2. In What Ways Does Your
Media Product, Use, Develop
OrChallenge Forms And
Conventions Of Real Media
Products?
3. SYNOPSIS
• Travelling circuscomesto town
• Ringmaster isin chargeof everything, drugs
hisperformers(liketheclown) and orders
them to kidnap and murder circusvisitorsand
town folk
• Peoplego missing in thetowns
• Circusthen leavesmysteriously, never gets
found out
4. Thismoviewasmade
in 1981. Against her
father'sorders,
teenager Amy visitsa
sleazy travelling fun
fair with her new
boyfriend Buzz, her
best friend Liz, and
Liz'sirresponsible
boyfriend, Richie. The
story concernsthese
four teenagersthat are
trapped in adark
ride and stalked by a
Directed by TobeHooper
5. Film madein 1961. A plastic
surgeon wanted by thepoliceafter
an operation goeshideously wrong.
However, believing himself to have
brilliant abilitiesasasurgeon, he
and hisassistantsevadecaptureand
escapeto theContinent. Therehe
befriendsacircusowner on whose
deformed daughter Nicolehe
operates.
Hemanipulateshisway into
running thecircus, taking it over
when theowner diesin a"freak
accident." A decadelater, heis
running an internationally
successful circus, which heusesasDirected by Sidney Hayers
6. 2012 Film. This
plot concernsa
birthday clown
returning from
thedead to exact
revengeupon a
group of children
who contributed
to hisdeath.
Directed by Conor McMahon
10. TRAILER
C O N V E N T I O N S
1.Starts with uplifting music/
circus music
2.Colourful costume and setting
3.Quick shots
4.Running victim
5.Screams
6.Changing to darker music
7.Diegetic sounds with soundtrack
8.Introduced circus setting at the
beginning
C H A L L E N G E S
1.No dialogue
2.Slow motion
3.No graphic images
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feature=player_embedded&v=BMoQQ7
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYW3NyAPuMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjpvHBndhNM
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11. An art film (also known as art movie, specialty film, art house
film, or in thecollectivesenseas art cinema) istheresult
of filmmaking which istypically an independent film aimed at
a nichemarket rather than a massmarket audience. An art film is
"intended to beaseriousartistic work, often experimental and not
designed for massappeal"; they are"madeprimarily for aesthetic
reasonsrather than commercial profit" and they contain
"unconventional or highly symbolic content."
ART HOUSE
STYLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL0lNGXoP8E
Directed by Robert Clouse
13. POSTER
C O N V E N T I O N S
1.Rule of thirds, using head shot of character
2.Dark background
3.Actors names
4.Strap line
5.Billing box
6.Title
C H A L L E N G E S
1.Ratings
2.Masked Face
Directed by AlexandreA
Directed by JamesWatkins
14. C O N V E N T I O N S
1.Matches style of poster (image, font,
colour scheme)
2.Embedded Trailer
3.Social bookmarking (Media Convergence)
4.Navigational Menu
C H A L L E N G E S
1.No border around trailer
2.Face of character on website
3.No DVDs available
4.No iTunes button
5.No release date
WEBSITE
Directed by Paul Solet
Directed by JamesWatkins
15. How Effective Is The
Combination Of Your
Main Product And
Ancillary Texts?
21. •I learned that theaudiencewerevery
hard to please.
•Someof them didn’t watch or likeany
horror films.
•Theolder audienceproffered classic old
horror films.
•They werevery into theclassic
conventionsof horror films.
•Most weren't scared of clowns.
22. MediaStudentsFeedback
I received adifferent perspectiveastheaudiencewasayounger
generation and knew moreabout mediaconventionsand
codes.
FEEDBACKON ROUGHCUTOFCIRQUE
1.Ourpeers thought that ourestablishing shots were
too light and un-threatening so they suggested that
we grade the images so that they are darkerand
build on the idea that the traileris fora horror.
23. 2.They said they thought the clown (the killer)
is introduced to early on in the trailerand they
think it would be betterif he was introduced
nearthe end to create shock, but ourbest
visual shots had the clown in and we really
like using the spinning tunnel at the beginning
as we find it quite chilling so we discussed it
24. 3.They said that they liked how the fast shots
were edited but they think that we should use
more of a variation between slow and fast.
Perhaps a slow cut of the hands round the door
in slow motion and then a quick shot of the
clowns head close up, this would create building
tension then shock.
25. 4.They liked the titles that had been
used but they thought we should
explain more of the story with them,
maybe use reviews as titles ora
newspapercutting with something like
“mysterious deaths at local circus”
26. How Did You Use New
Media Technologies In
The Construction And
Research, Planning And
Evaluation Stages?
