4.Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my film was teenagers aged between 13 and 19. We decided that we would target our film at this age group due to results I received on facebook and survey monkey. I posted a question asking the audience what age they was and if they would enjoy a thriller film and the result i got back was much more young people enjoy watching thriller films. We also targeted our thriller at teenagers as all of the actors involved are teenagers and they would be able to relate to the story line more as it is about teenage relationships and the troubles they go through. Teenagers would watch this as they like to know other people are experiencing similar things to them. It is also quite scary due to the things that happen to Sid and teenagers enjoy gore and scary situations.

Most of the people that took part in our survey was teenagers, this is why we aimed the film at teenagers, they said that they would like to see a film about bad relationships and they enjoy psychological thrillers. We incorporated all of these things in my thriller and i think it reached out to the target audience perfectly. It is clear from the results that the audience know what they want to see in there films and this is why we have used certain aspects to please them.
We added a cliffhanger to the thriller and tried to add alot of suspense as that is what the audience said in there vox pops. We also used results from questions i have asked on facebook to try and make the audience enjoy the film as much as possible.

3.What kind of media in situation might distribute your media product and why? (studio, TV, web,DVD)

An example of a company that could distribute our film is Filmf. Film4 is a British based company that produces both well known and up and coming films. I think Film4 is the most suitable production company for us as they create new films from new artists like ours. They cover most genres and have produced many thrillers before such as “The lovely Bones”. Film4 is a well known company which would get the film known and respected throughout the UK.

Metradome is also a Uk based film company it has created over 300 feature films. Metradome produces all genres in a cost effective way. Metradome would be a realistic option as it does not produce hollywood action films but films for up and coming producers.\

Hammer films is a London based film company with ties to Los Angeles distributors. It is well known for is production of many extremely popular horror films created before the 1980’s. The company was out of production since then but has been purchased by John De Mol. The company have since made films such as 'Let Me In' . Our film would really benefit from being produced by Hammer as it would distribute both in England and LA

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is another option for distributing our film. The company has distributed films similar to ones we hope to be in competition with such as 'Saw' 1-7 'Dogma' . The company seem to produce a lot of movies so it would be hard for them to produce such a low budget movie like ours.

Hammer films also uses the internet to distribute there films. Internet Beyond the Rave was released in twenty part with each part lasting four minutes each. It was posted onto myspace then a extremely popular social networking site and it received much critical acclaim We could go down a similar route and post our Film onto websites such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Bebo.

We could advertise our film using different media such as the internet net, bus stoops, bilboards and create its own website. We could also release trailers both on the internet and tv.

Realistically….

• We could advertise our film in the same way Shifty (funded by the Britich film council) advertised theirs which was on Pirate Radio Stations to target their target audience. They also illegally fly posted their posters which was sticking them onto lamp posts. We could also hand out flyers on the lochal highstreets.

2.How does your media product represent particular social groups? (gender, age ethnicity etc.)

At first our thriller was supposed to be a male being dominated mentally by a hooded figure ( me) but due to last minute changes we were unable to add this stereotype to the thriller. This would have been a stereotype as many people are scared by hoodies and hoodies are usually seen as scary antisocial criminals.

Due to last minute changes our thriller does not show a certain sex as more dominant but shows human beings as being a cruel species as Sid is being punished by something. It shows men as weak as Sid cannot control what he is doing and is very emotional about the state he has been put in. The male character (Sid) is shown in a more negative light as he is less in control of his actions. This could be seen as sexual stereotyping as the male character is weak whereas the woman in the film seems happy. A popular film where this stereotype is used is in the "Shining" where the character Jack Torrence played by Jack Nicholson becomes possessed by a super natural presence and attempts to kill his wife and son as he has descended into madness.

We have not represented sexuality, class or ethinic minorities but it is a representation of teenagers as we have used young actors. It shows that teenagers are helpless although they like to think they are responsible. Sid cannot do anything about the situation he is in. We have not used any stereotypes as we have not used much talking in the film.

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

This is a list of common conventions in thriller films:

Suspense
Tension
Jumpy Scenes
Silence
Dramatic Music
Unexpected Dramas
Murder
Protaganists
Antagonists
Heros
Villians
Isolated Areas
Dim Lighting
Weapons
Crime
Innocent People

The conventions of the thriller genre that we have incorporated into our video is the aspect that a crime has taken place and the protagonist is being punished for it by being possessed by a "thing", which the audience is unsure of, this creates mystery. Our thriller is based around this storyline. The protagonist has woken up in a mysterious place, so he has obviously been kidnapped, this also leads the audience to wonder what happened before. Sid our protagonist has been dis-empowered as the "thing" that is controlling him psychologically is in control of his 5 senses.Already in the first few seconds our video is involving a lot of mystery and causing the audience to ask questions. Sid is being being controlled and many extraordinary things happen to him, he is vomiting, suffocating, hearing things, his eyes are bleeding and everything he touches sets alight, these weird things happen in a normal setting like in many other thrillers which makes the whole thing a lot more serious and thrilling. Our titles also match Sid the protagonists mental state as they are blurred much like Sid's memory. The main title of the film "possessed" which appears at the end of the film works very well as it matches Sid's mood it is flashing and red much like a warning.

Films that have inspired my thriller: The Exorcist
We took inspiration from one of the most famous thrillers of all time The Exorcist which was produced in 1973, we did this as this thriller is extremely famous and is recognised universally. Our storyline has similar aspects, Sid is being possessed by something that is driving him insane this is much like the girl in Exorcist, her body has been taken over by a demon which is causing her to act differently to her normal behaviour.

Films that have inspired my thriller: Saw 1
Saw 1 has also influenced my thriller quite a bit. In this film people have been taken hostage but do not know how they got to they place where they are being held. They are being tormented by a higher power much like in my thriller "Posessed". These people cannot escape the place where they are.

Films that have inspired my thriller: Psychological thrillers such as Inception and Shutter Island
These recent films have inspired and influenced my thriller as they are extremely popular and have done very well. I have taken inspiration from them by creating a psychological thriller where the audience is asking questions and is unsure of what is going on. this creates great suspense.

Posessed- The final thriller

This is the final draft of our thriller opening "Possessed". We have uploaded it onto youtube so that it will be watched by people all over the world. We hope to generate lots of views and create a lot of publicity for it.

Advertising for our film Posessed

We created this poster using Microsoft Publisher, this is to tell the target audience when our film will be released in cinemas but also advertise an promote it. We have used a simple layout with the name of the film being the main focus. It is red as this colour relates to blood and tragedy. The slogan Revenge, like you've never seen it before suggests that the film is a thriller. This will cause the audience to wonder why  this revenge is so different and new and make the target audience want to see the film.

Constructing Film

Today we filmed the scene where Sid is being sick because he is being tortured by the taste sense. To create the sick we mixed the drink Peartizer and digestive biscuits. This created a orangey substance which looked like vomit. We filmed different shots to create different effects. In the hearing scene we used the over the shoulder shot so it was like the villain was whispering in Sids ear.

Voice over corrections

In todays lesson we decided that the scream in the thriller is not scary. Therefore we have decided instead of filming the scene again, i am going to do a voice recording off a scary scream and edit it into the thriller.