Media Evaluation

This is my media film evaluation on a 'Prezi' powerpoint...
http://prezi.com/kyqvsttf33jv/media-evaluation/

Production Schedule

This is our production schedule, seperating the rest of our time and dedicating it to specific tasks.We will try to abide by the schedule as best we can.

Script

Scene List
HOUSE - Location in which JORJ and KEALY reside.
WELLINGTON HIGH STREET - Location in which JORJ has the flashback about the murder.

Character List
MATT - Murderer.
JORJ - Husband to character KEALY.
KEALY - Wife of character JORJ.

EXT. WELLINGTON HIGH STREET - DAY

MATT is walking through the high street as if it was a normal day.

JORJ is walking by himself oblivious to the world.

MATT notices him.

INT. HOUSE (MURDER SCENE) - DAY

KEALY and JORJ downstairs relaxing, watching T.V.

JORJ goes to grab something from far away.

MATT enters the house, JORJ responds by hiding, KEALY is left on her own.

JORJ can view everything, MATT kills KEALY and leaves.

Husband is distraught.

EXT. WELLINGTON HIGH STREET - DAY

Widower starts chasing after the murderer.

What is our film about?

Our film is about a man who has a normal life until he has a flashback, and then everything changes.  The flashback a man has as he is walking down the street like it is any other normal day, he sees his mother and his father fighting, then watches his father murder his mother, however his father doesn’t know that he has been watching from underneath the bed. The man is angry about this so he then continues to track down his father and has a hellish journey in for him when he finds him. He keeps on searching for his father, not knowing if he is dead or not, but he is determined to track down his father and avenge his mother’s death even if he ends up in jail for killing his father himself. 10 years later and he has become obsessed with the hunt, he still hasn’t found his father, and the pain and time it has caused him has been wasted, or so he feels, but it hasn’t. After 5 years of giving up he gets onto a bus to see his father sat on a seat, not realising that it’s his son, the son continues on until the father gets off and at his stop he gets off and follows him home, and the father is never seen again.

The opening will show a man walking down the street, and then having a sudden flashback, so he looks like he is day dreaming. The flashback horrifies him and angers him at the same time. Once the flashback has happened the film goes to the open credits where it is shown that he starts doing his research in order to find his father like how the opening credits where the killer is covering up his tracks except in our opening he will be researching.

Our film fits in with the genre of a thriller, because it will contain suspense and excitement making you wonder what is going to happen next, therefore keeping you in your toes. It will also have the psychological elements to it that a thriller will usually contain. The music will be like a thriller, slow and have a creepy essence like most thrillers, giving Goosebumps. Also the violence in the opening will make it a thriller, the way the mother is beaten to death by the father.

The Plot

The plot of our film is in a flashback a man has as he is walking down the street like it is any other normal day, he sees his wife and a man the man is trying to kill his wife, he then sees this take place however this man doesn’t know he was watching. The husband is angry about this so he then continues to track down the murderer and has a hellish journey in for him when he finds him. He keeps on searching for the killer, not knowing if he is dead or not, but he is determined to track down the killer and avenge his wife’s death even if he ends up in jail for killing the man himself. 10 years later and he has become obsessed with the hunt, he still hasn’t found the killer, and the pain and time it has caused him has been wasted, or so he feels, but it hasn’t. After 5 years of giving up he gets onto a bus to see the man sat on a seat, the killer is oblivious that the man has noticed him, the man continues on until the murderer gets off and at his stop he gets off and follows him home, and the killer is never seen again.

Our Certificate

Our film will be a certifcate 15. It will be a 15 as it will contain strong violence. It will also contain mild language. No sadistic use of violence or words will be used, or sexual violence.




 Examples of Thriller, that are either 15 or 18 rated

Rated R for language and some disturbing violent content/bloody images.


A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Rated 15 for some brutal violence and language.


A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Rated 18 for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language.

Rated 18 for strong graphic violence and drug use, pervasive strong language and some sexuality.

Who is the film aimed at? Gender and age...

Our film will be aimed at both men and women who enjoy thrillers. The age will be 15 years and older as a thriller isn't suitable for anyone younger than 15.

This Cinema attendance graph shows that since 1984 the attendance for 15-24 years old has almost tripled. The age range that attends the cinema most is between 15-24. The age range that attend the cinema the least is 35 years and over. The percentage of children between 7- 14 has gone from 10% to 40% in 18 years. As more films are becoming better more children are wanting to go to the cinema.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the cinema attendance for whole countries. Its interesting to see that India has the the highest cinema attendance, higher than the united states. The United Kingdom is ranked number 8 compared to the countries before it this is low due to come of the countries before it being poorer than the United Kingdom.




There were 164 million visits to UK cinemas in 2008. This was 1.1 per cent more than in 2007, but 6.7 per cent less than 176 million visits in 2002, the most recent peak in cinema admissions. There was no difference in the proportion of men and women going to the cinema at least once a year but 20 per cent of males, aged seven and over, went to the cinema at least once a month compared with 17 per cent of females.

This shows the age range of the people who will probably watch our thriller. 

Equipment List

-Camera


-Tripod


-Apple Mac


-Lighting










-USB Cable

Film Classification

15

Not encourage discriminatory langue and behaviour

Can show drug use, but not promote it- especially not easily accessible substances such as solvents and aerosols

No sexualised or sadistic threat

Not dwell on detail during dangerous behaviour

Weapons must not be glamorised

Frequent strong language is permitted, if it’s not constantly repeated or aggressive. The strongest terms are acceptable if in context

Nudity is allowed, but no major detail

Sex is also permitted if not in strong detail, strong references are only justified if in context

All themes can be used, providing appropriate for 15 year olds

There may be strong violence, but not dwell on pain or injury.

Portrayal of sexual violence must only used when in clear context, otherwise is not justified.

18

Material must not be in breach of criminal law

Must not appear to risk harm to individuals through behaviour or to society

Mustn’t include explicit images of sexual activity which can’t be justified

Within the ‘18’ film classification, there are 2 subsections- sex works and sex education...

Sex education: seeks to inform in matters about sexuality, safe sex and health

Sex works: primary purpose is sexual arousal. Contains clear images of real sex, fetish material and explicit animated images.

Location Report

Our film opening will be set in 3 main locations - Wellington town, a room in college and Matty's House.

We have chosen to use Wellington because it's near our college and an easy location for us to get to college, if we need help with some filming we will be able to go back to college and have help off of our media teacher.

We have chosen to use a room in college because of the desk we need to use and that it's an easy for us all to meet.

We have chosen to use Matty's house because for our flashback we need to film under a bed and using a house will create the realism of the film.

Cast List

Our Cast List is small as we don't need many people in our film, as there are minimal characters, especially in the opening.


Matthew Janke - The Son
Jorj Allen - Attacker/Murderer
Kealy Hughes - Murdered Mum

Questionnaire

This is my questionnaire which i am going to give to individuals within college, hopefully the results i recieve will give me an insight into the target audience i need to appeal to, and also the sub genre of Thriller i would be best using.

Thriller Questionnaire

Are you?

Male

Female

How old are you?

Under 15

15-17

Over 18

What is your favourite genre of film?

Do you like thrillers?

Yes

No

If yes, why? What do you like about them?

If no, why?

What is your favourite Thriller film?

Props List

To make our film realistic and as effective as possible, we will have to create a props and costume list, in order to ensure that anything we could use is thought of.

We will need...

·         Newspaper cuttings

·         A cream, aged looking table cloth

·         Family photographs

·         Small knife (for scraping faces off the photographs)

·         Rope

·         Chair

·         Table

·         Large knife

·         Fake blood

·         Note pad

·         Fountain pen

There will be no particular costumes for our film; the clothes will just be usual casual clothes. The clothes the cast will be wearing will be fairly simplistic to give them a timeless look and not being specific to a certain time period. There will be no change of clothes in the flashback, because it will be black and white so the simplistic clothing will appear slightly different anyway.

Preliminary Task

Whilst editing my preliminary task i have realised that the lighting between shots was different, which if reshooting would be something i would alter. Also some of the manourisms used were different when trying to piece together the shots, making the continuity less effective. However, we stayed within the criteria as we filmed Jenny walking through the door, closing it behind her, and then used the over the shoulder shots that are typically used to film a conversation, abiding by the 180 degree rule.

28th January Group Meeting

Group members present:
- Jenny and Kealy


Agenda items to be discussed- including minutes of last meeting:
- mind map of key conventions


Action to be taken this lesson:
- rough story board
- set up blogger account


Action to be taken next lesson/before deadline:
- summary of thrillers
- research of film classification