Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full production?

with the preliminary task. it was are first time using a camera and trying to get the camera shots right. we did a lot of research or work on knowing the camera type. so when it came to filming. it felt easy. but when you was actually doing the task. it was hard! filming is not an easy task!  it was only a one minute film but it wasn't easy editing it either. but after that task we did learn a lot about filming and actors, lightning... everything! so we had that on our backs when we were shooting. it was easy at times,but other times it seemed to drag and was a lot of hard work. we did also have the blog to keep updating when we had done something, so that kept us on track. we had to make the film longer this time. up to 2 minutes,. but we didn't have a guide on what the film had to be about. we had to make it our own. which was good but like i keep saying. hard!

Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of making this product. 

 i have learnt so much from this product. but what i have learnt most is camera shots. editing and additional post-production.

Camera shots!

camera shots were the main focus of my learning. i already knew how to edit, but i was very interested in the filming. i pay close attention to detail when it comes to editing and wanted everything to flow together nicely. i tried to place interesting camera shots and styles together. we have shot revers shots. close ups. long shots. match on action. and loads more. we made sure that each shot fitted nicely together with the one after that. so the film would make sense. we also paid attention to lightning. we wanted lighting outside to make the outdoors seem interesting. so we filmed on sunning days outside. the shots we hard to get due to the sun getting in the way at times and making the actress/ actor squinting in scenes. so we had to do some of those over again. for the indoors.where its meant to be safe. we tried keeping the indoors dark and gloomy. so we tried avoiding filming by doors and windows.

Editing!  

i was already aware of editing due to me editing a lot on video clips with music. though i never edited a film without music and just sound. it was tricky because sometimes the sound would get in the way or not match with the clip. so we either had to go and film something again or record the sound and place it over the sound clip so it fitted together nicely. we had to make sure that everything was in its place, the clothing and the hair was the same. even if we filmed days apart. we made sure we had the right clothing on. the rooms were the same and the props the same. but sometimes it would become tricky so we tricked the views and used already used footage and zoom it  or edited int a style so it would seem new. we only did this last resort thing if we could film out together or editing became tricky.  it seem impossible at times to edit and me and the partner would get into arguments. we did get help from other people,. them giving there view across on what we could do and what we could get rid of. we did use other people help but we did try sticking to our own thoughts. 

Post Production!

 to me this became very annoying. because things wouldn't work out. on days we couldn't film and had to film when both of use were free. choosing what genre to do became tricky. and we had fights about it. so to make it fare for both of use we did two genres on one. yet we  still kept getting into arguments. but i guess that what production is all about! we had to come up with a story and who was going to stat in it. it became hard trying to find the right actors because some wasn't free when both of us were. so in the end we used each other in the film to save more time and stress. we did get others in to help. such as another camera man and an extra to be a zombie along side myself. the location became a pain.  because my partner in the film wanted to film at his house but some of us didn't have parents  that could drive up to his. so we had to walk! but it all worked out in the end. at times we would lose or change things that happened in the story or script. so we had to change the storyboard. and everything else along with it. 

Question 5

What elements of your text would attract the target audience? 

we have used the typical humor you see in everyday comedy zombie movies. we used Shaun of the dead as a typical target. using silly jokes and lines. though we never copied them. but we made are lines into something maybe, something they would say. everyday teenagers are into horrors and comedy's. bring social groups from all over the place together. we used both these elements because they seem to be the strongest genres out of all the rest.  the style of very simple. we didn't go over board with editing. or action. there are only three people max in our opening. so the audience wouldn't get completely confused if we had over ten people on the screen in the space of two minutes!  

      the language is mostly in the body. the two actors say barely any lines. the female only says one line. so you could say that, she a women who says little of her self or of others. the male says more than one. but he speaks about what he thinks. he knows he in trouble when he witnesses the un dead. and says a very cheesy line. which younger views might find funny. he slacks off the pans, as he trying to find the right one. so older views might find that funny. we kept it balanced in the ways of the audience.  

     the representation of the characters is basic. you have your basic,snobby female, who ends up getting herself killed. as she doesn't know who to defend herself. so shes easy target for the un dead to get. the male is portrayed as a typical cowardly hero.

      we have no other reference to any other type of media. it was in production but we forgot to place it in at the beginning, when the male character wakes up.  it would of been the news. saying who there have been numerous grizzly murders. then tuning over to a chirpy advert. 

Question Four

who would be the audience for your media product?

For our film the type type of audience would be from a older teenager (16-18) and to rage of ages upwards. Possibly the latest would be around the late 40's (males) 30's (females) they would be working class, so that when they have time to rest and have family time, with older kids.  this would be a good movie to watch with your friends. You could get friends who like one genre from the film and let them watch the film for that aspect. The average nationality would be British, because this is a British film, there may be american viewers who enjoy the move because we do watch each others films. The genre is mixed and possibly  aimed mostly toward the males, because they enjoy all the gory zombie and the action that it involves, females are usually in the Rom-com or some other type of genre that doesn't involve guts and blood. though some female views do.

    teenagers and you adults like spending there money on music, phones, DVD's, or going to the cinema with family or friends. when ever views are watching telly or a movie, or they are going to by something, advertisement will also show you something from the cinema that will grab there attention. or to win tickets to the opening of the film it could link to things they buy, such as magazines, phones and much more. the views may watch all different types of movies and media's. they would finds things out through the use of the internet and social groups. IE Facebook and twitter. they would discuss there opinions and what they like and what they would want to see. they could share things though YouTube or any other media consumer that advertises in what they like. 

Question Three

what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I would say 20th Century Fox and universal., because they have done many comedy and horror movies, so I would have a lot of trust in them to publish my movie and make it good and reel in all different types of viewers. they both seem very trust worth and if one didn't offer then i would turn to the other one, because they are both huge company's and they would like my film due to the fact it has two genres inside of it and 'Shaun of the dead' was a huge hit and this is in its style. 

Question Two

How does you media product represent particular social groups?

your average woman in need of saving

In our film we have two types of people, we have one female and we have one male. Both are important and link together. And yet are both not how males and female are usually portrayed in your average zombie comedy movies. 

The Female... 

The female is portrayed as a higher up class person, posh, rich and possibly a snob. She is out on the moors, wearing jogging bottoms and a red bench fleeces. This could be to try and fit in with all the other average people. Yet with all her intelligence, she isn't clever or knows how to save herself. She ends up being easy to kill off. She to is a victim as she is unable to save herself. As the film goes on we are shown the male, he fears the female, he doesn't attempt to kill her and cause her harm, he runs away from her. So she may be even more powerful as to the fact that she is dead. For her makeup, we didn't really give her any, so she may be just trying to blend in with everyone else, and  because of the costume she was wearing, It seemed like there was no need for her to be wearing any makeup, and if she didn't, she would look silly. The female who plays the character is attractive but doesn't say a lot, so its possible she thinks lower of working class people. She has looks, but no brain. For camera shots, we never got any close up shots of her when she was alive. Possibly because she didn't want people knowing who she was and didn't want attention focused on her. The camera was kept away from her face and if there was close up, they wouldn't be of her face. She only got her close ups when she was dead. So people could be aware of what she had become, also she wouldn't of cared because of course, she was dead. 

The male...

your average, cowardly hero. 

The male is one of your average boys, he is all brains but has no courage. So he is one of your cowardly hero's. The one hero who doesn't really know what on earth he is doing but will try his best, even if it means getting himself almost killed numerous times. We did this through the persons personalty and through what he wears. He wear a black jacket and black sunglasses, even though he is in doors and its not even sunny outside. So he is trying to be col and sexy, because he is going to see the female that was on the screen earlier on in the opening.  When he notices his friend outside his house he is curious but knows something is wrong,  when we see that he realized she is dead and walking around. All that courage and confidence rolls right out the window. You could say he is like an average hero in a zombie movie, he has little knowing of self-defense but learns quickly how to use weapon and how to kill the un-dead. The character does grab a weapon for self defense. But when he knows thing are going down hill, he hides and doesn't try to defend himself off. By the time he hides, all the un-dead break in and bang on the door, knowing that he is in there. So you could also way that he is stupid and cowardly, when his fear rolled in deep. With camera shots we have many ones of him, we have close ups of his face on numerous occasions, nine out of ten times there are expressions of fear on his face as he realizes things are bad for him. We get many different types of shots with him because he is being normal, he is your average person but dealing with a big problem, so we needed to be doing all these different type of camera shots to try and get across the chaos of what is going through his head at the point in time.

Question One

G321 ~ Evaluation

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

Shaun of the dead
zombie/comedy

Resident Evil
Zombie horror

We have kept well and close to the conventions of the two genre we had chosen. We had made it equal in both ways. Through the first half on the moors. We have the zombie feel to it. And when we cut to the house we have the humorous side to it, though still keeping to the zombie idea, because that was are strong point. We did change it a little bit. Through numerous convocation /drafts /story boards. We did try to mix it up with different types of camera shots that wouldn't usually be placed into a zombie comedy or a comedy for that matter. We wanted to cuts to be sharp and short when we came to the zombie, because before hand. Everything ran smooth and longer than the other half of the movie. We made sure the comedy was there. Even though it was being done through one character who was on his own. So we made the humor through things he did and the environment around them.

Things we twisted...

Another one of our leading un-dead zombies

Are lead female character/zombie
(myself) 

We made sure that our hero was completely venerable and did not even attempt to attack the un-dead as they came piling into his house. We also did not give the un-dead any noises. To in a way make it seem more eerie or mysterious, Like the un-dead was not un-dead fully. possibly still partly human. knowing that the female character came to the males house even, though she was attacked and 'killed' and we in a sense made will a ladies man. due to the two lead female zombies blocking will from leaving the house and having to hid.  the zombies was not ugly looking so we made then quiet attractive and we did not apply much make-up to them, to add the feeling like they are still human. but not fully 'all there' usually you would have a hero that knows what he is doing and can escape the city with not problem, but because it was an average teenager, who probably knew how to kill zombies, he just hid away.

The Music...

The music we was going to use

we had everything planned out to a T but thing went pared shaped and due to editing and filming, we did not have enough time to email anyone and gets the song(s) we needed or wanted. so in the end we just used what we could get. mostly sounds to add humor to the film, because we were finding it difficulty to keep the humor there.