1. Real media forms and conventions
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The main characters in our media product are male; this is a representation of the male gender as a whole. The antagonist is shown as a dark and mysterious character; you can see this through looking at mise en scene.
3. Media institutions and distribution
We decided that a major international release would be best for our film. This is for a number of reasons. First of all, our film is not culture specific, meaning that, with dubbing and subtitles, it would be appropriate across continents. Secondly, it is well known that films of this sort of genre - psychological thriller - do well in the box office, Shutter Island is a recent example. This is often because they are the sort of film that requires multiple viewing to understand fully, which is also something we would go for in the full film. Because of the previous successes of films of the same genre, it is likely that a major film studio would be willing to take on the project.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Gender representation
The main characters in our media product are male; this is a representation of the male gender as a whole. The antagonist is shown as a dark and mysterious character; you can see this through looking at mise en scene.
As you can see here the antagonist is clearly male and most of the shots portray him as powerful and sinister; this is obvious from the fact you can’t see the detail of his face and the dark clothes he is wearing. This is a very stereotypical representation of males as they are often shown in physiological thrillers as powerful and mysterious characters.
The Protagonist is portrayed just as darkly as the antagonist; just by looking at the costumes it is clear. The protagonist is also represented as caring and emotional, you can see this though the first few shots when he takes out a picture of himself and a girl. Later in the film you see the protagonist running away from something which gives the representation of him being afraid which is a non-typical male stereotype as men are usually portrayed as brave and fearless.
Age representation
All the characters of our thriller are teenagers/young adults, there are various stereotypes linked with teens and young adults; being antisocial is one of the major representations. This representation can be seen in our thriller as the main characters can be seen with his hood up, which can be a way of isolating yourself from others; also he is walking alone at night which backs up the representation.
3. Media institutions and distribution
We decided that a major international release would be best for our film. This is for a number of reasons. First of all, our film is not culture specific, meaning that, with dubbing and subtitles, it would be appropriate across continents. Secondly, it is well known that films of this sort of genre - psychological thriller - do well in the box office, Shutter Island is a recent example. This is often because they are the sort of film that requires multiple viewing to understand fully, which is also something we would go for in the full film. Because of the previous successes of films of the same genre, it is likely that a major film studio would be willing to take on the project.
We decided that a major studio would be better than an independant studio for similar reasons. Because history has already shown that these sorts of films are often successful, it would be better for us to go with a major studio. This is so that the film would gain more attention, as opposed to being an independant production.
As for which studio would take on the project, we feel that Talisman Films and/or Hammer Films would be the best option. After looking at their production histories, we found that they often specialise in thiller films. Also, the two have worked together in the past to produce the critically aclaimed The Woman in Black.
This is excellent for two reasons. One, we know that these two studios can successfully work together to make a film. Secondly, it also means that they can do it well, as judged by the success of The Woman in Black.
On their own, Hammer Films have a very promising history, as they produced a number of thriller films, including Dracula, The Mummy and The Curse of Frankenstein, meaning that they have already built themselves as reputation for thriller films. Those years of experience would also mean that they would be able to help mould the film into it's best possible form.
Dracula, 1958 from Hammer Films Productions
The Curse of Frankentein, 1957 from Hammer Films Productions
We have no doubts that the best means of distribution for our thriller would be a cinema release. This is because the nature of the film - psychological horror - would not suit an episodic online release, consisting of numerous 1-15 minute segments. This is because the tone of the film is built on suspense, and having the atmosphere broken every 10 or 15 minutes would ruin this, and the overall appeal of the film.
5. How would we attract the audience
6. Technologies
7. Looking back on the preliminary task
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