What Have You Learnt About Technologies from the Process of Constructing this Product?
This is a video to show all the different pieces of technology we had to use when making our opening thriller sequence. We explain what we used, and how we used them.
Leila Robertson
Friday, 7 May 2010
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Psycholographical System
1: Belongers. Traditionalist, cautious and conforming conservatives. Known as “nest builders”. They are susceptible to advertising of pension plans, insurance and DIY products.
2: Emulators. A smaller more impressionable group, these are often young they seek an identity. They are lacking in self confidence and are confused or vulnerable. From an advertising standpoint any insecurity are preyed on as they offer role models.
3: Emulator achiever. Materialists; stereotypically like the yuppies of the 1980’s they favour designer goods as a show of accomplishment and good taste although they often do not have a large income. It all for positive face.
4: Societally-conscious achievers. People who are concerned more with personal that financial or professional fulfilment. They are against conspicuous consumption and are sceptical of advertising.
5: Need-directed. Minimum wage earners, often on welfare benefits. More concerned with survival than mass consumption in an advertising sense. As far as advertisers are concerned they scarcely exist.
Mollie Duncan
2: Emulators. A smaller more impressionable group, these are often young they seek an identity. They are lacking in self confidence and are confused or vulnerable. From an advertising standpoint any insecurity are preyed on as they offer role models.
3: Emulator achiever. Materialists; stereotypically like the yuppies of the 1980’s they favour designer goods as a show of accomplishment and good taste although they often do not have a large income. It all for positive face.
4: Societally-conscious achievers. People who are concerned more with personal that financial or professional fulfilment. They are against conspicuous consumption and are sceptical of advertising.
5: Need-directed. Minimum wage earners, often on welfare benefits. More concerned with survival than mass consumption in an advertising sense. As far as advertisers are concerned they scarcely exist.
Mollie Duncan
The Demographical System
A: Upper middle. These are people who are high up on both the economical and A- Upper middle. These are people who are high up on both the economical and social ladder. They are generally people in higher management are fully professional and usually involved in solely administrative work.
B: Middle. These are the next level of people they have a good amount of money and power within their field of work. They are generally at an intermediate level of management and are also fully professional and primarily involved in administration.
C1: Lower middle. These are people who are towards the middle of the scale. They have enough money most of the time but are not overly wealthy. They have jobs in junior management, supervisory and clerical fields. They are full time professional and have a role in administration.
C2: Skilled working class. Have a low level of income but have a transferable skill they use. They are either involved in low-level management or manual labour of a high quality. They can be fully professional but usually work on more of an on demand basis and are usually absent from administration.
D: Working class (Excluding Skilled). These are part time workers with a very low level of income. As they are unskilled they will be involved in retail work and some simple manual labour. These will often be a younger generation
E: Lowest level of subsistence. These are the bottom level of the scale. Are often unemployed occasionally work part time and live unsupported. These are state pensioners or widows.This system is flawed in that money and level work are what are used to attempt to guess what people want to watch.
Mollie Duncan
B: Middle. These are the next level of people they have a good amount of money and power within their field of work. They are generally at an intermediate level of management and are also fully professional and primarily involved in administration.
C1: Lower middle. These are people who are towards the middle of the scale. They have enough money most of the time but are not overly wealthy. They have jobs in junior management, supervisory and clerical fields. They are full time professional and have a role in administration.
C2: Skilled working class. Have a low level of income but have a transferable skill they use. They are either involved in low-level management or manual labour of a high quality. They can be fully professional but usually work on more of an on demand basis and are usually absent from administration.
D: Working class (Excluding Skilled). These are part time workers with a very low level of income. As they are unskilled they will be involved in retail work and some simple manual labour. These will often be a younger generation
E: Lowest level of subsistence. These are the bottom level of the scale. Are often unemployed occasionally work part time and live unsupported. These are state pensioners or widows.This system is flawed in that money and level work are what are used to attempt to guess what people want to watch.
Mollie Duncan
Questionnaire
We came up with a range of questions about thrillers to help us create our opening sequence of "The Boiler Room". So we knew what our target audience wanted / expected to see.
We also found out that overall, the most popular genre for people to watch is action adventure. However one of women's favourite genre is also romantic comedy. People are most likely to buy a DVD than go to the cinema to see a new film, as they think it's worth waiting a few months so they get more out of their money when paying around £10 for a film they can watch anytime they want.
Here's the questions and the most popular answers we got:
If I said the word “thriller” what would you expect to see?
- gore
- an unexpected twist in the story
- death
- a chase scene / fast pace
How often do you watch thrillers?
- whenever there's a new one in the cinema (once or twice a month)
- weekly, on a night in
How old were you when you started watching thrillers?
- fifteen / sixteen was the average age
What’s your favourite thriller?
- Se7en
- The Strangers
- The Godfather
- Saw
- Psycho
In terms of audience are males or females more likely to watch a thriller?
mostly males watch thrillers however there isn't much difference in how much females watch them
What type of plot developments do you expect in a thriller?
- a twist in the story
- a secret villian who may / may not be revealed at the end
- a lot of tense moments / fast pace seens
In the opening sequence of a thriller what do you expect to see?
- nothing that gives away the story too much
- earee music
What type of props / setting is expected to be seen in a thriller?
- normal conventions, a city scene, policemen, investigators, bad weather, weapons etc
What genders are the typical villain / hero in a thriller?
both normally male was the average answer
What do you think an average age group the audience of a thriller would be?
most people answered 16 to 25
the average age for people watching thrillers is 19
Leila Robertson
We also found out that overall, the most popular genre for people to watch is action adventure. However one of women's favourite genre is also romantic comedy. People are most likely to buy a DVD than go to the cinema to see a new film, as they think it's worth waiting a few months so they get more out of their money when paying around £10 for a film they can watch anytime they want.
Here's the questions and the most popular answers we got:
If I said the word “thriller” what would you expect to see?
- gore
- an unexpected twist in the story
- death
- a chase scene / fast pace
How often do you watch thrillers?
- whenever there's a new one in the cinema (once or twice a month)
- weekly, on a night in
How old were you when you started watching thrillers?
- fifteen / sixteen was the average age
What’s your favourite thriller?
- Se7en
- The Strangers
- The Godfather
- Saw
- Psycho
In terms of audience are males or females more likely to watch a thriller?
mostly males watch thrillers however there isn't much difference in how much females watch them
What type of plot developments do you expect in a thriller?
- a twist in the story
- a secret villian who may / may not be revealed at the end
- a lot of tense moments / fast pace seens
In the opening sequence of a thriller what do you expect to see?
- nothing that gives away the story too much
- earee music
What type of props / setting is expected to be seen in a thriller?
- normal conventions, a city scene, policemen, investigators, bad weather, weapons etc
What genders are the typical villain / hero in a thriller?
both normally male was the average answer
What do you think an average age group the audience of a thriller would be?
most people answered 16 to 25
the average age for people watching thrillers is 19
Leila Robertson
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Title Sequence
I did some research on www.artofthetitle.com and looked through pictures of many thrillers opening title sequences. After a while, I found the film "Ginger Snaps" (shown below) and our group agreed that we liked the title sequence for it. Which is why it's our title influence.
Another thriller I looked at was "The Thing" which also had a similar style to this. However, their pictures in the background weren't clear and they've made it look quite old fashioned by the font they've used. Which isn't what we were looking for as it wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience that way.
We liked them because it's very similar to the openeing sequence we had with different images flashing up on screen. So we thought if we had the credits flashing up with the images, it could look very effective. As the background of our images are quite dark, we're also going to use white font. The font we've used is called 'pristina' as it suits the thriller genre. We have the actors and directors name coming up first then "PLMT Productions" which is our production company. It stands for Paige, Leila, Mollie, Tom Productions. At the end of our sequence is when the title of "The Boiler Room" in red. This is colour coding for blood and danger as the rest of the film would continue.
Leila Robertson
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