2. In what ways does your mediaproduct use, develop or
challengeforms and conventions of realmedia products? 3. I used,
developed and challenged many conventions whilst in theprocess of
planning and editing of my trailer. The first thing I did wasfind
out what psychological thriller tend to have. I did this
byanalysing Seven, The Butterfly Effect and The Game, I found that
theytend to be quite dark and twisted films and doesnt usually
havemuch blood in it.I decided to use a female victim, dark
situations and a male adult asthe protagonist.The reason I decided
to do a female victim is that I feel that it makesis more realistic
as females are seen as more vulnerable then males. Iused a young
female again as younger people are seen as more weekthan older
people are.I used an adult male as the audience will know that this
going to bethe antagonist. This is to make the film dark an twisted
which lead tomy third convention.I m going to be doing a kidnapping
storyline as I feel like this is a darktwisted plot. As you do not
know what is going to happen to theprotagonist. Using dark scenes
also helped creating the setting of adark and gloomy film. The
reason for this is most people who arekidnapped are taken to dark
places and could be killed or abused. 4. I was lucky enough to have
a friend who has a dark garage which was theperfect setting for
were the victim is going to be kept and it meant I didnthave to
worry to much on lighting.Having a female victim is very different
from the films that I analysed asThe Game has a male victim, having
a male as the victim that not onlyfemales are vulnerable. The
reason I decided to have a female victim as Ifelt that it was going
to be easier to portray. 5. Trailers that I analysed 6. How
effective is the combinationof your main product and ancillarytext?
7. What references to the film have you included?Poster- What
features have you continued across all 3 itemsI have used the same
characters on both my poster and magazine coverthe character
clearly indicates that she is the protagonist. Also when
theaudience see the magazine/poster they will immediately know
whatfilm it is. I have also kept the same lighting in all 3
trailer, poster and magazinethis is so that the audience get the
idea that it is going to be a dark film.The fonts on both the
magazine cover and poster is the same this is sothat this font can
be identified to the audience of The Hostage. Also theMagazinestyle
and colour of the font is the same and the fact that it is red
andwhite these colours represent horror/thriller films as they
indicateblood/death. 8. What messages about your film have you
made?I wanted to show that the film is going to be a dark and
twisted film. The way I have done this isby having a black
background on the poster and having the protagonist facing down as
if thoughshe is in trouble. I didnt want to give to much away on
the poster, so just having her tied on achair suggest trouble but
the audience does not know what has happened.The trailer leaves
questions so the only way of finding out what happens is by going
to watchthe film. The question I have left is what happens to the
girl? and what will he do? I didnt wantto show what happens as I
feel that the audience wouldnt want to go and see the film.However
I do feel that with the trailer I could have added a few close ups
at the ends of thewoman to make it a little more dramatic.With the
magazine that I produced for my film I gave the message of a dark
film as the magazinecover is black with red writhing on the banner.
9. How are you enticing an audience to watch yourtrailer/film?The
way that my poster and magazine cover are enticing the audience
togo watch the trailer, is by showing that them it is going to be a
darktwisted film. The title The Hostage and the tagline You Never
knowwhats next.Having the image as a young female victim tied to a
chair also l makes theaudience wonder is she will be murdered and
how she got there. Theway that the image of the girl tied to the
chair is positioned in the centreof the poster, she is also is
faces away from the audience which indicateshat something is wrong
and makes the audience go and watch the trailerto see what it is
going to be about.The fact the trailer ends with Be Quite and You
Wont Get Hurt. enticesthe audience in as it makes them wonder what
is going to happen to thegirl. 10. Have you missed anything
(attention to detail)?- Have you used the same
fonts/positioning/colours/style/tagline?In both the poster and the
magazine I have used the same colour pallet , I also usedthe same
image I did this because I feel it is a good way to brand my film.
I have alsopositioned both images in the centre of the screen as it
attracts the audience in,however the images is at an angle so this
makes it look more professional.What could you have done better?I
think that my trailer could have been better, I personally feel
that I needed a little bitmore thriller in the trailer however due
to the time I had I wasnt able to get morefootage. The lighting in
the trailer also could have been done better.I feel that the
research could have been slightly more detailed however due to
thesaving problems I have had it has been hard for me to get all
the work up to a veryhigh standard. 11. What have you learned from
youraudience feedback? 12. What audience feedback did you
undertake?I undertook a poll feedback I also did a focus group the
reason that I did theses was to getunderstanding of what I needed
to do to improve certain pieces of work (poster magazine
andtrailer).With the poll I asked What do you think of the
Storyboard? Do you think my blog suits thepsychological thriller
genre? and What magazine titles is most effect?.The reason I
undertook a poll feedback is because a variety of people can access
the internet,also with a poll on my blog they can look at the work
before they answer whereas if I did aquestionnaire about my
magazine or poster than I would have to print them off as well
thequestionnaires. 13. How do you ensure you asked a range of
people?The way I have asked a range of people is by asking a
rangeof different type of people to go on my blog and answer
thequestions I have asked. I have also asked a different range
ofpeople to tell me what they think of my trailer and askedhow they
think it could be improved.What did you learn?I learned that my
trailer needed more dramatic movementsand quicker shots, with the
memory part I learned that itneeded to be more clear that it is a
memory.With the poll I learned that Just Released was the best
namefor my magazine, my blog does link to the psychologicalthriller
genre, and that the storyboard gives enoughinformation. 14. How did
you respond to these findings?These findings helped me get an idea
on what the audience wanted in the trailer andwhat was good on my
blog, however it with the trailer it helped me get an idea onwhat
needed to be added in in. With this I added more dramatic music and
with thememory helped me get an idea on what I could Do to make it
look more of a memory.The way I made I look more like a memory was
white transitions with sound effect tohelp get the idea of a
memory.Does your target audience find your work
effective/entertaining/scary/thrilling?My audience thought that my
trailer thrilling and effective. They have said that theediting was
very effective with it in general being thrilling. 15. How did you
use mediatechnologies in the construction and research, planning
and evaluation stages? 16. I used a variety of different types of
technology throughout the researchplanning and evaluation.I used
the internet, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word for
theresearch. YouTube was what I used to analyse psychological
thrillersanalysing Seven, The butterfly Effect and The Game all
these told me that Ineeded low key lighting , fast cuts and
music.The planning I used camcorder, camera, tripod, Mac, pixlr,
all these helpedme create my trailer, poster, and magazine. 17. Did
the technologies hold you back in anyway? If so, how?I had a lot of
problems with technology which set me back the biggest problem I
hadis that my work wasnt saving which meant I was repeatedly doing
the same work, ittook me 3X longer to do the work which set me a
long way back. I also had problemswith my blog I had trouble
uploading some of my work (Trailer, Magazine analysis) thisset me
back as I had to find away of loading my work onto the blog and
find out why itwas not uploading.Did you use technology to engage
with the audience (polls/blogs.)?I have created a blog to engage
with may audience, as it provided all my work andinformation about
my trailer. On the blogs I used polls this was to get the
audiencefeedback on certain parts of my work (poster, magazine and
storyboard), with theposter and magazine I asked for improvements
so what they think I can do to improvethem. I also used slideshare
for my trailer analysis. 18. How did technology impact your work at
each stage?- Did it improve your work?Using a variety of different
technologies helped getting my the audienceinteracted in a variety
of different ways (blog, YouTube, slide share).Creating each piece
of my work was created on different programmes for theresearch i
used Word and PowerPoint. For the poster I used fireworks
andhttp://pixlr.com/editor/ these are editing tools which were good
to edit myimage and then add all the text.The magazine I used
publisher as i felt this was the beat programme to use tocreate a
magazine . This improved my work as it had all the different
featuresthat a magazine needs and helped it look as professional as
it could be withthe only resources I had.With the trailer I used
the Mac and used iMovie the reason for this was that itwas the best
technology i had to produce a trailer. I used iMovie instead
ofmoviemaker as I feel as though moviemaker is not going to give
the samequality. 19. Why did you choose to use each type of
technology?- What were the benefitsI decided to do a blog as it was
a good way to show my work interactively and it shows I can
usedifferent types of technologies. It also allows me to add polls
and get feedback on my work. I used iMovie to create my trailer as
it was the best editing software I had available. Thebenefits of
iMovie is that I could add and remove sound, cut the clips shorter,
change lighting,and add effects.Did you consider any other types
and what made you choose the one you went for?I had considered
using moviemaker to make my trailer so that I could do work on it
at home if Ineeded but iMovie has better editing tools for me to
use, this is why i chose it and instead ofworking at home I decided
to work in my free lessons. 20. My
Trailerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBIKkYS09E
