Sins of Lust

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These are the music we are using in our film. I have print screened this to show that we have permission to use their music in pur film as the owner clearly states in the description 'these are free to use. 



Our Film

Evaluation

Media Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms convention of real media productions?

The first scene of our thriller is a close up shot Katrina on the phone to the Denzel but the audience is not aware of who she is on the phone too. We used a close up shot for the opening scene because it brings the audience close to the action and for the audience to be to hear Katrina’s argument on the phone as they will begin to ask questions like ‘Who is she on the phone to, or what is happening or what did happen?’ The close up shot on the argument creates tension between both characters (Katrina and Denzel) and the tension will spread amongst the audience as well and they will sense that something will happen sooner or later.

The next shot is a two shot of Katrina and Marcus and this shot shows the relationship that is building between both characters. It reduces the tension that was created in the first scene as the dialogue between both characters presents a calm and straight forward conversation. This scene so far conforms to the convention that ‘the boy meets girl, fall in love and live happily ever after.’ However, our production company subverts this convention as the next shot is a close up shot on Katrina having another conversation on the phone to Denzel but the audience still doesn’t know who Katrina is on the phone to as she doesn’t reveal the identity of Denzel to the audience. We wanted to keep the identity of Denzel hidden away from the audience to create tension within the audience and for the audience to wonder and think a range of different things such as ‘who is she talking to? Is he good or is he bad?’ a range of things. Normally in thrillers, when you keep the identity of a character, it automatically adds fear to the ‘mystery character and eventually when they do appear, they have a dramatic effect on the audience and have a very fearful presence. The next scene is a two shot of Marcus and Friend One. The scene includes dialogue between both characters and is quite a straight forward conversation, A two shot has been used for this scene to show the school environment and to present the conversation between both characters to the audience. Marcus tells friend that he is meeting Katrina after school and the mood and tension is at a low level but when friend says to Marcus, ‘But be careful though,’ it increases the tension amongst the audience because they are aware something is going to happen to Marcus. The next shot is when Marcus walks out of the common room to meet Katrina. Then it moves onto three shot/reverse shots involving Katrina and Marcus. The dialogue goes as follows…

Katrina: Ah you took your time.

Marcus: Yeah we definitely need to sort out your attitude.

Katrina: Yeah yeah, do you wanna come back to mine?

Marcus: Whoa (Pause) Alright lets go.

It is very effective when Katrina asks the question ‘Do you wanna come back to mine’ because the audience fully know that it is a trap for Marcus and the tension will increase amongst the audience and the audience will also be hoping Marcus says no. Marcus pauses after he says ‘Whoa.’ The reason we put a pause in his line is because the pause has a dramatic effect on the audience because it will increase the tension amongst the audience, start to build suspense and will show Marcus’s shock at the question asked by Katrina. After Marcus’s answers the question, it switches to a long shot of Katrina and Marcus walking out and as it changes to the long shot, our first music of our soundtrack begins. The soundtrack drops in at the beginning to the scene because it builds the suspense and the tension in the film and spreads amongst the audience. The soundtrack plays through the next four shots of the film, a long shot, a mid shot, two shot and another long shot. The four shots show Katrina and Marcus walking to the subway. The long shot of Katrina and Marcus walking into the subway presents the surroundings of both characters and with the song playing in the background it will build tension and suspense within the audience. But in the two shot, the music volume level decreases to a low level to hear the dialogue between both characters (Marcus & Katrina). The dialogue is as follows….

Marcus: How long is your house from here?

Katrina: Oh not long why?

Marcus: Just wondering init.

From Marcus’s lines the audience can sense that Marcus is worrying and in thrillers, when the characters begins to get worried, the audience begins to get worried and this will increase the fear, suspense and tension amongst the audience. Then it switches to a three shot with all three characters included. This is also the scene where Denzel first appears in the film. There is first a heated argument then it changes to a close up shot of Denzel taking the gun out of his trousers. A close up shot is used to draw the audience into the action and it conforms to conventions a thriller and gives the audience an insight to a thriller. Then the next shot switch back to the three shot and then the final shot is a close up on Marcus being held at gunpoint. The close up shot conforms to the conventions a thriller as the audience is drawn into the action and tension, suspense and fear is the feeling created within the film that spreads amongst the audience. Before the shot fades out, our second song of our soundtrack begins. The close up shot last for 3 seconds before it ends and the music comes in and contributes to tension and suspense with the audience waiting for something to happen. But we do not reveal what happens in the end as we leave it on a cliff-hanger to make the audience wonder ‘what happened to Denzel, did he die or not?’

 

 

 

 

 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our film is based on real life situations on an everyday basis between teenagers in London and social groups in this is a very vital part of our production. The social group represented and are the main focus points are teenagers. The reason why we are representing this social group is because firstly our target audience are teenagers and young adults. This social group relates back to our target audience very strongly as the events in our film that take place are events that they are aware of. Secondly, teenage gang culture is an issue that has been rising rapidly for the past ten years and because it involves some young teenagers across the UK, it relates to their generation and will intrigue them to watch the film. Different ethnicity in London is a very unique element of the main capital because there are so many different cultures now then there was 20 years ago. Deprived areas such as Peckham, Brixton and Stonebridge consist of a high rate of teenage gang culture and the gang culture originates deprived estates within these areas. Areas like these also consist of different ethnicities such as Black, White and Asian people and these ethnicities are the backgrounds of teenage gang members. Presenting this in our film is vital because it creates the realistic effect our film needs and it relates to our target audience strong as they are stereotyping gang members of being most from Black Afro backgrounds. Our characters all consist of different backgrounds and do not concentrate on one particular social background to remove the stereotypical view that gang members consist of only black people. The male character wears hooded jackets to represent teenagers because teenagers are associated with hoods and this is the stereotypical view from the target audience and the general public. When Denzel appears in final scenes, he is wearing a grey hoodie and once the audience see him appear in his hoodie, they will immediately associate him with gangs because of the hood he is wearing. Also, we chose the colour grey because using colours such as black and white are over simplistic. Katrina’s clothing represents the unique style of teenage fashion that young females are into nowadays. Her costume promotes the stereotypical view about teenagers that they heavily influenced fashion. We used similar style like Batman because he wears black but is portrayed as a hero. In thrillers, characters wearing black are normally associated with evil but Marcus in our film is the good guy so we have subverted conventions with his costume.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

The media institutions that might distribute our film would be Warner Brothers Entertainment because they have created thrilling films of high production value such as The Dark Knight. Warner Brother Entertainment as internationally recognised by everyone in the world and this means if Warner Bros was to distribute our film, it will gain international recognition through promotion by having posters on buses, on street walls, billboards and cinemas. From this series of promotions, people would be aware of our film and will know when our film will be in cinemas. Warner Brothers Entertainment will put our films in every cinema across the globe and will gain a wide range of global audience because Warner Bros are internationally successful and have been consistently producing high production value films. Once the audience recognise that Warner Bros are producing our film, they will immediately anticipate that it will be a successful movie and make the audience want to get to the cinema as soon as possible to watch our film. The Dark Knight was produced by Warner Bros and the creation of our film has been inspired by the Dark Knight because the conventions of thrillers has been used to full effect which has enhanced the success of the film. Subverting conventions such as the Damsel in Distress dying (Rachel in the Dark Knight) is a striking element of the film because the audience would expect the Damsel in Distress not to die and the hero to be save her but the director has subverted conventions which have a huge effect on the film and on the audience. The film has been internationally successful due to the global promotion by Warner Bros. Because Warner Bros have produced successful films like the Dark Knight, we believe that our film will be as successful as or even more successful than the Dark Knight because it conforms to the conventions of a thriller and to an extent subverts the convention of thrillers like the Dark Knight does.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The certificate age for our film is 15 and the reason it is 15 is because this is the age young teenagers begin to pursue certain lifestyles, realise what is wrong and what is right so for example realising that crime is wrong and school is right. Our target audience is aimed at teenagers and young adults because the events that occur in the film is linked directly back to everyday life of teenagers involved in gang culture in London. The teenagers will have good knowledge of the events that occur in the film, it relates to them so therefore they will understand the film strongly and have a good idea what is going on. Teenagers that are not involved in gang culture in London will not have full knowledge of gang culture but from this film they will learn from this as the events in our film are based on everyday life of teenagers involved in gang culture. This is the same case for young adults as well, they may not have full knowledge of gang culture but they will learn from the film through the events that will take place. Our film is for males and females, no one is discriminated from watching our film because both male and female are involved in our film as both sexes are heavily involved and influenced of gang culture in London. Also, London is a globally recognised location and this is a positive advantage to reaching out to our target audience.

How did you attract/address your audience?

As mentioned before, our film is based on events based in everyday life of teenagers in London so firstly it relates to a majority of our target audience. The language that is in our film consists of mostly ‘Urban’ or ‘Slang.’ The language is a vital part of our film to intrigue and catches the attention of our target audience because this is the language that teenagers in London communicate with each other and strongly relates to our target audience and this is another way that will incite them to watch our film when it is released. With their language being used they will gain a better understanding of the film and will keep up well with the film as it goes along. The fact how we use characters from different ethnic backgrounds is a vital element in inciting people to watch our film because in London, the vast majority of the population consist of different backgrounds from across the globe, from Black to White, African to English and this makes our film much more realistic to the audience. Also, we are attempting a ‘truthful’ and accurate depiction of social groups representing to attract our target audience. The music that we have used as part of our soundtrack in the film is based on music is that our target audience is aware of. When they see trailers as a part of the promotion, they’ll recognise the songs from the soundtrack and will be another way to incite our audience to watch our film. To engage with our audience’s interest we created a tense and dramatic opening, creating questions in the audience’s mind, forcing them to watch to the film. This is applying Barthe’s Enigma Theory, where the audience are presented with a puzzle. This is also applying Todorov’s Narrative Theory as the calm equilibrium of how Katrina is presented as a lonely girl who lives a miserable life in a deprived area and then meets Marcus who is presented as a cool and humble character. The audience will go on to believe that both characters will fall in love whereas the actions of Katrina disrupts the equilibrium and the audience begin to learn that Katrina is heavily involved in gang culture as she sets Marcus up in the end.  The actions of Katrina cause tension and worrying among the audience that conforms the convention of a thriller.

 

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

From this experienced, I have grasped critical understanding of how to construct a film on the editing system Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.53. I have learned how to include fade to end a scene. I learned how to put a series of scenes together to create a professional product and learned how to put credits on our film to present the creators of our film. Blogger has helped my group and me with organisation because our research has influenced us to create a thrilling film that will incite our audience. It has helped up develop a professional script that helps us keep the order of our scenes and a storyboard that enable us to have full knowledge of the shots we will be using for the scenes and the dialogue that will be included in order to create tension and suspense amongst the audience and to use titles to support the idea  of our film being an exciting thriller. As one of the most vital equipment, the camera has helped me shoot scenes effectively that creates the tension, the suspense and fear that conform to the convention of a thriller.

 

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

The progression from the preliminary task to the full media product is clear as I have gained skills that have helped me produce a professional product that will gain global success. I now feel more confident in using a variety of that types and movements to create meaning. I am also much more aware of how editing can create tension and pace, allowing the audience to feel the emotions of the characters of our film. The continuity task also taught us how important it is to plan filming by creating storyboards and call sheets that help us structure the production of our film.

 

 

Continuity

 

Close Up Shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPpMWDyyHy4
The close up shot on 1.20 is very effective because the composition of the shot focuses on 50 Cent's face. Because the background of the cell is plain and green, it gives 50 Cent's face a strong focus from the audience. The shot draws the audience into the main focal point of the shot which is 50 Cent and this enables the audience to read the facial expressions of the character. The shot is so close to the main focal point (50 Cent) that tension will rise within the scene and the audience will wonder what is going on or what is going to happen.

Actors

Reece Mckenzie - Friend

Reece Mckenzie will be playing the role as a friend of Marcus. Reece has been chosen to play this role because he contains a good level of acting skills and he conforms to the stereotypical view of a teenager such as scruffiness and use of 'slang' language.