Finished Film

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

1. For the title of our film, we chose to use a black background to connote horror and suspense, the dark background also works well with the font that we chose. We decided to use a slightly faded font so that it looks slightly creepy.

2.This shows the location of our opening scene. it is dark and very secluded. it fits in with the stereotype of being in a place that makes you feel alone and venerable.

3.This shows our usage of props and costume. This is a very important part of any film because it shows the audience what type of characters there are. The man driving the car is wearing a suit because he is a teacher, this is very important to get across early on because it is a vital part of the film.

4. This is one of our edits in the opening shots. It is a cross fade, the fade makes the transition between shots smother and a lot less sudden. Camera work:

5. The font of our titles in the title sequence is a very plain font. It is 'Times New Roman' in white because it contrasts with the dark and grainy scenes of the title sequence. It also shows that we are serious. The font that we used for the title of the film 'A School's Nightmare' is very Gothic looking, it also looks like it is covered in blood which is perfect for our genre.

6. We needed an initial start point for the teacher being haunted by a ghost, so decided that the best idea was him running over one of his student. The opening building up to a peak just before the opening scene where everything then calms down again. From then on it, the characters within the film would have their story lines built upon.

7. The whole opening uses a dark effect to make the shots look gloomy. It is also completely set way from anything, this suggests the genre as horror it is very mysterious. It also shows the blood which is very stereotypical of horror.

8.The first characters introduced are four teenagers as they walk down a road together, talking and eventually splitting up. This is very casual which is a contrast to how the other character is introduced, the other character is first seen in multiple fast car shots and then a car crash.

9. We mainly only used two different types of edits, fades and a darkening filter. The darkening filter had to be used on every shot to make it look more gloomy and dark. The fades were used to make the shots flow together and look smooth.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

We have compared Jon, to Billy, a boy of similar age from the film 'Jeeper Creeper 2'. We chose to compare Jon to him as similarly he dies in a horror film very early on.

We also compared them because they are of the same height and they are both wearing a white shirt, this shows there innocence.

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

This is our voice over of our completed extract.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

We established a target audience for our horror film from studying other films audiences and from sending out a survey. We discovered that the main age group that watches horror films is in the 16-24 age range, so we aimed our film to meet the right criteria.

Survey:We created a short survey for people to fill in on our two minute extract. We made it to see what peoples reactions were on it and to see if they liked it or not. The survey was answered by a group of year 13 students, this was perfect because they fitted perfectly into our target audience.

Demographics:Age-16-24
Gender-Mainly male, but some females may enjoy it
Geographical location-A general built up area, like a city
Class-Working or middle class

Psychographics:We have mainly aimed our film at teenagers and young adults because we believe that they will be able to relate to the characters and some of the situations. The first few opening sense have to be both gripping and full of suspense to make sure that the audience is actively watching. The music has to be compelling and the plot and location has to be believable to create the maximum amount of believability.

How did you attract/address your audience?

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

This is the Mac that we used for our editing. It was very useful to have the Mac because it runs faster and has more up to date software.






This is an image of the final cut software that we used.

And this is a close up of our time line, a lot of work was put into this because we wanted it to flow smoothly and look professional.








This is the camera and tripod that we used. Having the tri-pod made filming a lot easier because we could get smooth pans.








The Final Cut software that we used was of a much greater quality compared to Adobe Premiere Pro. It allowed us to change the light levels in each shot if necessary, this was a very useful feature that we made good use of.