Ranvir Evaluation Question 1

8/10/2019 Ranvir Evaluation Question 1

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By Ranvir Jandoo 12w

Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media production use, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

Throughout our media production we have purposely embedded a variety of media forms

and conventions that are relevant to the genre of our opening sequence; Thriller. During the

planning of our production, as a group we had discussed how we wanted to include typical

conventions of a thriller movie, however make it less traditional, helping us gain more

attention from our audience by the sequence being less predictable.

The Title ‘THE CHALLENGE’

The title of our film was located at the end of the whole sequence, we had decided to this as

the audience would be able to have a feel of what the movie is about, and then be able to

relate to why the title is what it is. The title was a group decision, the name was chosen

after we had grasped the main aspect of the film; which was the challenge being set by the

anonymous caller. This is quite unusual for a thriller genre movie, as the titles are normally

positioned at the beginning of the film rather than the end of the opening sequence, which

is what we aimed for; having a less traditional thriller film.

Fonts used for ‘THE CHALLENGE’




A title is a one of the main features of a film, the fact that the audience would judge

whether the film is worth watching is dependent on the title itself. As a group we had

decided that we wanted our title to stand out and deliver what the movie was about in two

words to our audience, as you can see we had decided to name our movie ‘THE CHALLENGE’

we had chosen this title as the main narrative is that the main character Jake is going to be

set a variety of challenges, and within our scene one is going to be delivered to him via a

phone call. The title is located at the end of the scene which would signify to the audience

that more challenges are to come, as it would be unusual for a film to be two minutes long.

‘THE CHALLENGE’ is in capitals to signify that the challenge is going to have an impact on

scenes that occur in the film itself; this would also make the audience think that there are

going to be a variety of challenges set, maybe to the character in the sequences or other

characters are to come further on in the movie. The size of our title was not that large incomparison to other titles from our inspiration the movie ‘SAW’, we had done this so that

our titles would be different from other thriller/horror films. Another factor we had was to

make our titles bold to make them stand out at the end; this is so that the audience is able

to recognize the title if they were to see it again. To find the right font type for our film we

had to go through many different trials, at first we were going for more conventional fonts

such as ‘BankGothic Md BT’, however we had decided that ‘BlairMdITC TT’ would suit our

production and our groups aim of not being too conventional or typical when it comes to

our genre. When it had come to deciding what colour our title should be we had decided

that it should be white as we did not want to give away too much to our audience leavingthem to their own devices, to think what is going to come next. On the other hand we did

get the idea of the colouring from the movie ‘SAW’,

all the movies have the title with a neutral colour on a

black background, we had chosen to do this as our

movie was solely based on the movies from the ‘SAW’

franchise, as our character was to par take in a

marathon of gruesome challenges that could lead to

death.

Setting and location

At the beginning of our planning of our production we had decided to film our productions

in Claybury Forest, however realised that it would be easier and more convenient for

ourselves if we film inside school. As we wanted to capture typical conventions of a horror

and thriller film we decided to use the school workshop as it was dark and had an

abandoned look to it; the protagonist was kidnapped and placed into an abandoned

workshop by the antagonist who is not featured in the film. The fact that it was a workshop

followed the conventions of a real media production for instance ‘SAW’, the use of the




inspiration helped us choose what props were to be seen within the set and which props

were to be put aside.

The setting of our production connotes many different conventions of a thriller and horror

movie. The fact that the location is away from civilisation suggests that the antagonist is

psychotic, or an evil character as they know what they are doing, also the fact that no one

else is around suggests to the audience is the antagonist with the protagonist or not? The

abandoned workshop also helps build up the tension for the audience as they are waiting

for something to approach the protagonist, the fact that the clock within the location is

showing that it is midnight also adds to the tension of the scenes as the time is typical in

thriller and horror films as these are the times were killers or murderers are around or are

portrayed within movies themselves.

Camerawork and editing

As the sound person I had worked closely alongside the editor and the cameraman,

therefore a lot of ideas were shared between each of us for our particular roles, after the

ideas were discussed between us we would then feedback to the director and then decide

what ideas are going to be used. As a group we had decided that we wanted a variety of

shots within our production, as we would then have a lot more shots to work with whilst

editing.

As a group we had chosen the maximum duration of a shot to be three seconds and no

longer, most of the shots followed the 3 second limit however there were a few shots that

just ran over, we had chosen to do this as the audience would not be seeing the same shot

over and over again leading them to be more interested in what is happening within the

scenes, this would also help the group with portraying mise-en-scene throughout the

production. We did follow the conventions of a thriller and horror genre when it come to

our camerawork as our work consisted of many close ups and extreme close ups portraying

the protagonists facial expressions giving the audience a feel of what the character is going




through at specific moments in time; we had chosen to use close ups when a scene was

becoming more intense or when the tension was building up. Other typical thriller

convention shots present within our production include P.O.V shots which shows the

position of the protagonist when he is analysing his surroundings, we chose to use this

specific shot to make the audience aware of where the character is as the other shotsconsists of the protagonist only not the location of where he is. Another shot that was used

was an establishing shot at the beginning of the scene showing where the protagonist was

and how he has been positioned, we chose to use this shot as it would help the audience

understand why the character is bleeding or they would just think that he has harmed

himself or the cuts have come out of thin air.

Whilst working alongside the editor, we had made sure that each shot would complement

the other and that we had never missed out a scene, as if we did the audience would

become confused how certain things had happened e.g. the protagonist ‘Jake’ getting up topicking up the phone, we had made sure that there was a sense of continuity throughout

the production. We had used a variety of different transitions such as fades which made the

change from shot to shot seem much smoother and better looking.

Costume and props

The protagonist ‘Jake’ is shown wearing a tattered t shirt, black shorts which have been

ripped and socks that are fairly dirty; the items of clothing are usually associated with night

clothing which signifies that ‘Jake’ has been to bed and has been kidnapped and taken to an

abandoned warehouse.

The white t shirt signifies the protagonists ‘Jake’ vulnerability within the sequence, this is

then complimented by the fact that he has been beaten and has been set a challenge by an

unknown antagonist. The black shorts portrays death and danger, the fact that further on in

the scene ‘Jake’ has been told that he has a capsule in his penis suggests that he is in danger

that could result in his death.




The props that have been placed purposely beside the protagonist ‘Jake’ and have been put

there by the antagonist; they consist of a welcome mat that signifies that the antagonist

finds what he is doing humorous, an X-ray of a penis with a marker pointing out a specific

point where the capsule is located, hammer and a chisel which is going to be used by ‘Jake’

to remove the capsule or else he is going to die or lose his penis.

How characters are introduced

There is only one character present throughout the production. The protagonist ‘Jake’ is

introduced first as the sequence begins. He is laying unconscious with his hand locked withina vice; this was done purposely to show that the antagonist has control over the protagonist

portraying ‘Jake’ as vulnerable. The fact that the protagonist is bleeding heavily connotes to

the audience that the production is a horror/thriller due to the make – up used on the

character. The antagonist is never shown within the production however the hand of him is

and so is the voice, however it has been altered therefore ‘Jake’ cannot recall who voice it is

is.




Genre and how the opening scene suggests it

Throughout our production there are many typical thriller and horror conventions

portrayed, we had made sure that they were apparent by watching a variety of professional

media productions and mirroring the conventions within them for example the use of

diegetic sound of a heartbeat and heavy breathing, also there was apparent non diegetic

sound throughout the production to add tension to all scenes. By the use of the different

sounds it suggests that the production was of a thriller and horror genre. The use of

different shots and camera movements also help convey the thriller and horror genre, as

the use of zooms and pan within different scenes signify the intense moments within the

production. The repetitive use of close ups and extreme close ups also add to the emphasis

of the feeling of the protagonist; these two shots are very common within thriller and

horror productions which also suggests that the genre is of thriller and horror.

Story and how the opening sets it up

The production begins with the protagonist ‘Jake’ being locked in a vice which suggests to

the audience that he is vulnerable and that someone has done this to him as he is battered

and bruised; this also conveys to audience that the film is going to be a horror or thriller.

The story then goes onto showing all of ‘Jake’ injuries which then makes the audience

curious about what has happened, leading to ‘Jake’ freeing himself from the vice and

analysing his surroundings; the audience know that he is analysing his surrounding through

the use of a P.O.V shot, after this shot ‘Jake’ then receives a phone call by the antagonist

explaining his challenge which makes the audience; especially the male audience wince dueto the fact that the challenge is to harm his genital area to help himself inflict minimum pain

or else his penis would just blow up.

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