By Joshua Thomas
Thursday, 5 May 2011
What have you Learnt About Technologies for the Process of Constructing Thus Product? (Evaluation Question 6)
By Scott Cawkwell, Ian Slade and Bart Lang
How does your media product represent particular social groups? (Evaluation Question 2)
I shall explain how our media product represents particular social groups. Our media product, the film Royal Flush, represents white working class males, the mafia, gamblers and criminals.
Our media product represents white working class males with the characters Jason, the main character, played by Scott Cawkwell and the two Bodyguards Derek and Graham which are played by Ian Slade and Alex Wright. These characters represent white working class males as bodyguards are associated with this background and also Jason is not a very rich man who also has a job outside the film so he can be classed in the category of white working class males.
The Royal Flush can also represent the social group of the mafia with the character Mr Kowalski or The Boss. This character is meant to pursue the profile of a very important and wealthy mafia boss which could also be linked to crime, guns and money. To show that Mr Kowalski is a very important and powerful man he has his own bodyguards and owns the poker club in which one of the scenes is set in.
The social group of gamblers is represented by three characters in our film, Jason, Mr Kowalski and Derek. This is shown in the poker scene in which we see all of these characters taking part in a poker match which is gambling as poker involves betting money. Also the poker club could also suggest our film represents the social group of gamblers.
Lastly the social group of criminals is represented by Jason as we see him cheating and also running away with money. Jason resembles this group as he is being chased by the two bodyguards Derek and Graham. We see him cheating in the poker match by dropping a card and replacing it with another and also as we see him running away with a briefcase full of money.
By Joshua Thomas
In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use, Develop or Challenge Forms and Conventions of Real Media Products? (Evaluation Question 1)
Our media product is a crime thriller and to fit in that genre it has to use and exploit certain elements that have become conventions of the genre over the years. However, to be original, we also need to break the established conventions and form our own paths. In this essay I will explore how we used and challenged conventions of films in our thriller.
I initially we have the plot. This is the element that fits our film in to the thriller genre so easily. The elements that work with the current established conventions of a thriller are:
· Theft
· Gambling
· Mafia gang members
· Chase scenes
These all are well known elements of a classic thriller film. However we were quite original in our plot where we used an industrial estate as a set for our film. We were also original because we used the rarely seen action before narrative technique to set the scene and increase the tension in our film.
In terms of music and sound, we were using the accepted technique of tension through music to build atmosphere in our piece. However, decided to be different by writing our own basic jazzy track and applying it to the piece.
When we thought about cinematography, we generally used already well known techniques like:
· Swish pan
· Point of view shot
· Long shot to show isolation
· Close up shots to show emotion
· Handheld cameras to give a strong impression of movement
Our editing techniques were also fairly well established. We used rapid editing often and sped up much of our footage to keep it snappy and fast paced. We employed fades to simulate the passing of reel time so that we did not have to show full poker hands being played each time.
Overall, I think we stayed true to the thriller genre while still subtly pushing the envelope. However if I was going to do this again, I would have been more different and taken more risks in terms of the plot, editing and cinematography.
By Bart Lang
By Bart Lang
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