Link to Preliminary
This is our Preliminary task.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
Final Film (Liam & Aaron)
AS FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO Aaron Riley: The Birth of a Nightmare (Final Film): This is our final film that we filmed and edited. It will show our our menu screen created, our groups promo vid and the introduction titles.
The Main Menu appears at the end. This is due to a loop in the video.
The Main Menu appears at the end. This is due to a loop in the video.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Evaluation
This is a video of somebody within the age of my target audience, they are watching my film opening and they are going to give me some un-biased feedback, positives and negatives of my film opening.
The reason I chose to record his actions is because it is a way to identify if my film matches the target audience i chose to aim it at. This is a good technique and could be used by other media producers in order to gain criticism to make their product better before releasing it for the public to see.
Evaluation
How did you attract/address your audience?
We came up with many things that would attract our target audience of young people aged 17-19 to watch our film, one of these is we included young people to act in the film, this makes the audience relate to the film more because everything that character does would be an act on how themselves act. Also the costumes, I made our character wear very casual clothing that would be seen as cool at this moment in time, our audience will be able to relate to this character more than if it was a 70 year old man. I feel it's crucial to try and get your audience engaged and feel they relate to the characters.
We also made the titles of the film look very modern to keep the audience engaged when they watch it, this is good because if they seen a dull 'outdated' introduction title they probably wouldnt want to watch it anymore, so I done the best I could to make it look modern and also 'cool'.
I also showed the film to a class full of students within my age group and they watched it a few times, taking notes and then they gave back what they thought worked well and what could be improved. I done this before the deadline so that I could choose things out of the criticism that I could change in order to make it better.
Here is a screenshot of the promo, this is what is shown after the menu screen and just before the introduction titles, this will attract the audience because it's quite bright and the sound also is like an explosion, this will attract teens because its loud and catches the eye and is far from dull so this should tempt them to carry on watching.
Link To Preliminary
For some reason we could not upload our preliminary task onto blogger, but to view it you can copy this link in to your browser, and this link will take you to vidmeup.com where you can view the preliminary.
: http://laurasmith.vidmeup.com/view?q=4f324c0d77a8f.flv
: http://laurasmith.vidmeup.com/view?q=4f324c0d77a8f.flv
Evaluation
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Well, the preliminary task was a quick, and simple task. The shots used in the preliminary were very basic, involving a close up of match on action, mid shots, over the shoulder shots and a little bit of dialect, that was rather easy compared to the challenges I had to face when filming the full product.
Since the preliminary task I have learnt many different and complex shot types, including tracking shots, high angle shots, low angle shots etc.. As I was filming a film opening I know I would have to add a variety of different shot types into it so i had to learn them all and practice filming these types of shots in order to film them to the best of my ability when it came to the real thing.
With the preliminary it was so quick and wasn't taken so serious but when it came to the real product I focused solely on perfecting each shot to make it look as professional as i could, on the way learning how to use a Tri-pod, in order to make each shot steady and not shake as it would if i was filming with the camera in my hand.
Also in the preliminary there was no editing involved so one thing I have learned since then would be using the editing programmes to edit clips to make them as clean and professional as possible. Without the editing programmes my film opening would be unprofessional and basically would just have lots of cuts going to the next scene instead of doing it professionally and making clips fade in to one another etc..
Well, the preliminary task was a quick, and simple task. The shots used in the preliminary were very basic, involving a close up of match on action, mid shots, over the shoulder shots and a little bit of dialect, that was rather easy compared to the challenges I had to face when filming the full product.
Since the preliminary task I have learnt many different and complex shot types, including tracking shots, high angle shots, low angle shots etc.. As I was filming a film opening I know I would have to add a variety of different shot types into it so i had to learn them all and practice filming these types of shots in order to film them to the best of my ability when it came to the real thing.
With the preliminary it was so quick and wasn't taken so serious but when it came to the real product I focused solely on perfecting each shot to make it look as professional as i could, on the way learning how to use a Tri-pod, in order to make each shot steady and not shake as it would if i was filming with the camera in my hand.
Also in the preliminary there was no editing involved so one thing I have learned since then would be using the editing programmes to edit clips to make them as clean and professional as possible. Without the editing programmes my film opening would be unprofessional and basically would just have lots of cuts going to the next scene instead of doing it professionally and making clips fade in to one another etc..
EVALUATION
How does your media product represent certain social groups? (Textual analysis)
The clip begins with a main menu screen from high up, as a bird’s eye view shot of the ground. You see red paint splat against the wall which is the background, you hear the splat sound, representing death and also the colour of the splat on the wall is red which symbolises horror and violence.
Once the play button is pressed it fades to our promo clip, giving the audience the name of my group which is Supernova, this name was chosen because the sun is full of energy and so is our group,giving lots of new ideas etc.
We hear dark, sinister music, showing us the clip is going to start, ask the music gets louder and start to build tension it cuts instantly to an extreme close-up of the actor’s eye. The camera then slowly tracks out revealing the characters body, he is led on the floor just waking up, and the character looks baffled symbolising he may have been in danger previously, this represents the male being dominated and feeling weak, this could be seen as a modern view of men. The character then gets up scratches his head in amazement of how confused he is and starts to walk out of the scene. The camera changes into a high shot; the camera has a green effect to make it look like a CCTV camera, showing the audience he may be being watched, hinting to them the genre of the movie which is horror, again this is showing the audience that the male is being dominated and feeling powerless.
Next we see a close-up of the character looking into the mirror, he turns on the tap and washes his face, and the sound of the water running is synchronous. He washes his face and we hear more sinister sounds, as if there’s something/someone in the room with him. The camera tracks in to his face, and we see bugs crawl up the characters face, the character is looking scared which is a modern view of men because traditionally men would be seen as masculine and "fearless". This atmosphere in the clip at the moment again is representing horror.
As the previous scene fades, it goes into the next scene. Here the character is walking out of the bathroom and back into the living room (location of first scene) the camera deliberately goes fuzzy implying that he’s feeling drowsy, this could be due to the bugs, they may have had an effect on them, and the music during this is quite sinister and creates the horror atmosphere.
The character then drops and passes out, this leaves the audience think the bugs have killed him. There is a close up of his arm, the camera slowly drifts up his arms, and then again but up his leg. We next see the characters face, the music is tense at this point and then this is when the character wakes up and screams, with a horrific face, leaving the audience quite scared. The clip then goes black and we think it’s over but then we hear a synchronous door bell sound and the character wakes up as if it was all a dream and heads down stairs..
The clip begins with a main menu screen from high up, as a bird’s eye view shot of the ground. You see red paint splat against the wall which is the background, you hear the splat sound, representing death and also the colour of the splat on the wall is red which symbolises horror and violence.
Once the play button is pressed it fades to our promo clip, giving the audience the name of my group which is Supernova, this name was chosen because the sun is full of energy and so is our group,giving lots of new ideas etc.
We hear dark, sinister music, showing us the clip is going to start, ask the music gets louder and start to build tension it cuts instantly to an extreme close-up of the actor’s eye. The camera then slowly tracks out revealing the characters body, he is led on the floor just waking up, and the character looks baffled symbolising he may have been in danger previously, this represents the male being dominated and feeling weak, this could be seen as a modern view of men. The character then gets up scratches his head in amazement of how confused he is and starts to walk out of the scene. The camera changes into a high shot; the camera has a green effect to make it look like a CCTV camera, showing the audience he may be being watched, hinting to them the genre of the movie which is horror, again this is showing the audience that the male is being dominated and feeling powerless.
Next we see a close-up of the character looking into the mirror, he turns on the tap and washes his face, and the sound of the water running is synchronous. He washes his face and we hear more sinister sounds, as if there’s something/someone in the room with him. The camera tracks in to his face, and we see bugs crawl up the characters face, the character is looking scared which is a modern view of men because traditionally men would be seen as masculine and "fearless". This atmosphere in the clip at the moment again is representing horror.
As the previous scene fades, it goes into the next scene. Here the character is walking out of the bathroom and back into the living room (location of first scene) the camera deliberately goes fuzzy implying that he’s feeling drowsy, this could be due to the bugs, they may have had an effect on them, and the music during this is quite sinister and creates the horror atmosphere.
The character then drops and passes out, this leaves the audience think the bugs have killed him. There is a close up of his arm, the camera slowly drifts up his arms, and then again but up his leg. We next see the characters face, the music is tense at this point and then this is when the character wakes up and screams, with a horrific face, leaving the audience quite scared. The clip then goes black and we think it’s over but then we hear a synchronous door bell sound and the character wakes up as if it was all a dream and heads down stairs..
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