Audience Theory

3 Main Theories

-The Effects Model or Hypodermic

-Uses and Gratification

-Reception

Effects Model:

-Dominant Theory

-Passive audience who are powerless to make an impact

-People could follow the actions of what has happened in my trailer, makes it a bad influence

Hypodermic

-Audiences are tricked

-The film Childs Play 3 in the murder of James Bulger in 1993

-The film Severance (2000) in the murder of Simon Everitt

-Moral Panic, out cry from these films, not just violence (sexuality), books also

Uses & Gratifications:

-We have control on how we consume text

-When we watch violent things, people are not effected by it

-Active text, audience use text for gratification or pleasure

-Audience has the power, make our own readings, can reject media

Categories:

Diversion, Escapism, Information, Pleasure, Comparing Relationships and Lifestyles with ones own & Sexual Stimulation

My trailer is a horror genre, so people can escape reality, want adrenaline from watching a horror trailer. They get pleasure and adrenaline. Audiences are actually in control. Contains Learning,  Relaxation, Emotional and Satisfaction. By watching media we satisfy our needs.

Reception Theory Stuart Hall (1970)
Texts are encoded by producers, the audience then de-code the message. Although it is not always decoded to the main meaning, can fail to take it in - impact is larger on audience.
Three main ways that messages can be decoded: Dominant or Preferred, Negotiated, Oppositional.



                                                                                      

Filming Update 7

Postmodernism within Film

First Draft of Trailer

I have been working on Final Cut Pro to produce my trailer and as the deadline for this is approaching I chose to make my trailer all linked in order to have a first draft of my trailer. I will still need to add in different scenes, titles and music changes to my final product but this is what I have produced so far:

Filming Update 6

Developing Ideas

As I have started to film parts of my trailer, I discovered that my storyboard was not as strong as I thought and to make my trailer the best it can be I need to add in different scenes and make my narrative stronger. From filming, I have been able to shot good scenes which I think will work in my trailer. Other shots I have taken were not as good and need to be re shot or improved. To do this I need to brainstorm new ideas. Below are ideas I have came up with to include in my trailer.

-Moving away from the idea of a 'Hook man' and moving more towards the idea of a follower. I think this will be better as it is hard to convey the aspect of a Hook man in my trailer with both the limitation of props and the actor that I have chosen.

-The follower will still follow the same story line, however I will add a twist into my story where the person who the followers is stalking, turns out to be following them too. This will help improve my narrative and will allow me to shoot more shots.

As I have been filming, I noticed I have been focusing on more artistic shots rather than the narrative, therefore need to focus on the narrative more.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Filming Update 5