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ONLY SON – MEDIA EVALUATION
Travis Kerslake
In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
While brainstorming ideas for our media product, we both agreed that it would be good to include ideas from existing media products, for example, we took the idea of sudden and loud sounds from the movie series Insidious, which includes these in
their movie to really create tension within. We also used inspiration from other movies such as Paranormal Activity, a movie series which commonly include time lapse in their
movies, which gives the audience an understanding of time. We included both of
these techniques within our product to create tension.
How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
Our media product represents both teenagers and parents. I personally believe that our product represents teenagers more, as
sometimes when you are left alone you can think of the worst and especially if you are a
very insecure character like Woody is within our opening. I also believe that our product could
represent parents, as many parents are nervous to leave their children alone for the first time, as they can also think of the worst and there
are numerous stories each year where children are kidnapped. Some parents may also worry
about their children throwing a party while they are away, but this is not a worry in our product.
What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
Common thriller conventions are also present within our product, such as
home invasion and being watched, for this reason I believe that our product
could be distributed by both art house distributors but also highly rated distributors, such as Paramount
Pictures. I also think the idea of a child left venerable in a big house alone
would be very popular with the common thriller watching.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
As I had mentioned before, I believe our media product could be relatable
to both teenagers who may suffer from insecurity and parents who may
be very protective or worry about their children a lot. I think our product would be able to be viewed by people
aged 15-25, as there are some features within our product that may
frighten children of a younger age. On the other hand I think our opening
may not be as developed to attract an older audience.
How did you attract/address your
audience?
Once again, I believe our product may attract teenagers who feel very insecure or on edge when they are left alone or just in general. I
also believe our opening could attract just the general thriller or horror movie watcher, or just
any general movie goer. We made sure we could include as many thriller conventions as possible while filming our thriller opening, but we also knew we wanted to include some of our own ideas which we believed would help
create the most tense atmosphere. Our movie also includes camera angles and different
types of shots that may attract someone who is interested in film and media.
What have you learnt about technologies from
the process of constructing this
product?
I had very little experience in editing and using camera equipment, but I was helped by the filming of both the
preliminary task and our original opening of Amelie. From filming or thriller opening, I have learnt how to properly set up both a camera and tripod, how to film efficiently and make sure you don’t end up having to rush or don’t finish every scene. I have also learnt of to properly use editing equipment such as Final Cut Pro, which I really enjoyed learning how to use and now believe I will be
able to edit efficiently without many errors in the future. Along with learning how to edit and use camera
equipment appropriately, I have discovered that I really enjoy both the filming and editing aspect of creating a
project.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it
to the full product?
The main thing I learnt from filming and editing the preliminary task was that you need to be able to set
aside a substantial amount of time which you can spend just on the filming, to ensure you don’t have
to rush and not capture all the angles and shots that may be required. I also learnt how to edit
effectively, but not as well as I learnt while I was editing the thriller. Along with the preliminary task, I
really think that the filming and editing of our opening remake really gave me an understanding of just how organised you have to be to complete
the editing and filming on time and efficiently.