A2 Media Horror Coursework Evaluation

A2 MEDIA HORROR COURSEWORK EVALUATION HUSH HUSH

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

POSTER

MAGAZINE FRONT COVER

TRAILER

MISE EN SCENE

DOMESTIC SETTING

DARK ATMOSPHERE/NIGHT TIME

DARK ATMOSPHERE

CAMERA WORK AND EDITING

CROSSCUTTING

FASTER CUTTING FOR VIOLENCE

POINT OF VIEW

CHARACTERS

Monster/Villain

FINAL GIRL

VICTIMS BECOME HEROES

SUBVERSION

FINAL GIRL

Narrative

TODOROV'S EQUILIBRIUM

Equilibrium - Final girl's first day at the university.

Disruption - In the past she has commited a crime of murder that haunts her.

Complications - The person that was murdered was a close person to another person who is close by.

Crisis - An anonymous figure is after her, dressed completely hidden through his mask.

Climax - The killer is discovered by the final girl and he is killed by her, by being stabbed in the chest.

Resolution - She is safe from the danger of the killer.

ICONOGRAPHY

MUSIC AND SOUND

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE SOUNDEFFECT

Atmospheric suspense music

FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009)

LOUD BANGS AND CRASHES

SCREAMS

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

KNIFE

BLOOD

TITLE

FONT/LOGO

Colour schemes

EMPIRE

FACIAL EXPRESSION

TAG LINE

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

FIRST QUESTIONNAIRE

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE POSTER

1. Gender?

2. Do you watch horror films?

3. What is the purpose of a film poster?

4. What makes a good film poster?

5. What do you think are good conventions for a horror film poster?

6. Pick two colours that would best suit a horror film poster?

EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE

'Lighting was effective'

'Good acting'

'Pose on magazine could be scarier'

'Story could be clearer'

'I don't watch horror films'

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

CONSTRUCTION

RADIO MIC

MAC OX

RESEARCH

PLANNING

Evaluation

Genre - horror

Narrative - Todorov

Representation - vulnerability in youths

Media language - shown through poster, magazine and trailer

Audience - Adults

Phone - evidence

HD QUALITY DIGITAL CAMERA

SLR CAMERA

1. Gender?

2. Age?

3. What is the latest horror film you have seen?

4. What frightens you the most from the following list?

5. What is your favourite horror film?

6. What frightens you most in horror films?

7. What weapons do you find the most intimidating in a horror film?

8. When looking at a horror poster, what colours or icons do you expect to see?

9. Do you enjoy horror films and if so why?

10. How do you prefer to watch horror films? By yourself, with others at home or at the cinema?

AGENDA

TITLE

HORRIFIC PICTURE

COLOUR SCHEMES

Halloween

IT

EXPRESSIONISTIC LIGHTING

SHADOWY LIGHTING

SCREAM

FRIDAY THE 13TH

HEDONISTIC TEENAGERS

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

HALLOWEEN

MASTHEAD

NARRATIVES BASED ON... ISSUES/THEMES

. Victim triumphing over evil

. Conflict played out as a battle

. Villain wants revenge

ONE MAIN FEATURED PICTURE

Halloween

Our final firl doesn't follow Clover's theory fully as she isn't as innocent as the final girl described in Clover's theory

I know what you did last summer

Saw

Buffy

Jes Battis

BLOOD/GORE

DARKNESS/SHADOWS

KNIVES

FRIDAY THE 13TH

MASKS

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

IT

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

ONE MAIN FEATURED ARTICLE

THE HOST

.BANNER

.FREE GIFT

.PHOTO

.BARCODE

.MORE ARTICLES

. Challenge

. Use

. Combination effectiveness

. Audience feedback

. Use of new media technologies

FARAZ AHMAD