Evaluation

Evaluation

1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of the media products?
Here shows some frame/screen shots of parts of our film. The shots show that most of our film was continual however the storyline with the two characters was monatage, the use of the two characters gave the initial idea of the film, the same loaction shows this aswell. In some parts of the film we did ellipsis whihch meant that we sped a few scenes up. The part when the male actor is entering the house and when the female actress is running a bath, we sped these scenes up, we didnt speed it up by lots as it would look un-natural, we had to do it to the right speed. Another use of speeding it up was that initially our film was too long so we had to make it shorter, speeding it up helped us do this.

2) How does your media product represent particular socail groups?

3) What kind of media institutions distritbute your media product and why?

4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

For our film we wanted our target age group around the same age as us; we thought that it would be better to base a film around what we would like. The chosen target audience was 15 - 18 year olds. The image to the left is a picture of 4 students holding up signs of the target audience , we chose these students as they were ages between 15 and 18.

5) How did you attract/address your target audience?
Here is a questionnaire that we created for our target audience to do after they had finished watching our film opening. The questionnaire was designed to shows the target audiences reactions and what they thought about our film. I made the questionnaire for our team to then hand out to people who watched our film. We had good responces which we were very happy with, one common thing that was said to be improved on was the acting skills however everything else the target audience thought was done very well and to a high standard.

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

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

Preliminary

Preliminary Film

Preliminary Task
For the Preliminary task we had to produce a short film which was continual throughout and also keep to the rule of the 180 degree rule. Not only this but we had to also include actors opening a door and shuting it which flowed. The whole of the filming had to flow naturally without interuption.
How My Preliminary Turned Out
In the end me and my partner amie decided to film our preliminary task at school and film two of a our firends, natalie and emily. The plot of the preliminary task was emily walking into a classroom and borrowing a book from natalie. With this simple plot i believe that we got in all the shots we needed and kept to the 180 degree rule.

Shot 1

The image on the left is a shot from the preliminary film. I chose this shot to show how my film was continual and flowed. In this image you can see emily opening the door. We had to make sure that she pushed to door handle right down to make it easier to film it continually.

Shot 2

Now in the image to left you can see the next shot of emily the other side of the doorand about to open it. We remembered that on the other shot was left emily holding the door hangle down becuase of this we had to still show this in the next shot to make it continual. I think that me and amie filmed this part of the film very well. My contributions to this part of the film was that i filmed shot 1 and amie filmed filmed shot 2.

Conclusion

In conclusion i was very pleased with the overall filming and i think that me and amie kept the film continual throughout. I am most proud of the opening door shots becuase it flows naturally however to improve i believe that i could have done a better job of the dialoge part as some parts of the film faded.

Planning

Director's Pitch/ Treatment for Film Opening

As a group we had to think about the directors pitch and the film opening as a whole. On the link to the left you can see the basic outline of the plot and how it will appear to the audience when they watch it. The generic features of the film were very key to highlight and so was the resources needed and location. Permission for location was not exactly needed as it will be at a private home location. Because it is going to be at a memebers of the casts house then there was no need to get a permission slip or anything. The loctaion being at Wills house is perfect for the setting of our film, his long drive way will be excellent to use in our film. Finally we looked at key shots nd special features. We already had in mind what type of shots we wanted and so lucky for us the location was perfect for filming these perfect shots.

Storyboards


This is the first part of the storyboard in which we chose for our filming. To hlep us decide whihch storyboard was best we asked a number of people which one they thought would be most interesting to watch and so chose from there onwards. We also took into consideration whether the film would be easy to film/make and also whether it was a suitable genre for our target audience we chose.

This is the second part of the storyboard and so you can see how the plot of the film carries on. From looking at the storyboard you can already see

The Storyboard above is our chosen storyboard to use!

This is another storyboard that we had a choice of. This storyboard plot idea was mine and i draw it up aswell. Personally i believe that this idea is very realistic and could easily be done, however we asked a few people for the target audience and they prefered the other storyboard.

This film opening wouldn't be full of shots however the shots would be held on for a long time to fill up the 2 minutes. This film opening have a combinations of long shots and close-ups which would be ideal for a beginning of a film.

Target Audience Research

Questionnaire
For part of the target audience research Amie Walker and I designed and created a questionnaire aimed at our target audience to fill out. The aim of the questionnaire was to discover what type of films 17-18 year olds mostly enjoyed and what they find most interesting when watching a film.

Target Audience Research

Film Deconstructions

Analysis of the opening Bonnie and Clyde
-1967
-Genre - Gangster

Started with the warner bors logo to indiciate to the reader that the film was made by this company. A photoslide was shown which included black and white photos. The use of the balck and white photos showed the age of the film and to set the time of the film. The only sounds that can be heard is the clicking of the photos changing. This is a foley effect. After a couple of pictures credits are shown of the director and actors because they are the most important part of the making of the film they are shown at the very beginning. The main actors are written straight away. The sequence of photos are shown for a quite a long time and pictures images of people back in that time period, most of the photos showed long shots instead of closeup shots. A soundtrack is finally introduced and then the pictures of Bonnie and Clyde, by each picture they have pieces of writing describing the charater, this is helpful for the audience to understand better especially if they have not heard of the people before. The title of the film is then pictured in striking colour compared to the background which stands out. The film then instantly changes to an extreme upclose of Bonnie, a main focus on her red lipstick whihc attracts the audience instantly. The shot then moves onto a close up onto the whole of her face in a mirror. Bonnie moves to the bed and a mid shot is used to picture this,Bonnie is banging against the bed in boredom, the audience gets a clear idea of this. Mid long shots show Bonnies naked body. The duo, Bonnie and Clyde are introduced by using a high angle shot picturing Clyde attempting to steal her car. The pair instantly have dialogue between them and in the next scene she quickly gets dressed to meet Clyde for the first time. There is a two shot/long shot of the two of them walking to down. In the next scene quite alot of closeups are used. A closeup of the pair dirinking some coke and closeup of the gun Clyde is carryuing around. The use of the closeups shows the intenseness the pair share and makes the audience really engage to what is about to happen.


Analysis of the opening se7en
-David Fincher
-1995
-Genre - Thriller

New line Cinema is firstly introduced which is what the film is created by. As soon as the film starts to begin and before you can see anything police sirens are introduced. By the use of this sound instantly introduced you can tell what the genre of the film is. One of the main charcters, morgan freeman is introduced straight away. Morgan freeman is a huge star and so this shows that it will attract the audience to watch the rest of the film.


Analysis of the opening Saw 5
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-Genre - Thriller

A fuzzy blured television screen is pictued straight away along with scratchy type music, this goes very well with the the theme of the genre and suggest mystery already. Pictures of drawings of cogs and mechanical pieces are introduced along with a heavy beating soundtrack. With all of these put together the audience already gets a feel of the genre of film. As the mechanical pictures are shown a letter is shown one by one which then introduces the name of the film straight away. Scratching electronic music is played throughout. As soon as this ends the first shot begins. A close-up shot of an ash tray and a hand holding a cigarette. The cigarette already symbolises rebellion aswell as the smoke symbolises mystery. The only sounds the audience can hear are police sirens concluding to the audience that the first shot is set in a busy area, maybe full of crime. Two charasters are then introduced straight away. The body language of both are very different from each other. The one holding the cigarette is very shakey and dressed very casual and dirty however the other man appears quite confident and dressed very formal. The clothes tell the audience alot about their class and may conclude what has happened previously. Pan shots of photographs and needles are shown, close-ups are used to show the audience how sugnificant these objects are to the film. A clever shot is used to show you are going back in time, it is speeded up to indicate once again it is back in time. To show where the next shot is taken a nurse is used to indicate that this man is in a hospital. The use of the nurse shows that it is very clear they are in a hospital. Dialogue is used between the nurse and man. A mid shot shows the man waiting for a lift and then a tracking shot is used zooming up towards the back of his head. Silence is used to give the effect that something bad is about to happen to this man.


Analysis of the opening of the hangover
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-genre - Comedy

Romantic Italien music is instantly introduced which already can indicate the genre of the film to the audience. A mid-shot of people getting flowers out of a floral van, the colours of the flowers are very feminine, pinks and whites are used which show that it is for a wedding of some sort. A pan shot is instantly used to show people getting ready and setting up the wedding. The audience can then hear phone buttons bein pressed, which is a foley effect, as you can hear them being pressed but not actually seen. A faded transistion is used from people getting ready to a wedding cake showing that it its deffinatly a wedding. Credits are being displayed along near the bottom/mid part of the screen reading in white italic writing. The use of the white italic writing gives a romantic feel to the film instantly. A mid-shot of a concerned womens face dressed in a wedding dress indicates she is the bride and looks outside the window as if she is looking for someone to arrive. In the next scene alot of 2 shots and over the shoulder shots are used between the family of the bride and the bride. The dialogue being used is very negative showing that something is wrong. A comparison shot is then used between the clean white wedding to a dirty desert with the men. One of the men is on the phone with the expression of being distressed. A soundtrack is introduced, thumping music which sounds like a band, alot of drum beating, this is very different to the beginning of the film and also shows another comparison. A tracking shot heading upwards towards the sky and then a blank background is shown with the title of the film in red. Extreme long shots of vegas are shown to set the next couple of scenes. Lots of tracking shots are used to show the scenery, almost used like a prop to them. A low angle is finally used of scenery alongside with credits.