Audience Feedback

Chris - I thought the film was pretty good. I especially like the ending as it was an effective way to end the film. I didn't like the bit where the your watching the killers point of view, as he is walking down the stairs.

Tom - I enjoyed it, I thought tension was built up effectively especially through the use of music. I liked the music in the background. The end scene really topped off an excellent film.

James - The film is a mixture of good scenes and poor scenes. I felt the bit where the camera zoomed in on the knives was poor. It was well jerky. The end scene and the beginning scenes were quality though. The middle part of the film let you down.

Dave - Not bad, but I have seen better.

Liam - Loved it, the end scene was quality when the killer followed the victim outside then killed him. Then the hand banged against the window. That made me jump.

From the feedback I recieved I can gather that our opening scene and our final scene were good. However the middle of our film clip let us down slightly.

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

From when we filmed the preliminary task we have made such a progress with filming and the quality. we now have used different types of camera angle and shot such as zoom, shot reverse shot, hand held and canter shot. when we were doing the prelimniary task when you tried to edit it on adobe and we struggled and never really understood how to use it.



The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.

Match on action refers to a film editing technique where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

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

As we were using and playing around with adobe we were getting better at using it, with youtube im on it everyday so iknew how it worked and camera etc were quit hard to work at first but then we figure out all the buttons and managed to film the film.

Evaluation Activity 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Activity 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

We have used different forms of technology in order to create are films.

These are what we used:

Adobe Premiere 8 - We used Adobe Premiere 8 to edit our film clip and our preliminary task. It is software on the computers at our school that enabled us to edit our filming effectively.

Video recorder/camera - we used the ieces of equipment to film the film and the preliminary task.

Computer at school/home - we used the computers to edit and update our blogs
we also you the internet for reserch.

Microphone - we used this to get better quality sound for our film clip, to make it a more immersive experience for the audience.

Tripod - we used a tripod to make the clip more steady and if we wanted to turn the camcorder you could do it gentley

Memory stick - to save work on it and transfer it from school to home.

Youtube - we used youtube to find videos in which we could analyse for our reasearch and planning. We also used it to upload oour film clip inorder to get it uploaded onto our blog's.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The boy called John is the sort of audince we would like to come and see our film he is the age between 15-21. He looks well dressed and like to be up to date with latest clothing so i think he would shop at designer stores, with the waist coat he looks like he would listen to hip hop/rock music which is typical in what teeagers listen to. He looks like he would watch typical american comedies e.g. how i met your mother,freinds and will and grace he favourite films though are horrors his favourite horror films are helloween and scream which is good because that is what we based our film on. We ask him what he thought about our film and this is what he said



"I liked the film the music in the background made me sit on the edge of my seat and the short sharp cuts helps you build up to the stabbing at the end. I really liked the end bit when the hand smashed against the door and the title appears it made me jump. Both acting was good from the killer and victim but the filming was alittle shaky also the camera shakes when the actor walk past but over all i enjoyed the film".

Evaluation Activity 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We chose Rogue Pictures to produce our film. This is because Rogue Pictures do fairly low budget films and also specialise in horror films. This was therefore perfect for our film. They have done such films as Shaun of the Dead, Seed of Chucky, the Strangers and Doomsday.The role of the company is to produce the film to the highest quality possible. Their parent company is Universal. Rogue Pictures use Universal to distribute their films. This is because they are a multi-million pound company that have the power to do a large advertising campaign. This would enable us to distribute our film worldwide.

Using Rogue means that there is already an established audience base. this will help us in terms of getting a large audience base. People that have watched Rogue Pictures productions are likely to watch any new films they produce. This therefore be a good start for our film as we would be guaranteed to have an audience.

The money for this film would probably have come from private investors. I would want them to be British in order to maintain the British theme to this film. However Universal would be needed to distribute the film worldwide to maximise revenue.

Our film would be distributed in a similar way to Slumdog Millionaire. They slowly released the film in England and India first then gradually, as revenue increased went world wide. They didn't spend too much money at the start, but gradually increased. This the way in which we would distribute our film. We don't want to spend to much on advertising as we wouldn't have the funds available.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The girl is casey from scream I used her because we based our film on scream and the similarity are that they are both young adults both are wearing casual clothing. The differnces are that obviously joe is a boy and casey is a girl and when casey is on the phone she is flirty showing that she has no idea she is going to be a victim.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

Title of film
The title of the film is "knock knock" because the killer make the victim come to the door by knocking on it and then when they go to the door he stabs them with one of there kitchen knifes.

Setting and location
The setting is in a house because we wanted it to feel like the film scream which is based in a house.

Costume and props
With costume and props the killer is wearing a army jacket, army boots and a mask to cover is identity. the victim is just wearing casual clothing because he has just come back from visiting mates.

Camera work and editing
With the camera work there is a scene where the killer is holding the camera we tried to make it seem like it was what the killer could see through is eyes. with the editing we tried to make it quick cutting a quick snappy to build up tension to Suspense the audience.

Title font and style
The title font is just a typical block writing and it is coloure in red to symbolise blood.

Story and how the opening sets it up
The story is a typical stabbing scene and the opening sets it up by having quick cut shots from victim to killer then you see the killer with mask on and it shows you that the victm will get stabbed because a knife goes missing.

Genre and how the opening suggests it
the genre is a horror and the film suggest it because of the down, depressing and spooky music when victim walks in and then you see killer with mask on covered in blood.

How characters are introduced
the characters are introduced by the victim coming through the door and shouting "hello" and not getting a answer back meaning the the audience know he is alone the killer is introduced by sitting in a dark room and them when hearing the victim shout hello he then puts his mask on.

Special effects
no special effects were used

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Our Final Film "Knock Knock"

Company for our film

We have decided to use the institution Rogue Pictures for our production company because they are the main production for creating horror films. They have created films like The last house on the left, Shaun of the dead, Seed of chucky and The Strangers.
Most of the films that they have produced our made on a low budget. They have ranged between $1,000,000 and $45,000,000. This is the perfect amount of money that we feel would be needed to produce our film.

draft script

killer - looks at tv (over the shoulder shot)
victim - enters house and shouts hello (mid shot/long shot)
killer - put mask on (mid shot)
killer - hand held shot (point of view shot)
victim - gets drink from sink (long/mid shot)
zoom onto the knife set
diagetic sound of victim mobile ringing
zoom onto knife showing missing knife
killer - knocks onto the door (long shot)
victim - goes to the door (mid/longshot)
killer - follows victim then graps victim and kills him (long shot)
victim - (scream)
close up on the door
victim - bangs on the door showing blood (zoom in)
Title of the film will appear
Names of cast
Music thoughout of the scene

Audience profiling

I have done some research into the type of people that would like our film. I asked people of different ages what there favourite genre is . I did this to find out what sort of audience would watch our genre of film.

10-20 years of age: I asked five people in this age category. Four people said that horror is there favourite genre and one person said that gangster is there favourite genre.

20-40 years of age: I asked five people in this age category. Three people said that action is their favourite genre. One person said that horror is their favourite genre. And one person said comedy is their favourite genre.

40+: I asked five people in this age category. Three people said that drama is their favourite genre. And two people said that romance is their favourite genre.

From my research I can come to the conclusion that people aged 10-20 are most likely to be the target audience for my film.

shot list of our film

over the shoulder shot of victim looking at tv screen
high angle of the victim sitting in the room
long shot of victim entering the house
mid shot of killer putting on mask
hand held of killer looking at victim
mid shot of victim in the kitchen
long shot of victim on the kitchen
zoom in on the knifes
long shot of the kitchen
zoom in on the missing knife
long shot of killer kocking on the door
mid shot of victim smashing on the door then title appears