What kind of media institution might distribute your film and why? (2)

What is the difference between how British/hollywood films are distributed?- Hollywood films work on a larger budget which allows them to afford the best locations, actors, props etc. Major companies such as Warner Bros fund these movies which then allows the movies to become massive because they can afford to distribute them in the best possible ways. British movies on the other hand are funded through smaller companies such as charities and the national lottery.#

Where does yours fit in?- Personally I would like our film to interest a major Hollywood company such as Warner Bros because we would be able to get major funding and be able to afford good location and a well known actor. Our film would be distributed and advertised to the best it could be and would we screened in massive worldwide cinemas. However, keeping the film local and receiving funding from the lottery maybe for just a good location would also be a good idea, it would be shown in local cinemas and would also allow us to own the film and keep independence whereas Hollywood film distribution would expect to take over.

How does your product re-present particular social groups?

When creating our product we made sure that we did not include gore or blood because we wanted our film to be a '15' age rating, this represents a younger social group because it makes it capable for them to watch. Our product would interest and represent 'peer groups' or 'cliques' because these are groups of people with simular interests and social status and are normally found within a school/college setting. We have tried to target our films at a socially active and young audience so it fits the given two catergories.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products (2)

Forms & conventions of horror films- Gore, isolation, Gothic, supernatural, darkness etc

Our forms & conventions of our horror film- Isolation, fear of the unknown, vulnerability

How have you referred to that/those films visually/ used a line or dialogue from the film(s) -used the visual style? -We have not referred to any of the real media products we have deconstructed. We have used some basic and common forms and conventions that are found in most horror films. We analysed the film 'Carrie' which we have referred to visually by using a similar setting. We have not referred to any dialogue from other films.

Have you developed the style/ characterisation in any way? -No because we haven't taken any of our ideas from the films we have studied. We originally tried to develop the Blaire witch project however we changed our plot to a more personal and unique plot that wasn't developed from any of the real media products looked at.

Have you subverted or changed it? How? -No we haven't changed it because we have not used any of the product that we studied. If we were to stick with our original plot then we may have looked at changing or adapting the Blaire witch project however we have not came across a film that is like ours.

Final edit to the plot...

We have slightly changed the ending to our plot due to the difficulty of adding an elevator into our scene. In order to add an elevator to our scene we would have to change rooms which expands the area which is meant to be islolated and is meant to give off an isolated and chlrostrophobic effect. Instead of using an elevator we have devised an idea which is used in a number of horror films but is very effective. The idea have chosen to finish our opening off with is our murderer/camera-man will eventually get closer and eventually catch up with our actress. The girl in our opening who has tried different doors to escape will make her way down the spiral staircase who is follwed by the camera-man/murder, when she gets to the bottom she tries her last attempt of a door to escape through, as expected this door is locked. As she spins around she is looking directly into the camera or at the murderer, this leads her to scream. Explaining this ending isn't very convincing but we have practised it and will be extremely effective!!

FOLLOWING ON FROM FILM DISTRUBUTION...

Following on from my defintion on Film Distrubution, I feel this video found on the website I hyperlinked in with the definition post is extremely crucial for beginners and people who are slightly unaware of how a film distrubutor goes about getting a film 'out there'. The guy explains how a distrubutor approches the release of a film including financially. it is a MUST WATCH so take the time to click it, it is only a minute and a half long..........

http://launchingfilms.tv/acquisition.php?video=1&autostart=1

What kind of media institution might distribute your film and why?

Define 'film distribution'
Although the main reason somebody decides to watch a film is because they enjoy 'the look' of a film or feel they would be entertained by a film's storyline, before they can know this they have to see some form of advertisement of this film to know that. Film distribution is getting the film out there to the real world. A film distributor is somebody who creates ways of getting the film into the most beneficial parts of the world so that the correct target audience can notice it and become intrigued by it. Advertising a film anywhere doesn't necessarily attract the right type of people for a certain film, a film distributor needs to know where the best places to place filming advertisment. For example, a film with a target audience of 15-30 would benefit by having it's images and trailers online and within social networking sites such as facebook and twitter because that is the dominant age range for online users. Distribution is the highly competitive business of launching and sustaining films in the market place. It's vital to the health of the film industry as a whole. Films don't become well known, or find their place in the world, by accident. The distributor's challenge is to bring each one to market, starting from scratch (except for a sequel) and realising its potential.

A great website that includes some of this information and lots more on film distrubution is http://launchingfilms.tv/distribution.php

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

What 'real'(horror) products did you study/deconstruct?
Throughout various lessons we watched several horror movie openings to get a gist of different codes and conventions and also ideas for our horror openings. A couple examples of horror films we watched were 'Scream', 'carrie' and 'my little eye'. When watching these films we were given a sheet with a variety of sub headings such as music, mis-en-scene, editing, camera shots etc. With the sheets given we would watch the openings a number of times and deconstruct and analyse them by evaluating each part section and explaining how it is effective for the film. For example, when looking at close-up shots in the 'camera shots' section, I would explain that this is used to create emphasis and can be used to emphasise facial expressions to allow the audience to know how the character feels. I also found that non-diegtic sound such as 'scary' music adds to creating tension and to make certain parts of the movies more scary. Good examples of 'scary' music are ones that include high pitch sounds such as violins. After looking at deconstructing real horror products I have a reasonably good idea of what to include within my own movie and how to use different editing techniques, camera shots, diegetic and non diegtic sounds, mis-en-scene and special effects to create a tense horror opening. Also on my blog is an analysis for the opening to 'scream' which focuses mainly on the isolated settings and the mis-en-scene of that specific type of horror genre.

3 AREAS OF PRODUCTION

Film production is split into 3 different areas which I will briefly explain now...

AREA 1: PRE-PRODUCTION

This consists of certain preparations such as planning the film itself, writing out all scripts what are going to be used and researching what locations will work best and finding out where you will film.

AREA 2: PRODUCTION

This is strictly filming. A lot of hard work and imagination is in this.

AREA 3: POST PRODUCTION

This consists of editing, sound and the credits etc.

After these 3 main stages are done the film will then get distributed through various companies such as the big american conglomerates like 'Warner Bros' or the smaller british companies. If this is successful then the film will get put into Exhibition. For the bigger budget films they will already automatically get put through to the cinemas such as Showcase and UGI etc as these are connected to the film companies themselves. But with the smaller films, they will have to be put on at smaller cinemas such as 'Broadway' which focuses on smaller budget films and British and foreign films.An example of a conglomerate would be 'Warner brothers'.

A cinema what would show films from this company would be Showcase Cinemas or Cineworld.