Audience Profile

When analysing my audience I will be using the concept of 'C.R.A.I.G.S', to assist me.

Class - My target audience will be  in class C1 (lower middle class) and B (middle class). As this shows that they are skilled and are reasonably intelligent, this is often needed when watching thrillers in order to follow the story properly and understand any complexed vocabulary used within the production.

Race -  Although, my audience does not have very specific audience, is there is no cultural theme, I believe that the production will be aimed mainly at those of White ethnicity and black ethnicity, as these are the two ethnicities belonged to the characters' in the production.

Age - The age group in which my film will be mainly aimed at is 18-38, as these ages are likely to have a lot of experience and a decent level of education in order to fully appreciate my film.

Interests - My audience will be mainly interested in watching conventional thrillers, visiting the cinema and working.

Gender - My audience could be both male and female, however, as it is very stereotypical that makes are a lot more attracted to violence and anticipation, as these elements are quite key in my film I believe more males will be targeted than females. Also the cast used in the film is majority male populated and social conventions demonstrate that this will appeal males.

Sexuality - Although, my target audience is quite broad, I believe that the target audience will be heterosexual, due to its content, however it is possible that a small minority of homosexual will be attracted to the film also.

Video of distribution choice

Credits Timeline for my Title Sequence

Practicing Credits Timeline

As practice my group and I constructed a credits timeline for the film Juno. This gave us the understanding and experience in order create our own timeline successfully and in the correct format.

Credits list for opening sequence

credit list

Anamatic

Censorship

Censorship

Risk Assessment

Abigail Risk Assesmnet

Treatment

Treatment

Final Script

Openning Script as Media

Character Profiles

Character Profiles on Prezi

Final synopsis

After discussing and gather our ideas as a group, we have come up with our final idea. We came to this conclusion by taking necessary elements from each of our ideas to help create a impressive combination of them all in one.

Synopsis

Designing a synopsis for the film

As the genre of my film opening sequence will be a thriller, I am obligated to include the many codes and conventions associated with this genre. 

Synopsis

A male character investigates a case of a young girl being kidnapped, this leads to sacrifices and risks being taken. Everybody knows when and how she was taken but nobody knows where or why. Detective A. Smith puts his blood, sweat and tears into cracking the case, not only for the cause of justice but through him having his own personal bond with the young girl.  

Deals and dangerous trading result in the fortunate return of the young girl but with a unusual twist. After being tortured, abused and kept away from her loved ones for which felt like a life time. She was too frightened to even explain, let alone describe her experience.

Will contain a range of different shots, such as XCU, long shots, match on action, shot, reverse shot and low angle shots.

Mind map genre conventions

Comparison of three student title openings

The first video of an AS group film opening was of a high standard in my opinion. This is due to the various and successful camera shots used, film editing of the piece and engaging plot of the clip. As shown, the group conformed the 180 degree rule, aiding to make the video affective, they also used the camera technique ‘shot, reverse shot’, allowing the audience to view the emotions and actions performed by characters efficiently in a short space of time. Match on action was used throughout the to help build up suspension and create a sense of realism (Verisimilitude), an example of this would be when the young boy is being chased by the character in the suit as they took different routes to end up at the same destination. Lastly, I thought the synchronous text moving in time with the characters, this was affective as this was a technical code showing their skill. However, I found that there sound could be improved slightly and made more clearer, nevertheless this is a good opening that could help me to generate ideas for my own piece of work.

I found this second example ’AS Media Studies – Opening Sequence to a Thriller Final’ to be of a very high standard. This video was so impressive as the camera shots used, such as match on action and XCU, were included successfully. XCU are commonly used to show important objects and/or characters, it was used to show the significance and value of the tool used, possibly connoting it being a murder weapon of some sort.

The music was used quite intelligently, as sound motif was used. A sound track that is immediately synonymous, in the audiences’ point of view, with a particular genre, in this case a thriller/horror. Lastly, although not seen to be graded, the acting and realism of the actors was very impressive and decent. This helped to improve my experience when watching the video and enhance the entertainment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vud3lVQutk (This embedding code has been disabled, however here is the link to the video)

The final video I viewed ‘The masked man AS media opening sequence Thriller’ was reasonably entertaining but however was not as impressive as the first. This was down to a lack of engagement with the audience, for example, the plot or storyline of the clip was not very clear, although this could be a deliberate technique being used as it is a common convention in opening sequences.  Also, I found that the clip was rather short and the title could have been presented in clearer format as it did not particularly stand out. On the other hand I thought that the music choice was appropriate and therefore effective, also, the way in which the text was presented was pleasant, one of their technical codes. Lastly, I believe that the groups’ camera shots could be improved further, for instance XCU would have been more affective in some events rather than XLS. Overall I do not think this video was of a high standard and therefore hope mine will be of better quality.

Comparison of four opening sequences

Brandon Title Sequence Sheet

Presentation on favourite title sequence

Kung Fu Panda

Preliminary task

Evaluation of Preliminary task:

Overall I am reasonably pleased with my preliminary task, this mainly down to the high levels of effort put in by mt team and I. What I think worked well, was the range of successful camera shots it contained, an example of this would be the 'match on action' shot used when the student character is running up the stairs, this is then 'matched' when he is running down the corridor, giving it a effective and satisfying. We also conformed the 180 degree rule helping to make our clip more effective and create realism. Furthermore, I believe that another factor that made this task an achievement was the constant use of editing, after shooting the short video. This consists of alteration both sound and visuals, to go towards perfecting the video. I personnally, put a lot of input into adapting the sound levels in the editing stage and cutting unnecessary footage the video, which aided to develop and improve my skills in this are.

On the other hand, although I am pleased with the piece of work, there is always room for improvement. Possible music could have been used to help enhance its engagement with the audience and build up more tension and suspension. Also, perhaps the videoing could have been done more carefully and  strategically to recieve the best results possible.

Preliminary task

Evaluation of Preliminary task:

Overall I am reasonably pleased with my preliminary task, this mainly down to the high levels of effort put in by mt team and I. What I think worked well, was the range of successful camera shots it contained, an example of this would be the 'match on action' shot used when the student character is running up the stairs, this is then 'matched' when he is running down the corridor, giving it a effective and satisfying. We also conformed the 180 degree rule helping to make our clip more effective and create realism. Furthermore, I believe that another factor that made this task an achievement was the constant use of editing, after shooting the short video. This consists of alteration both sound and visuals, to go towards perfecting the video. I personnally, put a lot of input into adapting the sound levels in the editing stage and cutting unnecessary footage the video, which aided to develop and improve my skills in this are.

On the other hand, although I am pleased with the piece of work, there is always room for improvement. Possible music could have been used to help enhance its engagement with the audience and build up more tension and suspension. Also, perhaps the videoing could have been done more carefully and  strategically to recieve the best results possible.

Script writing practice

Avocado Baby

Choosing the genre for my title sequence

My group and I have decided to do a thriller genre for a title sequence, this is due to us be very familiar with the codes and and conventions of this type of genre. This will then allow us to create a good title sequence, acceding our potential. 

An example of a thriller title sequence




This title sequence portrays some of the many codes and conventions used in thriller films. This includes very low key lighting, which creates a sense of uncomfortableness and gloom. This also allows the producers to show the character/s without revealing their identity, as their features can not be seen due to the dark lighting. Also, the use of very quick pace shots and editing, builds up momentum and aids to keep the audiences attention. A convention which is frequently used in thrillers is making relevance to the title in what is shown, this is shown here as the term tattoo is synonymous with ink, and ink is shown throughout the sequence.

The music can be seen as quite disturbing and unclear, this could connote that the plot of the film is not straight forwarded or contains an unusual twist, another convention used in this particular genre. Furthermore, the appearance of the characters could connote sadness and danger, due to them being presented as uncomfortable, a denotation.

Introduction to preliminary task

For our preliminary task my group and I have been asked to create a short scene, no more than two minutes long. The requirements state that this must include the following:

• Filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with then he or she then exchanges a short piece of dialogue.
• Match on action
• Shot, reverse shot
• The 180 degree rule

Codes and conventions in Se7en opening title sequence

Se7en

Explanation of 180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a basic yet vital guidline used in film-making, concerning a character and another or chharacter and an object in a scene. There is an imaginary line called the axix (as shown in the diagram), and by keeping the camera on only one side of the line in every shot in the scene, the first character will always be on the right side of the frame and the second will always be on the left side of the frame. This is often the case when when two people are exchanging dialogue. If the camera was to cross the line at any time during the scene then this would be called crossing the line or jumping the line.This rule helps the audiencce visually connect with the film and if broken this can not only cause confusion but also reduce the quality of the shot and scene.

I have carried out some research into finding an example of the 180 degree rule. The images below displays a common situation where it would be used. Image 1 displays a two shot, usually used to establish the scene and make the audience aware of the characters and settings in the scene. Image 2 shows an 'over the shoulder' shot, commonly used to show one character talking to another, allowing the audience to see their emotions and reactions, this technique conforms the 180 degree rule, as shown in the image the camera does not cross the imaginary line. Image three shows another example of an 'over the shoulder shot' however the camera is focused on the other character, however still follows the guidelines of the 180 degree rule.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3