main task

Brief
To produce an opening sequence of a new thriller. This should include titles and credits, aimed towards 15 or 18 certificates, and should be approximately of 2 minutes duration.


me and my group come up with an idea similar to our preliminary task. it will show a youth leaving a youth offender and going to get his revenge. We have decided to call it KARMA which we think is a good appropriate chioce of name and we think our plot revolves around it.
it is also a catchy name.
Music
all of our group members have looked for music that we can use for our main task. We have chosen the piece of music we want to use and this is the hyperlink to the website http://www.soundclick.com/default.cfm (MP3 music). haunted dream is the music name that we have got. In addition to this music we also used a sound effect. The hyperlink for this website is http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ (Sound effects). The sound effect we used was a car screeching.
Progress
Stage one: Research into thrillers.
Stage two: Come up with an idea.
Stage three: Draw a quick storyboard.
Stage four: Find some music and carry out a survey.
Stage five: Start filming (night scenes).
Stage six: Finish filming.
Stage seven: Make storyboard with still images.
Stage eight: Editing.
Stage nine: Finalise editing and music including adding sound clip.
Stage ten: Upload to blog.
Our next stage is writing the evaluation.

evaluation

I will be evaluating my media product. I will be going through certain areas that will explain and include the following:·
What ways my media product use, develop and challenges forms and conventions of real media products·
-How my media product represents particular social groups
-What different kinds of media institutions might distribute my product and the reason of this
-Who my media product is aimed at· How we attracted our audience
-What kind of things I have learned about technologies from the process of constructing my product
-And finally what progress I believe me and my group have made from our preliminary task to this full product.

We have used a special and good choice of costume, music and also the original idea of our storyline to represent a particular type of social group such as stereotypical youths, the scene we have created adds good use of tension which is what good thriller films need to have, the male protagonist wears a stereotypical teenage wear including a track suit, to make up his character this is what he needed to wear along with his type of walk and his posture. by this , is can reach out to the audiences and grab their attention because the target audience can imagine it as themselves if they was in that position, and makes them familiar with the surroundings of the film. This will attract teenagers and young youths to watch the film. My team thought hard on how to display the male protagonist character. We used good use of camera angles to do this. We decided to only displaying the protagonist characters face once but very fast and briefly so the audience only just catches the face. This creates tension but at the same time lets the audience make their own opinion on the character, asking them if he is secretive person? Outgoing person, quite, tough, all of these are type of stereotypical teenagers. A package is briefly shown in the clip; this creates tension because you don’t see it for long and you don’t see it anywhere else. It makes u think of questions, why has he got it? Why is he hiding it? Why don't we see it again? This keeps the audience motivated to watch it. We called it KARMA which means what goes around comes around. Also in the clip a phone is displayed with a text saying the phrase "what goes around comes around" which links nicely to our title and gives a good strong effect to thriller films which we are trying to replicate.

Our type of film is a similar plot to Kidulthood but with a bit more tension and different storyline. However they symbolize roughly the same social group. This will make the production company for Kidult hood good for us to distribute our movie too because the people that watched Kidulthood or any film about young stereotypical teenagers are the same target audience that we want to attract to watch this movie. It will focus on the right target audience. It will replicate the same kind of things what is seen in the world today of teenagers and youths. There will be no point sending it to a media institution that produces films such as scary movie or horror based films because the target audiences are completely different.

We clarified our movie as a fifteen. Me and my group done a lot of research to come to this conclusion. We looked at all the other age certificates and the criteria that are in it and we saw that what our film contained would be suitable for a fifteen allowing a larger amount of our target audience to watch the film. Yet another reason we chose this is because that it is a crime movie and will involve crime and some violence but it will not be used to the extreme and will not show the use of too much sex, drugs, nudity or use of bad language.The type of research we done included online surveys and many class discussions to see if the target audience will be suitable.another reason why fifteen will be suitable it because it will come with a larger audience because people can watch it where as if it was a 18 this will cut out and limit younger viewers watching which it is aimed at.

Whilst making our thriller movie it showed that it would not be a walk in the park. It was a challenge and made us all work to the best of our ability. I and my group put many hours into the clip to make it of what me believe it to be a quality piece of work. We never encountered as many problems as we did in our preliminary task however we did encounter some. This was only during the editing process. This was because we had to use windows movie maker which did not have a large source of transitions that looked professional. It was challenging when we needed to place the movie over the movie clips this is because we had to make it have good timing and play just right. Our biggest problem that affected me and the group was when we first put the clip on the computer. Due to using movie maker we could not a permanent file until it was finished, and also we could not use any computer we had to use the exact same one we placed the clip on because it will not open up on other computers, so we could only complete it when this computer was free and available to us.

I feel me and my group have made a tremendous improve from our preliminary task. We used good and better use of sounds, music, and importantly transitions and camera angles. By doing all of this and improving it I feel that this film has a better use of flow then the preliminary task. However by using windows movie maker we never got carried away with using a lot of flashy transition. I think in a way that it worked to our advantage because we used good simple transitions that needed to be displayed to our film, it has not gone wild and carried away and it gives that crime affect that we aimed for. By researching and doing a lot more theory I feel that we have understood this more which made us come up with good ideas. Overall I am happy with the progressed made and the final product

work

Me and my group have had a successful day today filming. There was no obsticals in the way which affected us, we all worked hard and well together, everybody come up with new great ideas and everyone contributed with good thoughts. Our editing has gone smoothly however we have a slight problem because the transitions we would have licked to have are not available on windows movie maker. The reason we all feel happy with our production is because we are all happy working together and get along well and yet no we have to work hard in order to achieve a good grade and produce a well worth it opening scene.

Thriller research AND Planning

Definition of a Thriller:
A Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, television, and gaming that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliff-hangers are used extensively.

Thrillers often take place wholly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, Polar Regions, or high seas. The heroes in most thrillers are frequently "hard men" accustomed to danger: law enforcement officers, spies, soldiers, seamen or aviators. However, they may also be ordinary citizens drawn into danger by accident. While such heroes have traditionally been men, women lead characters have become increasingly common; for an early example see Sigourney Weaver's character Ripley, in the movie Alien, 1979.

Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories, but are distinguished by the structure of their plots. In a thriller, the hero must thwart the plans of an enemy, rather than uncover a crime that has already happened. Jeopardy and violent confrontations are standard plot elements. While a mystery climaxes when the mystery is solved, a thriller climaxes when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving his own life and often the lives of others. In thrillers influenced by film noir and tragedy, the compromised hero is often killed in the process.

There are all kinds. The legal thriller, spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military thriller just to name a few.

Most thrillers are formed in some combination of the above, with horror, conspiracy, and psychological tricks used most commonly to heighten tension. Combinations are highly diverse, including: Science fiction thrillers: The Terminator, I Am Legend, and Blade Runner. Science fiction/horror thrillers: Jurassic Park, Alien, Predator. Techno/political/conspiracy/military/horror thriller: Predator, Robocop, S.M. Stirling's Drake novels. Legal/forensic/psychological/horror thriller: Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs', Seven.

Our group has come to the decision to base our thriller as a Crime thriller. This particular genre is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime or crimes. These films often focus on the criminal(s) rather than a policeman. Crime thrillers usually emphasize action over psychological aspects. Central topics of these films include murders, robberies, chases, shootouts, and double-crosses are central ingredients. Some examples include The Killing, Seven, The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, Inside Man, and The Asphalt Jungle. We have decided to look at the above examples of this type of thriller to get some inspiration by looking at their opening scenes.

Theories
One theory we have looked at was the Hypodermic syringe theory however we haven’t linked it with our work as we don't believe people get influenced by what they see in a film and we don't believe it’s a film that can have that impact on people.
On the other hand we do agree with the Culmination theory because according to this theory, while any one media text does not have too much effect, years and years of watching more violence will make you less sensitive to violence, years and years of watching women being mistreated in soaps will make you less bothered about it in real life. One difficulty with both of these ways of looking at the media is that they are very difficult to prove either way. Many people have a general sense that the media do affect our behaviour and advertisers certainly justify their fees by working on this assumption, but it can be extraordinarily difficult to actually prove how much effect if any a text might have on an audience. In fact researchers have spent enormous amounts of time and effort trying to prove the validity of the culmination theory with no success- this of course does not mean that there is no truth in it as an idea.

Windows movie maker
About windows movie maker:

The windows movie maker application allows us to do many things in order to make a film. It has clearly labelled step by step help, which allows us to:· Capture a video straight from a video device· Import video/music/pictures from devices or from saved documents· Show all the videos/ pictures/ music we have on the screen· Add in video/pictures effects· Add in video/pictures transitions· Make titles or credits using ready made settings which also allows us to change if we wish· Save to a computer or CD· Send to emails, web or a camera· It is paired with windows Media player to allow us to view the film as a whole.Show examples of effects we might use are cut, fade and iris.

Age certificates

Age: My group and I have all come to a decision to certify our clip as a 15. We have chosen to do this because it is a thriller and we will not be very graphic that an 18 certificate will have. We will not be encouraging or show the following in strong detail however they may be used to create a good effect and catching atmosphere to the audience Language - we may use some strong language to give a powerful effect but we will not misuse the language term and not use them on a frequent basis. Nudity, sex will not be used Violence - we will use violence however not as advance as an 18 certificate which will be more graphic then a 15 certificate imitable techniques - the reason our clip is a 15 certificate is because we will not be using drastic Dangerous techniques i.e. dangerous weapons
horror - menace and malice behaviour may be used but not gory images Drugs - drug taking are allowed in a 15 certificates but it must not promote or encourage drugs

AS mdeia perlimenary task

My group consists of four people, me(mathew), Omar, Rosie and Fran.
The task is to build a 2minute video of a man walking through a door and sitting down on the chair and sitting down.
We have to include:
- 180 rule
- Match of action
- Shot reverse shot
We have started to picture our story board. I have personally planed the plot and the story line. i have also acted in the recording of the clip.

now at this stage we have completed the task however it is not the full length requierd we have had varius problems. the computer did not except our format used in the video camara and another reason why it is not the required length is because in our shcool we never had the softwear untill several weeks after we filmed.our advantages of the perlimenary task was that we used the requierd aspects needed such as the 180 rule, match of action and shot reverse shot, even though the task was nto the requierd length
we cam up with a lot of problems with the software and because of this our video clip was not the full lenght this was because premier pro would not ecept our format and the quaility of the clip was also affected.
member that are in our class used the same programme and experienced no problems. due to this we will be using movia maker for our main task and to prevent this problems happening.
improvements for next time:
-no camera shaking
-better use of lighting and sounds
-varied locations to give better effects