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

The target audience for our film are mostly males aged between 12 and 30 years old, as our film is limited due to the age certification of our film. The film would mostly appeal to males as action/thriller films involve a lot of guns, car chases and explosions which appeal more to males than females because of these conventions. We aimed our film to be for young adults and used language appropriate to suit their age group, so people younger than that wouldn’t understand it. In our research into our age certification we found out that we can use bad language and violence but have a limit to it. We limited this because then we could widen our target audience.

 

Our film age certificate is 12A; this is most suitable for our film fits all the guidelines and criteria to be this age certificate.

 

 

 

A film similar to ours is ‘Snatch’ which has an age certificate of 18 therefore their film would appeal to an older audience than ours. The film has a lot stronger language than ours and has much more graphic violence and therefore also would appeal more to males due to these conventions.

 

 

 

We aimed our film at younger people rather than older because younger people go to cinemas more than older people and because our institution is independent the distribution of our films will mainly be in cinemas. That doesn’t mean older people can’t see it it’s just that it would appeal more to younger people as all the main actors in the film our young and younger people would be able to relate more to them.

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

Looking back at the preliminary exercise we did at the start of they year and to finishing our short film now, you can clearly see how much progression we have made. We used a lot of the techniques and shots we used in the preliminary exercise to make our film. For example when the student walks through the door using a match on action to open it, we used the same n our film where the main character is walking into his teacher’s office.

One of the shots we learnt how to use the 180-degree rule. During our film we never broke the fourth wall. We knew we couldn’t because it the shot would flip and look silly.

Another shot we learned from the preliminary exercise was the over the shoulder shot which we transferred in our film in the conversation between the main character and the teacher.

Our film also had a shot-reverse-shot, during the homeless man and the main character scene. This clearly shows how we have used a wide variety of shots in producing our film

In our film we used low and high angle shots that portray the characters in a certain ways. The main character was shown in a low angle shot to make him appear dominant and superior in that situation in the homeless man scene. In comparison to the homeless man whom we used a high angle shot to show his weakness in this situation

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5 How did you attract/address your audience?

Do you think you have reached your target audience?

The target audience for our film are mostly males aged between 12 and 30 years old, the main character in our film is young and therefore younger people would be more interested in it as they can relate to him. The age certification of our film means that is not for people younger than 12 as the film has some violence and some strong language which isn’t appropriate for kids. We made the language in our film suited to attract a younger audience; older people may not understand some of the dialogue and may not be able to relate the characters in the film. Our audience would also have to have an interest in action/thrillers, so they would be familiar with the genre and enjoy going to the cinemas because the distribution of our film would mostly be at the cinemas.

 The setting of our film at the beginning is clearly at a college, we thought this would be a good place to film because many of our target audience would be able to relate to it or be familiar with it.

The sound we used in the film was very modern as we used an electronic sounding bass which again will appeal to younger people as that music is very popular with younger people today.

 The clothing we used in the film helped us create a sense of realism as everyone is dressed stereotypically to suit their character.

What was less successful?

Some of the camera shots in the film were less successful because we didn’t use some of the shots we planned to, which made it hard for some people to follow the story.

How could the work be improved?

The work that could have been improved was the narrative as it was not clear and some people found it hard to follow, we could have developed the plot more to make it easier for people to follow.

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

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

Looking back on the preliminary exercise we did at the beginning of the year, its clear to see that i have progress greatly not only as a personal progress but we have also progressed as group tooThe continuity aspect of the task has clearly been used in the making of our project, more specifically when the student walks in the classroom. The scene where the boy walks in our preliminary project helped us a great deal in filming this specific shot. This is something we have gotten better at since filming both clips, as at first we struggled the most at this specific task.

We also learnt how to use the 180 degree rule. During our film we never broke the fourth wall, because we learnt that this would make for bad footage. This shot to the left is where the 180 degree rule is being followed.

Over the shoulder shot is another technique used in our preliminary project, and transferred the skills into our two minute video.

Our video also features shot-reverse-shot, during the homeless man and the protagonist. This clearly shows how we have used a wide variety of shots and editing techniques to make our project look professionally made, by a company like WarnerBrothers.

Unlike our preliminary video, the two minute film features low and high angle shots that portray the characters in a certain way. We showed the main protagonist in a low angle to make him appear dominant and appeal to the Carl Rodgers Ideal self. Compared to the homeless man where we placed him in a high angle shot to portray his subordinate character.