Harriet Milnes
As Production
Evaluation
Who is involved in my production?
The producers for my production are me Harriet Milnes, and Kayla walker.
The actors involved in the production are Matthew Jones who plays the mysterious young man and me Harriet Milnes who plays the young innocent girl
What is my production about?
Our production is about a young girl who is visiting her father’s grave when she senses that she is not alone, she tries to compose herself. However she isn’t alone and that’s what the audience gets to see, in the end the young man who is following her finally grabs her.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents evil and horror; by starting the sequence with a young girl walking on her own this shows that she is one of the main influential characters. It shows that she is in a venerable position; also by hiding the young mans face throughout the production it creates a sense of unknown and that this young man isn’t familiar to the young girl; this creates a creepy, horror like effect. The whole production is based on horror on unrealistic frightening and sinister acts that are extremely rare in real life. To add to the horror theme we used dark ominous music in the background by marilyn manson and dark effects over the picture to make the atmosphere even more intense. The production is a horror.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Our production might be shown on such channels as skyhorror or chiller tv. However it might also come on channels such as channel 4; It would be classed as a horror film and aimed at all ages of people and mostly towards horror obsessors. The type of institution that might distribute our product are such people as Stanley Kubrick who produced such films as ‘The Shining’ horror film about a man who is taken over by a spirit and tries to murder his isolated family who have nowhere to run. I think that these types of constitutions might distribute our work because they have the same kind of theme as their work. His work have creepy ora’s to them without frightening the audience to death, the way he uses family and an isolated area relates to just the sort of thing we wanted our film to be like.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for our media product would be for people who love horror. However it would also be for young adults or teenagers this is because they would feel related to the film as by using young characters in our production it makes the young adults or teenagers feel that they can relate to the character in the film and this will in fact make the film seem more horrific to them as maybe it would to a 50 year old. However I personally feel that anybody could watch this film and still enjoy or have the same reaction as anybody else. People who can interoperate what is happening and understand the pain and fright that the girl in the production is going through will be spooked by this production no matter what age they are. on the other hand some people may feel that the production is a bit too obvious for them and may feel like the product is not for them. I think they might feel this because it is in a grave yard which is renound for being in horror films to represent the coming back from the dead ect. Therefore some people might feel that to base a horror production in a graveyard is too obvious and cheesy for them. According to research through other productions such as ours, it shows that our production would have a male orientated audience.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted our audience by doing things as not showing the male characters face. This means that it may draw in the audience to want to discover who the male character is and why is his face hidden, therefore making them want to watch more. By using such close ups as the behind the shoulder take and the close up of the walking feet it references other horror films to give people with the knowledge of media an understanding. These people with an understanding will know more in depth about our product than someone without any knowledge at all, who will not take any notice of the references we have made.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
During the process of constructing this product I have learnt many new things about using the programme imovie; such as how to add an image to green screen, or fade to black. I have also learnt how to add affects, Slow down, and speed up a clip. I also learnt many new techniques about how to use a camera such as the 180 degree rule. This means that I have learnt all these new things about technologies I can apply it to my work in the future and therefore create better more polished productions in a more efficient time period.
Looking back at your prelimery task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at my prelimery task I think I have discovered more efficient ways of filming and editing that I have applied to my product. In my prelimery I distinctively remember never using a tripod which made things very difficult as the footage would always be a little bit wobbly. Now by using a tripod throughout most of my filming in my final production it has made the footage look more professional and has made me feel like a more experienced filmier. Also I feel like I didn’t do enough planning for my prelimery product; therefore for my final product I researched a lot more and drew up hundreds of different storyboards and took test shots to make sure that everything was planned out to create a more efficient filming process when I came to film the final production. Although we had difficulties with the green screen and yes it took up a lot of time I am glad we did things to experiment more with our final production as with my prelimery task I don’t think I challenged myself as much and therefore didn’t try and fulfil filming to my full ability. Overall I think I have improved in many different ways throughout the time period from when I started my prelimery task to now when I have finished my final product.
