Target audience profile

Type of person- the type of person I'd expect to view my media would be a typical young adult who enjoy thinking and puzzles and thats what will draw them in with our mystery thriller, when I say this I'd naturally expect a 'geeky' type of character to come to mind, but I must also respect the fact that not everyone would enjoy watching a thriller with an in depth story and complicated twists so this may not be the correct way of viewing the typical audience.

 

Age- Because of the content that would be viewed in this project I'd normally expect viewers from as young as 16 up to about 28 to watch because it's a popular genre among this age group and since they're still young adults they'd be more inclined to watch it then, an adult who's normally focused more on their career that's why I've excluded those who are above the age of 28 because normally at this point an adult would have at least started focusing on their career more than cinematic entertainment.

 

Moods and hobbies- I'd expect someone who's quite intelligent to watch the project because of how diverse and interesting thriller movies can be to watch to audiences who enjoy a good mystery, this may extend to most gamers or writers as most people in these fields tend to have a larger imagination than most and would provide the expected feedback and reactions to the type of project I'm planning to make. 

 

Activities- The person I'm thinking of would probably have a Netflix or Amazon account and tune into a variety of different shows like: True blood, The walking dead, Mr robot and other new series as a way of passing the time, but would also be very engaged in what they're watching and be able to explain what it is they've just viewed.

Storyboard

Here is my groups story board which shows the viewer a summery of what our shots will consist of and look like.

Proposal

This is the media propsal made by my group and I, in this presentation we explained what it is we're trying to make with our media project and the different types of characters that will be coming up in the opening, as well as any other thoughts or ideas we had at the time. We have also added the goals we're aiming for by the end of the project and the different techniques we'll use to achieve this.

Meeting minute post

Here is the meeting times for me, Kamau and Samuel. 

Logo idea

Here you can see some screen shots and drawings of my production logo design with a brief explanation of what is happening in the images I have provided.

 

 

 

I started off my logo design by doing a drawing of what I think the logo should look like. I done this by combing objects that are usually related to filming and movies (e.g. an old fashioned camera to show we are filming, a picture frame and a film strip to show my footage is like artwork).

 

Here you can see I based my logo design on my original drawing and used pictures from the internet as well as some editing tools to make the logo look as professional as possible on Photoshop.

Finally, you can see I added the logo to the final piece of footage for my thriller opening with the "J.K.C Productions" to make the film look better.


Here you can see the ideas I had for my logo design, first of all I decided to combine a picture frame, a piece of film, a camera and the letters j, k and c (which means 'just kids with cameras'). Once I found a suitable font and images to use I edited them on Photoshop and later added them onto the footage to show the viewers what company produced the film.

Screen shot of footage

 

Here you can see a few screen shots of our footage at random parts in our editing stage and an explanation of what we are doing to the footage we have gathered before making it into the final piece.

 



In this first screen shot you can see I was playing around with different types of transitions in editing to enhance the effectiveness of each shot. I decided to use a cross fade as it is very smooth when making one shot go into another shot which will be perfect for the thriller opening.

In this shot I am placing footage in an order that will make sense to the viewer and will look best with the footage gathered. I am also speeding up certain shots to add effect for the thriller opening. If it isn't in a certain order it may then be to abstract and make viewers not want to watch it.

In this shot I am focusing on different filters to use. in the end I decided to use 'luma keyed' as it made the shots much darker and it will suit the thriller genre much more than other shots. I also experimented with range of other filters but they were either not fitted for the genre or were to extreme (e.g. made shots very hard to see).

In this clip I am cutting down clips that are too long to use in my final piece or have talking/ other things that will not better my thriller opening sequence.

Audience feed back footage

Here is some footage of fellow media students analyzing our work and giving us feedback on how well our footage is going for the time being and what should be changed in order to get the highest grade possible and to also suit their own personal thriller likings.

Shots I did not use\ edit list

Here in the provided video, you can see a range of shots which I have not used in the final piece for a number of reasons. Some of which include there were people in the background when there shouldn't be, the shots were too dark to use and the camera was not focused properly which caused the shots to be blurry or the camera adjusted itself in between shots.

However, after looking through them I decided to put the shots I shall not be using into a short clip to show that I know what the difference between a good shot and a bad shot and I can also see that even with some very god shots, it doesn't make it good enough to be placed into the final piece.

Evaluation- question 4

                                                          Who will our media be aimed at?

Here you can see a quick interview talking about the target audience for our media that we have produced.

Evaluation- question 7

What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the preliminary task to full product?

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Evaluation- question 6

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

Evaluation- question 5

How did i attract my audience?

I would have attracted my audience not only through marketing but by getting myself out there and interviewing them and asking specific questions of what they would like in a thriller as well as what they thought of when it came to our ideas and what they would add (as seen in one of my blogs containing an interview of some young people).

Another way in which we can drew in our audience would be by the quality of shots and editing. no one is going to want to watch a film that looks bad or the combination of shots are sloppy. so by ensuring that my work is to the best it possibly can be with all the skills I have learnt whilst doing the course, I am able to pull people in as they look interested In my work and what its about (allowing a good amount of viewers wishing to see the movie).



Evaluation- question 3

what kind of media institution might distribute your media products and why?

I wouldn't say that my piece is up to the standard where it could make it big like many Hollywood movies (such as 'the shinning') which will have funding/ backing from huge multinational conglomerates such as '20th century fox'. however, I do believe that the footage provided from my media project could be suitable for a smaller more independent company such as 'film 4' as my footage does have some great quality that may become popular with a big range of audience if it were to be made into a film, T.V show or major piece of media.

understanding of the media developed:

if you look at the blog with my logo idea then you can see my ideas for the production logo and how i came up with the idea for the logo. our production company was made because the members enjoy making footage of thriller openings.

where did I get the funding from?

I had been given some money on behalf of the national

lottery which allowed me to buy the essential equipment needed to be able to create the footage (with the £20,000 given we were able to buy a camera, tripod, a mac with the aps required to edit/make music and we were able to buy clothing/ props for the set).

what does my company make?

my company makes mainly thriller based films/ dramas but can also do many other types of genres relating to media. with this we do all the filming, editing (both footage and music) and make our own music on occasions.

do I have any influences?

there isn't much influences that affect my work other than movies I watched as I was growing up such as 'the shinning'. as I found huge amounts of enjoyment in watching thrillers I knew it would be something that I would like to do with my life!

how would I market my film?

there are man ways in which  could get my footage out to the public to draw them in, by using the internet, loads of people can get access to my marketing from whenever and wherever as well as the marketing itself being extremely cheap or free In some cases. this in turn allows a bigger amount of profit to be made with my film as well as the marketing guaranteed to be successful. another way in which  I could use a synergy such as a sound track to go with he film. not only is that another way of gaining money, I am advertising someone else's products whilst they are advertising mine as well!

where would my movie be distribute?

my movie will be distributed where ever the demand is high. I will find a way for consumers to demand my movie in their local area and if the demand is high enough, then it will be played. not only am I avoiding losing money by playing my movie in places where there isn't going to be many viewers, I am also able to market my film once again via word of mouth/ the internet. my film itself will be show in more independent cinemas as I will not be as big as the huge movies made by multinational conglomerates (e.g. 'gravity').



Evaluation- question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 2 from char meh

Evaluation- question 1

In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms/ conventions of real media products?

My interpretation of the question: how close is your thriller opening to actual real world thriller openings?

9 images of thriller openings:

9 images of my thriller opening:
 

(pictures are numbered from the top left being 1 and the bottom right being 9. Along to the right, down and repeat).

By looking at the pictures provided, you can see there are various similarities for both pictures to say my thriller opening can be classed as a thriller opening. However, there are also a few points which I could have adjusted to allow my piece to come across more as the genre that I was aiming for.

Picture analysis:

Pictures 9 for thriller openings and picture 2 for my thriller opening:

In the pictures that I have selected you can see the similarities in the type of editing used because it looks very dark and gloomy which is perfect for the thriller opening as it fits the selected genre. You can also see the person who edited both shots have added an effect to make the shot look a little bit jumpy and old fashioned which in turn make the shot look much creepier and better for a thriller.

However, in pictures 7 and 1

you can also see how the camera is looking down on the victim to show the dominance of the evil protagonist. This tells us as the viewers that the protagonist has got some kind of control or obsession with the person they are looking at and are going to harm them or are planning an evil plot to get to the victim. 

Points to improve on:

in some of my shots you can see that there is vibrant colours used. Even though they were used effectively in my footage to introduce an evil theme, the other shots provided did the same thing without the colours which should be something I should look to try and do for future reference.