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
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Audience Research and The Feedback Questionnaire
Reviewing the questionnaire has brought me to the conclusion of our potential audience, we though to decide our audience age range we would have to research, we found some very interesting websites and deducted many things about how aspects of films can create the age range it is for.
Below are some of the aspects we looked at and studied:
'Horror movies are particularly popular amongst males and under 25's. With over a third of a typical horror movie audience aged 18-24, they are a highly effective means of reaching an audience not afraid to go out at night' - http://www.valmorgan.com.au/au/audiences/profiles/horror-movies/
Horror Movie Age Profile
Horror Movie Gender Profile
Below are some of the aspects we looked at and studied:
'Horror movies are particularly popular amongst males and under 25's. With over a third of a typical horror movie audience aged 18-24, they are a highly effective means of reaching an audience not afraid to go out at night' - http://www.valmorgan.com.au/au/audiences/profiles/horror-movies/
Horror Movie Age Profile
Horror Movie Gender Profile
Film Name and Titles
There are 5 possible names for our film, these are:
- Doppelganger
- Dissension
- Violative
- Antipode
- Hostile
- Paradox
- Repugnant
- Vis-รก-vis
- Ornery
As a group we decided to have 'violative hostile' as our Film Name.
This is because the person in the film has a split-personality disorder which means that a single person can present themselves as two different people at different times. The words 'violative' and 'hostile' mean the same thing as if they were one person but present themselves as a different word. we also chose these words as violative looks like violent and hostile looks like hostage. these are also words that could be linked with our film. This is because the man seen in the film is actually violent and he appears to be kept hostage in some places.
Approximately 2/3 of the people who answered my questionnaire prefer to see titles of an opening scene over a black screen instead of action. Going back to the film deconstructions of the opening scenes from both; 'Halloween and Dawn of the Dead' I did previously, the titles from both film's are shown over a black screen and not action. Therefore when it comes to adding in the titles for our opening scene they will be shown over a black screen.
85% of the people who answered my questionnaire prefer the colour 'red' and feel it would be most appropriate colour for the titles of a film with the genre; 'horror.' However another member from my group included a similar question in their audience questionnaire, resulting in a different outcome. The preferred colour chosen for the titles for a horror film was: 'white.' The contrast in results created problems between the group because we all wanted to please an audience. The solution to this problem was that we are going to use both colours for the titles for our opening scene.
We have decided to have titles on a black scene between having action and have a 'title, action, title, action' set-up for the opening of our film. The titles we are going to include will be the main people that helped with the making of the film as well as the people that acted in the film.
- Doppelganger
- Dissension
- Violative
- Antipode
- Hostile
- Paradox
- Repugnant
- Vis-รก-vis
- Ornery
As a group we decided to have 'violative hostile' as our Film Name.
This is because the person in the film has a split-personality disorder which means that a single person can present themselves as two different people at different times. The words 'violative' and 'hostile' mean the same thing as if they were one person but present themselves as a different word. we also chose these words as violative looks like violent and hostile looks like hostage. these are also words that could be linked with our film. This is because the man seen in the film is actually violent and he appears to be kept hostage in some places.
Approximately 2/3 of the people who answered my questionnaire prefer to see titles of an opening scene over a black screen instead of action. Going back to the film deconstructions of the opening scenes from both; 'Halloween and Dawn of the Dead' I did previously, the titles from both film's are shown over a black screen and not action. Therefore when it comes to adding in the titles for our opening scene they will be shown over a black screen.
85% of the people who answered my questionnaire prefer the colour 'red' and feel it would be most appropriate colour for the titles of a film with the genre; 'horror.' However another member from my group included a similar question in their audience questionnaire, resulting in a different outcome. The preferred colour chosen for the titles for a horror film was: 'white.' The contrast in results created problems between the group because we all wanted to please an audience. The solution to this problem was that we are going to use both colours for the titles for our opening scene.
We have decided to have titles on a black scene between having action and have a 'title, action, title, action' set-up for the opening of our film. The titles we are going to include will be the main people that helped with the making of the film as well as the people that acted in the film.
Camera Angles and Techniques
I am going to list all of the camera angles and techniques we hope to use in our opening scene. I will be explaining what each of the camera angles are and why we want to use them in our media product.
Camera Angles:
The camera angle marks the specific location at which a camera is placed to take a shot. A scene may be shot from several camera angles and give a different experience and sometimes emotion.
Close Up Shot:
In film, a close up shot tightly frames a person or an object. Close up shots are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots. Close up shots display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. Moving in to a close up shot or away from a close up shot is a common type of zooming.
We are going to use a close up shot in our opening scene in order to distinguish our main character as well as to show detail; such as characters emotion. This shot should help to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful.
Medium Shot:
In film, a medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance. A medium shot is usually a shot of a person from the knees up/waist up, however in some standard texts and professional references, a full length view of a human subject is called a medium shot.
We are going to use a medium shot in our opening scene as they are relatively good at showing a characters facial expression and body language, depending on where the character is placed in the shot. This again will create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We are also going to use a medium shot to represent the importance of the character in our opening scene to an audience.
Long Shot:
In film a long shot typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. It has been suggested that long shot ranges usually correspond to approximately what would be the distance between the front row of the audience and the stage in live theatre. It is now common to refer to a long shot as a "wide shot" because it often requires the use of a wide angle lens. When a long shot is used to set up a location and its participants in film, it is called an establishing shot.
We are going to use a long shot in our opening scene to show shots of thrilling action in order to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We are also going to use a long shot to establish different locations to an audience which all have significant importance to the rest of the film, hopefully creating un answered questions and confusion among an audience, captivating them from the very start of our film.
Two Shot:
A Two shot is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people (the subjects). The subjects do not have to be next to each other, and there are many common two-shots which have one subject in the foreground and the other subject in the background.
We are going to use a two shot in our opening scene to introduce an anomalous character to our opening scene and showing the emotional reactions between the two subjects. Again this will create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful and create un answered questions and confusion among an audience, captivating them from the very start of our film.
High Angle Shot:
In film, a high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eye line. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject.
We are going to use a high angle shot in our opening scene in order portray our main character to an audience as vulnerable or powerless. This should help us mislead an audience by conveying a false message on screen, making them believe our main character is a victim. This therefore will help create a bigger impact on the audience for the climax of the film when they finally realise the truth.
Dutch Angle:
Dutch tilt, Dutch angle, oblique angle, German angle, canted angle, or Batman Angle are terms used for a tactic often used to portray the psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. A Dutch angle is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side. Many Dutch angles are static shots at an obscure angle
We are going to use a dutch angle shot in our opening scene so that we can portray psychological uneasiness to an audience. This psychological uneasiness relates to the genre of our opening scene that we are going to produce and would give an audience an awareness and realisation of our genre. It will also help to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful.
Camera Techniques:
Tilting:
Tilting is a technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane. Tilting the camera results in a motion similar to someone nodding their head.
We are going to use the technique of tilting in our opening scene in order to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We would do this by showing one part of an object or subject and slowly revealing more and more.
Panning:
Panning refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of a still or moving video camera. Panning may also be referred to as the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device. Panning a camera results in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head.
We are going to use the technique of panning in our opening scene to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We would do this by showing one part of an object or subject and slowly revealing more and more.
Camera Angles:
The camera angle marks the specific location at which a camera is placed to take a shot. A scene may be shot from several camera angles and give a different experience and sometimes emotion.
Close Up Shot:
In film, a close up shot tightly frames a person or an object. Close up shots are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots. Close up shots display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. Moving in to a close up shot or away from a close up shot is a common type of zooming.
We are going to use a close up shot in our opening scene in order to distinguish our main character as well as to show detail; such as characters emotion. This shot should help to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful.
Medium Shot:
In film, a medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance. A medium shot is usually a shot of a person from the knees up/waist up, however in some standard texts and professional references, a full length view of a human subject is called a medium shot.
We are going to use a medium shot in our opening scene as they are relatively good at showing a characters facial expression and body language, depending on where the character is placed in the shot. This again will create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We are also going to use a medium shot to represent the importance of the character in our opening scene to an audience.
Long Shot:
In film a long shot typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. It has been suggested that long shot ranges usually correspond to approximately what would be the distance between the front row of the audience and the stage in live theatre. It is now common to refer to a long shot as a "wide shot" because it often requires the use of a wide angle lens. When a long shot is used to set up a location and its participants in film, it is called an establishing shot.
We are going to use a long shot in our opening scene to show shots of thrilling action in order to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We are also going to use a long shot to establish different locations to an audience which all have significant importance to the rest of the film, hopefully creating un answered questions and confusion among an audience, captivating them from the very start of our film.
Two Shot:
A Two shot is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people (the subjects). The subjects do not have to be next to each other, and there are many common two-shots which have one subject in the foreground and the other subject in the background.
We are going to use a two shot in our opening scene to introduce an anomalous character to our opening scene and showing the emotional reactions between the two subjects. Again this will create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful and create un answered questions and confusion among an audience, captivating them from the very start of our film.
High Angle Shot:
In film, a high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eye line. With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject.
We are going to use a high angle shot in our opening scene in order portray our main character to an audience as vulnerable or powerless. This should help us mislead an audience by conveying a false message on screen, making them believe our main character is a victim. This therefore will help create a bigger impact on the audience for the climax of the film when they finally realise the truth.
Dutch Angle:
Dutch tilt, Dutch angle, oblique angle, German angle, canted angle, or Batman Angle are terms used for a tactic often used to portray the psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. A Dutch angle is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side. Many Dutch angles are static shots at an obscure angle
We are going to use a dutch angle shot in our opening scene so that we can portray psychological uneasiness to an audience. This psychological uneasiness relates to the genre of our opening scene that we are going to produce and would give an audience an awareness and realisation of our genre. It will also help to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful.
Camera Techniques:
Tilting:
Tilting is a technique in which the camera is stationary and rotates in a vertical plane. Tilting the camera results in a motion similar to someone nodding their head.
We are going to use the technique of tilting in our opening scene in order to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We would do this by showing one part of an object or subject and slowly revealing more and more.
Panning:
Panning refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of a still or moving video camera. Panning may also be referred to as the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device. Panning a camera results in a motion similar to that of someone shaking their head.
We are going to use the technique of panning in our opening scene to create atmosphere and tension for our opening scene causing it to be more dramatic and successful. We would do this by showing one part of an object or subject and slowly revealing more and more.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Editing the time Plan
Edited Time Plan
We had to change our time plan as we lost the actress and a grooup member decided to take the acting place. we then had to plan the time that only the three of us were avaliable on two consecutive weeks, 15/2/10 - 21/02/10 and 22/02/10 - 26/02/10. This is because these are the two weeks that we decided we would film, which are delayed dates to the last time plan.
Edited Weather
Most of our opening scene to our film will be shot inside however there are certain parts that will be shot our side which we planned to film on Sunday 21st February. This means that we needed the right weather for the setting that we wanted.
We had to change our time plan as we lost the actress and a grooup member decided to take the acting place. we then had to plan the time that only the three of us were avaliable on two consecutive weeks, 15/2/10 - 21/02/10 and 22/02/10 - 26/02/10. This is because these are the two weeks that we decided we would film, which are delayed dates to the last time plan.
Edited Weather
Most of our opening scene to our film will be shot inside however there are certain parts that will be shot our side which we planned to film on Sunday 21st February. This means that we needed the right weather for the setting that we wanted.
Editing the Plot synopsis
As we were always going to use the media technique known as; 'retroscripting' for our opening scene for a media product that we are going to produce, no revisions for our script were made or needed.
However the name of the character needed to be changed as we changed our actress to an actor.
However the name of the character needed to be changed as we changed our actress to an actor.
Editing the Character
Due to our actress being unavaliable we have had to re-think our casting choices. As we couldnt think of anyone else who would be serious enough to take on the role and make it hard hitting for our audience we turned to our own A* GCSE drama group member Hayden Simmons to take on the role.
Editing the character at the last minuite means that we need to change many things, we need to change the character profile and the plot synopsis as we are changing it from an actress to and actor.
Below is our new character profile:
Editing the character at the last minuite means that we need to change many things, we need to change the character profile and the plot synopsis as we are changing it from an actress to and actor.
Below is our new character profile:
Soundtrack and Copyright
Below there is some information about copyright I found to help me understand more about the law and stipulations about this area of media protection and also there is information about the choices we made involving copyrighting and using a soundtrack.
Copyright Information:
© is the standard symbol stating that something is copyrighted and protected from use other than what is permitted.
'Copyright is the exclusive right granted to the author of an original work, including the right to authorise or ban the publication, distribution and adaptation of that work. Copyright only lasts for a certain time period after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete and fixed in a medium. Some jurisdictions also recognize "moral rights" of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work. Copyright is described under the umbrella term intellectual property along with patents and trademarks.' - Wikipedia
'Document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work' - Google Definitions
Obtaining Copyright:
'It is normal to request permission via the publisher of the work. The publisher will often have a permissions department to deal with such requests, or may use the services of a copyright clearance or licensing service. If the publisher cannot give permission directly, they will certainly know who you should contact, (as they will have obtained permission themselves in order to use the work in the first place).
If for example, the copyright owner is personally known to you, it may be possible to obtain permission via a private agreement. In such cases you should ensure you get an agreement in writing to avoid any future disagreements.
For website content, it is normal to contact the webmaster of the site. The webmaster may either give permission directly or refer your request to someone in the company who can deal with your request.
For photographs, (i.e. wedding pictures), it is normally to contact the photographer, (or company), that took the images. As they will normally control the rights to the photos, and will have their own reproduction or duplication charges.' - Copyrightservice
Information about the soundtrack, copyright and the outcome of our decisions:
For our scene we thought we should incorporate a soundtrack, this is because in our questionnaires we received information telling us that we should use a soundtrack, especially mine where 39 people said that they would like to hear some type of sound.
This influenced us and basically made us decide we definitely need a song in our scene as it is obviously what the audience like to have incorporated into there idea of a 'perfect' film beginning.
To do this we thought about the ways we could obtain a sound track; our options were to either create our own or use an existing piece of work. Thinking about time constraints and levels of skill you need to create an original piece that sounds sophisticated and sounds 'the part' we decided it would be best to use an already existing piece.
The major problem with using an existing piece of material is that most will be copyrighted and have protection to use these, this is when a piece of work is protected from use of people that do not have permission and to obtain the right to use this you would need the owner/s to agree to you using the material and they would specify under what conditions you can use this.
We thought about this thoroughly and researched all about copyright which led us to writing a letter to the company we want to use the sound from, as this is for educational use and will not ever be publicly presented or used for any commercial purposes we did not see any reason why we couldn't.
Below is the letter we wrote to Overture Films to obtain copyright use of the soundtrack we decided we wanted to use:
Copyright Information:
© is the standard symbol stating that something is copyrighted and protected from use other than what is permitted.
'Copyright is the exclusive right granted to the author of an original work, including the right to authorise or ban the publication, distribution and adaptation of that work. Copyright only lasts for a certain time period after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete and fixed in a medium. Some jurisdictions also recognize "moral rights" of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work. Copyright is described under the umbrella term intellectual property along with patents and trademarks.' - Wikipedia
'Document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work' - Google Definitions
Obtaining Copyright:
'It is normal to request permission via the publisher of the work. The publisher will often have a permissions department to deal with such requests, or may use the services of a copyright clearance or licensing service. If the publisher cannot give permission directly, they will certainly know who you should contact, (as they will have obtained permission themselves in order to use the work in the first place).
If for example, the copyright owner is personally known to you, it may be possible to obtain permission via a private agreement. In such cases you should ensure you get an agreement in writing to avoid any future disagreements.
For website content, it is normal to contact the webmaster of the site. The webmaster may either give permission directly or refer your request to someone in the company who can deal with your request.
For photographs, (i.e. wedding pictures), it is normally to contact the photographer, (or company), that took the images. As they will normally control the rights to the photos, and will have their own reproduction or duplication charges.' - Copyrightservice
Information about the soundtrack, copyright and the outcome of our decisions:
For our scene we thought we should incorporate a soundtrack, this is because in our questionnaires we received information telling us that we should use a soundtrack, especially mine where 39 people said that they would like to hear some type of sound.
This influenced us and basically made us decide we definitely need a song in our scene as it is obviously what the audience like to have incorporated into there idea of a 'perfect' film beginning.
To do this we thought about the ways we could obtain a sound track; our options were to either create our own or use an existing piece of work. Thinking about time constraints and levels of skill you need to create an original piece that sounds sophisticated and sounds 'the part' we decided it would be best to use an already existing piece.
The major problem with using an existing piece of material is that most will be copyrighted and have protection to use these, this is when a piece of work is protected from use of people that do not have permission and to obtain the right to use this you would need the owner/s to agree to you using the material and they would specify under what conditions you can use this.
We thought about this thoroughly and researched all about copyright which led us to writing a letter to the company we want to use the sound from, as this is for educational use and will not ever be publicly presented or used for any commercial purposes we did not see any reason why we couldn't.
Below is the letter we wrote to Overture Films to obtain copyright use of the soundtrack we decided we wanted to use:
Untitled from Zak Wattiez on Vimeo.
health and Safety
All of the health and safety factors we considered during our first filming process remained exactly the same. However we have changed and edited anything that we needed to due to our previous circumstances:
The locations we are using at the school had certain health and safety procedures that we had to go through before we are allowed to film. Underneath the stage and the school basement are both out of bounds for students due to health and safety. This meant we had to get permission from the head teacher as well as the school caretakers. We were each taken through health and safety risks we had to take into account whilst filming in these areas, some of these factors were:
-Removing the trap doors that lead to underneath the stage
-Walking down the stairs leading to the school basement carefully
-Entering and Exiting underneath the stage safely.
We also had to consider other health and safety factors involved with the filming for our opening scene. Screaming, crying, shouting and blood are all being used in our shots that will be filmed at the nature reserve. We realised that a passing citizen may assume someone could possibly be in trouble or hurt and contact our local police service not knowing what is going on. To overcome this problem that may occur we wrote a letter to the local police station indicating filming dates and where we will be filming just in case, as well as creating signs which we would place around the nature reserve whilst we are filming for any passing citizens to indicate that filming is going on. The letter we wrote to the police station and the signs we created are shown below: click to enlarge.
Poster
As a group we decided to put these posters at all of the entrances of the nature reserve we were filming at so that the public were aware of what was happening and wouldnt call the police if they saw our group member Hayden Simmons with fake blood and cuts on him or heard screaming, we also put them at various locations through out the nature reserve.
The locations we are using at the school had certain health and safety procedures that we had to go through before we are allowed to film. Underneath the stage and the school basement are both out of bounds for students due to health and safety. This meant we had to get permission from the head teacher as well as the school caretakers. We were each taken through health and safety risks we had to take into account whilst filming in these areas, some of these factors were:
-Removing the trap doors that lead to underneath the stage
-Walking down the stairs leading to the school basement carefully
-Entering and Exiting underneath the stage safely.
We also had to consider other health and safety factors involved with the filming for our opening scene. Screaming, crying, shouting and blood are all being used in our shots that will be filmed at the nature reserve. We realised that a passing citizen may assume someone could possibly be in trouble or hurt and contact our local police service not knowing what is going on. To overcome this problem that may occur we wrote a letter to the local police station indicating filming dates and where we will be filming just in case, as well as creating signs which we would place around the nature reserve whilst we are filming for any passing citizens to indicate that filming is going on. The letter we wrote to the police station and the signs we created are shown below: click to enlarge.
Poster
As a group we decided to put these posters at all of the entrances of the nature reserve we were filming at so that the public were aware of what was happening and wouldnt call the police if they saw our group member Hayden Simmons with fake blood and cuts on him or heard screaming, we also put them at various locations through out the nature reserve.
Time Plan and the Weather
As a group we needed to carefully plan our time and the dates and times that we could all get together as a group and film our opening. the time plan also includes the free time of the actressm as well.
For the time plan we choose the four consecutive days that we were all free
- Sunday 7th February
- Monday 8th february
- Tuesday 9th february
- Wednesday 10th February
This is our time plan:
This is the weather conditions on Sunday 7th February 2010 as we have decided we want to film, at dusk and a dim day for our shot; as it is outside and we want an eerie atmosphere without lighting as we are on a low budget.
For the time plan we choose the four consecutive days that we were all free
- Sunday 7th February
- Monday 8th february
- Tuesday 9th february
- Wednesday 10th February
This is our time plan:
This is the weather conditions on Sunday 7th February 2010 as we have decided we want to film, at dusk and a dim day for our shot; as it is outside and we want an eerie atmosphere without lighting as we are on a low budget.
Camera and Budget
Camera and Tripod:
Now that we figured out the dates we were all available and free to film we needed to book out the equipment that we intended on using. The equipment we have booked out are:
-Digital Camcorder
-And a tripod
We booked both pieces of equipment out on Wednesday 3rd February which we are allowed to keep until we have finished filming.
Budget:
Our budget is quite low as we are making a home made film opening and we are student so we dont have alot of money. We have spend about £20 on props and equiptment including the fake blood.
Now that we figured out the dates we were all available and free to film we needed to book out the equipment that we intended on using. The equipment we have booked out are:
-Digital Camcorder
-And a tripod
We booked both pieces of equipment out on Wednesday 3rd February which we are allowed to keep until we have finished filming.
Budget:
Our budget is quite low as we are making a home made film opening and we are student so we dont have alot of money. We have spend about £20 on props and equiptment including the fake blood.
semiotic Elements
Semiotic Elements:
We need to consider many things before we can film. These are elements such as props, makeup, costume,set and equipment.
To produce the film we will need a
- camcorder
- tripod
Below is a list of props that we need to produce the film. We looked at the storyboard and the plot synopsis and decided form this what we would need to help us create the opening scene that we wanted. All of the props and equiptment have come under our budget, the things we havent paid for are borrowed from either the school or each others houses. However the fake blood was bought for £5.95 from a shop in Peterborough City Centre called Harlequin
-Fake Blood
-Kitchen Knife
-Oil/Petrol Can
-Water
-Rope
-A Chair
However we had to go out and buy fake the blood from a shop called; 'Harlequins' so that our opening scene would be more visually believable.
Some of the scenes that our main actress will be shooting involves getting incredibly dirty. This is because a lot of dirt, water, fake blood and even the possibility of tearing some of her clothes will be used in our shots to create a more visually effective opening scene. We understood that it was too much to ask our actress to supply these clothes that we are intentionally going to ruin and therefore we measured Vicky, taking down all her sizes, went to a cheap clothes shop called; 'George' and bought some plain tops and a pair of trousers for Vicky to wear during filming.
The Make Up will be applied by a professional/qualified media make up artist, who happened to be a member of our group, Hayden Simmons' mother. His mother happily volunteered to do all the media makeup, consisting of; scars, cuts, burns, bruises and wounds. We felt this was a huge advantage for our group because we don't have the funds or technology available in order to produce the special effects that we needed in order to compare with existing media products out there with the same genre. Therefore this will visually improve our shots, creating a more realistic, believable opening scene for an audience that we will be able to relate to existing media products out there.
We need to consider many things before we can film. These are elements such as props, makeup, costume,set and equipment.
To produce the film we will need a
- camcorder
- tripod
Below is a list of props that we need to produce the film. We looked at the storyboard and the plot synopsis and decided form this what we would need to help us create the opening scene that we wanted. All of the props and equiptment have come under our budget, the things we havent paid for are borrowed from either the school or each others houses. However the fake blood was bought for £5.95 from a shop in Peterborough City Centre called Harlequin
-Fake Blood
-Kitchen Knife
-Oil/Petrol Can
-Water
-Rope
-A Chair
However we had to go out and buy fake the blood from a shop called; 'Harlequins' so that our opening scene would be more visually believable.
Some of the scenes that our main actress will be shooting involves getting incredibly dirty. This is because a lot of dirt, water, fake blood and even the possibility of tearing some of her clothes will be used in our shots to create a more visually effective opening scene. We understood that it was too much to ask our actress to supply these clothes that we are intentionally going to ruin and therefore we measured Vicky, taking down all her sizes, went to a cheap clothes shop called; 'George' and bought some plain tops and a pair of trousers for Vicky to wear during filming.
The Make Up will be applied by a professional/qualified media make up artist, who happened to be a member of our group, Hayden Simmons' mother. His mother happily volunteered to do all the media makeup, consisting of; scars, cuts, burns, bruises and wounds. We felt this was a huge advantage for our group because we don't have the funds or technology available in order to produce the special effects that we needed in order to compare with existing media products out there with the same genre. Therefore this will visually improve our shots, creating a more realistic, believable opening scene for an audience that we will be able to relate to existing media products out there.
Plot synopsis
We felt as a group that we needed to create a plot/storyline for a whole film in order to create a more meaningful, successful opening scene. Therefore underneath is a short Plot synopsis for our whole film.
Plot synopsis:
Michelle is a young woman with a disorder unknown to others as well as herself. Michelle has a split personality disorder where she possesses two very different personalities and wakes up thinking that she has just encountered another nightmare, when in fact she has enacted it. Furious families from Michelle's unkown vitcims plot for their revenge leaving michelle fighting for survival whilst discovering the truth behind there actions.
Below is a synopsis for the opening scene that we are going to produce with an included summary for why we made our decisions.
Opening scene synopsis:
A series of flashbacks combined with premonitions(Which will reveal parts from scenes that will come later on in the film.)visually inform the audience by showcasing short snips of Michelle captivated, running and tortured portraying a 'damsel in distress.'(This will force the audience to sympathise with Michelle creating a false sense of security, making Michelle the last person the audience pinpoint to be the killer, creating further mystery and curiosity and leaving the audience in a trance wanting to know who? Why? Captivated in the film from the very start. This will create a bigger impact on the audience for the climax of the film when they finally realise the truth.)Michelle's other personality will also have her turn in the spotlight, as the audience will see short snips of this side of her taking action.(The audience do not know about Michelle's personality disorder and therefore will be mislead from the opening scene thinking that they are seeing Michele getting some sort of revenge, not realising that Michelle is in fact the hunter; not the prey.)The opening scene will finish with Michelle waking up thinking that she has just encountered another nightmare.(Again misleading the audience in order to create a bigger impact on the audience for the climax of the film when they finally realise the truth.)
Plot synopsis:
Michelle is a young woman with a disorder unknown to others as well as herself. Michelle has a split personality disorder where she possesses two very different personalities and wakes up thinking that she has just encountered another nightmare, when in fact she has enacted it. Furious families from Michelle's unkown vitcims plot for their revenge leaving michelle fighting for survival whilst discovering the truth behind there actions.
Below is a synopsis for the opening scene that we are going to produce with an included summary for why we made our decisions.
Opening scene synopsis:
A series of flashbacks combined with premonitions(Which will reveal parts from scenes that will come later on in the film.)visually inform the audience by showcasing short snips of Michelle captivated, running and tortured portraying a 'damsel in distress.'(This will force the audience to sympathise with Michelle creating a false sense of security, making Michelle the last person the audience pinpoint to be the killer, creating further mystery and curiosity and leaving the audience in a trance wanting to know who? Why? Captivated in the film from the very start. This will create a bigger impact on the audience for the climax of the film when they finally realise the truth.)Michelle's other personality will also have her turn in the spotlight, as the audience will see short snips of this side of her taking action.(The audience do not know about Michelle's personality disorder and therefore will be mislead from the opening scene thinking that they are seeing Michele getting some sort of revenge, not realising that Michelle is in fact the hunter; not the prey.)The opening scene will finish with Michelle waking up thinking that she has just encountered another nightmare.(Again misleading the audience in order to create a bigger impact on the audience for the climax of the film when they finally realise the truth.)
Scripting
Inspiration:
The opening scene that we are going to produce, we can highly compare and relate to existing media products that involved extremely low budgets, (if there was any budget at all) and minimal technology.
Existing media products, some more successful than others, that used this technique are listed below:
-Summer Heights High
-Trailer Park Boys
-The Blair Witch Project series
-Paranormal Activity
These films used a technique where the directors 'attempted to focus on believability rather than action and gore,' In these films they believed that; 'a "higher degree of plausibility" was created for an audience as they were "more invested in the story and the characters."' And therefore technique called 'Retro scripting' was used.
To help us learn about Rectro Scripting we used the following websites to provide us with the knowledge we need:
- Wikipedia
- State Master
Retro Scripting:
Whilst looking at how to convey the script and what type to use, through research and lots of thought we thought due to our circumstances we should use something we researched called retro scripting.
A retro scripted script contains a plot outline and leaves dialogue deliberately vague for interpretation by the actors/actresses through improvisation. This technique can add strong realism and characterization to dialogue making the film come across believable and natural to an audience. This technique is commonly used in low budgeted films and sometimes the use of this technique causes the film to be incredibly successful: for example; 'Paranormal Activity.'
The technique of 'retro scripting' is used mainly in 'home made films' with low budgets that cant afford special effects and high-tech equipment. Because we are producing a 'home made' media product with no budget and the use of one hand held digital camera, we want to try our best to relate our media product to some type of existing products already out there. Therefore we are going to use this technique for our opening scene that we are going to produce. We feel the use of this technique may help us to achieve and produce a more successful opening scene because we will be able to create strong realism and characterization to dialogue making the film come across believable and natural to an audience.
The opening scene that we are going to produce, we can highly compare and relate to existing media products that involved extremely low budgets, (if there was any budget at all) and minimal technology.
Existing media products, some more successful than others, that used this technique are listed below:
-Summer Heights High
-Trailer Park Boys
-The Blair Witch Project series
-Paranormal Activity
These films used a technique where the directors 'attempted to focus on believability rather than action and gore,' In these films they believed that; 'a "higher degree of plausibility" was created for an audience as they were "more invested in the story and the characters."' And therefore technique called 'Retro scripting' was used.
To help us learn about Rectro Scripting we used the following websites to provide us with the knowledge we need:
- Wikipedia
- State Master
Retro Scripting:
Whilst looking at how to convey the script and what type to use, through research and lots of thought we thought due to our circumstances we should use something we researched called retro scripting.
A retro scripted script contains a plot outline and leaves dialogue deliberately vague for interpretation by the actors/actresses through improvisation. This technique can add strong realism and characterization to dialogue making the film come across believable and natural to an audience. This technique is commonly used in low budgeted films and sometimes the use of this technique causes the film to be incredibly successful: for example; 'Paranormal Activity.'
The technique of 'retro scripting' is used mainly in 'home made films' with low budgets that cant afford special effects and high-tech equipment. Because we are producing a 'home made' media product with no budget and the use of one hand held digital camera, we want to try our best to relate our media product to some type of existing products already out there. Therefore we are going to use this technique for our opening scene that we are going to produce. We feel the use of this technique may help us to achieve and produce a more successful opening scene because we will be able to create strong realism and characterization to dialogue making the film come across believable and natural to an audience.
Storyboard
Underneath this is the story board of stills of how our opening is going to run after all of the recording is done and the titles are cut in.
Filming Locations
We have decided to have a few filming locations around Whittlesey. Following this are still shots of our different filming locations we have decided to have our opening to our film.
These two pictures are of Whittlesey nature reserve.
This is a shot of under our stage at Sir Harry Smith Community College.
These are pictures of our boiler room under the school where we also plan to film part of our opening.
These are four shots of Hayden simmons house, a member of our group, where we also plan to film.
These two pictures are of Whittlesey nature reserve.
This is a shot of under our stage at Sir Harry Smith Community College.
These are pictures of our boiler room under the school where we also plan to film part of our opening.
These are four shots of Hayden simmons house, a member of our group, where we also plan to film.
character Profile
Our opening scene is going to be based on one main character whom the storyline and plot is going to be based around. The main character is going to be female and acted out by the actress: Victoria Thurston.
Another anomalous character may be used in our opening scene. This character would be male and be portrayed as the killer to the audience. His face would not be seen and he would be a complete mystery to the audience, therefore we dont really need to develop this character in more depth.
We decided that a female main character would be best for our storyline and plot. This is because we felt that females are stereotypically portrayed as the victim's in horror films. This would enable us to easily mislead an audience in our opening scene, creating a bigger impact for the climax later on in the film where an audience will find out the truth; that the main character was the killer all along.
In our initial ideas we discussed suitable actresses that we thought we be able to successfully act the role out for our main character. We decided that Vicky was the best suited actress for the part. This is because she is a very talented, experienced actress, who is a quick learner, takes good direction and is extremely versatile. Versatility is an important asset for our actress to posses as our main character has a split personality disorder and therefore the actress has to convey two very different people on screen. Vicky is also visually perfect for our role, who looks good on camera, that an audience consisting of both genders will easily relate to and want to watch.
We felt as a group that we needed to create a character profile for the main character whom Vicky will be playing. This is so we can create a fully crafted, three dimensional character in order for Vicky to have a better understanding of the role she is going to be acting out. In theory we are hoping this will produce a more realistic, believable character on screen that an audience can build a close relationship to, sympathising with thje character and therefore interacting with the film more. We hope that this chemistry between an audience and the main character will produce a more successful opening scene as ther audience will interact more with the main character, letting their guard down and making it easier to create atmosphere and tension that relates to the nature of our opening scene.
Below is a simple character profile that we have produced. There is a picture of the actress in the middle so you can visualise what the character is going to look like as well as being able to understand some of the main characters personality.
Another anomalous character may be used in our opening scene. This character would be male and be portrayed as the killer to the audience. His face would not be seen and he would be a complete mystery to the audience, therefore we dont really need to develop this character in more depth.
We decided that a female main character would be best for our storyline and plot. This is because we felt that females are stereotypically portrayed as the victim's in horror films. This would enable us to easily mislead an audience in our opening scene, creating a bigger impact for the climax later on in the film where an audience will find out the truth; that the main character was the killer all along.
In our initial ideas we discussed suitable actresses that we thought we be able to successfully act the role out for our main character. We decided that Vicky was the best suited actress for the part. This is because she is a very talented, experienced actress, who is a quick learner, takes good direction and is extremely versatile. Versatility is an important asset for our actress to posses as our main character has a split personality disorder and therefore the actress has to convey two very different people on screen. Vicky is also visually perfect for our role, who looks good on camera, that an audience consisting of both genders will easily relate to and want to watch.
We felt as a group that we needed to create a character profile for the main character whom Vicky will be playing. This is so we can create a fully crafted, three dimensional character in order for Vicky to have a better understanding of the role she is going to be acting out. In theory we are hoping this will produce a more realistic, believable character on screen that an audience can build a close relationship to, sympathising with thje character and therefore interacting with the film more. We hope that this chemistry between an audience and the main character will produce a more successful opening scene as ther audience will interact more with the main character, letting their guard down and making it easier to create atmosphere and tension that relates to the nature of our opening scene.
Below is a simple character profile that we have produced. There is a picture of the actress in the middle so you can visualise what the character is going to look like as well as being able to understand some of the main characters personality.
This is a discussion that me and my group members Zak Wattiez and Hayden Simmons
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This is a summarised version of our initial ideas from our discussion.
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This is a summarised version of our initial ideas from our discussion.
Deconstructions
Saturday Night Fever
It starts off with a landscape and then red bold writing appears over the action of the opening. The film is a journey of a man on the way to his work place but the writing appears throughout with the titles on. The title of the film appears in a neon appearance slanted across the whole screen.
Juno
Friday, 22 January 2010
analyse of answers from the results of my questionnaire
Are you?
Male 7 answered this
Female 11 answered this
This is a simple question that allows me to know the gender of the people that answered the questionnaire. I had 4 more Females answer the questionnaire than Males and this may make the questionnaire biased in a way as Females may be attracted to different Genres to what Males would be however I still feel that it is will be okay as Male and Females still favor the main Genres equally.
What age range do you fall into?
15 and under 0 answered this
16 - 20 14 answered this
20 - 25 0 answered this
26 - 30 1 answered this
31 - 40 1 answered this
41 - 50 1 answered this
51 - 60 0 answered this
61 + 1 answered this
This is another simple question that allows me to see the age range of the people answering my questionnaire i had 14 16-20 year old answer my questionnaire which means that my questionnaire may just be based on the taste of a younger age range. where as the other age ranges that answered it only had one per age range.
what film Genre do you most often watch?
Horror 6 answered this
Thriller 4 answered this
Western 0 answered this
Romance 2 answered this
Comedy 12 answered this
Animation 3 answered this
Family 3 answered this
Drama 4 answered this
Other 0 answered this
This is a question which shows me which kind of film my questionnaire audience prefer to watch. it allows me to see if me and my group members, Hayden Simmons and Zak Wattiez, have chosen the right genre for our piece that an audience would like to sit and watch. i got the highest percentage of people like Comedy however the second biggest percentage was Horror so this is a good sign that we are leading in the right direction as some people decided to choose more than one genre and they could have chosen Comedy as an extra.
how often do you watch films?
once a month 0 answered this
2-3 times a month 7 answered this
4-5 times a month 2 answered this
more than once or twice a month 4 answered this
once or twice a week 1 answered this
3-6 times a week 3 answered this
less than once a month 1 answered this
more than 3-6 times a week 0 answered this
This question shows me how many people watch films and how often this is so that i cab analyse how many people would be keep to watch our film and how many people would have the get-up and go to come and watch the film.
how do you normally watch your films?
at home 17 answered this
at the cinema 8 answered this
equally home and cinema 2 answered this
friends home 3 answered this
at a relatives 1 answered this
film nights 0 answered this
other 1 answered this
This question allows me to know if people would want to come to cinema's and watch our film and whether it would be worth paying out so much money to distribute it to cinemas or if we should just release it straight to DVD and advertise it well. it also allows me to know if people like the cinema experience or if they like the comfort of their own home more. From my questionnaire results i gathered that people like to watch films mainly at home. this means that if we advertise it well we could just release it straight to DVD and can advertise it well.
who influences what kind of film you watch and where?
family 5 answered this
friends 6 answered this
partner 8 answered this
yourself 11 answered this
film reviews 5 answered this
film ratings 2 answered this
this question allows me to know who we should advertise the film at. This means that we can aim it groups of people, couples, get good reviews or just advertise it to the individual person. from my questionnaire i gather the information that people influence mainly themselves, so we should aim the advertising at the individual person.
what do you like within the opening of the film?
titles, action, titles, actions 3 answered this
action followed by titles 6 answered this
titles before all the action 1 answered this
not bothered 7 answered this
other 3 answered this
This question allows me to know what we should do for our piece. It allows our group to know how the audiences like to see the opening film to be so that we can go in the right direction and have an in sight to the openings that audiences will like top sit and watch to get them engaged in the film and want to see more. this shows me that our audience isn't bother however the people that do prefer action foll wed by titles then the film.
Male 7 answered this
Female 11 answered this
This is a simple question that allows me to know the gender of the people that answered the questionnaire. I had 4 more Females answer the questionnaire than Males and this may make the questionnaire biased in a way as Females may be attracted to different Genres to what Males would be however I still feel that it is will be okay as Male and Females still favor the main Genres equally.
What age range do you fall into?
15 and under 0 answered this
16 - 20 14 answered this
20 - 25 0 answered this
26 - 30 1 answered this
31 - 40 1 answered this
41 - 50 1 answered this
51 - 60 0 answered this
61 + 1 answered this
This is another simple question that allows me to see the age range of the people answering my questionnaire i had 14 16-20 year old answer my questionnaire which means that my questionnaire may just be based on the taste of a younger age range. where as the other age ranges that answered it only had one per age range.
what film Genre do you most often watch?
Horror 6 answered this
Thriller 4 answered this
Western 0 answered this
Romance 2 answered this
Comedy 12 answered this
Animation 3 answered this
Family 3 answered this
Drama 4 answered this
Other 0 answered this
This is a question which shows me which kind of film my questionnaire audience prefer to watch. it allows me to see if me and my group members, Hayden Simmons and Zak Wattiez, have chosen the right genre for our piece that an audience would like to sit and watch. i got the highest percentage of people like Comedy however the second biggest percentage was Horror so this is a good sign that we are leading in the right direction as some people decided to choose more than one genre and they could have chosen Comedy as an extra.
how often do you watch films?
once a month 0 answered this
2-3 times a month 7 answered this
4-5 times a month 2 answered this
more than once or twice a month 4 answered this
once or twice a week 1 answered this
3-6 times a week 3 answered this
less than once a month 1 answered this
more than 3-6 times a week 0 answered this
This question shows me how many people watch films and how often this is so that i cab analyse how many people would be keep to watch our film and how many people would have the get-up and go to come and watch the film.
how do you normally watch your films?
at home 17 answered this
at the cinema 8 answered this
equally home and cinema 2 answered this
friends home 3 answered this
at a relatives 1 answered this
film nights 0 answered this
other 1 answered this
This question allows me to know if people would want to come to cinema's and watch our film and whether it would be worth paying out so much money to distribute it to cinemas or if we should just release it straight to DVD and advertise it well. it also allows me to know if people like the cinema experience or if they like the comfort of their own home more. From my questionnaire results i gathered that people like to watch films mainly at home. this means that if we advertise it well we could just release it straight to DVD and can advertise it well.
who influences what kind of film you watch and where?
family 5 answered this
friends 6 answered this
partner 8 answered this
yourself 11 answered this
film reviews 5 answered this
film ratings 2 answered this
this question allows me to know who we should advertise the film at. This means that we can aim it groups of people, couples, get good reviews or just advertise it to the individual person. from my questionnaire i gather the information that people influence mainly themselves, so we should aim the advertising at the individual person.
what do you like within the opening of the film?
titles, action, titles, actions 3 answered this
action followed by titles 6 answered this
titles before all the action 1 answered this
not bothered 7 answered this
other 3 answered this
This question allows me to know what we should do for our piece. It allows our group to know how the audiences like to see the opening film to be so that we can go in the right direction and have an in sight to the openings that audiences will like top sit and watch to get them engaged in the film and want to see more. this shows me that our audience isn't bother however the people that do prefer action foll wed by titles then the film.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Questionnaire results
Questionnaire Results
1. Are you?
a. Male 7
b. Female 11
2. What age range do you fall into?
a. 15 and under
b. 16 – 20 14
c. 20 – 25
d. 16 – 30 1
e. 31 – 40 1
f. 41 – 50 1
g. 51 – 60
h. 61 + 1
3. What film Genre do you most often watch?
(You can answer more than one answer)
a. Horror 6
b. Thriller 4
c. Western
d. Romance 2
e. Comedy 12
f. Animation 3
g. Family 3
h. Drama 4
i. Other... (please state) __________________________
4. How often do you watch films?
a. Once a month
b. 2 – 3 times a month 7
c. 4 – 5 times a month 2
d. More than once or twice a Week 4
e. Once or twice a week 1
f. 3 – 6 times a week 3
g. Less then once a month 1
h. More than 3 – 6 times a week
5. How do you normally watch your films
(You can answer more than one answer)
a. At home 17
b. At the cinema 8
c. Equally cinema and at home 2
d. Friends homes 3
e. At relatives 1
f. Film nights
g. Other (please state)_______________
6. Who influences what kind of film you watch and where?
(You can answer more than one answer)
a. Family 5
b. Friends 6
c. Partner 8
d. Yourself 11
e. Film Reviews 5
f. Film Ratings 2
7. What do you like within the opening of the film?
a. Titles, action, titles, action, titles, action, etc. 3
b. Action followed by titles 6
c. Titles before all the action 1
d. Not bothered 7
e. Other (please state)
- Titles with action.
- I don’t want titles at the beginning.
- Note (it gets a bit confusing now days it all used to be the titles then the action so you used to know that if you were a little late to sit down it didn’t matter now days you can miss an important bit of the film if the action starts straight away.)
1. Are you?
a. Male 7
b. Female 11
2. What age range do you fall into?
a. 15 and under
b. 16 – 20 14
c. 20 – 25
d. 16 – 30 1
e. 31 – 40 1
f. 41 – 50 1
g. 51 – 60
h. 61 + 1
3. What film Genre do you most often watch?
(You can answer more than one answer)
a. Horror 6
b. Thriller 4
c. Western
d. Romance 2
e. Comedy 12
f. Animation 3
g. Family 3
h. Drama 4
i. Other... (please state) __________________________
4. How often do you watch films?
a. Once a month
b. 2 – 3 times a month 7
c. 4 – 5 times a month 2
d. More than once or twice a Week 4
e. Once or twice a week 1
f. 3 – 6 times a week 3
g. Less then once a month 1
h. More than 3 – 6 times a week
5. How do you normally watch your films
(You can answer more than one answer)
a. At home 17
b. At the cinema 8
c. Equally cinema and at home 2
d. Friends homes 3
e. At relatives 1
f. Film nights
g. Other (please state)_______________
6. Who influences what kind of film you watch and where?
(You can answer more than one answer)
a. Family 5
b. Friends 6
c. Partner 8
d. Yourself 11
e. Film Reviews 5
f. Film Ratings 2
7. What do you like within the opening of the film?
a. Titles, action, titles, action, titles, action, etc. 3
b. Action followed by titles 6
c. Titles before all the action 1
d. Not bothered 7
e. Other (please state)
- Titles with action.
- I don’t want titles at the beginning.
- Note (it gets a bit confusing now days it all used to be the titles then the action so you used to know that if you were a little late to sit down it didn’t matter now days you can miss an important bit of the film if the action starts straight away.)
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