Super Nova: evaluation

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

We USED thriller conventions, in the way we have a male antagonist, this is used in a lot of thriller films. Also he has clear psychological issues. Psychological aspects have been included in many thrillers and they can be used to help build tension and suspicion, we used it for the same thing.

There is also a similarity of demeanor between our antagonist and the one from Batman Begins and Inception. they both appear well dressed and professional, but the audience know that this is just the exterior mask, which covers up a dark and twisted interior. Also, in some time during the piece, they both let their emotions boil over and react aggressively.

We developed the themes of thriller films by using the main character, as an antagonist and a protagonist. He is a policemen helping in an investigation, the policemen image is one of loyalty, honour, power and one that helps and supports the community. However he is also a criminal, he is guilty of domestic abuse and as we find later other deeper crimes. generally, in thrillers you have a separate protagonist and an antagonist (like in the 'girl with the dragon tattoo' and 'the secret window'), and they don't normally overlap.although it is uncommon i think the use of this overlapping works well.

We also DEVELOPED the themes of a thriller by developing the use of close up shots. they are used in a lot of thriller films but we used them a lot, and also included a high angle close up shot to keep it different and original. we also used a low angle tilt up close up shot to show the dominance the protagonist holds.

we challenged the themes of a thriller by having a generally bright background, which contrasts to the dark subject that its based around.

we also challenged the genres, through the way the start of our product is similar to the start of a police television series.

2. how does your media group represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups? on Prezi

3. what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
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4. who would be the audience for your media product?

my ideal audience member- My ideal audience member-

Gender- Female. It is quite common for women to prefer psychological thrillers. Jennifer Eiss, director and producer, said “I know women who love to be scared and so seek out the creepy atmospheric tension of films”. We created a psychological and very atmospheric piece to target this. Also, the female character has a lot of struggles to deal with, mainly with her relationship, many women can relate to this.

Class- our pieces protagonist is a police detective. He doesn’t appear rich and his actions and reactions to situations are those of someone who is struggling. Also his mistreatment of girlfriend contrasts from the expectations of a police detective and the class of which he would fall into, this kind of behaviour is more linked to working class. I believe that people would view him as lower middle class or link the violence with working class. So any one of these two classes could relate to his struggles and also notice the fact he is from these classes.

Age- I think our ideal age for an audience member is 18-30. Our protagonist is around 26-29, so people of this age can relate to the characters issues, both the male and female main characters.

Location-country- this film is mainly aimed at British people as the main characters are British. However people from other cultures would be interested as it shows an insight into our culture, and the classes’ and behaviour shown within them.

Location- within the country- our perfect audience member. Would be from the London area, both characters are from the area and the accents show this. People from this area could relate to the accents and behaviour unlike some one from the north of England for example.

Interest- someone who is interested in crime/the justice system/crime drama’s (television). Interested in psychology, TV programmes, films or books with a psychological twist in them.

Beliefs/ values- value equality and strongly disagree with sexism. Also feel strongly about domestic abuse. All these things feature strongly in our piece and people who feel strongly about it will be interested how it is shown/ represented.

5.how did you attract/address your audience?

6. what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? Throughout this project i have been able to use many different types of technology, including camera's, tripods and a mac computer. from the our preliminary task, you can see how much we have improved our camera and tripod skills, including framing and steadiness. i also got a chance to use the program's final cut express, in which i edited our final video, through the process of this and the preliminary task, i improved my editing skills and skills with the tools in this program, like the scissor tools and things like cross dissolves.