Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Monday, 14 April 2014
Question 7
7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Whilst doing our continuity exercise, the amount of responsibilities such as the planning, editing and filming where very small as to what I had to do for my opening sequence.
Within the continuity exercise I worked in a group, with Phoebe and Ciara, we were told within the lessons the exact shots we had to take and how long we needed to take them for, which was very straightforward. We filmed within our school and tried to grasp the shots as much as possible to how they are in the actually clip, we used Imovie and Final cut express to import and edit and it was done within two lessons.
However, whilst doing the opening sequence I decided I wanted to do it on my own and it was a lot harder than what I thought it would be. The amount of research put into the film opening compared to the continuity exercise was massive. For the film opening I had to choose a genre I wanted to base my film opening on, then I had to decide upon what I wanted my film opening to be about, look at different film openings, compare and evaluate each of them. I had to plan each shot on a story board, decide how long I wanted each shot to be, what characters I wanted in it, who would be the best character for each scene, what props I would need, the locations, the camera angles and whether it would all fit in to the duration of the time given for the opening sequence. I got to grips with how to use Final Cut Express and Imovie properly on my own and not within a group all helping one another, it made me feel like I had a lot more work to do but I did feel in control and I did like having the responsibility.
I do think that from the continuity exercise to now I have learnt a lot and realized how capable I am. I never really cared much for planning and story boards, but within the opening sequence I realized how important and grateful I was to have planned so much and done a storyboard as it helped me a lot.
My research I did into crime thrillers really helped me under the conventions of a typical crime thriller and gave me many ideas on my own film opening, for example, the slow daunting music which helps sit the mood.
Whilst editing my continuity exercise I did not really have any problems where as in my film opening I realized the stress and issues you can actually have. I went over my duration and I had to cut down my scenes with I was not that happy with but if I did not it would have dragged out and I would have lost the interest of my audience. I realized whilst filming that the actors are not as serious as you would want them to be if it was there own film opening, I did have to film many scenes over three times until they were correct but I did not find that much of an issue as some of the funny scenes come in good use for the flashbacks.
Overall, I feel as if I have made a huge jump from simple filming to hard planning, I did find it hard as it is very time consuming to make sure your film opening is correct, to find the right music, the right fonts and so on, but it was all worth it in the end and I am happy to have had this experience to help me in the future.
Whilst doing our continuity exercise, the amount of responsibilities such as the planning, editing and filming where very small as to what I had to do for my opening sequence.
Within the continuity exercise I worked in a group, with Phoebe and Ciara, we were told within the lessons the exact shots we had to take and how long we needed to take them for, which was very straightforward. We filmed within our school and tried to grasp the shots as much as possible to how they are in the actually clip, we used Imovie and Final cut express to import and edit and it was done within two lessons.
However, whilst doing the opening sequence I decided I wanted to do it on my own and it was a lot harder than what I thought it would be. The amount of research put into the film opening compared to the continuity exercise was massive. For the film opening I had to choose a genre I wanted to base my film opening on, then I had to decide upon what I wanted my film opening to be about, look at different film openings, compare and evaluate each of them. I had to plan each shot on a story board, decide how long I wanted each shot to be, what characters I wanted in it, who would be the best character for each scene, what props I would need, the locations, the camera angles and whether it would all fit in to the duration of the time given for the opening sequence. I got to grips with how to use Final Cut Express and Imovie properly on my own and not within a group all helping one another, it made me feel like I had a lot more work to do but I did feel in control and I did like having the responsibility.
I do think that from the continuity exercise to now I have learnt a lot and realized how capable I am. I never really cared much for planning and story boards, but within the opening sequence I realized how important and grateful I was to have planned so much and done a storyboard as it helped me a lot.
My research I did into crime thrillers really helped me under the conventions of a typical crime thriller and gave me many ideas on my own film opening, for example, the slow daunting music which helps sit the mood.
Whilst editing my continuity exercise I did not really have any problems where as in my film opening I realized the stress and issues you can actually have. I went over my duration and I had to cut down my scenes with I was not that happy with but if I did not it would have dragged out and I would have lost the interest of my audience. I realized whilst filming that the actors are not as serious as you would want them to be if it was there own film opening, I did have to film many scenes over three times until they were correct but I did not find that much of an issue as some of the funny scenes come in good use for the flashbacks.
Overall, I feel as if I have made a huge jump from simple filming to hard planning, I did find it hard as it is very time consuming to make sure your film opening is correct, to find the right music, the right fonts and so on, but it was all worth it in the end and I am happy to have had this experience to help me in the future.
Question 6
6. What have you learn about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Whilst making my opening sequence (film opening) and planning I really got use to using Final cut express, I had difficulty when beginning to use it as it looked very complicated and hard to understand but whilst working and editing on my film opening I feel as if i grew to it a lot more and now I completely understand what to do. I discovered new things such as bringing the text in and out using the speed tool.
I used Imovie to upload my film opening on before importing it on to Final Cut Express, we did not use this program very much but I did spend a lot of time on it as I had problems trying to import my opening sequence from the camera to the computer due to new technology.
I also found it rather interesting that I could put music into my opening sequence, using an app provided by the school Garage Band. Without this program I don't think my film opening would of been as gripping as it is. I used two different types of music, both very similar with the taunting, high pitched sound that toys with your emotions of being scared but at the same time sad of the situation taking place. This program was very simple and easy to get the grips with, especially if you've used music program before for your own personal use they are all pretty much the same. The fact that this program was so easy to use I think made the process a lot more easy going for myself.
Whilst making my opening sequence (film opening) and planning I really got use to using Final cut express, I had difficulty when beginning to use it as it looked very complicated and hard to understand but whilst working and editing on my film opening I feel as if i grew to it a lot more and now I completely understand what to do. I discovered new things such as bringing the text in and out using the speed tool.
I used Imovie to upload my film opening on before importing it on to Final Cut Express, we did not use this program very much but I did spend a lot of time on it as I had problems trying to import my opening sequence from the camera to the computer due to new technology.
I also found it rather interesting that I could put music into my opening sequence, using an app provided by the school Garage Band. Without this program I don't think my film opening would of been as gripping as it is. I used two different types of music, both very similar with the taunting, high pitched sound that toys with your emotions of being scared but at the same time sad of the situation taking place. This program was very simple and easy to get the grips with, especially if you've used music program before for your own personal use they are all pretty much the same. The fact that this program was so easy to use I think made the process a lot more easy going for myself.
Question 5
5. How did you attract your audience?
Before making my opening sequence I thought it would be a good idea to speak to the audience I wanted to target what they would want in a new movie. My audience range (16-24) was perfect as this allowed me to ask people around my school and friends of mine for advice which made the process much more quick and easy.
Many boys I had asked said that any type of crime thriller interested them as long as it had a good plot and story line. But one person in particular, Marc 22, said that he would have a lot more interest in the film and more sympathy towards the girls if they were good looking, therefore I choose my two friends Alice and Abigail. Girls said the same as boys, the wanted a good looking boy but he had a bad side to him or a secret to him so therefore I used Mitch, and thought that using him to be a spy or mi5 agent would be a great secret or bad side to him that the audience wanted to see.
Many people said that it would be better if the opening sequence took place in a familiar place so that it is more realistic so therefore I thought using my own home and Mitch's home would be a great idea.
After completing my opening sequence I showed it to many people I had asked for opinions on before hand and they liked that I took the opinions on the characters and the setting and that therefore attracted them more towards the opening sequence.
Before making my opening sequence I thought it would be a good idea to speak to the audience I wanted to target what they would want in a new movie. My audience range (16-24) was perfect as this allowed me to ask people around my school and friends of mine for advice which made the process much more quick and easy.
Many boys I had asked said that any type of crime thriller interested them as long as it had a good plot and story line. But one person in particular, Marc 22, said that he would have a lot more interest in the film and more sympathy towards the girls if they were good looking, therefore I choose my two friends Alice and Abigail. Girls said the same as boys, the wanted a good looking boy but he had a bad side to him or a secret to him so therefore I used Mitch, and thought that using him to be a spy or mi5 agent would be a great secret or bad side to him that the audience wanted to see.
Many people said that it would be better if the opening sequence took place in a familiar place so that it is more realistic so therefore I thought using my own home and Mitch's home would be a great idea.
After completing my opening sequence I showed it to many people I had asked for opinions on before hand and they liked that I took the opinions on the characters and the setting and that therefore attracted them more towards the opening sequence.
Question 4
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
As I spoke about before in question 2, I do believe that my opening sequence is targeted more at the younger generation rather than the older generation because of the representation of young adults and the confusing plot of the story. People from an older generation do not particularly enjoy watching films that are confusing and hard to follow, rather than interesting them I think it would bore them as they will not understand the plot. They cannot relate to anyone as the opening sequence only has three characters, those of which are teenagers and young adults.
The younger generation would familiarize themselves more from little clips within the scene, such as when Alice, Abigail and Mitch are sitting around and joking whilst eating minstrels, that would be something many teenagers would do with there friends or messing around tidying up and making things in the kitchen rather than just doing it. The way that Mitchs car is still quite old, hes a mi5 agent and his driving a Clio gives the humorous side out that this could be his first car, he might of just started driving. Little things within the scene would relate to teenagers way more than an older generation.
Question 3
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
For my film opening I decided to use Dream work pictures. DreamWorks Studios also known as is a California film studio which distributes films, video games and television programming. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totaling more than $100 million each. Most of DreamWorks' films are marketed and distributed by The Walt Disney Studios under its Touchstone Pictures label. I thought that I would use Dream work pictures as my media distrubuter as it is such a well known distrubuter. Dream works have won Academy Awards for American Beauty and A Beautiful mind both very similar to my film opening, with a genre of crime fiction, and such twists and gripping scenes made me believe that this particular media distributor would be the best one for my opening sequence.
For my film opening I decided to use Dream work pictures. DreamWorks Studios also known as is a California film studio which distributes films, video games and television programming. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totaling more than $100 million each. Most of DreamWorks' films are marketed and distributed by The Walt Disney Studios under its Touchstone Pictures label. I thought that I would use Dream work pictures as my media distrubuter as it is such a well known distrubuter. Dream works have won Academy Awards for American Beauty and A Beautiful mind both very similar to my film opening, with a genre of crime fiction, and such twists and gripping scenes made me believe that this particular media distributor would be the best one for my opening sequence.
Question 2
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think that the representation of young female and male teenagers within my film opening is one that I think deals with a rather niche social group. No other characters are used except for teenagers or younger adults. So therefore I believe that this opening sequence would only interest those of that age as well as people of an older generation would not be able to familiarize themselves with none of the characters.
However, when receiving my feedback I thought I should ask a mixture of different people so I had a clear view of who my opening sequence would actually interest. I spoke to Melinda, 56, and she gave her opinion that this opening sequence would interest her as it has a twist to it but however for some other people of her age they might find it confusing and hard to follow. I also spoke to Sarah, 34, she said that she thought it would interest her children Betty 15, and Charlie 18, more than it interested her, she had to watch over my opening sequence twice as she was confused as to what was going on and she thought that Mitch was dreaming and was not in fact a mi5 agent which I did find disappointing to hear. I spoke to her children and they loved it! They believe that it would interest people more of a younger generation as all movies these days always have the same sort of catch or story line, but this is different, they enjoyed the twists and wanted to know what would happen next.
Overall I did receive a mixture of good and bad feedback, but I knew that my opening sequence would interest the younger generation more but I am glad that I got honest opinions and feedback from everyone.
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