Thursday 5 May 2011

Evaluation Question four

Who would be the audience for your media product?


I think that the ideal age of my target audience would be ages 15-24, as anyone under the age of fifteen would

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Evaluation question three

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


I think that Twentieth Fox Film Corporation Company would be interested in distributing my film. I think this because Twentieth Fox Film Corporation Company has made thrillers similar to mine, particularly, the thriller 'Sleeping With The Enemy', I think this thriller is similar because it is suspenseful, and it builds a lot of tension. When Martin Burney Laura's husband finds her, he indirectly gives her the idea that he has found her by changing things in her house, she comes home and can tell that he is there by the house looking different, my thriller is homogeneous to this as when the killer enters the house things begin to change, i.e the candle being blown out, this makes it evident that it is not just me in the house. However my thriller is a lot more modern than 'Sleeping With The Enemy' so this media institution may like to distribute a more modern, yet suspenseful thriller. The unique, but effective sound effects made in my thriller, for example when i am chopping the fruit, or walking to my house on the front drive, are similar to The Twentieth Fox Film Corporation Companies thriller The Omen, in the opening sequence of The Omen when he is in the taxi the sounds of the other cars are made very obvious, this builds tension. However, a company such as Walt Disney Pictures have never done a thriller as most of their movies are 'U' or 'PG' as they do a lot of films targeted at young children under the age of twelve, Walt Disney Pictures would definitely not distribute my thriller.



Evaluation question two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?


I think that my media product represents young adults (ages 18-30) as all the characters in my thriller are roughly in their early twenties, i would give my thriller the certification '18', so i would not recommend children under the age of eighteen to watch my thriller. My media convention has a double view on equality with genders, as all the victims in my thriller are female this can be seen as chauvinism; however, the main characters are mostly female this would be supported from a feminist point of view. Broadly, this thriller is suitable for male and female, nevertheless, it may be more popular amongst women, as the main characters are mostly female. My partner and I did a practice movie before the main one, the murderer in this was black, we did our final thriller film with the killer being white as we did not want to racially discriminate, we also wanted to avoid being stereotypical. I think we have a wider audience with the slaughterer being caucasian, as no races are offended.