THE FINAL DRAFT OF MY THRILLER OPENING SEQUENCE

Ladies and gentlemen I would like to show you the long awaited opening sequence to Close Cut, thank you to everyone who took their time to read over my blog and here is what you have been waiting for, so sit back and enjoy the show.

EVALUATION QUESTION 3- WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION'S MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

In this post I would like to talk about the distribution companies that I would like my media film to be shown on for the first time and in the future, after we had undertaken research into where thriller movies where most comanly shown and we found that they were distributed and broadcasted by smaller companies like netflix and independent film companies compared to the big movie names like paramount and universal, so from this we decided to use netflix as the main platform because in this day and age all people do is watch films and programs online instead of buying DVDs as the unknown films online have great reputation for having good story lines upcoming actors on the rare occasion there are thriller movies that are produced by big named companies for example girl on a train, once our movie has gone through the stage of premiering online it will not go to DVD and will stay purely on the online platform. another reason why we chose to use netflix is because of the wide range of thriller movies theyu have on their platform, i would like my film to be amoung the big names such as Inception and The Shinning, when people thjink of thriller films they imediately go online and the first thing that pops up when you type in online movies is netflix so its great for marketing as a upcoming film.

EVALUATION QUESTION 1- IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS

In this post I will be talking about how our opening sequence compares with the codes and conventions of existing thriller movie, I would firstly like to point out that in my opinion I think that our thriller movie is completely unique and I have never seen a film with such an obscure story line and idea, the idea of a stalker who likes to cut hair has never been done, there have been existing films where killers liked to take certain things but never hair so we chose and idea that has never been done, the music we chose to use is in complete juxtaposition to the shots on screen we chose fast paced and joyful music compared to the eerie stalkers den on the screen, but we did use a sound effect with was very creepy during the following scenes to create suspense for the audience which is a well known convention in thriller movies, most of the camera angles and shots we used were stereotypical thriller movie shots but we showed creativeness by making our own security camera shot by using simple editing and a higher camera angle, I have never seen a shot like that in a thriller movie so we have gone against the conventions there to be unique.

here is a powerpoint to back up my thoughts on how we used or challenged the codes and conventions of a stereotypical thriller movie using examples from my film and examples of existing thriller films in comparison.

EVALUATION QUESTION 7- LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

In this post I will be answering this question through a voice clip of my thoughts on my finally product, what I liked about it, what I didn't like about it and how I think if I did it again, what would I do differently, these are my honest thoughts on my film, please enjoy!

EVALUATION QUESTION 2: HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

In this post I will be talking about the social group that our opening sequence targets, we haven't chosen to target a minority but to show the people that are unaware of problems that young teens can face what actually happens,  I belive that the opening sequence sends a key message, it shows how teenagers can get groomed, stalked and followed whilst being completely oblivious, the biggest thing in this message is the unidentified stalker as people do not know who follows them as they appear to be blended in with surroundings and the public, on the other hand we have shown to the people who might be following these teens the damage that they can cause from an outsiders point of view, we have shown them how worrying and creepy it is that they have chosen to stalk these young people and how the public must look at them.

the reason we have chosen to target this audience is becuase there are nmot many people who have the bottle to do so and we would like to take it upon our shoulders and try and help these people but by putting our own twist on it through the cutting of hair. 

EVALUATION QUESTION 6- WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

In this post I will be talking about how we progressed in the production and editing we took part in, what we used and how we used them. We got taught how to use a standard video camera and tripod, this process didn't take to much to learn about but it's a skill that I hope I can use in the future as most cameras need the same maintenance,  once we had completed the filming we were given masterclass lessons on how to compose a simple opening sequence matching the basic codes and conventions of thriller movies, it was then up to us as individuals whether or not we wanted to add extras and change anything, I found this a big problem because me personally I don't class myself as very skilled when it comes to technology and computer skills so this is where my group members shined so I think I could've contributed more when it came to that side of our movie.

EVALUATION QUESTION 4&5- WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT? & HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE?

In this question I will be answering two of my evaluation questions, firstly, I will talk about who our target audience will be, we decided the target audience through composing a question aire that we gave to 10 random sources, we decided to target the age group of 15-16 year old by making a psychological thriller movie with good actors and actresses, we attracted this audience by creating the psychological story line of the stalker cutting hair to keep the audience thinking further along the storyline in their head to make them want to watch on to see if they were right, 
The actors and actresses we chose to use are unexperienced but they are extremely confident and will attempt to take on any role they are told to as it's they're qualifications on line so they know how they want to acting to be done, I think that with the research we undertook we did well to meet our audiences expectations of their perfect thriller movie so we should have a wide variety of people wanting to watch our movie and enjoy it.

here is a video of our fellow pupils watching our thriller opening sequence for the first time, we decided to film their reaction as they are the first people outside of our media class to view our film and this is a special ocassion for aspiring directors to broadcast their work to the public, after they had seen the films we kept a few people behind and asked them questions about wether or not they enjoyed the film? every single one we asked said that they did, an aspiring journalist james said, "i really enjoyed your film and i like that it sent a message to vulnerable girls to keep an eye out becuase evryone can be targeted".