Dear Examiner,

I hope you enjoy looking through my Media AS work. I have made posts throughout the year to produce this; a blog recording my exploration of opening sequences and my final piece in which I- along with a group- planned and recorded our own opening sequence to a horror film.

Opening Sequence

Below is our final opening sequence:

Below is a short outtakes video:

AS Media Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge the forms and conventions of real media products?

I answered this question in a short video, filmed on my phone using the app VideoFX Live.

Here is the link to The Black Parade music video.

Here is the link to the opening sequence of  The Conjuring.

AS Media Question 2 - How does your media product represent a particular social group?

AS Media Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

AS Question 3

AS Media Question 4 - Who would the target audience be for your film?

I knew the opening sequence would be aimed at teenagers because the message I wanted to portray through it was specifically aimed at them; these years are tough and it will feel like you're too different compared to everyone else, but you will get a happy ending.

At first I thought an age rating of 12 would be suitable for 'Freaks', but after some consideration and looking at the BBFC website I decided it would be better to have it rated a 15. This is because of the discriminatory behaviour and language used towards the teenagers in the freak show, and also because of the strong language.

I did a poll on the popular social networking site Facebook to research what genres teenagers are most interested in. Here are the the top results:

AS Media Question 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

To answer this question I have made a website homepage on Wix.com. Click here.

AS Media Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

To answer this question I have composed a presentation on Prezi. Click here.

AS Media Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Preliminary Task

Podcast

Main Task

Behind the Scenes

Sound

I experimented with different locations while recording the voiceover for our opening sequence, and put some examples into a brief video below.