Evaluation Question 7: Preliminary Task

The preliminary task was exceedingly helpful towards my understanding of putting together a short film as it taught me the logistics behind direction of a crew and also camerawork, which we later implemented in our short film 'South of Heaven'. We adhered to the 180 degree rule which we learnt prior to filming the preliminary video and we also used match-on-action shots to create a clear flow of events. Our preliminary task taught us about insert shorts which we also used in our film to give the character Tom a clear incentive (to the audience) to carry on with the film. When developing the preliminary task, we had much less creative freedom than in the short film, which in turn made it a lot easier to film and piece together. The preliminary task served as a constructive outline to our film-making careers and things we were taught about in lessons were made clear to us when we actually had to put them to use.

Evaluation Question 3: Endorsement

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

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

What have you learnt from the preliminary task

What have you learnt from the preliminary task

How did you attract your audience

How did you attract your audience

How does your film opening represent particular social groups

How does your film opening represent particular social groups

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product

What kind of media institute might distribute your film and why

What kind of media institute might distribute your film and why

Who would be the audience for your media

Who would be the audience for your media

Evaluation Question 4: Audience Research

This is Steve, who is a 18 year old KFC employee and he loves horror-thriller films because they excite him and grab his attention. Steve prefers psychological horror films because they linger in his mind after watching them and frighten him more than other horror films because they hit closer to home. Steve is representational of a large portion of our audience as it is predominantly teenage males who will watch our film, because of it's content. Steve's favorite movies are The Shining, Donnie Darko, Rosemary's Baby and Mulholland Drive, which are not dissimilar to our film in terms of psychological content.

Final script

Final script

Evaluation Question 1: 9-Frame Analysis

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Evaluation Question 6: Technological Experience

Evaluation Question 5: Addressing the Audience

Evaluation Question 2: Character Comparison

I am comparing our character Tom with Donnie from Donnie Darko. Both characters are similar as they are teenage boys who are suffering from morbid forms of mental illness. They both represent ethnicity and gender similarly in that they are both caucasian males, and age as they are both teenagers. In these shots, they are displaying a certain look of dismay albeit in different backgrounds. Tom is in a darkened kitchen looking shocked as he witnesses a sudden illumination at the door and he begins to panic. Donnie's scene takes place in a bathroom where he is perplexed by a mirror which seems to liquefy as he touches it, and he sees the ominous rabbit who torments his psyche throughout the film, Frank.

Evaluation Activity - Question 1

Opening Title Sequence - 9 Frame

Evaluation Activity - Question 7