task 7 - looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

The preparation and planning for the prelim task was very different to the main, which was in a lot of depth, we made prop lists, cast lists, story boards and shot lists and were constantly changing our ideas. Where as for the prelim very little planning was put in, there was only a shot list for what to do for each section.

the development of our film making skills improved massivly during the transitions of our prelim task to our our main task. for example in our prelim task the close up of the girls face, didnt have her whole face in the screen and things such as using lots of wide shots with the whole room in it.

this is in comparison to the use of close ups we used in our main task and on different objects such as the gun

and close ups of her moving feet

we used a variety of different interesting shots in our main task, such as pans, shot reverse shot and we also did the whole sequence mainly handheld to give the feel of the chase. where in our prelim we used on wide, medium and close ups and did the whole thing on a tripod and didn't use an awful amount of imagination.

Having to think how to tell a story visually not with dialogue posed a challenge at first, but when we knew what type of mood and tone we wanted to convey, it seemed easier just to portray things visually rather than with speech.

The use of sound in both has completely changed, in our prelim task there was very little sound and all of it was diegetic, which in retrospect made the whole sequence extraordinarily dull. Where as in our main task i was confident in using sound track pro and finding the ambient sounds that are a main feature in our film, and then compose the rest separately. While composing it and copying it into final cut pro i changed the sound levels during it to give it a rough edge and to help heighten the tension. Another instance when the volume of the music was used effectivly was when she goes into the room and the music drops down quieter, giving a sense of tension and suspense. We also used a lot of stock sounds such as the bones breaking and the gun fire.

In our main task we used After Effects successfully to do the credits, which the prelim task didn't cover and this is something we have looked at during the course.

This was much more sophisticated than anything we had done in our prelim task. The way in which we can now use Final Cut Pro has dramatically changed since our prelim, we are now confident using cross fades and preventing shots from jumping from one to another.

Overall, the skills we have acquired have grown massively over the time we have spent, from rough work in our prelim task to much more competent filming and editiing in our main task.

Task 6 - what have you learnt about technologies from the process of contructing this product?

evaulation task 5 - how did you attract/address your audience?

Task 5

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evalutation task 4 - Target Audience

The target for our film is ages between 15-30 year olds, mainly because of the violent and bloody images in it, which makes it unsuitable for young teens. However, it is more appealing to the older range as it is relevant to events taking place in the world, such as politics and in the government. The genre is a thriller and is similar to the film ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ so it would appeal to people would had also seen this, and the television series ‘Spooks’.




The film is orientated around top secret government information being accessed by a female hacker and sent to a client. Our film will draw in younger people because of the technology aspects of our film, as the hacker is dealing with hi-tech technology which teens will find interesting and appealing. Also because of the high extent of violence in it, it will attract boys but also because it is a female hacker it means that many women will also be more likely to go watch it.

The secondary audience will be the over 30 bracket, this is because although they are aware of current events occurring in the world they may not be exposed to adverts and trailers for it as they are not seen as primary audiences. Also they may not appreciate the violence in it, although some males over 30 may still find it enjoyable but you will find fewer women over 30 will watch it.




Our film should appeal and draw in both males and females equally to a certain extent because there are aspects that will appeal to both genders. For the males there is the excitement of the chase and the violence, and for women they will appreciate that the man role is a women who is it seems stronger than men.

evalutation task 3 - who would produce my film?

Who would produce my film?

The company i have chosen to produce my film is Lionsgate, this is predominantly because they have produced many films in the same genre as mine; such Saw, Hostel, Buried, The Condemned and many others, all with the genre of thrillers or horrors. Our film fits the ethos of the institution as it is a low budget film and they often make films by independent directors, also our film is a thriller which fits the category of what they are looking for. To help make money from my films they would possibly use ancillary markets in order to sell our film abroad and therefore make more money. As it is low budget there wouldn’t be much merchandise but they could bring it out on DVD and then possibly in 3D which they did for Saw which would make it more appealing to an international audiences and help us sell rights in advance to ancillary markets to help finance the film. The company also targets a particular audience of 15-24 year olds which would make them more likely to produce our film as it does target this audience as it is an action packed thriller.

evalutation task 2 - how does your product represent particular soical groups?

Our product represents certain social groups, one that now days young people have a far better idea of technology than the older generation and it seems to rule their lives.

However, usually people that are good with technology are normally seen as ‘geeks’ so in our product we took away from the stereotypical view that anyone that could hack into important government files must first be male and second a ‘geek’. So even though this idea of rapidly increasing use of technology in young people is touched upon, it is with an attractive girl. This idea is similar in ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’.

Also the social group nowadays that is thought of to be violent such as gangs is questioned when a girl turns out to be the violent one:

Here we chose to represent violence in an abrupt and visual way, but it still takes away from the stereotypical view that the media normally presents, that male characters are usually the ones who are the violent ones and the killers, where in our product the initial victim comes out alive and the man she was being stalked by ended up dead. The product does still highlight the violence such as the close ups of the gun and the fact that we see him getting shot.

evalutation task one - in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Here we have our female hacker, which first overall does not normally fit with the general ideas of hackers. But is similar to the conventions of 'The Girl with the Dragon tattoo'.

The violence that happens in this opening squence upholds the typical conventions of a thriller, that there is some type of actions already happening and makes it exciting and the audience would be expecting it.

The technology side is also sterotypical to thrillers as many are based around them nowadays about identity fruad and the wiki leaks. this is also intresting to people in the technology proffession.

The chase element also upholds the conventions of a thriller, and that is a defensless girl being chased by an armed hitman is stereotypical as women are normally seen to be week.

These title squences tell the audience what type of thriller they are going yo be watching, as the numbers and graphs that are sliding down and crossing around the place represent the idea of hacking and top secrect important information.

Here the female hacker is attacting the hitman who has come to kill her, this does not conform to the typical conventions of a thriller film as usually the women either gets resuced or killed. but in this case she beats the man on her own and kills him.

She is attractive which upholds the conventions that main female characters in films usually are attractive as the male audience are attracted by this.

audience feedback

it seems that our audience enjoyed the music and feel of our piece, and that the title cards were effective and the dynamics made it more exciting and interesting. However, it seems that some people didnt fully understand that the girl was a hacker until the title came up at the end. i do not see this as a promblem however, as it is clear that she is trying to send something important and no matter if it was understood at the beggining it all makes sense when the audience are let in on what the film is about