Evaluation question 3

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

Our production company is called Half moon productions which is known for producing horror movies. Our production company is slowly expand to hybrid movies. For our production we did much research into who would distribute movies similar to are and found hammer film productions this was because they have a good strong foundation in thriller movies so will understand our types of movies.

For a reliable distribution company we have chosen Hammer film production, as in its early years it was mostly associated with thrillers and other Gothic genre films. This is good for us as our movie is an action thriller so we need someone who understands the market. Hammer Film production has helped distribute films such a Dracula, nightmare, the rude awakening and more. Although these were the early years of the mid 1950’s the company have been sold to Big Brother creator John de mol. He has announced to spend $50m (£25m) on new horror films.

Our film would be distributed to cinemas globally, as the film content is modern and most MEDC’s will be able to relate or be entertained by it. We will apply to class our movie as British once this is done we can apply for grants from the UK film council also we will use advertise and sponsorship to give our movie the most money available to produce the best movie. we will release our movie in the a holiday period as it we parents and teenagers come off hopefully allowing us to be as successful as possible in our box office weekend. distribution within London is where we will start and then expanding out in to the UK and the possible into Europe and north America.

Evalution question 2

How does your media product represent particular groups?

Generally women are seen as the weaker sex and in movie will play a damsel in distress role which evebtually a man will thien come and save her. In our movie we represent women as strong character but that does still not lack femininity this very much so challenges the stereotypical representation of a female in the media. Our character is very similar to Tomb raider's Lara croft were women are represented in the same view. Our character is supposed to be another of the many victims of the serial killer but she is rather cunning and in fact is able to turn the table on him so she is then the killer rather than the killed. In Lara croft she can instantly be looked at and you will see she is a strong woman whereas our character look like she is easily going to fall victim to the serial killer's ways. Lara croft has many similarities to are character in the fact that she use her feminist as a strength instead of a weakness and they both challenge the ideas that once a woman has feeling for a man she cant hurt him but make the male protagonist fall into this role as he

seems to fall for her and can't kill her. A difference between our to character and Lara croft is that ours wears are hair down compared to Lara croft who has hers tired back taking away some of her femininity

Evualation question 1

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

Titles

After our research we found that titles are a key part of any movie the font the size all of this should be thought about as is does play a role in how interested the audience will be. Our movie being a action thriller you will notice that movie within a similar catergory will have similar titles. movies such as james bond and the batman keep an element of excitement when the title is introduced, in our film we tried to use this same techniques by making the title swerve towards the audience and with use of the blood splatters we were able to connote murder aswell much similar to the batman title which both can be seen below.

How the plot is established

James bond title sequence is expectional good and establishing the narritive as it is how women fighting and guns and all of these elements come up within movie. Much like our own title sequence we try to incorporate as many of the elements of the movie in to the opening sequence whilst still keeping the movies enigma code. Our movie is about a serial killer who seduces women, whereas as james bond is about a man killing off his enemy usaully with a pistol. both of the picture below show this respectively in my title sequences the male protagonist is in an intimate moment with a women showing the seduce side of the killer. In james bond he's shooting his gun introducing his character to the audience

Setting and location

The location of the movie is important for any movie as it can make the movie more believable or less and also it can help the audience relate to the movie. Our movie was shot inside the tv studio meaning that location have to be fabricated and to countiue with the current look of our film we made of setting an animated city. This was typical to a a movie of our genre, as action movies seem alot more believable when there in a city because cities are represented in the media as were the most action happens.

Costume

Our title sequence all of the characters were in sillohuettes so elborate costumes were not that neccesary there was only really one need for the costume and that was to give our character shape. By this is mean the clothing that they wore had to give them a shape that almost represents them for example the male protagonist wore a suit as he is supposed to be a business and the suit although blockout the audience can still tell. much like the women they had to were titght clothing which represented there feminity sin city also do the same using the shape of a character to represent them. You can see both below.

Editng

Movie within our genre are genrally fast pace movies which capture the audience instantly this si why we had to make sure that our editing was extremly. Although ours in an action thriller is doesn't stick to the usual title of a movie within this genre as it is an extremely slow paced movie and rathaer than jump cut your find our movie fades instead, but to capture the audience we have used elements such making sure there was a lot of mystery in our opening sequence so the audince is constant trying to figure out how this relates. Also we also uses a slight amount of colour this colour mostly being red which connotes danger love passion etc.

How are the characters introduced

Our character are introduced trying to follow the plot of the movie so for example our male protagnist is a man in authority so we show him smoking but then he is also supposed to live a life of a serial killer some we try to make this kinda clear to the audience in the picture below you can see he's following a woman and this instant make the audience ask what is he doing. The characters do not really break the usual convention of the gnre much like some movie such as obessed or charlie angels where women are the stalker or are the one to save the day.

Iconography

iconography is a key element of any movie as it is a clear cut indication of the the genre and also is tell you a lot about the character with out you giving away the naravtive in our movie the male character is seen hold a cigar which can be seen as stereotypical of a man in authority especially as hes sitting down leaning back.

Production brief

Opening Sequence
Title: Death On Tuesday
Lenght: 1/2 minutes


Group Members

The group is made up of 3 of us; Me (nathaniel), India and Stephnie. Stephnie and I will be acting as the protagonists in this sequence and India will be director. We all collectively are planning and editing the finished film.

Content Overview

our movie is about a exexcutive business man who lives a double life as a serial killer seducing women until there vunerable and kills them but by the 6 woman which he reachs he soon comes to realsie she not be as easy to kill although looking quite vunerable she is far from, and soon catches on and starts to flip the whole on it head try to kill the serial killer.

Target Audience

we have target a wide range as our movie can not only target teenagers but adults male and female with the woman playing such a strong role many woman as sure to enjoy whereas the men will love this movie also love this movie for the action so this movie has a very wide spectrum but is main focused on the youths rather than adults although it may still bring in that crowd. Our movie will capture the minds of the youth as it is not a thought based movie but instead easy going face adrenaline movie which could really keep the attention of anyone. Teenagers are not phased by gory images because of movies previous so this mean that our movie can be alot less senstive and more real, this is were adult may not enjoy the movie as much teenagers.

Research

We research into prgamme such as dexter although its not a movie it has many elements which our movie takes inspiration from. Also we looked at sin city and the spirit as they both had women which played storng roles who still portray a look of innocence. Google guided us through some other our research aswell as youtube when we look at other movie within our genre.

Representations and Stereotypes

the genral representations of male in the serial killer roles would that they are quite wierd but our movie challenges that by making him quite human and someone who many people will relate to in the audience. the female character is strong and go against all stereotypes.


Conventions

Saul Bass and Kyle Cooper analysis

“The title has a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it.” – Saul Bass

Saul Bass was the legendary American graphic designer and also award winning film maker. He is most known for his works on designs on animated motion pictures. Saul Bass first became memorable and known within the industry after his work on "The man with the Golden Arm." His work had moved from optical techniques to computerised titles, it became revolutionary. He worked on various projects with Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese . He is the genius behind the memorable title sequences such as Vertigo and Psycho. Saul bass is probaly one of the most film maker to this date and has shown me the importance of certain elements in title sequences.

Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper is the most successful modern designer of motion picture title sequences. and is often compared to Saul Bass

His work includes the opening credit sequences of Seven (1995), Arlington Road (1999), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Flubber (1997), The Mummy (1999), Zoolander (2001), Spider-Man (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Across the Universe (2007), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), The Orphan (2009); and the video games Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004).