Maddie AS media

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Mise-en scene analysis of Paranormal activity.

Mind Map created by maddie Hubert with GoConqr

Monday, 28 November 2016

Target Audience questionnaire.

What gender are you?

Male ........ Female .......

How old are you?

10-15..... 16-20..... 20-30..... 30+......

Do you like to watch horror films?

Yes..... No....

What interests you about the genre horror?

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What type of horror do you like?

Psychological ......... Graphical ........... Fictional ............ Non-Factional ...........

Name your favourite horror film

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What do you like about that particular horror

film?

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What do you expect to be featured in a horror film?

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What age range do you think a horror film would be suitable for?

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Our media pitch.

Our Media Pitch

Target Audience.

My primary target audience is men between the age of 15-30, I believe this is the correct age range as people thing age are the most likely to watch to watch a horror film, however, my secondary target audience is woman of the same age, as well as older men, this is due to the belief that woman also enjoy horrors, however not as much as men do.

Primary Audience.

For my primary audience research, I am going to create a questionnaire for the conventions for a focus group about the thriller genre, including mise-en-scene, target audience and casting and location.

Secondary Audience.

For my secondary audience, I am going to look at the BBFC research website, and find out what makes a film and age restricted film and why.

My chosen genre.

My chosen genre is a thriller, this is due to the fact that i enjoy thrillers and many famous directors are the directors that have created good thriller films, I find them interesting.

Most well known thriller - The Titanic.

My sub-genre choice - Crime thriller.

Numbers of Oscars won by the Godfather - 6.

Highest grossing thriller of 2016 - The Accountant.

The Accountant Profit - $77, 725, 755.

We are going to edit our final piece in Final Cut Pro.

We are going to use an audition process to find actors for our final piece.

Mise-En-Scene Questionnaire Results

How the audience engages from the opening scene of Jaws.

Jaws starts with a scene of two people, a man and a woman, running down the sand banks of beach in the evening. Therefore, this means that the scene has low key lighting, pushing forward the genre of mystery and horror. the lighting stays low key throughout the two minutes of the opening, the only time that the lighting changes is when the camera uses an underwater shot, looking up at the swimmer. In this shot, most of the scene is very dark with a single bright circle shining through the water, which is presumably the sun. Due to the low lighting, we can only really see the shadow/silhouette of the two characters.

For the first half of the opening, the sound is not as loud, as we only hear a small amount of dialogue between the two characters, some seagulls making noise and a bell ringing in the distance, most probably from a boat. This is done intentionally to make the audience think about what is going to happen, as this is an unusually calm opening scene to a film. In the dialogue between the two characters, we only find out a very limited amount of information as they are running much distance between them. We find out that woman is called Chrissie, and they are going to swim in the sea. We also hear the man in the scene say “I’m not drunk” and slur his words, meaning this is used in irony as the man is quite obviously drunk, and we can presume that Chrissie is too. In the second half of the opening sequence, Chrissie is in the sea on her own, and the scene is almost silent up until the moment she encounters the shark. After this, she screams, cries and moves about a lot in the water, creating hysteria and panic in the scene. This could make the audience feel sympathetic, especially when she is released by the shark for a brief minute and she begins to scream prayers to God. This could then interest the readers more as something interesting is happening.

Intertexuality in Horror Films.

What is intertextuality?

Intertextuality is the way in which media texts purposely give references to other media texts in order to give the audience recognition. It involves the process of extracting elements from existing texts and subtly including them in the making of your own, this can be Mise en scene, sound, editing, or simply the plot. Intertextuality often takes place in media forms under the same genre.

Examples of intertextality in Horror films.

These are both good examples, as intertextuality in horror films mostly include the colour red as a stereotype due to the colour being known as 'dangerous' also could connote blood.

Another example of intertextuality is the film Scary Movie, this is because it is a parody therefore all scenarios depend on the text from other movies. One aspect of the film that will clearly be recognised by the audience is the character from scream. Like all intertextual texts, Scary Movie uses the original element but slight changes are necessary, as the 2 movies are of different genres, one is a mystery horror, and the other is a comedy/parody, so it is adjusted.

Fim institutional Research - Blumhouse Productions

Blumhouse Productions.

Blumhosue productions is an American film and television production company, it was founded by Jason blum. Blumhouse produces micro and low-budget horror movies, for example, Ouija, paranormal activity, Insidious and the Purge. in 2014, Blumhouse produced the academy award nominated drama film whiplash, for which Blum was nominated for the academy award for best picture. The company has currently a 10 year first look deal with the study universal pictures.

Jason Blum has a particular method that he uses to make films that he believes will be successful. He finds an interesting idea, and then puts together a solid cast, never exceeds a budget of $10 million and manages to make hundreds of millions of dollars. However, the success of some of his films was unprecedented, like Paranormal Activity, as no one could've predicted how successful it was and that it would produce 4 sequels and 2 spin-offs.

On the television side, Blumhouse has a first look deal with Lionsgate, and the company produced the short-lived series Stranded for Syfy and executive produced The River for ABC. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse opened the Blumhouse of Horrors, an interactive haunted house experience in LA.

On November 11, 2014, Blumhouse launched Blumhouse Books, dedicated to having filmmakers and authors create original horror and thriller novels.

On May 23, 2016, it was announced that Blumhouse, Miramax, and Trancas would be developing a new Halloween film which they will co-finance. John Carpenter is set to produce the project and act as creative consultant. John Carpenter stated, "Thirty-eight years after the original Halloween, I'm going to help to try to make the 10th sequel the scariest of them all."