Friday 17 December 2010

Evaluation Activity 1: In what ways does your media product use. develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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Frame 1
This is the title of our thriler "Abduction" a mysterious yet not too discrete as we still wanted our genre and concept to be recognisable. It appears on white writing against the black this was done to make the title stand out and our credits were done similarly. The timing is to be before and after the fuzzes. Also we repeat it at the end this was a technique only used by certain thrillers to give a cycle effect. Our titles and credits were inspired by ‘SEVEN’ as it is a strange thriller and we really felt our whole opening concept was similar.

Frame 2
This was the location shot which we made really fuzzy and differcult to see in a bad recording effect to give again the documantary feel as well as the thriller convention. We compared it to a similar shot from the reality film 'The Blair Witch Projet' of the dark surroundings.

Frame 3
We had to use many props but we felt this was definately the one that really projected the genre as well as established our theme. They were used to make the story clear that one thing that amkes it. Like in 'Cloverfield' the police tape made the crime scene significant that is what the photographs of the children was aiming to do.

Frame 4
To highlight our effects we used the Madeline Mcann shots were the best illustration of our storyline and to get the concept across. We used the perfect timing and repeate effect to create this montage os shots. Similar to 'Unborn' where they used the effect of the twisted double jointed child. To explain the story of the child missing and dead just like ours illustrates something significant.

Frame 5
This shot is are very first shot of our 'Production logo' DarKnight productions' for our thriller. This was a very fun process to create as we were given the liberty to really get creative and explore the programme. Our production logo had a very intriguing name also reflecting the thrill in it which is what kind of genre we would like to represent. The white writing on the dark background reinforced the "dark-night"


Frame 6
This shot was one of the good shots we had as it was over the shoulder shot which is used alot in thriller as a 'creep up on character' shot. Also in the movie shot is the shot of seing the person in the skull eyes this is also a conventional shot thats why we felt it was similar to our technique of using a memerable shot.


Frame 7
This shot was to introduce the actors in a intresting format therfore had them apper in dim light to alarm the viewer which will help them remember the main actors. Just how Angelina Jolie is introduced in the blockbuster 'Wanted'. We used this strange technique to have the viewer remember the main actors and give them a large intoduction.

Frame 8
The shot of the scared girl was used to once again acknowledge the genre and shows the vulnerable. To balance the thriler we used this shot to make the audience sympathise with the children. This was inspired by the movie REC where the damsel is shown in a innocent light. This technique is used to make the viewersfeel like they can relate and have there complete attention.

Frame 9
The final shot is of the dark figure which was a important shot as this was the first full long shot of the antagonist, who is usually the most important character in a thriller. This is one the first shots we filmed as from the start and our research helped us figure that no matter how strange and mysterious your opening is there is always some kind of significance for the antagonist.



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