The film ‘Justified Revenge’ is a two minute thriller sequence about a religious man being a victim of kidnapping and innocent girl. Throughout the sequence there are a variety of shots being used to identify the characters facial expression and body language. The opening sequence for our film followed conventions, for instance the narrative, the type of shots such as extreme close up and close up’s to show the emotions and fear on the victims face, fast pace editing to build tension, non-diegetic sound such as voice over when Tony daughter Angie calls and finally sound effects and music played through the sequence. Relating back to the shots, this shows throughout the sequence we used specific shots to indicate to audience what is happening, for example the girl in the boot, we used a close up shot to show her fear and emotions because this allows the audience to see how she reacts and also how it feels to be in her position. Another example shown is non-diegetic soundtrack. The soundtrack indicates to the audience that the character Tony is symbolised as a religious man through the prop such as the bible and also the religious music playing in his car. The fast pace editing used in the sequence creates suspense and tension right the way through the sequence because it will keep the audience at the edge of their seats. The genre of our sequence is a hybrid of crime thriller, however the use’s of conventions shows the audience what type of genre it is through the iconography and narrative. ‘Justified Revenge’ is and unconventional sequence as it portrays a religious man being a kidnapper. This shows by breaking stereotypes it will become more successful with the narrative as the target audience would like to see something distinctive. Interesting our media product is more efficient to other thriller films, the reason for this is because it shows a clear understanding of the narrative, characters, location and message.
Question 2 – How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents a particular social group as it is targeted at both genders male and females age 15 and above, middle class and all ethnicity. Above all else males are seen as dominant and strong, where as women are more passive and fragile. By suggesting this the influence shown on boys will be silent but will keep them going, however for the girls the thriller will keep them screaming and at the edge of their seats. The gender representation shown throughout the sequence is male are dominant, such as Tony and females are weak such as the victim, an example shown for this when the victim is trapped in the boot and in danger. It shows a close up shot show, this is because the audience wants to see the facial expression and also makes the audience feel emotionally close to the action as it creates empathy. Another representation shown is men are evil.
This is shown towards the end of the sequence, where the character Tony is sneaky, sly and shocking. The final representation shown is girls are small and innocent and this indicates the victim. A representation that breaks the stereotype is a religious man being a kidnapper. The reason for this is because, many religious people are shown as respectful, well mannered, superior, well behaved, confident etc. However, the character Tony breaks this stereotype as he is the opposite and becomes violent, aggressive and unmannered. By suggesting to break stereotypes this may shock the audience as it will play with there mind as they think Tony is a good guy, but secretly he’s not.
Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Our film ‘Justified Revenge’ not be produced by a major Hollywood company because it would not fit into industry, where as it can be distributed in other industry. In my opinion our media product will be sold as and internet film this is because young teenagers and adults would enjoy a night in watching a film such as ‘Justified Revenge’ rather than E.T or Mission Impossible. The media product will have and effect on the merchandising as little things will be sold to help promote the movie such as pens, key rings, books, poster and many more.
Question 4 – What would be the audience for your media product?
For our media product, the audience for the film is aimed towards age 15 and above. The reason for this is because it will be suitable for this particular age group as the sequence may contain violence which is inappropriate towards younger children. Whilst producing the film we had analysed and researched about the thriller genre to help us target the right audience.
By doing this we had, given questionnaires, created our own synopsis, researched into the thriller genre, decided our cast, location and score notes and planned our storyboards to decide what precise shots are being used. As a result of this we had gained further information which will help identify features within a thriller and how it would appeal to the audience through the mise-en-scene and cinematography. By doing all this as a group, we had all come up with the sequence ‘Justified Revenge’ the two minute sequence will be appealing to the audience because it is a unique, interesting, exciting film to be seen.
Question 5 – How did you attract/address your audience?
Attracting you audience is a major issue, the reason for this is because you want to gain more viewers and success for your film. The most appealing part which will gain most of the audience is from the mise-en-scene and cinematography. The reason for this is because the two elements convey a meaning towards the audience for instance the use of close up shots is to identify the characters emotions, where as the in the mise-en-scene the props used to shows the characters background, lifestyle and culture, such as the bible portrays Tony is a religious strong believer. The location signifies the family is middle class. Most importantly there are a variety of sound being used during the two minute sequence such as non-diegetic, ambient sound, soundtrack, incidental music and a sound bridge.
Firstly ambient sound is herd when Tony is walking to the car with a close up shot with his feet. This is shown as ambient sound because you can hear the natural sound occur within the scene. There are a number of non-diegetic sounds being used, such as the voice over of Tony younger daughter Angie whilst speaking on the phone, secondly the phone ringing, thirdly the banging of the boot and finally the music being played. Within many scenes non-diegetic and incidental sound has become effective because it sets the scene and creates a mood within the sequence.
Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
In my opinion as my duty of being a camera girl, I have learnt many different techniques and shots which can be used for filming. I have experienced many things whilst producing this sequence. Firstly I have learnt different angles and heights to place shot. By keeping the camera in one place, it makes the shots less interesting and fun to watch. I have also tried experimenting with different types of camera movement such as panning, tracking and doll. Unfortunately this was not a success as it became a disaster. The most difficult issue i found hard, was breaking continuity because this was a major which within the film. From this experience as a camera person, if improving the film I will be more confident with the camera movement and experiment with more shots.
Question 7 - Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
During the time of filming our preliminary task I had made several mistakes within continuity and shot angles. After experiences this as a group I became more confident and aware for filming and the equipment. Since filming the two minute sequence the shots have improved as they
have become sharper and vivid. My judgment of the preliminary task was successful because the story line showed humour, continuity did not break and the shots where simple such as shot reverse shot, close ups, establishing shots etc. If producing the preliminary task again, i would use a variety shots and experiment with the camera movement.
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