Evaluation Activity 2

Our characters in The Alliance were inspired by the protagonists and antagonists in popular action/thriller movies. Examples of the types of movies our characters were inspired by were - The Expendables, Rambo and The Transporter. Because our target audience was around 15-30 year olds and primarily male, these films were very convenient when it came to ideas of what our characters were going to be like to catch the target audiences attention.

We aimed for our main protagonist to have similarities with actors like Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone and the roles they play in movies. These actors are very well known in the Action/Thriller category of film, and they are well known to be tough, skilled and play the role of a spy/soldier/mercenary in the majority of the films they star in. With the comparison pictures of our protagonist and 'Barney Ross' (Sylvester Stallone in The Expendables), we can tell from the Mise-En-Scene that these both have the same props - the prop shown in both of these pictures is a prop gun which is a big convention in any action/thriller film as they connote violence and in some cases power. Again through Mise-En-Scene we can tell that the costumes are different but both link to the setting/location of where the scene is set - the top picture shows our protagonist in camo and the colours are primarily green, this is because in the opening he is trying to stay out of site and by using the primary colour in the background he is able to hide within the trees etc. However with Barney Ross, he is seen wearing a military/mercenary uniform however he is in what looks like an urban building where he is in a gun fight with the antagonists, this costume immediately tells the audience of his role in the force.

Evaluation 5 - Annotations

Evaluation 3 - Directors Commentary

Evaluation 4 - Target Audience

Target Audience 

Our films target audience is the age range between 15-35 years old.

We have given our film a 15 rating certificate as our film contains more graphical content than what would be expected in a 12 rated film or lower, meaning that if we were to give this film a 12, we would not be able to have some of the features that we has included.




The film also contains frequent use of strong language and due to the genre of the film, there is a lot of violence within it - this material requires are more mature audience because it would appeal an older audience. The target audience is very male heavy as, in our opening, the characters are all male which will make the film more appealing to a male audience as  females stereo-typically will watch action/thriller films for the love interest or if there is a female character within the film that is of some importance.

Evaluation Activity 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

This is the production title for the film, to design this, we used Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects. When designing this, we wanted to use large, bold letter to make it look like a professional production company logo.

This is a high angle shot of our protagonists sprinting through a puddle - we used this shot as our first shot of the opening because it sets the pace for the scene and with the pace being set as fast, it was our first genre indicator in the opening.

This is a tracking shot of our two protagonists sprinting, this is done to carry on from the first shot of them running through the puddle - the tracking shot also keeps the pace up which tells the audience that this will be a very fast paced opening and this will also stay true to the conventions of the Action film genre.

In this shot we see a close up of our first antagonist, we can instantly tell that this is one of the antagonists due to the costume and the balaclava. We can tell this because balaclavas are commonly associated with criminals/antagonists and shady characters. We can also tell this from the facial expression, we can see that he is concentrated on the two antagonists and is giving a very sinister stare.

In this shot, we see a medium close up of one of our two main protagonists - this is the only section where there is dialogue, this gives the impression that they have no time to speak as they are in danger.

In this scene, we see a medium shot of another antagonist, we can tell this from the costume and the props (MES) that are in their possession. We used a black style colour scheme for our antagonists because it connotes evil, death and mystery - the mystery aspect comes from the fact the audience do not know who these people are or why they are hunting down the protagonists.

This shot is a medium shot with one of our protagonists on the floor firing in a final stand against the antagonists, this scene in particular stays true to the conventions and clichés of the Action film genre - this is done as the protagonist has been shot many times by the antagonists but yet is still able to fire in defence.

This medium - long shot gives the perspective showing how our protagonists were outnumbered and that the antagonists where the superior faction in this opening of the film. We can see that the antagonists are all wearing black/shady clothing which suggests they are perhaps mercenaries of in a criminal group.

This final scene is a high angle shot of our protagonist on the floor in pain from being shot multiple times, the use of a high angle shot was to make our protagonist look vulnerable and weak in contrast to the antagonists. This final scene leaves a cliff hanger as to what will happen to this character.

Evaluation - Feedback for Opening Scene

Evaluation - Presentation for Opening Scene