Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Question 1 evaluation-conventions and real media products- Part One


The very first shot you see in the opening of our tittle sequence we saw is ' Candi studio's'. our college name is what we choose to use and then we split the colour between both of the words . Into the colours of our college id. so there was a realtion between us and our representation of our college in the opening.
the tittle of our film was 'Unexpected' where we also used red. the colour red has a lot of words which follow or that are thought of when the colour red comes to mind. like blood. our main character is a killer so it is as if our tittle and the colour represents the twist in which there is in the film .

Question 1) Ways our media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products






Image 1 is our institution company "Candi Studios" We chose to do this institution
because it was cheaper, and it was easier to find. When the institution shows the
sound vibrates the room and, it already has the thrilling suspense to it already.
When the i vibrates the room, it has the thrilling suspense to it already.

Image 2 is our title of the thriller title sequence "UNEXPECTED". Which is a romantic
thriller.We chose to make the colour of the title red because, we associated romance
with red which signifies blood and death and, romance can also be associated with
roses . The font is formal, broad and, suspicious.

Image 3 is a close up of both of the "lover's" holding hands at the dinner table. The
font of the credits are the same as the actual title. We decided to keep the title and
credits the same because we wanted to keep it consistent. The sound is
continuous, it is like a piano playing repeatedly which creates suspense as the
audience do not know what is going to happen next.

Image 4 is a over the shoulder shot of the character looking into
the mirror. When the character looks into the mirror, there is a screaming sound,
which puts the audience on edge.

Image 5 is a close up on the characters face tied up. Here we decided to have natural
sound because the character was making moaning sounds which make the audience
have sympathy for the character. You can also hear the sound of the nature which
gives the audience an insight of the location.

Image 6 is close up of both characters. The victim and the murderer.

Image 7 is a close up of the murderer's face, and the victim is in the background.

Our opening title sequence devolped the forms and conventions. As we did not come with the thrill straight away. The use of close ups and sound effects gave it away, that something is going to happen. For example the sound of the heels and the creeking of the door. At the same time all these things built up the tension and suspense in our title sequence. And we built up tension in a seductive way, as it is a romantic thriller.

I chose to compare our title sequence to "He loves me, he loves me not" because it is a romantic thriller just like ours, but it seems more like a family comedy film, so it does not get straight to the point. I noticed that the font used in "He loves me, he loves me not" is quite similar to our title sequence, accept the font in ours is red. And the way the credits fade in and out. However, in "He loves me, he loves not" the credits looks in formal, whereas our title sequence credits looks more formal. I think the font for our title sequence and "He loves me , he loves me not" shows the femininity of the films, because the main characters are women. I chose the still image of the woman's face because, this shot is similar to our title sequence, as we have close ups and clear shots of the characters face. I noticed that the character looks normal, young, and innocent, but she may also have a dodgy side to her. Compared to our main character, they have the same personalities. The sound for our title sequence was patronising and it drags on. while the sound in "He loves me, he loves me not", is a happy, calm, and soothing. The institution used in "He loves me, he loves me not", is not a famous big institution, because it may not be an expensive movie.





Monday, 19 April 2010

Question 5) Who would be the audience for your media product?

Jessica, is 18 years old, she is currently studying criminology at the metropolitan university in London, as she wants to pursue a career as a criminologist. When she was younger, she wanted to be a famous actress, starring in a thriller films. She is working part time at Marks and Spencers. She enjoys inviting her friends to her flat to watch thriller and or horror films such as, Drag me to hell and Saw 6, which are one of her hobbies. She enjoys going clubbing and most of all enjoys going shopping especially at Uni Qlo and Top shop (especially for their handbags). Jessica cannot live without her handbags, and in them she has her, mobile phone, oyster card, purse, make up and, her lucky charm which was given to her from her grandmother who was a famous actress internationally starring in thriller films, before she passed away.

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Question 8) Audience feedback and comment

This is the green screen where we watched our title sequences.

This is an image of part of the audiences' reaction at the green screen. Annika of the left looks horrified, as she is braced up in her sit. Leonora in the middle, looks happy, as she saw herself on the big screen. Yolande on the right, looks confused.

















As seen on our 'word cloud' made on wordle, we got positive feedback from our peers. We got feedback such as symbolic, psychological, and eye catching. Which was positive because this what we wanted our audience to think, so we were not really shocked about the feedback we received from our audience. We chose those colours for our word cloud, because we wanted colours that signified darkness, depression, death, and blood.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Font Activity


In our Media lesson we analysed the font on the cover of 'Rocky Balboa'. We learnt why certain fonts are used for certain films.For this particular film, 'Sans Serif' was used. This including the boldness and size of the font could have represented masculinity.


Thriller sub genres

Heres a list of some/most Sub-genres:
  • Comedy
  • Detective & Mystery
  • Disaster
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
  • Sports
  • Supernatural
  • Thriller-Suspense
  • adventure
  • action
The sub genres which inspire me the most are action films, supernatural and the thriller suspense films.

With action films I enjoy the fast paced shots. The dramatic digetic and non-digetic sounds are very exciting. The story plots are interesting.

With thriller/suspense films, I enjoy the intense side of it. I like the fact that horror type of films are easy to understand and quite simple films really. The stories are generally not over worked and more of the focus lies in the sounds and shots. There are intentional fast paced and very slow paced scary moments which are exciting to watch.

Art of the title sequence

Art of the title sequence


The Shining


I found "The Shining's" title sequence the most appealing to me. The style of the titles were quite ordinary in that they were in an ordinary comic sans font. They were all positioned centrally moving upwards from the bottom of the scene. This detail shows us that it is a opening sequence rather than credits which you could quite easily muddle up. The writing was also in a baby blue colour which was interesting because it stood out on the screen and did not clash with any other colour.

The titles say this, and go in this order:

A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM

JACK NICHOLSON

SHELLY DUVALL

THE SHINING

Featuring DANNY LLOYD

SCATMAN CROTHERS

BARRY NELSON

PHILIP STONE

JOE TURKEL

ANNE JACKSON

TONY BURTON

Executive Producer JAN HARLAN

Based upon the novel by STEVEN KING

Produced in association with THE PRODUCER CIRCLE COMPANY

ROBERT FRYER
MARTIN RICHARDS
MARY LEA JOHNSON

Screenplay by
STANLEY KUBRICK & DANE JOHNSON

Produced and Directed by
STANLEY KUBRICK




The titles saying firstly the studio which created it. Then the main actors featured and then the executive producer and then the novel in which it was based upon. Then the company which it was produced in association with and then the people involved with this company. Then the people who wrote the screenplay. And then finally the person who produced and directed the film.

In this there are extreme far shots mainly used. The main focus is the setting in this sequence so the extreme far/wide shots allowed the much of the country setting to be in the shot. The was also a tracking shot through almost all of the sequence tracking the car driving.

The thing that appeals to me most about this sequence is the shots that are used. The wide shots of the scenery really stand out. Also the calmness of the shots and scenery really worked well with the sequence. The writing was big, bold and the letters were well spaced out and this made it clear and easy to read.