AS MEDIA EVALUATION
Our media product used many stereotypical aspects of a thriller. For instance, the stalker wore a black leather jacket, with black shoes and trouser, and then he covered parts of his face with a long black and white scarf. The use of black in his dress code symbolised and created a dark, mysterious, and unnatural atmosphere. Then the college student wore a simple jacket, with bluish/black jeans and plimsolls. I do not think our thriller challenged any conventional aspects of a real media product; if anything, we were influenced by real media products. The location of the thriller was in a churchyard; we used the churchyard to symbolise a negative mood, to create a sense of death. The body language of the stalker; was slight movements, eye balling and constant silence. Premonition grew as the thriller kept going.
As you can see from this screenshot, the stalker is posed at the background with very little body movements; his nod of the head and hands in his coat suggests that he had something bad in store for the student.
We used certain shots to create an unnatural mood. For this, we took shots in different angles; this made it seem that something is not right.
From this screenshot, you can see that the mise-en-scène does not show the full picture of the church, or the student’s body. We deliberately did this to cut off everything from the outside of the setting. If see look at the bottom right hand corner; the bag is an important prop so takes up half of the page and then obviously the church and actor is at the other half. This made things feel uneven and as if we are looking from beneath the ground almost.
Our media product used many stereotypical aspects of a thriller. For instance, the stalker wore a black leather jacket, with black shoes and trouser, and then he covered parts of his face with a long black and white scarf. The use of black in his dress code symbolised and created a dark, mysterious, and unnatural atmosphere. Then the college student wore a simple jacket, with bluish/black jeans and plimsolls. I do not think our thriller challenged any conventional aspects of a real media product; if anything, we were influenced by real media products. The location of the thriller was in a churchyard; we used the churchyard to symbolise a negative mood, to create a sense of death. The body language of the stalker; was slight movements, eye balling and constant silence. Premonition grew as the thriller kept going.
As you can see from this screenshot, the stalker is posed at the background with very little body movements; his nod of the head and hands in his coat suggests that he had something bad in store for the student.
We used certain shots to create an unnatural mood. For this, we took shots in different angles; this made it seem that something is not right.
From this screenshot, you can see that the mise-en-scène does not show the full picture of the church, or the student’s body. We deliberately did this to cut off everything from the outside of the setting. If see look at the bottom right hand corner; the bag is an important prop so takes up half of the page and then obviously the church and actor is at the other half. This made things feel uneven and as if we are looking from beneath the ground almost.
The use of colour of the stalker resembled the idea of a sense of premonition. So, then we mixed the colour of black to the black & white shot toward the end of the thriller. In addition, the church itself has been worn out over the years; therefore it blended perfectly with the thriller because it gave it that spook effect. This coordinated nicely with the effects because, the shot of the moment where the stalker breaks the student’s neck; the shot was black and white and the black colour on the stalker stood out. Also, we used fade-ins, & transition shots to move from frame to frame. The main genre for our product is a thriller, and possibly the sub-contextual genre is a mystery Sci-Fi movie.
In terms of social representation; we characterised the student to present a young, active and venerable young person. We done this by the type of clothes he was wearing to the way he was walking down the road. His posture and body alignment both when he was walking and sitting; showed a relaxed and laid back character. In terms of location, it was a place where young people can go and wait for other people, so we felt that it worked perfectly with the theme.
I think our film was not like a large advertised movie but more of an online distribution. This is because I think that our thriller would attract more viewers online rather than in the cinemas or television. It’s a short, thrilling, quick video for thriller fans on the internet. Our video wouldn’t become a successful mass production movie because of its simplicity. The type of audience I think this thriller would attract; the young thrillers, from any background because it could apply to anyone. Although it does stereotype college students as being trendy and social; this may be the opposite lifestyle for another person. So it does challenge the audience type.
To promote a thriller, the best way is to advertise on TV, billboards, and internet. So I think that if we attract the audience from popular sites, it would be the best way because advertising on TVs and billboards involves a lot of money and with the type of thriller we have it wouldn’t be possible. The storyline in my opinion; is the best part of a movie. Therefore by creating outstanding storylines alongside positive comments from expert film critics this would enhance the popularity of our media production. Also, the inclusion of genre and title may have an affect on what the audience may think of the thriller.
From producing this thriller, I have learnt many things like for instance; how taking shots in different angles can make the audience see only certain things and by doing this the director can manipulate to make the audience think differently. Also the technology involved in making a thriller, it takes a lot of hard work and thinking to produce a good thriller. The camera
