Evaluation Question 4

I used Glogster to present my evaluation question 4, which is "Who would be the audience for your media product?"

Evaluation Question 3

I decided to use SpicyNodes for my evaluation question 3. It was intriguing to experiment with and I was able to put in plenty of information to explain my evaluation question 3.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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Evaluation Question 1

I used PowToons to make my first Evaluation question. I enjoyed making it for there were different effects and tools I could use to make my first question interesting.

Thriller Script

(Detective walks into school, to reception).

Detective: Hi, I'm Detective Levine. I'm here to see Mr Hunter.

Receptionist: Okay, I'll just check the system for you. (checks computer). Okay, he's currently in SF1

Detective: Thank you.

(Walks to SF1)
(Knocks)

Mr Hunter: Come in.

Detective: Mr Hunter, I'm Detective Levine.

(Sits down).

Detective: I'm here to talk to you today about Emma Gilbert.

Mr Hunter: Uh, the only thing that I know is that she went missing 2 days ago.

Detective: So when was the last time you saw Emma?

Mr Hunter: Um, the last time I saw her, we was in the corridor.

Detective: Where abouts was this?

Mr Hunter: Um, just through the corridor, just by the main office and it was just general chit chat.

Detective: We have a witness here that states it didn't look like a quick conversation.

Mr Hunter: We had a conversation, she owed me some coursework and i was just reminding her, reiterating when they need to be in and the consequences of it not being handed it.

Detective: She seemed upset, the witness had said, she was distressed. I think there is more to it.

Mr Hunter: (Checks watch).
                   Oh is that the time. I've got to go, I've got a lesson to attend to now.
                   (Leaves classroom).

Detective:   (Leaves classroom).

Detective: I'm still in the school. Another potential witness.

Mr Hunter: (Hits detective over head, throws down bat).
                   (Drags Detective into another room).

Vox Pops

Vox Populi (Latin) means voice of the people. They are interviews of random people in a public place and the people are supposed to give spontaneous opinions on the questions that the interviewers ask in a chance encounter.

Vox pops are often used on news programs to show balance.  They are introduced sometimes by the interviewer by saying "I am here to find people's opinions on..."

This is the vox pops we created for our thriller. We asked a range of different audiences we could target our film at and this is the result.

Audience Research

Social-demographic is a term used by the media industry used to categorize consumers by ‘social class’. Social-demographic is used by companies when deciding on the target social class to sell their product to.





A - Upper middle class
B - Middle class
C1 - Lower middle class
C2 - Skilled working class
D - Working class
E - Those at the lowest level of subsistence

Target Audience When creating a product for an audience to consume it is vital to consider the target audience especially when it comes to advertising. When deciding on a target audience the things that need to be considered are:
 1) gender                                          
2) social class
3) age
4) location

Gender

There are certain aspects of films which attract different people. For men, action, thrilling, suspense filled scenes and plots will attract them. They may also be attracted by a strong, brave male character for they may desire to be like him. For women, they may be attracted to a romance between characters, a strong, brave, good looking male character. However, sometimes, women can enjoy a good action movie, whereas some men may enjoy a classic romantic comedy. But to attract your target audience, you will need to stick with the stereotypical audience to create an effective thriller.

Social Class

Different social classes can be attracted to different genres of films. If a film is based around the upper class then the upper class will be the target audience for this film. If a film is against the upper class and shows the upper class in a negative light then the lower classes will be the films target audience.

Age

Certain types of films can attract all ages. However, films normally target a certain age group for their audience. Disney movies, such as Tangled, Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. are designed to attract younger audiences around 6+. However, audiences sometimes up to the age of 23 may go to see these types of movies for they have special effects and good storylines which attract these audiences. Movies such as Taken, The Fast and The Furious and James Bond, however, will be designed to attract a male audience around the age of 16-25, and 98% of the time these will be the main target audiences.

Location

Movies use certain locations to show familiarity which will attract audiences who are familiar with this location. Audiences love movies which are based in famous landmarks and places, such as New York, LA, London, Dublin, Paris. This is because it may be a local place to the audience or the audience is familiar of the setting.

 

Past Student Thriller Analysis

There are many things in which good openings of a thriller need to keep their audiences attention. These are things like music, action scenes, voice overs, etc. These effects will grip the audience and make them want to watch more of a film, which is why a good opening needs to involve these aspects.

In this past student's thriller opening, it starts off with a girl walking along a path, seeming very happy. The music playing in the background builds the tension and lets you know that something is going to happen. There was no dialogue in the opening, but that built up the suspense more, which would make the audience want to watch more of the film to see what happens. Although there was no dialogue, there was still diagetic and on-screen sounds, which was the mobile phone ringing on the girl's bed, for her boyfriend, we know for it came up on the screen of the phone, was calling her. I would want to watch more of it for it has a great name which relates to the opening, and I would want to know what happens next in the film, whether the boyfriend tries to save her or if he was in on the kidnapping, what the kidnappers do and why they kidnapped her and whether she survives the film.

I think this opening to a thriller, Mortifer, was quite suspenseful and tension building for it starts off at a park with a guy talking to a girl over the phone, the music is playing throughout the opening which builds tension for you know that something is going to happen which will match the music's tone. The girl ends the call and puts her phone away. Then someone walks into the park and shoots the guy in the head, twice. We see the girl walking past the killer, and at first I assumed that she was a part of the killing, that she was a friend who betrayed a friend. But then she gets a call from an anonymous person with a disguised voice and she says who are you, and the disguised voice says you know who I am. Then the opening scene finishes with SEVEN MONTHS LATER. This makes the audience want to watch more of the film to see what happens later, how the girl knows the killer, how she was a part in the killing of the boy and whether she too will die. The scene includes diagetic and non-diagetic sounds and on-screen sounds when the gun shoots the boy and with the conversation between the girl and the anonymous voice.

I really liked this opening for a thriller. it starts off at a forest where a group of boys are going to camp. However, it looks like something is going to happen because they are mucking around and shouting. However, there is parts where the screen jolts, and black and white lines come across the screen as though signal is lost. The boys get drunk and fall asleep, but one of them needs to go to the toilet, and gets out of the tent. Someone then attacks him, and the rest of the boys go to see what happens, but they get attacked too. It then goes to the shot of a guy waking up in his bed, with his television on, talking about the missing boys. What i like about this is the effect of no signal, where the screen gets cut off by white and black lines, for it adds tension and suspense, thinking that something is going to happen. Throughout the opening, we see a clip of an eye, and then back to the forest where the boys were camping. near the end of the opening, it goes to a shot of the eye again, but this time we see whose eye it is. This is effective for it makes it look like a dream, but then it shows the television talking about the missing boys, which makes the audience wonder what that boy was actually seeing. This makes the audience want to watch more to see what happened to the group of boys, whether they would be found, and how that boy who was asleep could see what was happening.