7. Looking back what have you learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Although we felt our preliminary task went well we however we did lack in continuity when filming. So when it came to our filming we made show that we did not make them same mistake for example we almost fell into that problem again when one of actors forgot his clothes and therefore we had to reshoot another scene. We also ran into problems when our actors would constantly forget their lines. After seeing both my main task and my prelim I came to a conclusion that my main task was much better. Reason being our choice of music suited the genre well. As they were dark, gloomy songs that added a serious effect to the scenes. We also stuck to the convention of an action film better by having typical generic characters. We also had our prelim as a very comic action film. However our main task was much more serious and the shots were more creative such as the fight scene where we had shots being quick and sharp. Overall many improvements were mad to our main task for example when filming we lacked in continuity so to avoid this mistake from continuing on to our main task we made always had one of our team members at all times look for continuity. We also ran into problems during our preliminary task with actors forgetting their lines. To address this problem we faced we decided that we would provide actors with the script so they could learn lines so that when it came to doing the scenes they were well prepared to act.

6. What have you learnt about technologies by constructing this product

In my creating my media piece I was given various pieces of new technology to make use of. These involved both software and hardware. I was given I movie to use when editing the shots we took which was hugely beneficial as I was able to cut different shots that were taken at different times and also able to make effects and titles. Without I movie it would have been very difficult to editing/cut etc all my shots and I certainly could not have done any effects or titles. However when editing I realised that the 09 version of I movie was not able to do SFX (such as time remapping) therefore I was then left no choice but to use the 08 version of I movie as it was the only one that did effects. We also used ‘handycams’ (cameras) which were very beneficial because without it, it would have actually been impossible to record any shots, however as it isn’t very professional the cameras quality was not all that good.

5. How did you attract your audience?

As our film is an action film we decided it is only logical that we have our film follow many of the conventions of a action film. From our genre research we discovered that action fans usually find action films more interesting when they start and end with action. We also discovered majority of films usually do begin and end in violence. Also we used generic type and binary opposition to present the “cool”, likeable good guy who is well known for action films. However we also wanted to add a twist which differed from other films by having the “bad guy” a woman which is not often seen in films but it Is different which makes the audience more likely to want to see it because of how it differs.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

After much research we came to a conclusion that our target audience were males between the ages of 15-30 and any action film lovers. We researched on who would be best suited by looking at the BBFC(British Board of Film Classification). These are the people who decide what age certificates are assigned to movies. We looked at what each category allowed from a movie and decided that the best category would be fifteen due to our movie being subjected around violence and also is mainly subjected around the theme of Discrimination. We also have a simple “James bond” like storyline which is well known to attract teens and young adults for example watchmen and Mission Impossible did just that. The film is also pretty much centred around violence and action which would attract young men and pretty much lovers of action films.

3. What kind of Media institutions might distribute your media?

Our movie is an Action film which was hugely influenced by movies such as Watchmen and Mission Impossible(+sequels). As such we decided it would only be logical if it were distributed by Institutions that distributes these sorts of movies and have previously distributed them successfully. My first institution was Paramount Pictures.

Paramount are well known for the success of their previous movies that were distributed, distributing movies such as GI Joe that has a gross revenue of $301,543,074 from a budget of $170m. It also distributed all the movies that my film was influenced by. Which reinforces the reason Paramount is a good distributor for my film seeing as majority of the films they have distributed are similar in genre to my film and majority have gone on to be a success. Also I considered Warner bros as they are another distributor which are well known for distributing successful action films for example The Dark Knight and also an influence in a movie Watchmen. I believed that they would be very interested in my film as it is very alike to that of their previously distributed films however we added our on twist in order to make it differ slightly.