1. In what ways does your media
product use, develop, or
challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products?
Evaluation Task 1

3. This is the opening shot of
my title sequence for a
thriller. The establishing
shot demonstrates how it
has a slightly futuristic feel,
for example, the white walls
and floor give it an overly
clinical look. The two
benches make it look very ‘hospital-like’, but gives off a very cold feeling.
All of this together makes it look semi - futuristic, yet the costumes do not
display any advances in a futuristic feel, so the audience would not be
completely sure what time we are in. Blade Runner is similar to this as
parts are futuristic but other parts are present day.
Shot from opening sequence of Blade Runner –
demonstrates a ceiling fan, contrasted with a
computer.

4. With this being a close up
on the actors faces, it shows
how the use of make up has
made them look ill, and
drained. In order to get this
look, I used white make up
on a sponge and dabbed it
under their eyes, and also
put some on their lips.
I then used some grey eye shadow and used
that on their cheeks and again, under their
eyes. By being up close, it also shows that
they are young boys in their teenagers, so the
audience can establish the age range of the
characters. In THX 1138, the characters look
similar to the paleness of the actors in my
thriller.

5. This shot demonstrates a
small part of the corporate
advert that I put together with
my group. Our story of our
thriller is about a business
that runs a special type of
blood donating organisation,
yet goes one step
further and drains the people of their blood,
leave them to die, and give the older generation
younger blood, as it will make the older
generation look younger. We designed this
advert to be the main advert for their business,
and we recorded a voice over of me talking,
reciting the procedure process and possible side
effects. Robocop was our influence, in creating a
patronising corporate video.

6. From this birds eye view
shot, the audience do not
know whether he is asleep
or dead. As it starts from
far away, and then zooms
in closer to his face, we
assume that he is just
sleeping. In the background
of the frame it is shown
that he is lying on a bed, as we can see the white
sheets. The advert was previously talking about
blood donation, so the audience assumes he is
having blood taken, or about to. In order to do
this shot, we used a genie. A lot of films use a
genie, or a device that is similar. It is often used if
someone in the film has just died, and to
demonstrate ‘their soul leaving their body’, the
genie moves further and further upwards.

7. This shot helps the audience
to know what is going on, as
in the previous shot they
could have potentially
thought that he was dead. In
the thriller he flickers his
eyes open as if it’s a
struggle, which lets us know
what’s going on.
The way that we can only see half of his
face is slightly off-putting as an audience
member. Extreme close-ups are useful,
especially at this point in my thriller, as
you can see how pale the character is.
This is similar to the opening sequence of
Blade 2, when the man is in the chair.

8. From this shot, it is
confirmed to the audience
that the character is lying
down on a bed, with a
tube coming out from
under his top – it is
obvious he is about to
have his blood taken. The
angle that this is taken at
is on the same level as the bed, and could be
coming from the perspective of the doctor.
This could be described as a type of long shot.
This shot also shows his clothing, which as
you can see if very bland. This depicts the
style of the film, and also helps the audience
to decided on where his place is in society.
Again, similar to Blade 2, the costume shows
the life style of the characters in the opening
sequence.

9. This is similar to the
previous shot, however it is a
close up, and now the tube is
full of blood. This naturally
makes the audience squirm
as there is no way to tell that
it is not real! Close ups in
films help to create a close
connection to a character
With the patient lying on the bed, it demonstrates his weakness in
comparison to the doctor’s. This foreshadows the rest of the film as it is
centred around hierarchy and status between young and old generations.

10. Again, this picture is very
similar to a previous shot,
however in this one his
eyes are closed. This
demonstrates that he is
now a lot weaker than he
was to start off with, as
before he had his eyes
closed, and then opened
them, when this is showing him close his eyes. This is also appealing to
an audience as this section has gone round in a circle, which is
subconsciously pleasing for someone to watch, as it all connects
together. With this being the penultimate shot of the title sequence, it
has an even stronger effect as it has a strong conclusion to the end of the
opening sequence.

11. Most art house films
involve arty shots that
feature throughout the
film. We decided that the
title of our film should be
displayed with one of the
arty shots that we took on
our shoot day. We chose
this section of the shot as
we liked how the drip of blood
falls down (demonstrated in this
frame). It was done by using an
extreme close up of a blood bag
filled with blood. A lot of art
house films do this as well, as I
discovered through watching
films and TV shows of this style.
For example, Six Feet Under.