Evaluation , Question 7

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

From doing my preliminary task I feel that I have learnt a whole new range of different skills and the skill of using different technologies. By doing the preliminary task it enabled me to have a taster of what it was like to actually film using basic camera shots.Also it was a great way for me to practice using the camera and it was a good way of me progressing and getting better. Doing the preliminary I learnt editing isn’t as straight forward and easy as I thought, it actually takes a lot of time and concentration to edit not just a whole clip but one piece of footage. Using final cut pro isn’t simple at all it actually takes quite a while to get the hang of it, but once you understand how to use it, it is much easier for you to organise your footage so that the clip flows correctly. Doing this unquestionably built my knowledge and understanding and gave me more insight on things that are right to do and things that aren’t. Below Is clip of our preliminary task I’m the one in the footage and had to learn what things to do when shooting a scene, also below is the clip of our final media product, this time I was the one behind the camera and had much more understanding on how I wanted the shots to look.  

Evaluation, Question 6

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

I have learned a whole range of things about technology while constructing my media product.

Camera: before if you had given me a camera to shoot a movie I wouldn’t completely know how to start. But filming footage I learnt loads of things. I can now use manual and auto focus and also I am now able to use the external microphone on the camera.

 

Apple Mac & Final Cut Pro : to complete our media product we had and apple imac computer and final cut pro software to use, both of which I hadn’t used before so learning how to do it now is a great accomplishment to myself. I learnt how to transfer my footage from the tape; I did this with the help of my lecturer by logging then capturing the footage. I had to pay complete attention when being shown how to do this, my lecturer sat with me and we both had to keep close eye to which bits of the footage were needed and which bits of footage was irrelevant. Also going by the footage I learnt how to pick the appropriate type of music to go with my product that again had to be done with a lot of concentration.

‘Blogger’ and ‘Youtube’ – I learnt how to create, edit and document my work on a blog. I also learnt how to upload and embed a video using youtube, this helped a lot as it made my blog look much more interesting and professional.

                                        

Evaluation, Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Well the images below show the centre point of where the whole movie is supposed to take place.

Looking at the photos you can see that the location is a learning establishment of some kind, this would appeal to those who are in this type of establishment because they could relate to the environment of where the movie is.

For the title of our movie I used a simple type of text and a plain background, I think this goes well with the whole mystery feel of the clip so it would appeal to the target audience.

The results of the questionnaire that was made to ask for people’s opinions about horror films made it easier to pick on what kind of things should be in the footage. Also the feedback was good as well as it made me aware of things I should do next time.

Evaluation, Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I would say the target audience of our product would array from teenagers to young adults ranging from the ages of 15 to 25. Going through our footage I would say our media product isn’t necessarily aimed at a specific gender, I think our target audience male or female would be interested in watching the film. How a male gender might react to the film might vary, in our media product the main character is a girl also she is a girl who is bullied in school by another group of girls so looking at that point females are more likely to relate to the character and story line so it may appeal more to them. But the blood and gore theme may circulate well with the male audience as men usually like those sorts of movies. When researching on the internet to see what top horror movies people of my target audience like these were some of the films listed:

·         Friday The 13^th

·         Scream

·         Shaun Of The Dead

·         The Ring

·         28 Days Later

·         The Hills Have Eyes

·         The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Here Is An Image Of What My Target Audience Might Look like.

Evaluation, Question 3

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

Before our lessons I don’t think I would have been able to answer this question correctly as I didn’t really understand the concept of what a media institution or distributor was. But working from September to now I have a complete understanding to what exactly it is. The production company is the necessity and backbone to any film, the production company might be responsible for the funding of your movie or they may be the starting point of introducing you to larger companies that could fund your film. Our movie ‘Vengeance’ has been made by our made up company ‘Minimalist Productions’. If we wanted our movie to be distributed we would have to get a well-known company that fits well with the genre of our film. Keeping this in mind we couldn’t bring our movie to a company such as Walt Disney as this company is usually aimed at a younger audience such as children, so doing some research I looked into the distributing topic online to see what company suited our film.   

Looking on Wikipedia I found a whole list of different film distributors around the world. If I wanted to go to a smaller distribution company I could approach a company such as StudioCanalUk this company is English and have distributed films such as ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’, ‘Tyrannosaur’,’ Don't Be Afraid of the Dark’ and ‘The Awakening’ all these films especially the awakening are somewhat similar to the genre of my movie.  Then again if I wanted to be really bold and outgoing about it I could approach much bigger companies such as Universal Studios who distributed classic horror movies such as ‘Dracula’, ‘Frankenstien’, ‘The Mummy’ , ‘Jaws’ , ‘The Thing’ and ‘Hannibal’ just to name a few.

Films similar to mine that are distributed by another company is:

Evaluation, Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I think my media product represents the group of people who love films of a horror and thriller genre.  The plot of the film is that of a girl who is bullied at school and then is accidently killed by the people that bully her. The girl’s ghost then returns to the hallways and classrooms of her school where she was killed, the plot of the story would relate well with a wide range of audiences. The target audience could range from teenagers to young adults, teenagers could relate to the character with the whole bullying aspect of it as many teenagers deal with the same thing so I think this a good representation of that.  This is definitely a good addition to our product as there will be a whole range of different teenagers coming to see the film because it deals with a serious issue as well as having the whole horror theme to go with it I think we used a good combination of represantion and theme to draw in a particular audience.

 Here is screenshot of the main character slowly walking through the corridors of her old school.

   

Evaluation , Question 1

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

In our media project I wanted to make sure that our opening sequence looked as professional as possible. We had to make sure that we utilised conventions that real media products use, but we also wanted make the conventions into our own.

Firstly, I could not let the sequence start off straight away there had to be a build-up of some sort to make it look more interesting and professional to the audience.  I  also I wanted to make it look more convincing that this was indeed a professional attempt into making an interesting media product. So keeping that in mind I wasn’t just making sure that the audience were interested I had to make sure that even I as an audience member was convinced by it. 


When picking a company logo to use it was quite a difficult decision because I did not know whether or not I should use a well-known company such as Universal, DreamWorks etc. In the end I decided to  use the college's name as the production company behind the film.  It may not be as well known as the other companies mentioned earlier, but this company idea is original like my product.

On the top right hand corner there is an example of a credit for the beginning of the film 'Kidulthood.  The editors of the film have used a plain black background then white writing in plain text. On the right hand side is the footage I have used, it is a similar tactic with the simple lettering and background at the beginning.

During media introductions of every film there is always a series of credits being shown throughout it, with this very vital concept in mind I wanted our project to have the same theme as professional films. We had our companies name come up first then a made up production company second, then we had the names of myself and my co-partner Maryam. I am listed as the editor of the production and Maryam is listed as the director. In-between credit listings were the shots of footage we had, I think this was a good idea as it makes the clip look more interesting and mysterious and would make the audience want to watch more. When crossing over to the credits we had a white background with black writing I think this was a good effect as it was not too over the top and busy and the font was the right style which complimented the genre of the film.  

My Final Project

Here is my end result of my opening sequence, though we didnt have many shots my lecturer and i made do with the shots we did have. In my opinion we did an alright job on what we did have and i am quite happy with the end result .

Equitment List

• Camera
• Tripod
• Microphone
• Clothing From The Performing Arts Department

Treatment

For ideas for our film we decided to look on the internet and research different concepts other horror movies have had, in addition to that i got an idea to look on a crime website and look at actual serial killers and their crimes.Going on the website there was a list of the 25 most notorious serial killers ranging from 1800th century to nows 21st century , one that stood out to my partner and i was a murderer who killed his victims then put their remains in hydric acid to dispose of their bodies. This gave us the idea to have our story maybe centered around a killing or death.

Prilminery Task

Here is footage of the priliminary task shots i did with the group i was put to work with, it is not very long put shows the basic camera shots used when filming of a hand shot, over the shoulder shot and shows two people having a conversation.

Camera Shots

Saturday, 25 February 2012

RE:Camera Shot list

S.B.Shot#	Angle	Movement	Notes
1.	Extreme close up	Dolly shot	Will be an extreme close of the girl’s eyes filled with revenge to grab attention.
2.	Long shot	High angle shot	View of the girl’s entire body which will give the audience more of an idea of the atmosphere
3.	Establishing shot	Dolly shot	Establish the environment the girl is in, the school hallway, to create a sudden change of atmospheres.
4.	Medium Shot	Dolly shot	Medium shot will give audience clear view of what’s written on the girl’s back.
5.	Close-up	Dolly shot	Close-up of what is written on the girl’s shirt
6.	Medium long shot	Pan shot	Constantly until we get to the playground outside.
7.	Close up	Dolly shot	Close up of girl’s face on the ground
8.	Extreme Close up	Still	Extreme close up of the sharp end of the stick to let audience know of what may be coming.
9.	Medium shot	Tilt shot	Medium shot of Vanessa showing her holding the stick and standing over Denise
10.	Establishing shot	Pan shot	Establishing shot of empty environment around
11.	Close up	still	Close up of Priya’s hand grabbing Denise
12.	Dolly shot	Dolly shot	Dolly shot of the beatings
13.	Extreme close up	Dolly shot	Extreme close up of the sharp stick against the neck
14.	Establishing shot	Zoom in on girls’ screaming mouths	Establishing shot of the screams and the desolate environment to provide audience with tense atmosphere of what could happen next
15.	Extreme close	Zoom in	Extreme close up of blood flow from neck
16.	Dolly shot	Dolly shots	Walking in and out of class rooms
17.	Close up	Tilt shot	Close up of Vanessa’s sister
18.	Close up	Over the shoulder shot	Medium shot of the back of Denise
19.	Establishing shot	High angle shot	Establishing shot of yet again desolate playground
20.	Long shot	Still shot	Long shot of Denise standing at her death place