Evaluation- question 7

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

From my preliminary task, I have learnt that planning is very important, if we have of planned properly, we would not have needed to film three times. I have also know that I need to use a variety of shots that are not to long or the film because the film become boring. I also now know how to use the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot.   

Evaluation-question 6

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

Editing, learnt how to use final cut to it fully, I have learnt how to edit, I learnt how to add a non-diegetic voices overs, to my film..

We constructed our film backwards. We filmed the ending first, this was because, we did have as long to film, so we filmed the bathroom scene first as we had the blood ready. Once we filmed the bathroom scene we edited it. We thought it would be easier to film and edited it as soon as we finished filming it. Final cut was editing package we used which is a linear editing process.

Evaluation-question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

To keep the audience involved, we used lots of shot close ups.to address the audiences we used point of view shots. Were as in the previous two times we filmed we didn’t do this making our film boring and the audiences would of lost interest. and example of this in my film opening when the killer grabs his scalp and pen we used an exstream  close up of them and his hand. using quick shots like this helps keep it interesting. We used a lot of point of view shots to address the audience involved. 

Evaluation- question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target audiences for horror films are men aged 15 to 25. However the secondary audiences is all adults.

Evaluation- question 3

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

I feel that "Skinned" would belong in an art house due to, if we had to make the whole film, as well has being a slasher, it would have been quite psychological, which doesn't fit with the multiplex experiences of escapism. Which means if you need to watch the film. So there for distribute could be something like Film 4 who distributed " looking for Eric" which is another independent film.  

Evaluation-question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Like I previously mentioned in the first question Victims are normally blond scantily dresses women that are portrayed helpless and vulnerable by using high angle shots from them killers point of view making the killer look power full. Similarly using low angled point of view shot from the victim makes the killer look power full and the victim look helpless. We did this when the victim is becoming aware of her surroundings. However an example would be in the film “F” when the P.E teacher in on the backing away, they use shot revers shot but also used high and low angled point of view shots, creating power and helplessness.  

Evaluation- Question 1

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

Genre the horror genre, provokes a negative emotional reaction from the audiences, this is done my playing on the audiences primal fear. This is done by having scenes that startles the viewer. This can be done by gruesome and supernatural scenes, this means that sometimes that fantasy often overlaps with this genre. Horrors play with the audience’s hidden worst fears, disgusts and terror of the unknown. So when making “Skinned” it was important, when filming we didn’t give too much away to the audiences. We did this by using lots of short fast extreme close ups, close ups and mid shots. The Horror genre also relies on the non-diegetic music to get the feeling of terror in the minds of the audiences. So we used a track called Demented dreams, this music has a innocents to it, which I thought reflected the killers victims.  

Codes and conventions (we used)

We thought to make the best horror film we would stick to the conventions of a typical horror film

Location, in horror films, it is more frequent that the victim is in a place where no one can help them, such as a ghost town, abandoned factory or a house in the middle of no were, so we used an “abandoned work shop”

 In most horror films there is always a form of danger such as curse or a known killings in the location  the victims go to. The victims aware of it but they still go. This is done to make the audiences aware of it, which sets them up to be scared. We did this though a scrap book the killer had keep of all of his victims.

Near another all of the time the Victim is, blond, and scantily dresses. We used a blond female, dressing her in small shorts and a green low cut top. However we should have used a red top because this has connotation of danger.