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

The type of Media Institutions which might distribute my film would be:


Lionsgate- Lionsgate Entertainment is one of the biggest distribution companies in the world.

Its total assets are 1.5 billion dollars (end of 2011).

There target market are are aged 15+ and didn't do animated films.

Saw Franchise was there first major uprise to there target audiences with gross total of £849 million.
They then worked with such films as Blair Witch Project, The Expendebles and American Physco which all targeted late teens and people who 'liked a bit of gore'.  




Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate both helped to produce the 'Saw Franchise'.

The films Twisted Pictures made and distributed were all Horror films.

Saw I, II, III, IV, V, VI, 3D, Catacombs, Vlog, Repo, The Tortured, Mothers Day, Chain Letter.

This is why I think these would be the right institutions to distribute my film because of the right target audiences and the films they work with which would fit with my genre of 'Terror'.

{Evaluation} What new new skills have you learnt? What have you learnt from technology in this project?

In this project with out film i found that i developed many new skills and learnt quite a few things from it, from using new products from as little as the iMac to using new things to put in to our film such as the voice over. 

From the technical side then i learnt how to use 'iMovie' which was used on an 'iMac' which i also learnt to use. We were lucky enough to have a man in from Apple a few days before we started our projects as he showed us how to use the iMac's and how to use 'iMovie' on them, this was very useful as many of us had never used 'iMovie' before including me. 

We learnt how to cut and trim clips and edit things throughout the film and how to add in over the film, we also learnt how to use many transitions in the film that i particularly liked because they would smooth en out two clips which would have been put together which changes the focus of the audience as they wont pay as much attention to the jump in the shot. I also liked to use the blackout transition as when it went from one scene to another then it would show there is time in between as the scene would blackout. 

From this we learnt the simpest of things such as transfering pictures across to the film to cutting and editing the film and putting music in.

I also had lots of internet help on how to do different effects whilst using 'iMovie', and my teacher organised a 'Apple Training Day' with a professional technical advisor who knew what to show us and what to help us with whilst making our films.   

Also I learnt lots more Camera Shots & effects such as:

Cut Away

Dissolve

Deep Focus

Ellipsis

Eye-line Match

Fade In

Flashback

Dollying

And there were many more which helped me to produce this film. 

            

{Evaluation} Who would be the audience for your media production?

The Audiences for my media production age from 12+ but when making the film and thinking about target audiences, I worked into the teenage era by using younger actors. 

An on-line survey showed that 6 in 10 teenagers aged 13-19 would rather watch a film which expressed the similar ages in Horror films. Where as other genres were higher.

Reasons why my film could not be U Certificate or PG Certificate is for the following reasons: 

Suspense Sounds,

Aggression towards Catcher

Use of Facial Editing (Harriet) to make more scare,

Sudden Jump (Tire Squeak Sound)

These reasons have actually been stated in actual film reviews on high budget films and ruled by the exam board.

Some swearing and scenes were cut out due to me wanting a 12 Certificate Film. 

{Evaluation} What did the audience think?

After finishing my film, feedback was the most important to find out good and bad aspects of my film.




Ellen Wilson : I enjoyed the short film and liked how the main charactor was under so much suspence and always on edge in the atmosphere of the film. Also the camera work reflected him from the shakey movements and positioning. The areas which could use more feedback would be some of the cuts were not cut enough but overall very good :)


Chloe Bennett : Didn't grasp the fact it was a horror film until the end. But after seeing the ending and going back over it it made it a lot easier to understand and more scary because I knew the basic plot.


Cobi King : Good use of camera work and 'mise en scene'. And the girl looked really freaky from the effect you put on her. Also the ending actually made me jump from the really loud sound and the sudden jump!


James Mathews : The film was pretty good. I liked the fact Harry was always on edge and when he hits his head on the corner of the table the sound effect worked really well.
The ending also made me jump like hell!


Mira Lee (Professional) : Leave the ending as it is because it made me jump out of my skin! And I like how Harry is walking with the camera shot showing a slow motion of his feet whilst walking up the stairs.


Ed Biggin : The sound effects to create suspense worked really well along with the camera shots showing lots of what is inside the shot. And I would probably rate it 12 Certificate because it was pretty scary.


From the feed back I made changes to the film and actually stuck to the 12 Certificate as it covered a wide teenage audience.