Tyler. D, My AS Level Media Work !

Media Blog Work

Q1. In what ways does your media production use, develop or challenge form and conventions of real media conventions?

In films and other media production they use many different things to create the perfect atmosphere. In thrillers they are trying to set a terrifying and panicky atmosphere when the action picks up, they do this in many ways.

The first way is to use the power of music or the lack of music in some cases. Non dietetic sounds are very important in this genre as they are normally filmed a quite place so they need to add the noises in if they are needed.

The best example is from this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4
This is just the sound of the amazing Jaws theme song. In this clip you can only hear the music and that on it own build tension as the music gets faster and faster to the point of the sharks attack. But the music can also be use to create fake build ups in tension as it is use some times when nothing is about to happen. Also in some clips there is no build up and the action comes from no were, these are used to make you jump, most of the time because of the music you know some thing is going to happen, but that is not always the case, in this next clip it shows how some films like to make us jump. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMwmqp3GLMc. As you can see in this clip the character is giving a speech about how they are going to survive, but the shark comes from nowhere to kill him with no warning. In this next clip you can see the finished product as you see the music with the visual clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW2NemceA84. I this clip the music is supported by the images as the shark attacks and kills.

In our film we tried to use music as best as we could. During the titles we use a sound track that was slow and very creepy, this then cut of as the film started, and At this point we added a heartbeat which controlled the pace of the film. Near the end of the chase scene we then hear the girl breathing really heavy as she falls and turns; this may show that she is scared and very tired from running. This fast part of action which is a premonition / flash back is very much like the Final Destination films as they show what could and still might happen but the only thing is that you don’t know if the character has seen it or not. Here is a clip to back this up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKQ3ve4bNXI. The next part of film has no music but it just has the normal sound of the normal waking up routine. The slow and creepy music only comes back when she leaves the house, the music also show that she was safe in her house but now he has left she is in lots of danger.

The second convention of a thriller is a fast paced action, fast paced action is used when a fight is happening or when some one is being killed, or when some on is being chased and they are about to be killed.

In many films they have a slow part which sets the scene. The pace of the film will be pretty slow until it added the complication to the film. Like in Vacancy were the man and women are in the room of the motel and they play one of the video tapes and they find out that they are in the same room, at this point the music is start to build tension and also the clips will get faster and faster. The pace of the cuts is normally controlled by the pace of the music.

In our film we have a slow paced part were it set the scene and we have a very fast part were the girl is found to be in danger. But these two things are the wrong way round to most films as we start by showing the ending to the film, this chase scene is a very fast paced part and it is interlinked to the pace of the heartbeat. The heart beat is meant to represent the girl’s heart beating. The pace of out film then slows right down for the waking up and the norm of the morning route will slow shot and long sweeps, in this part of the film we don’t use cuts, in stead we use fades as they seems better suited so we don’t give the wrong impression, but we fade one part to another with a big time laps like when the girl is getting up as the audience knows what is going on and that is the same for the part were she is getting her cereal because it fades from her poring a bowl to her getting her coat on as we though the audience would know what has just happened. The pace does not really change outside as she does not know she is being watched by the person from the bushes and from behind other objects.

The last thing I think is very important to thriller film is camera movement. Camera movement can be use to set the scene or to show that some on has just looked over, around or under an object. Or it is used to show what is happening around a character like they are doing a 360 or 180 spin to work what is happening.

In this scene from the film Hancock you will see many sweeps and flowing shot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5we24bQl0c&feature=related. In this shot you can see many sweeps from behind Will Smith shoulder which shows what he is looking at, when he gets surrounded there are many spins to show how trapped he is but it never shows him in a high angle shot being looked down upon.

In our film we don’t use shot to show what the character is looking at but she is always in the middle of the screen. This mean you can see what is in front of her and behind her or you can see what is on her left and what is on her right. This mean you can always see what is around her accept from what is chasing her, this is done to create and build tension and suspense.

In our film we also use black and white; this is used in many films like start to Sin City and also James Bond. Black and white affect is used to represent the passed or a parallel world. In our film it is which is a premonition she does not see. In the James Bond film I think it is used to show the past. The affect also gives the clip a eerier and creepy feeling, Coupled with the fast pace bursts it really should get the audiences hearts racing.

Q2. How does your media product represent particular social group.

We tried to aim our film at an audience that we knew. This is why we aimed our film at the age range of 15-19 year olds. The minimum would be 15 because I think our certificate would be 15 years old so it would be illegal for younger people to view this film. I don’t think many people over the age of 19 would like the film as it is a bit predictable. Also they have probably seen a Hollywood film which is similar. Because of this we used a young actress as she would appeal to girls and boy for different reason. Also a young actress seems more venerable than a 17 year old boy as they seem like they might be able to take care of them self’s a bit more than a small girl.

We then work on the set for the film; we first shot the bedroom part. This part was easy as we went to her house. Her room was brilliantly messy and a messy bedroom is a very stereotypical view of teenager’s bedrooms. Also the bed room had poster of famous stars on the wall. This does not just make the character less movie star and more of a normal life girl. In the bedroom scene we also use a prop, we use a new flip mobile phone, this is the first thing she picks up which makes it seem the most important thing in her life and that is her friends and her social life. It also is another stereotypical view of teenager. This phone part could also be use for advertisement for a company and this may help pay for some extras for the film.

Q3. What kind of media institute might distribute your media product and why?

The best suited media company for our film would be Dimension films. I think they would be best suited for our film because they have distributed other films which are also horror/ thriller films. Dimension films have distributed films like the Scream series and other films like some of the later Scary movie films.

I think they would distribute our film because it is very similar to other films that they have distributed. It also falls straight into the thriller / horror genre that they seem to be best at distributing. Also our film is a bit of a head twist, this is like the Scream movies as you are guessing who the killer is.

Media products are advertise and talked about a lot, you find about them by watching a trailer on TV or the internet or by word of mouth, but I think you also find out about media products by following the sequence of games or film or TV programme. But I think trailer are the main way to get people to go wow I want to buy it and go see that film because it looks brilliant. Trailers and promos are always on TV and if you want to see the full version of trailer you just go on the internet and have a little search. But word of mouth is very important because promos and big shows talking about it may happen with a brilliant trailer but if the audience think it is rubbish people wont go and they will probably wait for a bit until it is the box that says DVD’s for 4.99 and then they will buy it. But for these types of films that are set at the teenage age group I would put most of the trailers and little shows about it on the internet as most people my age are on the pc / internet a lot of the time searching. This would be the best place to place the advertising. I would probably put it on a social site like Facebook or Bebo as many people go on it fore a few hours a week.

Directed and wrote by

Richard Curtis

Produced by

Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Hilary Bevan Jones

The Boat That Rocked is a 2009 ensemble comedy film, released in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2009. After the film's commercial and critical failure in the UK. Set in 1966, it tells the story of a fictitious pirate radio station broadcasting to the United Kingdom from a ship moored in the North Sea.

Basic Plot

Boat on north sea is seen apoint by the goverment as menis to the publis which love it, the boat station is targetted by the goverment but the boat station seems to have the uper hand as the public loves them.

Sub plot

New boy on the boat is a boy who is oreder by his mum to go on the boat with his Uncle to try and sort out his ways but it seems a funny choice as he is allowed to do what ever he wants, is he really there to meet his real dad for the first time.

Sub plot

Leggendary radio broudcasters come back and this anoyyes the replacesment who came in from the states. These two people seem to not get on but they get on well after climbing really high on a post of the boat and then walk down out to the edge of some polls to jump into the sea from 40+ feet.

other sub plots

There are other plots like a girl who marries a boy to only sleep with an other DJ. How did a old man get on the boat who no one have ever seen.