The document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of horror films. Specifically:
- It shows the identity of the killer ghost girl early on, leaving the audience to wonder who she is and why she acts that way.
- It uses the point-of-view shot from the killer's perspective, which is uncommon as POV shots usually show the victim's perspective.
- Lighting and a night effect were used to create an eerie feeling and fit the horror convention of scenes being set at night.
- Speeding up footage of the ghost girl made her movements seem abnormal and ghost-like.
This document is team-building activity using sports as a platform; specifically, using the Traditional Filipino Street Games as activities. The program is organized by Magna Kultura Foundation, the National Organizer of the Filipino Games in the Philippines.
The Palarong Pinoy events are conducted in a Mini-Olympics sports format with referees, marshals, and a tournament system that organizes adults into teams with Team Captains and Coaches. Adults are immersed into fun games like: Patintero, Tumbang Preso, Piko, Luksong Lubid, Luksong Tinik, Chinese Garter, Sipang Bilangan, and various Pinoy relay race games.
Larong Pinoy Games are equally fun and challenging. It’s an unforgettable experience that each and everyone will cherish, as it will bring out the child in every participant. It will bring back the good ‘ol days when they all use to play it.
The program is organized to make the Traditional Filipino Street Games available for adults. Organizing Larong Pinoy Sports Fest for Private companies is among the cultural entrepreneurship approaches of Magna Kultura to revive the Games of our Heritage (Laro ng Lahi) among Filipino adults who use to play the games; so that they too can teach their children how to play the games. Thus, bring back the Filipino games back in the mainstream of Philippine society, among children and adults.
For more information, email Magna Kultura at: kulturapilipinas@gmail.com
Or call Tel. No.(632) 514-5868.
Magna Kultura Foundation is organizing outreach seminar programs designed to educate retail store owners and storekeepers with business skills that will help them in managing their daily enterprise/operations. The skills they will learn will even enhance facilitation of trade with consumer goods companies.
While the activity is educational in nature, the activity is a good trade relations program for corporate sponsors. While we are reaching out among retail store owners, the program has a consumer PR promo that will bring day-after sales for sponsors. Even neighbourhood consumer-citizens are enjoined to participate and support their “suking tindahan” for scholarships.
Evaluation question 1- improved
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
IMPROVED VERSION.
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. We agreed that we wanted our titles to be in red as it is a typical convention of a horror film. Also in capitals as it makes them appear stronger and bolder. Both our opening and the grudges opening have used offset titles, this creates an uneasy feeling as it is as though they have just been pushed to the side. This adds to the atmosphere that we are trying to create for the audience. Grudge comparison Grudge comparison
3. 0.38 0.43 0.57 0.50 We wanted to have the opening with a slow pace when the little girl is around. We did this to leave the audience on edge as you can see the character is in danger but the scene is so calm, giving it an unsettled feeling.
4. We thought that this shot from the grudge worked really well to suggest that something is there behind the person. We wanted to incorporate it into our opening. The Grudge comparison To change it slightly we had the main character positioned to the opposite side of the screen and taking up more of it. We chose to use the corridor with the light at the end instead so that at first we see the little ghost girl as a silhouette, making her appear more mysterious at first.
5. We challenged the conventions of a typical horror in the way that we have clearly shown what it is that is following and killing people. I think this works well for our opening because it gives the little girl a sense of identity as well, which then creates the questions of ‘who is she? and why is she doing this?’ leaving the audience wanting to know more. We also challenged this convention by using a point of view short from the little girl. They are normally used to allow us to relate to the character and you would more commonly get this from the victim rather than the killer.
6. Lighting From our research we found out that lighting was an important factor of horror films. Most of the films that I had researched used low level lighting so this is what we wanted to include. We used low level lighting and put a night effect over the top to make it look like night time and also give it a dim look to make it feel eerie. On some shots we also used a black and white effect to make it look as though they are CCTV shots. Having the scene set at night is a common convention of a horror film, the effect we used made it look like we filmed later than we actually did. Scream comparison
7. This shot works well in showing that not only us can see the CCTV footage but that the security guard has it up on his screen too. The light in the room was pretty bright and therefore reflects off of the computer screen that we used. Because of this you can then see a slight reflection of our legs on the screen. We didn’t realise that you could actually see the reflection until the editing stage where we had to compromise and choose this shot as it was the one with the least reflection. It would have been better if when filming we had held a black screen down by our legs so that it would stop the reflection of our legs onto the screen.
8. I think that this shot works really well with way that we have sped it up. The way the girl is swinging her doll looks abnormally fast and jumpy compared to the security guard who is sat still so the speed of the clip doesn’t affect him. The black and white effect makes it clear that this shot is different from the rest, being CCTV. Also the high angle and the way that the characters are positioned in the shot makes it seem more like CCTV, as cameras are normally positioned looking downwards and on a space rather than a person. It makes the girl seem even more ghost like because of the way she appears to be moving. The non-diegetic crackling sound over the top works well to let us know that it is CCTV as this is a sound that we relate to watching old film or CCTV without sound.