Enes's Evaluation

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

Our two minute opening sequence to a film has challenged several forms and conventions of a slasher film. Within our production, we designed a poster that would challenge the main principles of a slasher film poster. Of all the slasher posters we had seen, I noticed that the weapon was used in the poster. We challenged this by not including a weapon to create a sense of ambiguity and mystery, as it does not tell the audience the technique the killer will use in his murders. Die hard slasher fans would instantly pick up on this and either appreciate the idea or criticise it. One other way we challenged the forms and conventions was by giving the villain a voice. This is a big risk as many notable slashers include muted villains, whereas our villain has a say and he shows the narrative from his own perspective, so our sequence is a unique cinematic experience.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product portrays males as the superior sex as it is the male who carries the female through the forest and steers her whilst she is in a wheel barrow. We used several tilts within our sequence to demonstrate the male’s higher status. With reference to the schizophrenic, psychopathic and agoraphobic, our media product shows the mentally disabled in a bad light, as the killer comes from a mentally disabled background.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I think that a media institution of a lower level might distribute our media product as we have created a low budget film that is to the taste of only a particular audience. A similar case to ours was the film titled “The Blair Which Project”. This is because it was a low budget horror and its film was released by Artisan.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for our product will have to be strictly persons aged 18 and over due to the sheer graphic violence within our film sequence. This film will not be suitable to anyone under the age of 18, as the film raises many issues of violence and death.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Our two minute opening sequence to a film uses the concept of one of the main narrative theorists, Roland Barthes. We used his “Enigma code” which acts as a hook or mystery to be resolved by an audience. It can be compared to a typical cliff hanger, like the ones you see in serials where the audience have to watch next weeks episode to see what happens.

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

Throughout the course of constructing this product I have learnt abut the different processes that go into film making and distribution. I have also experienced the sophistication and detail required when recording with the cameras and the affect lighting can have on your work. We also went through the frustrations of using the new imovie witch certainly had its faults when it came to importing and exporting movie files. Overall, I have learnt that technologies used in the process of making the film, although advanced and effective, they can also be very unreliable.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From the preliminary task, we gained confidence in our ability to use riskier shots; Such as the point of view shot of the victim facing the killer. We have also learnt about the effect lighting can have on our film, and the impact diagetic sound has too. We were a lot more confident with editing after the preliminary task as we felt alt surer in what we were doing because it gave us the necessary training to film our final two minute opening sequence.