'Mirage' Final Product

Evaluation Questions 6 & 7

Evaluation Questions 6&7 
 6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the main task?


 

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

 

 

Evaluation Question 4 - Who would be the audience for you media product?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our media audience would most likely be the age demographic of 15 years and over due to the mature subject matter that surrounds the film. People who are under the age of 15 may not understand or be interested in the film due to their lack of understanding and interest in the British government and politics. Although our film is entirely fiction and human testing is almost certainly not being used by the government, there is still a deep-lying political consciousness surrounding the film, so we feel that this will intrigue the minds of people aged over 15.

 

Although our film is aimed at all people over the ages of 15, I feel like the supernatural element may alienate older audience who are not interested in films like ours. This is due to the completely fictional aspect of our film with the combination of human testing and the supernatural element of the entity that our protagonist sees. The slight horror element due to the mystery surrounding the supernatural character may categorise our film as a “horror-thriller”, again alienating the older audiences who do not get as much of a thrill from being scared. I feel like an older audience may be more interested in films that have a chance of being plausible, however I feel ours passes this boundary. For this reason I would state that our key demographic would be the age range of 15-45.

 

Finally, I feel like the slight action element to the film may disinterest female viewers and would appeal more to the male audience. I do not feel like there would be a huge gender split, but feel like their would be slightly more males interested in our films. I also feel like the graphic nature may also scare off the female viewers due to the gore scenes which may occur. This is a rather stereotypical view that women are more squeamish than men when it comes to gore and may not like watching films of that nature, but I do feel that it may stop some more female viewers than male viewers watching our film.

Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?

I think that 'Studio Canal UK' may distribute our film due to their prior collaborations with 'Warp Films'. They distributed the films ''71' as well as 'Four Lions' and 'Dead Man's Shoes', which were created by 'Warp Films'. This shows that the company has prior experience with distributing independent films so would understand the market. The fact that they also distributed 'Dead Man's Shoes' and 'Four Lions' shows that the company are willing to take risks with films, as long as they like the content that they have seen, due to the graphic nature of 'Dead Man's Shoes' and the controversial terrorism satire used in 'Four Lions'. This means that if there were to be any gore or violence in our film, then they would most likely still go ahead and distribute our product. I do not think that 'Studio Canal' are as fixated on profit as a huge conglomerate like 'Warner Bros.' are either. The evidence in this is that 'Dead Man's Shoes' had a budget of £723,000 yet only grossed £101,186, yet they decided to distribute further projects of 'Warp Films' after this film. I think that this shows that 'Studio Canal' are more focused on the quality of a film and the accolades it receives than the intake in profits that they receive. 'Warner Bros.' may not be the best choice for our film as they would be more driven on making as much money as possible so some aspects of our film may need to be changed in order to appeal to a wider audience, such as our actor being changed from Matt Wells to an American actor.

I feel like 'Studio Canal' may be interested in our film due to the independence it has and the specific market that it may interest. The psychological aspect of our film may interest 'Studio Canal' due to the niche market that it would appeal to, and due to the fact that a fairly similar film in 'Donnie Darko' not only received positive reviews, but also made profit. This is a similar film to ours, however our film still is very different to this film and has it's own unique ideas, so I feel like this may interest them. 'Studio Canal UK' are also obviously a British film production company so we would have greater chance with getting them to distribute our film than a huge American conglomerate, as 'Studio Canal' would enjoy seeing British films being made so would have no problems with sticking to a British setting and cast, and would possibly prefer this.

Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 1

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