Monday, 24 May 2010
Friday, 7 May 2010
Evaluation
8) Audience feedback and comment
Our thriller was seen by all as media students in our college. We received written and verbal feedback from our audience. Here is a questionnaire that was filled out by one of our audience members and a word cloud of how our film was described.
AS Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio
Film Title Sequence
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK sheet
Please respond quite fully to these questions – it is important to everyone’s evaluation grades.
1) Choose one aspect of film language that has been used especially well in this movie an say why
In this film they have used a very good location, both train station and office. Also the props used made the office look realistic, for example the computer as it has written on it Metropolitan police and its logo. Also the colours used for example the red lipstick is very bold and stands out, it give the audience of person the character is.
2) Choose one aspect of film language that could be improved in this movie and explain how.
The dialogue can be improved as I could understand what the police officer was saying on the phone.
3) Can you recognise any stereotypes in this movie?
The police uniform and office was very typical, also the way the women was dressed was stereotypical, as if all bad girls dress and act like that.
4) Can you think of any intertextual references with any other movies when you watch this movie? Explain.
This film reminds me of a book I read called Confessions of a Working girl. The reason why it reminds me of the book is because of the way the women is dressed and the way she look suspicious like she is up to something.
5) Who do you think would be the audience for this movie?
I think the audience is teenage girls aged between 14 and 18 as the twist to the story will interest them.
6) Write down 5 words which would describe this film
Suspicious
Bold
Sticking
Sexual
Flirtatious
7) What sort of institution do you think would release this movie
A low budget niche audience.
AS Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio
Film Title Sequence
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK sheet
Please respond quite fully to these questions – it is important to everyone’s evaluation grades.
1) Choose one aspect of film language that has been used especially well in this movie an say why
In this film they have used a very good location, both train station and office. Also the props used made the office look realistic, for example the computer as it has written on it Metropolitan police and its logo. Also the colours used for example the red lipstick is very bold and stands out, it give the audience of person the character is.
2) Choose one aspect of film language that could be improved in this movie and explain how.
The dialogue can be improved as I could understand what the police officer was saying on the phone.
3) Can you recognise any stereotypes in this movie?
The police uniform and office was very typical, also the way the women was dressed was stereotypical, as if all bad girls dress and act like that.
4) Can you think of any intertextual references with any other movies when you watch this movie? Explain.
This film reminds me of a book I read called Confessions of a Working girl. The reason why it reminds me of the book is because of the way the women is dressed and the way she look suspicious like she is up to something.
5) Who do you think would be the audience for this movie?
I think the audience is teenage girls aged between 14 and 18 as the twist to the story will interest them.
6) Write down 5 words which would describe this film
Suspicious
Bold
Sticking
Sexual
Flirtatious
7) What sort of institution do you think would release this movie
A low budget niche audience.
Evaluation
7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in task progression from it to the full product?
My skills have progressed a lot since the preliminary task. I have learnt how to focus the camera to get a clearer shot. I also learnt how to match cut scenes better and do continuous editing. I also learnt how to make a full soundtrack and how to add titles to the clip which I didn’t know how to do.
My skills have progressed a lot since the preliminary task. I have learnt how to focus the camera to get a clearer shot. I also learnt how to match cut scenes better and do continuous editing. I also learnt how to make a full soundtrack and how to add titles to the clip which I didn’t know how to do.
Evaluation
6) What have you learned about technologies from process of construction this product?
We used a video drive to store all our work on . We used a card reader to get our work from the camera on to the computer . We used a camera to film our thriller . we used SD memory card to film on. We used http://www.blogger.com/ to upload our work and record our development on internet.We used the programs LiveType , Final cut pro and Soundtrack Pro to edit our film and make titles and soundtrack for it.
The hardware such as the memory card made uploading quicker more efficient as we did not have to log and capture which is a painstakingly long process which I found in other projects prior to my a-level course in media. The camera improved the visuals and made my film clear and in focus.The apple mac computers where difficult to use at first (the mouse having no right click and the software being different to Microsoft) but as the weeks progressed using the became easier.
Evaluation
5) who would be the audience for your media product?
this is some of the things that would be in my audiences hanbag?
Lisa 18 , is a student in London .She loves going to the cinema, clubbing and shopping with friends. She works part-time in Top Shop. She listens to pop and R&B music and downloads her music from the legal music downloading site; iTunes. She regularly watches trailers for films on Youtube.
evauation
3 & 4)
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract your audience?
This is an image of videos posted on facebook
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract your audience?
This is an image of videos posted on facebook
I would distribute our thriller opening on a website such as http://www.youtube.com/ which is a popular website for sharing videos I may also upload it on social networking website such as facebook and myspace to a bigger audience. I will also invite people to a small screening og my film on these sites.
The target audience for our thriller is young adults aged 16- 25, that like watching thrillers and going out with friends . I will get my audience through sending messages on facebook and myspace and spreading the word round to my friends to watch the video. I would also use other video upload sites that are similar to youtube.com. Other audiences for my film include the people coming to view it at the screen on the green cinema. I will gain my feedback thorough questionnaires and comments received on my videos on social networking and video websites.
I could also hand out flyers to people with the links to watch the film or an invitaion to come see the film at the screening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IQoaL00N8g
This is a film posted by other media students on youtube.com it has 1,300 views and has comments on it from its audience.
These are videos put on facebook and myspace.com.
evaluation
1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
While we was planning our film we used a website www.artofthetitle.com to help gather ideas for our opening scene the openings I have chosen to compare my film to are ‘Saturday night fever’ and ‘marathon man’.
The opening of ‘Saturday Night fever’, which is not a thriller film gave us an idea for our titles.
Link: http://www.artofthetitle.com/2009/02/13/saturday-night-fever/
In the opening of ‘Marathon Man’ which is a thriller we see a man running whilst cross cutting to a man putting something in a locker. In our film opening we see a young woman walking to a train station and then it cross cuts to a detective walking to her office. Our opening constantly cross cuts from one to the other. This is called parallel editing. The thriller 'Marathon Man' gave us lots of ideas of what type of shots and music to use for our film.
links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074860/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK26KtN99R4
Editing
I edited our shots using Final cut Pro on the Apple Mac computers to edit out glitches, mistakes we made and to make our film continuous. Each of our shots where cut down to 7 seconds so we did not loose the interest of our audience. I also added a fade at the beginning and the end of our film. Once the editing was finished I edited in titles that where made on Live Type. Throughout our film there is parallel edit.
Sound
In our film we had no diegetic sounds. All none diegetic sounds where created using Apple Mac computers. I kept the soundtrack rather simple by mostly having piano instrumentals to make it sound thrilling and suspenseful. The software Soundtrack pro has a large variety and variation of different sounds and sound effects. It was rather hard to choose which sounds we wanted for our soundtrack as there was such a large variety.
Camera work
We used lots of different camera shots and angles in our opening sequence. We used close-ups of the face to show facial expressions. Tracking shots to follow characters whilst walking. Medium shots and long shots to show characters and their surroundings. We also used high angle shots to convey a sense of vulnerability within the audience. We focus on two charecters by using tracking shots , close ups and many other shots. We also have shots of certain props, shoes,etc.
Mise en scene
We picked London fields train station as our location to film and a teachers office. We picked the train station as it is a bit run down and urban to create suspence for our film. The office was a good location as it looked like a detectives office because it had lots of props files , computer, pens etc. Other props that where used in our film where cigarettes, a ring, a nail, a glass of water and painkillers. The detective was dressed very smart (shirt , tie , etc ) and the young woman was very dressed up (heels, Red lipstick ,etc)
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The thriller opening we made represents a young social group aged 16- 25 . Our film is targeted at an audience of that age as they are stereotyped as staying out late at night partying, smoking, drinking and dressed inappropriately.
I have chosen the character Evie Zamora from the film thirteen to compare to the main character in my film, because she is a typical teenager dressing inappropriately and coming home early hours of the morning from partying. In this film, teenagers are stereotyped to miss behaving smoking and taking drugs. The main character in our film is also a young woman coming back from a party early morning she is seen smoking at a train station.
While we was planning our film we used a website www.artofthetitle.com to help gather ideas for our opening scene the openings I have chosen to compare my film to are ‘Saturday night fever’ and ‘marathon man’.
The opening of ‘Saturday Night fever’, which is not a thriller film gave us an idea for our titles.
Link: http://www.artofthetitle.com/2009/02/13/saturday-night-fever/
In the opening of ‘Marathon Man’ which is a thriller we see a man running whilst cross cutting to a man putting something in a locker. In our film opening we see a young woman walking to a train station and then it cross cuts to a detective walking to her office. Our opening constantly cross cuts from one to the other. This is called parallel editing. The thriller 'Marathon Man' gave us lots of ideas of what type of shots and music to use for our film.
links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074860/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK26KtN99R4
Editing
I edited our shots using Final cut Pro on the Apple Mac computers to edit out glitches, mistakes we made and to make our film continuous. Each of our shots where cut down to 7 seconds so we did not loose the interest of our audience. I also added a fade at the beginning and the end of our film. Once the editing was finished I edited in titles that where made on Live Type. Throughout our film there is parallel edit.
Sound
In our film we had no diegetic sounds. All none diegetic sounds where created using Apple Mac computers. I kept the soundtrack rather simple by mostly having piano instrumentals to make it sound thrilling and suspenseful. The software Soundtrack pro has a large variety and variation of different sounds and sound effects. It was rather hard to choose which sounds we wanted for our soundtrack as there was such a large variety.
Camera work
We used lots of different camera shots and angles in our opening sequence. We used close-ups of the face to show facial expressions. Tracking shots to follow characters whilst walking. Medium shots and long shots to show characters and their surroundings. We also used high angle shots to convey a sense of vulnerability within the audience. We focus on two charecters by using tracking shots , close ups and many other shots. We also have shots of certain props, shoes,etc.
Mise en scene
We picked London fields train station as our location to film and a teachers office. We picked the train station as it is a bit run down and urban to create suspence for our film. The office was a good location as it looked like a detectives office because it had lots of props files , computer, pens etc. Other props that where used in our film where cigarettes, a ring, a nail, a glass of water and painkillers. The detective was dressed very smart (shirt , tie , etc ) and the young woman was very dressed up (heels, Red lipstick ,etc)
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The thriller opening we made represents a young social group aged 16- 25 . Our film is targeted at an audience of that age as they are stereotyped as staying out late at night partying, smoking, drinking and dressed inappropriately.
I have chosen the character Evie Zamora from the film thirteen to compare to the main character in my film, because she is a typical teenager dressing inappropriately and coming home early hours of the morning from partying. In this film, teenagers are stereotyped to miss behaving smoking and taking drugs. The main character in our film is also a young woman coming back from a party early morning she is seen smoking at a train station.
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