What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We have a low budget and therefore we realise that our film will not be shown in big cinemas and it will not be well known by the audience.
Our Production Company-
A distribution company that might be interested in distributing our film is GUERRILA FILMS. http://www.guerilla-films.com/
In this company’s website it says ‘We are happy to consider any completed film looking for UK distribution, especially British or Irish ones’ this shows that they would be interested in distributing our film.
To make a film a distributor is very important because they are the ones that try to promote your film, and without them our film will not be as successful as we hope for it to be. Once the film has been sent to the distributor, the distributor decides how many copies will be made. Then the distributor holds a screening to buyers representing theatres. The buyers negotiate with the distributor on the terms of the lease agreement. Then the prints of the film get sent to the cinemas a few days before the release date and the cinemas show the movie for a specified number of weeks for audience engagement. After the film has been shown on cinemas, the buyers send the prints back and then they make payments on the lease agreement.
Another way in which we could show our film would be through the internet, as it is a lot cheaper and it could achieve popularity quickly as people would tell their friends and it carries on getting popular. An example of this is www.youtube.com because this website is a major website and millions of people go on it every day.
In addition, another distribution company is Metrodome. In their website it says “acquiring and releasing quality independent films that challenge our audiences and provoke the critics” this shows that they would be interested in distributing our film because our film is an independent film and therefore they would be interested in distributing our film. Our film is a horror film, this is also useful to Metrodome because they have also got other horror films such as ‘Thirst’ ’Darkness’ etc.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
question 2
How does your opening sequence represent particular social groups?
The key characters in my film are a popular girl, who is stuck up and only cares about the way she looks, she is wearing a pink top and a skirt the colour pink represents that she is very girly and this is also shown because she is wearing a short skirt which represents her as an attention seeker, she is similar to Rexhina in the movie mean girls, as she too only cares about the way she looks and she always wants to stay skinny and she is seen putting make up on as she really cares about the way she looks. In our opening sequence we also see a girl reading and writing, this girl is a geek and she represents the people who study hard and are not really interested in the way they look, as the geek looks very scruffy with her hair tied back, this is similar to Sam in the movie A Cinderella Story because she is a geek and she is not really noticed in school. We also have a class clown who has a chewing gum in his mouth and he is distracting the person sitting next to him, the class clown represents the social group who are naughty and don’t really care about studying. In our opening sequence we also have boy who is a Goth and he has got black make up on, is wearing all black clothes, has got black hair and is listening to music, this is a stereotypical Goth as they all wear black and they like their own space because as we can see in the opening sequence, when the class clown keeps poking him he doesn’t just moves his body, and his body language shows that he does not like people annoying him and this is because he wants his own space and does not like talking to people. In the opening sequence we have also got a boy reading the newspaper and rolling a basketball around the table, this represents him as a basketball player, and he loves basketball so much that he even takes it to detention, this is similar to John in the film John Tucker Must Die because he also loves basketball and we see John Tucker often with a basketball to show that he loves basketball.
For our cast we had to take people out of the other media sixth form class as we couldn’t take any other students from other year group out of lessons because exams were approaching. Form the other class we chose the people we thought would suit best with our characters.
We directed all our cast to what they had to wear and how they had to act in before the shooting of the film, and showed them how to act during the rehearsals one week before the filming, however we changed some minor parts of the film by the time it came to the shooting day, so we showed them how to act the role on set.
During filming we had some small issues with our cast because we would tell them how to act however they would try to do it the way they thought was right but it didn’t look right on the camera, after this problem was reoccurring we decided that we should actually do the actions ourselves by taking the actors role and physically showing them how we wanted them to act. We also had an issue with the basketball player because we wanted him to wear a basketball uniform to make him look more like a basketball player for our film, however the actor did not feel comfortable to wear the uniform and therefore we agreed as a group that it would be fine for him to wear his normal clothing and just roll a basketball around in a table because the ball would show that he was a basketball player , we did this as we didn’t want our actors to feel uncomfortable at any point as we wanted them to enjoy actually making the film as well as doing the job.
The key characters in my film are a popular girl, who is stuck up and only cares about the way she looks, she is wearing a pink top and a skirt the colour pink represents that she is very girly and this is also shown because she is wearing a short skirt which represents her as an attention seeker, she is similar to Rexhina in the movie mean girls, as she too only cares about the way she looks and she always wants to stay skinny and she is seen putting make up on as she really cares about the way she looks. In our opening sequence we also see a girl reading and writing, this girl is a geek and she represents the people who study hard and are not really interested in the way they look, as the geek looks very scruffy with her hair tied back, this is similar to Sam in the movie A Cinderella Story because she is a geek and she is not really noticed in school. We also have a class clown who has a chewing gum in his mouth and he is distracting the person sitting next to him, the class clown represents the social group who are naughty and don’t really care about studying. In our opening sequence we also have boy who is a Goth and he has got black make up on, is wearing all black clothes, has got black hair and is listening to music, this is a stereotypical Goth as they all wear black and they like their own space because as we can see in the opening sequence, when the class clown keeps poking him he doesn’t just moves his body, and his body language shows that he does not like people annoying him and this is because he wants his own space and does not like talking to people. In the opening sequence we have also got a boy reading the newspaper and rolling a basketball around the table, this represents him as a basketball player, and he loves basketball so much that he even takes it to detention, this is similar to John in the film John Tucker Must Die because he also loves basketball and we see John Tucker often with a basketball to show that he loves basketball.
For our cast we had to take people out of the other media sixth form class as we couldn’t take any other students from other year group out of lessons because exams were approaching. Form the other class we chose the people we thought would suit best with our characters.
We directed all our cast to what they had to wear and how they had to act in before the shooting of the film, and showed them how to act during the rehearsals one week before the filming, however we changed some minor parts of the film by the time it came to the shooting day, so we showed them how to act the role on set.
During filming we had some small issues with our cast because we would tell them how to act however they would try to do it the way they thought was right but it didn’t look right on the camera, after this problem was reoccurring we decided that we should actually do the actions ourselves by taking the actors role and physically showing them how we wanted them to act. We also had an issue with the basketball player because we wanted him to wear a basketball uniform to make him look more like a basketball player for our film, however the actor did not feel comfortable to wear the uniform and therefore we agreed as a group that it would be fine for him to wear his normal clothing and just roll a basketball around in a table because the ball would show that he was a basketball player , we did this as we didn’t want our actors to feel uncomfortable at any point as we wanted them to enjoy actually making the film as well as doing the job.
evaluation question 1
In what ways does your media product USE, DEVELOP or CHALLENGE forms and conventions of real media products?
My media product is a horror film.
The main themes in my film are:
Death
Thriller
The movie is about five students who are in detention. All five students represent one sin, the popular girl represents Vanity, the Goth boy represents Anger, the geek girl represents Jealousy, the class clown represents Selfishness and the basketball player represents Greed. Each character is killed one by one except for the geek girl, and at the end we realise that she actually helped to kill the rest of the students.
The theme thriller is seen in the opening sequence of the film when Bianca is in the toilet and then a figure appears behind her. This is also used in the film SCREAM when the man in the mask appears just when he is going to kill his victims.
In the Deadly Sins the characters suffer horrific deaths as each of them get killed one by one except for the geek girl. This is similar to the film SAW where the characters that are killed, are killed in a very horrific and brutal way. In the horror films that I have watched the narrative is about death and victims who have no control of their lives, this is shown in SAW because the victims have to do what they are told and it only leads them to their deaths, so most of the victims die in the film. We have used this idea in our narrative as in our film there are also many deaths on which the victims have no control over, as they to, get killed.
Also in the horror films that I have seen they use low key lighting to set the mood of the film. In the movie HALLOWEEN they use low key lighting when someone is about to die. We used this in the opening sequence of our film, in the toilet scene because in that scene Bianca sees the man in the mirror and she is killed therefore we used low key lighting to show to the audience that something bad was going to happen.
My media product develops the forms and conventions of real media products because in the horror films that I have seen such as I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER has Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) as the protagonist. We have also used this idea but we have developed it as in our film there are five protagonists instead of one.
We also decided that in our opening sequence we should show each character with in object or doing something that represents their personality, for example, the Goth has got make up on and is dressed in black, the geek is reading and writing, the basketball player is playing with his basketball etc.
My media project challenges the forms and conventions of real media products because in the horror films that I have seen the protagonists are the good people and they are the hero. However in my film the protagonists are evil as they all represent one of the seven sins, and we realise that their sins kill them in the end, so our protagonists die because of their sins and they can’t change that because that is the way they feel, therefore they die because of it.
We have also challenged real media films because in horror films the victims are the good people, however in my film the geek girl is a victim, however at the end we realise that she actually helped kill all the students.
However different to the horror movies that I have seen, our movie is set in a classroom. In other films such as Halloween, their setting is mainly the victims’ houses, where our film is set in a school.
In our movie we use a close up of the killers figure, but are careful not to show his face, as we don’t want the audience to know the identity of the killer. This is similar to the movie SCREAM because they too also show a close up of the killer, but not to show the face of the killer because they wanted to keep the audience in suspense about the killers identity.
In our film the music shows that the gen re is horror, because at the start of the film we use theme music, and then when we show Bianca in the toilet scene, the music goes very loud, we used this to scare the audience and in this way they would be hooked to the film as they know that something bad is going to happen, so they would carry on watching to see what will happen, this is similar to the movie Halloween because when someone is getting killed they music is always loud and scary, to show the audience that something bad is going to happen.
My media product is a horror film.
The main themes in my film are:
Death
Thriller
The movie is about five students who are in detention. All five students represent one sin, the popular girl represents Vanity, the Goth boy represents Anger, the geek girl represents Jealousy, the class clown represents Selfishness and the basketball player represents Greed. Each character is killed one by one except for the geek girl, and at the end we realise that she actually helped to kill the rest of the students.
The theme thriller is seen in the opening sequence of the film when Bianca is in the toilet and then a figure appears behind her. This is also used in the film SCREAM when the man in the mask appears just when he is going to kill his victims.
In the Deadly Sins the characters suffer horrific deaths as each of them get killed one by one except for the geek girl. This is similar to the film SAW where the characters that are killed, are killed in a very horrific and brutal way. In the horror films that I have watched the narrative is about death and victims who have no control of their lives, this is shown in SAW because the victims have to do what they are told and it only leads them to their deaths, so most of the victims die in the film. We have used this idea in our narrative as in our film there are also many deaths on which the victims have no control over, as they to, get killed.
Also in the horror films that I have seen they use low key lighting to set the mood of the film. In the movie HALLOWEEN they use low key lighting when someone is about to die. We used this in the opening sequence of our film, in the toilet scene because in that scene Bianca sees the man in the mirror and she is killed therefore we used low key lighting to show to the audience that something bad was going to happen.
My media product develops the forms and conventions of real media products because in the horror films that I have seen such as I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER has Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) as the protagonist. We have also used this idea but we have developed it as in our film there are five protagonists instead of one.
We also decided that in our opening sequence we should show each character with in object or doing something that represents their personality, for example, the Goth has got make up on and is dressed in black, the geek is reading and writing, the basketball player is playing with his basketball etc.
My media project challenges the forms and conventions of real media products because in the horror films that I have seen the protagonists are the good people and they are the hero. However in my film the protagonists are evil as they all represent one of the seven sins, and we realise that their sins kill them in the end, so our protagonists die because of their sins and they can’t change that because that is the way they feel, therefore they die because of it.
We have also challenged real media films because in horror films the victims are the good people, however in my film the geek girl is a victim, however at the end we realise that she actually helped kill all the students.
However different to the horror movies that I have seen, our movie is set in a classroom. In other films such as Halloween, their setting is mainly the victims’ houses, where our film is set in a school.
In our movie we use a close up of the killers figure, but are careful not to show his face, as we don’t want the audience to know the identity of the killer. This is similar to the movie SCREAM because they too also show a close up of the killer, but not to show the face of the killer because they wanted to keep the audience in suspense about the killers identity.
In our film the music shows that the gen re is horror, because at the start of the film we use theme music, and then when we show Bianca in the toilet scene, the music goes very loud, we used this to scare the audience and in this way they would be hooked to the film as they know that something bad is going to happen, so they would carry on watching to see what will happen, this is similar to the movie Halloween because when someone is getting killed they music is always loud and scary, to show the audience that something bad is going to happen.
Monday, 7 December 2009
Final draft of Script
Sound of school bell. Black screen
Fades into the whiteboard where it says silence, to show that it is a detention room
Dark atmosphere
Camera pans across classroom showing 5 students at their desks looking extremely bored. Showing their individual character through various actions e.g.: basketball player in his uniform playing with a ball. Geek reading, whilst the geek flips the page of the book. Goth listening to loud music with his eyes closed, class clown lying back trying to distract others. A camera pan, until BIANCA’S legs are in the frame, tilts up onto the table and we see a drop of blood on the table, then camera carries on tilting up and we see her face and she is hesitating and she gets up and she leaves the room.
Subtle music
Long shot of her walking out the door, shot turns to a point of view shot, of her walking down the corridors to the toilets then a title comes up and it turns to a birds eye view shot.
She opens the toilet door (close up of her hand) and walks towards the sink. She looks down holding a tissue to her nose and she turns on the tap. She then puts her head up and looks at herself in the mirror, she puts her head down again and when she does so the figure in black comes up behind her, she looks up and sees the figure in the mirror, she then turns slowly around looking shocked towards the camera. After that the titles come up.
Fades into the whiteboard where it says silence, to show that it is a detention room
Dark atmosphere
Camera pans across classroom showing 5 students at their desks looking extremely bored. Showing their individual character through various actions e.g.: basketball player in his uniform playing with a ball. Geek reading, whilst the geek flips the page of the book. Goth listening to loud music with his eyes closed, class clown lying back trying to distract others. A camera pan, until BIANCA’S legs are in the frame, tilts up onto the table and we see a drop of blood on the table, then camera carries on tilting up and we see her face and she is hesitating and she gets up and she leaves the room.
Subtle music
Long shot of her walking out the door, shot turns to a point of view shot, of her walking down the corridors to the toilets then a title comes up and it turns to a birds eye view shot.
She opens the toilet door (close up of her hand) and walks towards the sink. She looks down holding a tissue to her nose and she turns on the tap. She then puts her head up and looks at herself in the mirror, she puts her head down again and when she does so the figure in black comes up behind her, she looks up and sees the figure in the mirror, she then turns slowly around looking shocked towards the camera. After that the titles come up.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
title sequences
The first few minutes of a film should leave an audience to wonder what will happen next and engaged to the film wanting to see more, the title sequences should help to create the atmosphere of the film and the genre of the film.
The titles of the film should help to make the film look more interesting and they should relate to the genre of the film.
For example in ski fi films the titles are normally bright and in block letters, this relates to the genre of the movie.
The titles of the film should help to make the film look more interesting and they should relate to the genre of the film.
For example in ski fi films the titles are normally bright and in block letters, this relates to the genre of the movie.
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