Evaluation question 4

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation question 3

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

The Production company i feel that would distribute our film of 'Laugh your last breath' is New Line Cinema. This is because the genre of our film is Action Thriller and New Line cinema has distributed films such as Shoot 'em Up, A nightmare on elm street and the film we looked at, throughout the creating of our opening, Se7en. However New line Cinema is set mainly is US so the production company i fell that would distribute in the UK is Entertainment in Video. They distributed films such as Texas Chainsaw massacre  Apollo 18, Saw and of course Se7en. 

The production company we created was World's End Productions. The logo is a photo of the earth. The reason for this is our production company is based worldwide and organise with many different other companies.

The reason we have focused on Se7en is because we feel our opening is very similar in ways it starts and also that while creating our opening we kept looking back at Se7en for inspiration. Another film that is also similar to ours is the movie Dextar. It starts with a psychopath getting ready just like ours and makes the audience attached. The titles we have used show the people who are involved in the creation of our opening. We put the director last as he was the person who made it happen.

Evaluation question 2

Evaluation question 1

Question 1

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

Our media opening consists of many different codes and conventions. These include:

• Creepy Voice over
• Low key lighting
• Gun
• Victim
• Psychopath

We used the creepy voice over because it shows that our main character is insane and feels pressured to killing the girl. It also suggests that he has no one else. This is typical in a Thriller film. The low key lighting when he loads his gun gives it a intense feel and makes the viewer realise he is dangerous.Low key makes it look creepy and twisted. The setting we used (Outside) looks old and Erie which is typical in a thriller. The kitchen scene is mainly black and white. This is because the white shows the innocence of the girl but the occasional black item shows that it has been tampered with and slowly being tainted. The super imposed editing in the kitchen scene gives a fast paced feeling and multiple points of interest. Shot 6 shows the aggressive nature of the psychopathic.

Final Film opening

Codes and conventions in the "Sweeney Todd" film opening

Final title

We finally decided on our finished title. We took inspiration from a number of different films mostly in the horror and action genre.

 The film Se7en was shown to us in class. We all thought the mystery and and eeriness of the title sequence would suit are film really well. We liked the disjointed feel of the tittle and how it fades at the edges.

From this title we decided to incorporate the black background and white writing and we also attempted to creates a disjointed feel by splitting the title as if it had been cut.

We also took inspiration from the Sweeney Todd film title. We really like the font of this title as we felt that the sharp edges really made it stand out from the background and encourage the viewer to read it. We though it also looked sophisticated which added to the sinisterness of the titles.