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

Adobe premier elements is the editing software we used.It has a lot of 'elements' to it such as effects , crop , cut , transitions. which makes it seem like an amazing software however we as a group didn't really get a long very well with it , because it created a lot of problems for us. Although we may of done something wrong at the beginning of the editing which we were unaware of.






YouTube is the worlds largest video sharing website. we used it to upload our opening two minutes , preliminary tasks , video diaries etc onto, its an easy and quick way to share your video globally,although we weren't aiming that far.

Blogger is a place which allows people all over the world to discuss anything. We used it to discuss our media project , publishing our research and the process of our filming. This was a nicer way of showing our work  rather than writing everything down on a pad.It was also  very easy  to use and you were able to make it your own by choosing your own background , fonts and colours.Making it a fun thing to use.

We used Laura's camera to film our opening two minutes , the fujifilm hs10. Its a very good quality camera that we thought was better than the one given at school. It gave us more options for the quality of the film.








The tripod we used was very useful , we were able to extend it to an efficient and useful height.We were able to twist and move the camera around enabling us to create smooth camera angles and shots.

Finished directors commentary

Audience Feedback

The audience feedback was very important to us and let us know what we need to improve on , our main concern is that people thought it was a horror although we planned it to be thriller. This has meant that if we continued to make the film we would have to tweak a few things to make it more obvious of the choice of genre. Although this may of become more apparent the further in the film they went if we had done a whole film.

What targets will you set yourself for G324 next year-When you will make a trailer?

Our main problem when creating our opening two minutes what the lack of preparation we did. This meant that quite a lot of the time were making up things as we go. This lead to us becoming very stressed because we didn't have enough time to choose what we wanted to do and film. The quality of our finished product would of also been a lot better because we would of been able to add things which we couldn't due to time restrictions. If we had planned we would of finished our filming a lot quicker which would mean we would have lot more time to edit and evaluate; this would of made our lives a lot easier.

At the end of editing we had to add the titles, however when we got to it we hadn't done much research on types of fonts used in thriller movies which meant we didn't know what type of font to use. This meant we had to re-research ideas for titles and watch more opening two minutes to get some idea, this was quite time consuming. From the mistakes we made in this project I would have learnt that I need to do more research whilst I had the time.

We found whilst using adobe that a lot of things went wrong, were not entirely sure why, but we came to the conclusion that at the beginning of using it we set it to the wrong setting. Next time we use this we will have to make sure that we use the programme correctly and in a responsible manner. Again this would have significantly decreased our stress and time wasting.

Although it sound extremely cringe worthy, I think that if we enjoyed the experience a lot more the quality would have been better. Whilst filming we seemed to get bored incredibly easily which meant we gave up a lot easier and not aiming for excellence. I think this was also due to the choices of locations. The weather when filming was extremely cold which meant we wanted to get the filming over and done with as soon as possible also affecting the quality of work. Quite a few times we had to suddenly re-organise our plans for filming due to the weather, if we checked the weather before maybe this would have helped.

Overall, there is a recurring factor which keeps coming up which is the lack of preparation and organisation we had , this is for definite mine and the rest our groups main aim for next year because I truly believe that if we did this that our movie would of been better and we would of finished all our work probably a month in advanced, helping us to revise earlier for our media exam.

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

On average our media product conforms to the genre of our choice , however there are a few things that are very conventional of the thriller genre.

Our protagonist lived in a big detached house set in Surrey , although the location isn't stated.This is quite conventional of a protagonist to be reasonably wealthy , and the choice of house shows this.The two cars  in the drive way also show of their wealth.These things tells us quite a lot about the character introduced in this shot.This shot is the first one in the opening two minutes, which gives the audience the idea that this character will be the protagonist.The character introduced has blonde hair which is very stereo typical for the protagonist ,however through the choice of clothes  you can clearly see she isn't very girl because of the choice of colour black- this subverts from the stereo-typical character.We chose to go with quite a traditional choice of font for our titles , this was because we felt they best fitted the genre and any other style would of looked tacky.We used a sophisticated font which we felt conformed to the genre.Thriller movies are aimed at the older audience so something tacky and young looking wouldn't of been attractive to the target audience.Fonts which are round or abstract are normally aimed at the younger audience as they come across as more attractive and interesting. we chose to use a high angle shot to make our character seem vulnerable but it also gave a really good long shot of the location , giving our audience a lot of information about the character introduced.

First of all , the choice of locations we used were pretty conventional choices as we used the stereo typical location of the woods. Conventionally in thriller films they are used to scare the audience and is normally the location at which the drama happens, however in our opening two minutes we used this to add tension and keep the audience on their toes. Conventionally the woods is a good location because they are known for being a dark , gloomy and normally an isolated area , which would make sense to use for an abduction scene. Although we just used this location for the running scene. The type of shot we used was a long shot, this was done so the audience was fully able to see where it was set. It also made it look more creepy with the twigs right in-front of the camera ,however this was mainly done to make it look as if someone was watching her from a distance.In this shot she is shown on her own, this is stereo typically done to show the  vulnerability the character is in.

Our new character  appears from the trees of the protagonists driveway , giving the audience the idea that  he is our antagonist as he seem to be intruding. with our antagonist we dressed him mainly in black conforming to the dark , scary character. However his clothing was pretty casual witch doesn't conform to the genre , however we didn't want it to be really obvious he was the antagonist , because if someone saw him , he would be very suspicious and obviously he doesn't want to be caught.A long shot is used to show the whole character and were he came out from making it easier for the audience to follow. at this point in the opening two minutes , it gets darker making it seem creepier.  Later on in this shot he walks towards the camera , which shows a close up of his face , making him  seem dominant and in control.

we used two close-up shots of the antagonist and protagonist to show the juxtaposition between the two characters.the antagonist with big hands and short stubby nails conforming to the stereo types and petite vulnerable looking hands. Hands are a very personal thing and the use of showing someone's hands is very effective with the audience.

When filming in the our protagonist  room , we tried to make it look like a teenagers room by making it un-tidy , having pictures on the walls and reasonably girly , we did this to make it seem realistic.We only really used one prop , which was the protagonists soft toy , this was used for the antagonist to smell trying to get an essence of his victim. This has been done before because its very scary looking however its not necessarily conventional.The light in the background highlights the pictures on the wall showing his victim.

This shot is made to look likes its from the perspective of the antagonist , hiding under the bed.This will draw the audience as it gives a sense of interaction with them as they are seeing the view form the antagonist. The darkness also makes the scene seem scarier.The titles fits very well on the background as it makes it stand out because its on a dark background, this title also shows the most important part of the crew.

The close up here is used to show the confusion of the character , it also makes the audience feel for her, which is the aim.The way she holds the stuffed toy also shows the innocence of the character-this conforms to the stereo types of this type of character.

I chose to use the last shot as it tells the audience the name of the film, Intrusion. we chose to use the same font as the titles to show a clear flow. Although we made it significantly larger so we were able to differentiate and to add a emphasis on the word. we used the  low shot again to give the idea of the him watching her. Her bare feet shows vulnerability, pureness and creates enigmas.





The first character we introduced was the protagonist , we then introduced the antagonist. We introduced the protagonist first so the audience could get to know her and empathise with her.This meant that when the protagonist was introduced the audience what knew he was going to do or be. Quiet a lot of the time this way is used but the order changes depending on the storyline.

Who would be the audeince for your media project?

Generally I think our target audience is teenage girls , women . I think this is obvious with our opening two minutes as you can tell that our influence and inspiration is the TV success Luther. Luther has a very large audience however I think we have narrowed it down to a smaller audience of teenage girls and women. The choice of a teenage girl being our protagonist has meant that a younger audience may enjoy it more than Luther because it makes it more relatable. Although thriller is normally a genre enjoyed by teenage boys and men due to the violence, I think we have managed to widen the audience by changing some conventions to suit a female audience.

Our target audience won’t be stereo-typically girly however they will be reasonably intelligent as quite a lot of the time in thriller films the story line can sometimes be hard to follow meaning the audience will have to understand the plot well and know what to expect. I think with this genre of film there isn't an exact type of person who would watch it. With a chick flick it is easier to work out what type of girl will watch the film because quite a lot of the time you are able to relate to the character and plot. Whereas with a thriller story line, most people haven’t gone through an experience like it, making it harder to relate to. I think with any other thriller movie their audience would be mainly male with a few Females , however because the protagonist is a teenage girl.

 I think our audience will enjoy music which is currently in the charts which is a variety of pop , Electric and Pop-Rock ; the audience we are trying reach will be very typical. With an audience like ours I think their chosen choice of TV programmes will be shows such as Pretty little liers,Luther,Criminal minds and Hannibal. These are some very popular TV programmes known worldwide.These TV programmes are in the same genre as our but also have a very similar audience

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

As you can notice Taken and Luther are two of our main inflluences.One of our inspirations is the character Kim from Taken. She is very similar to our main character played by Christie Bagley. In Taken, Kim is the teenaged daughter of the main character played by Liam Neeson.The story is based round Liam Neeson looking for his daughter who was abducted in France. Her character is known to be attractive and young which is stereo typical portrayal of her type of character. Although she is hardly the protagonists, unlike Christie’s character, because the story isn’t based round her, she’s just adding to the storyline.

A way of letting an audience know what type of character someone is portraying is through costume. In taken the use of clothing lets the audience know that she is innocent, young and vulnerable. They have done this by putting her in clothes witch are flowery, pink and stereo-typical young and girly looking. This is also similar in our movie where Christie is wearing a black and pink running outfit with purple shoes this suggests that she is reasonably young and innocent. This is very conventional for a character like hers were they are the victim because normally their vulnerability makes them an easy target.

The main difference between Kim and Christie in our film is actually the colour of her hair; this may not seem like a big deal however conventionally victims and damsels normally have blonde hair. This colour hair connotes vanity, unintelligence and arrogance. This normally leads to them being a victim; however in taken Kim had dark hair which connotes intelligence, this means she doesn’t seem like a likely victim whereas Christie does. Something else which seems to be different between our two character is that Kim comes across as surprisingly calm compared to what you would expect if you were in this situations. Although we haven’t filmed a whole film I think we would have chosen for Christie’s character to be incredibly nervous and panicky in her induction.

The only character in the first couples of minutes we get to know know in our film is the protagonists however we are introduced to the antagonists. This means we dont find out very much about him although,you can tell thats he's not a visble antagonist to the public in the film.This is simnilar to the antagonsts in taken , they act and look normal in the film until you notice what they are up to.This is very different to the antagonists in films such as The Dark Knight Rises were you can tell they are a baddy straight away from their dark, scary costume.

Looking back at your preliminary task , what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

In our preliminary task we didn't have any time at all to plan what we were going to do, which meant we had to think on the spot meaning our choices were not very precise and clean cut. Our main problem with our preliminary task was that we didn’t control our lighting, we also didn’t handle the camera very well meaning it was unsteady. We hadn’t really done much research at this point which also meant we didn’t know what type of camera angles and shots would work best. Since then we have had done a lot more research on other opening two minutes to get some good ideas and knowledge. With our new knowledge we have been able to create an opening two minutes with a variety of new techniques we have learnt throughout, meaning we have been able to create a more professional opening two minutes.

Due to having no time to plan our task our plot was a bit silly which is shown in our non-existent acting skills. This meant we didn't take the filming very seriously which was reflected in the quality of  the preliminary video.However because we planned what we wanted to do in our proper video , we felt a lot more confident in what we  were doing which lead  to  a better quality video. At the point of editing our preliminary task we were unaware of the effect we could add to the videos. Whereas when we were editing our opening two minutes we discovered the effect for the lighting of the video , which was very useful to create a better and more realistic video, where we were unable to control the lighting. Although we didn't have this problem in our preliminary task , in our real video we were able to speed up the video. We did this in places where we thought needed it.For example when Christie was on a run , we had to speed her up because she was running at different paces from angle to angle.I'm noting this because if we needed to do this in our preliminary task I think it was very unlikely we knew this tool had existed.This was mainly because we hadn't explored what was available on the programme at that point in time.We also learn through experience that we needed to do the same shot more than once, however in the preliminary we did not do this , leaving us with little footage to choose from.

In our preliminary task , which was given to us on the day we had to film, we didn't really focus on Mise-en-scene.Which meant that our costumes didn't reflect the character we were playing. but in our defence we didn't have time to think about this. However throughout the course we did research into costumes and outfits that would suit our character which meant the end result looked more realistic. In our preliminary I acted as someone superior and Eve acted some inferior to me, however I looked no more powerful than Eve because we were both in casual clothes, which could of lead to confusion. Another thing in Mise-en-scene that we didn't control very well was the sound. throughout the video the volume of sound changes or you can hear stuff in the background and some points then it suddenly disappears , this disrupt our continuity.However in our real video, we tried to control the sound as much as possible , if it didn't work very well we managed to edit it using the tools on the programme. The location we used didn't really suit the story , but with our real video we tried to use location which seemed realistic using knowledge we got from research.

 For our task we were asked to use the 180 degree rule , shot-reverse-shot and match on action.We tried to do all 3 of these things , however the quality of our filming meant they didnt work so well. However through out creating our media product we made sure we used these 3 techniques to make our video as good as possible.