The document discusses the representation of gender roles in a thriller film created by the author. It states that the film portrays men as powerful and women as weak, following thriller conventions. It shows the female protagonist as vulnerable and unaware compared to the confident male characters through camera angles, clothing, and facial expressions. The target audience is described as 15+ year olds due to graphic science images and disturbing experiment scenes, though some profit may be lost by excluding younger teens. Feedback was gathered to improve the film and better suit the target audience.

2. Our film represents men as powerful ones compared
to the shy lonely school girl. This is a typical convention of
a thriller film. In society women are seen as weak
compared to men so we decided to stick with this role as
it betrayed weakness and gave suspense to the audience.
You can see by the girls facial expressions that she is less
powerful than the men in the white lab coats and their
overall posture. They stand tall and the camera angles
convey this were as the girl has to look up at them which
represents being powerless.
Usually in society men are seen as the more dominant
gender, however the women is the main character
therefore is going against the typical dominance of a
man. Our film follows the conventions of representing
particular social groups as it represents men in their mid
20’s as being successful as the men work in the science
lab. This represents men as being successful because they
have a good successful job that implies their are
experienced.
White lab coats which
were worn my the 2
Men. Identity does
not get revealed as
their faces are not on
show

3. We represented women in their teen years as being the typical teenager with
her phone and a splash of makeup. This represent a typical girly social group
who looks like they wouldn't have a clue what to do in the situation about to
happen as the girl is clueless and unaware of what is happening until its to
late.
Wearing smart
school uniform,
bold colour that
stands out.
Looks like the
typical school
girl, who is a
popular student
at the school.
Confirms what
school she
attends.
Wearing make
up which
implies she a
girly girl who
cares about
her general
appearance.
She looks
vulnerable and
very unaware of
what is happening.
Very clueless and
confused.

4. Logo of
distrusting
company
that would
distribute
our film.
What our film
will be
available on.

5. Our target audience for our film is 15+ year olds as you see gory science
resources such as a dead duck in a jar and a dead rabbits body which can be
quite disturbing. Throughout the film you also see a person undergoing a
experiment which is intriguing and I believe it would confuse a child below
the age of 15. However, because it is for 15 year olds we are losing out on
profit as 12-14 year olds will not be able to see the film and this is a
potential loss for us as film makers. However, if we did lower the age we
would get complaints off of concerned parents so it could be worth the
loss. The characters in our film are easy to relate to with the older
audience. The older audience could feel sympathy for the younger girl as
they understand what emotions she is going through. However, a younger
audience would be scared by the way the men in the white coats when they
grab the girl. They may also be scared of the unknown as the men in white
coats faces are not revealed. The themes that are included in our film are
aimed at a more mature audience. The themes that are included are
adultery, blackmail and a murder scène within the film. This not only would
have been too graphic with the murder but it would be hard for the
younger audience to understand such complex issues.

6. Our film will be aimed at teenagers! Below are
the different target audiences we could aim our
film at if we changed the story line to suit each
category.
Target audiences
Teens
Children
Elderly people
Middle
aged

7. We made sure that with every draft of the film we made, we got feedback
on what we had done by our teachers. This proved helpful as it meant we
could create a film that best suited our target audience. For example in
our first audience feedback it was mentioned that our Establishing shot
was too long and that it was a bit messy, this meant that we could fix it to
make the film a better quality and suit our audience’s needs. We received
a lot of feedback some good and some not so good during a peer assess
activity. We made sure that we asked the audience on what they thought
about the plot, first reactions, strong and weak points of the film and what
else they would add to make it better. We took on their feedback and are
making adjustments to our film to please our specific target audience.
given the task to create a thriller film we knew that we would have to
work on certain conventions that all thriller films use such as quick cuts,
cliff-hangers, suspense etc. By focusing on these conventions we were
able to attract our audience because it would appeal to them. The reason
that Hollywood thrillers are so popular is because they follow typical
conventions and make sure the audience get what they want. But when
they break some of these conventions I believe they become even popular.

8. To create our final film we used Final Cut pro
which proved stressful. This is because we have
never used a programme like this before. It was
a lot to learn in a small time period but I believe
I was an expert at using it by the end of the
task. Most of the time the programme was
temperamental creating problems such as
freezing when trying to save, not rendering
etc… The main things we learned was how to
cut clips and add non diegetic sounds. Cutting
clips was very important as we used a lot of
quick cutting in our thriller film which is
conventional. While creating our blog we learnt
how to embed clips, embed images, upload
videos and add hyperlinks to other websites.
This was information that we previously didn’t
know but now we can do with ease.
Using final cut
pro to edit
the opening

9. We also used YouTube to showcase our preliminary
tasks, first drafts, finding songs and movie clips
etc… This was a huge help to us as when other
technologies failed to work this was always a
backup for us. It was also a rich source of
information for us when having to research into
thriller films. Our blog that we created and our
audience research film that we put onto YouTube.
Other technologies we used were scanners,
cameras and microphones. The scanner helped us
when we uploaded our storyboards, audience
feedback and other pieces of work that needed to
be on the blog. The cameras were important to us
to as it’s what we’d used to create our film with.
The cameras were easy to use. Even though we
didn’t use a microphone we tried it out and found
it hard to use as you’d pick up small noises that
would ruin a shot. Overall, these technologies
helped us learn a lot of information about how the
media industry uses different media platforms to
create the finished product.

10. Some of the technologies available in
constructing the opening and promoting it.
I have also created a YouTube video talking about what I have learnt
through the different technologies.

11. Since our preliminary tasks we have both learnt how to effectively use transitions and
that certain transitions convey a different meaning to the audience. If you look closely
you can still see the main actresses face close up. We felt that it made the audience feel
uncomfortable as you can still see she is panicking and that she is locked within the
science lab. My choice of setting in my preliminary task was not as good as what I would
have liked it to be. So, in our final film I made sure that the setting looked better and at
the end I was happier with how the setting looked. We have both learnt that during our
preliminary tasks we used messy over the shoulder shots. So, when making our final
thriller we made sure that if we were going to do this shot, we were going to make sure
it was not messy and looked excellent. From our preliminary task to our final product,
we learnt that to include something in your film, it needed meaning. In our preliminary
task some things were used just because we could use them, however, we didn’t do this
in our final task we actually planned each shot to prevent confusion with the audience.
We both learnt from our preliminary tasks that when you saw something through the
camera, it was going to be darker when you saw the same clip on the computer. So,
when making our final film we made sure that the lighting was brighter than what we
needed it to be so that it would be the right light for the final product. Lastly From our
preliminary tasks to our final product we have learnt about the mise en scene of our
films and how important it is.

12. Our prelim setting
was very dull and
fuzzy due to poor
camera skills
compared to our
opening setting
which is a lot clearer
and edited better.
This implied we
have learnt new
skills to improve our
final product
Comparing Prelim setting
and Opening setting