CREATIVE CRITICAL

REFLECTION
BY: MARIE HARLAN
 • MY PRODUCT USES CONVENTIONS
BY USING TRACKING TO FOLLOW
HOW DOES YOUR THE MAIN CHARACTER
THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE AND USED
PRODUCT USE OR A HANDHELD CAMERA TO GET A
MORE REALISTIC FEEL FOR THE TIME
CHALLENGE IN THE FILM. I USED THE POV SHOT
TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE WE WERE THE

CONVENTIONS AND MAIN CHARACTER BEING

FOLLOWED. I CHALLENGED THE

HOW DOES IT
COMMON CONVENTIONS IN A
HORROR FILM BY HAVING THE
FEMALE KIDNAP THE MALE INSTEAD
REPRESENT SOCIAL OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT IS
COMMON IN HORROR FOR THE FIRST
GROUPS OR ISSUES? PERSON IN THE GROUP THAT IS
KILLED TO BE A FEMALE AND THE
KILLER TO BE A MALE.
HOW DOES
YOUR PRODUCT • MY TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD
BE TEENAGERS INTERESTED IN
ENGAGE WITH THE HORROR GENRE. THE MOVIE
APPEALS TO TEENS BECAUSE IT
AUDIENCES IS ABOUT SOMEONE AROUND

AND HOW THEIR AGE, AND IT HAS MANY

OF THE COMMON TOPICS IN
WOULD IT BE HORROR FILMS. IT WOULD BE
DISTRIBUTED AS A NEW TWIST
DISTRIBUTED OF A HORROR FILM THAT IS
MEANT TO ENTERTAIN A YOUNG,
AS A REAL NEW AUDIENCE.

MEDIA TEXT?
 • MY PRODUCTION SKILLS
DEVELOPED IN VARIOUS WAYS

HOW DID YOUR DURING FILMING. FIRST, I LEARNED

THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN
IN YOUR HEAD ISN’T ALWAYS

PRODUCTION POSSIBLE TO DO IN REALITY WITH

YOUR LIMITED SKILL SET. I LEARNED
HOW TO USE THE CAMERA IN WAYS

SKILLS DEVELOP THAT I DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE. I

LEARNED HOW TO EDIT TO SOME
DEGREE. I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO

THROUGHOUT INCLUDE MY PARTNER IN ALL OF

THE DECISION MAKING BEFORE I
MOVED AHEAD. I GOT TO FILM

THIS PROJECT? SHOTS THAT I HAVEN’T PROPERLY

USED BEFORE SUCH AS THE POV
SHOT AND THE SHOT/ REVERSE
SHOT.
HOW DID YOU • I INTEGRATED SOUND EFFECTS

INTEGRATE THAT I GOT ONLINE AND PUT IT

INTO THE EDITING SOFTWARE. I

TECHNOLOGIES- FOUND IT ON YOUTUBE AND SENT

IT TO MY PARTNER TO PUT INTO
THE FILM. NCH VIDEO PAD IS THE
SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE I USED TO EDIT
EVERYTHING TOGETHER. ME AND
HARDWARE AND MY PARTNER USED THE INTERNET
TO SEND EACH OTHER PARTS OF

ONLINE- IN THIS THE PROJECT WHEN WE COULD

NOT BE TOGETHER PHYSICALLY
DURING CLASS PERIODS.
PROJECT?