Some conventions of the thriller genre include dark lighting and shadows, quick cuts, music that creates suspense and tension, mirrors and stairs and many more. Our thriller contains a lot of aspects of real thriller movies. One example of this is that we have used a cliffhanger at the end as the audience doesn't know what is going to happen and leaves them wondering. We included some conventions of the thriller genre by making the product look really dark and scary and used some quick cuts. We also used certain sound affects and lighting that created suspence which many real thriller movies do. Our thriller has some similar aspects from the film 'The Ring' including a shot of the eye, the scary girl, the quick cuts and the type of music used.
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2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think our product represents teenagers and young children. It shows them in a very negative way as they are bullies. We used young people for this as it is around that age that most bullying starts and certain people get singled out. Some people could argue that our thriller shows ethnic minority as the girl getting bullied is asian and the bullies are both white.
3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think media institutions like the BBC might distribute our product as it is something that can be shown for learning purposes so that people realise the seriousness of bullying and helps raise awareness. I think it could be shown in a few small cinema's too.
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4) Who would be the audience for your media product?
I think that teenagers and parents of teenagers would be our main audience. One reason i think this is because the story in the film is based on teenage people, and also people that are being bullied or bullying could relate to the film as they are experiencing whats happening in some way or another. Also, after people did our questionnaire it was evident that the majority of people that watch thrillers are young people.
5) How did you attract/address your audience?
By using actors that are around the age group as the majority of the audience. Also by making the main subject in the film bullying because it is a very common issue amongst the young people of today.
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6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt a lot of new things. I have learnt how to use a video recorder in different ways like doing close ups, long shot etc. I have also learnt how to use movie maker on the Imac computers, edit pieces of film and add effect to a film. I have also learnt how to use a tripod and no its purpose which is to hold the camera still creating a more steady shot.
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the product?
Looking back at my groups preliminary task i have learnt many things. I have learnt how to use a bigger variety of shots with the video recorder. Also i've learn how to edit pieces of film better and make it run more smoothly. I have learnt lots of new skills along the way and now looking back on our preliminary excersise, I can see a few mistakes that we've made that i didn't realise before.
