Media studies essay

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Slipknot-Duality (lyrics in description)

this is the sound track we used in out film, we chose this because it is fast paced and we thought it draws to into the film so it buils tension

Ancillary Task: Front Cover of Magazine

Ancillary Task: Poster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=&feature=player_embedded

this video was the first video for A2 to try out random editing shots hump cuts to different areas, this was a exsperement on editing and using differnt camrea shots. we made it so that whatever door I entered I would be in a different room which changed to a completely different room in the door colour, hence the title. This was practice for when it came to our final product. It was fun to make and also to make because we had to plan what door to enter and exit from, fortunately for us the corridor we were in had a series of doors which when edited together made it seem as though it was correct timing and work together well

Representations of Characters

The zombies were represented as slow paced monotone cadavers, I wanted them to be like this because of the classic George A Romero's dawn of the dead. I made it so that the entire school was completely evacuated so that it gave the effect of an authentic apocalyse. the students that were represented were shown as harden characters because of the apocalypse,Charlie, the main character is a distorted character because of what the zombies had done to his life in the past, leaving him a broken character who is scared of the zombies but wants to destroy them for what they did so he wants to tke revenge. This I thought would be interesting because of the previous zombie films we watch this type of character always appears a lot older and more run down than the other characters. we made it so that this main character is the one to finish of the trailer by dispatching a zombie.
The other character, Jack was made to appear wiser than the Charlie becuase he hasn't had the experience of charlies past storys. jack is a quiet person but also known as a smart character and knows what he is doing.

the first poster idea

this was the first post i created for our film, poster the reason i dont thinked this work beause i thought it wasnt interesting enough as it only fills half of the poster, i thought that this image would be more suitable for a front vcover of a magazine.

i thought

Story board Pictures

Story Board Intro for Film

Image 1

Image 2 and 3

Image 4 and 5

Image 6 and 7

Image 8 and 9

The very begining of the trailer there will be credits and titles e.g i was thinking of who its is made by e.g universal, possibly find a intro and use that into for our film.

Image 1 - For the very beginning after the credits it starts off with a tv cut out scene, so it looks like it is broad casted on tv, also this is in a mixed with tv noise so it shows no signal in the tv flickering tv. This is cut to a random zombie scene from looking at the zombie walk footage i screen shot and copied the exact scene of what i wanted it to look like.

Image 2 - about 1 second long for each part, editing called montage editing random shots but they all link together. - over the shoulder camera shot - also i was thinking about having a voice over to introduce the film or it could be to warn viewers or warning people in the film






Image 3 - breaking news - news report green screen and then use a background of a news report scene to make it look real make it look like a bbc studio or sky news.

In between each shot there is cut then tv noise like person is changing the channel or the tv is malfuctioning. voice over contious through out the whole intro, got to write script to be about 20 secounds long.

Image 4 - zombie inside a car, from the zombie walk again, camera moving towards the car, like it is filming. voice over continues
Image 5 - another news reporter giving a speech but playing in the background quietly with the voice over continouing over the top. - 1 secound - medium shot - famous mp to make the film look more real for example david cameron, borris johnson, BBC presenters.

Questionaire

In my group we decided to do a questionnaire on horror films as a the zombie genre is classed as a horror movie.

1. What is it about horror films that you enjoy?
"The old horror and films which don't take themselves seriously" x2
"The simplicity and not poor special effects"
"I like the psychological aspect of horror films"
"The suspense" x2
"Having fun with friends while watching them" x3

2. Do you prefer it if the horror film uses special effects or good plot line to scare you?
"Special effects" x3
"Good plot line" x6

3.Are you influenced to watch a horror film because of the actors?
"Yes" x4
"no" x5

4.What kind of location do you find mast frightening when watching a horror film?
"Abandoned hospital"
"Forest"
"City" x2
"Space"
"Neighborhood" x2
"Underground" x2

5. Are you influenced to watch a film because of the production values?
"yes" x3
"no" x6

6. Has the trailer ever persuade you to watch a film you weren't sure about?
"yes" x5
"no" x4

What i thought about this questionare is this is what i thought the types of things we have to follow

Audience profile:



Zombie type films i think could be aimed at anyone in the media. With these type films i think they are aimed at teenagers ages 14 - 18, teenage boys. I think this because zombies are a made up character, it is imature and not believable, this meaning adults are mature and wouldnt enjoy these type film they would go for more thriller action films because it more mature.

The reason the audience it would be typical that it would be boys that watch these types of films is because teenagers tend to have a mind of there own, boys tend to think of viloence, fighting, shooting because they may be interested into video games such as Left for Dead and Dead Rising.