Evaluation Question 1

Film Title
When it comes to titling, many films also include a subtitle, and inspired me to do it for my own, as it is an uncommon but not completely alien film convention.

Most of these films are sequels, and the subtitles is used to avoid the cliché of [film title] 2, [film title] 3 etc, and it is sometimes used in prequels, as the only other alternative is to add a zero to the end of the film (interestingly, there is a video game called Resident Evil 0, due to the fact it takes place before the first game, and Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is actually a prequel, despite sounding like a sequel to the first game).

Alien: Resurrection (1997) is the fourth film in the Alien franchise, and is the only one to feature a subtitle, as the second film is called 'Aliens' and the third is called 'Aliens 3' (The prequel is the only film in the franchise to not include 'Alien' in it's name, being called 'Prometheus' instead)














Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) is the second (and likely final) film in the Silent Hill franchise, using the subtitle as opposed to the number 2, although this is likely to stop confusion between the film and the video game from 2001.














Some films that are the first in their series also use subtitles, despite the fact there is not really a reason to do so.

Pirates of The Caribbean is notorious for using subtitles, with each film having one including the first, which was 'The Curse of The Black Pearl' (2003). In the case of this film, it uses it as a hint to the plot of the film, and this gave me the idea to use it for my own.

Another example of the first film in its series having a subtitle, much like my own, is Resident Evil Degeneration (2008).
Degeneration is the first film in the CGI series and the use of the subtitle is likely to stop confusion between this film and 'Resident Evil', which is the first film in the live action series.

There is also Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1997), although technically this was retitled to include a subtitle to clarify that the first 3 films in the franchise are actually the latter half of the whole franchise, chronologically.

Evalutation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In my media production, I use a reclusive type person who spends a lot of time indoors and only ventures out to visit friends.
Many reclusive people refuse to even leave the house, so that is one difference in how a recluse is represented in my media production, as opposed to real life.
Reclusive people do not appear often in films, but one example is Clear Rivers from Final Destination 2 (played by Ali Larter)

Clear is the only character to appear in more than one Final Destination film, and the reason she became reclusive was due to the events of the first film, where all her friends were killed in the order they should have been in a crash, with Clear being the only survivor.
She hides herself away so nothing can happen to her (even requesting sharp objects be left outside the room), taking safety in the form of a padded cell in a mental health hospital.
While the main character in my production does venture out at times, one major difference is that nothing bad has previously happened to them and is like that due to their own insecurities, rather than a horrible event previously happening. The opening eludes to the events that cause them to become even more reclusive, and had this been a full film, they would likely have become very similar to Clear Rivers in Final Destination 2.

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

Here are some examples of when I used the 180 rule. The top image is also when I used the shot/reverse shot editing technique in my preliminary task, which I did not use to a great effect in my final production (this editing technique is at the end of the production).
I also used more occurrences of medium close ups and close ups in my final task, this also being shown in the two above images, where in the preliminary task, long shots were used more often.

I did continue to use match on action, such as the door handle in the preliminary task and walking through the door on the final task, as I feel that it is a good editing technique to use.

One technique I used a lot more in my final version was the first person shot for the camera work. This was more of a work around for there only being one me as opposed to a completely intentional camera work technique. There was only one occurrence of this in the preliminary task, which was during the match on action shot.

I also think the sound editing has improved, and while all the sound in my final production was non-diegetic, I felt as though the background music was not as intrusive as in the preliminary task.

I do think the overall quality, however, has decreased and this may be due to having to do most of the filming and editing on my own as opposed to having someone else with me.

 In conclusion, I think that I have improved in terms of techniques used, although some of the camera work and editing could have been better