Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you must have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Before making the preliminary film we had to plan it by brainstorming and storyboarding. By planning it we were able to come up with ideas of where we were going to show certain camera angles and where and how the title sequence will be shown. Whether it being after the scene is shown or before, by using this we learnt more about the conventions of film openings and when it is appropriate for the title to appear. 


Storyboard: 


To show our use of storyboarding we used an animatic. We drew out what we were going to film as well as writing about it, this was effective as it gave us a blueprint. It also made it easier for when filming was going to take place. 


Filming:


In that lesson we had to film a sequence, making sure we used at least one match cut, an example of shot/reverse shot and showing our understanding of the 180 degree Rule by not breaking it. This term refers to the rule that once a spatial relationship has been confirmed with the establishing shot, no close-up will cross the imaginary line drawn between those two actors until a new line (or axis) has been established, usually through another establishing shot. 


In our priliminary film and our film "Reminisce" we used foley sound. We made our own sound and used sound from Soundtrack Pro. For example in our priliminary film we used foley sound for the door opening and closing. We made our own sound by recording it on a flip camera. We also did this for "Reminisce" as we recorded foley sound such as me walking so it could be used to add effect to the scene where Victoria (the killer) enters the room. We also used foley sound for when the knife drops on the floor. we did this to add tension and to also make it more effective as it was also done in slow motion. 


Soundtrack Pro was also used to create the soundtrack for our film to make it realistic as these are one of the conventions of an opening of a film. When planning we brainstormed and came up with ideas before creating our storyboard, after coming up with ideas and also pitching ideas we then decided that it was time to do a storyboard. In both storyboards we displayed the key moments of where we would used certain camera shots. For example for when the killer (Victoria) in "Reminisce" is going through the pictures we stated that we would use close ups to make it more effective and also when she looks at the camera after looking at a particular picture we would use an extreme close up to emphasis on this. This is similar to the preliminary film as in this film we used a close up of Dilan's hand on the handel of the door. In the story board we drew this out and used it in our film because we though it would be effective as it emphasised on the tension and made it more suspicious for the audience to watch. We also used title sequences in both films for example in the preliminary film we used a title sequence at the beginning as we showed the title first which was 'Report' and showed the actors names after, in comparison to our film 'Reminisce' where the title sequence was shown differently. For example the title of the film was shown last were as the actors names were shown before hand.


Across both productions I learnt about the use of technologies such as sound track pro and final cut pro to make an opening of a film affective and realistic. The use of all these technologies allowed me to have a bigger insight of how the film industry makes films and by using different aspects of these technologies can appeal to different types of target audiences. Overall I also learnt that it is hard work as the editing and camera angles can be hard process at times but with commitment it can be rewarding, it was also enjoyable as I learnt how to make a film and I now know the key conventions of an opening film and how to make it a good one. 

Evaluation Q7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Camera
When we made the preliminary we didn't have much experience with the camera (angles). However when doing our final film we had many experience with the camera and the angles. When making the prelim we learned basic camera skills like clse up, medium shot, long shot, establishing shot, etc. We then developed these skills for our final film.

Mise en scene
When working on the prelim we didn't really look at mise en scene because it was just learning how to make a film and we did not have much control over what we wanted and also we recorded in a classroom. However when starting our final film we had to first set the location and costumes etc. We planned a lot when staring the final fim.

Lighting
For the lighting we worked really hard to get the right amount of light when recording. However we did not have to worry about lighting on the prelim.

Planning and Storyboarding
For our final film we planned really detailed and thought about what exactly was going to happen and we thought about the storyline and wanted it a perfect thriller. But on the prelim we came up with a story board fast and recorded quickly the whole thing. The prelim was useful when planning our final film.

Editing
As i said the prelim was just gaining experience for our final film although we learned many things when filming our final film too most of it came from the prelim. When filming the prelim we learnt how to do match cut, 180 degree rule and used these in the prelim. Although we used match cut on our final film we did not used the 180 degree rule as there were no talking in our final film as it would not have looked professional because we are not professional actors.
The differences was that i our final film we
-changed the colour of the scenes
-added titles
-used split screen
-and added music to the background

Sound
For the prelim we had dialogue so did not use any music. But for both we used foley sound to make it more realistic.

Evaluation Q4-

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Q3-

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?


For production we used candi production and also candi studios for our thriller film. The companies are a smaller independent company that have a lower budget for the film. We used this company as it is a college film so it would make more sense, so instead of using a made up company we used the college name.


Our film is college film so it is best suited to distributing our film.

evaluation question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have leant in the progression from it to the full product?

camera skills

during the prelim we learned basic camera skills such a close-up, extreme close ups, mid shots., however during the prelim process we was advised not to zoom during filming because it doesn't look professional. furthermore when it came to the final filming my camera skills had increase, such as i learned about the 180 degree rule on how to keep 2 characters at the center of screen. also we went through the process o learning that holding the camera by can does not give a professional finish, so we aimed to use the tripod majority of the time even if it meant changing the length of the tripod legs.

mise en scene & location 

i think in during our prelim for our mise en sene we didn't have much control on how we wanted the surrounding to look and where we wanted to place things because we filmed in a classroom, so we had no option but to just carry on on what was there. in contrast when it came to making our final fim we had more control on ho we wanted things to look and where. unlike the prelim we filmed our movie inside a house, this made it more professional and realistic at the same time because it had everyday equipment.

in our final film with location we had to plan and get permission to use the locations which took time because we needed to be sur that we can re use the location agin if we need to.

lighting 

i had no skills or lighting because additional lighting was not needed for our prelim because we was filming outside which already had natural lighting. however we needed additional lighting for our thriller because we was filming inside we needed extra lighting because the room was too dark so it was not clear.

sound 

 in the prelim stage the only sound we had was dialogue and no background music. however in the final film we  had to add background music to match film conventions and to give our audience suspense and create tension. additionally we chose not to add dialogue in the opening because we felt it created suspense and tension for the viewers. equally my skills have improved in adding foley sound to our film because in our prelim we did not add foley sound we just used natural sound.

props and costume 

during our prelim stage we was very limited on props because we only used paper, chairs and tables and our costume was not planned.  where as for our final video we planned our props and costume. the costume for the killer and the victim had to be planned because it had to be clear to the viewers who the killer and victim was, creating a social group at the same time. for the killer we thought about colours for the clothing, black that signifies evil and dangerous and the victim wearing whit portrays them to be innocent and pure. other props such as the knife, camera and glow knifes was used to set the scene also.

storyboard 

for the prelim we made a quick and basic story bard to follow but when it came to filming some parts didn't match because we forgot to include some camera shots. however our story borad for our final film we took time in planning and progressing our story borad making sure everything thing was written down such as camera shots and action. for the final film we progressed 3 story boards including what the pictures would include .

editing 

during the editing for them prelim i only basic editing skills such as cutting clips and putting them together. however when it came to making our final film my skills improved, i learned how 

• change the colour
• add titles
• change brightness
• split screen 
• add music
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Evaluation - Prelim (Q7)

Looking back at your preliminary Task what do you feel you have lernt in the progression from it to the full product?

When Creating the preliminary task we were very limited in our skills and so we encountered many hickups and promblems, in comparison to now where we have very few problems.

Mise en scene

For our prelim the mise en scene was very limited, we were uncable to chose a location and instead were given a classroom in collage to work in. This effected our work as it look rather unprofessional, and did not fit the storyline of our scene (a mother telling her child off because of a report). it is very unlikely that in real life this would have happened where we filmed it. With our final thriller opening we were able to chose a location that we wanted and felt fit our theme and scene and was able to put a lot of time and thought into it. We then chose a living room (as that is where our victim was most likely to be) and a small room in collage that were able to decorate and fil with things that made it look more confined and spooky.

Props, Lighting and Costume

The props in our prelim were very, very VERY limited and were simply just some plain papers and for the warning on one, we were only able to hand write it with red pen (which actually looked like scribbles) however in our final opening we were able to gather all the props we needed over time leading up to our filming. including a knife, ketchup, a Polaroid camera. For our scene when the murder in examining the photos we were able to get lots of photos of the victim murder as well as glowing lights to put on the table to make the scene even more thriller looking. the light in our prelim was very basic the the simple fact that the only lighting we had was the lighting in the room. In the opening we were able use portable lights, which made our film clearer and brighter. In the prelim we had no costumes as we were unable to prepare so we just had to act in what we were wearing, but in our thriller opening we planned ahead, and was able to find the right kind of costumes for thriller. The murderer was wearing a black had and long black trench coast, typical for a criminals/murderers in thrillers, and the victim was in comfortable home clothing, because she was at home.

Camera, Editing and Sound

For this the main difference between our opening and the prelim was the skills we had acquired. our camera skill were very basic in the prelim and our shots looked very unprofessional, many of the matches we tried to put together did not match but with our limited time to film there was nothing we could do about it. however with our opening we knew what to do and had cuts that all matched and a verity of shots. The same with our editing, we knew how to edit far more, we were able to slow down and speed up scenes, change the lightings and colouring, with the sound it was just foley however in the final opening we made a whole sound track along with foley.

The storyboard for our work was also far more developed for the thriller opening, we had for (for each scene) and developed them at leaset 3 times each where as for prelim it was one storyboard that was very basic and we had to just make some up as we went along as it did not all go together when we went to film.

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Evaluation Q6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

We used final cut pro to edit and put together our opening, it took a while for us to match the scenes together and to make them in a sequence.  We used split screen so we had to edit it on final cut pro, (reference memento). We also used Soundtrack pro to make our music for the film, which was difficult to actually build up the music relating to the film.

Flashback light (colour) - We had to change the colour of the flashback from the rest of the film to make it feel more like a flashback.

From soundtrack pro we made the music but also used foley sound for example the door shut, footsteps and camera click. We then had to combine the final cut pro to match to te sounds on soundtrack.

We combined both the film on final cut pro and the music on Soundtrack pro to produce the complete opening.

Evaluation Q5.

How did you attract/adress your audience?

Our opening woud appeal to the target audience because firstly of the genre, a thriller film attracts audience because people (especially teenagers) enjoy to be frightened or if any violence in the film they also enjoy it. Our film has a good storyline to it as we have a murderer who kills and then takes photos of the victim and the surrounding just like a detective.

Mise en scene that were used like the murderers black coat was used to make the audience feel that this characters is the murderer with the black hat used as well. The actors facial expressions were also a big part of the film as she really make the character look like a psycho, we also looked at psycho and got some useful facts. The other film we looked at was memento, to built up a storyline for the audience to enjoy.

The rough cut feedback also helped us improve our weak points in order to make our film appeal to the intended audience. We improve editing, lighting, sound and did the split screens to make the opening more appealing to the audience.

Evaluation Q2.

In our film we did not really think about the social groups and how we reflect that to the audience. However there are social groups such as teenagers (the victim). We also used a female to be the murderer (playing with representation) normally male murderers. We didn't think about the ethnicity and the characters Class/Statues, age etc. Although we did not think about the social groups the characters in the film was both female, age and ethnicity the same.  

Evaluation - Technologies (Q6)

When creating out Film we used a number of technologies to help us. Considering we had been so daring as to choose a difficult stylised editing the majority of technology used was in final cut pro.

Changing Colour.

For our flashback, to make it clearer, saskie and me decided that we wanted to change the colour to something a bit different so that the audience would not be confused and know that it happened in a different time. Firstly on the clip of the flashback scene we went to video effects and searched for colour transitions and clicked on tint, and then from the deep brown it changed to we tried out different colours such as, back, red, green and blue but chose a lighter brown. We made it lighter by changing the intensity. Once the first clip was perfected, we copied and pasted the filters onto the other flashback scene clips, and pasted the attributes  

Split Screen

In order to create a split screen, I first watched a YouTube tutorial on how to do it as the teachers able to help us with this, were in high demand from the rest of the class. First we put the two clips that we wanted to be in the split scene in the editing bar, on top of each other in two different video lines. Then you click the 'image and wire frame' tap and change the size of each video so they can both be seen. First the one clip that you can see on top, then the clip behind. Once both are viewable you can them position them how you want. Then Render.

Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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Evaluation - Conventions (Q1)

Evaluation: Q1.

Conventions of film openings

Conventions of title sequences

A Title Sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, or both, utilising conceptual visuals and sound. It usually follows but should not be confused with the opening credits, which are generally nothing more than a series of superimposed text.

We followed the original conventions of film opening because we wanted to make our film more professional, we looked at many different films and  sourced information about convention to make use in our film. By looking at film opening we saw what came first and at the end so we knew what to put in our film.

Evaluation - Audience (Q5)

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Q5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I am aware that the video is rotated an angle, this due to Quicktime not cooperating with me. I have decided to leave it like this for now as I have other questions to do.

I also posted my film on my facebook page to get feedback from my friends on there. 

Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

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I got a person that watched my film to give me their views in the film. I used her as she is part of the target audience that i wanted to appeal to. 

evaluation -question 6

what technologies have you learned during the process

 during the process of making our film i learned to use technologies such as final cut pro and sound track pro.

the split screen; (example on video)

1. we put the two clips that we wanted to be plit we put on top of each other
2. at first you can only view one of the lips but we realised the we had to change the size of the 'image and wire frame'. first of all we changed the size of the clip that we can see, the we was able to view the clip behind that we also changed the size of as well 
3. next we positioned them how we wanted .
4. lastly we had to render that part of editing so the split screen can be seen  

changing colour of flashback scene

1. first clip of the flashback scene we went to video effects and searched for colour transitions and clicked on tint, immediately the clip will change to a deep brown. however the group experimented with different colours such as blue but went back to brown
2. we changed the intensity of the brown to make it lighter
3. once the first clip was done we copied and pasted the filters onto the other flashback scene clips, and pasted the attributes  

music and foley sound on soundtrack pro

1. we opened our movie that was finished editing so when we added the music the timing will be right and matched the action
2. we added foley sound such as camera clips and footsteps and added it to the right part that was needed and changed the sound so the foley sound wasn't too loud
3. next thing was the music, we went through a list and once found the sounds that we wanted we added that as a layer and stretched it if it was too short.
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Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We used production and distribution companies such as "CANDI PRODUCTIONS" and "CANDI STUDIOS". They are a smaller independent company as these kind of production teams produce films that are made by amateur directors that produce films for festivals where people can bid for distribution. They are a small independent company as they have small budgets ranging from about £2 million to £3 million. These companies suit my film best as they are small in terms of suiting our budget and allow to display the film to a local british audience. As a result it also made sense to use this company in our film as it made it realistic as it's a college film.

evaluation question 5

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evaluation Question 4

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Evaluation - Audience (Q4)

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Evaluation question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?


At the beginning of our thriller sequence we used a local institution 'Candi Productions' and 'Candi studios'.
I feel we can widen the options for film industry to distribute out thriller.




 Our thriller  was produced and made in the UK. I would distribute it through a british distribution company which means it will be cheaper than distributing abroad and quicker to distribute to the cinemas.

'Left' is a UK film distribution company that releases independent genres for UK film fans. they Work on UK film distribution of new independent movies in cinemas, on DVD, and download. Many of the films they distribute are in the horror, sci-fi, action and comedy genres, this will fit our genre because horror and thriller can be categorized the same also our thriller also contains action. Left is also a modern UK film distribution company which means they focus on audience engagement and social marketing through the internet.

Examples of movies LEFT distributes

left gives the option of 'preview' which means that it would give the audience a glimpse of a moie and attract them to watch the whole movie, 'rent or buy the movie' means that we may potentially raise money from our movie aslo.

LEFT- film distribution company                 


The three main UK cinemas are;

The BFI are in partners with other cinemas such as the Imax 3D cinema


How will the British Film institute help raise awareness to audience about your thriller?

• The BFI advertising fund provides £4 million every year to help british distributers  promote non mainstream films
• on the website fans and viewers can rent, buy, download or watch our thriller. An advantage of having our film distributed online also is that it ay be lower budget.

Evaluation - Distribution (Q3)

Distribution 

The Distribution company i have decided my media product from would be a Hollywood Big Studio: Universal. At first and on the piece of media i used a local distributor (Candi Studios) but since then i have decide that Universal would be a much better choice. The reason i have chosen to change to this conglomerate owned company because it allows access to press and public networks which will then make it easier to advertise as, if it were a smaller company it would make advertising a lot harder and take a lot more money, as the access to media networks, and radio stations would not be available at hand, and instead would have to be paid for at a competitive price; the price of radio adverting, for a 30second spot played once is roughly about £1300, on popular radio stations, and for the wide success of a movie it may have to be played hundreds of times on different stations to allow for a widespread awareness of the upcoming movie, plus other promotions. This could be very difficult for a British or Local distribution company, as the budget may not be very large, where as this big company had allot more money to spend of advertising. 


Using Universal Studios for my distribution company, would also allow the movie a global distribution, with a company that dominates big cinema chains and marking machines (Tv Networks, Radio Stations, internet websites). Using a Hollywood big studio like Universal also promises a Big Budget, Big Stars and Big production Values; an example of this is the 2012 movie Thriller: Safe house, which was Distributed by Universal and had a budget of $85 million. And had big hollywood stars like Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.

Evaluation - Representation

Our thriller does not really represent any social groups, only maybe Murders.

Our representation of gender was defiantly negative as she was a murderer however some may say otherwise, they may say that they like the representation of the murder being a female as it went against the unconventional and showed women as being stronger and independent, and not a sexual item.
Our representation of ethnicity was more complex because the representation on ethnicity was underlying, undeveloped and unconscience. but was overall negative as she was a killer.

I believe that some technical aspects affected the way the social groups and characters in a positive way. the Lighting and mise en scene help show the unconventional representation of gender in the scene, as it was dark and gloomy in the room and was very bland and basic, and showed no feminine aspects.

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Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

"Reminisce" represents social groups such as young people. It relates back to categories in TV drama such as age, ethnicity and gender.


Representation refers to the construction in media and shows the of aspects of ‘reality’ such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts.

In our film opening we represented social groups such as young people, for example it was clear that the character/victim in our film was a young person (around 16) as she looked young and seemed to be studying before her death. The killer however was supposed to be older, her age ranging from about 18 - 21. 


                                                                   The Victim 

                                                                    
                                                                     The Killer

Ethnicity: The killer is black and the victim is black. However it isn't part of the story as they are not main representations in films. For example, in many thriller/horror films it is rare for their to be a black on black killing that is the main focus of the film.


Gender: Both character are female, this plays against representation in film or TV Drama as male characters are normally the ones featured doing the killing. 


The representation of age in "Reminisce" is complex as we used costume to make Saskie look vulnerable and young and Victoria look aggressive i.e the use of black clothing. 

evaluation 2- Representation (Q2)

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EVALUATION: Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The conventions of film openings are the introduction of the main characters as well as the theme of having a murder, the weapon used in the murder being shown, the sense of the character for example if they look like the stereotypical evil looking killer and also the use of spilt screen as well as the use of images and text. As a group we followed these conventions as they were effective in terms of getting the audiences attention and adding tension. The idea was taken from the film "Mesrine" below.

                                                                  "Reminisce" 

This use of intertextuality effective as we followed these same conventions in our own film opening but made it into our own.

The killing scene that shows a mid shot/close up of the knife follows the conventions of many other fims, an example of a film that does this is "The Stepfather".

Our film opening follows the conventions of film openings. The order of the title sequences goes as follows:

- Production logo
- Distribution
- Producer
- Music
- Costume Designer
- Editor
- Actors
- Title of the Film.

"Reminisce" follows the similar conventions that "Panic Room" follows.

However in this the title film appears in the middle of the sequence and ours is shown at the end. I think that it develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products as it looks realistic and they are laced in places that suits the nature of the film. 

The film also followed conventions of having a murderer. In most thriller films that feature a killer, they tend to wear dark colours. In "Reminisce" the killer wears black clothing to symbolise that she is the  "evil one".  The killer, Michael Myers from the "Halloween" seriers of slasher film wears dark clothing and carries a knife.  

Evaluation, question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and convention of real media products


the convention of film openings

my group has followed the conventions of a film opening .
compared to other film conventions- memento