In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
We have developed the antagonist who is a man and the agonist who is a woman in our horror film opening. We didn’t choose to have it like that because it’s the stereotypically thing, but because we thought this would be more believable.
Our antagonist fit the stereotype as mysterious, and at first sign he doesn’t really seem to be a killer – but it’s all about revenge from the old days in high school.
The challenge in our horror film opening is that our location aren’t in a typically place; like in the woods or in the wilderness, where no one else would be able see or find out what was going on. Which you usually always can in a horror movie, but our horror film is filmed in the exact opposite location – our is filmed in an area where a lot of people and families live. We chose to make the film in that area because that was the only house we were able to get which had a basement.
Q2)
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In our film opening are the middle class represent as the main social group. It wouldn’t affect our film much if the film was an upper class, but it would if it were lower class; because then our main character (Susan Lesley) wouldn’t be able to have a job like she does.
The fact that our house has a basement tells us it’s a bit old house (not extremely modern) which helps a lot to set the mood in the end as mysterious and creepy. In the house are there a lot of modern stuff though; e.g. the electricity chain.
Q3)
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product?
BBC would be the perfect media institution to distribute our horror film, because BBC is a very English and well known TV channel in the UK and worldwide; if it should be a TV film instead of a cinema film. The TV films are on a lower budget, and I honestly think that it would have a better effect hence with all the creepy and mysterious.
Q4)
Who would the audience be for your media product?
The audience should defiantly be at least 15+ because it’s a horror movie, and horror movies are usually at least 15+. Besides that could the audiences be every age up. The audience should be people who are into mysterious film, and where you don’t get the point handed to you. Our audience could be both men and women. Even though, it could be for 15+ and up; would most of the audience be in the age from 15 to circa 25 because the actors are young and that age group can relate more to it.
Q5)
How do you attract /address your audience?
The basic things to have when you will attract your audience are a film poster, movie trailer, interview with the actors and instructor, behind the scene clips, etc. A film poster is important because it’s the face of the film. A movie trailer is important so the audience can get a taste of the movie without knowing too much, but still being interested in it. Interview with actors, instructor etc. are important so the audience can get to know what the inspired them to be in the movie, make it or whatever they have to do with the movie. Behind the scene clips are important for the audience so they can see what happens during the movie and how they did things.
To attract audience for our film we would have a film title poster hanging all kind of places where people would notice them e.g. buses, highways, buildings, walls etc. It would probably look a little bit like this;
Q6)
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
From making our film have I learnt how to use a video camera properly which was a little bit easier than I thought it would had been.
The editing of our movie was a bit more difficult than I could imagine, because there are so much more things to do and so many choices to decide about how to represent your film. I would never believe that they editors actually have to change and do that many that many things before I tried myself. I’m still very surprised about how much work there is to do in a movie, and we only did an opening. Just the thought about editing a whole movie makes me a bit dizzy when I think I about how much work that will be then.
Before this task had I never tried to make a movie or used an apple mac computer, so it was all a bit of a challenge, but I can honestly say that I have learnt a lot. I have learnt how to use the camera angles and the meanings of them. I didn’t realized until now how many camera angles there are, and how much they actually effects the mood, meaning of the shot throughout a movie.
Q7)
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Our preliminary task was the 180 degree rule, which also was the first time we did practical work was a lot of fun. We did the acting our self, which helped us or at least me to understand task better I think. Because we had already done this task before it helped a lot with how to film the movie. Don’t think we would have done it properly if we had only talk about without trying it in real life as well.
When I think back to that time where we did the 180 degree rule till now, I really feel like I have learnt a lot. Not only about how to make a film, but also how to appreciate films more and understand the process of a film. I mean, the time it take to make a film is a lot more time than it is to see one.
Paramount, New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes are the logos– all are in blood red, black and white colors. It set the theme of the movie, which is very bloody. The background music is mysterious and scary.
It’s a Platinum Dunes Productions, made in association with Michael Bay, Co-producer Alma Kuttruff, produced by Sean S. Cunningham, based on characters created by Victor Milter.
Jared Padalecki is playing Clay Miller.
Danielle Panabaker is playing Jenna. Amanda Righetti is playing Whitney Miller.
Derek Mears is playing Jason Voorhees.
The whole movie is basically located at Crystal Lake camp or in that area anyway. The whole way through the movie its bacially about sex, blood and killing.
The movie starts with a scene from the past. - The mother of the child ‘Jason Voorhees’ are blaming the young people of the camp for her son drowning’, and has killed everyone except for one girl who managed to kill the mother. It turns out that little Jason didn’t drown, but he saw his mother getting killed. Jason took the big knife that killed his mum and the head of his mother with him, and settle down underground the Crystal Camp. Except, everyone thought that he was gone.
Back to present time is Whitney Miller and some of her friends on a backpacking trip at crystal lake camp area, because they had heard a rumor that there where growing hash plants. One of Whitney’s friends tell this gosh story about Crystal Lake camp, which is the story about Jason. Jason Voorhees, who are still living at Crystal Lake, want to take revenge for his mother death, so he kills all of them one by one or at least for what we know of.
6 weeks after, Clay Miller is looking for his sister Whitney Miller who has been missing for over a month. Clay on the way to Crystal Lake he stops at a gasoil station to put up a missing paper of his sister. At the station he meet a group of young people on a weekend trip away from home – only one of the people (Jenna) are nice to him.
Clay is stooping every place on his way to ask if they saw his sister. It turns out that one of the houses he is stopping at is the same house that the young people are staying at. Jenna (the only nice girl) invites him inside, but that starts a discussion quickly. So he leaving to look further for his sister, but Jenna is now joining him.
On their looking for Whitney they end up at Crystal Lake camp, where they see Jason carrying a dead body which turns out to be one of the boys from the second ‘young group of people’ who he shot earlier.
A little bit later we see that Jason had keep Whitney alive for reason we can’t be sure of, but apparently she looked a bit like his mother. Jason start hunting and killing them all. In the end its only Clay and Whitney there are left alive. They managed to kill Jason; after he is died they roll him in the lake. While they both hugging each other on the little the bridge where they rolled him in the lake Jason mysteriously appear from the water through the lake and attack Clay and Whitney. The movie ends after that cut.
When: the 11th of Feb to the 12th of Feb à Saturday and Sunday.
Where: Natalie’s house + Cellar. Also near the Tennis Park.
Who: Louise + Joe. We will need Louise both days, and Joe Saturday and only maybe Sunday depends on how long we get Saturday.
What: Opening scene after Flashback up to the Cellar scene are going to be filmed on the Saturday (so everything in the livening room is on the Saturday), and Running before flashback and the Cellar scene are going to be on the Sunday.
How: Low angle, extreme close up, close up, medium shot, panning, reversing/forward tracking, long shot.
Equipment: Tripod + video camera.
Louise is going to wear; Business wears e.g. white shirt/blouse with trousers and a suit jacket + heals.
Joe is going to wear; smart casual – shirt and jeans with pumps/trainers.
Props; rope, fake blood, make-up tea/teacup, clip board, information about Miller Pattison, sweeteners, “fake pills”.
The script, for the opening of ‘Do you remember me?’:
Susan:Good morning Sir. My name is Susan Lesley I’m from the ‘Miller Pattison’ insulation company. I’m here because you wanted guidance about what’s most suitable for your wall insulation?
Lucas: Oh hey, yes. Please come in.
Susan: Thank you. (Smiles)
*Walks into the house*
Lucas: Please, sit down. (Points at the sofa)
Can I get you a cup of tea?
Susan: That would be wonderful please. Thank you.
*Lucas walks into the kitchen – swaps sweeteners for pills*
Lucas: Here you go. (Give her the cup of tea)
Susan: (takes the cup of tea) Thank you.
*takes a sip of her tea*
Oh this tea is lovely. So right…… (Faint – turn the eyes)
*Susan wakes up in a basement with her body full of bruises and running make up. She is scared and has no idea of where she is.*
*Susan hears a noise from upstairs and see some feet walking down the stairs*
First did we discuss which genre we wanted to make the opening film in, and we all agreed to do Horror because we all found that most interesting and through the researched we had done did we found out that Horror also was one of the most popularly.
After we had chosen to do Horror were we playing with the idea that the location should be outside and have something to do with camping, but after some more thoughts about going camping in January could we easily see it didn’t make any sense. Then we tried with the idea that some school children in our age were going hiking with the school in a place where a spooky ghost story about an old woman who died in the same area as they were hiking, and then they would be taking one by one but after it was only an opening would that idea not be possibly not only because of that reason also because England don’t have any properly hiking areas, that we know of.
So we came with that idea that we’re going to do a Horror about a woman in the early 20tries who is a ‘sales woman’ there was called to a house about some insuring in the roof, but it turns out that the man who called the company was an old school mate of the woman and not a good friend of her.
In this task were we supposed to find out what our audience like so we know what they prefer to watch, when we are going to make our own film which we're doing in the genre: Horror. We (Ellie-may, Natalie and me) made 10 question and 10 different people needed to full the question out. The question and the answers were;
Q1) What genre do you prefere ? Horror: 3 - Thriller: 3 - Rom-com: 4 Q2) Would you prefere a pre-title scene? Yes: 10 - No: 0 Q3) What setting would you find more interesting? Past: 2 - Present: 8 - Future: 0 Q4) Would you prefere a fictional or non-fictional film? Fictional: 7 - Non-Fictional: 3 Q5) Within the genre chosen would you prefere your antagonist to be young or old? Old: 5 - Young: 5 Q6) Is your ideal antagonist male or female within the genre you prefere? Male: 7 - Female: 3 Q7) What certificate film do you prefere to watch?
15+: 7 - 18+: 3
Q8) What social class would you prefere to watch? Low: 3 - Middle: 3 - High/Posh: 2 - All: 2 Q9) Do you like background music within your film? Yes: 10 - No: 0 Q10) What type of music do you prefere? Incidental: 10 - Ambient: 0
Here are one of our anwser papers.
In our question research did we found out that people like Rom-Com a bit more than Horror and Thriller, but compared to the box office from ‘Statistical Yearbook 2011’ where it showed that there was made 31 Horror movies, but only 19 Romantic movies and 20 Thriller movies; but Romantic movies earned £58, 7 million - Horror £54, 1 million – Thriller £19, 3 million in 2010. That tells us that even though, there aren’t made so many Rom-Coms as Horrors, that the audience still appreciate Rom-Com more (because it sells more than Horror). This fits positively with what our answers said to our question.
7 people liked fictional movies more than non-fictional movies, but it was fifty – fifty between if they would prefer that the antagonist to be old or young in the chosen genre, one of the reason for why they would prefer old was because of ‘stereotypical view’ or another one ‘Old, because they tend to have more wisdom and are sinister’, but for young was one of the reasons: ‘I can relate to it’and another one ‘because they are more athletic than the older generation’.
7 people would prefer the antagonist to be male instead of female, because it was more relatable.
Most people would prefer a movie there are 15+ because they know that the film would be more open, more action and more horror than a movie there are 12+.
How much did it costs to make?:The information is not available yet, but the original cost 90 million, but the second one will probably cost a bit more around 150 million.
Where is it filmed?In the United Kingdom and The United States. Sherlock Holmes is from England so they have tried to film as much as they could in the United Kingdom. Sherlock Holmes are todays James Bond.
What is appeal of the film?:A started to be a book, but have been made to film or TV shows many time. It has a big audience. It’s a very expensive movie so it will most likely have some specials effect. A red carpet event, the actors of the movies, fans, a-list people, paparazzi, interviewer, autographs, scenery, BCC, widen the demographic, PR (public relation), more money,
Why does the British audience like these films? (big budget film – Hollywood film):The British audience like these kind of movies because there is a lot of media around them, attention and they create an interesting atmosphere about it.
