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1. 9 Shot Grid
By Maud Start
This 9 shot grid consists still shots of the key elements of our film
from top to bottom, left to right:
Genre (and suggestions of it), Costume, Setting..........
Font and Style, Camera work and editing, Special FX
Character, Title of the Film, Story/Narrative...............
I tried to choose shots that would really capture the ambiance of the film,
For genre I took a still shot of one of the most sinister moments of the beginning, where our main character is shown looking straight into the lens of the camera, it is a dark shot, with her as the main focus of the screen. She is in full costume, which is very stereotypical of the genre of the film, with an expressionless face, with a lack of emotion. Hopefully this is a good example of the thriller genre, considering it is obvious that the girl is young, and creepy looking.
Costume: This is a still shot taken from the movie of a long shot of the main girl. She is fully dressed in a white floor length lace dress, and matching veil which covers her face, obscuring her features. I chose to use a long shot so that the entire costume would be visible, and also it would be in context to the setting, as it is not the expected outfit to be worn in the woody setting.
Setting: I chose a simple still that is the first shot of the movie, it is simply a long shot of a tree, with a thick woodland behind. The lighting is poor, making the atmosphere seem cold, and scary.Font: A still of one of the producers names, just to show our font choice, and where it is situated on the screen.
Camera Work and Editing: A still of a handheld close up shot of the girl running, it is clear it is handheld, as she, and the woodland behind her is blurred on the screen.
Special FX: This shot portrays an editing technique where we layered the film to create a double image of the girl on the screen, the effect it creates is very supernatural and reminiscent of the genre of the movie.
Character: A still mid shot of our main character, who is present throughout the film, in full costume.
The Title: This is literally the title of our film as it first fades into a screen of 'TV Noise', this then fades into black.
Story/Narrative: For this I included a different aspect of the film, the contrasting part that appears after the title. This is less reminiscent of our genre, yet it is very important to the development of our narrative. The still shot contains both the main character and her main prop, the barbie doll, both are key parts of the narrative, that are relevant throughout the film.
2. How does our media product represent particular social groups?
By Maud Start
Our main and only character that appears in the first two minutes of our clip is our actress Margarita Yafarkina. In our film she is reminiscent of the creepy girl, Rachael Bella, in 'The Ring'. The tone we tried to convey in 'Grit' with her dark, gothic image does not represent a particular social group, as her image is more supernatural than human, this is the same as the girl in 'The Ring'. However if our character was to represent a social group it would most likely fall into the goth/emo image.
We represented her as a scary character by utilising her long hair, much the same as 'The Ring' to hide her face, we also dressed her in white lace, which is a typically spooky attribute because of its links to innocence and weddings, which is very contradictive of our character, making a contrast. We also have added a grey wash over her, to add an eery ambience typical of thriller movies. The settings we used were also similar to in 'The Ring', as very dark, deserted areas were use, such as the woods. Same as in 'The Ring' the actress we chose for 'Grit' was much older than the character they were chosen to play, however once acting they both look the part, and the wisdom in their eyes adds a creepy effect, as it should not be present on such a young girls face.
Rachael Bella from 'The Ring'
Margarita Yafarkina from our movie 'Grit'
This version of our film includes tags that explain how we used media to attract our audience.
3. What kind of media institutions might distribute our media product, and why?
By Maud Start.
This is a director's commentary on our choice of logo and production company name, why production companies are important, how distribution works and how our film attracts certain production companies.
4. Who would be the Perfect Audience for our media product?
By Maud Start
I think that our main audience will be female, as we have a female protagonist, and our genre is specifically aimed at girls.
In my mind I have a very clear, stereotypical picture of who our main audience will include
- They will have very styled hair, most likely black, if not it will be died in some kooky way.
- Converse and Doc Martens will be massively popular with our audience
- Along with 'Emily Strange' accessories
- Makeup will resemble the 'Corpse Bride', on both the boys and the girls
- I can imagine that our ideal audience will be avid gig goers, and will always have tickets to the next 'Guns n Roses' gig
- Excessive piercings will be worshipped, especially the snake-bites and eyebrows
- Our audience will be attracted to our movie by the 'R' rating and the dark ghoulish storyline, at the same time I can see them picking up 'The Hitcher' and 'Quarantine' for the same reason, whilst they are at the video store.
- Ouija boards and books will be a hit with our audience, books such as 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, due to its mysterious, quirky storyline, and Rupture, by Simon Lelic.
- Our ideal audience will avoid other tribes like the plague, yet once a good book or movie is brought up will be drawn into a deep and interesting discussion/ debate, no matter who they are talking to.
- As they are watching our movie, a greasy domino's pizza will be ordered in, with every topping and extra cheese, and a side order of garlic bread. Cans of Snakebite will be cracked open, straight from the fridge, and enjoyed from the can. Yet the preferred dish would have to be a juicy steak and chips, medium rare, or even an appetising bowl of mum's lasagne.
- Hobbies would include indulging in a mosh pit on a friday night, and weekdays will be spent talking at length about classic literature, visiting the local grave yard and booking their next gig.
We tried to attract our perfect audience member by creating our film with our audience solely in mind. We tried to create a character that would be familiar to the audience, in the way they look, or just that they can relate to her through other films/ books they have read.
We filmed our movie when it was dusk, so the part before the title comes up is quite dark. This is the same in lot's of thriller movies, which mainly attract the audiene we hope for. Our protagonist is female, which means the majority of our audience is likely to be female, which is good, because from the beginning our genre was 'Thriller aimed at a female audience'. To accentuate this we have used a barbie doll throughout the first two minutes, which exxagerated the feminity of the character. The second part of the extract, after the title comes up is a much brighter setting, with girly, childish props, such as toys, teddies and colouring. We hope that this will make our movie appealing to women, but they have also had a taste of the thriller aspect of our film.
We hope that the title of our film 'GRIT' is sharp and snappy enough to entice our perfect audience members. The one syllable leaves much to the imagination, and we hope it will be found intriguing, on a plus side, we hope that the single syllable sounds sinister.
The special effects we used, such as layering to create a ghostly image will attract our audience, as it gives a supernatural feel, which is helped by the music, which adds tension with the slow rhythm, injected by piercing notes. This music was used as we felt that it is this eery music that will appeal to the darker side of our audience. However it is neutralised after the title comes up, by a light acoustic guitar riff, the contrast of these two tracks creates a confusion within the first two minutes, urging the audience to think about what it is they are watching.
5. How we attracted/ address our audience?
By Maud Start
This Prezi shows my development of knowledge throughout the last two terms, where I have been working on my AS media studies coursework.
By Maud Start
6. How I have gained knowledge of media technology throughout the coursework process
By Maud Start.
This Prezi shows my development of knowledge throughout the last two terms, where I have been working on my AS media studies coursework.
By Maud Start
A vlog featuring Emerald McNamara discussing how we have developed our skills.
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
According to our audience feedback we need to change a few aspects of our movie. This is mainly the transition between the before and after titles, as many people found that this was confusing, we need to create a transition that applies a contrast, but will also be relevant and convenient to our storyline.
According to our audience feedback we need to change a few aspects of our movie. This is mainly the transition between the before and after titles, as many people found that this was confusing, we need to create a transition that applies a contrast, but will also be relevant and convenient to our storyline.
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