interests in this genre. As we live in a multicultural society, this is an advantage as we now know we have a vast target audience.
With further investigation in order to find out what particular elements engage the thrill seeking viewers, we researched recently released thriller movies that have said to have a lasting effect on the audience. With our personal opinions on the recent films selected, we received some expected results from the contributors. In 2008, The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan won two Oscars, fifty-nine awards including Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film and received another fifty-eight nominations.
The greater part of the chart shows that The Dark Knight was the audience’s favourite choice. In seeing this film myself, above all the other options, it would be my favourite also. My reason for this is that the codes and conventions were used in a dramatic and selective way. For example, as the film reaches the climactic point of action, the score music gets heavier, character movements become faster filling the audience with panic and close ups of subsidiary character’s expression’s as they fear the situation. Other codes such as sparks spraying off tyres as Batman drives upside a building and the powerful blast of a shot gun, all have an impact on the audience as they’re guaranteed to remember the vibrant visual effects against the dark background as well as the thunderous sound effects. To explore this area with more detail, we then asked the public what conventions they enjoyed seeing when watching a thriller movie.
This chart displays the results showing the favoured conventions with nearly 30% votes of suspense and action. This is useful to our group; however as we only have a two minute time frame, these conventions may have to be connoted instead of denoted. This is an advantage for us as the choice of location in a garage, I think, suggests action later on in the film which appeals to the 27% enjoying this convention. To attract the 29% that enjoy the suspense in thriller films on the other hand, we will use the effects offered on editing software called Final Cut Pro. This gives us an opportunity to create suspense through the low key lighting, use of colour and adjustment of score music. To find out the audience’s opinions of if their favourite conventions were presented in the recent films they had seen, we would then have the overview of what a successful thriller contains.
Results received in this chart show that the public’s favoured conventions are featured mostly in The Bourne Ultimatum and The Dark Knight which my personal opinion agrees with the audience. The Bourne Ultimatum features Matt Damon as the protagonist who is searching to solve the consistent enigma of: Who is Bourne? The fast pace and quick shots release energy from the character whilst effects such as explosions, gunfights and sprinting from one rooftop to the next create the genre amazing the audience with these attention grabbing techniques. The Dark Knight however conquers all when startling the audience as the mysterious visual style and theme impress the audience and sets the standards for films of the thriller genre.
As the chart shows 53% supporting single-strand narratives against the 47% which voted for multi-strand narratives, the insignificant difference between preferences left our judgement open to the decision of what type of narrative route to take. We finally agreed that The Missing Suspects would be a multi-strand narrative with the laws perspective on the investigation and the killer’s behaviour. To confirm that The Missing Suspects narrative outline was understood, we then asked the public their views on the script and synopsis.
On the whole, nearly three quarters of each pie chart shows that the narrative outline was understood and accepted in delivering an effective storyline. After researching the ways in which successful films have been categorised to the thriller genre, we wanted feedback on whether our product showed presented the codes and conventions of a thriller.
As 80% of the public confirmed that our narrative contained the conventions and themes linking to the thriller genre, The Missing Suspects has proven to be on the right track for producing a successful thriller. However, all films have to respect the restrictions created by the British Board of Film Classification. Therefore we asked the public what classification they thought The Missing Suspects should have.
This shows that the narrative storyline of the thriller was seen best suited to be certified an 18. This means whilst abiding to the guidelines of legal, protective and societal material represented, our thriller is viewed as suitable for adults only and may not be seen by anyone younger than this age. Consequences of violating these policies include disallowing younger viewer’s access and banning of the film from release in the area.
By distributing these questionnaires, our group have collected information on the ways in which codes and conventions are perceived as well as gaining feedback on The Missing Suspects narrative themes. We will take these results into consideration as we develop our thriller in order to produce a successful opening sequence and attract our target audience.
Alex Christian
To begin with, personal questions such as age, gender and ethnic background are the opening questions to the questionnaire. These are high priority questions as the results are important in the process of distribution for the statistics give the producers an idea in which location their product will be accepted. The first question was: What age group do you fit in to? This showed some expected results with just over half of the individuals aged from 15-17. With the other categories of 18-25 and 25+ sharing this opposing value slightly, it shows that when promoting and advertising this product, items should be distributed in places with a high population of teenagers for example, shopping centres or around a college campus.
As part of the process of distribution, we will post our opening thriller sequence on YouTube.com. Statistics on a website called Social Media Statistics from July 2007 states YouTube.com has 258 million users, 50% visit weekly or more; more than 100 million videos a day are being watched.
Location choices when distributing can be narrowed down with the second question of: What gender are you? Again with the results showing just over half of the individuals being females. As they are the majority, depending on what elements teenage females answer to be particular enjoyable in a thriller, gives advertisers an advantage in knowing what aspects should be emphasised when targeting this group. This therefore suggests that advertisements should be distributed in places which young females are likely to attend. For example, in a woman’s magazine or even near places such as hair salons. This may be considered stereotypical; however, if successful it can also attract new viewers.
Question three explores the nationality of the person. We asked about ethnicity to see if preference in genres was affected by cultural background as well as seeing if any ethnicity enjoyed thrillers in particular.
Results show that cultural background has no effect as the results of the following question support this. How often do you watch Thriller films? The overall often viewing of thrillers shows nearly three quarters of the participants having particular interests in this genre. As we live in a multicultural society, this is an advantage as we now know we have a vast target audience.
With further investigation in order to find out what particular elements engage the thrill seeking viewers, we researched recently released thriller movies that have said to have a lasting effect on the audience. With our personal opinions on the recent films selected, we received some expected results from the contributors. In 2008, The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan won two Oscars, fifty-nine awards including Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film and received another fifty-eight nominations.
The greater part of the chart shows that The Dark Knight was the audience’s favourite choice. In seeing this film myself, above all the other options, it would be my favourite also. My reason for this is that the codes and conventions were used in a dramatic and selective way. For example, as the film reaches the climactic point of action, the score music gets heavier, character movements become faster filling the audience with panic and close ups of subsidiary character’s expression’s as they fear the situation. Other codes such as sparks spraying off tyres as Batman drives upside a building and the powerful blast of a shot gun, all have an impact on the audience as they’re guaranteed to remember the vibrant visual effects against the dark background as well as the thunderous sound effects. To explore this area with more detail, we then asked the public what conventions they enjoyed seeing when watching a thriller movie.
This chart displays the results showing the favoured conventions with nearly 30% votes of suspense and action. This is useful to our group; however as we only have a two minute time frame, these conventions may have to be connoted instead of denoted. This is an advantage for us as the choice of location in a garage, I think, suggests action later on in the film which appeals to the 27% enjoying this convention. To attract the 29% that enjoy the suspense in thriller films on the other hand, we will use the effects offered on editing software called Final Cut Pro. This gives us an opportunity to create suspense through the low key lighting, use of colour and adjustment of score music. To find out the audience’s opinions of if their favourite conventions were presented in the recent films they had seen, we would then have the overview of what a successful thriller contains.
Results received in this chart show that the public’s favoured conventions are featured mostly in The Bourne Ultimatum and The Dark Knight which my personal opinion agrees with the audience. The Bourne Ultimatum features Matt Damon as the protagonist who is searching to solve the consistent enigma of: Who is Bourne? The fast pace and quick shots release energy from the character whilst effects such as explosions, gunfights and sprinting from one rooftop to the next create the genre amazing the audience with these attention grabbing techniques. The Dark Knight however conquers all when startling the audience as the mysterious visual style and theme impress the audience and sets the standards for films of the thriller genre.
As the chart shows 53% supporting single-strand narratives against the 47% which voted for multi-strand narratives, the insignificant difference between preferences left our judgement open to the decision of what type of narrative route to take. We finally agreed that The Missing Suspects would be a multi-strand narrative with the laws perspective on the investigation and the killer’s behaviour. To confirm that The Missing Suspects narrative outline was understood, we then asked the public their views on the script and synopsis.
On the whole, nearly three quarters of each pie chart shows that the narrative outline was understood and accepted in delivering an effective storyline. After researching the ways in which successful films have been categorised to the thriller genre, we wanted feedback on whether our product showed presented the codes and conventions of a thriller.
As 80% of the public confirmed that our narrative contained the conventions and themes linking to the thriller genre, The Missing Suspects has proven to be on the right track for producing a successful thriller. However, all films have to respect the restrictions created by the British Board of Film Classification. Therefore we asked the public what classification they thought The Missing Suspects should have.
This shows that the narrative storyline of the thriller was seen best suited to be certified an 18. This means whilst abiding to the guidelines of legal, protective and societal material represented, our thriller is viewed as suitable for adults only and may not be seen by anyone younger than this age. Consequences of violating these policies include disallowing younger viewer’s access and banning of the film from release in the area.
By distributing these questionnaires, our group have collected information on the ways in which codes and conventions are perceived as well as gaining feedback on The Missing Suspects narrative themes. We will take these results into consideration as we develop our thriller in order to produce a successful opening sequence and attract our target audience.
Alex Christian
Friday, 6 March 2009
Cast
Here are the photos of the antagonist and protagonist actors in The Missing Suspects thriller opening. Ben Bullhorn, the killer and unidentified suspect, is acted by Ben Kitto whilst the victim, Rachel Brooke is acted by Alex Christian. Our first choice in casting was to have our director take on the role of the killer. However as he wanted to make sure the steps of the story board were followed through, we came to a decision of casting someone else. The decision of me taking on the role, the editor of The Missing Suspects thriller, of the victim was convenient as I already knew the narrative structure and character positioning planned.
To make our thriller a multi-strand narrative, we wanted to show the involvement of police action. Therefore, we asked three trainee police officers at Havering College to take on the roles of Sergeant Smith and subsidiary characters of a male and female trainee officer. The names of the law inforcing actors are Steve Browne, Andy Peters and Nichola Flint.
(Alex Christian)
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
The Missing Suspects Location Shots
Here are the locations in which we plan to film the opening sequence to The Missing Suspects. We have chosen to transform this photography room into a police officer's head office. By using this room, we are able to use the high key lighting that reflects off the characters making them easy to film without constantly re-positioning the camera. The spaciousness also makes voices echo slightly which is an advantage for us as the only dialogue in this scene is valid information to the narrative that the audience need to hear. The second location is a garage that sets a grimey atmosphere which supports the evil characters of Ben Bullhorn.
(Alex Christian)
Monday, 2 March 2009
The Missing Suspects Script: By Alex & Dominic
INT – Police office - Night
It’s late at night and a group of police officers are taking notes on a presentation they’re being shown on the investigation of the two victims found dead in their local area. As the presentation shows two of the girls with ‘MURDERED’ written beneath their photos, one girl’s photo shows that she has been reported missing as her body hasn’t been found.
Sergeant
(Pointing at the first victim)
Okay, here we have victim one, Vanessa Wentworth who was murdered January 2nd 2009;
she was stabbed in the chest.
(Pointing at the second victim)
Victim two, Chung Fu was murdered January 13th 2009, stabbed in the neck seven times.
EXT – Garage – Night
The garage is dark and only a tall dark figure can be seen wearing a dark boiler suit and white gloves dragging a black bag into the garage.
INT – Police office – Night
The police officers continue to listen as the presentation shows evidence found at the crime scenes such as a white glove and images of potential suspects.
Sergeant
em>(Standing aside the photo’s of the potential suspects)
We have four potential suspects.
(Pointing at suspect one)
Suspect one, Darren Miller who has committed seven murders and whose whereabouts we
are unaware of.
(Pointing at suspect two)
Suspect two, Richard Zaarak and with five murders, he’s still on the lose.
(Pointing at the images of blank images with question marks)
We currently have two unidentified suspects
(Pointing at an image of informant)
We have now been notified that our informant, Bob Jones, has gone missing.
EXT – Garage – Night
The suspicious character then lifts the black bag placing it in the boot of his car. As he admires his kill, he walks away for the boot of the car to get an arrangement of lilies he has saved for this occasion.
INT – Police office – Night
The police officers pack their belongings away, smarten their uniform and get ready to start the investigation.
Sergeant
(Returning back to the images of victim pointing at a third victim)
A third victim, Rachel Brooke, has been missing since February 20th 2009.
EXT - Garage – Night
The mysterious character walks back to the boot of the car and unzips the head of the bag revealing the third missing victim, Rachel Brooke. Whilst admiring his kill he exhibits an evil grin, zips up the bag, places the lilies on top of it and he calmly closes the boot. Subsequently, he walks over to the shutters, pushes the button opening them completing his deed with a well planned escape.
INT – Car – Night
As the unknown person approaches the car, he gets in and sits in the driver’s seat of the and dials a number on his mobile phone titles, ‘Boss’
Mysterious character
It’s done.
INT – Car – Night
The mysterious character hangs up the phone and puts it on the dashboard following the sound of the engine starting ready to leave the scene of the crime.
It’s late at night and a group of police officers are taking notes on a presentation they’re being shown on the investigation of the two victims found dead in their local area. As the presentation shows two of the girls with ‘MURDERED’ written beneath their photos, one girl’s photo shows that she has been reported missing as her body hasn’t been found.
Sergeant
(Pointing at the first victim)
Okay, here we have victim one, Vanessa Wentworth who was murdered January 2nd 2009;
she was stabbed in the chest.
(Pointing at the second victim)
Victim two, Chung Fu was murdered January 13th 2009, stabbed in the neck seven times.
EXT – Garage – Night
The garage is dark and only a tall dark figure can be seen wearing a dark boiler suit and white gloves dragging a black bag into the garage.
INT – Police office – Night
The police officers continue to listen as the presentation shows evidence found at the crime scenes such as a white glove and images of potential suspects.
Sergeant
em>(Standing aside the photo’s of the potential suspects)
We have four potential suspects.
(Pointing at suspect one)
Suspect one, Darren Miller who has committed seven murders and whose whereabouts we
are unaware of.
(Pointing at suspect two)
Suspect two, Richard Zaarak and with five murders, he’s still on the lose.
(Pointing at the images of blank images with question marks)
We currently have two unidentified suspects
(Pointing at an image of informant)
We have now been notified that our informant, Bob Jones, has gone missing.
EXT – Garage – Night
The suspicious character then lifts the black bag placing it in the boot of his car. As he admires his kill, he walks away for the boot of the car to get an arrangement of lilies he has saved for this occasion.
INT – Police office – Night
The police officers pack their belongings away, smarten their uniform and get ready to start the investigation.
Sergeant
(Returning back to the images of victim pointing at a third victim)
A third victim, Rachel Brooke, has been missing since February 20th 2009.
EXT - Garage – Night
The mysterious character walks back to the boot of the car and unzips the head of the bag revealing the third missing victim, Rachel Brooke. Whilst admiring his kill he exhibits an evil grin, zips up the bag, places the lilies on top of it and he calmly closes the boot. Subsequently, he walks over to the shutters, pushes the button opening them completing his deed with a well planned escape.
INT – Car – Night
As the unknown person approaches the car, he gets in and sits in the driver’s seat of the and dials a number on his mobile phone titles, ‘Boss’
Mysterious character
It’s done.
INT – Car – Night
The mysterious character hangs up the phone and puts it on the dashboard following the sound of the engine starting ready to leave the scene of the crime.
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