3) Evaluative question comic strip

2) Evaluative question photo sequence

1) Evaluation news article

1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?  (In the form of a newspaper article)

The Hunt, How Does it Compare to Other films?

 

With the new thriller film ‘The Hunt’ out this week, we look at how it compares to other film openings. The films directors Tom Edwards and Alec Jetha have been heavily influenced by other psychological thrillers such as 'Se7en'. With director Alec Jetha saying "Our film puts the audience on edge and uses no dialogue in the opening to keep the narrative mysterious." 

'The Hunt' opens with many different camera angles and shots to provide a good viewing for the audience. "This was important for us as we felt we needed some way of telling the narrative to our audience without dialogue, we tried to maximize our use of props and mise en scene" stated Tom Edwards.  The opening of 'The Hunt' also uses a soundtrack like many other film openings. The films directors felt that using an eerie sound opening would have an impact on the audience. This technique was similar to other film openings such as 'Se7en', 'Silence Of The Lambs' and 'The Godfather'.

The font of the films title and opening credits also fitted the conventions of a psychological thriller. The font again compares to other films such as 'Se7en'. We can see that Tom Edwards and Alec Jetha have many comparisons to conventions of real media products. Evidence of this is with the use of a soundtrack, mise-en-scene, titles and font type.


However, we can also see some ways in which 'The Hunt' challenges forms and conventions of other media products. This is because of the facilities the directors had. Other products have had the luxury of a high budget. This is something Alec Jetha and Tom Edwards did not have. This meant that they could  not use paid actors or vast amount of props. 

music possibillity

Another soundtrack we intended to use for our film. We decided to include this in the list of possibilities for our film because of the creepy eerie tone it has. The piece is slow and gloomy and would fit perfectly with our first scene in the film.

music posibilities

The strangers is a strong possibility of what we are using for our film as a soundtrack. Firstly like the previous soundtrack I posted, it has the same features that makes it perfect for our first film. It contains eerie and mysterious sounds which build up the tension and the audience questioning on why the dead body is there. It is also the perfect timing as its 2 minutes which made it easier to edit. However what makes it different and perfect is how the soundtrack transitions. Mid way through the soundtrack thus music slowly transitions into more dramatic music. Eventually the music builds and builds and the tension becomes dramatic and intense which is perfect for our chase scene.

UPDATE: We decided that this was the perfect soundtrack for our film. The timing of the soundtrack perfectly fits our film the transition of the soundtrack fits the transition of the way the film becomes more tense.

music possibilities

After listening to this (free non copyrighted) soundtrack i decided it could be a possibility for our film. The eerie calm but creepy sound could be perfect for our first scene in our film. This is because during this first scene there is a sense of mystery and gloom. During this scene the audience are disorientated and clueless of what is going on and this music will emphasize this. It will make them wonder on what is going on and the music will build up the tension of them questioning why there is a dead body center scene.

Final cast list

detective 1-Tom Edwards

victim-Adam pedley

killer- Alec jetha

-certain characters and actors were changed due to problem with cast