2. MY media product sequence has the similarities of Robocop a 1987 American science fiction action
film directed by Paul Verhoeven and Kick Ass a film directed by Matthew Vaughn in 2010. The way my
product matches Robocop is in its story line.
Our storyline is based on a nerdy kid who is bullied and basically lives a life of a nobody but then due to a
severe beating turns into a Cyborg a half human half machine being in the way that Robocop was a
robotic policeman. My sequence relates to the film kick ass because in Kick Ass the main character is a
nobody a person who isn’t popular and wishes for a change my sequence matches that in the way that the
main character in my piece is a nobody who wants to be a somebody.
My Sequence is different to other films because we have a different
concept to other films. Films that include police do not normally
aim for a teenage audience range unless they are comedic. My film
is more of a serious side but with a little hint of comedy so in this
way it is different. Another way it is different is the story, the
cyborg being the thing that’s the hero instead of an actual human
character. This is similar to Robocop but it hasn’t been done since
1987.
3. My media product represents a teenage
social group very well. As we show a
character of a lower stature to other
students which is very common in
school life. It shows the popularity of a
character and also groups of
individuals who are bullies. The
Product shows off a general school and
what happens on day to day bases. My
film also eliminates that stereotype of
all super heroes being of a white ethnic
background. We have changed to a
character of Indian origin. This is
something new because not many films
that include superheroes have many
people of an Indian origin. This could
work for me as this could promote for a
wider audience range and for more
people watching it. this audience could
be people from the Indian/Asian
community.
4. I would say that due to my media product
being only a small time fill a small
distribution company would be good. The
film Colin was distributed by a company
called Kaleidoscope Entertainment. Which is
UK based this would be a good idea to only
distribute our product in the UK only as all
of the Actors are British and have that
British accent and also it would be a good
because of the size of our product it is not as
large as other films out now so by it only
being released in British cinema it has a
chance of making it and hopefully then
making DVD distributions all making profit
and a potential lead in to more films. So
that’s why I believe that by having
Kaleidoscope Entertainment as our
distribution company would be a very good
thing.
5. I believe the target audience would be teenagers. This is
because the story of the main character and the settings all
happen in school so most teenagers can relate to it. This
makes it easier for the audience to understand what is
happening. I would say that this film is more a male targeted
film. Due to the nature of some content in the film and also
how the male character is the more dominant in this film and
we see a lot of the male character. Also the from the feedback
we got from posting our Media product on the social
networking site Facebook suggests that by having our Media
product shot in a school makes it the more understandable
and relatable. We also have a bit of comedic scenes which
make it that more appealing to the teenage audience and
make it less serious which makes it fun to watch and keeps
the audience wanting more.
6. By looking at the feedback we got. The starting of the whole sequence made it
more attractive because it started differently to most films. It made the audience
member want to know more of the character and what happens. The use of mise-
en-scene helped in the making because this is what we based the film around.
Production design: The setting was in a school and the props and costumes where
all to do with a school environment. This made it all the more believable and
more real when it came to shooting because everything that is in a school is
already there making it easier to shoot. Actors performance: it helped the fact
that the actors were all in there teens so playing that teenage roll was not difficult
at all it was just the actors being themselves this again made it more believable
and real.
7. In making the Media product I have harnessed a lot of camera skill. By
using the cameras and tripods I have been able to use the different shots
and angles learnt in class e.g. Close ups, medium shots, pans and slow
zooms. So rather than just learning about them by actually using them for
my self I have really developed on them camera skills. Also we had to edit
the work so by using different editing programmes I had to learn how to
edit properly and learnt how to edit because before this coursework piece
was made I had no clue on how to edit so. So by me editing some work on
the Mac it gives me the skill on to carry on using those skills further on in
the course and how to use the programme iMovie properly and more
effectively.
8. Looking back at the Preliminary task I feel I have learnt that the end
product is not necessarily the same as what you came up with at the
beginning . I have learned that making changes and big ones at that are all
part of making the end product e.g. The original script has no resemblance
to the final one also the story board also has little resemblance . Planning
and preparation are all key but it could all change at the click of a finger so
by being in the correct mind frame all the time makes it much easier but if
the planning and preparation is made before hand then just working of
that makes it that little bit easier. Another thing I have learned is that by
using simple things like tripods makes things a little easier and better
because all though it steadies shots it also gives you a better range of
angles and shots and makes them easier than what you would produce by
having the camera free hand.
