Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

My thriller would most likely be aimed at young adults and teenagers as the thriller genre is most popular with these age groups. I would say teens are the youngest audience as there are themes contained within the film that would not be suitable for children. I would give my thriller an age certificate of 15 as my film has many themes unsuitable for children such as murder but a lot of these themes are suggested and implied instead of being graphic meaning it is appropriate for teens.  I think a 15 age rating is best as any certificate higher would begin to limit the size of my potential audience, thriller are extremely popular with teens and so it would mean I would lose a lot of viewers. My thriller is not particularly aimed at any specific class or status as this would also contribute to decreasing my thrillers audience, although my film may be most relatable to those of a lower class and status as the film is based around the lower class.

Question 3

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt so much from various technologies throughout the process of constructing my opening sequence. I believe that it has helped to developed my skills, to the point where I feel as if I have the necessary understanding and experience to do a similar project with high levels of confidence.

Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My thriller uses representation for most characters in different ways, firstly character outfits where essential in helping me to portray each individual character. I chose to use outfits which would be considered normal as I did not want the characters to stand out; also I wanted to show them as being ordinary people. The acting was also key in helping me to represent each character, for the main character (jack Renshaw) I tried to make him come across as mysterious, aloof and withdrawn from society this was shown by him being very separated from everyone else around him. Sean Gordon the character seen delivering the gun is shown to be represented as a someone who commits criminal and illegal activity this is clear from his behaviour during the exchange he is very careful to keep himself hidden by having his hood fully covering his face and not staying longer than necessary, the gun is also a massive indication that he is a criminal.   

Question 1

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

During the production of my thriller I tried to replicate the themes and conventions used in the opening scenes I watched for research, I tried to make it obvious from the start that my film was a thriller by opening with a high intensity scene with one of the characters being shot, this straight away tells the viewer what the nature of the film is going to be like and also raises many questions such as; who were they? Why was he shot? What did he do? These are the sorts of questions that the viewers will be thinking while watching my thriller and this will make them want to continue watching to find out the answers. A few of the conventions of thrillers I found difficult to include or was unable to use this is due many reasons for example I was unable to use plot twist as I was only making a opening scene not an entire movie and you would rarely ever see a plot twist within the opening scene of a film, other conventions I was challenged by was sound, sound is a key part in creating and building tension in a thriller and if done properly can be very effective, this was difficult as all music and sound had to be non-copyrighted and free so I had to search through the vast selection of music and sound to find the ones that matched the thriller genre and was of high quality.

Final Edit

First Draft

First Draft

This was the first draft for my thriller, I uploaded it to you tube and then Asked members of my class for their initial thoughts on my opening. once they had time to think about what they thought i then asked for feedback, this was so that if there was anything that could be improved i would be able to go back and redo it. they also gave positive feedback and highlight what i did well, this was helpful as i could try and use the positives to improve on the negatives.

Potential Improvements

• Re-film certain scenes with a camera stand
• change the text used for "a Richard turner film" as it does not match the theme.
• trim down video between 1:05 to 1:45 as there is a lot of unnecessary scenes that take up a lot of the video.
• Aim to get the opening closer to the two minute mark.