Preliminary Task 1 - Creative Critical Reflection

The Final Delivery

          1. How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
Our product challenges the theme of crime and how teenagers can become involved.
This is obviously a dramatization, but the overall outcome is very real as teenagers do get themselves into criminal acts that aren't as intense but can still result in similar consequences.
The situation we have placed our main (Teenage) character in is indeed a more surreal situation (A deal-gone-wrong situation, handing over drugs or something possibly worse) for the purpose of creating tension and suspense easier, and to also be unique in our approach. Our props list though is more blatant, with Walter's clothing being a very generic stereotype and The boss's attire being very professional and almost intimidating. This is Also accompanied by the many closeups of him, adding to the tension as his attire is obvious and extremely formal unlike his counter part, setting Walter up as a very vulnerable man currently. The lack of closeups of Walter almost represents the audience, trying to distance themselves from him, also making Walter seem ever more vulnerable and Alone. Walters clothing also represents an almost careless/destructive side to him, making it more believable to the overall plot that he went further and further into a situation that he could not escape. 

Overall, the Costumes for each character represent what their motivations are, and also show a little bit of  their personality and how they conduct themselves generally.

2. How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?



3. How did your production skills develop throughout 
this project?

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4. How did you integrate technologies - software, hardware and online - in this project?

Even though I chose to use obsolete material (DeNoiser, Reverb etc), they worked just fine and even better in a sense that the layout was easier to use and allowed for more time to be spent on making a better product overall, also being truer to the effect I had been aiming for.

 I also used several Fx audio clips to overall create more tension and help with the continuity to the next scene (Hammer of the gun, Gunshot etc). With the Simple gain levels, I was able to make several audio clips louder and at times quieter, working hand in hand with the Echo effect to create an over-dramatic but still realistic echo of the shot within the enclosed room.

 Lacking the knowledge to make a realistic Muzzle flash, I aimed to cut to black ( Which worked quite well) to add a sense of dread as the viewer sees the gun beforehand, followed by the Hammer clicking down, a slow pause followed by a loud and dramatic gunshot. Adobe premiere allowed this to work quite well, allowing me to have my Soundtrack, Fx and added dialogue separately, also allowing me to have clips separate also if needed.