The Chase Opening Title Sequence - finished

https://youtu.be/cS0C6mESBEM

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During the process of creating the media product I have learnt a lot about technologies. When creating the blog I learnt that keeping all of your work on a blog can help to prove that you know what you are doing when creating the media product as it provides a consistent record of the process involved in creating the film and why you make choices about the film.


The blog is also positive as it is a permanent record of your work, and so you cannot lose any of the work that you do. It also provides easy access from anywhere with an internet connection, such as your phone, laptop, tablet etc, allowing you to update it wherever you are.


The blog also allows easy planning for the work produced as you can save drafts and update them as well as embedding pictures to allow it to be visual and for the work to be easier to understand. I have been able develop my ideas through the use of the blog as I have been able to see each process during the pre-production and planning visually and in an organised manner, allowing me to see where I need to make improvements, and allowing me to easily compare my title sequence to the previous sequences that I have looked at. 

During the production of the film I learnt a lot about the technology involved in creating the footage. I learnt how to use a Cannon filming camera, such as how to use the composition grid, allowing to correctly use the rule or thirds.

I also learnt how to focus the cameras and that auto-focus is easier to use than manual. I learnt how to place the cameras on a tripod safely so that they do not fall off and I learnt that the tripods need to be level before filming. I also learnt that if you zoom in with the lens on the camera, the lighting changes and does not look very good, so you should manually move the camera to zoom in or out. Also, the cameras we used are not tape based, and so this allowed it to be quicker and easier for us to load the footage on to the computers and allowed better quality footage.

During post production I also learnt a lot about editing technology. For the preliminary task we used Premier Pro to edit the footage as this helped us to understand how to create match cuts, understand editing and understand the process of editing footage. I also learnt that editing software cannot make the footage look amazing unless you have good footage to begin with.

Another piece of technology that has supported my ideas throughout creating the final title sequence is laptops and the internet. Through the use of the internet, I have been able to research into similar title sequences, as seen on my blog. Being able to research into similar title sequences has allowed me to gain inspiration and fully understand the forms and conventions of a thriller title sequence, such as the audio and visuals related.

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question 4

The main audience for my film "THE CHASE" is a younger audience, of people aged between 15 – 21. It is mainly focused on males with a higher percentage of males to females at 80%-20%. Our film is not aimed at a specific ethnicity, therefore giving me a higher mass audience. The target audience would be people who are interested in thriller films and like a lot of action. This is why I aimed my film at this particular age group.

I used a lot of slang/ typical chav language, e.g. swearing in my OTS. This attracts my audience of 15-21 year olds as they are portrayed as fun and loud, but all have the knowledge of people like my characters I wanted to portray this attitude in my OTS.

The target audience are always looking for the latest film that has come out. Therefore I would make sure that the trailer would be able to make them interested and make them want to see more.

question 3

My film opening has a target audience of 15-21 and mostly male. This is a very mainstream audience which would best be distributed by a large mainstream distribution company. However due to my low budget, location and amateur  filming, it is more likely that an independent film distribution company is going to be more interested in my film. Despite my film not having expensive sets, editing and well known actors it still accompanies the mainstream themes and ideas. However my target audience are not a niche audience and will easily be reached through social media and other tools such as posters. Therefore my film may not need a mainstream distributer despite my similar characteristics in theme and target audience.

There would be a lot of benefits to my film if I managed to get it distributed by a mainstream company such as Warner Bros. People would be much more likely to watch my low budget film as Warner Bros are very well known and have produced a lot of successful films e.g. Dark Knight & Harry Potter. Warner Bros would be able to spend money on the film to advertise and promote it very well. They would spend money on making a trailer and advertising it in advert breaks on TV.

There are also benefits to my film being distributed by an independent company. Firstly they would be able to reach my target audience very quickly by using social media to promote the film. My film would also not be under any competition with other big films made by the larger companies e.g. viewing times in cinemas.

I would be able to advertise my film best through a lot of social media and posters. I could use flyers and posters which would be handed out on the street as well as sticking them up to let people know of its upcoming. I would use social media in  a lot of different way which include; Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and my own YouTube channel which could display exclusive footage, interviews and spoilers.

question 2

• The social group I have attracted is young adults aged 15 – 21. The way I have portrayed this is by using age and gender representations, e.g. in my film there are teenagers who act as gangsters and a lone younger boy who has to try and escape there clutches.
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• I have shown this through mise-en-scene, language, costume and camera angles. The way I have represented my social group through language is by using a mixture of slang and stereo typical chav language, e.g. swearing. This represents the social group because 15 – 21 year olds are fun and loud and are not as mature as people older that that, but all know about people like my characters so I wanted to portray this attitude in my OTS. I have represented my social group through costume as stereo typical chav clothes consist of hoodies, tracksuit bottoms and bandanas.
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• This social group cares about their appearance and how everyone perceives them so I wanted to portray a teenage boy that they are like so they can connect with them. I used a boy that was in the same age as my social group/target audience so it represents them and clearly shows the OTS is directed at them. His clothes are similar to what my target audience wear so again it represents them. The props I used in my OTS were guns that are used by the gangsters. This represents the social group who are frowned upon but widens the range of audience to fit with people in that class or background. 
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• The low camera angles i used from the teenager perspective makes him look weak and unimportant. However as the OTS progresses you can see that the boy has wit and backup. He gradually gains power over the gang, however that is revealed over the course of the whole film. This will attract my target audience because they may aspire to be like him (Kenneth) and want to know more about him. 
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• The location I used was an abandoned barn near my house. This doesn't look very urban but particularly eerie. This will attract my audience because it is different. The use of font shows it is aimed at a young/middle aged social group because it is in bold capital letters making it look informal but serious at the same time.