TAUTOLOGYThe Evaluation

Sarah’s death

represents

her

characte

r as m

ore

innocent a

nd weaker

than verity –

needs

protection

• Male, lower class but intelligent • Sociopath as he hints to committing

previous murders without remorse• Hair during interrogation could be seen as

a disguise as in the flashbacks it’s long and unruly, interrogation shows some mental disorder as he acts as if the murder was normal

• Male, middle class • Accessories to show

occupation, vocabulary shows he is educated,

• During interrogation seems neutral however shows some compassion towards Verity- doctors stereotypical characteristics.

• Female, • Verity means truth, • Wears white; • Innocent, young college student;

educated, • Appears quite feminine- red nail

varnish, however short dark hair implies strength of character in contrast to Sarah whose long blonde hair implies vulnerability

• Mentally stable- doesn’t break down• Strong- points out the murderer

• Female- long blonde hair, feminine, innocent and damsel

• Although the audience see Sarah the least, it comes across that she is quite like Verity with them being friends, college students

CHARACTER REPRESENTAIONS/EVALUATION

MURDERER

DOCTOR

VERITY

SARAH

Doctor wears

blazer whilst

murderer

doesn’t, this

appearance

contrasts

between class

Film shows male dominance

Males – Objects,

Females – Subjects

Tape recorder & photographs– police interrogation, gives the impression that doctor and murderer are important police officers Stethoscope – doctor prop Blazer – represents the change from interrogator to doctorSet up of interrogation highlights dominance in a formal situation Blood & Knife – cause and effect of harm and danger, gruesome and painful death

(same effect applies to sound when Verity hits her head) Hospital gown – Verity taken from own comfort zone, audience engage in the same sense of confusion as they don’t know why her clothes have changed either Kwiksave – abandoned, murderer hanging about on site, a red herring for danger College – lockers, classrooms and accessories highlight place

(separation of the two characters on the stairs foreshadows the future) House – typical family home in a safe residential area - contrasts

(murder in the kitchen – most dangerous room in any family household)

DEVELOPING/CHALLENGING FORMS AND CONVENTIONS

Sunlight – gives

impression that nothing

bad is going to happen,

so adds ‘shock factor’,

Challenges binary

convention as evil is

never punished – the

murderer is never caught.

Irony: murderer interviews

innocent Verity about the murder

although the film is male dominant, the audience can relate more to the female characters moralsMISE-EN-SCENE

Low budget independent No major stars involved Aimed at specific audience; looking for quality in storyline rather than in famous actors Challenges idealisms of the police force, government and society Cliff hanger with added mystery

Would be seen in film magazines such as ‘Sight & Sound’ and around the cinema’s where the film would be shown, such as Art House cinema’s in the North-West; more local

not an escapist film – more realistic Working title work alongside film4 in some productions, already have a working relationship; even if film doesn’t show in cinema, most likely to be shown on film4 – still generating a profitWorking title more known for distributing films that aren’t mass market

POSTER

More likely to be heard on radio cinema programs, for example; Rock FM 7-8pm film cinema hour – more local.

RADIO

WHO WOULD DISTRIBUTE OUR FILM? WHY?

ATTRACTING OUR AUDIENCE

Film students and a general younger audience due to the part college setting and young actors

People who enjoy mystery films – thought provoking

Film critics – writers for film magazines due to it being a short film produced by an independent company

Title will attract middle class, more educated audience will understand the second meaning of the word and how it links to the film

Poster and Radio would attract the niche audience as it wouldn’t be played in primetime/shown in mainstream magazines. As well as the young and unknown actors

[film editing] – we have learnt how to use more effects usefully and more variety[radio editing] – we learnt how to set up and edit for our radio

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES USED - Air conditioning –

sensitive to cameras

and can cause

problems withcontinuity inediting

Learnt the effect of the ‘clapper board’ and why it is used in multi camera shooting

ADOBE PREMIER PRO

AUDICITYWe learnt how to set up and record sounds for the radio advert

We learnt how to use different effects within the program to create our poster

JASC PAINT SHOP PRO

-Learnt how to use

a Voice Recorderin order tocreate soundeffects

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES USED

Research We used the internet for our research, using

sites such as YouTube, where we found the short film ‘Black Button’ . This was basic inspiration for our film

We also used the Rock FM website and listened to radio film trailers to help gain a basic idea of how to make ours.

We kept up to date blogs, recording what we had done, the progress we had made and what we were planning to do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80

http://winstanleymediabev.blogspot.com/2009/11/over-half-term-we-have-finished-our.html

Meeting Up Outside Of College

When meeting up in our own time to produce the video, we made sure we kept in contact by exchanging phone numbers and e-mails so that we could easily contact each other and organise meetings in and outside of college. This enabled us to capture film for the final product as well as finishing the poster.

• Better skills with programs used to edit

• Better camera skills

• Better organisation:- Writing a script beforehand- Problems solved more efficiently- More experience so better use of time

• Better quality blogs; more photo’s and more specific

• More quality in representations and key concepts

• Better understanding in what we’re doing

• More interactive evaluation, as feedback helped

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNENED SINCE OUR AS COURSEWORK TO NOW?

OverallImproveme

nt on Quality of

Work

http://winstanleymediabev.blogspot.com/2010/01/feedback_15.html

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

We have addressed the audience feedback in our blog:

How Our Main Product Links To Ancillary Texts

Poster

The same people on the poster are the main characters in our film. We have also used a re-occurring theme of red to convey danger. The mist and darkness alongside the hooded figure’s face being hidden link into the mystery genre of our film. We added a darker tint to add a gritty, realistic feel to the poster.

Radio

We used the same music on our radio as we did in our film as the music added a dramatic and mysterious effect to both projects. We also used dialogue from the actual film in the radio. The narrative dialogue on the radio project linked to the storyline in the film and enforced the idea of mystery.