Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel I have learnt a lot since i first held a camera and we start to practise filming from different angles and the different kind of shots that we could use. As a group we have worked together to bring ideas to attention that could work well. Since our preliminary task I have learnt alot abour filming because i was in our preliminary task and didnt get much time to film. I have learnt about all of the different camera angles and shots that can be used in a film to make the action look more effective and fit in better with the theme. shots such as the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot are all things that i have learnt to use when editing it into the final product and to use the camera t film so that it can be edited in the first place. I have also learnt that using a tripod instead of holding the camera (like we did for the preliminary) makes the camera much more steady and look alot more professional.
I have also learnt quite alot about editing software such as premier eliments. I have learnt all of the things that it can do to a video and the different effects that can be edited.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
i have learnt that i can do so much with the assistance of technology and that it can help me to completely change an image or a piece of recorded video, to make it look distorted or completely different from what it originally was. Technology can help us to do so many things that we could make a whole film and edit it on the computer to however we want to get our perfect image from our heads onto the screen even if it is impossible for actors or acresses to do it can be edited so that it can look like it has been done. To perfect the way actors/acresses look and the special effects are all down to technology.
The equipment
All the other technology I have used and what I have learnt about it.
Video Recorder,
Camera,
Internet,
Mobile Phones.
I have learnt that the making of films rely on technology. They need different technology through-out the film making process. Without all of this other technology the film can not be created as the software and technology work together to produce the perfect final result known as the film.
The programmes that we have used during the production of our opening scene include..
Microsoft XP Operating Systems,
Adobe premier elements,
Adobe Fireworks,
Microsoft word,
Microsoft Internet Explorer,
.MOV to .AVI Convertor,
VLC Media Player,
Microsoft PowerPoint.
i have learnt that i can do so much with the assistance of technology and that it can help me to completely change an image or a piece of recorded video, to make it look distorted or completely different from what it originally was. Technology can help us to do so many things that we could make a whole film and edit it on the computer to however we want to get our perfect image from our heads onto the screen even if it is impossible for actors or acresses to do it can be edited so that it can look like it has been done. To perfect the way actors/acresses look and the special effects are all down to technology.
The equipment
All the other technology I have used and what I have learnt about it.
Video Recorder,
Camera,
Internet,
Mobile Phones.
I have learnt that the making of films rely on technology. They need different technology through-out the film making process. Without all of this other technology the film can not be created as the software and technology work together to produce the perfect final result known as the film.
The programmes that we have used during the production of our opening scene include..
Microsoft XP Operating Systems,
Adobe premier elements,
Adobe Fireworks,
Microsoft word,
Microsoft Internet Explorer,
.MOV to .AVI Convertor,
VLC Media Player,
Microsoft PowerPoint.
Evaluation Question 5
- How did you attract/address your audience?
- Use annotation tools to show this, links notes and speechbubbles
- highlight ways my film opening links to other similar films in order to attract the paticullar audience you have previously identified
- Your annotations will refer to genre conventions, use of music, similarities with other movies and what you have identified as the unique selling point of your imaginary film
- Use annotation tools to show this, links notes and speechbubbles
- highlight ways my film opening links to other similar films in order to attract the paticullar audience you have previously identified
- Your annotations will refer to genre conventions, use of music, similarities with other movies and what you have identified as the unique selling point of your imaginary film
Evaluation Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media project?
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This is the typical member that we are trying to target as they are very into scary movies. They would dress in dark clothes reflecting their scary movie and dark interest. The music that they are interested would be tension music that you would find in a scary movie to build the atmoshpere.
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This is the typical member that we are trying to target as they are very into scary movies. They would dress in dark clothes reflecting their scary movie and dark interest. The music that they are interested would be tension music that you would find in a scary movie to build the atmoshpere.
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
A production company is responsible for the development and physical production of a new media product. Therefore considering that me and my group members; Zak and Michayla were responsible for the development and physical production of a new media product, (being an opening scene)we could say that we have acted like prodcution company throughout this whole process of producing an opening scene.
A production company may also be directly responsible for the raising of funding for the production of this media product. Our budget was extremely low and we spent less than £10 buying any needed props for our footage that we filmed. However if we were to create a professional media product that was defined as 'category A;' meaning the film was made with entirely British resources, most of the funding for our media product would be supplied by the British film council.
Another role that a production company takes into account is finding a suitable instituion to distribute our media porduct.
A film distributor is an independent company is responsible for the marketing and circulation of movies in theaters, and for home viewing (DVD, Video-On-Demand, Download, Television etc). There are many respected, recognisable film distributors, some of these being;
A production company is responsible for the development and physical production of a new media product. Therefore considering that me and my group members; Zak and Michayla were responsible for the development and physical production of a new media product, (being an opening scene)we could say that we have acted like prodcution company throughout this whole process of producing an opening scene.
A production company may also be directly responsible for the raising of funding for the production of this media product. Our budget was extremely low and we spent less than £10 buying any needed props for our footage that we filmed. However if we were to create a professional media product that was defined as 'category A;' meaning the film was made with entirely British resources, most of the funding for our media product would be supplied by the British film council.
Another role that a production company takes into account is finding a suitable instituion to distribute our media porduct.
A film distributor is an independent company is responsible for the marketing and circulation of movies in theaters, and for home viewing (DVD, Video-On-Demand, Download, Television etc). There are many respected, recognisable film distributors, some of these being;
Evaluation Question 2
Our media product does not particularly represent a social group as it is a horror designed to be different and not fit any stereotypes as the story is designed to shock and be scary, but yet form a supernatural reality.
The image above incorporates a picture of a character called Marie from Haute Tension (Left) and our own main actor Hayden Simmons (Right)
The similarities in terms of appearance are that in the opening scenes compared to the opening scene of Haute Tension are that both characters have clothes on that are ripped and bloody, also they both have a split persona which is a main key in both films.
The differences in terms of appearance are that Hayden is a male and the Haute Tension chrachter is female, obviously this is going to create different circumstances because of gender issues but mostly the roles are the same as they are both psychopathic killers that are shown in different perspectives throughout the film plots.
The image above incorporates a picture of a character called Marie from Haute Tension (Left) and our own main actor Hayden Simmons (Right)
The similarities in terms of appearance are that in the opening scenes compared to the opening scene of Haute Tension are that both characters have clothes on that are ripped and bloody, also they both have a split persona which is a main key in both films.
The differences in terms of appearance are that Hayden is a male and the Haute Tension chrachter is female, obviously this is going to create different circumstances because of gender issues but mostly the roles are the same as they are both psychopathic killers that are shown in different perspectives throughout the film plots.
Evaluation Question 1
In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (film openings)
The title of the film is in Red writing on a black background so that it stands out from the rest of the titles which consist of a black background with white writing.
All of the frames have a different image from the opening scene in 5 different locations that we set our piece in; 2 frames show in the boiler room, another two show in the nature reserve, one other shows under the stage, a different one shows a hand at a back door and the final one shows the scene in the bedroom. All these settings are dingy and dark to set the atmosphere for the movie.
in our movie we used numerous props consisting of, masking tape, fake blood, bin liners and make up. These are all used to assist us in creating the atmosphere and tension that we wanted our opening scene to portray. For costume we decided to use numerous different costumes for different settings as it is meant to be a dream and set at different times on different days and someone wouldn't be waring the same clothes each and every day.
One of our group members Hayden Simmons decided to be the actor in the film as we had to substitute the actress we had lined up at short notice. Which left myself and another member of the group, Zak Wattiez, to do the camera work. We set the camera up at each location with a tripod so that the camera would stay steady for us to be able to film each shot. All of the editing of the film was mainly down to my two group members Hayden Simmons and Zak Wattiez as we had problems with uploading our film because of the high quality of the camera content, it had to be converted. We then had problems with the programme we were using and had to transfer all of the film clips onto another log-on to be able to edit them. After we had done this my group members done the editing in their free periods and when I was off poorly. They used the programme premier elements to upload the film onto and then edit the film adding in the titles and effects that made our opening more effective for it's audience.
The following shows how our film was edited using Premier Elements:
The story of our film is about a man who has a split personality disorder and we try to represent him as the victim right through the film so that the audience sympathise with him until the very end when they find out he's actually the killer. The opening scene sets this up because it see's a serious of events in his dream where he looks like he's a victim and he's been kidnaped, kept hostage and tortured.
Our genre for the film is a horror and the opening suggests this by the disturbing and horrible things that are happening to the man in his dreams.
There is only one character in our piece and he is introduced in many different situations all at once as he has flashes and repetitive part of dreams all the time of himself. His dreams see him as a victim which is what we want the opening and main part of the film to portray.
We used a rewind feature so that at the end when the dream is coming to an end all of the main parts of his dream rewind and seem to undo themselfs before he wakes up. we also used a fast-play feature which made a slow clip play in a fast version so it looked slightly distorted and not in sync to what it would normally and also looks effective for the image that we want to come across to our audeince.
- title font and style
The title of the film is in Red writing on a black background so that it stands out from the rest of the titles which consist of a black background with white writing.
All of the frames have a different image from the opening scene in 5 different locations that we set our piece in; 2 frames show in the boiler room, another two show in the nature reserve, one other shows under the stage, a different one shows a hand at a back door and the final one shows the scene in the bedroom. All these settings are dingy and dark to set the atmosphere for the movie.
in our movie we used numerous props consisting of, masking tape, fake blood, bin liners and make up. These are all used to assist us in creating the atmosphere and tension that we wanted our opening scene to portray. For costume we decided to use numerous different costumes for different settings as it is meant to be a dream and set at different times on different days and someone wouldn't be waring the same clothes each and every day.
One of our group members Hayden Simmons decided to be the actor in the film as we had to substitute the actress we had lined up at short notice. Which left myself and another member of the group, Zak Wattiez, to do the camera work. We set the camera up at each location with a tripod so that the camera would stay steady for us to be able to film each shot. All of the editing of the film was mainly down to my two group members Hayden Simmons and Zak Wattiez as we had problems with uploading our film because of the high quality of the camera content, it had to be converted. We then had problems with the programme we were using and had to transfer all of the film clips onto another log-on to be able to edit them. After we had done this my group members done the editing in their free periods and when I was off poorly. They used the programme premier elements to upload the film onto and then edit the film adding in the titles and effects that made our opening more effective for it's audience.
The following shows how our film was edited using Premier Elements:
The story of our film is about a man who has a split personality disorder and we try to represent him as the victim right through the film so that the audience sympathise with him until the very end when they find out he's actually the killer. The opening scene sets this up because it see's a serious of events in his dream where he looks like he's a victim and he's been kidnaped, kept hostage and tortured.
Our genre for the film is a horror and the opening suggests this by the disturbing and horrible things that are happening to the man in his dreams.
There is only one character in our piece and he is introduced in many different situations all at once as he has flashes and repetitive part of dreams all the time of himself. His dreams see him as a victim which is what we want the opening and main part of the film to portray.
We used a rewind feature so that at the end when the dream is coming to an end all of the main parts of his dream rewind and seem to undo themselfs before he wakes up. we also used a fast-play feature which made a slow clip play in a fast version so it looked slightly distorted and not in sync to what it would normally and also looks effective for the image that we want to come across to our audeince.
- title font and style
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