Here are some of our audience comments which were posted on our video. The most complemented part of the video seems to be the split screen sequence where the one actor being shown twice in the same shot ends the opening sequence with a dramatic finish. We currently have five out of five stars with over 300 views on our video so it would seem that a lot of people truly enjoyed our thriller.
fatboy22222222222222:Oh my god that was amazing i wonder who could have created such an awesome movie five stars!!!!!!!!
stephaniemareen:great after effects in the end bit with having the actor twice.
Towelboys23:LOVED THE MUSIC!!!
schreuderha:I like the split screen special effect it is very cool, however the fake blood does look a little fake. I do really like this video though.. epic music! well done :)
mutemiss:I really like this!I love the split screening... very effective.Music is very suitable :)WELL DONE.
Invisioning:I loved it. The music and split screening… amazing
Drakdoggod:I am actually shaking in my boots. Love it.
Jarheadincorperated:Wait, is this from a real movie or wat I dont get it. Still liked it. If its real can someone tell me when its coming out.
Maydie:If I ever get chased by a killer I want that music to play while I run.
Octopussharper:Oh my god. I loved the split screen with the killer and the dying guy. God that was great.Pinkgirlsxxx:that was soooo scary i really liked it... i hope i can sleep tonight...
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Monday, 29 March 2010
Task 7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?When we were preparing for our preliminary task we worked with only a very simple storyboard which was drawn up in the space of about a minute. This compared to our thriller was extremely simple as with our thriller we spent numerous lessons planning the title sequence, what would happen, how our credits would appear and how we would incorporate the music. This took roughly a week. In terms of filming the two tasks, they were once again extremely different as we took roughly 50 seconds of footage for it which was then converted down to 13 seconds.
For the Thriller on the other hand we took roughly 40 minutes of footage and converted it down to about 2 minutes.This meant that the editing process was significantly protracted for the thriller and took us around six to complete as opposed to the preliminary task which took us around a week to complete. Not only this but the complexity of the shots we took during the thriller were far more advanced than the preliminary. For example the preliminary task only consisted of a few closeups and wide shots, the thriller on the other hand had many different types of POV shots, cross cutting, high angle and low angle shots and establishing shots. There is also one scene in which Dan (the actor) is seen climbing a bank and appears to emerge on top of the bank in the same place. We actually filmed this with Dan climbing a bank in one place and emerging in a totally different place all together. This of the two shots was down to editing and is not something we as a team would have been able to comprehend when filming the prelim task.With the Thriller we had to use a viariety of new technologies to really push the thriller past the simpliIn terms of sound the group has come along way as with the prelim task we didnt use any sound whatsoever as that would have been too difficult for us back then, not only this but it would have added too much time on to the limited amount we had to create the task.
With the thriller however we used tracks from soundtrack pro which we then edited in to the thriller. The music which we then edited in gave the thriller a distinct feeling to it and really helped amplify the tension and give it an entirely new perspective. We as a team discovered that a film is never completed until the sound has been used effectively.With the Thriller we had to use a variety of new technologies to really push the thriller past the simplicity of the prelim task. An example of this is after effects. Since our Thriller revolves around a young man being stabbed and stalked by himself, we had to find a way to somehow display the sam person on the screen as if they were in two seperate bodies. This was most pressing at the end when Dan comes face to face with himself as before we could simply film dan with a hoody walking menacingly, and then dan without a hoody covered in blood running away.
This gave it the illusion that dan was chasing himself.At the end however when they are both meant to be on screen at the same time, we had to use after effects to merge the image of the shots of dan by themself together. We did this by creating a mask by which we drew a virtual line between the two shots of dan in the same frame. This then allowed us to dump them into the same screen. The only real difficulty we had with this was that when dan is about to stab himself, he puts his leg on to the bench were the good version of dan is sitting. This created a bit of a blur as it looked like bad dan's leg dissolved into good dan's leg. This was cleaned up however by darkening the image and creating a line to divide the leg from the other leg. The finished product looked suprisingly realistic.
This is the preliminary task talked about.
For the Thriller on the other hand we took roughly 40 minutes of footage and converted it down to about 2 minutes.This meant that the editing process was significantly protracted for the thriller and took us around six to complete as opposed to the preliminary task which took us around a week to complete. Not only this but the complexity of the shots we took during the thriller were far more advanced than the preliminary. For example the preliminary task only consisted of a few closeups and wide shots, the thriller on the other hand had many different types of POV shots, cross cutting, high angle and low angle shots and establishing shots. There is also one scene in which Dan (the actor) is seen climbing a bank and appears to emerge on top of the bank in the same place. We actually filmed this with Dan climbing a bank in one place and emerging in a totally different place all together. This of the two shots was down to editing and is not something we as a team would have been able to comprehend when filming the prelim task.With the Thriller we had to use a viariety of new technologies to really push the thriller past the simpliIn terms of sound the group has come along way as with the prelim task we didnt use any sound whatsoever as that would have been too difficult for us back then, not only this but it would have added too much time on to the limited amount we had to create the task.
With the thriller however we used tracks from soundtrack pro which we then edited in to the thriller. The music which we then edited in gave the thriller a distinct feeling to it and really helped amplify the tension and give it an entirely new perspective. We as a team discovered that a film is never completed until the sound has been used effectively.With the Thriller we had to use a variety of new technologies to really push the thriller past the simplicity of the prelim task. An example of this is after effects. Since our Thriller revolves around a young man being stabbed and stalked by himself, we had to find a way to somehow display the sam person on the screen as if they were in two seperate bodies. This was most pressing at the end when Dan comes face to face with himself as before we could simply film dan with a hoody walking menacingly, and then dan without a hoody covered in blood running away.
This gave it the illusion that dan was chasing himself.At the end however when they are both meant to be on screen at the same time, we had to use after effects to merge the image of the shots of dan by themself together. We did this by creating a mask by which we drew a virtual line between the two shots of dan in the same frame. This then allowed us to dump them into the same screen. The only real difficulty we had with this was that when dan is about to stab himself, he puts his leg on to the bench were the good version of dan is sitting. This created a bit of a blur as it looked like bad dan's leg dissolved into good dan's leg. This was cleaned up however by darkening the image and creating a line to divide the leg from the other leg. The finished product looked suprisingly realistic.
This is the preliminary task talked about.
Task 3 What kind of media institution might distribute your media product?
The media institution that we used to distribute our thriller (doppelganger) is Lionsgate. We did this because Lionsgate produces both small and big budget movies which also coincides with how well recognized they are. Lionsgate has produced films such as Harry Brown (2009) 300 (2006) and American Psycho (2000). We used Lionsgate as our thriller has themes that most films that are produced by Lionsgate all seem to carry, such as murder, action and an intricate plot all of which our thriller has. We were also unsure as to how big our thriller would end up being, so using Lionsgate was a convenient escape goat.We as a team believe Lionsgate would be interested in Doppleganger as it reflects the the type of production values, budget and themes that are presented in a Lionsgate production. Using Lionsgate is also a well known company and using its popularity we believe would help give the film more recognition.
Task 2 How does your product represent particular social groups?
How does Your product represent particular social groups?The killer in our thriller wears a hoody and not only this uses a knife to kill his victim. This relates heavily to the idea of knife crime that england suffers from at the moment. The killer is also representative of britains youth culture as many teenagers today are involved in crime and those teenagers have a tendency to wear hoodys and stab their victims. This kind of social group is similar to the ones portrayed in Kidulthood (2006), Bullet Boy (2004) and Adulthood (2008). These movies all portray Youths living in inner city areas of london who are involved in crime. These are the types of social groups portrayed in our thriller. The other subgroup our thriller demonstrates is that of the victim. The victim could be anything from the victims of knife crime, to the victims of drug abuse to the victims of burglary, nevertheless our thriller represents this through the victim of our film. The fact that both the stabber and the victim are the same person expands on the metaphor of how we as a nation have become frightened of ourselves as we are more and more made aware of how crime is taking of the country. We are afraid to go out in case we get stabbed, we are afraid we might get raped, mugged etc. but most of all we are afraid of what we potentially could do to someone else if the situation arose. This is what the victim in our thriller symbolises.
Monday, 22 March 2010
Task 1 In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Task 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our Thriller develops and challenges forms and conventions through the following ways. Firstly our thriller is fairly original as it is about a man being chased through the woods by an unknown person after he has been stabbed. The thriller then ends with the man looking face to face with the killer who turns out to be a doppleganger of the man who was stabbed. The way in which this takes a simple idea (being chased by a psycho) and then subverts it (The hunter is also the hunted) challenges the idea of a typical psycho thriller. Our Thriller took inspiration from several movies such as The Tenant (1976) The Saw Franchise and Scream (1996). Our movie draws Inspiration from The Tenant as that is about a man who is thrown out of a hotel window by an unknown person. The movie then comes to explain that it was actually himself. This gave our Thriller a nice orignal twist to the plot which would not be typically seen in movies today. Another way in which our thriller challenges the conventions of film today is that it takes a rather unoriginal idea (Someone being stabbed and chased) and flips it over with the twist at the end.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our Thriller develops and challenges forms and conventions through the following ways. Firstly our thriller is fairly original as it is about a man being chased through the woods by an unknown person after he has been stabbed. The thriller then ends with the man looking face to face with the killer who turns out to be a doppleganger of the man who was stabbed. The way in which this takes a simple idea (being chased by a psycho) and then subverts it (The hunter is also the hunted) challenges the idea of a typical psycho thriller. Our Thriller took inspiration from several movies such as The Tenant (1976) The Saw Franchise and Scream (1996). Our movie draws Inspiration from The Tenant as that is about a man who is thrown out of a hotel window by an unknown person. The movie then comes to explain that it was actually himself. This gave our Thriller a nice orignal twist to the plot which would not be typically seen in movies today. Another way in which our thriller challenges the conventions of film today is that it takes a rather unoriginal idea (Someone being stabbed and chased) and flips it over with the twist at the end.
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