Question 5

Question 6: What media technologies have we used?

When Given the task to produce a technology driven product such as the opening to a fictional big budget conventional film , we began to  develop skills when it came to using our technological skills to record footage, edit and plan the outcome to an exceptional standard.

In this breif overlook, we’ll cover each area of technology and how they’ve helped with the development with of my media product
Practical technologies are those which are used to initially produce our film, in more simpler terms, the equipment and technology we physically used to make our film. These include:

The Mi (or moving image) Camera: used to film the entire opening.

A Tripod to keep shots steady and is used to pivot the camera in some scenes (as will be shown)

A Fig Rig steadycam which allows more stabilised handheld shots (As shown below)

Theses technologies will have helped to create our production and develop our media skills by holding steady shots.In this clip we show how the tripod is used in an experimental fashion by tilting the tripod onto its two side legs, it creates this tilt, crane-like effect which turned out effective when shooting these two shots.Our second clip shows off how we used the fig rig to peform more steady, handheld shows which dynamically move around the objects as seen in the first shot and how free and flowing the movement is from the fig rig in shot 2.

My Media opening sequence.

Responding to Question 4: Our Audience.

The General target audience our thriller is aimed towards are women roughly aged between 18-23. We chose this group due to the mature plot points of the film and the more deeper context behind the film which is required for full establishment throughout the rest of the film.

We decided to generalise with a female audience, due to the use of two female protagonists, providing a strong bond with a feminine audience. We aim for our target audience to be university students who have a more established sense when compared to others, allowing their vast educated minds to interoperate the content in our film.
We also hope our audience is developed from Female Self Acutalisers, hopefully to become more emotionally attached to the characters and family bond portrayed in the first act of the film (later returning in the third). This would also help the audience understand the choices we made within our film can impact them more, therefore making it more enjoyable for them. 

Responding to Question 2: How does your media product represent various social groups?

Although our product is more initially focused on the change of society, there is a certain trend towards focusing on a female audience, as both protagonists in the two acts are both female and the only known antagonist is presumably male. We chose the female characters to be somewhat neutral with their approach to the dilemmas, neither are stereotypically 'ditzy' or too masculine, they present a strong figure when threatened but can let their confidence shrink if overwhelmed.


This section shows the female characters challenging the concepts of a female character.
We suggest that our audience is potentially female and therefore can relate more realistically to the character


 The male characters, or antagonist are presented as an empty vessel with little screen time, presented emotion or any basic feelings. The lack of this male character allows the audience to interpret their own instrests towards the character, developing a more deeper and challenging the conventions of a stereotypical male kidnapper.


 

Opening Sequence: Second Draft

Question 3

Pathe' is a French company founded in 1896. Have produced various innovations through films history, they were one of the first company's to produce hand coloured film. The reason why we chose to use Pathe' is due to the films that Pathe' have a trend to produce, they're a suitable company for a low budget shot on sight film set in the UK. The films Pathe' have recently produced all can fall into low budget set location films which focus on the emotions in which are developed throughout the media, placing unexpected twists and plot elements which change the course and flow of the film.

Pathe' use these films to fill a niche' of target audiences, which challange the traditional conventions seen in Hollywood produced films.
Our film sets itself out to begin as a somewhat traditional kidnapping thriller story, however in the first segment of the story we focus heavily on building a strong bond/relationship between the two characters. Instead of trying to produce instant emotions in the first five minutes, we want the relationship developed throughout the film, letting the audience eventually try to generalise with the characters. Later on throughout the film, the inclusion of another key point is the evolution of society, the point that this teenage woman has been kidnapped and hidden from society for the past 8 years, it shows how the turn of the millennium and the envelopment of the digital era can become almost too much to cope with for those stuck in the past.

 Our Audience is based around a more mature audience who can understand these points and how they affect the characters. Pathe' have produced titles such as Be Kind Rewind and 127 hours, both films start off as cliché titles to their respective genre but by the turn of the halfway mark both films instantly and continuously change in pace. 127 focuses away from the characters survival and shows us into his eventual mental downfall, reciting his last few memories before his supposive demise. As seen in this brief trailer, the beginning shots of the traliler develop the film supposedly as a high octane, feel good drama (especially in sequences seen in areas such as 0:50-1:02). The trailer also foreshadows itself, especially with the supposive Vlog style narritive being recorded the time he is stuck in the ravine, developing this huge sense of mental deterioration.
Be kind rewind changes from a comedy about spoofing blockbuster titles, to realising how much of an impact filmaking has produced towards people. Like our film, it breaks away from their conventional genre, letting the audience follow.