Evaluation 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


Throughout the making of G321 (the opening two minutes to a film) we used an iPhone 6 and a tripod to create it. The iPhone 6 films 1080p HD video, therefore we felt this was a great idea to use to film with because it has a high definition camera and would have been better quality to use this than the cameras the group has.




After filming our opening two minutes we then had to edit it. To do this we used Adobe Premiere Elements 10 , this is a software that includes many useful features to edit a film. It helped us to make it look more like a horror film through the use of transition effects and we were then able to add sound on top of it. However this software was very new to us as none of us had used it before so as we edited we learnt more about it. I also learnt how to crop scenes to make them flow but also so that it can change angles of the camera without cutting. This helped us because in a horror film the flow can make it more creepy due to the fact the audience doesn't expect it. The software was great to edit with but when we went to re-watch it to check the alterations were correct it continuously froze so we didn't know if this was due to the editing or the software until a while after.




We then used YouTube to upload our preliminary task, our story board and our film. We have all used YouTube a lot to watch videos but we haven't had our own channel or uploaded films before so this was a new process for us to learn about. This took us time to understand and work out how to do, we also had to change the film we had uploaded which we had to work out how to delete the other one and upload a new one.

Evaluation 5

Evaluation 5- How did you attract/ address your audience?

Our film is a horror film based on a young couple. Stereotypically teenagers go to watch horror films because they enjoy the thrill and therefore we attracted our audience by adding teenagers in it because they can then relate to them.


The audience are most likely to enjoy the sound in our film as it demonstrates that it is a horror film. Our film also holds other factors that show it is a horror film such as the title of the film, we made the title big and bold because we felt it would attract the correct target audience.


Our couple were moving into a new house, this is a big stage of young peoples lives. They are most likely moving out of their parents house for the first time and this makes it scary and exciting. By addressing this it has made people want to watch it because they are also moving into a new house and therefore are looking for reassurance. However they may also enjoy it because they can overcome fears of moving into a new house by believing they will be fine as it is only a horror film. However, people who have recently or previously moved into a new house may have loved or hated it and want to remember it and think about how it was for so they watch our horror film to remind them of their time of moving into a new house.

Evaluation 4

Evaluation 4-  who would be the audience for your media product?

No one under the age of 15 should attend a film at the cinema that is rated a 15 or be able to buy a 15 rated film.

Our film is based on a young couple moving into a new house. Therefore we believe the audience for our film would be between 15-27. However we also feel other age groups would be interested in this film but the age chosen to rate this film is correct. Teenagers are experiencing new feeling so therefore they would enjoy the suspense and shock. Horror films are stereotypically 15-27 and mainly men as they enjoy the thrill.

Although we thought about age for our target audience we also thought about the gender of who would prefer our film.  Stereotypically men are more likely to enjoy horror films, this is because they enjoy the use of violence, gore and the fear of what may be. We know this because they are more commonly bought by men and so are violent games.

However girls also enjoy horror films, stereotypically they enjoy the suspense and fear. Lots of couples go to see horror films as they enjoy watching each other fear the unknown but also know they shall not be harmed. Horror films normally have a group of friends in them which makes them targeted at friends that are teenagers because they can relate to them and then fear for them more because they imagine themselves in that position.

15 rated films include:

Drugs

Sex

Violence

Threat

Inappropriate language

Imitable behaviour 

The reason we rated the film a 15 is because it shall involve violence as the film continues which is legally rated a 15.

The definition to a 15 rated film that includes violence is...

"Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context."