Rachels rough evaluation

My media product uses conventions of real media products because it uses scenarios which are used in real thriller films. The mise – en – scene is a forest which is typical of many of thriller scenes because it can be mysterious and easy to get lost in. The media institution which would distribute my media product would be cinema because it is a thriller film so would be first released in the cinema. The audience for it would be young people both male and female, around 16 – 30. This is because the main characters are around age 16 so it is easier for them to relate to what is happening in the film. To attract them, we used flashing images so that they would be interested to find out what is actually happening. Also, the storyline used is one that they could easily pick up what is happening so they could spend more time trying to figure out what is going to happen next. I have learnt how to use a video camera better and also the software on the computer. Before the task I didn’t know how to use GarageBand or FinalCut but now have a good understanding of how to use the basics of both of them. Although I used them both in the preliminary task, I now have a much better understanding of how to use both because I have had to use them both in a lot more detail.

Rough cut

This is the rough cut of our Thriller opening sequence. We haven't added in sound yet because we don't know yet what type we want to put in.

Shot list

We started the shot list so that we knew what to film for tomorrow. We also took some pictures of Rachel to use in the fiilm to show that the killer had been following her for a while. We will take a few on different days so that it looks authentic.

We completed the animatic storyboard, match the music with the pictures so it was all at the same time. We linked the music to what was happening in the pictures, so that is all fitted together.

soundtrack and animated storyboard

We carried on with the soundtrack and started to mix different sounds to create an overall fuller track. We also finished the storyboard and took picturess of this to load into Finalcut. This means that we can now import the soundtarck and the storyboard both into finalcut and match them together so that they link together and aren't mismatched.