CRITICAL REFLECTION Preliminary Task 1 HOW DOES YOUR

CRITICAL REFLECTION Preliminary Task 1

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND HOW DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS OR ISSUES? Our product uses conventions of a horror film by establishing emphasis on moments that would establish fear in an audience. These include the opening scene where the screen goes from pitch black to the small glow of the phone screen. As in many horror films, we used handheld filming in order to make it as if the viewer is in the action. A social issue that we represented is the issue of domestic violence. A social view that most people in todays society hold is that women are the only victims and men the abusers, this is not always the case. By showing how the female was the obvious aggressor we contradicted that absurd stereotype.

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT ENGAGE WITH AUDIENCES AND HOW WOULD IT BE DISTRIBUTED AS A REAL MEDIA TEXT? The film engages with audiences by connecting with their feelings. The audience is made to connect with the girl in the film by sharing her pain and heartbreak after being cheated on by her boyfriend. This film would be distributed through Netflix because presently Netflix is the best way to get a film noticed.

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCTION SKILLS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT? My production skills before this project were very minimal. During this project I learned about editing, the filming process, and how to actually use the camera.

HOW DID YOU INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES – SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND ONLINE – IN THIS PROJECT? In order to edit the film we used Adobe Premier Pro editing software. We used a camera and a tripod to film the video. In order to keep track of our progress we used a blog and updated it when we reached a milestone in the project.