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Media Evaluation 5 - Technologies

During our time filming and editing I learnt how and when to use a tripod, what shot types worked best in certain scenes and how through editing I could create a specific meaning or message along with high levels of tension.
Where I learnt the most was during the editing process. I quickly learnt how to upload the film directly from the camera on to the Apple Mac, something I had never done before but became accustomed to by the end of production. Once the film was on to the Mac, editing it through Imovie became an integral part of getting the look of the film perfect. I learnt how to cut and trim sections of the film together to gain a tighter more flowing film, but what was most important was the effects we used on the film. Editing the scenes to be black and white along with the red tint we used for the church scenes garnered a far more dramatic and tense experience for the viewer. I also learnt how to increase or decrease the speed in scenes, this was helpful for the running scenes as they were slow and repetitive at first before we sped them up and cut them together in editing. Slowing down helped in the more dramatic scenes, like the death scene, this made the viewing experience shocking an d intense.
Through the vast improvement in technology this way of editing homemade films is easy for beginners and even for more advanced film-makers, the software is very simple but also very effective and really helped the create the right tone of the film.

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Media Evaluation 3 - Media Institution

Distribution in film relies heavily on the funding or the budget the film has. If it is a high budget blockbuster then a large distributor like Universal or 20th Century Fox would be likely to distribute it. However, if it is a small budget film a smaller company would distribute it. For our horror opening we decided to use a larger distributor but one that distributes mostly horror films outside of the highest budget films – something that was in the middle of low and high budget distribution. We wanted to be distributed by a large company although our project doesn’t necessarily have a huge budget. This is because our story line follows the well know and popular horror genre and not the low budget gritty social realist dramas. Having looked into vast amounts of distribution companies we chose one that distributed medium budget horror films to a large scale audience. We decided that Lionsgate would be the most appropriate and successful distribution company for our film. This is because they distribute many lower and medium budget horror films to large audiences such as the SAW films, so it would hit there genre specification. 

Media Evaluation 2 - Social Group Representation

Our film opens with a young girl alone and trapped in an abandoned church. This makes it clear that she is vulnerable whilst the blood and the editing we used portrays she is in danger. This scene shows we are following the convention that teenagers are both targets and victims in horror films .

This scene is a positive representation of teenagers as it shows a teenage boy being heroic. Here he is running trying to get to the female character in order to save her. This portrays the idea that male protagonists are less vulnerable as he is the one trying to be the hero.

As the film continues you see a trail of blood as if the victim as been dragged. This further expresses the vulnerability and weakness of teenagers as well as expressing the strength of the unseen killer. This portrays teenagers to be victims in these situations.

Media Evaluation 2 - Social Group

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