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The title sequence depicts a male antagonist who has not been able to move on from the death of his loved one, driving him to insanity and to start murdering innocent women in similar ways to his lover's death as a way to remember her. He keeps trophies or possessions from his victims. The sequence aims to convey themes of despair over his loss, the psychological effects of his inability to grieve, and his acts of remembrance through murder to develop a thriller genre sequence that uses conventions of the form.
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The document pitches a psychological thriller film titled "Snakes and Ladders" about a mentally ill man who believes he is being pursued by an unknown entity. He flees to his home for safety but grows paranoid of his roommate. Themes include paranoia, uncertainty, and fear/death. Character research describes the protagonist as wearing mismatched colors due to his fractured mind and the antagonist wearing dark clothing to portray intention to harm. The target audience is 24-25 year olds who enjoy mysteries. The opening sequence aims to create an unsettling sensation through unclear titles and the protagonist being chased by an ambiguous figure.Evaluation #1
Evaluation #1shanniey_
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This document discusses the genre conventions of psychological thrillers and how the media product challenges some of these conventions. Psychological thrillers typically feature an isolated and mentally damaged main character who is the killer. Other characters are initially strong but become weakened over the course of being targeted. However, the media product features a strong female lead seeking revenge through violence against male bullies who have damaged her physically, emotionally, and mentally through severe bullying. This challenges conventions by having a weak male victim and subverting typical gender roles and power dynamics. The media product also develops the genre by having a female serial killer as the main character, pushing for greater representation of strong female leads.Evaluation #1
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This document discusses the genres and conventions of psychological thriller media products and how the creator's media product relates to and challenges these forms. Psychological thrillers typically feature an isolated or mentally damaged main character who breaks down otherwise strong characters. The creator's product features a strong female lead seeking revenge through violence, challenging the norm of dominant male roles and victims being female. It develops the convention by having a female serial killer as the main character, pushing for greater representation of strong female leads in the genre.Media evaluation task 1
Media evaluation task 1Andreas Andreou
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1) The document discusses conventions for advertising films using teasers, posters, and magazines. Research was done on examples like Prisoners and Inception to ensure conventions were properly used.
2) Key details that were researched for different genre representations include characters, narratives, and settings commonly seen in psychological thrillers. Examples like investigators and criminals are described.
3) Thrillers are meant to create thrills for audiences over 15. Psychological thrillers in particular involve psychological elements and focus on characters descending into madness. Settings commonly involve dark, haunted places that enhance the psychological elements.More from Media-Studies (8)
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Semiotics is the study of signs and how they are interpreted. Anything can be considered a sign if someone interprets it to represent something other than itself. Charles Peirce contributed to semiotics by stating that people only think through signs and nothing is inherently a sign without interpretation. Roland Barthes expanded on this, noting that signs have a signifier, the object given meaning, and a signified, the meaning or concept. He distinguished between denotation, the literal or surface meaning, and connotation, the cultural and interpretive meanings. Stuart Hall built on these ideas of encoding and decoding, stating that media language encodes preferred meanings for audiences to decode and understand.Question 4
Question 4Media-Studies
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The document discusses the use of new media technologies in the production process. An iMac computer was used for software like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro X, Garageband, and Photoshop, which allowed for editing, exporting, color grading, splicing, and applying graphic effects. Final Cut Pro X was central to the development as it enabled effective editing. Camera equipment was initially inexpensive and unreliable, causing shaking and lighting issues, but outdoor locations and tripods helped stabilize shots in the second year. Logic Pro X and studying music technology provided opportunities to alter soundtracks.
Ideas use/subvert conventions
Ideas use/subvert conventionsMedia-Studies
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The document discusses how a short film idea uses and subverts conventions of the genre. It will use conventions like a limited number of main characters and everyday locations to avoid complications. While it will portray stereotypical characters to follow audience expectations, it will subvert the convention of dramas always having happy endings. The short film will be a social realism drama about pressures on teenagers today and end on a sad note to leave the audience thinking, like the film Titanic.Locations
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The document discusses the locations that will be used for a short film. It proposes setting parts of the film at a school to reflect the ordinary lives of the characters who spend much of their time there. Another scene will take place in a forest to convey feelings of isolation and confusion. Additional locations mentioned include a house to feel homey and central London to portray busyness. The document was then renewed, changing the disruption scene to a coffee shop which symbolizes both bitterness and potential sweetness, and reducing the number of locations to simplify the story for a short film format.Mohameds presentation 
Mohameds presentation Media-Studies
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Mohamed plays the antagonist in a 2 minute thriller sequence. He was chosen for the role because his body posture and gestures fit well with being the antagonist. Additionally, Mohamed is very confident.Mohameds presentation 
Mohameds presentation Media-Studies
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Mohamed plays the antagonist in a 2 minute thriller sequence. The title sequence introduces Mohamed as the main actor who takes on an antagonistic role. The document provides details on the casting of Mohamed in an antagonistic part for a short thriller film title sequence.Presentation1
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The document discusses props needed for various scenes of a film production. It describes inflatable legs and a ladder purchased on eBay to create the illusion that a person has been hanged in scene two. Watches and necklaces already owned will be used as props in the basement scene to represent items taken from victims. A noose made from rope purchased locally will be used in a scene where the antagonist stares at it while sitting in a borrowed armchair smoking a borrowed cigarette.Title sequence
- 1. Stolen Souls Evaluation Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Title Sequence
- 2. Our Title Sequence The title sequence is about a male antagonist that has lost a dear love one which he has not been able to move on from and this has caused the character go psychologically mental making him insane as he has not moved on with his life after his love one pasted on. Also, knowing the way his loved one was murdered, he continues her murderers method of killing to kill other innocent and beautiful females, as he believes his lover was also innocent and beautiful, and as a way of remembrance of his loved one in a bizarre and senseless way, he kills other females. In remembrance of his victims, he saves a trophy or prized possession. The codes and conventions were considered throughout the making of this title sequence. Ways we kept in mind to help ensure that the audience has understood that our film is a thriller was by keeping the following, appropriate themes in mind:  Despair: The antagonist feels despair that he has lost his lover and won’t let go and choose to move on.  Psychological: This is the main theme in our title sequence. This is theme is used since the main character refuses to move on with his life, it has caused him to become a mentally insane murderer.  Remembrance: This is a key word used a lot at the end of our title sequence. It is important because they suggest that the murderer is mentally deranged. These have been kept in mind to help produce a title sequence that is a thriller.