Evaluation question 4- Who would be the audience for your media product?

Females between 13 to 25 years old is our target audience as it is similar to The Lovely Bones because we have to the same sort of film, so we're thinking the same sort of age group would be interested in watching our film. I think it is aimed mainly at girls over boys because the film is all about a young girl which appeals to females more and as females can understand it more than males they can relate to it. Music that we think these girls would listen to is older songs as our film is set in the 1960's we have added in music from that year, so maybe they would like them sort of songs. These girls could shop in vintage and retro sort of shops as that is where they sell old fashioned clothes and they wear that sort of style in our opening. We picked the age group 13 to 25 as our film includes a twist and you have to be a certain age to understand that and figure it out and we think it would start from the age 13 where they would be able too.

Evaluation question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This is the character Suzie Salmon from the film The Lovely Bones, we got our inspiration for our character in our film opening from this movie as the whole film is very eerie and that is the aim of our film. We aimed our film opening to younger people, like teenagers; male or female. We also have 60's style clothing and hair styles as it is set in the 1960's. The age of the characters in our film opening are also similar to Suzie Salmons age as it makes it that bit more creepy because the scary things are happening at such a young age. As in our opening we only have two young girls, Suzie Salmons character represents their age perfectly, as they are a little naive as they dont really understand whats going on. The way they act is also similar, as they always look happy, even if they are not.

Evaluation question 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Film 4 is a production company that would distribute our media product as it is a low budget film company so it doesn't broadcast huge blockbusters on their screen, which is good for our media product because it won't look out of place against the other films that would be shown along side it. A film distributor such as Film 4 would be more inclined to distribute our media product than any other film company because others are large companies that are very picky about the types of films that are distributed through them, whereas Film 4 distribute low budget films happily. If Film 4 was to show our media product on air, they would introduce our production with our film logo and name to their viewers before the film, of which we have created.

We have a logo and name for our production and looks professional for the film company Film 4 and it won't put them off distributing our media product when we have thought about the ins and outs of the distribution of our film opening.
We would show the Film 4 company about our story outline and show them a clip from it so that they can see whether they want distribute it through their company. This is usually a group of people that we would have to introduce our film to, in order for it to be agreed upon in order for it to distributed.
Our film idea is very similar to the film 'The Lovely Bones', which is actualyl also a film 4 movie. This film is a fantasy thriller where the main character is dead and it shows her heaven which is very fantasy-like. Also a set series that have previously been on TV such as 'Marshlands' which is a thriller also.
Below is the Film 4 logo.
http://youtu.be/aYJ7praGkw8 

Weather conditions

We have had multiple chances to film our opening video however we have had many complication and difficulties to do this because of the weather. Our original idea was that the scene would be set in a spring days however with it being winter it is difficult for us to do this. Some errors that we have witnessed is that shooting in the opposite weather to what you want really is more difficult than expected. As we need a bit of breeze and sunshine we have been getting rain and snow. 

On the first Monday we tried filming it had snowed, we then planned to film later that week but the snow hadn't gone and just turned into ice. This would of been dangerous as we have to bike in the filming therefore it isn't good to put ourselves in danger. 

After that we planned to film the following Monday and Tuesday, but unfortunately we were expected heavy rain. 

We have decided to film on Sunday and Monday. With the complications we have experienced we have made sure to check the weather to ensure these complication don't happen again. 

Letter to Apple Records

Below is the letter we wrote to Apple Records asking if we could use The Beatles - Blackbird in our opening.

Apple Records
27 Ovington Square
London, SW3 1LJ
ENGLAND

To Whom this may concern,

I'm currently studying A-Levels at Ken Stimpson Community School. As part of my Media course I have to create a filming opening.

To my knowledge Apple Records owns the rights to the song Blackbird by The Beatles. If this is the case then please may I use the song as part of my opening. The film opening is for educational purposes only and will be only seen by my teacher and the examiner.

If I don’t hear from you then I assume it’s okay for me to use the song.

Yours sincerely,

Laura Clark

Location

We used two main locations for our filming. We aimed to find places that were near fields and seemed like it was in the old times as we didn't want any traffic affecting our film opening because obviously at the time of the 1960's there wouldn't be any modern cars driving in the background. We did the biking scenes in a different place to the part where Alice and Rosie are talking because they both were what we needed and fit together well. The Fact that the trees have no leaves on the side of the path made us like this location more also as it makes it look creepy because its just twigs. 

Filming

We scheduled for days in order to film the opening of our film, however we came across complications because the weather wasn't what we wanted for the days that we picked so we had to keep re-scheduling and hope for the best. We ended up finding a few good days that we used to film in and got as much done as we could in different places in order for the journey part of our opening to be longer and better in order for the speech overlay to be used because there is going to be quite a lot of it. We also found the perfect place to film the bit after the journey which a cute and right for what we was aiming for with the two little 60's girls in our opening of our film. We still need to go back to the place in which we filmed the journey in order to get some close up shots which are needed for the opening to be more successful and so that we are marked better at the end.

Our script

This is what Sky says over the whole of our opening title.

When I think of growing older I get a strange feeling in my belly. It’s like, it’s not meant to be.

And if I never grow older, well that will be a comfort.

That’s me. You don’t know about me.

But I know me

Like a black bird carries the sky on its back, I feel like I carry the weight of the world on mine.

I have so much I wanna say but no one to hear it. I just need to there’s someone out there that listens and understands.

I often spend my time out, my family never really acknowledge me.

And if you don’t know where your heading any road will take you there.

I’ve not always been this way, so negative.

My life used to be so good and happy, but you’re not supposed to look back, you’re supposed to keep going.

I used to think it would be nice if thinks made sense for a change, but now that’s all different.

Now I have Rosie, she listens to me and I like that.

We found peace in each other, when I’m with her I’m not alone and nether is she.

And I wouldn’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. And life doesn’t stop for anyone.

So let me tell you a story, my name is Alice.