Evaluation Question 5 (How did you attract your audience?)

All horror films need to keep the suspense high and climaxes to a minimal. The longer something builds in suspense the more engaged the audience becomes with the plotline and an engaged audience is an entertained audience!
My two minute opening consists of the audience questioning whether the main actress will survive or not and whether this alludes to more deaths throughout the film. Keeping the film a mystery from beginning to end seems like an impossible task when there’s so many hurdles to trip up on and reveal any twists. Each inch of the plot must be calculated and scripted so well that the finale isn’t given away at any point. Small details should be revealed every so often throughout the film to allude to the ending but never give away it’s true form – and its for this reason that I’m thankful I was only doing the opening!
I used a shot of a dripping red fairy liquid to connote death through the colour and consistency of blood – represented in the fairy liquid. The slow drip of it adds goriness without the fakeness and alludes to the characters questionable death once again.
Music within any genre of film is important. Firstly it should fit the pace of the film, ie an action film would have a fast paced, loud soundtrack.. whereas a rom-com would have some kind of cheesy lovesong as well as an upbeat love song. Horror films however are alot more versatile in their music options – most like due to the amount of sub-genres horror has! A slow dramatic soundtrack could be used, such as the iconic soundtrack of Jaws which echoes the sharks slow yet calculated movements or a faster tempo’s soundtrack for murder scenes/fight scenes etc etc.
The music I chose fits conventions of horror films in some ways but opposes them in others. Its up beat tempo and fast melody generally dont belong in horror films, but the low drone and questionable crescendo’s throughout increase pace and add a sense of risque to the final piece, all building up to the conclusion that the character does indeed die.
Using realistic characters also attracted the audience as it gave them something to relate to. The clothes and make-up is used on the girl to signify that she is normal, just like the audience.

Evalation Question 2 (How does your media product represent particular social groups?)

The social group i have represented is the teenage social group and it was quite easy as most horror movies do this because the target audience is normally young adults.
I have represented this social group by including a teenage girl character who shows independence and initiative (at times). However, we also tried to make the girl a bit thick (by opening the door and touching the balloon) t try and relate this character to someone the audience may know or even be themselves. The clothes she wears are stereotypical and they show you that there is nothing out of the ordinary as it was typical clothes, specific to the teenage social group.
There isn't really another way where we represented a certain social group because of the lack of characters in the opening sequence. Unless you class clowns as a social group, in which case we represented and presented them as being scary and not fun at all which isn't necessarily the vibe they particularly would want as an occupation but oh well. They're scary and everyone knows it.

Evaluation Question 3 (What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?)

StudioCanal UK (formerly Optimum Releasing/Home Entertainment/Classics) is a film distributor company working in the UK and Ireland. Due to them distributing films such as Tyrannosaur and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, they would be the best bet for being a distributor for my film as they are probably one of the man distributors of independent British films.

 

The Luxe is an independent cinema in Cambridgeshire. They have regular screenings of independent films and this could provide me with the opportunity to screen my film.

The British film council is a charitable organisation established to help develop the british film industry and to invest n films. It runs the annual London Film Festival along with the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the youth-orientated Future Film Festival. Due to their support of small independent film this could provide some opportunity for screening my film to help get it out there.

 

This is an example of a British film company that wouldn't be interested in my film and they tend to focus on "mid-Atlantic" Rom-coms that appeal to wider audiences in America to make more money.

 

Film 4 is probably the best known British independent film company. It owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation and has a history of distributing british films. They also screen independent british films on their tv channel.

This is another institution which specialises in independent films. It wouldn't be interested in my film as the british film industry isn't great and they would rather focus on films made in America.

 

Warp X is a sister company of Warp and specialises in social-realist films with small budgets and work with new and upcoming film talent. This company is a production company and not a distributor but it may still provide a possibility for my film.

 

 

Warp Films is an independent film company based in the UK. My film would have appeal to them or one of their sister companies and could provide the best chance of being a distributor of my film.

 

Evaluation Question 1 (In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?)

Evaluation question 6 (What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?)