Email Screenshots (Re-casting)

Equipment List

Day 1 of filming:

• Family pictures

• Matches and box

• A lighter

• A fully charged camera

• External microphone

• Tripod

Day 2 of filming:

• Makeup

• Costume (dress)

• Teddy bear

• A fully charged camera

• External microphone

• Tripod

Evaluation 3

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

As my team and I would be an example of an independent film company; because of this we would have to distribute our film on social media as it is a cheap option; as we wouldn't have access to any financing.We chose the genre of horror as, after extensive research, we found that horror films are usually the cheapest to produce.

The financial restrictions is one of the main factors, keeping the divide between conglomerates and independent films companies. As we would be an independent film company, similar to Warp films; we would predict that our success would be similar to the success of '71.

We are using paramount to release our film so it can reach a wider audience. 

Below are screen shots for one of the many websites we looked at for our research into the best genre for our budget. I will also enlist some of the other websites: 

http://www.hypable.com/10-block-buster-movies-with-tiny-budgets/

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls055140840/

http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0410/movie-genres-with-the-best-roi.aspx

This is our Ident for our production.

Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My production consisted of one character; this character was a young girl. I used a variety of different camera angles and shots to present the protagonist. The main actor's only prop was a teddy bear; this connotes innocence and childlike aspects. As this contrasts with the look of the character as well as her eery demeanour, it leaves the audience feeling inquisitive as well feeling uneasy. Through this use of mise en scene we are giving indications about the character to the audience, that dialogue and movement alone may not have conveyed. 

In our production we are generally presenting people of a younger age, although people of older ages appear in photos at the start of our production, movement or dialogue is not present. Our only character appearing in our production is the young female antagonist, because of this she holds the audiences full attention giving her power; additionally a sense of importance is added to the character.The camera constantly follows the girl, giving her control and maintaining the attention of the audience. In addition, it is clear that the young girl plays the villain of the production; this implies that she has the strength and power to potentially overrule an older character in later scenes. However, as the character has no dialogue throughout the opening this could limit her power, potentially deeming her to be less important; it could be argued that this is purely down to her gender, therefore presenting females in a prejudiced way.

The stereotypical aspect of our production was the way in which we present our young character. She is seen dropping a teddy bear, this clearly indicates that the character is a young girl.