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

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

In our preliminary task there was a large amount of planning. Firstly, we were not concerned about the costumes and props in our film, we just wanted to get it done as quickly as possible and we were also had one character in the forest. We got to a stage where we took care in every shot. We also took several retakes until the shot was up to a good standard and no problems. The quick planning gave us a lot of time to plan every shot and helped us ideally in helping us produce a good film.

In our preliminary task, the main focus was getting the shots done without worrying about he quality, this would give us a good foundation and starting point to help progress from. The POV shots were shaky, far too long and out of focus. We also adjusted our shots so as to not break the 180 degree rule and we focused the view of the camera before shooting.

For our final film, we carefully thought out choice of story line compared to our preliminary which was thought of briefly as we wanted to progress and add from it. In the final filming we had three choices of storyline which we all liked by all of our market research. We chose the best one which went down well with the audience.

Our preliminary task had very little editing as we rushed to get it done briefly. Our finished product had many different forms of editing, We changed the lighting in a particularly dark shot and added in transition editing in the way that one shot where the paper was hanged on the tree. 

To conclude, our final film was incredibly more detailed and advanced than our preliminary idea and, even though it was shorter, took several weeks as opposed to several days to complete as we wanted it to be perfect.







In our preliminary task, the eyeline match was not very good, as we held the shot too long. Also, the setting did not fit the scene. A classroom would not be appropiate for a drug deal. So we decided to improve this eyeliner match by changing the storyline and in a better location. Also, this eyeliner match builds suspense as we wasn't sure at what Lord Healey was looking at, or what he was planning to shoot at.

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

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

To complete our short thriller film we used a variety of different software and technology

The Software We Used: 

Premiere Pro
Premiere Pro was the main video editing software me and my group used to create my practice films, rough but and final films.

At the beginning Premiere Pro was quite complex to use but with the help of my peers and colleagues i understood how to use it quite quickly.

Premiere Pro allows you to add music and sound effects,create transitions,change different colour grades and etc.

The Internet Sites I Used: 

Blogger
Blogger is an internet blogging website which is used to make blogs, this is how i explain how I have been able to made the thriller and processes doing so. Also, i have evaluated some films in looking at the techniques they use.

Prezi
Prezi is an online presentation software that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring ideas to life and make people a great presenter.

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Youtube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

I used Youtube to share and spread my thriller film to increase the amount of people who view my thriller film.

SurveyMonkey

SurveyMonkey is an online survey cloud-based software.

I used SurveyMonkey to get feedback on how to improve my short film. I also used it on the final cut and rough cut.

This help me find out what people liked and dislike about my short film.

The Hardware We Used :

Tripod

I tried filming without a tripod and my filming came out quite shaky and blurry but in some films its best to film by hand.

When i learnt how to set up a tripod the standard of my films improved and i could film a variety of different scenes.








Microphone 

A microphone is great to capture all sounds.
In our thriller film we used a microphone to make the sounds within our thriller more sharper and clearer.

Digital Camera

The most important piece of hardware in making a film. A high tech camera would give us all the advantages as it has the latest technology in making the film. 

Evaluation Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

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

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?


Create your own user feedback survey

From the survey above me and my group have learned that the age groups from the ages of 19-22 would be most likely to watch our thriller whilst the least amount of people who wouldn't go to view it would be those ages 14 and under. This is mostly because the genre of my group thriller is a fantasy adventure film, because i think that the younger generation would rather see an action film or comedy film. Also because of the story line would not really impress teens and children to view it because they would simply not get the concept of the short film and it wouldn't really attract them.

Demographics
Create bar charts

The pie chart suggests most viewers was aged 18-24 this may be because the subliminal messages of our short film is to find yourself and motivates our audience in following their dreams.  In conclusion, the message of our short film is to follow a path until you reach your map (dream) to success and happiness.

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

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

The big production companies, are mostly likely not take my completed thriller into consideration, as my media product story line, hasn't been published, developed or produced before. This could mean that they face a huge risk of losing money if it doesn't become successful in the box office. This is too big of a risk for the big production companies to take. These big production companies prefer developing existing films and creating sequels, as it has a higher chance of being successful, due to the success it has had before. For example, Fast and Furious has had 7 sequels, as every sequel has been successful and always generates profit, so they would repeat those so they wouldn't lose money.

However, I distributed it through social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat because I have a lot of followers on both my Instagram and Snapchat so I knew my followers would enjoy seeing what I have been working on for all this time as I used to keep them updated. And this benefited us because these were ways we promoted our film for free. But as Instagram and Snapchat videos could only be about 10-15 seconds long, showing them a few clips of the interesting scenes. YouTube and Facebook was useful because you are able to have a long duration of videos and it can be accessible to everyone and it will be easy for them to share it with their friends and family.

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

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

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

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The key convections used in most thrillers are:

• Suspense 
• Tension
• Fast pacing
• Red herrings
• Cliff Hangers
• Action
• McGuffin

A McGuffin is a plot device in the form of some goal or an achievement in the film that the main characters in the film seem to focus on a lot making it seem like their main goal in the movie.

The audience aren't really engaged about what happens in terms of the McGuffin as they are more likely to more intrigued about the characters of the film. In me and my group thriller the plot device is the map in which Lord Healey is trying to recover to restart the human race.

Suspense is used in me and my group thriller film in a number of very effective ways. Suspense is firstly used by the background music which takes place throughout the thriller film, the music gives a sense of adventure., when he is picking items, so the audience is wondering what is he trying to do?The background music is taken from the theme song of award winning PlayStation 4 Game ''The Last Of Us'' the song was made by Gustavo Santaolalla.

Another way suspense was created in our thriller film was the story-line because with each scene passing suspense builds up into revealing if Lord Healey retrieves the map or not.

Also we added many filming techniques to add suspense. Firstly, we used an eyeline match to add suspense, as it puts a question in the audience heads, as they wonder what the protagnist was looking at. Also we used POV shots, to add the thrill into our thriller as it makes the audience feel like their in the protagnist position, making this a very effective shot.  

A cliffhanger is when the film ends in suspense. 
The cliffhanger in our thriller "Road to London" is the audience isn't sure if Lord Healey recovers the human race with the map he found in the end. The film ends with Lord Healey walking in the distance. This leavers the audience with a question in there head, what is going to happen next? 

Examples of Cliffhangers





Examples of eyeline match:

Both of these eyeline matches are very professional, as it adds suspense to what the protagonists are looking at. The audience would want to know what the characters are looking at.