Evaluation Question 7

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

Will's Prelim Response



Katie's Prelim Response

Emily's Prelim Response


Georgia's Prelim Response

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product

Evaluation Question 3

Final Opening

Survey

As part of researching audiences for evaluation question 4 I have created this survey. If you could fill it out it would be highly appreciated.

 Target Audience Survey

Target Audience of Blair Witch Project

We got a lot of inspiration for our film opening from the Blair Witch Project. It is a 'mockumentary' like ours, and in the same genre of horror. We hope to appeal to the same sort of audience as they did. Therefore, we can learn a lot about our target audience from this film.

I've established that the target audience of the Blair Witch Project is mainly young people 15-30 who enjoy horror and thrillers, and in particular have an interest in film-making and/or supernatural things. The Prezi below explains this in detail, and how they marketed the film to these people.

First Screening

We screened our first draft to a large audience to gain some feedback on what we could do to improve our film opening.

We created a questionnaire for people to fill in, which we handed out at the screening. In the Youtube video below we discuss the questionnaire results.

 

Prelim Tasks

Here are our Prelim Tasks.

Emily and Katie's Prelim:



Georgia'a Prelim:

Wills Prelim

Sound Effects

The music and sound effects of our film opening will be extremely important in creating the right atmosphere. The sound elements of it will help set the tone and hopefully they will make the film much more tense and scary.

Famous examples of the use of sound -

- Jaws theme tune



One of the most famous theme tunes in film for creating a sense of tension and fear is the theme song for the film 'Jaws'. The music makes the viewer feel on edge and uncomfortable and foreshadows a traumatic event - usually a death.

 - The Wilhelm Scream



The Wilhelm scream is an iconic sound effect that has been used in over 200 films since 1951. It is mainly used when someone falls a long way, get thrown back from an explosion, or is shot. It can now even be downloaded onto your phone.


Types of sound you would hear in horror films -

- Heavy breathing
- Doors creaking
- Wind/Rain
- Footsteps



We have decided not to include many, if any, vocal sounds from the actress (including screams) as silence can be just as effective if not more than speech. It lets the audience come to their own conclusions.

Copyright

Copyright is a legal concept which allows the person or organisation who created the work to have all of the rights to its use and distribution. This is normally just for a set period of time, and aims to allow the creator of the content the right to get compensation for their work and gain financially from the distribution of it. Copyright is a form of intellectual property, which includes trademarks and patents. 

Youtube

Youtube cannot stop a copyrighted video from being uploaded, however if it receives a complaint from the owner of the copyright it has the right to remove the video from Youtube. This helps to stop illegal copies of songs from being on the website, and means that the creator of the song or video will be the one to benefit financially from its views and sales. There are many websites and downloads available which allow you to download songs from music videos on Youtube, however in the terms and conditions of the website it states that -

"- You agree not to access Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Service itself, the Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate.

- You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content. You shall not copy, reproduce, make available online or electronically transmit, publish, adapt, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the Content."

This means most Youtube videos cannot be legally downloaded and used. The only exception to this is if the video has been uploaded under the Creative Commons (with attribution) licence. Youtube allows video uploaders the option to allow other users to use their content however they would like using the Creative Commons licence, provided they provide a link back to the source, as opposed to the standard Youtube licence mentioned above. This means that some of the content on Youtube may be available for us to use in our film opening.

Itunes/Apple

Music from iTunes is subject to copyright and it is illegal to use any song bought on there, other than for personal use, without permission from those with the rights to the track (usually the record company or artist). However, the music, jingles and sound effects that come with iMovie are allowed to be used royalty free. Music created in garage band is also copyright free and therefore we would be able to create sounds and music there and then use them in our film. 

Royalty free music

Some websites provide royalty free music. Some are free, and others you have to pay for. This could be a good option, although the range of music can be quite limited. Some websites which offer this are -

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html

http://www.themusicase.com/

Copyrighted 

-iTunes music

-Normal Youtube videos

Not copyrighted

-iMovie sounds

-Garage band

-Youtube videos with Creative Commons licence

-Royalty free music download websites

Target Audience

The target audience of our film opening is going to be mainly young people. This means we will have to cooperate with the relevant legislation enforced by the British Board of Film Classification.





The 15 label means nobody below age 15 can buy, rent, or watch the film in the cinema. The Prezzi below displays what the British Board of Film Classification states is not allowed in a 15 rated film.





The 18 label means no-one under the age of 18 is allowed to buy, rent, or watch the film in the cinema. The Prezzi below shows what the British Board of Film Classification states an 18 is not legally allowed to include -

Genre: a style or category of art, music, or literature

Genre: a style or category of art, music, or literature


Genre can be defined by mise en scene, lighting, sound: diagetic and non diagetic as well as editing and camera movements, shots and angles. This can be seen in television and movies.

Sone typical features of the comedy genre are shown below.

Typical Features of the Science Fiction Genre.

Blog Intro

Hello examiner 
We are Georgia, Katie, Will and Emily. This is our blog, we are going to show you the process towards the production of our movie opening. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks.