What kind of media institution might distrubute your media product and why?

We needed to consider on what scale our film was going to be produced and what companies would be doing so. we needed to also consider wether our piece would be suited to the Hollywood mainstream or appeal to more of a niche audience and be shown at certain small, independent cinemas rather than those including Empire and Cineworld etc. We came to the conclusion that our film was more suited to an indie film distributor and production company such as Drafthouse Films or Film4. We had a low budget and only used a single budget and did not have access to professional editing resources. we linked our film to 'A Field In England' and the themes of that film to come to the agreement that our film was for a niche audience on a small scale due to it's themes that may not appeal to mass target audiences. we also felt that we would premiere our film at a festival such as Sundance to see the reaction prior to cinema release.











The fact that we decided to premiere our film at a festival led us to the decision that our film was an arthouse film and would be scheduled for an internet release. We came to this decision because or product has been solely advertised via social media http://thirdpersonpictures.tumblr.com/ (our tumblr) and therefore if we had released the persuant in the cinema nobody would have anticipated the release and it would have not been sucessful. By advertising on social media it allowed us to advertise to a mass audience for free. This is very useful for a company like us as we were limited to a very small budget.
















We felt that the story of the obscure character of Jamie Ward who plays the Pursuant could be told. This could be done in a prequel to show any reasons for the actions that he takes in the film and also any motives that may have encouraged him to be the way he is. E.G. Alfred Hitchcock and his troubled childhood. Merchandise could also be released such as the trench coat and the bowler hat as they are very distinguishing of the character and also t-shirts with a silhouette of the character could be sold. We took the 'Heisenburg' t-shirts from breaking bad as an inspiration for this idea. The film may also be subject to a remake due to the enthralling storyline.

Costume is important in depicting the indie theme of the play for example the cheap style costume (rugged hat, plain coat and normal school attire). this also helped to convey the audience that the pursuant was not wealthy and could indeed be after ransom.

credits ordering, timings and style individual detailed anlysis of 3 opening credits sequences (2 must be Thriller)

Shutter Island opening credits (analysis)
the credits are a dark red, which often connotes and is associated with danger or bloodshed. the credits flicker flash when they appear, they also go in-between focus and blur as if someone is struggling to see or suffering from a physiological trauma which links in with the films plot as the main character (Leonardo Dicaprio) investigates the disappearance of a murderer who has escaped from psychiatric hospital located on an island. the dim lighting of the prison cells in the first shot make the credits difficult to read, and in the second shot in which the shot spins around a spiral staircase your attention is immersed in the film as you have to use a lot of concentration to read the credits as well as taking in the shots. Interestingly we get the creator of the film, the producers and screenplay in the credits first before any of the main actors are mentioned. the style of the credits being obscure and flashing away quiet quickly is very similar to Se7en's opening credits which indicates themes of the film i.e. mental illness (psychologically not stable) and this use of credits has a very mysterious eerie impact on the audience, they become more immersed and engaged with the film as a result of the way the credits appear. The white font implies a more neutral mood, the font doesn’t imply any danger, and it’s much safer and stable.

at 0.13 seconds the credits change; whilst they are still the same font they are white instead of red, and the shots that are playing out with them are less distracting and make these credits much easier to read, the events happening in the foreground in comparison to the spiral staircase shot are much more simple, the shot isn’t a busy. As an audience we start asking questions; who does that hand belong to and why are they lifting a tile enigma codes (questions) like this help to achieve a sense of mystery and effectively keep the audience intrigued

at 0.29 the credits of the actors start to appear, each actors credit has a separate shot i.e. Ben Kinsley’s shot appears to be a close up of a chair near a fire place, whereas after a black out Leonardo Dicaprios credits appear next to a new shot; a foot pressing down on a gun then pushing it away. Mark buffalos credit is alongside a dark night outside with snow. Arguably it could be said that each shot indicates something about the actors character and what they are associated with and significance they have later on in the film ( the gun plays an important role in Dicaprios character).

During the music credit (Robbie Robertson) the shot is black, however we start getting clearer glimpses (becomes more noticeable) of possibly a film reel or flickers of words (which has been done almost throughout the opening sequence) being played and the reel becomes less faded and becomes more concentrated.

At 0.53 there is an establishing shot of an island shortly followed by the films name in the Credits 'shutter island'. The font is the same as the previous credits but much larger (to signify importance) and has gone back to the dark red colour, which evokes a sense of danger. The shot quickly zeroes in on the words until it passes through the circle of the R which is followed by a blackout. The way it quickly zooms in on the words suggests that’s where the film is taking us and presumably the establishing shot of the island implies that this is the location which the film is based around and where key events will take place.

Main Task (The Persuant)

Who would be the audience for your media product?

this is a profile of an ideal audience member for 'The Persuant' and a person who's interests and what they look for in films will be suited to our piece.

Name: Michael Pierce
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Location: Sulford, Manchester

Michael's is a young man who lives with his girlfriend. one of his favourite pastimes is to go to the cinema to watch thriller films. Michael loves thriller films, in an interview when asked why he enjoys thriller films so much he replied 'I dont see why you would want to watch any other type of film. I love the tension and thrive on adrenaline and being filled with suspense'.

 Micheal's favourite hobbies are skydiving and mountaineering. he enjoys watching TV and having access to the latest gadgets. he works as an editor at Stuff Magazine and earns a salary of 48,000. Michael is an avid Manchester United fan and has a season ticket in the Stretford End where he sits with his dad and brother.

his favourite films are voyeuristic films in particular 'one hour photo' and 'paranormal activity'.

As well as spending money on his beloved Manchester United, 'Piercey' as he is known to his friends, likes nothing more than to shut the curtains and switch of a horror or thriller film. his favourite sub-genre in film is crime thriller thus he would be suited to our piece which may involve, rape, kidnapp and even murder.

Michael is an atheist thus will not be offended by some of the themes within the persuant. he does believe in equality however so will have no objection to both males and females receiving the same treatment in the film.

Relating back to Michael's favourite film 'One Hour Photo' he enjoys the idea of people being followed and being under surveillance. He also enjoyed TV Drama 'Bon Voyage' which told the story of a French couple following a family on their holiday and subsequently kidnapping their kids as they are unable to have children of their own.

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The Pursuant story board part 1

Music inspirations for the Pursuant

http://youtu.be/lwLy8OoaBic

we looked at a few film soundtracks including Sinister, but in the end we decided that Sinisters soundtrack was too dark and wouldnt portray the right kind of mood which w wanted to establish in the opening 2 minutes of Our thriller.
we found a Composer we realy liked named Brian Eno.





 whilst his music from his album Calcium Needles was quite eerie and strange, it had the right kind of sound that we think would effectively portray our film in the correct light. unfortunately we couldn't use the track we want 'complex heaven' due to copyright infringement which prohibited us from placing the music on the video, as it was likely that when we uploaded it to youtube, it would be taken down because of copyright.
Despite this setback, we used 'complex heaven' as our main influence and we started seraching for songs on sound cloud and incompetech were we could access and use songs because they weren't owned by a record label or copyright. we finally decided to go with a track we found on incompetech called Night of Chaos. we chose this as it had similar elements to Brian Enos 'complex heaven' which worked very well with our opening.