Rob put forward a great suggestion of the film 'Carrie' and we decided as a group, for all of us to watch Carrie as four members can analyze different parts of the film, as I look at how the existing product has managed to achieve the idea using technology; special effects, animation, fades, effects and transitions. Whereas the my other group members may concentrate upon the storyline, plot and script and how the technological insertions help to develop the film or portray further the idea intended by the director.
Carrie
We could watch 'Carrie' in order to see how existing media products create the large amounts of tension, the strange movements and goings on and in particular the religious aspects; the praying to God and asking for help from above. Carrie, which was set in 1976 could also help us in the costume and location research to gain knowledge of how the existing media product made it recognisable to the audience that it was the 70's.
The Stepfather
I have decided to watch the Stepfather, as I believe that this existing media product could help us to paint a better portrayal and picture of how to represent the stepfather in our film, by the stereotypical aspects used in the existing media product which could be developed within our film. In particular, i will be concentrating on;
- The pieces of music used when the stepfather is in shot.
- The type of camera shots.
- How the technology helps develop the storyline.
- The transitions, fades and effects used. eg Cutting between shots or fading out of a shot to leave the audience in suspense.
As these existing media products, did well at the film industry I believe to make our media product more professional it will be good to gather all of our group members analyst of the films of which they feel could be used within our media product.
