5) Target Audience Voiceover

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

What Does A Production Company do?


A production company covers many different areas of the production such as budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources, the organization of staff, the production itself, post-production, distribution, and marketing.


What is your idea of a film distributor?


A film distributor is the term for the company that are responsible for actually getting the media product out into the public.


Who might be a distributor for your film and why?


In truth, I feel that because my film is a low budget one, it wouldn't be distributed by any of the major companys. However, because of this, we technically could put some money behind it and distribute it on YouTube, as we have done, just without the financial backing. Another way that I could distribute this film is through social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, as it has the potential to be distributed to a large audience, with social networking sites being very widely used internet sites.


Where would the money come from for a film such as yours?


I think that the best method of raising the funds to actually distribute this film is through advertisements. Even though I would have to pay out money to actually advertise in the first place, if I had a large quantity of adverts, then there would be more chance of the public going to actually watch the film which will ultimately lead to more money being profited.


Why have the various people been named in your titles? Which jobs appear in your titles and in what order and how have you reflected this?


The only time that I used anyones name within my opening sequence is to show who directed, created and starred in the opening sequence. this was just to clarify and credit those that were involved in my opening sequence.


How is your film similar 'institutionally' to others? Name some films which would be released in a similar way.


My opening sequence comes under the genre of action. Other films from this genre have a major backing financially and so the advertisement for their films would cover a large area of the world to promote their films in the best way possible so they could get their money back that they had already put into its production. Films like the Expendables would be an example of this.

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

Throughout this whole process, I have had to use a number of different technologies in order to complete the task. These are listed below along with what I have learnt from using it.

The Camera and Tripod

This was an essential part of the kit as without it, I wouldn't have been able to record. Before working on this product, I had never used a tripod before, so I thought it would have been a challenge but after spending a few lessons trying to practice various shot types and camera movements with it, it became a much easier task to do.

Blackberry/Mobile Phone

During the production phase, I had to try and keep in contact with all of those that were going to be involved in my opening sequence. This is where my Blackberry came it. I used my phone to get in contact with them and arrange a time and date that everyone would be available to film on so that I could get the filming over and done with in one day rather than over the course of a few days.

YouTube

Throughout every process I went through, I had to at some point use YouTube, whether it was for finding music, inspiration for my opening sequence or researching various ideas relating to my chosen genre. I also had to use it when uploading various videos like a vlog and then my final opening sequence so that I could embed them onto my blog. From using YouTube, I have learnt how to embed videos into different sites and the whole process of uploading videos.

OpenOffice

Before starting this coursework, I had no idea about what OpenOffice was and how to use it. As I began to use it more, I found that it was fairly similar to Microsoft Office and so I found it quite straightforward to use in the end. With it, I have been able to use a variety of different methods to add things to my blog.

Mac

When doing the majority of my work, I have been using an Apple Mac. I knew the basics of how they worked and the programs that were on it but through doing the coursework, I feel that I know much more about how macs work and actually went out to buy one myself because I liked them so much.

2)How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In my opening sequence, I based my main character on two other characters from various films. These are Edward Norton's character of "The Narrator" in Fight Club, and Aml Ameen's character of "Trife" in Kidulthood. There are reasons as to why I chose to base my character on these two and I will explain the similarities and differences that led me to create a character of these two combined.

                                                                 

Above is a screenshot of my character, Tyler Norton. As I have already mentioned, he has been created from a mixture of two other characters from separate films. These characters are:

The Narrator (Edward Norton) - Fight Club

                                                        

There are key similarities as well as differences that link this character to mine. In Fight Club, The Narrator is much older than the character in my opening sequence. This is the main difference between the characters, the age. However, the key thing to point out is that regardless of their age, both characters are suffering from a similar problem, they have a split personality/lifestyle. While The Narrator in Fight Club deals with a made up person, known as Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), the character in my opening sequence thinks in his mind that he is part of an underground, illegal fighting circuit.

Trife (Aml Ameen) - Kidulthood

Again, like The Narrator, Trife from Kidulthood is the other character that I have based my opening sequence character and there are various similarities and differences that they both share. The first and most obvious is that they are roughly around the same age. I wanted to make sure that any influences I had when creating this character shared the same or was around the same age. This was so that I could take certain traits from these characters and put them into mine. Also, I wanted to see how the age range had been previously represented in other films so I could decide whether I wanted to go down the same path or make it an entirely unique way of looking at this particular age group.

1)In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)