Evaluation Task 2

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The opening sequence of Evasion presents 5 young men, 4 of which are criminals and they are chasing the man-on-the-run. As seen in the sequence all the men show that they are athletic and due to the clothing, choice of car and type of mobile phone the men can be seen as middle class. Although there is not a wide range of gender or age, there a large difference in ethnicities such as Pakistani, Jamaican, English and Indian. 

Due to the social groups and the choice of clothing and actions this adds to the realism of the sequence as the characters can be stereotyped as "troublesome teenagers". Also different aspects such as the actions of the Boss, the use of a gun and the intentions of the criminals all add to the image of typical teenage males in the UK. This can be directed at our target audience which also contains young teenage males, it can show them the consequences of doing the actions that they see on screen and help show them that this type of behaviour is wrong. 

Evaluation Task 1

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our thriller opening sequence "Evasion" showed many forms and conventions that are normally seen in real media products. As our genre was a crime/man-on-the-run thriller we decided that we were going to have a Boss figure who commands the henchman, and most importantly as chase scene. The inspiration for the chase scene came from other crime/man-on-the-run thrillers such as "Italian Job", where the thieves get away with the safe on the motor boat, we changed this to one man running through the streets of Stratfield Road and trying to get away from 3 henchman. As well as a chase scene, the use of props also added to the atmosphere of the crime/man-on-the-run thriller, we had a fake gun and a car which added to the genre crime/man-on-the-run thriller. 
An aspect that would challenge the forms and conventions of a real thriller media product is that our man-on-the-run was identified at the beginning of the movie, this somewhat sets the scene for the rest of the movie as the audience will be aware that the henchman and the Boss are searching for this particular man. As the man almost got caught in the opening sequence it may be possible that he actually gets captured later on the the movie. 
Another aspect that challenges the convention of a real thriller is that the good character was being chased by the bad characters, normally it is the bad characters that are on the run from people such as the police. The would add mystery to the movie as the audience are unaware as to why the criminals are chasing this man. 
Due to this conventions in our opening sequence that challenge the conventions in real media thrillers, this makes Evasion a hybrid, however it is also similar to other movies, such as the fact that their is a chase scene, and in the beginning the man-on-the-run gets away. The mise-en-scene was influenced by movies such as Kidulthood and Adulthood as these movies have crime and man-on-the-run aspects. 

Peer Assessing Group 2 Opening

The overall opening of the sequence is good, there is no doubt that it is a thriller opening. The costumes and props add to the thriller effect that is created. However there are aspects such as the repetitive soundtrack and the fact that the audience doesn't really know what is happening. Also the small titles make it hard to see who has done what in the opening, there is also the black fade in the bottom third seems as though someone put there hand over the camera lens. Nevertheless it is a very good opening and a lot of imagination and thought has gone into it.

This is the rough cut of our thriller opening.
There are some changes to be made e.g. the titles, soundtrack and various shots.

Italian Job Opening Scene

This is the opening scene of the Italian Job. This opening reflects our groups opening because of the timing of the music and the fact that there are men on the run.

What we have done so far

So far our group has completed the story board for our opening sequence. We have also decided on the score that will be playing in the background whilst the sequence is playing. The area where our opening will be filmed is Stratfield Road, we have also managed to get props such as fake guns, walki- talki's and a car. We will begin filming next week.

Thriller Moodboard