Evaluation video

This is my evaluation video outlining the good and bad points of filming our videos.

Question 6 Prezi

Technology on Prezi

This is my Prezi about how technology has facilitated me in making my short film.

Question 5

How did you attract your audience?


The Others (12)
The Others is rated a 12, this shows that the film obviously doesn't contain  any very scary threats and that there are no scenes of strong violence, sex or nudity. As this film is classed as a thriller it has no actual frightening images. The film is more a sense of the unknown and a building of tension caused by lighting, music and build up. IMDb shows that this film is watched by a very large audience ranging from 12-45+ I believe the film was created on purpose for a large audience so they could make a lot of profit and let people of many ages enjoy the film.



Paranormal Activity (15)
Paranormal Activity is rated a 15 as it shows a lot more disturbing images and violence. This film is mainly hantings therefore it will show many threats and quite evil characters and scenes of possession. Although is has no scenes of sex, violence or mutilation therefore it is not an 18. The target audience I believe for this film because it is a psychological horror will be around 15-30 year olds male and female.







The Human Centipede (18)


The Human Centipede is rated an 18 because it shows disturbing scenes of violence, mutilation and high levels of gore and torture. The plot of the film is three people who are surgically attached to eachother against their own will and then tortured and ordered around like slaves. It is a very disturbing film which is quite rightly rated an 18. IMDb shows people aged around 18-29 watched this film the most and surprisingly a lot more males than females watched and rated this film, therefore from this information I believe the film was aged at people aged around 18-29 and mainly males because stereotypically they watch gorey films a lot more than females.



SAW (18)
SAW contains high levels of gore, violence, torture and suffering. Much like Human Centipede therefore it also rated an 18. The main plot of the this film is victims have to play the 'game' which usually contains self harming to win and if they win they are freed but at the cost of usually losing a limb. If they lose they are brutally killed by the mechanical contraptions the main evil character has created. SAW is very similar to The Human Centipede in IMDb user ratings as many more males watched the film than females and again the film was most likely aimed at 18-29 year olds as they seemed to rate it a lot more than other ages.



Insidious (15)
Insidous contains quite evil scenes of demons and poltergeists. The film is mainl about hauntings much like Paranormal Activity yet it is said to be quite scarier. Yet it doesn't contain any scenes of sex, violence, nudity, torture or gore. Therefore it is classed as a 15. The target audience I believe for this film because it is a psychological horror will be around 15-30 year olds male and female.

Question 5 How the do the credits and music engage the audience?

There are two themes in which we have chosen to base the credits for our film on.The first one is an ominus character lurking in deserted locations.

 These stills from the credits represent suburban darkness in, a subway, church and woods. There is a figure stalking these images, making the audience feel watched and perhaps panicked.  This figure is wearing black, their face is hiden, making them seem mysterious and perhaps evil. All the areas look seclude, which should make the audinece feel unerved when they spot somebody acting suspiciously.

However, the second theme of our credits is ruin and neglect. The doll is to symbolise the innocence of children and how its come to be neglected and discarded. There's mud and plants encasing it, showing how its gone to ruin, the audience may possibly feel as though something strange is happening.
The book makes is filmed at a high angle, suggesting that this hold some power and significance. This book is also featured in the opeing of the film, the strange occurences begin when this book is found in the box. The wind flickers through the pages and the audience may interpret this as  ghostly.
The final image shows a tap dripping, this gives off an airy sound. The sink is half full, which shows this has been happening for a while, this could raise the question of why hasn't it been turned off. The audience my find this image strange, and that this place has been abandoned to fall into ruin .

 

Music

The music used in the film creates tension and build up, the use of strings makes the clip seem airy. This music is frequent all the way through the film, louder in the credits and dropping in volume into the opening of the film. The audience should feel the constant tension in the air from this, that the threat is always there, represented in the music.

Question 3 advertising campaign

 This is a sample poster, made from a still from the film. This will not be used in promoting the film, it was just something that helped us get an idea of what we would like for our final poster. The things we liked was having the threat as the main subject, it being at a low angle and having trees or woodland in the background, also the fonts.

Our final poster that we have chosen to promote our film with shall appeare in cinemas, on buses, phone boxes and in magazines. This is where a lot of the film promotion posters i have seen to feauture the most frequently. The poster has had a lot more work go into it, for example special effects and extra details.

Our advertisements including trailors would be feautured on prime time telly vision, and before films of the same age rating in cinemas so to grab the wider audience range. Durring this time and places, the more people will be seeing the advertisements, therefore getting more viewers.

Question 3

Release Diary:
USA Cinemas: 28th March 2012
UK Cinemas: 28th March 2012
Europe Cinemas: 30th March 2012
Asian Cinemas: 5th April 2012
Australian Cinemas: 29th March2012
African Cinemas: 5th April 2012

USA DVD: June 1st 2012
UK DVD: June  1st 2012
Europe DVD: June  5th 2012
Asian DVD: June 12th 2012
Austrialian DVD:June  1st 2012
African DVD: June  12th 2012

Who would be the audience for your media product (Question 4)

Our main audience for our film would be men and women aged from 15-30 as they are the most common ages of people that watch psychological horrors.

Our film is rated 15 by BBFC standards as it has no gore yet it is slightly too dark and scary for 0-14 year olds.

Guidelines and Classifications from BBFC

www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines

Horror films rated as 12 are allowed when the theme of the film is quite mild scares and the scares aren't that frequent throughout. Minor use of violence of sexual themes are allowed, also drug use shouldn't be used to give instructional detail. Explicit language mustn't be commonly used throughout the film. 







The horror content in a 15 rated film is allowed a quite appealing and evil threat, without use of sexual acts or sadistic scenes. Drug use is also permitted but should not be encouraged in any way. Gore is not permitted but strong language is allowed to be frequently used.







Any horror themes are allowed to be violent, sexual scenes, nudity, torture and sadistic scenes if the film is rated an 18. Yet scenes that breach criminal law for example detailed scenes of sexualised assault are most commonly unacceptable. Gore is acceptable also in this genre. Most extreme scenes are allowed to be 18 as people over 18 are allowed to choose what they watch.