Final Thriller Video

Here is the result of the group's hard work over these last few months. It's Underpass -

Evaluation 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Below are the two parts of our Evaluation 7. The first is focused on the preliminary task and the second is focused on the actual Thriller opening.

Evaluation 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Here is the video of my Evaluation 6 - What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

Evaluation 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation 4 - Audience Profile

Audience Profile (Evaluation Activity 4) from JJJMedia96

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

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

Evaluation Activity 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The character I have chosen to analyse is the killer in our thriller production. Throughout our film, he is shown as a mysterious and threatening individual, who’s only aim is to stalk and kill the innocent victim James. On evaluation of the final video, I thought that the killer from the film ‘Scream’ (1996) shared many similarities with the Killer character in‘Underpass’. I have compared the similarities and differences between the two, in an attempt to attract a wider target audience and fans of ‘Scream’, to watch our film, as well as thriller fans in general.

From instantly looking at the two characters, it is obvious they are both dressed head to toe in black. This gives the audience the idea of danger and death straight away, as these are the stereotypical connotations associated with black. This associates both characters as a symbol of death, and puts the audience on the edge of their seats throughout the thriller. Both characters also hold a sense of power and authority, as they have the ability to gruesomely kill the other innocent victims in their respective thrillers. The picture of the killer in ‘Scream’ standing behind Courtney Cox shows his method of killing is to approach his victim quietly, then attack when they are least expecting it. This is similar to our thriller, where throughout the film James (innocent teenager) is unaware he is being followed by a deadly hooded killer, seeking to end his life painfully. I also noted that in the film ‘Scream’, the killer would chase his victims after they attempted to run away, and this is also similar in ‘Underpass’ in which James, where he is literally running for his life.

However, there are some obvious differences between the characters. The killer in ‘Scream’ has a white, simple but scary mask totally hiding his/her identity, making the character unknown and adding yet another element of fear to the film, as no one knows who it could be. In ‘Underpass’, the characters face can slightly be seen, but is shaded by the hood. This also gives him a slight sense of hidden identity, however the audience can see that he is a teenage killer, perhaps giving them the idea of a deranged character, or there is something unsure and dangerous about his personality. Throughout the film ‘Scream’ the killer is constantly seen holding a long, sharp knife used to slice his victims with, usually resulting in his black costume caked with blood. In our thriller, it is clear the antagonist is carrying long bag with an item in it, and drops it whilst chasing James through the underpass. However there is an ellipsis in between where James screams as he’s about to die, and the CCTV shot of him lying dead on the floor. We chose not to include the killing, as we let the audience decide for themselves what happened, hopefully making our film more intriguing and having the desired ‘attached’ effect on the audience.

Due to us being 16 year old boys, we took influences from the same band of Social groups. We felt that this would allow us to reach out to our focus groups of teenagers, as this is who we targeted our thriller at. After watching the film ‘Scream’ we took inspiration from the killer, a young adult murdering fellow students at his college in America. We adapted this idea to our work, as the Killer murders James at the end of the thriller! This will hopefully have the desired effect of empathising with the audience, and putting the characters in their shoes.