Q1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge, forms and conventions of a real media products

The images on the left hand corner are from our film and se7en we edited them together in photoshop to create a nine shot title sequence Our film Demented is inspired by Se7en, it featured a lot of close ups and abstract images. There was a character but his identity was not revealed in the opening and that is what we tried to imitate, Our film had the opening title inbetween the images rather than during the images unlike Se7en.

We both used similar camera shots and tried to shoot our clips from different angles, we had a lot of extreme close ups and tried to also give a garish-horror kind of view.

Editing in Se7en is quite quick and sharp however ours is slow paced and doesnt have any sharp cuts, we didnt have exactly the same shots as se7en but we achieved the idea of the extreme close ups and was really effective.

For example the first two pictures you can see the image of se7en with the book and our image with the book and the unknown characters hand with an extreme close up on it, showing we produced a clear annotation of the image we were trying to create.

We tried to create something ambiguous that had a sense of not knowing what was happening in the opening of the film just like se7en creating a mood of suspense

Question 3&4

This is a student film called 'Genesis' it has had 13,737 hits. This is a low budget videos like ours and it can only be released over the internet on videos sharing sites such as YouTube. Because it has bin released over the internet people all over the world can see and that is how you get a video distributed to a wide audience without paying money or getting people to sponsor you. You can watch student movies from anywhere you are whether it be from the comfort of your home on your computer, or on the bus on the way to work on your phone. This film is similar to ours in that it is a thriller which has a slight hint of horror and that is why i think our film will get alot of hits, i also think this because with the help of friends and family spreading the word through word of mouth and other the internet it can be a big film.

Q2 How does your media product represnt particular socail groups?

The image above is from our thriller Demented and the one beneath it from Se7en, as you can see the image is quite disturbing because you can see the unknown character crossing out a young girls face representing that the characters social group falls under disturbed and troubled people.

These two shots are very similar their both have extreme close ups my group tried to immitate these aspects of camerawork to create that spooky effect, trying to capture the same effect se7en did in the film.

I believe that we achieved this successfully, as you can see the still image is the same as our still image expect for theres being with a black background faded out and ect, but we conveyed the idea perfectly to suit our film.

The two shots are suggesting that these two characters are innocent victims of a serial killer who is deranged because of the crossing out of the child's face showing that the unknown character has childhood issues that takes it out on innocent young children.

Giving away fear and uncertainty which creates a sense of the character being mad person and a phycopath.

Q3&4 What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

This is a piece from an as media student who posted her film on youtube who got total views of 1,771, comments3:34, favorites:7, ratings:21 and an average rating of:4.67.

This shows that the medis institutions have increased incredibly over the past ten years which shows that it has gained a great amount of viewers, showing that this is the best way of devloping and gaining a wider audiences, aspiring people to have the opportunity to share their work with people around the world which can be really good for networking.

This was a low budget film that was limited with equipment, this shows that any movie that is filmed properly can be distributed through the internet because it is a worldwide website that is attracting a wide spread audience.

There has been an increase of internet access in homes making easier for students like me to be recongnised and that want to distribute their film to a global auidence, the internet is a free place for advertisment making your self known and buliding up your popularity within the internet services, and widing your connections from the interent to gain publicity to make a breakthrough for your film.

Youtube is accessed by millions of people around the world which makes youtube the number1 internet service for distribution and making yourself get recognition amongst thousands of viewers.

Facebook is also a good internet site for distributing a film, tou can tag anybody which will appear on there page and their friends will be able to watch it by doing this you get a wider auidence and many people will be interested in your movie, Twitter one of the new internets services that have blossomed recently will be good also because your reaching out to alot of followers that will want to know about and see your film.

Q5 Who would Be The Audience For Your Media Product

Christina Morgan is 21 in her last year of universty and works part time as a make-up artist.

She is very creative and likes to make her own clothes and is currently working on her own clothing line, she loves fashion, heels and designer bags, everywhere shes goes she always has to have her iphone, ipod and purse with her she never forgets them remmbering to always put them in her handbag, she loves music and has a deep passion for all types of music and listens to different genres.

Christina loves to shop at selfridges and is into high fashion, Christina comes across as being a typical materialistic girly girl but thats just one side to her.

But she is also Athletic and likes her sports she is into, dancing, swimming, tennis,car racing and football is her favorite, she surports Arsenal and is a very big fan.

Christina loves horror and action thrillers and also likes alot of freaky werid horrfiying movies that make her jump and excites her, she is always renting out Dvds when she doesnt have the time to travel to the cinema because the cinema is quite far from her campus, and when she is not at uni she is working on her clothing line or at her part time job as a make-uo artist.

Christina is very sociable and likes to interact with people and get to know new connects that will help her later on in life with her clothing line.

Q 3&4. What kid of media intitution might distribute your media product and why? How will your attract/address your audience?

Similar to ours, this is a low-budget thriller opening filmed which has been released on the interent via youtube where thousands of user browse almost every single day. This is a perfect example of how distrubution of videos (baring in mind the film had no cost to make it) can become so popular to the nation which could easily gain audiences from world wide.
the fact that we put our work up on youtube, allows us to be able to also put it on other networking sites like Facebook,Vimeo,Myspace and Twitter, this way we can get as much hits for the video, get popular and we just might be able to get picked up if our video is good enough. Our friends and Family too will help us with the distrubution and promotion. This video recieved 1,253, i think that we could infact hit that target or even higher, because of the simple fact that our generation is moving so fast with all the technologies that are being made and the people supporting.

Q5. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Martin, Aged 21

works as a builder in the weekdays and absolutely loves his job. In his spare time he likes to go out and collect things such as cans, insects, and things people would normally call rubbish. He describe himself as humble but very different from normal people and so he doesnt really stand out. He shops in places like camden market. He lives in essex and prefferes to be alone at most times.