my final product

Evaluation

1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The movie I have decided to make is a British gangster movie. The main forms and conventions of a British gangster movie are a cockney cast, a casual working class street environment, lots of money making “dodgy” dealings, some violence and drugs.

The conventions I have used include basing my film opening upon a major drug deal then selling the drugs to a dealer in a remote area, the assumption is made that he will sell the drugs on the streets. The choice of location, being a forest challenges the usual convention of an inner city area. I also challenged the convention by not making my actors speak in a cockney dialect, and allowing them to speak in a potteries accent.


2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?


I my media product, the particular social group I have focussed on is the “underclass” of the drug community. I have represented this group my showing in the opening sequence a drug deal between a supplier and a main dealer who in the next sequence sells it on to a street-dealer. The locations used reflect how the drug world is a solitary place how they avoid social interaction with the wider world.


3.What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The main institutions to distribute my product would be the British Film Council and maybe Film 4. The other possibility would be making it into a TV production eg on Channel 4 or on a specialized satellite channel. The BFC is funded by the lottery and is used to encourage young directors and film-makers by giving them funding for productions. Film 4 may distribute my film on its channel as it specializes in low budget films that are not mainstream films.


4.Who would be the audience for your media product?

My main audience would be young adults as this is usually the age group interested in my type of film, British gangster movies. I came to this conclusion as the four other bgm : Lock, Stock .. , Snatch, Layer Cake and Rock’n’Rolla were all aimed at elder teens to young adults and were certificate 15 or 18. If I had to certificate/classify this film by the bbfc cert rules I would classify it as a 15 so as to attract a wider audience and allow the young teens to watch my film.



5.How did you attract/address your audience?

I attracted my target audience by making my opening sequence stimulating and exciting so as to draw the audience in and make them want to find out what happens. The film is aimed at my target audience of 15 to 24 year olds by using the language that they use in their lives, ie by using slang and some mild swearing. The actors in my film are of a similar age to my target audience this appeals to them as they can associate with the story-line.


6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

I have learnt how to use a digital camera to film scenes. I have also learnt about camera positioning and the 180 rule ie that if you shoot an angle from one side of
a person you must stay on the same side. Whilst filming outside I realised that surrounding noise eg running water in a stream and the wind in the trees can make the dialogue difficult to hear. I also learnt how to edit film, using the Studio 10 programming to help the scenes flow better and shorten scenes.


7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

My preliminary task was of a person walking down the stairs and having a conversation with somebody else. I have learnt to make the action more flowing and I have learnt how to zoom a camera shot so it looks realistic and is smoother. I have learnt how to direct people and make them do the action required to make the film more realistic and produce the shots I require. I have learnt how to place the camera to get the better shot.

fonts for title

ihave browsed to see what font would be good for my title. i have picked these 5:



This has an appeal as it looks hard and more punk





This has an appearance like a powder


This has a more retro look which maybe beneficial to me product


This is quite shocking and hard looking




this is similar to graffiti which is connected to my ideas of using drugs as a basis for my story

changes

I was at first going to make a thiller fillm, but, i went to see a film called RocknRolla at the cinema and i thought i would do a british gangster movie. i disided to do this as i thought the storys for british gangster movies are so much more interesting and have more story in them

Issues i am having

My main issues are that i cannot upload my film or story bourd until the 23rd of feb as i hav no extebtion lead to my camera i borrowed.

jackass 2

This is the opening seqence to jackass 2 directed by jeff tremaine. This is one of my favorite films.This opening scene show all the members of the jackass crew running in though smoke from bulls. mise-en-scene is used with the uses of smoke and makes you wonder why they are running. As the scene progresses the cast start nearly getting hit as the bulls are running pas then with ryan dunn in the car. This opening is used to two effect, one is that it is very like an action movie in that it is slow moton at first with the ecstasy of gold playing. The other in that it is comedic with the hurt of the cast by bulls.

snatch analysis

This is the opening scene to snatch by guy richie. It is cleverly peiced together for example when cousin avi places the diamond in the safe on one side and sol appers to get it out from the
other side. The use of props and costume is also very important to set the idea of what these people do and what class they are for example mickey is in a cheap looking caravan and dressed in unexpensive looking clothing with a trilbe hat on where as cousin avi is in a suit in a big office wearing nice looking rings and chains. This show that cousin avi is maybe more rich or more powerful than mickey who looks like a small time robber