KateKestell

How does your media product represent particular social groups? My film opening is not the greatest in regards to diverse representation of minorities, the portrayal of an able-bodied white male, killing a female is painfully typical of the drama genre and in the long-term running of the film I felt my character would have a lot to offer in terms of personal development, as well as representing psychological disorders in the least demonising way possible.  The mentally ill are often represented in a negative light, with the main plot of their films focusing on protagonists defeating the evil within the antagonists, or antagonists embracing their disorder and spiralling out of control, embedding fear upon the audience in real life. Films like 'Split and 'Hannibal' demonise mental disorders greatly.  'Patterns' will gradually bring the audience into the mind of Charles Winters, not excusing his sadistic actions, but shedding light onto the psychological implica...

       In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?         My film is titled 'patterns'- the inspiration for this title came about based upon the contextual mannerisms of a conventionally popular 'murderer'- often following a pattern like lifestyle in regards to killing sequences. The title itself has connotations of a never-ending cycle, in this case a violent one, thus suggesting the characters' inevitable downwards spiral. The setting of my film is essentially meant to be a sort of 'bachelor pad'; generally connoting a sense of  the solitary lifestyle and independence, suggesting the character works alone in isolation. A control freak, his habitat must constantly be spotless. This is conventional of drama films such as American Psycho and Psycho, where traits of OCD come into play in regards to their mentality and relationship with sadistic tendencies. The costum...

Ella Barringer said: 'WWW: the use of music was effective as you made it seem like everything was just normal, which made the audience question what may be wrong as it was too normal, good use of enigma, nice range of camera shots EBI: Maybe fade the music so it's lower towards the end so you can hear the guy speaking, the ending was a bit abrupt, maybe fade it out.' Deana Kent said: 'I really like the range of shots (especially the close ups while shaving and getting ready!) and how you managed to convey what was happening and the characters personality with very little dialogue. I cant really think of any even better ifs, expect for maybe making the Open Blind Productions bit a little bit shorter? It was really good!' Emma Devlin said: ' what went well: - I liked the slow pace as it gave the audience time to focus on every detail - there was an excellent range of camera shots (especially the extreme close up of the character shaving) - I en...

Kate's mood board work was not exactly what I had in mind yet still showed remarkable insight on occasions. The still images were used as the starting point of several analytical pieces which could be excellent (the pier) but over-complicated in places too (her comments on neon lighting in Drive). Kate's post on title sequences seems to chart the evolution of her idea rather than demonstrating a knowledge of the variety of title sequences and an understanding of their effects. Her entry on David Fincher is frustrating in that, although some truly insightful points are made, they are often buried amongst points that lack any relevance or don't make sense. The fourth slide of Kate's American Psycho analysis is an example of a good point almost lost due to over-complication. Kate's post on year 13 advice demonstrated a thorough approach to preparation for this task and her youtube clip on experiments with lighting demonstrate an incredible dedication and attention ...

I created an Instagram to market my film, its address is 'patternsfilm18'. In the long term plan of the media account, I would aim to post teasers and trailers to engage my audience and keep them informed. I felt that Instagram would be the most suitable media platform as it is easily accessible and the act of hashtags and following features allow you to reach a wider audience.  The poster is simple and stylistic; use of the diamond technique through the tie draws the audiences eye to the fine print credits, and a finger subtly points to the title. 

I accessed uncopyrighted, royalty free music through  Epidemic Sound , a site which allows you to download music that corresponds to key words entered in the search bar. In my instance, I entered 'drama' and 'classical piano', again, inspired by American Psycho. Here I found composer Jonas Elander, and after exploring his 'Mysterious Grand Piano' themes, I chose number 3 as most compatible with my title sequence.