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I am Tammy Rudd 1258 and I worked with Ellen Scott 1259 Harvey Gillett 1225 and Eliza Tracey 1296. I hope you enjoy my blog, which contains my work on the G321, the titles and openings of a thriller film which we named "10 Years'  My preliminary exercise follows immediately underneath. My evaluation questions are above.

FORMS AND CONVENTIONS

FINAL PRODUCT

THE POSTER

This is the movie's poster. I made it with help from the whole group. Photoshop is a really good tool, too allow you too change and modify pictures too what you want. I wanted the picture too be darker than the original one. I also liked how it has a slight mist over the top of the photo.

This was the picture before it was edited. I thought it was too bright and happy for the movie genre we have. So I changed it and altered it too the picture at the top :) I also added the names, title and the age certificate too make it look more like a poster.

DISTRIBUTION: WEBSITE

This is our website. It means the audience can digitally interact with the cast and feel more involved with the movie. We have out Facebook, Twitter and Instagram page on the website too show the fans that there other means of interacting.

KILLING SCENE

Our choice of location was really important for this scene because we wanted too use the mise-en-scene too really express the fact that the character who is robbed was very wealthy and rich therefor we chose a location that was very grand with silk wallpaper, candles on the wall and a grand piano which is a high ticket item. It makes it obvious too the viewers that the character is very rich and well off. We also dressed our actress in evening clothes too look more of the part. We then put the character in a very beautiful sparkly piece of jewerlly again too single her wealth, and too give a reason why a attacker would rob her. 

The next most important thing was too keep from the viewer who the robber was. So we had too choose our angles carefully too constrain the frame so that the camera didn't give away the identity of the thief. This is partly one of the things that thrillers deliver, they deliver the sense of threat and being in the unknown, when you don't know who the person is. The third thing that was really important too us was too use the reflective grand piano. It allowed us too have a  really clever camera angle that looked really beautiful in the light. It added a depth and interest too the work. 

Fourthly an finally we choose the black surface because we wanted the hair too be displayed clearly on the surface. This is a plot device, that hair is a key too identifying the woman later on. 

THE MASS OF MEN

In the future learn corse that I am doing, one of the weeks came up as a short movie called 'The Mass Of Men' . I found this really interesting and helped me a lot when filming our movie as it made me think about the angles and plot much more. 

At the end of the film I started too consider the function of the music, which was very important when coming too the plot and the whole atmosphere of the movie.

 I also thought about the actors and casting. It would have cost a very minimal price as there are no famous or pricey actors starring, same with the crew. The location is also going too be a very cheap low cost part of the movie because it's all done in a office, or outside in the streets of London, which is free too film in. 

The story of the film is very deep and will make the audience think. This can attract more viewers as if the story has meaning and has truth behind it, they might want too tell others and get others too see. This story could have been close too a real life story, or maybe someone imagination. Whatever the idea came from, it was very powerful and had a lot of thought gone into it. The music and props show that. It would have cost a very minimal amount as well which is good for the makers as it is a low budget film. 

STORY BOARD'S

EXPLORE FILM MAKING: FUTURE LEARN

I have just signed up too the 6 week course on Future Learn. This is a program that lasts 6 weeks too help you get a much better understanding of how the script gets too the screen. This is a really useful website which is easy too use, shows your progress and shows what you have done and still need too do. 

PROPS AND CHARACTERS

Before filming we decided too take some pictures of some of the props we used and the costumes we dressed the characters in. This is Ellen and Harvey, who in the movie are the rich parents that get there jewellery stolen, which is believed too by the reason Amberleigh is taken.

The necklace we used is real jewels which makes it much more realistic and looks really professional.

I made a short Flipagram of the photos we took.

http://flipagram.com/f/QvSGWjTYZv

DISTRIBUTION: MAKING MY FACEBOOK PAGE

I made a Facebook page to generate advance interest from our target audience and to elicit feedback back from others to help us develop our film. We invited  audiences to comment on 10 Years (our movie). Facebook is good for making the followers feel important. Thanks to web 2.0 technology, the web is now interactive and consumers are often producers.

On my Facebook page, I hope to have regular posts and updates on our progress, photos of shoots, links to a game App, links to our website, Instagram and Twitter pages. We are also planning to put up posters of the film.

AUDIENCE RESEARCH: EXIT POLES DATA

I used the BFI website too get some information and data from various films too present it in a diagram. I used the website Piktochart as I thought the options and charts where easy too use and looked a really nice end picture.

Please click here to see my piktochart

REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL GROUPS

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TARGET AUDIENCE PROFILE

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In my Viewer Profile below, which I have created in Pages and which I based on NME's reader profile, I give an account of my target viewer's media consumption, leisure interests,  tastes and brand preferences. As films are often cross-promoted in synergistic ways, I wanted to ensure that I knew how my target viewer could be attracted and addressed. For example, he/she would use a smartphone to check our film's Facebook page, see our trailer at cinema screenings for his/her favourite films and catch the latest pictures from our shoots on Instagram.

I made this because I thought these things where the most popular things for teenagers at the moment. I did some research to look at what is popular with teenagers. Things like twitter, Instagram and Facebook are very important and popular within teenagers. I also added things that teenagers and people in the early 20's like to do, this is things like drinking, listening to music, shopping and so on. Some movies I added on here are that are similar to ours, which shows teenagers and young adults will love our movie, and it will appeal to them.

SHORT LIST

BEHAVIOUR OF AUDIENCE

To view my Slide Share please click here.  

DISTRIBUTION: HUNGER GAMES

Click here to see my Hunger Games slide share.

I made this Slideshare too show how the 'Hunger Games' produced there film in many different ways. I showed how they used Pintrest, You Tube, Websites, Cinema, twitter, distributors of the movie and Facebook.

This is important for my movie because everyone needs distribution too get there movie noticed. Luckily this movie is very popular and has a lot of publicity. Its a big hollywood film, so the distribution costs are aloud to be very high, as the movie has enough money for it too be, this will get it more and more noticed which then gives the movie more money.

I presented this in a Slideshare as this is another way of presenting this information. I think Slideshares are really professional and shows the facts clearly.

PLANNING: TREATMENT

Film Title: 10 Years

AMBERLEIGH ENDORA has been tragically missing for just over 10 years... yet the heartache is still very raw and existing in the lives she made an impact in, with her bedroom untouched and her mother still mourning. PC LUCA EVANS fully involves himself in the never ending unknown identity of Amberleighs misplacement. Resulting in the loss of his job on the police force because of his inquisitive unanswered questions of the crisis , he still takes it upon himself to discover this enigmatic, unresolved mystery... even if this involves taking it too far. After losing everything (his house, family and dignity) and the harsh reality from an old friend on the force PC CONOR HANNAFORD he still pursues the hunt, wanting a answer. 

Is there anything that makes Amberleigh different and unordinary?

After much persistant research, PC Luca understands that 10 years on Amberleigh Endora is now living an ordinary life of WINTER JONES, unknown of her pass and the torturous impact she has left in so many peoples lives. 

After so long, PC Luca realises his obscure obsession of this case may just crush Winters reality and ordinary lifestyle, should she know or should PC Luca finally realise he should allow Winter to pursue living her normal and comprehensive life.

PLANNING: LOCATION RECCE

This can be used to show the stalker experimenting with D and A. This is a actual science lab which will mean it looks much more realistic. The apparatus shown in this image is also strong and will make the science lab look more creepy and realistic.

I have a picture of this cabinet of body party because i thought it added to looking much more realistic to the science lab. Without the body parts it might not look like a real science lab as much as it does with the added body parts.








I love this because its a child's playground. It can come across as spooky and in some ways sad as child has gone missing. We thought we could use this when we are reflecting back to her childhood.

I really like this window because it looks really spooky and interesting to film with. The shots you get using this could be really clever and affective. The two bars going through the window also make it different to any other window that other entries might have.

PLANNING OUR THRILLER

In our group (Eliza, Harvey and Ellen) we all decided we wanted to work on a thriller. Strait away we  started discussing and realised we wanted to do a movie to do with a stalker. We went along those lines and came up with some stories we could use in the movie.

We thought of the idea of going off a real life story, as we went with Madeline McCann story. Obviously we will alter this idea as we don't want to go off the real story exactly. We then looked at who has suitable things to work with, things like location and people. Harvey has a little sister, so we wanted to use her as she is close to being Madeline's age. We can then go onto showing how the girl has grown up and starts being stalked by an Ex police officer. 

In the story we thought of some locations we could shoot at, and what we can work with.

- Pub

- Eliza's Camper Van

- Using Amberleigh (Harvey's sister)

- Turning photos into polaroids

- Growing up