Final Film

EVALUATION - QUESTION SEVEN

Evaluation 7 from tyler_beever

EVALUATION - QUESTION SIX

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

From the start of creating and producing our media product, we used various different forms of technology to help produce an effective product. The main and first form of technology that we used was Blogger. The use of blogger allowed us to collectively upload our ideas, research and the things we had produced to help us keep it all together and build on our ideas. The internet browser Google helped us to research into the genre of Supernatural Horror and its iconology, shots, camera angles etc. It was very effective to use. 

The creation of the script for 'The Remembering' was created on a software app called 'Celtx'. I believe this was an effective and successful software app due to the format of the app being in a script style form which allowed us to create the best script possible to follow. 

As we came to filming the first two minutes of our media product we used a Canon 700D camera due to the resolution on the camera to be high quality and the functions of the camera to be easy to use and have it produce some remarkable shots that would express certain aspects of the film. For the news reports during the flashback to Piper's death, we used a VH1 recorder device to get a clear and effective monologue so the audience can understand what the news reporters are stating. After matching the sound up with the footage a radio voice effect was added to the recording to give it an eerie tone. 

     

After completing the filming of the footage we needed to create the first two minutes of the film, we edited the footage on a software app called 'Adobe Premier Pro'. The software app allowed us to edit the footage in various different ways such as trimming clips, editing sound and matching shots to create an effective piece of film sufficiently and accurately and give it an all round professional look and style.  

With the first two minutes finished, we uploaded it to the popular social media viewing app 'Youtube' as the film could be published to a widespread audience, and for anyone that was filling out our final questionnaire, they could access the film easily and hassle free.  

Our research and all of our ideas were placed upon Blogger throughout the entirety of the process to help us produce 'The Remembering' and allow us to look back and evaluate how successful our media product has become. 

EVALUATION - QUESTION FIVE

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EVALUATION - QUESTION FOUR

Evaluation 4 from tyler_beever

EVALUATION - QUESTION THREE

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

An independent film distributor may distribute our film as it is ran on a smaller budget compared to the 'Big Six' and will be targeted towards an audience that are into supernatural/horror. 

An example of an independent film distributor that may distribute the media product is Icon Film Distribution: 

Icon Film Distribution is a leading UK independent film distributor collaborating with local and international filmmakers on the very best of independent film. 

Formed in 1999, Icon Film Distribution is one of the UK’s leading independent film distributors generating in excess of £150m at the box office with a library of over 200 titles ranging from mainstream hits such as Paranormal Activity, 30 Days of Night, Transporter 3 and What Woman Want to specialist break-out titles such as Tom Ford’s A Single Man, La Vie En Rose, Man On Wire, and multiple BAFTA and Oscar®nominee Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive. 

On 23 September 2013 IFD was re-launched backed by investment company New Sparta founded by Dr Jerome Booth. The acquisition, which includes titles released though IFD’s output deal with Lionsgate and the UK library, will see IFD acquiring and releasing films in all media. IFD will work with existing and new partners to deliver effective campaigns for quality distinctive material.  

A popular film that was distributed by Icon Film Distribution is Paranormal Activity.  

Summary: A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it's not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomething couple who've just moved into a new home in San Diego, CA. Katie has an interest in the paranormal and believes that malevolent spirits have been following her since childhood, though Micah is not so easily convinced. However, after several nights of loud noises and strange happenings, Micah starts to agree with Katie that some sort of ghost may have followed them to the new home. After a paranormal researcher tells the couple he can't help them, Micah decides to take control of the situation and sets up a battery of video cameras so that if a spirit manifests itself, he can capture its behavior on tape. Once the surveillance cameras are in place, Katie and Micah bring in a Ouija board in an effort to talk to the spirits, a move that deeply offends the ghosts.

EVALUATION - QUESTION TWO

How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

As our group were producing and piecing together our media product 'The Remembering', the first social group we thought of and ultimately chose to use was around the age of 15 to 16 years old. With the narrative being around the death of a friend in a friendship group that comes back to haunt them a year on, we saw this as a more tense and suspense filled age group due to stereotypes of them having 'social lives' and the actions in the narrative will question everything about their day to day lives. 

The portrayal of this age group was shown through various stereotypes and shots such as the close up of the 'Cours Light' beer bottle and the medium low angle shot of all the friends clinking there drinks together. This was to signify the stereotype of teenagers having 'gatherings' and drinking around that age. 

Furthermore, another quite common stereotype of the age group we chose is that they are demonstrated to like to take a lot of selfies on an expensive mobile (as an example). Carter is shown to be taking a selfie of himself and Elias and Bree through a pan shot to signify the age group and its stereotypes. 

EVALUATION - QUESTION ONE

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

• The Narrative of our media product is the death of a young girl named Piper Tolhurst who returns as a supernatural antagonist to haunt her friends a year after her passing. As you find out towards the end that Carter was responsible for her death by drowning. It is unclear throughout the majority of the product as to why Piper is haunting her friends to entice the audience and create more suspension.   

• The product is linear during most of the narrative, however in the middle of the first two minutes and at other points throughout the narrative contain flashbacks to help the audience gain a better understanding as to what happened to Piper. 

• The credits are shown at the very start of the narrative as each character is shown to signify who they are before the jumps and the tension is forwarded onto the audience.  

THE GENRE OF THE MEDIA PRODUCT IS SUPERNATURAL HORROR.  

• The use of the fast pace editing at the very start of the two minutes and the narrative as a whole as the camera moves towards the friends signifies that the camera may be the presence of a deceased character.   

• Piper is seen peering in and knocking through the garden window through a medium close up within the first opening two minutes of the product to give the first initial jump scare with the use of the non-diegetic sounds of banging edited into the product. This gives emphasis upon the genre instantly and effectively.  

SOUND 

• Throughout the majority of the narrative there is an underlying sinister track of music playing and added shorter but tense sound effects which are matched up to certain parts within the product to give the best supernatural effect it can. Such as the two loud tense thuds on the close up of the bottle suddenly coming to an end spinning to emphasise the horror of Piper being stood in the window.  

Post Production Video Questionaire

After we finished the production of the film we did a video questionnaire so that we could see what people thought of the films and whether they would go see the whole film after watching the first two minutes.
We started by asking their ages and what films they were interested in so that we could see if they fit our target audience for the film and if the genre and their favorite films were similar to ours. They were all between the ages of sixteen and seventeen which was perfect for our target audience as it allowed us to look at their answers with the understanding that they were perfect for our target audience.
When we asked about their favorite genre only one of their favorite genres' was horror however this allowed us to look at a wider range of audiences as they weren't all looking at their specific favorite film which was good as not every audience members favorite genre would be horror. This also ties in with their favorite films as only one mentioned the a horror film, 'seven psychopaths' whilst the rest were from various genres.
By asking them how they watched films it allowed us to see the best way that we would want to distribute our films. Three of the five said that they watched films through streaming sites or Netflix which would agree with the distributors that we have been looking at however the other two said that they watched theirs illegally which means that no money would go back to the film as the money wouldn't be coming back through cinemas or the streaming sites.
When asked what they thought about the film they all said it was really good and Izzy, Mitchell and Sophie enjoyed the editing on the film whilst Sophie also enjoyed the quality of the camera that we used for the film. However Theo said their was some improvements to be made which we would take into account if we made the whole film.
They all agreed that the genre was suitable for the film and that the certificate was correct which was perfect as this is what we needed for the film. The most important question was would they watch our film in which they all said that they would. They all said the music and iconography suited horror however when asked about the setting Theo said that the exterior shots would however the interior didn't so we would look at the lighting and the atmosphere of the house scenes to try and make the setting more impact to the horror genre.

Final Questionnaire Averages

 The Final Questionnaire Averages

When we asked this question in our questionnaire 8 out of the 9 candidates said they would, the 1 member who said they wouldn't justified this by stating that they don't like the horror genre and films so The Remembering wouldn't appeal to them anyway. We took these results on board and concluded that our film was appealing to our target audience and therefore successful.

 

When we asked this question in our questionnaire the majority of responses said yes however some disagreed and said that later on in the film the images may be too scary for audiences aged group.  Another response was that the opening sequence itself didn't contain enough violence of a 12A film however in our plot we had created more paranormal events to occur with violence so in the long run we believed our film was suitable for our audience. After analysing our data we believed our judgement of a certificate was appropriate and would help our film be successful as it would be open for our target audience to view. 

Final Media Questionnaire

Media Questionnaire

Name:

Age:

0-11                       12-14                     15-17                     18-24                     25-30                     31-45                     46+

Gender:

Male                      Female                 Other

Occupation:

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Favourite Genre of Film:

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Favourite Film:

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Where/how do you usually watch films?

Cinema                 Streaming                           DVD                       Online Subscription

How many films do you watch a week on average?

0                   1-2              3-4            5-6                 7-8          9+

After watching our opening sequence please give us a review and answer the following questions.

Review of the film:

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Does the film match the genre of horror you thought it would be?

YES/NO

If you said NO please fill out a reason as to why you think not

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Do you think certificate 12A was appropriate for the film?

YES/NO

If you said NO please fill out a reason as to why you think not

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After watching the opening sequence, would you watch the film?

YES/NO

If you said NO please fill out a reason as to why not

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Did the music suit the horror genre?

YES/NO

If you said NO please fill out a reason as to why you think not

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Did the setting suit the horror genre?

YES/NO

If you said NO please fill out a reason as to why you think not

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Did the images suit the horror genre?

YES/NO

If you said NO please fill out a reason as to why you think not

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What would you do to improve our film?

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Thank you for completing our questionnaire

The Remembering soundtrack

http://freesound.org/people/rucisko/sounds/164816/

http://freesound.org/people/cormi/sounds/98471/

http://freesound.org/people/TheDweebMan/sounds/277192/

http://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/133100/(opening sequence)

Filming

 Filming

Setting

Kiera's house; kitchen

Time

3:00pm

Group Logo

Risk Assessment

Storyboard for The Remembering

Location Pictures

LOCATION PICTURES – By Kiera Tolhurst

 1.     THE KITCHEN

The kitchen is the main setting in the opening sequel of our film. This gives the film a style of realism which makes the creepy appearance of Piper even more frightening. The kitchen has a desktop which we used as a table for the three characters to sit around through the main duration of the first two minutes.

2.     THE RIVER

The river is one of the most important settings in the first two minutes and the whole film. This is where the flashback of Piper’s death occurs. This setting is creepy and eerie as it involves the danger of deep water (in which Piper drowns), the scary reflections of the trees upon the water and a sense of the unknown.

3.     THE WOODLANDS

The woodlands is another setting in the flashback scene involving Piper’s death. Carter is seen dragging Piper up from the river and into the woodlands where she is later photographed by police. The woodlands hold a sense of mystery and the unknown.

4.     THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT TO THE GARDEN

The kitchen overlooks a large window, in which the spirit of dead Piper returns to her friends. We decided to use a window between her and the other three characters to show the barrier between life in the room and death on the outside. The sun also reflects down on the window which creates this sort of ‘glow’ around Piper.