Blumler and Katz – Uses and Gratifications Theory

In lesson we learnt about the theory of Uses and Gratifications Theory. The information which is below goes into detail and breaks down the theory.     

The theory suggests that audiences use media texts(any) for various reasons:

• Diversion(Escapism) – To escape from everyday life
• Personal Relationships (Social Interaction) – Use the media text for emotional and other interaction e.g. substituting soap operas for family life
• Personal identity – Create their own identity from characters/celebrities in media texts, and learning behavior and values.
• Surveillance (Information) To gain information and knowledge
• Entertainment – As a means of relaxation, enjoyment and emotional release. Purely for the ‘fun’ of the experience.

This is the theory in which we will link to are thriller task. This will be useful because with this theory we will be able to find which type of audience will like are thriller.     

Production Tips

Production Tips 

 Storyboard etc

A well planned storyboard should give you: 

• Settings
• Shots and settings/lyrics 
• What characters/actors will be needed in those settings 
• What props/costumes are needed in those settings 
• An idea of timings

Location/settings 

Do a recce

Plan your time there to the hour

High streets should be fine: shopping centers need to get permission- be polite, explain the purpose and again, plan in advance.

Equipment and Props 

• Make,beg, buy, borrow (don't steal)
• Make a list of what yo need and tick it off as you acquire it
• Be specific but not too ambitious 
• Book out what you need for the shoot- if your are sharing a piece of equipment with another group be reliable and get that piece of kit to them when they need it

Making a shooting schedule 

Shooting

• Plan for weather 
• For most of your shooting try and shoot for fewer longer periods rather than lots of small chunks 
• Shoot 5-10 times more footage than you need 
• Get the footage off quickly and label it all carefully 
• Use the clipboard if necessary to help with this 
• Back up tour footage 
• Film 5 seconds before 'Action' and 5 seconds after 'cut' 
• Use tripods- handheld shots are difficult and often look sloppy 
• Practice titling and panning with the tripods

Shooting and Post-production

• Doesn't have to be 'shoot the film' then 'edit the film' if you are well organised-can be done in chucks

The importance of a soundtrack

The soundtrack is detrimental to how the film will come across if the soundtrack is not right it may causes the audience miss understands what the director was trying to get across. As shown in this video we see how serious scenes become funny because of the change in the non-dietetic sound.With are thriller task we are mainly going to use soundtrack which fits are genre of are task and not going to use a lot of background sound but this shows us that if we uses the wrong soundtrack it can change what we are trying to get a cross.  

One Page Pitch

We did have a one page pitch however we had four members in are group and the turned in to three. However the one page pitch was saved on to his account and could not be retrieved so this means are one page pitch will not be able to be posted on here.  

Promo Video for Russ Studios Corporation

This promo video is showing what are company is all about.

The CEO of Russ Studios Corporation made the video to make the thriller task more relativistic.For the Russ Studios Corporation their is also a website which can be found here: http://www.russstudios.ezyro.com/   

Introduction to our group

In our group we have four people.

To begin we have the CEO of  the Russ Studios Corporation, Joseph Russ he will be working closely with us and will be taking control with the plotting of the thriller and also the end product. What this means is that he will be head of editing and the publishing of the thriller.

The next member of the team is Spencer Graham he is the vice CEO of Russ Studios Entertainment and is the head of this thriller and will be leading on of the main roles in the thriller.

The last is me George Yeomans I will be one of the actors in this thriller.

Sound

 

In are media lesson we learnt how sounds has a big impact on how we see a scene and these are some of the notes I took with my group mate Joe Russ CEO of Russ Studios Entertainment. What this is showing is what sound can do in film and things to consider when using sound when filming.  

• Can accompany the meaning
• Can change the meaning/context of a scene
• When not used can create a ‘dead atmosphere’
• Can  help control the pace

Sound is often neglected by students as by using ‘bad’ sound, the meaning  can be completely destroyed.
Things to consider for my film

• Layering and levels
• Timing
• What impacts/effects do I want to have in my film? How much do I want it to be noticed?
• Use for tension, jump scares, use of silence