Evaluation Question 6

For this evaluation question I decided to use www.prezi.com and completed the question on there. Below is the link to the prezi I created:

http://prezi.com/ssf3qrisis2u/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Evaluation Question 4 & 5

For these two evaluation question I created my own website on 'Wix' in order to answer the target audience questions. Below is the source link to the website I created and a screenshot of the homepage:

http://connc002312.wix.com/horrorevaluation

Evaluation Question 3

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

For this question my partner Ishpreet Sundal created a collage using 'Insta Collage' of four horror films which have been distributed via 'Lionsgate'. She demonstrated how 'Lionsgate' may be interested in producing our opening sequence as it follows many similar conventions in which they have also incorporated in their own films. She also gave the example of 'House of 100 Corpses' as the narrative follows a similar one to our opening sequence as we have also incorporated someone being trapped by a villain with no means of escape.

A media institution can be defined as being an organisation, which gains profit through things such as entertainment services. There are various media instsititions which may distribute horror films, such as Lions Gate. This is a large entertainment company which distributes films of various genres, including horror.

Below is a collage of four horror films which have been distributed via Lions Gate. There is also an image of the Lions Gate ident, which is specifically used for their horror films. Lions Gate may be interested in distributing our horror product, as it contains similar aspects to their films. For an example within 'House of 1000 Corpses', the victims become trapped within a house. This is similar to the narrative of our product, as the victim gets captured by the antagonist with no means of escape.

Another institution which may distribute our horror product could be Fox Searchlight Pictures. This institution is responsible for distributing independent and British films, specifically of comedy, drama and horror. This institution may be interested in our product as it is British, as well belonging to the genre of horror. An example of a British horror film distributed via Fox Searchlight Pictures could be '28 Days Later'. This is a British horror film, as is our media product.  Below is an image of the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo, as well as the poster for '28 Days Later':

Evaluation Question 7

For this question my partner Ishpreet created a PowerPoint for this particular question & I then uploaded it onto Slideshare
Below is the PowerPoint in which she created:

Evaluation Question 1

For our evaluation me and my partner Ishpreet Sundal decided to half the questions.

For this question my partner Ishpreet Sundal used the source www.powtoon.com and uploaded screenshots of our opening sequence to where we have fitted the typical 'horror' genre conventions. It was very important that we fitted the conventions criteria as otherwise it would not have been successful.
Below is the link to the YouTube account in which Ishpreet uploaded this too.

Evaluation Question 2

''How does your media product represent particular social groups?''

For this evaluation question me and my partner Ishpreet Sundal decided to record ourselves conducting an interview. To do this I set up the camera so that it would be facing us and recorded me being the interviewer asking Ishpreet Sundal questions. Once we had done this me and my group member uploaded it onto Final Cut Pro and decided on the bits of footage that we would not need to include and then I uploaded this onto YouTube.





Final Titles

Here is our completed horror opening sequence which we edited on Final Cut Pro and then imported this onto YouTube
Directed by: Ishpreet Sundal
Produced by: Chloe Connell
Edited by: Ishpreet Sundal & Chloe Connell

Filming Shots

When we was filming at Bentley Priory Ishpreet Sundal  managed to capture and image of me setting up the camera showing us doing productive work.

While Ishpreet was directing Rumena on what shot was going to happen next I managed to capture an image of this and used our iPhones to add an effect called 'Sepia' to help enhance the picture. By using our research and planning of step outline and storyboards, this helped us keep much more organised on the day.

Health and Safety Risk Assessment

For our horror opening I made a risk assessment to make sure that we was all aware of the dangers that we would be facing. This ensured that we was prepared for any upcoming dangers and how we could steer clear of this. I then uploaded this to Slide share to help connote this.
 

Script

When it came to filming our opening sequence I decided to create a script using 'Celtx' which was very useful while filming as it helped the two characters in our film know hat to say and when they had to say it. It was also very useful as they was able to rehearse there lines so that they was comfortable with what they was saying and so that we could get straight to work when it came to filming. I chose to use 'Celtx' as it made it look more like a script and more professional when it came to filming. By having a set dialogue is also very conventional when it comes to filming as the actors/actresses will be confident with learning their lines.

Captured from chloebieber1234xox

Shot List

When we was preparing for our filming to take place our teacher informed us that it was essential to create a shot list in order to make sure we was fully prepared for the day and for our opening sequence. For this I created the first half of the shot list while after my group member Ishpreet Sundal took over and completed the final half. By doing this we was incorporating both of our ideas together which connotes good team work and we found that we both had a go at picking the different type of shots we would want to include.
By creating a shot list helped us prepare everything that we would need for the day and also helped us when it came to filming as all of our shots would be in order, it also helped us with the props and equipment we would be using in each shot so that we wouldn't leave anything out.
Once the shot list was completed, my group member Ishpreet Sundal then uploaded this onto SlideShare.

Shot list take 2 from ishy96

Storyboard

When we was beginning to plan our opening sequence it was essential that we created a storyboard, I took on the role of conducting the storyboard as it was extremely important that we would use this when it comes to filming. When I was filming the opening sequence I would use the storyboard and inform my group member Ishpreet Sundal of the next shot type we would be using and she directed on how we would connote this. Although we may have not stuck to our story board having one reassured us that we took all the footage that we would need and we also managed to gain some extra footage of the location. Once we had finished our story board we then chose to upload this onto SlideShare.

When it came to creating this storyboard I had to refer back to make sure that I included the 180 degree rule as an essential part of this creation. As there was only two characters in our film opening there would be a large use of two shots, so as I was creating our storyboard I had to make sure that I didn't break this rule and considered it when we came to filming.

We was also taught how the use of shot reverse shot helps portray the use of dialogue in films, we will be using dialogue as an important part of our narrative so to do this in a correct manner we will be using two cameras and two tripods so that we can incorporate a clear understanding of shot reverse short into our horror opening. After conducting our preliminary task this gave us practice for when it came to filming our opening sequence as we had been able to productively use the cameras in this way so we knew what we was doing when it came to filming.

Storyboard from ishy96

Horror film conventions

To help connote the typical horror conventions me and my group partner Ishpreet Sundal decided to pair up with another group and work collaboratively  in order to come up with a unique way of denoting the typical horror conventions. To do this the other group member Bryony had the idea of using the iPhone app 'Vine' in order to create a short video clip of both of our group members acting out the typical conventions. We found that by doing this it would be easier to show our audiences as instead of having to just read the writing of the conventions as they would be able to see the demonstrated version. Once we had filmed this Bryony then uploaded this to her app and we was able to access it on an online source.

Costume List

My partner Ishpreet Sundal created a costume list using polyvore. The costume on the left is what the character Tiffany appears to be wearing, from her use of clothes we can see that she is very fashionable as she has black leggings with an over sized jacket and a creme bag. Her fluffy head piece also connotes to the audience her personality of liking to take care of her appearance which suggests she may be quite self-conscious.

Our second character Gretchen is wearing fairly casual clothes and a large use of dark colours, she also happens to be wearing Vans which is very common and fashionable for teenagers/young adults who is our target audience and the use of dark colours also denote that she appears to be quite reserved which is a common convention used in horror movies.

Bentley Priory Location Shots

Here is some location images which I found of where we will be filming at Bentley Priory Wood's. I took these photos and uploaded then onto 'Imgur'. From the pictures you can see that they are very conventional of a horror movie which helped us when constructing our narrative.

Ident Storyboard

When me and my group member had been doing some research into idents, we found that it was very conventional of a horror movie to have incorporated and ident, me and my group member took this into consideration and I decided to also create a storyboard of our ident for our opening sequence. This gave us a rough idea of the type of ident that we wanted and we used sources such as www.footagecrate.com in order to help us get the ident that we wanted. By creating a storyboard I found gave us a guideline of what we wanted and the type of imagery we would want to incorporate. Below is an image of the storyboard I created for our ident.

Ident Homework

Ident Homework

Here is the dictionary definition of an ident:

Ident’s are usually used in films in order to connote the production company of whom has produced the film, depending on the production company ident’s contain very distinctive features. The first ident I have chosen to research is ‘Working Title’  which is a British production company owned by the conglomerate Universal Studios. 
This is an animated ident which me and my partner Ishpreet may be considering to use for our ident, the ident is fairly simple with the use of dull colours such as blue and brown connote that the ident may be fairly old. As the ident is quite simple this may connote that they do not have such as a mass target audience compared to Lionsgate Productions. However the target audience would be based mainly in Britain as they do not tend to go as mainstream compared to American based production companies such as ‘Lionsgate’. This ident doesn’t appear to contain any music or sound, as it begins it starts with a drawing which then leads onto the main opening titles, this could signify the process of the ident going from an independent production company to a conglomerate or may have significance. Me and my partner are still negotiating whether to include music into our ident or way may just interpret natural sounds and keep it quite simple. The Working Title ident doesn’t appear to give away the type of genre that it is representing, this could leave the audience questioning as to the film that they will be watching. Typically for horror genres the ident would usually appear to incorporate some use of blood or gore so as our opening sequence is only 2 minutes long we will make sure that our ident helps denote the genre of our film.


Lionsgate
The second ident I have chosen to research is 'Lionsgate' they are a very popular and well known production company and they have produced a variety of very popular films such as 'SAW' and the record breaking 'Twilight Saga'. They have created films from very different genres however when it comes to creating our ident I will be making sure I try and include some similar conventions from their horror ident. The clip I have chosen to use is for the horrow genre of films and I have chosen this one as I will be creating a horror opening with my partner.

From the 'horror' ident above I gathered that there was a large use of rustic metal bolts this could be to connote a typical horror convention as being quite old and ragged. The use of the visual connotes a brown colour to connote quite a dull atmosphere to the audience which reinforces the genre of the film, in the ident we see the two metal doors open which then goes to show the rustic bolts transform into normal shiny ones, this could be used to connote the difference in genres which they produce. The use of the translucent typography of the caption 'LIONSGATE' is embedded onto a dark red clouds which could represent the use of blood which is commonly used in horror films.

The use of the red clouds could use suggest a use of hell or danger which is a common statement used with this colour, this reinforces its target audience that the film may contain very typical horror conventions such as blood and gore. The target audience for this type of ident would either be a 15+ or 18+ this would depend on what is usually incorporated into the film.

Lionsgate also have another ident in which they use for their other genres of film, the ident appears to be quite similar to the horror one, this ident begins with the camera panning across similar bolts which is also used in the horror genre one however in this one they appear to be much more clear and shiny. The ident then zooms into the opening doors and similarly we see the typography of 'LIONSGATE' in a Sanserif font which is also embedded onto a set of clouds. The use of the blots and knots all structured together could be used to connote the themes of power and strength in which they have earned from creating such succesful films. The use of the bolts moving in unison could also be used to denote that they are continuously growing and producing more and more films.

Bolts are also used to connote quite hard working jobs and is usually used by strong males, this could be used to suggest the amount of hard-working and effort that they put into producing there films and the use of the heavenly image could be used to connote their final product. This also suggests that in order to get a successful final  piece you have to go through all the hard work in order to complete a high standard final piece, while studying media at A-Level I learned that to create a successful final piece we have to go through a large use of research and planning in order to get our opening sequence to the best of our ability which could also be what Lionsgate is trying to signify.

Step Outline

As for this task me and my group member were asked to analyse the use of editing, camera work, sound and how the shot changes. We both chose a different horror film to analyse the first two minutes of and uploaded these onto Slideshare.

Here is the step outline I created for my horror film Silent Hill (2006) and I analysed the different shot types and how each shot includes a different use of the four micro elements. This also allowed me to see how they conformed to the horror genre in able to give me an my group member how we could use the similar ideas in our opening sequence. The step outline was also helpful as  it was a thorough into the movie and showed me that the opening sequence can play an important part to help summarise what the narrative is going to be about.

Below is the Step outline which my group member created for the horror film Scream, this allowed her to analyse how the woman plays the typical vulnerable victim which is convention in horror films and is also what we will be including in our opening sequence

Step outline from ishy96

Draft Film Pitch Feedback & Ammendments

After me and my partner had conducted our draft film pitch we then asked them to write their ideas on what they thought about it onto a 'Padlet' this helped us with our research as we wanted to make sure that we didn't incorporate anything that they didn't like into our opening sequence.
One person suggested that ''We have a lot going on make sure its clear'', taking this into consideration will we make sure that we have a set dialogue for each shot and that it is clear for our audience to understand. Also we must make sure that we are fully prepared on the day with everything that we need so that when it comes to filming it runs smoothly.

Another positive feedback that we got was that ''Really realistic narrative'' this was important to us as our target audience is going to be teenagers so in our film we will have the subject matter as being something in which our target audience can relate too.

Below is the 'Padlet' in which me and Ishpreet conducted together:

Created with Padlet

Certificate Ratings

Here I used slide share to help show our research about certificate ratings, we used this enable to help us with our horror opening that we will be creating as we need to understand the importance and difference of each rating. From conducting research I gathered the difference between each age rating and the laws and regulations of them, these are a very important part a film as the nature of horror films and there content can be quite graphic which many people would not want to see. We have to consider this when creating our opening sequence as our target audience would be for young adults and so by watching our opening sequence me and my partner would discuss what rating we would be able to consider. This will be important when completing our opening sequence as we will have to consider what age our target audience will be, we also had to discuss what would be included such as if we would use, blood, gore and violence as to whether we would need to make it a 15+ or 18+