Evaluation Questions

1. Our media pojects inlcudes some aspects that would be related directly to a thriller. These are conventions. Our opening sequence includes conventions such as fire, darker images, shadows and it is quite fast paced in some places therefore relating to some of the conventions we talked about. The thriller opening sequence does not challenge any conventions and is quite obviusly a thriller opening. These are used to create interest to the audience through variety and also by drawing thier attention with unexpected images. They are also used to help set the scene for what is later to happen.

2. Drugs are shown in our opening sequence, implying that our main character has a drug problem. Related to this we created almost a sterotypical image of drug users using dirty aparatus such as the large sink and smoking a hand-rolled cigarette rather than a pre-rolled one and laying out lines on work documents showing the desperation of the drug user to get thier fix. We also made footage of symbols on a wall which is something that may often be associated with the mental state of a drug user. It shows the darker, sterotypical side of what may be seen as a dirty addiction to drugs rather than the glamorous one often seen in Hollywood.

3. A film company may use our product as an introduction to a thriller film. They would do this as it is based on being a thriller sequence and would therefore be inapropriate for a childs film or a comedy. As our sequence inlcudes many conventions of a thriller film and introduction it would make sense for our piece to be used in this way and i think it would be difficult to use it for any other perposes.

4. The audience for our media project would probably be older teenagers to younger adults. This is due to the drug references and the story line of our film which would be confusing to younger children and not of interest to the older population.

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6.. I have learnt to use many of the programmes we were introduced to in much more detail over the course of this project. It has allowed me to experiment with sound and editing film footage to the limits of what some of the programmes can do. It has broadened how I view films in general aswell as I am more aware of what goes in to making a good piece of footage.

7. I feel I have practiced what i learnt in the preliminary task and that if asked i could do some things without too much contemplation or questioning. I have also learnt many new things such as applying filters and how to use the add on programme day to night which is a filter system we had added to our programme so we could alter the colours of our images so we got a darker overall effect. I have also learnt how to use the music programme better, using more layers and different sounds to create a stronger overall track at the end.