If found this film on the bbc website, i liked how it was just a simple story and somones thoughts and a joke of how the world was created.

From Dusk Till Dawn

From dusk till dawn is an action comedy thiller. We immeditaly meet two bad guys or robbers, this reveals to the audience who the main characters are. Within the trailer we see alot of crime and violence indicating and appealing to their audience. The soundtrack mainly features Texas blues. There are sound effects used especially when the tention is building and also when fighting and the explosion occoures. We dont realise until the end of the trailer that the two main characters are fighting zombies, we see this by a flash shot of hem attacking. Which also opens up to a difference audience as its another genre.

Kill Bill

When watching the trailer for Kill Bill you immeditaly see that there is no dialogue between the characters until towards the end. The two main women are represented as leaders, as they are fighting each other and are portrayed at strong dominent women. The loctaion of the trailer is in a chinese style room. The western style music and soundtrack comprimises many musical genres. The music varies from country music to selections from the speighetti western films. We immeditaly see that there is violence within the film and we can see that Uma Thurma-the bride-is seeking revenge.

Why is genre an important factor of film making ?

The genre of a film is dependent on various factors such as who the director is, what the audience expectations are and the storyline. In using the genre it creates a short cut in how the film describes and we know what to expect. When making a films its important to know whom the intended audience are. For example you must take into account what time the film was made and for what audience. Every genre has a unique set of characteristics influenced by the medium it will appear in.
Genres are also important to audiences, as they select their choice on the genre also certain genres are considered appropiate to certain ages or genres in society and their choices are made accordinly.
Audiences have a system of expectation about the content and style of a text according to its genre. this enables the audience to take pleasure in what their watching, pleasure may also be drawn from the differences.
Also audiences idenitfy with repeated elements in generic films and this may shape their own idenity, such as young girls dressing the same as their favourite film stars.
Genre provides structure and form which can allow a great deal of creativity and virtuosity, especially when a reworking of a generic conventions happens.
When making a film its also important to the producers as they market films according to genre because a niche audience has already been identified as taking an interest in that type of film.
Producers standerise the production according to the genre and audience, therefore cutting cost. Overall genre is very important when filmmaking as it determines the audience and structures the film.

Introduction A2 Media

This year in A2 Media we will be studying the concept of short films, our brief is to produce a short film of 5 minutes in a group, we then have the choice when working individually to create a poster to advertise the film and a review of he film for the publication in a magazine or a radio trailer. We will cover the development of short film as a media form, the narrative process in film making, representation issues, audience consideration, generic devices and technical code to help us make our sort film. We will then study these issues together to inform the promotional material for short films and we will explore film review writing techniques.

As well as producing the film and practical work we have to provide an evaluation and evidence of research and planning on this blog.

Evaluation

When creating my magazine i used different fonts on the front cover and sometimes re-used some that were eye catching and stood out from the rest, this grabbed the readers attention and made them want to read the articles. I also used selling lines and and pull quotes, dip in styles and enter points. I flattered the audience, making them feel as though the magazine is polite and talking to its audience directly. i selected certain colours and make a specific layout for the magazine, so that the style was similar throughout and also consistant, therefore giving a more professional outlook on the magazine.
I would want IPC to publish my magazine as they would be the most suitable, they also publish magazines such as 'heat'. The audience for my magazine would be young teenagers and adults, as my magazine uses bright and bold colours and fonts, it also has articles that young people would take more of an interest in, such as interviews with up and coming artists.
To produce my magazine i mainly used 'Photoshop', I took my own photos and used them throughout the magazine, by doing this i learnt the basics of how to use a digatal camera. I leanrt how to use 'Photoshop' and by doing this it helped me alot when it came to editing my photos and adding special effects.
When i created my music magazine i focused a lot more on the quality and audience, whereas when i created my college magazine i was just trying to to hard and focusing on my photos, i believe that i have improved a lot more and now understand what goes into making a magazine and how the audience effects how the magazine is put together.

We also had to create a double page spread for our magazine, again i used a made up pop star named, Lola Belle. I created an interview with her and made up questions and answers that would be believable to my audience of people interested in pop/ indie music. I also took photos of my singer as though it had been done professionaly as though it was a photoshoot and i was happy with the outcome.
This is my double page spread.