Evaluation

Question 1: In what way does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real products?

When our title sequence was being created, we had a rough idea of what we wanted to do therefore we decided we were going to use the film SE7EN’s title sequence as an inspiration. The title sequence of SE7EN is a montage of shots of many different objects that correspond with the story line of the film e.g. razors, pictures, shadows and blood. Therefore giving the audience an insight to the film’s story line however also not revealing too much, keeping the audience in suspense and wanting more.

The reason why we choose to use SE7EN’s title sequence as an inspiration is because when we had watched the title sequence for the first time it was very mysterious and gave the audience a certain mood therefore we decided we wanted to portray a similar atmosphere in our title sequence and movie.

Question 2: How does your product represent particular social groups?

Our product does not quite represent any particular social group. This is so the audience can’t relate to the characters in Delirium to early on during the film. Our product is a thriller movie therefore during the start of the film we have limited the dialogue and increased the suspense to follow the guidelines of how a thriller movie is produced. The main character in the movie is the detective, who is portrayed as a brave individual because he enters a crime scene investigation without any back up or partner.

Question 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The media institution, which would distribute our product, would be Film4 because our budget for the film was very low and Film4 showcase’s a wide range of titles, including the best of British film-making industry.

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your product?

The audience for our would be aged 15 years and above because the film will contain graphical images through the use of shots and pictures within the text. These images would be of deformed or defaced individuals and would not be suitable for those under the age of 15 however the film will not contain any sexual scenes or swearing. This film will not be permissible to watch for any individual that has photosensitive epilepsy because the movie will contain many flashing images.

Question 5: How did you attract and address your audience?

The results form our survey monkey was very positive because the survey showed that the majority of people preferred thriller movies to the other genres. The survey also showed that they also preferred at least two characters to be in the opening scene of the film, therefore we took this into account when creating our opening sequence.

Throughout the entire title sequence we placed the credits over the footage, which was playing in the background so that the audience did not get bored. This would also keep their attention on the film. The film was also posted on YouTube and Facebook where it received a fair amount of feedback. This was a good way of getting our film opening out to our target audience as it was Free and our group was on a very low budget.

Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from process of constructing this product?

Throughout the production of this product I have learnt how to work an HD Camera, turning it on and off, inserting the tape into the camera, using white balance and transferring the rushes from the tape to the computer. We did however encounter problems with the transferring of the rushes on the 2nd transfer, so in order to over come this we used an alternative camera from home. We also had trouble with Final Cut Pro, which wouldn’t allow us to use some of our rushes, and at one stage became 'Not Responding'. We overcame these problems by using alternative software, Sony Vegas, in order to edit at home.

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have learnt that disasters CAN happen out of nowhere which can set your plans back a ever long time and although you may have set out an alternative as a back up, alternatives can also go wrong so when planning during the preliminary stages you should also allow yourself a little extra time than you believe you will need in order to make production easier and completed to the deadline. I have also learned that although it is easy to come to an arrangement in planning, it is a lot harder to carry it out and can be quite frustrating so patience is required, whether something goes wrong or not. Having a strong, effective team is also essential.