So already OCR have given us criteria to look at despite we haven't even thought of our main task so lets have at look at the questions they're asking and understand what they're asking.
In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
So this question asks us if we're going to follow the stereotype style of thriller or if we're going to try something different. For example, take Shrek. The film goes against every stereotypical fairy tale with having an ogre as the hero. We need to take this into mind so that if we choose to avoid the stereotype of the genre we don't want to offend anyone.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
This question is important to our task as when we discuss which social group we aim our task towards we need to make sure we do not offend anyone and make sure we represent them in an appropriate way.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
This question will be more appropriate after we have produced our film but we will need to understand film distribution when we come to answer this question.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
At this very moment I don't know who my target audience would be as we haven't discussed the contents of the film but after doing research on the BBFC I'll be sure to follow the guide lines and rate the product appropriately.
How did you attract/address your audience?
When getting people to notice our product we're going to need to make sure our product has aspects from a thriller but also isn't a carbon copy of any other thriller.
What have you learnt about technologies from process of constructing this product?
We would have to answer this question after we've finished our product but to expand on this we could look at successful thrillers and watch their openings and see how they have used different camera angles and movements.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the procession for it to the full product?
Since completing the preliminary task we have used different equipment and have also learnt different skills which will help us along the way. Before we even start planning the main task we will learn more skills which will help us in producing the best possible opening we can.
Taking a look at these questions now gives us a good idea of what the exam board are after and what we need to do to produce some quality film footage!
The next post will be some deconstructions of some thriller film openings.
