Evaluation question three

The third evaluation question is what kind of media insitution might distribute your media product and why. I have talked about media institutions in more depth previously I looked at the textural anaylisis I did and looked at the thriller film I anaylisis which is called fast and furious the media insitution was universal. The universal media insitution distributes all kinds of different films from comedy to thriller this is because they can be a similar storylines except the difference of a thriller being less funny and more serious which is what brings all the conventions into the thriller genre.

I think that the media insitution that should distribute our film is universal because it is a thriller but not a type of thriller which will scare you in anyway. My film has kept within the regularity rules because of it not being over the top withnviolence and strong language. Throughout the film there is some strong language and violence but nothing which is horrific and nt to much to make people resent the film because of the attitude impression and influence it could have on the audience which is why we have also given our film a regulation of 15 so no one under 15 can watch our film because of some of things our film contains which parents might not agree wi and have a effect on our film.

Evaluation question two

The second evaluation question is how does your media product represent particular social groups. There are all kinds of different characters in our film. Ther is the main character Edd who is runng away from a suspect. There is three different characters from the three different flashbacks. There is Edd girlfriend who found out he had cheated on him. There is a character who owes Edd money. There is character whose drink gr spiked b Edd at a party.

Firstly the main character Edd is a suspicious character for causing three suspicious scenarios. In the film Edd is wearing causal clothes throughout the film a checked shirt with jeans and a hat. From what Edd is wearing it suggests he is a character which is most probably in the middle class of the social groups this is because of what he is wearing but considering what he has done in the situation he could also be lower class because of the bad things he has done especially when it comes to drugs with a character owing him one and a character whose drink got spiked by him. Edds body language is quite suspicious you can get this from when he is on the phone to his girlfriend when she found out he cheated on her he was sitting down looking like he wasn't bothered and didnt really care. Another reason Edds body language can be quite suspicious is because he constantly looking around being his back which makes him look worried and uncomfortable. We have used many different camera shots thoughout the film with match on actions to see what he is doing intensively and to set the scene all around him.

Secondly the second character Edds girlfriend or ex girlfriend seems to be a angry character. In the film Edds girlfriend is wearing smart causal clothes looking quite neat and tidy with her hair being maintained since it is tied backin a pony tail. From what Edds girlfriend is wearing through the film it suggests she is a character from the middle class of the social groups because she has done nothing wrong and Edd has and she is angry because this has happened to her. Edds girlfriends body language throughout the film is standing up looking quite angry and nervous because she just found out Edd cheated on her which gives of the impression that she is innocent and can't believe she has just been hurt and you can tell that she doesn't want to deal with it. Another reason Edds girlfriend body language can see angry and nervous because of the way she is shouting in a low tone voice which gives of the scent of her being angry and nervous and because she is slightly shaking through the film. Again we have used many different camera shots throughout the film but with match on actions but for this flashback we only used one type of camera shot which was a close up but we did use shot reverse shot when Edd came into the flashback to show the sequence of the conversation and what there bothfacial reactions are like.

Thirdly the third character who owes Edd money seems to be a nervous character since Edd is angry and is driving with him on top of the roof and then starts to beat him upset the ned of the flashback. In the film the character that owes Edd money is again wearing casual clothes which are lounging around clothes as well because he has a coat on with track suit bottoms on and stylish shoes. From what the character who owes Edd money is wearing through the film it suggests he is a character from the middle class of the social groups this is because of the shoes and again he also looks well maintained. The character that owes Edd money body language growth out the film is nervous this is because he knows at Edd is angry considering Edd is driving with the character on top of the roof. Another reason the character that owes money to Edd might be nervous is because at the end of the flashback Edd is eating him up because Edd still hasn't received his money from the character which means Edd is angry. Again we have used many different camera shots throughout the film but we have only used one match on action with this flashback with using a different angle this is so you can see the speed Edd is going when driving down the road and then when you see him pull up you see the character from a different angle to see what he looks like more clearly.

Fourthly and lastly the fourth character whose drink Edd spiked seems to be a character which comes across at first as a laid back character who is enjoying himself but once his drink has been spiked he is Beverly out if it because he doesn't know whats going on. In the film the character whose drink Edd spiked is wearing is agin a causal character like the rest of the characters in the film he is wearing a coat with jeans and white trainers. From what the character whose drink Edd spiked is wearing through the film it suggests he is middle class of the social groups this is because he again looks well maintained and doesn't look shifty apart from when it's the end of the flashback when the effect of his drink being spiked has hit him. The character whose drink Edd spiked body language is laid back to start with then very floppy after being spiked to start with when he is laid backhoe get the impression that he has a easy life because of him not looking stressed out at all. Another reason the character whose drink Edd spiked body's language is floppy at the end of the flashback is because he has been spiked and his bod has reacted badly to the effect it has given him. Again we have used many different camera shots throughout the film with this flashback we have used all kinds of different angles for the shots with a couple match on actions to sow every detail on what no characters are doing so the audience are aware of what just happen and that's why the characters whose drink got spiked by Edd body language has changed drastically.

As you know at the end of the film you see one of the three characters from the three different flashbacks apbeating up Edd drastically and as you gathered from the title that character killed him by beating him up to death and them with the title a the end of the film coming up with Edds dead.

Evaluation question one

The first evaluation question is in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge the conventions of real media. As you know I have previously mentioned what conventions there are which have to be kept to be able to make a certain genre of a film. The genres I chose to write about was comedy and thriller genre the conclusion of my write up was tha my group decided to do a thriller genre for different reasons. The conventions of a thriller film we had to keep to make sure that my film had included for it to be able to be categorised as a thriller film was making sure my film had these certain conventions is making sure my film brings tension, suspense, excitement and mind twisting elements there any many more but these are the main ones. I think my film included all these elements.

Firstly my film does bring tension because of the name Edds dead I think this name brings it straight to the point of the film this is because the audience get a idea that someone is dead this brings tension because of the audience wondering and because of it bringing a scary appearance to th film since the word dead is in the how Edd is dead consideri the title. Another reason why my film has tension included in the film is because throughout the film before each flashback Edd is running away from someone you can tell this because he keeps look behind him mysterisally as if he is trying to get away by someone or something.

Secondly my film does bring suspense because again when Edd is running away it brings suspense to the audience this is because when Edd is running away the audience will be thinking what would happen if Edd doesn't run away. Another reason why my film has suspense included in the film is because after seeing all the flashbacks in the film and and the three different suspects which are involved in killing Edd after seeing them the audience will want to know but they will have to wait until the end of the film so throughout the film there will be suspense because of them not knowing who murdered Edd out of the possible three.

Thirdly my film does bring excitement because again of Edd running and the audience wanting to know whats going on which gets the audience excited because they start to get into the film and wonder what is going to happen next. Another reason why my film has excitement included in the film is because at the end of the two mintes of our film you see Edd get beaten up and dead which means the audience are going to be excited about finding out who did it and see if they guessed right when picking who they thought did it out of the three suspects.

Fourthly and lastly my film does bring mind twisting elements because in the different flashbacks you can see Edd doing something which was wrong so the different characters do have reasons for a motive for Edd to be dead so the audience will be thinking who had the biggest motive. Another reason why my film has mind twisting elements included in the film is because of Edd running through the moore there is not a certain destination where he is so he could be running for a while to end up at the moors.

Character profiles

Institutional research

Institutional research is when there is a company or an organisation which support different areas in media. There are all kinds of different institutions which are there for different purposes which work together. Every institution has something called there ideology which is something they stick to which the public can read and then see if they do. A institution which is a well known and very popular is Disney this is because they institute all kinds of different films like pirates of the Caribbean to Cinderella they also promote the characters which are involved in the films at Disney world which children fall in love with and then want to be a pirate or a princess.

Since our film Edds dead baby is categorised as a thriller Disney wont be the institution of our film this is because Disney is purely for family things and if they did decided to institute our film they would be taking away the magic from Disney which people would disagree with and not like. So I think the institution that will distribute my film is most probably either going to be new line cinema or universal I think this is because those institutions do a mixture of different genres but they still doing horrors and thrillers and that’s why I have picked that institution and as you have seen from my textural analysis the thriller film called fast and furious I did my textural analysis on shows that there institution was universal so this is my reason why as well due to my research the thriller I did my textual analysis on was distributed by universal.

What I have learnt from doing institutional research is that it is important to have an institution to support your film otherwise you wouldn’t be able to do. I have also learnt about how different institutions support different types of genres and they dont have to have a particular genre to support.

Regulation research

Regulation research is when you research the company bbfc which stands for the British board of film classification who is an independent company which means its non governmental body. The bbfc is funded by the fees it charges to those who submit films and video works for classification. What the bbfc do is when a film is being developed before the film comes out in the cinema the company bbfc have to give it a age classification and restriction so parents know what films are suitable for there children and also to reduce crime which is why it has now become a law which all films must have done else they will sued or something even worse will happen. There are six different categories which films are categorised by these are U, PG, 12A, 12, 15, and 18. All of the different categories have different meanings and ratings.

U stands for universal which means any film which has been categorised and rated as a U means that the film is suitable for all so it doesn’t matter how young someone is they can watch. Films that have be categorised and rated U should include moral framework which is not linked or in any participation to do with discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, bad and offensive language, nudity, sex, themes and violence.

PG stands for parental guidance which means any children can watch this film and not have to be in company of an adult but parents are warned that they advise it for only children which are over eight because the films may contain some things which they may not want there children to know or see because they might find it upsetting this means that these may include discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, bad and offensive language, nudity, sex, themes and violence which is the areas that a U film doesnt include.

12A stands for children 12 and over are allowed to see the film but with an adult which means that any child who is 12 or over may see the film but it is necessary that the child has a adult with them this is because there is something in the film which might not be suitable for there child so thats why they recommend and adult to be with them. Only cinemas holds this category and rating because its up to the parents at home and there judgment if they dont mind there child seeing the film but at the cinema every film needs a rating from the bbfc like I have said before so the cinema can be sued if there child saw a film which there parent wasn’t happy with.

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12 stands for children 12 and over are allowed to see this film and they dont have to be in company of an adult which means that the film is acceptable that a 12 year old and over can see this film by themselves or with there friends so in a group. Since the film has been classified and rated as a 12 and not a 12A means that the film wont contain anything that could have a bad influence on them.

15 stands for teenagers who are 15 and over are allowed to see this film which means anyone younger than 15 if they dont have any sort of ID on them when they get to the cinema like there passport it means that they wont be able to see the film because you have to be 15 and they have to have proof of them being 15. This also means that 15 year olds or over will need there ID to buy a DVD or rent a DVD from a shop because otherwise the shops can be sued because they will be breaking the law by not asking them for nay type of ID.

18 stands for teenagers that have just become an adult in the eyes of the law which means that films that are categorised and rated as an 18 can have any kind of content in them because of the age of 18 being an adult. This also means the same as a 15 because its a high categorised and rated film you need ID to be able to prove that your that age and then to be able to get in to watch the film. If you dont have ID you wont be allowed to buy a ticket and watch a film this is because that the film might contain things that are not suitable for the younger years.

I think after researching what has to be involved in the film and not be involved in the film to be able to categorise and rate the films I have decided that our film should be categorised and rated as a 15 this is because of there being some bad language and violence through the film which wont be appropriate for anybody under 15 to see.

What I have learnt by doing regulation research is that there are all kinds of laws that have to be followed to be able to have films shown in the cinema to promote there films individually. I have also found out what our rating is by following the bbfc guidelines of finding out how they categorise and rate there films this shows that I understand how to be able to categorise and rate films and why these percussions are necessary.

Audience research

Audience research is when you do a questionnaire or some type of research and ask the public questions to find out if you are targeting the right audience or if you have to change it so your film will be more popular with the correct audience. Edd Riddley made this work in our group but we got different members from the public and our target audience to answer the questions.

Gender:          

Male: [ ]      Female: [ ]

Age:               

10-15: [ ]         15-20: [ ]         20-25: [ ]         25-30: [ ]         30+: [ ]

Occupation:  

Full time student:       [ ]

Full time employed:   [ ]                                                

Part time employed:  [ ]                    

Unemployed:             [ ]

What are your two favorite film genres?       

Horror:                                    [ ]       

Comedy:                     [ ]     

Thriller:                        [ ]                                                                          

Science fiction:           [ ]          

Action:                         [ ]             

War:                            [ ]           

Western:                     [ ]    

Crime and gangster: [ ]

What is the name of your favorite film:___________________________________________________________    ___________

Why is this favorite film?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________

In your opinion what is it that makes a film interesting?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the name of the latest film you saw at the cinema? _________________________________________________________________________

What encouraged you to see this film?

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What I have learnt from doing this questionnaire is that my group is targeting the correct audience because of the results that came back everyone said and the impression we got that everyone would happily watch our film because from what they wrote it sounds like there type of film. By doing this I know that doing research is important just n case you have to back up the points that you have made or if you are not sure if you have got something right or wrong.