Nikita A2 Media

When planning and researching we used various websites such as slideshare and powerpoints from google to assist us with our creation of our film. This way we could look at other peoples analysis of their work and compare the similaritites and differences to our own. We could even make improvements to our final product so that it cvould be even better than when it was first made. As well as using this to improve our product we again used some of the feedback we recieved from our first audience. We did quite alot of research to find our final idea for our product because it took us so long to love an idea for our film. We went through about four ideas before agreeing on the last one and deciding that bit would be the best idea for both of us to understand the concept of. We were least dependant on using technology and media for our final product because it was all about our ideas coming together and finalising to ctreate our finished end product that we could evaluate by re watchi...

Overall I think the main target audience for our product was young people ages between 16 - 25 as this is the common age of people dealing with mental illness in todays society. Both our main product and my ancillary tasks I think link effectively together because they both convey the way schizophrenia controls the mind. Format:  T he format is the design choices that can be found on every edition of magazine, this is also known as the house style. The format includes aspects of the magazine such as the logo, size of the magazine and the font. Formula: The formula is also known as the editorial content, this means what is actually in the magazine. the formula includes the length and type of article used in the magazine as well as the sections in the magazine from front to back. Frame: The standard size of the magazine including the outer page margins and gutters. the rule of using magazine margins establishes the consistency from issue to issue. Function: What t...

Psychological horrors ten dto be more about the mind and contain less physical harm or blood and gore compared to other horror genres. It tends to create discomfort in the viewer and focusses on the darker parts of the human mind which people usually deny or repress. An example of a psychological horror is 'The shining' by Stanley Kubricks produced in 1980. This film is this genre because at the start of the movie, the audience do not realise that the mian character is a serial killer but in the end he goes crazy and tries killing his wife and daughter. Our film links to this as it focusses on schizophrenioa and the power it has over the mind especially over our character. It shows how it affects such samll and insignifcant things in someones life that most people find easy to do but people dealing with this mental illess find it so difficult to complete. Using schizophrenia as the mian concept of our film helps expose the evil that hides behind normality. Poeple with the me...

As our film was aimed at a younger generation, we decided to have an audience watch our final product that fit into this category because this would help us to know if the film we had created was successful in what we wanted to achieve overall. I asked a group of three friends between the ages of 16 - 18 to watch a give us some feedback on what they thought about it. They were able to give us positive comments and also some constructive criticism which enabled us to reflect back on our work and make some improvements according to what our audience thought. One of the first comments we had was: "I really enjoyed the way you used daily life and turned it into a psychological horror basing it around mental illness because it was more relatable compared to some other horror movies I have seen because they are always very non naturalistic and exaggerated whereas yours shows exactly what someone with schizophrenia might go through everyday. I did like the way you also filmed some o...

Over the course of planning and researching ideas for our final published film, me and my partner went through about 4 different storylines before deciding the one we wanted to use. In the end, we were left with the concept of schizophrenia to produce a psychological horror and the way it affects someone's everyday life and daily routines. To do this we needed the camera to mainly be in that persons point of view so the audience watching could understand have more of a realistic encounter with the mental illness and this way the horror could be more overwhelming. However, there were some shots where we would film from a third person point of view which could also show the way other people view their lives and how it affects people around you. In the film, there are short flashes of frightening or alarming images that someone dealing with this mental illness might see on a daily basis and this suggests how disturbing it is for someone to have schizophrenia.