51. Final Piece - 'Immolation'

50. Evaluation Activity 7 - "Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?"

Prelim Task

Thriller Opening (Immolation)

49. Evaluation Activity 6 - "What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?"

48. Evaluation Activity 5 - "How did you attract/address your audience?"

47. Evaluation Activity 4 - "Who would be the audience for your media product?"

Name: John Smith

Age: 19

Interests and Hobbies: Gigs, listening to music, going out with friends, the cinema.

Favourite Films: Scream (1,2 and 3), The Shining, Shaun of the Dead, The Dark Knight, Scarface

Bio: John is currently at University studying Media Studies. He is sociable, so since starting his course he has made plenty of new friends. Money is tight because of his Uni costs, therefore John has little money to spare on big nights out. He enjoys going to the cinema as it isn't overly expensive and his favourite genre of film are thrillers (as you can see by his favourite films above.) John would love our film as it is a thriller, however it goes against some of the typical stereotypes seen in thriller films. 'Immolation' would be a change for him, aswell as something he would enjoy.

Name: Rachel Williams

Age: 16

Interests and Hobbies: Going out with friends, shopping and swimming.

Favourite Films: Inception, The Black Swan, Titanic, Saving Private Ryan

Bio: Rachel is in her last year at school studying her GCSE's.
Exams are stressful therefore Rachel and her friends enjoy going out to take their minds of their studies. She loves going to see horrors/thrillers as she likes the adrenaline rush she gets from them. Rachel and her family also enjoy watching new films on Sky movies and Netflix as it gives them a chance to spend time together and watch the latest movies. Rachel would like our thriller as it has the adrenaline filled narrative which she enjoys.

The age rating for our film is a 15. However the target audience for our film would most likely be 15- 20 year olds. The reasons for this is because although our film contains some graphic images, it isn't overly scary and anyone above the age of 21 may want to go to the cinema to see a more scary film (something that is rated 18+)

46. Evaluation 3 - "What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?"

45. Evaluation Activity 2 - "How does your media project represent particular social groups?"

The two images show Penny in our thriller 'Immolation' and also a character from the film 'The Virgin Suicides' As you can see from the photos, the scenes are extremely similar. When coming up with the idea for our thriller, we had never heard of the film 'The Virgin Suicides' however after completing 'Immolation' and doing some research, we can now see the similarities.

 Both characters find their lives unbearable and both of their lives result in suicide.  They are both teenage girls, living in a regular town. All appears well on the outside, they are both however hiding secrets about how they truely feel.

Both characters suicide is also due to a relationship with a male. In our thriller opening, it is unclear what the actual relationship is between the female and the male. However, in the film ‘The Virgin Suicides’ one of the girls shares a relationship with a guy which is consummated however, her happiness is short lived because he then leaves her and she’s left isolated again.

Also in both ‘Immolation’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’ the characters that committed suicide are female characters. This suggests that women are more likely to get more emotional and take relationships much more seriously and to heart than a man would.