[Group Evaluation] - Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

[Group Evaluation] Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

[Group Evaluation] Question 3: What kind of media institutions may distribute your media product and why?

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[Group Evaluation] Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

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[Group Evaluation] Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

[Group Evaluation] Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

[Group Evaluation] Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the main task?

Final Thriller Film: Missing - An Incognito Production

Title Sequence Analysis - Casino Royal

Title Sequence Analysis - Se7en

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Evaluating Past Evaluations

To develop my evaluating skills I decided to do some research into pasts students evaluations. From this I will learn what makes an evaluation good and bad by stating their strengths and weaknesses. I will also suggest a few improvements for each of them to stretch my capability and allow me to deeply understand the traits of a good evaluation.

Past Evaluation 1:

Lewis, Declan and Chris  

- They used a number of technologies to present their work including Prezi, Padlet, Slideshare, Glogster, Autherstream, Youtube and Spiceynodes, there is a different technology for each question. This is a strength of their evaluation as they have shown they are capable of producing work through a high number of technologies.  
- I strength of this groups evaluation is that all the questions are in one Prezi. This makes it easy to find as you don't need to search for each individual question separately but doesn't limit the technologies used as they can be incorporated as a link.
- They have answered each question in great detail which is good because they need the examiner to understand their reasons for particular choices, but it's sometimes noticeable that they have rambled a little making it a little boring to read. This is a small weakness of their evaluation.
- Glogster can be difficult to use effectively as it doesn't really have templates so you have to build your own wall from scratch. A weaknesses of this groups evaluation is there use of Glogster, their wall is overcrowded which makes it difficult to find the information you want to read. This doesn't mean that the information presented isn't of a high quality, but I would suggest they would have spent a little more time arranging the information.
- They have used Youtube clips well to display information in a interesting way. This is a great strength of their evaluation because talking alongside pictures can be a lot less taxing to interpret than reading paragraph after paragraph.
- To improve I would suggest taking a more time when presenting their information, just to make it a little bit more pleasurable to read. Other than that I can't really fault this evaluation. They did a great job and I will be very please if our evaluation turns out like this one.  

Past Evaluation 2:

Shannon and Christina 

- This method of answering the evaluation questions is very creative, it allows the group to get their opinions and views across along with giving it an interesting and funny edge. This evaluation question was very enjoyable to watch and had a lot of detail about how they attracted their audience, this is a strength of their work.
- This group has used a range of different technologies to present their evaluation including Youtube, Glogster, Prezi, Slideshare and a normal blog post with links and embedded clips.
- A weakness of their evaluation on the whole is the number of technologies used to present their work. They've used four different methods and a normal blog post, they could have used more technologies to show a range of skills that I'm sure they have. However they've constructed a lot of Youtube clips in many different ways. This is a strength of there evaluations as they have clearly show they are very capably at editing and creating short clips.



- This stop motion is an amusing and engaging evaluation technique. It clearly answers question 4 (who would be the audience for their media product) in detail.
- Choosing to present question 4 through a stop motion is a time consuming but effective method, it is captivating and creative,
- A weakness of their evaluation is that all their individual questions were uploaded separately making it a little difficult to find the question. To improve i would suggest they brought all the questions together at the end using links on one technology.
- To improve I would suggest they would have used a few more technologies to present their work, instead of maybe one of the Youtube clips. I really enjoyed the Youtube posts but using a few more different technologies would show the examiner that they have a wider range of skills.

Past evaluation 3:

Jake, Daisy and Mark 

- This group has used a lot of different technologies to present their work including Pixton, Empressr, Prezi, Voki, GoAnimate, Glogster and Word. This is a strength of their evaluation as they have used a different technology for each question showing that they have a wide range of skills.
- The Word document has a lot of detail in telling the readers in what way their product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products. This is a strength of the evaluation as they have shown that they fully understand forms and conventions of real media products.
- Pixton is an interesting and creative technology to present evaluation questions on. However in my opinion the content of the writing in the storyboard would have been a little better, it felt as though that question had been a little rushed as there are some errors and not enough detail.


- This prezi is well presented and has a great deal of detail about what kind of media institutions that would produce their product and why. The layout is clear and easy to understand which leads to a conclusion to sum up all the ideas.
- This group has the same weakness as the last as they have all their questions separate but tagged in the same label (evaluation) so it isn't too difficult to find.
- To improve I would suggest they linked all the question together at the end in one technology to make them easier to find for the examiner. Apart form that little suggestion I though this evaluation was very good.  

I have learn a lot from researching past students evaluations. In my opinion we need to use as many different technologies as possible (one per question) to show the examiner our range of skills. I also learnt that putting all the evaluative question on one technology at the end makes that questions much easier to find. Finally I think that as a group we need to be careful to find the line between rambling and including useful detail. 

Use of Sound: Research and Incorporation into our Thriller

TYPES OF SOUND

Diegetic Sound: Sound that occurs within the fictional world, in which the film explores.  For example, if someone screams in the film, their scream is diegetic sound, because it is sound in consequence of an action or happening within the story.  This sound does not have to be recorded on set, it can be added in the editing stages.

Non Diegetic Sound: Sound that doesn't happen within the fictional story, often music is used to add feeling or create a certain atmosphere, this is an example of non diegetic sound because the characters are not hearing what we hear and it doesn't affect them, only the audience.

On Screen: Sound that can be traced back to it's source, which is on the screen.  For example if an alarm went off and we could see the alarm in the shot, this is on screen (diegetic) sound.

Off Screen: Sound that is happening outside of the shot.  This sound remains diegetic however, due to it happening inside the fictional story.  For example, if a scene faded to black or switched angle and you hear the gunshot but cannot see the murderer, this is Off Screen (diegetic) sound.

Parallel: Sound that enhances, emphasizes or compliments what is happening on screen.  For example, in 'Jaws' the tense build up music signifies the incoming of danger and heightens tension/suspense, in relation to the image of a shark.

Sound Analysis

IncognitoProductions: Hannah: Draft Edit

Planning: Present Time Shot List

Shot no.	Shot/framing etc	Action	Other info/reasoning
Scene two, present time, reading diary:
1	Wide shot - establishing shot	Granddad is sitting silently flicking through his diary, stern facial expression.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of dark, simple, casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. This is to build a personality round the granddad and shows that he isn’t particularly bothered about his appearance, also the dark colours represent a dark, mysterious side to his character. There will only be one prop used in this shot which will be the tatty, black diary.
2	Medium close up – focusing on the diary	Granddad is still slowly searching through his diary.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There will only be one prop used in this shot which will be the tatty, black diary. In this shot the audience should notice the sound of the thunderstorm in the background; this is use of pathetic fallacy as it mirrors the characters emotions.
3	Extreme close up – framing only showing granddads eye movement	Granddad slowly moves his eye up from the diary as though he has just remembers/discovered something.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume and prop in this scene aren’t visible in this shot, this is to solely direct the audience’s attention onto the eye movement. It is very important that the audience notice the granddad’s eyes moving upwards so they know the next scene is a flashback.
Scene two, present time, reading the newspaper:
4	Wide shot – framing showing all of the granddads upper half and the newspaper, but not enough for the audience to see what’s in the newspaper	Granddad is reading through the newspaper and circling things with a permanent marker.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. The props in this shot include a newspaper and a permanent marker. The shot doesn’t allow the audience to see what the granddad is actually reading in the newspaper, this hides information therefore building suspense and tension.
5	Close up – framing shows granddads hand and a little of the newspaper	Granddad is circling things in the newspaper.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. In this shot the audience will notice that he is wearing a signet ring (wedding ring), however not on the correct finger to be a wedding ring, this may lead the audience to believe that he was once married but they aren’t together anymore. This gives the audience a little more information into the granddads past. The props in this shot include a newspaper and permanent marker.
6	Medium close up – low angle	Granddad is ripping something out of the newspaper, emotion less facial expressions.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There is only one prop in this shot; the newspaper. The shot is at a low angle to portray power that the granddad feels at this moment, the audience could believe this is due to him finding what he has been searching for (in the newspaper).
7	Medium close up – slight low angle	Granddad is bringing the ripped out piece of newspaper up to his face, possibly to read or just look closely at.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There is only one prop in this shot; the newspaper.
8	Close up – slowly zooms in to the granddads face	Granddad is looking directly at the ripped out piece of newspaper. He will have a subtle angry emotion portrayed through his face.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There is only one prop in this shot; the newspaper. The facial expression can be interpreted differently by the audience as we want them to build their own opinions about him.
Scene two, present time, granddad sleeping (having a nightmare):
9	Wide angle – framing will allow the doorway to be seen so the audience have more of an idea about his location	Granddad is sleeping on a bench in the outhouse, he is slightly moving his head around in anguish whilst clutching his diary.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There is only one prop in this shot; the diary. It is now that the audience will realise that the granddad takes his diary everywhere, even sleeps with it.
10	Close up – granddads face from the side	Granddad is sleeping; he is writhing in distress from his nightmare.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There is only one prop in this shot; the diary.
11	Wide high angle shot, zooming closer to the granddads face. The shot is head on.	Granddad is still sleeping and tossing his head around a little more viciously.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. There is only one prop in this shot; the diary. This shot shows that he is having a very unpleasant nightmare, so much so that he is trying to wake himself up.
12	Wide angle shot – granddad sitting up from the side	Granddad suddenly wakes from his nightmare, jerking into an upright position.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. This shot is to show how violently he wakes because he was so distressed at the dream with his granddaughter.
13	Cut-in shot – framing only allows the granddads feet and lower legs to be seen	Granddad moves his leg off the bench and onto the floor, then he begins to walk towards the door	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. The only prop in this scene is his diary. This shot focuses on the granddads leg movement, this is to mirror his thoughts as all he is thinking about is getting out the door.
14	Cut-in shot – framing showing his leg movement again but from behind him in this shot	Granddad walks towards the open door.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece.
15	Extreme close up – framing is only showing the granddads feet, then only his heel is left in frame	Granddad steps outside, slowly/calmly.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. This hot build tension in the audience as they haven’t seen the granddads facial expression since he was asleep, they are unaware of where he is going and why.
16	Close up – framing shows just the granddads face from the side	Granddad is calmly looking around with a peaceful facial expression.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. This hot tells the audience that the granddad is less distressed about the disappearance of his granddaughter, however they’re unaware as to why.
17	Close up – framing shows bottom left half of the granddads body	Granddad is dropping/throwing the diary on the floor.	The location of this shot is in an abandoned outhouse (which will be an outdoor changing room in Woolpit). The costume for the granddad will still consist of simple casual clothing, such as jean and a fleece. The only prop in this scene is his diary.
18	Medium close up – slowly zooming in on the diary	The diary falls open and the camera slowly zooms closer	The prop in this shot is the diary which the audience are seeing the inside of for the first time, the camera slowly zoom in to give the viewers time to piece together all the information and form opinions about what’s going on.

                                                                                                                                      

Sound Analysis

Sound Analysis 

• The sound of multiple matches lighting has been enhanced to signify the characters power. The enhancement suggests that the character is skilled in manipulation as he could possibly ignite thoughts and situations as easily as he ignited the matches. The character may have been lighting multiple matches, instead of just the one needed, to amplify the sound of his power and to show his impatiens.
• Whilst the man is lighting his cigarette there is a background noise of a liquid leaking form a barrel, this indicates that a fight/struggle may have occurred damaging the surrounds, including the barrel.
• The sound effect of the fire lighting down the trail of fluid gets louder as it goes along, this builds the suspense in the audience as they don't know where it is leading and are anxious to find out. 
• Another character emerges and walks down steps toward the man with the cigarette, his footsteps echo on the metal flooring and also get louder as the character nears the other man. This makes the audience feel very tense and builds the suspense to the characters arrival.
• The diegetic sound, the music, is at a low pitch to create a daunting atmosphere.This tells the audience that something bad is likely to happen. 
• Just before the man holds the gun up the music changes, it bursts into a lower pitch that's mysterious suggesting something dangerous is going to happen. 
• The non-diegetic sound of the gun going off is enhanced to created drama and shape the audiences mood. We hear the gun sound twice, this could either suggest that the characters have true hatred for each other and he wants to make sure the victim is dead, or that he doesn't want to kill the victim just injure him, for example possibly shooting him in both legs to stop him form being mobile therefore he can't follow him.
• After we hear the two gun shots the music picks up the pitch a little which makes the audience feel sympathy for the victim, this is very important because the audience don't know the characters yet, we cannot sympathies with them through an emotional response, so this change in music will cause a sympathetic response without an emotional attachment.     
• We hear the liquid leaking from the barrel again to remind us it's still there and to convey it's importance.    
• The music (diegetic sound) then changes again creating an enigmatic vibe, this indicates that the situation may be more complicated then the audience are aware, it could also be seen as a warning telling the audience not to think things are as simple as they may seem throughout the rest of the narrative (for example the man standing down the barrel of the gun when it went off may not be dead).
• A huge bang of an explosion is heard then the music changes to convey a sense of achievement. Police sirens are then heard to signify law breaking actions are likely to have occurred. It is also possible that the sirens sounding so soon after the explosion could indicate that the police were already chasing one (or both) of the characters for another crime.      

Editing Effects

Combat
This effect has left the picture looking quite dull and dreary which mirrors the characters mood. Also it has left the white wall looking very bright but the brick wall looking dark and shadowed, this represents that the character has both good and bad side to him reinforcing the audiences ambiguity of whether he played a part in his granddaughters disappearance.

Glow
This effect dulls the entire shot and seams to have blurred the resolution slightly, the blurred quality could be useful as a clear contrast that would be established from the flashbacks and present time. However the dulled appearances doesn't have any good qualities in this scene so we are unlikely to choose this effect.

Hue Saturation
This effect has enhanced the colours giving a bright, happy, energetic feel to the scene, it is important that the audience understand this is the happy part of his life and the saturated colours help portray this. This effects works well with the scene and will be considered for the final draft.

Teal and Orange
This effect has made the trees leaves look greener which could represent the life in this flashback scene contrasting to the subdued man without his granddaughter in present time, however the green grass and the red dress aren't bright enough to convey the happiness the old man feels when with his granddaughter, therefore we are unlikely to use this effect in the final draft.

Research - thriller openings

The Prestige opening scene

Camera:

• The first shot focuses in on numerous top hats which have been scattered on the forest floor, they look as though they have been discarded and labeled worthless. Top hats represent two things; the wealthy and the allusions of magic, this symbolises that both or either of these representations are going to fall, become as worthless as the neglected hats on the dirty forest floor.
• A low angle shot is used looking up at the magician on stage, this conveys the importance of his characters power and tells the viewers that the audience at the magic show see's him as a figure of authority.
• A wide shot is used of the young girl's upper body to show her deep amazement of the man's magic trick, we can see both her thrilled facial expressions and her frantic clapping pleading him to show her again.         
• In the court room many camera shots are used including; low and high angle shots, an establishing shot, close ups and a point of view shot. It is important to use a variety of shots to expose further information that can't be established through speech or other types of communication. The camera angles used in the discussion between the witness and the barrister are low angles for the witness and high angle for the barrister, this is uncommon as usually barristers are portrayed with high authority as they uphold the law, but this could symblosise that the law doesn't hold importance in the narrative.

Sound:

• At the beginning right before the blackout an unknown male voice says 'are you watching closely?' whilst the camera focuses in on the top hats, this is a clue to the audience that the truth could be hidden or disguised and they must watch closely as not to miss any important information.
• When the stage magician is drowning, frantic violins and the sound affect of running water is played, the violins show the distress and exhilarated heat beat of both the drowning man an the man who's watching him, the running water is added to increase the tension and show that time is running out for the magician's life and the man watching him's time to decide to get help. 
• There is a voice over of a man explaining the stages of magic tricks through the opening as they're shown on the screen, this helps the audience to understand the narrative whilst making them feel included therefore increasing their emotional attachment to the characters.

Mise-en-scene

• The magician on stage is dressed in a smart black suit which represents his high status and authority, it is black to show that he is a 'bad guy', however normally these characters would be dressed in materials which are less smart (e.g. leather) and seen as more dangerous, this could mean that the character is just as evil as black leather represents but in a clever way, possibly manipulating his enemies rather than hurting them himself.
•  The auditorium in which the magician was entertaining his audience was very large and formal, it was formal to illustrate that magic was an upper class form of entertainment to set the scene for the rest of the narrative, the auditorium was especially large to add to the impact of the magicians trick and it tells the viewers that his magic was very popular in that time. 

Editing:

• The beams of light exerted by the magicians prop on stage had been enhanced to increase the danger of the trick, therefore the impact it will have on the audience is increased and their suspense and amazement when the mam is brought back. 

Narrative:

• The opening is riddled with suspense and tension, law enforcing personnel are involved which are common thriller characters. The truth is hidden from the audience right from the start leaving clear chances for plot twisters and cliff-hangers.

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Planning: Filming Dates

Filming Dates: 
Flashback at the park: Filming on the 17th of November, meet at Rattlesden pavilion at 2:45pm.
In the outhouse: Filming on the 24th of November, meet at Molly's house at 2:30pm.
Argument between Man and Daughter: Film on the 24th of November.
Newpaper Articles: In school whenever we have time.