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Question 3

Evaluation question 3

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

Rhys Williams & Sam du Berry

We have chosen to be a mainstream institution due to having a popular genre as it appeals to a larger audience than most other genres and our film would be produced on a high budget like most action films. We would cast big name actors relevant to our genre for example, William Fichtner who appears in lots of crime related films.

Spectre is another mainstream action film that stars big names such as Daniel Craig and is produced on a huge budget of $300 million.

As we anticipate our film to be a major action film we would have it distributed by one of the big six companies. Our film is not the type of film to be distributed by Disney because it is not suitable for their type of audience. Universal would be our preferred one because they have done a lot of films like this and are one of the best known in the business for having big films. This means they have big budgets and would be capable of distributing a killer action film like ours.

Our film targets a mass audience meaning that, we are producing our film for a large audience of a wide variety. A distributor is a person or organisation who represents a film and markets it all around the world in the attempt of selling it to television etc. Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Universal pictures and 20^th Century Fox are all examples of mainstream film distributors, some of these are known as being a part of the big six. We would choose to use Universal to distribute our film as they are known for distributing successful mainstream films similar to ours such as Furious 7 and Jurassic World.

Our film would be distributed and released in a staggered way. It would be in the cinemas first because it is a mainstream film from the action genre. After appearing in the cinemas it would be put out across DVD and Blu-ray because people who have seen it might then want to watch it again or show it to their friends. Later in the release we would put it across platforms such as iTunes or google play so that people can watch it on the go. Finally we would sell the rights to Netflix and amazon prime for them to show it. The reasons we have done this process is because it is the way of producing most money. If it was released on all platform’s at once then less money would be made in cinemas. This is more of a niche film technique as opposed to a mainstream film.

Question 2

Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents gender in a stereotypical way as male characters are seen as dominant and have more screen time. Furthermore, no females are casted in the film opening which connotes they have less importance in our film. The main character is seen as the most powerful and we can see this through the use of Mise-en-Scene, the main character is seen to be in possession of a gun which suggests he is a threat and has power over other characters. Through the use of camera work we also made the main character seem more predominant. Low angle camera shots were mainly used on this character to make him look bigger to the audience.

Moreover, age is also represented in a stereotypical way due to the older characters in the opening scene being shown as more important. On the student character, multiple high angle shots are used to make him appear smaller to the audience which connotes innocence. The characters clothing suggest that he is still in school as he is wearing a school uniform whereas the main character in a suit shows that he is superior and more sophisticated. In terms of screen prevalence, the main character has more authority over the student which displays a stereotypical example of age.

Ethnicity doesn’t take much effect in our piece because only white males are casted however they are still seen as powerful and the ethnic majority.

Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real

 media products?

Our title is positioned in the bottom left of the screen on a black background. The reason we have chosen to have this is that based on similar films from the action genre they do this. Fast and furious 6 have their title at the end of the opening and have a black screen in which in bold they have written the title; this is in the centre of the screen. Our title is also a bold font which is why it is similar to action openings.

The sound used within our opening scene helps to suggest that our genre is action however, the main give away is the generic conventions that can be seen on the desk when the villain is in the office. In this frame, you can see that there are drugs and a gun on the table which are two generic conventions of action as it connotes violence and illegal activity. The character is wearing a dark suit which conveys a dark personality which helps the audience to identify that he is the villain in our film. Like most action films for example, Spectre, ours features these types of generic conventions as these are what an audience would expect to see within an action film. Generic conventions help to set up the viewers expectations of the film and these expectations need to be met, that Is why we have included common conventions.


This is the main establishing shot that features in our film as it helps the audience to identify the type of location that the scene is being set in, with a zoomed out image containing the majority of the room.

There are two characters that feature in our film opening, these consist of  hero and a villain. The villain is the first character that is seen in our film opening and this character is presented using  a tint that created a darner effect on the scenes that he features in to reflect on his character. On the other hand, we left the original footage of the hero character as it was originally as it creates a more innocent feel to the scene and also helps to indicate to the audience that this is the good character and that they should trust him.

We have chosen to use this font because it is a bold heading. Most action films tend to have titles like this as they stand out. Furthermore it is clear. Our titles are all positioned in different places but on the bottom of the screen because therefore it does not intervene with any content on screen.

This shot features in the opening and it helps to establish the story and what is happening. The shot shows a government agent looking through some files while other props are seen on screen like the drugs and the gun. This shows he might not be any normal government agent. The shot also features him rushing in order to clear the drugs out of the way as someone knocks on the door. This signifies the fact he is doing something wrong

Rough Cut 1

What worked well:
*Good logo at the start - Wolfpack
* Variety of camera angles
*Nice font for the titles

Even Better If:
* It needs sound - non diegetic to start and then maybe a voiceover of Nathan saying "ahh yes hello...when he puts his hand out."
*The narrative needs to be clearer
*You need a bigger defintion between Nathan's scene and Owen's scene - we need to see they are two different people
*Some of your shots are held for too long - please cut them down a smidge
*Who is Owen? Make this clearer
*Remember the correct film title order! Check your timelines!

Sam du Berry

Title Timelines (Action)

Fast and Furious 6 is a typical action film which is very popular with a lot of the target audience our film is aimed at. The title sequence shows the production company at the start which is universal pictures, it then goes on to name another 2 producers who had a part in the film. This is very typical of action films to credit the production companies first and then later go onto the big name actors. These production companies have approximately 5/6 seconds on screen each before the actors name come up. Each actor is put into an order of what you could describe as being the most famous ones first and so on. Each actor has a maximum of 2  seconds on the screen because a big film like this has a lot of names to cover in a short opening. This makes them seem less important than the production company who take more credit for the piece. After a while 2 actors names appear underneath each other on each screen as a way of putting the less important ones in. All of the actors names are complete by about 1.10 which is over half way through the opening credits. After the names in the action genre then come the individuals in production who took part in creating the film for example the music composer etc. In this specific action film they have around 3 seconds on screen but the majority of the names come in twos or threes as they are valued less than big name actors. Finally the writer of the film is the penultimate name and has longer on screen, this shows he was very important in the production and so gets more credit in the film. The last name to appear is the director of the film which gets a similar amount of time to the writer because they are the person that made the film happen and are most important when filming it. The title comes last which happens very often in action films as it is the most important part of the film and the last thing the audience want in their head before they actually watch the film. Although it is last on screen it last no longer than 4/5 seconds showing that because it is on a black background they do not want to hold the shot for too long as it can bore the audience.

Rhys Williams