The Final Product

       
My section of this product is the first 43 seconds.




             

Evaluations: Question 7

Looking back at my preliminary task what did I learn in progression from it?

Before the preliminary task I had no real previous experience with filming or editing, so the preliminary task was the first time that I had a chance to do this, so in short I learnt how to film and edit from the preliminary task.

The narrative for our preliminary task was thought out in 1 hour meaning we didn’t know what the actors would say and we didn’t have time to think through where we would film. Whereas, the main task, we had a while to think of the narrative we even had time to update the narrative, we also had months of time to research the genre and compare our ideas meaning we can have the best chance possible. In the preliminary task I didn’t think to film from multiple angles and multiple times meaning the actual scene looked really scruffy. Whereas the main product is totally smooth as we filmed each shot from 3 different angles, we also waited 3 second before and after we were ready to get as much clip to edit as possi
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Lighting in preliminary task

Lighting in main

In my area of the product I think that I filmed well, the camera work in my opinion was not bad at all, I think this comes down to the fact that we did quite a bit of practice on filming and we filmed quite a few times each shot, this is because in the preliminary task I didn’t shoot from multiple angles meaning we had a tough time when it came to continuity. When it comes to quality of lighting, my part was filmed in the morning in the morning so we got alt of natural lighting, we wanted natural lighting as it shows that the character is outdated, old and retired, I thought long about the lighting as the lighting in the preliminary task was poor and had artificial lighting which made the colour of the whole thing was yellow.

The quality of sound, I would say is our strongest point, in our product we have a long news broadcast that we actual got Dominic McGuiness from talk sport to voice act for, this was done in a professional studio meaning the quality of sound is pristine. I think that I edited the sound very well when it came down to it, the quality of sound in the preliminary task was a very bad point for us, during the filming we had chairs screeching, the dialogue was quiet and we had no music in the task what so ever. I managed to include a sound bridge which is great for continuity. Also the music in my part is a smooth rhythm classical tune that connotes he’s living a boring, alone life but there’s a chance for happiness.

In conclusion, I am extremely happy with how our final product turned out, I was actually worried that it would be a total disaster but I feel I came through to create the best product with the potential I had, I put 100% effort into the creation of my section, the only problems lie with Alex’s section as he had problems filming on the day, with many poor shoots meaning the time ran down and he had a dark set to film with.

Evaluations: Question 6

Evaluations: Question 5

Evaluations: Question 4

Who would be the audience of your product?

Our demographic will be from the ages of 12-21 I know this from doing the survey that allowed us to get the specific needs of our audience. They will also be 50/50 male female as we have challenged the male gaze theory so we will have less male viewers as expected, and because we are going to distribute to cinemas we are aiming for working and middle class viewers, that is the demographic of our audience. The demographic is known as the Hollywood demographic, they are famous for flocking to the cinema to watch any movie that contains action, another reason why we are doing this is because recent stats show that 40% of spy/action genre movies are of the ages 15-24, this means we can theoretically fill half of the cinema with our intended audience .This is relevant to the demographic of our audience as they are male and female 12-21, this is the Hollywood demographic, meaning they want a lot of action in the movie, however our audience said they wanted some psychological aspects to it so we gave the antagonist a mental disability that he fights off gradually. 

 Our audiences psycho-graphic is that they like action, at fast paces too, they also like a little bit of psychological aspects, I also researched that they like to build adrenaline whilst watching the movie, hence the need for fast paced action. We have also added a dual narrative into the product which means the ideal age range may find It harder to follow the plot but they will be satisfied with the product. Given that our audience likes mission impossible and spectre it’s a good thing that we based our product off of the James Bond franchise with a twist. This why I think we will have success in the UK box office.

We have a secondary audience that is the age of 25-40, this would be older people or parents taking the younger end of the main audience to go and watch it at the cinema, the main demographic could recommend the product to the older audience meaning the words spreads faster.

Evaluations: Question 3

Evaluations: Question 2

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

Our product represents the middle and lower class, the lower class is represented as criminals and thieves also wear chavy clothes, our antagonist is a lower class person as he is stealing the prime minister’s son, but it’s a little more difficult to class this as lower class as he doesn’t want ransom for his crimes he wants more of a personal satisfaction from the crime. This also leads to the representation of disability in our product, we have represented the antagonist as a psychotic person, meaning he has some sort of mental disability as he is doesn’t realise what he is doing wrong in his current state of mind. Disability and lower class are both represented negatively in our product this is shown through the antagonists, choices and actions. The soundtrack when the antagonist pulls the victim out of the car changes to a fast paced action track, this is showing the stereotypical violent traits of the lower class as he is ready for a bit of action. The fact that the antagonist is male also shows the stereo typical male representation as he is violent and forceful towards other people.

I also represented the elderly as a social group, our protagonist is an elderly man at 50 years of age, this shows the audience that he is the underdog, he is also shown as alone, from the no photos around the house, and the minimalist atmosphere in the scene.

Another class that is represented is the middle class, the protagonist is middle class in our product, this is to create a binary opposition with the antagonist, the difference between rich-poor and good-bad, this is also shown by the ability of the characters, shown through the dual narrative that flicks between the two classes. Our opening sequence contains a dual narrative. The dual-narrative shows the difference in class as the protagonist wakes up and makes a brew then hears the news of the incident, whereas at the same time the antagonist is pulling the victim out the car and head butting him for speaking, also the soundtrack changes from a peaceful tune to a more upbeat action track along. This shows the correlation  of the middle class compared with the negativity of the lower class.