Response to our Questionnaire

I will make a post later in the week in reference to the collation of the response to our survey looking at who exactly our target audience member is, and what our audience thinks of our videos.

Band members

 Zak Kenny - Lead guitarist 

 James Blake - Bassist 

 James Korolus - Lead Singer

 Conner Rutland - Singer and guitarist 

 Callum Woods - Drums 

Application to our thriller video

Descriptive - our thriller shows a would be killer stalking another one of our characters, finally gaining entry to the characters house.

Functional - this may play on the fear of being followed/stalked - with todays media focusing on the celebrity culture and how they are stalked to a degree.

Neale - our thriller opening conforms to many horror films by using restricted lighting, and camera angles to show vulnerability and superiority of the characters.

Sarris - Sarris would believe that i have created my own style of film with the idea of stalking, which is evident in this video and means something to me being portrayed. This meaning is linked to the functional section.

Clover -within our video we have not used a 'final girl', and so Clover's theory cannot be used to assess our thriller opening. We did not use a girl within our video due to wanting to focus on an all male cast. Also, we are always viewing the main character who is being stalked, and never 'on the side' of the victim, and so this is another reason why this theory is not applicable.

Paradigms - our thriller would fit into the traditional thriller paradigm - this being because it creates suspense, following, fast-paced and complicated.

Final Edit

Here is the final version of our video The WatchTower - hope you enjoy.

How are social groups represented in the film Quadrophenia?

This film is great for thinking about subculture. The film looks at ‘mods’ and their interaction with the ‘rockers’. Social groups are represented through their fashion, music, symbols and language. For instance, the Mods wear variations of suits, keeping a neat look. The only coats that the Mods were are also green parker style. Rockers are seen to wear more rough clothing, i.e. leather jackets, jeans and boots. This helps to clearly identify them away from the rest of society. Music is also a form in which social groups are created in Quadrophenia. The Mods listen to more indie bands, with slow tempos, whereas the Rockers listen to rock bands with fast tempos. This helps to further distance these two groups from each other, and define them more away from the rest of society. The Mods and Rockers use similar language to each other, however it is evident from seeing Quadrophenia that both groups use different language around their subculture, compared to when they are alone with their parents or other members of authority. This could be seen as them being rebellious when authority figures are not watching over them. Symbols in this film can also be seen as creating subcultures. The Mods for instance own mopeds; however they have tweaked and changed them to differentiate them from other models. This could be seen as trying to break away from mainstream society. This has also been done with their clothes, especially in the Mods case. They have altered their smart clothes, in order to show their alternative values. Sex and drugs are also used to represent these social groups. In the film both are shown aplenty, and so it can be assumed that the two types of subcultures shown are portrayed to be rebellious.

Location

Here is a picture of where we filmed. There will be a more detailed analysis of the room with where we placed cameras to follow.

Filming update

We arranged to film at Earth Studios in Sprowston on the 19th of December. Although this wasn't our original plan, as we were hoping to film at Taverham High School, we were still pleased with the size of the location and the independence given to us to complete all the filming we needed to get done. We arrived at 13.30 pm and filmed until 15.00 pm. We were happy with what we had recorded and made sure that we had more than enough recorded than necessary just to be sure.