Script for news montage

In our opening sequence we include some news footage of current affairs that are a montage of clips together with news recordings of voices. Instead of using voices from the internet, we decided to record our own voices as news presenters, therefore keeping the idea of the production being a British production in prospective. Unfortunately, after recording some of these voices and editing them in with the news footage, we came to realise it was less effective, and so resulted in cutting the voice overs. Below shows some of the sentences we tried using in our news footage.

the urban teen violence montage:

"A number of accounts predicting teenage violence is rising."

"the following reports some disturbing images."

"Boy was killed in gang violence."

"12% increase in teen violence in the UK."

"Boy aged 18 to be arrested for murder."

the bully montage:

"...after tormenting a girl until she killed herself." 

"countless school across Britain are increasingly reporting accounts of bullying."

"One 15 year old girl finds herself in serious trouble."

"16 year old girl bullied so much, that she committed suicide."

"17 year old boy in hospital for attempting to commit suicide."

the businessman montage:

"London's top sales institutions committed fraud."

"Vice President, Nigel Parker shares his views..."

"After their total net income plummeting over the last year."

"Stolen £3,000,000."

"Reported that he fled the country after committing serious offence to the government."

The Teenager montage:

"Teenagers across the UK are being reported as 'unworthy' and 'unpredictable'."
"Terrible behaviours from children at schools across the country."
"16 year old girl forcing parents to spend £20,000 per term for her to attend a private school."
"Parents call their child's behaviour unbearable."
"She explains that she is used to getting exactly what she wants."

EVALUATION QUESTIONS:7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I created a video using iMovie to show how we have progressed from our preliminary task to what we have achieved now!

EVALUATION QUESTIONS:3 What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

This video explains how I decided which media institution would be best to distribute our media product.

EVALUATION QUESTIONS:2 How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This Prezi enables the audience to understand how our group used costumes/actions etc. to represent the social groups seen in our opening sequence.

The 'teen bully' character's costume is very normal for a teenage girl. By wearing jeans, a simple top, and a cardigan, she does not stand out from the crowd which is important for the narrative of the opening sequence. Using her mobile phone as a prop to enable the audience to understand that her phone is an important aspect of her character.

The 'urban teen' is also wearing a costume to suit his particular character. he is wearing tracksuit bottoms and a baggy jumper to resemble his attitude toward appearance. He does not care what people think of him but want people to know he is comfortable in his surroundings, (hence the posture when sat on the step)

The businessman again is very commonly dressed for a corporate employee. He is wearing a suit. He would stand out from others in public for being quite formally dressed, however this resembles his position in society. It also resembles what he believes to be his position in society: superior.

The popular teen is mainly resembled through her actions. She walks with a tall gait which shows her to believe she is also superior to most in society. Her high heels amplify this concept.

EVALUATION QUESTIONS:4 Who would be the audience for you media product?

Audience profiling research 

After asking members of my family to complete a questionnaire, I found a lot of similar answers came from doing so.
A typical member of our audience could be either male or female. However, I would predominantly say male due to the male answers of these questionnaires saying that they would watch a Thriller at the cinema over any other genre of film.

Audience Profile:
Matt, aged 23. He has recently come out of university with a degree in engineering now looking for a job. He enjoys living life on the wild side currently taking a gap year in Australia. Whilst in Australia he finds thrills that will keep him awake and on his toes. He has been mountain climbing and bungy jumping numerous times. Matt enjoys watching Thriller films because it keeps the excitement that he looks for in his life alive. On a typical night he would have a beer with his friends before watching a good action thriller. Recently, after acquiring a new girlfriend, he has been more intrigued in her favourite type of a thriller, the conspiracy thrillers. Matt's girlfriend enjoys watching conspiracy thrillers because they keep you thinking and alive during the whole film. This is where we aimed for our film to be appealed. Matt is very popular with his friends and keeps up to date with all new news to keep him interested. He is very fit and goes to the gym often to keep his physical appearence spot on! He keeps his health on track with water and protein shakes every day after the gym, and always being complimented on his fashion sense. He believes thriller blockbusters are always worth watching.

Our entire audience would generally be excitement seekers always up for trying something new. Our movie is a thriller of artistic camera angles added texture to the 'typical thriller'. The film could interest a wide audience potential because it has the artistic camera angles that can appeal to audience members who may not be so interested in the thriller genre.