AS Thriller Evaluation
For our AS thriller, we chose to base our storyline around the concept of triad action thrillers. We have implied conventions of real media products such as existing films for example ‘Rush Hour’ and Too fast too furious’ to make our thriller believable, paying close attention to mise-en-scene, costumes, camera movement and body language. In the end, we decided to include all of the features into our opening to make it more convincing.
A variety of social groups is found in our product, giving that it is an Asian triad thriller; we decided to use oriental actors (Myself and Baska) alongside another actress of a different race. This adds variety to target audiences because the thriller intends to be distributed in the United Kingdom, which is a multicultural country with many different races, therefore when they watch it, they feel included. We show that I have more status over Baska since he is the bodyguard and he follows me, also because of the body language and actions, for example I hand him my gloves, suggesting that I have control over him. Dainii was also conveying lower status because she was sitting down on the table, plus she obeyed when I silenced her. The location, Chinatown also represents the oriental social group, since it was where many oriental people go, plus the setting was in the basement of a Chinese restaurant. Since the idea revolves around triads, we opted for an all black costume for me and Baska to represent that we are from a different social group.
It is difficult to decide for certain which media institution we will distribute our product because it can fit into all fields, including major film studio, smaller studios, independent or online distributions. However, if we had to concentrate on one in particular, it would be most successful to distribute our product into the smaller independent studios since it doesn’t take a large budget to produce the film. Consequently, since it would be distributed from an independent studio, the result may not be as successful, this is because the smaller budget equals less publicity and distribution, meaning less people would know about the film and go to see it.
The target audience for this product varies from teenagers and above (15+) since it is an action thriller it contains content which a younger audience may not understand. It will be mainly focused on males however a minority of females may also enjoy. There is no particular target economic background this film is aimed at however the cultural background is targeted at oriental/black people. This is because stereotypically, oriental people are referred to as triads, hence black people associated with gangs and crime, therefore the public can related to these stereotypes.
To attract this target audience, we would use some modern day ‘slang’ language to familiarise the younger audiences however keep certain standard English for the triad gang leaders to show status. We also implied speaking in Vietnamese to show culture, therefore those who can understand the language can relate to the character and feel more involved. It also gives the film a bit more originality and flavour, therefore making it more interesting to watch. The storyline also attracts the audience since it involves a lot of gangs, drugs cars and money which many males would be interested in watching, these elements are associated with them because they are stereotypically more interested in crime and ‘hardcore’ material. It also gives them a release from reality and get them involved in the movie.
Throughout the process of filming and editing the media product, I have learnt many things such as different camera shots, setting up the camera equipment as well as editing video clips on the computer, using programs like Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack on the Apple Mac. From the beginning, I have progressed in my editing and filming skills, I have now learnt to successfully edit and put together video clips, as well as how to film and edit match shots.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Final Thriller: Process and Evaluation
February 4th 2009
In class today, we basically planned out the storyline and the different types of camera shots that will occur at different times. We also planned the costumes, me as the gangleader all dressed in black with black heels and sunglasses to portray the sexy look, aswell as Baska in a smart black suit and tie to convey the idea of a bodyguard. Dainii volunteered to be the victim, therefore she would be dressed in ordinary clothes. We discussed various locations for our thriller, the locations suggested were Southbank, City and Islington College and a restaurant basement which Baska knew the owner. Since the restaurant had certain oriental vibe to it, we decided to set up our shots based on the setting, working from the photographs Baska had taken of the place. We then decided to start filming in the next 3 hour media lesson which was on February 6th.
February 6th 2009
The first day of filming. We made our way from City and Islington College after lunch at 1.15, towards Bethnal Green were the restaurant was at. Once we got to the location, we set up the camera, starting with the shots of me and Baska walking down the stairs. In addition to the shots we have planned beforehand, we also experimented with different angles just in case they turned out more sucessful than the ones we have on the storyboard. We managed to finish filming the full scene where i address Dainii, however at certain times we needed to be more focused and stop laughing. In that scene, we also played around with the roles when I found it difficult to concentrate, therefore Dainii switched roles with Tahmina (who was working the camera).
February 10th 2009
In this lesson we focused on looking through the footage we filmed last week to see if there were any improvements we can make the next time we filmed. By looking through the footage, we noticed cetain shots were badly lit, shaky and out of focus. However many shots were useable therefore we decided to log and capture them. We managed to finish logging and capturing before the lesson ended so we decided to go to Chinatown, West End to film extra footage to set the portray the mise-en-scene. Whilst in Chinatown we filmed a variety of different scnese such as the market stalls and lanterns.
February 13th 2009
The second day of filming however since it was on a inset day we all had to meet up at 11 outside College. Me and Dainii were late which emeant less filming time aswell as Tahmina having to leave early. In this filming session we decided to film the whole scene over again however this time more focused than last time. It was sucessful and we finished on time apart from the fact that we never had the chance to film the close ups in the beginning of me stepping out off the car and entering the restaurant, nonetheless we can use the footage from Chinatown.
February 16th 2009
During half term, the college let us come in on one day to edit our thrillers, since Tahmina and Baska couldn't come, me and Dainii had to edit the film. However we only mand to log and capture the footage, this was because the equiptment had a few difficulties in recognising the iMac.
Febuary 24th 2009
In this lesson, we focused mainly on editing the clips into the opening. Keeping in mind the ideaof continuity and match shots, we sucessfully edited the first half of the thriller in the 1 1/2 hour lesson, however the next lesson was the deadline. Because we have limited time, we couldn't film the extra footage of me stepping out of the car, as a result had to edit the footage from Chinatown and footage from the restaurant to make it look like they were happening in the same place. Since we didnt have enough time, myself and Dainii had to sacrafice our own free time after college to finish editing the opening.
February 27th 2009
Thriller Deadline. We had a 3 hour lesson in which we managed to get alot done. Firstly we edited the video clip, then searched for suitable music to edit into our soundtrack.
In class today, we basically planned out the storyline and the different types of camera shots that will occur at different times. We also planned the costumes, me as the gangleader all dressed in black with black heels and sunglasses to portray the sexy look, aswell as Baska in a smart black suit and tie to convey the idea of a bodyguard. Dainii volunteered to be the victim, therefore she would be dressed in ordinary clothes. We discussed various locations for our thriller, the locations suggested were Southbank, City and Islington College and a restaurant basement which Baska knew the owner. Since the restaurant had certain oriental vibe to it, we decided to set up our shots based on the setting, working from the photographs Baska had taken of the place. We then decided to start filming in the next 3 hour media lesson which was on February 6th.
February 6th 2009
The first day of filming. We made our way from City and Islington College after lunch at 1.15, towards Bethnal Green were the restaurant was at. Once we got to the location, we set up the camera, starting with the shots of me and Baska walking down the stairs. In addition to the shots we have planned beforehand, we also experimented with different angles just in case they turned out more sucessful than the ones we have on the storyboard. We managed to finish filming the full scene where i address Dainii, however at certain times we needed to be more focused and stop laughing. In that scene, we also played around with the roles when I found it difficult to concentrate, therefore Dainii switched roles with Tahmina (who was working the camera).
February 10th 2009
In this lesson we focused on looking through the footage we filmed last week to see if there were any improvements we can make the next time we filmed. By looking through the footage, we noticed cetain shots were badly lit, shaky and out of focus. However many shots were useable therefore we decided to log and capture them. We managed to finish logging and capturing before the lesson ended so we decided to go to Chinatown, West End to film extra footage to set the portray the mise-en-scene. Whilst in Chinatown we filmed a variety of different scnese such as the market stalls and lanterns.
February 13th 2009
The second day of filming however since it was on a inset day we all had to meet up at 11 outside College. Me and Dainii were late which emeant less filming time aswell as Tahmina having to leave early. In this filming session we decided to film the whole scene over again however this time more focused than last time. It was sucessful and we finished on time apart from the fact that we never had the chance to film the close ups in the beginning of me stepping out off the car and entering the restaurant, nonetheless we can use the footage from Chinatown.
February 16th 2009
During half term, the college let us come in on one day to edit our thrillers, since Tahmina and Baska couldn't come, me and Dainii had to edit the film. However we only mand to log and capture the footage, this was because the equiptment had a few difficulties in recognising the iMac.
Febuary 24th 2009
In this lesson, we focused mainly on editing the clips into the opening. Keeping in mind the ideaof continuity and match shots, we sucessfully edited the first half of the thriller in the 1 1/2 hour lesson, however the next lesson was the deadline. Because we have limited time, we couldn't film the extra footage of me stepping out of the car, as a result had to edit the footage from Chinatown and footage from the restaurant to make it look like they were happening in the same place. Since we didnt have enough time, myself and Dainii had to sacrafice our own free time after college to finish editing the opening.
February 27th 2009
Thriller Deadline. We had a 3 hour lesson in which we managed to get alot done. Firstly we edited the video clip, then searched for suitable music to edit into our soundtrack.
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