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.
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