Friday, 26 April 2013
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
7. looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
how have you used the thing you learnt in your preliminary task in your 2 minute start to a film?
we used 180 degree line in our film a lot this was useful as we didn't to brake continuity and to create a scenes of realism. match on action gives the film a sense of realism and keeps the film in chronological order. i learnt a lot about match on action while editing, i found it important as it gives realism to the film. which we used in our film though out. although i didn't use shot reverse shot reverse shot in my first 2 minutes of a film, i learnt that i can be an effective way of of showing a convocation.
what have you done better?
i feel our 2 minuets of a film is better as we had more creative freedom while filming this as well as being able to film outside of college. we improved on our filming and editing skills while doing this project as well as gained confidence creatively.
have you used any different techniques?
i used shots such as high angled shot, as well as different styles of editing like jump cut in our film to help create an atmosphere for our film. match on action is frequent in our film.
we used 180 degree line in our film a lot this was useful as we didn't to brake continuity and to create a scenes of realism. match on action gives the film a sense of realism and keeps the film in chronological order. i learnt a lot about match on action while editing, i found it important as it gives realism to the film. which we used in our film though out. although i didn't use shot reverse shot reverse shot in my first 2 minutes of a film, i learnt that i can be an effective way of of showing a convocation.what have you done better?
i feel our 2 minuets of a film is better as we had more creative freedom while filming this as well as being able to film outside of college. we improved on our filming and editing skills while doing this project as well as gained confidence creatively.
have you used any different techniques?i used shots such as high angled shot, as well as different styles of editing like jump cut in our film to help create an atmosphere for our film. match on action is frequent in our film.
5 how did you attract/adress your target audience
I feel I have reached my target with our film simply by finding out what they would like to see in a thriller. We took into consideration what our audience wanted and combined this with our ideas.we took the ideas from our feedback and changed our narrative.
our traget audience is teens aged 15-25 but people older would enjoy our film.
the feed back we got from our film was very positive and our audience seemed to enjoy our film. i am pleased that our audience seemed to understand our story line. our audience compared our film to other known Thriller film such as Scream and prom night.
our feedback shows that the audience understood what genre our film is and i am pleased that we where able to portray our genre correctly.
we received constructive criticism on our first 2 minuets and if we where to do this again i would take this criticism and make our film better
our traget audience is teens aged 15-25 but people older would enjoy our film.
the feed back we got from our film was very positive and our audience seemed to enjoy our film. i am pleased that our audience seemed to understand our story line. our audience compared our film to other known Thriller film such as Scream and prom night.
our feedback shows that the audience understood what genre our film is and i am pleased that we where able to portray our genre correctly.we received constructive criticism on our first 2 minuets and if we where to do this again i would take this criticism and make our film better
7.) looking back at your prelimary task, what do you feel you have learnt int the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at the start of the year, i was not familuar with how to use differnt types of technology or aware of different shots and how differnt shots can portray differnt atmospheres and give the overall film a particualr kind of feel to it, wheather this be a extrem close up showing an uneasy facial expression or a extreme long shot establishing the locationa and setting of the film.
The different methods we have used was to make sure that all of our planning was complete and we were organised before jumping straight into the task. I think that this overall was a sucess because if we had just jumped straight into it without any back ground information ad without been sure on what we was doing it would of been an absoloute disastar.
The first practical thing we did was the preliminary excerisie which i enjoyed filmning. The planning of this consisted of making a script for the two characters for the conversation they were going to be filmed having and the palnning of the location that we filled out aswell as health and safety proceedures.
The prelimanary excersise had to consist of the 180 degree line, shot, revers shot and match on action and also continuty was very important so that the video flowed without jump cuts.
From making the main product i have learnt alot, i have learnt how to use DV camers mainly, but also i have also learnt that you can never have enough shots when editing and to make sure that you have enough to prevent having to go back afterward you have filmed to get some more shots because the film doesn't look right when editied.
I feel i have got better at editing, filming and in my opinon most impoirtantly organising and planning which i think is a key into a sucessful film.
The different methods we have used was to make sure that all of our planning was complete and we were organised before jumping straight into the task. I think that this overall was a sucess because if we had just jumped straight into it without any back ground information ad without been sure on what we was doing it would of been an absoloute disastar.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Task 3
The distributor I would chose would be entertainment http://www.entertainmentfilms.co.uk/ as this is a leading independent distributor for films and home entertainment.
I think that this will be good because they have a lot of experience and on their website at the moment the films they have distributed are doing well in the cinemas across the globe although they are all independent films and haven't been in the big line cinemas until they got do popular.
This distributor exhibits the same
genre of film as the film that we have
filmed for our this is why I think that entertainment films is a good distributor for our film.
I think that this will be good because they have a lot of experience and on their website at the moment the films they have distributed are doing well in the cinemas across the globe although they are all independent films and haven't been in the big line cinemas until they got do popular.
This distributor exhibits the same
genre of film as the film that we have
filmed for our this is why I think that entertainment films is a good distributor for our film.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
textual analysis
To begin with the group sat down and we discussed what type of genre we were going to use for our film, we came to the decision that we were going to do a phycological thriller where a teenage girl named Beth Williams is getting stalked by a boy named Liam Ronson. I think we chose this idea beacuse it is realistic to teens of our age group and it can widen their eyes to see that anything is possible in this day and age.
when we began to film we didn't think about the title sequence until after we had edit our whole film and selected which shots were going to look the best and from what angle to do this we took six different shots of each scene from a different angle and position. Throughout editing we used two transistions which were fade out fade in's this made the short clip look better and more professional we used this on the shots and on the music. The shots we used this on were the title sequence when the white logo comes up then this fades in to a balck screen wich says "presents" and then at the end of the film as we thought it looked better in this case to have a fade out as the end shot is of the character Beth Williams crying.
And in the sound this is where there is a fain music at the beginging and then this fades out for the phone ringing and the phone call and then this fades back in again for the rest of the short film, this is on low throughout to add suspense to the short movie.
when we began to film we didn't think about the title sequence until after we had edit our whole film and selected which shots were going to look the best and from what angle to do this we took six different shots of each scene from a different angle and position. Throughout editing we used two transistions which were fade out fade in's this made the short clip look better and more professional we used this on the shots and on the music. The shots we used this on were the title sequence when the white logo comes up then this fades in to a balck screen wich says "presents" and then at the end of the film as we thought it looked better in this case to have a fade out as the end shot is of the character Beth Williams crying.
And in the sound this is where there is a fain music at the beginging and then this fades out for the phone ringing and the phone call and then this fades back in again for the rest of the short film, this is on low throughout to add suspense to the short movie.
Friday, 12 April 2013
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
http://prezi.com/hxzjvr0k0ytf/present/?auth_key=kyfsoy2&follow=t58kzqasbtik
How does you're media product represent a particular social group?
How does you're media product represent a particular social group?
Thursday, 11 April 2013
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or change forms and conventions of a real media products?
Genre
In our film we used specific paradimes to show our chosen genre, Thriller and our sub-genre, stalker thriller.
We used dialogue to show that or protagonist is alone and vulnerable where as in Prom Night, Donna thinks that her family are in the house, unknowing to her they are dead.
we used similar shot as Prom Nigh as we wanted the same creepy to our film. Here we see Donna walking through her house, we used this to establish the location and to show that Beth was alone.
editing
we used a slow pace at the start of our film to show that our character is calm and in little danger as well as creating tension with our audience. this was used in "Prom Night" to do the same.
sound
in both Prom Nigh and my film, piano music is used the in back ground. we used detuned piano because it creates a more creepy vibe. where as in Prom night the piano is more soft to create a calming vibe. we wanted to cause alarm in our audience so that they know something is wrong and make them feel on edge and tense. this was because we wanted the phycological fear that beth has in our film to be transfered into our audience.
mise-en-scene
we wanted Laim to be in fully black as black connotes evil, death and mystery, it also shows that they are not to be trusted even though we dont see there face. Beth however is wearing a dark is demi jacket to show that she is not evil but that something bad might happen to her.
In our film we used specific paradimes to show our chosen genre, Thriller and our sub-genre, stalker thriller.
We used dialogue to show that or protagonist is alone and vulnerable where as in Prom Night, Donna thinks that her family are in the house, unknowing to her they are dead.
we used similar shot as Prom Nigh as we wanted the same creepy to our film. Here we see Donna walking through her house, we used this to establish the location and to show that Beth was alone. editing
we used a slow pace at the start of our film to show that our character is calm and in little danger as well as creating tension with our audience. this was used in "Prom Night" to do the same.sound
in both Prom Nigh and my film, piano music is used the in back ground. we used detuned piano because it creates a more creepy vibe. where as in Prom night the piano is more soft to create a calming vibe. we wanted to cause alarm in our audience so that they know something is wrong and make them feel on edge and tense. this was because we wanted the phycological fear that beth has in our film to be transfered into our audience.
mise-en-scene
we wanted Laim to be in fully black as black connotes evil, death and mystery, it also shows that they are not to be trusted even though we dont see there face. Beth however is wearing a dark is demi jacket to show that she is not evil but that something bad might happen to her.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Task one
Genre: Thriller. Certifification age15 years old.
Camera angle: Slightly left however frontal view.
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to fast to build up tension at the end, rhythem follows the beat of the music which is essential to the tension of the film itself.
Sound: The sound fades in and out at the appropriate times which adds tension and speeds the motion of the film up.
Mise-en-scene: Lighting, fairy lights symbolise a typical teenage girl, dream catcher symbolises nightmares and the sigma of spiritual presence. Location was at my house in my bedroom shows privacy.
Typography: Font Lucida Handwriting and the size was 22 for the tittles
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the dream catcher in this shot which may not be all that eye catching to the audience at this stage.
Genre: Thriller/ Horror
Camera angle: frontal
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to emphasis the thrill behinde the kidnap, the rhythem follows the shots as the pace adds tension to the short film which is essention to the tension of the film.
Sound: The sound is continuing throughout the music at the beiginning is ere and inticing to the audience, this then fades out into the dialect for the rest of the film.
Mise-en-scene: Lighting is fairly dark to create a subdued ere feel to the film starting in black and white transfering into colour later on. The individual objects show a complex mind for the main character this could also show a split personality which is evident later on in the short film.
Typography: The font is standard and roughly size 22 this makes this stand out to the audience and shows who the main characters are for the titles.
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the different electronic devices which could have been used for a bomb which is shown in the next shot of the film.
Camera angle: Slightly left however frontal view.
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to fast to build up tension at the end, rhythem follows the beat of the music which is essential to the tension of the film itself.
Sound: The sound fades in and out at the appropriate times which adds tension and speeds the motion of the film up.
Typography: Font Lucida Handwriting and the size was 22 for the tittles
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the dream catcher in this shot which may not be all that eye catching to the audience at this stage.
Camera angle: frontal
Continuity editing: Mid-pace to emphasis the thrill behinde the kidnap, the rhythem follows the shots as the pace adds tension to the short film which is essention to the tension of the film.
Sound: The sound is continuing throughout the music at the beiginning is ere and inticing to the audience, this then fades out into the dialect for the rest of the film.
Mise-en-scene: Lighting is fairly dark to create a subdued ere feel to the film starting in black and white transfering into colour later on. The individual objects show a complex mind for the main character this could also show a split personality which is evident later on in the short film.
Typography: The font is standard and roughly size 22 this makes this stand out to the audience and shows who the main characters are for the titles.
Iconography: The visual convetions of the genre were the different electronic devices which could have been used for a bomb which is shown in the next shot of the film.
Saturday, 6 April 2013
5.) how did you attract your target audience?
How did you attract/address you're target audience?
I think we have attracted our target audience by simply finding out what they would like to watch in a 'thriller' film and making it happen.
We acknowledged what the audience had to say and took on board some of their criticisms, which I think payed of. Some of the few audience we surveyed gave us back some positive feedback when we showed them what we was planning to do with our storyline narrative.
This included some people telling us to change the ending because it seemed almost 'clichéd' we took this on board immediately as we all agreed that this was a fair comment, ultimately we changed the ending ever so slightly so that it wasn't considered predictable at all and the audience could be somewhat surprised about what would happen next.
Overall I think that we should of perhaps asked more people to see what they thought, as I don't think there was enough variety of people, I think if our group took our storyline idea and questionnaire to the streets then the answers would be have more variety.
Also, as we only stayed in the college the majority of the people we asked where at one end of the target audience age range, meaning that we didn't really ask anyone towards the end of the target audience, which is quite risky seen as though these are part of our target 'niche' audience also.
In conclusion, I think that we certainly did attract the attention of our audience and they seemed to enjoy our ideas and some even where kind enough to offer positive critics to us.
I think that we could of possibly made our results with more of a range of variety if we asked more of the target audience but it was a learning curve, and something that we will take into consideration for the future.
I think we have attracted our target audience by simply finding out what they would like to watch in a 'thriller' film and making it happen.
We acknowledged what the audience had to say and took on board some of their criticisms, which I think payed of. Some of the few audience we surveyed gave us back some positive feedback when we showed them what we was planning to do with our storyline narrative.
This included some people telling us to change the ending because it seemed almost 'clichéd' we took this on board immediately as we all agreed that this was a fair comment, ultimately we changed the ending ever so slightly so that it wasn't considered predictable at all and the audience could be somewhat surprised about what would happen next.
Overall I think that we should of perhaps asked more people to see what they thought, as I don't think there was enough variety of people, I think if our group took our storyline idea and questionnaire to the streets then the answers would be have more variety.
Also, as we only stayed in the college the majority of the people we asked where at one end of the target audience age range, meaning that we didn't really ask anyone towards the end of the target audience, which is quite risky seen as though these are part of our target 'niche' audience also.
In conclusion, I think that we certainly did attract the attention of our audience and they seemed to enjoy our ideas and some even where kind enough to offer positive critics to us.
I think that we could of possibly made our results with more of a range of variety if we asked more of the target audience but it was a learning curve, and something that we will take into consideration for the future.
Who would be the target audience for your media product?
The target audience for our media product would be both males and females from early teens to mid forty's. This is because we believe it has something to offer to a wide variety of people including teenagers and their parents. The type of audience we think the film will attract will be any race, both genders and a variety of ages from late teens all the way up to people win there mid forty's. The type of social class we would aim our film at is, working class to middle class, but more so working class as it is set in Barnsley in a working class environment and as people making the film we all personally come from working class backgrounds. We thought sticking with our social class roots would ultimately make the film look more realistic.
To find out about what our audience would think about the film, we questionnaired various students and some tutors around Barnsley College, the questionnaires proved to be a great success and all of the people we surveyed said that they would be interested in viewing our film, as the enjoyed reading the thrilling narrative. We used the questionnaire by taking the few critiques on boards and trying to make the film lest cliché which I think that we eventually did do. We also made a audience profile used as a Facebook profile, which included what the 'niche' audience would be like. The idea of the target audience being so wide I think is clever, the theme of 'stalking' is something that a huge amount of people would be interested in viewing because it isn't something that isn't realistic, people do have issues with 'stalking' and 'mental illness' and also other things like 'obsession', which the target audience seemed to like when we questionnaired them, with many saying that they likes the 'unique' narrative.
The target audience for our media product would be both males and females from early teens to mid forty's. This is because we believe it has something to offer to a wide variety of people including teenagers and their parents. The type of audience we think the film will attract will be any race, both genders and a variety of ages from late teens all the way up to people win there mid forty's. The type of social class we would aim our film at is, working class to middle class, but more so working class as it is set in Barnsley in a working class environment and as people making the film we all personally come from working class backgrounds. We thought sticking with our social class roots would ultimately make the film look more realistic.
To find out about what our audience would think about the film, we questionnaired various students and some tutors around Barnsley College, the questionnaires proved to be a great success and all of the people we surveyed said that they would be interested in viewing our film, as the enjoyed reading the thrilling narrative. We used the questionnaire by taking the few critiques on boards and trying to make the film lest cliché which I think that we eventually did do. We also made a audience profile used as a Facebook profile, which included what the 'niche' audience would be like. The idea of the target audience being so wide I think is clever, the theme of 'stalking' is something that a huge amount of people would be interested in viewing because it isn't something that isn't realistic, people do have issues with 'stalking' and 'mental illness' and also other things like 'obsession', which the target audience seemed to like when we questionnaired them, with many saying that they likes the 'unique' narrative.
3.) what kind of media institute might distribute your media product and why? information to go on powerpoint
What kind of media institution might distribute you're product and why?
Although films made by mainstream industries like Warner Brothers are greatly funded and has a lot of money behind the distribution,
Although films made by mainstream industries like Warner Brothers are greatly funded and has a lot of money behind the distribution,
Exhibitioning and general budget of the film, it just wouldn't be the type of institution I think you could establish with our physcolical thriller.
This is because our film is not what you would expect from a 'Hollywood blockbuster' which will have had a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars.
This just isn't realistic and it is something that you just wouldn't associate together. I think the best media institution to distribute our film would be a independent British industry called Coffee films, which has made films that fit with our genre and theme of thriller.
Coffee films don't only make short films they also make documentaries, music videos and so on, all a mixture of dark thrillers and horror, which I think would contrast with 'Don't look behind you' brilliantly. The Coffee films industry has a website that included various projects they have worked on and shows you teasers of them.
I feel that if we used something like Warner, the audience would be extremely disappointed as the expectations of a 'Hollywood blockbuster' would not be met.
I think the chances of some company like Warner even giving our film a glance would be extremely far fetched and virtually impossible, so I think that the film would be distributed by an independent industry such as Coffee films that meet our kind of genre and are more likely to distribute something that goes with the theme of their own work and other films.documenrties and music videos they have made and distributed.
We researched various films when we first chose our genre like 'Scream' which focused on the theme stalking and also prom night which focused on the same.
However both films where mainstream and distributed by their large non-independent companies who are greatly funded and can afford to expose their film in the right was to get people to come and view it and spend their money on making sure that the exhibition is on such a huge scale that people will want to come and watch the film, with high expectations.
In conclusion I think that an independent British industry is a lot more realistic and well suited for our film as it can surprise audiences, and be distributed to the 'niche' audience which the company Coffee films already have in mind.Friday, 5 April 2013
3. What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?
I would choose Metrodome distributions to distribute my film as they distributes many genres of film including Thriller which is the genre of my film. Metrodome is a london based distributor and distributes mainstream films, this is perfect for our film as we would have made our films for a mainstream audience.
This company has distributed films such as Grave encounters 2, a sequel to Grave Encounters in which a group of film students go to the psychiatric hospital in which the patients were torched by one of the physiatrist before he was killed by an escaped patient, the ghost of the patient's attack the students as they did with the film crew in the first film. This film is similar to the one i happened produce as it for a similar audience and is of the same genre as my film.
Monday, 1 April 2013
1.) In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Evaluation
In what ways does you're media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our film genre is a psychosocial thriller, we decided that this would be a good idea because as a group we enjoy watching this genre of films too. The narrative is based on the whole theme of 'stalking' and includes a character that has an unhealthy obsession due to a mental illness. After researching into the genre and watching films such as Scream that uses the theme of 'stalking' our minds where made up that this is what we wanted to use in out film. We established the plot by working together in a group, all coming up with ideas and sharing them with each other until the plot was somewhat of a mixture of all of our ideas.
The genre we used was thriller and the film is in my opinion quite obviously this genre as it consists of creepy thrilling music, fast paced actions and the feeling of mystery that the audience are left with, asking themselves 'what's going to happen next?' . My personal definition of 'thriller' is something that it is supposed to be scary and leave you in suspense, just without the gore, blood and full frontal violence that is used in horror. Overall I think our film is quite clearly a thriller, and I'm sure after watching it you would also agree due to the sinister music and other codes and conventions such as diegetic sounds like the creak of the shower door and the lighting of the torch flashing through the dark living room.
The camera angles we used consisted of close ups, mids shots, long shots, extreme close ups and others including low angled shots.
The continuity is there in my opinion even though some shots jump cut from one to the other, I still feel that overall the film runs smoothly. The pace is quite slow at first then it picks up when Beth runs away from her stalker Liam, this is done to emphasise that it is a thriller and hopefully get viewers connected to emphasise with Beth and show them what to expect from our thriller film 'Don't look behind you'. The sound in the film consists of diegetic noises such as the creaking of the shower door, the noise of Beth's phone ringing on the bed, and other various noises that go with our thriller theme. There was two different types of music used in our film, one diegetic music from the mobile phone ring tone and the other one the spookily thrilling music that was played whilst Beth ran away from the flashlight in the garden./ The mobile phone music would be diegetic, this is because Beth could hear it aswell as it was coming from inside the actual film, on the other hand Beth could not hear the music been played over the top of the filming so the creepy music would be non-diegetic as it was not coming from inside the actual film it was used and put in in the editing process.
Mise-ene-Scene is used in the film, to show that our film is a thriller. the lighting is quite dull and dismal, showing that there isn't something quite right and giving the viewers the feeling that something is terribly wrong, the props used are the bed, the mobile phone, the dressing gown, the flashlight. etc. Beth clothing consisted of casual clothing including, shorts T-shirt and an oversized denim jacket, to represent her as a typical teenage girl. Also another prop used would be the laptop which Beth is using when she is sitting on her bed, the laptop represents social networking and socialising, again, something that you would associate with a typical teenage girl. The location we used was Ashleigh's house, we wanted to make it as realistic as we possibly could therefore we thought a house would be the best location to film.
In what ways does you're media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our film genre is a psychosocial thriller, we decided that this would be a good idea because as a group we enjoy watching this genre of films too. The narrative is based on the whole theme of 'stalking' and includes a character that has an unhealthy obsession due to a mental illness. After researching into the genre and watching films such as Scream that uses the theme of 'stalking' our minds where made up that this is what we wanted to use in out film. We established the plot by working together in a group, all coming up with ideas and sharing them with each other until the plot was somewhat of a mixture of all of our ideas.
The genre we used was thriller and the film is in my opinion quite obviously this genre as it consists of creepy thrilling music, fast paced actions and the feeling of mystery that the audience are left with, asking themselves 'what's going to happen next?' . My personal definition of 'thriller' is something that it is supposed to be scary and leave you in suspense, just without the gore, blood and full frontal violence that is used in horror. Overall I think our film is quite clearly a thriller, and I'm sure after watching it you would also agree due to the sinister music and other codes and conventions such as diegetic sounds like the creak of the shower door and the lighting of the torch flashing through the dark living room.
The camera angles we used consisted of close ups, mids shots, long shots, extreme close ups and others including low angled shots.
The continuity is there in my opinion even though some shots jump cut from one to the other, I still feel that overall the film runs smoothly. The pace is quite slow at first then it picks up when Beth runs away from her stalker Liam, this is done to emphasise that it is a thriller and hopefully get viewers connected to emphasise with Beth and show them what to expect from our thriller film 'Don't look behind you'. The sound in the film consists of diegetic noises such as the creaking of the shower door, the noise of Beth's phone ringing on the bed, and other various noises that go with our thriller theme. There was two different types of music used in our film, one diegetic music from the mobile phone ring tone and the other one the spookily thrilling music that was played whilst Beth ran away from the flashlight in the garden./ The mobile phone music would be diegetic, this is because Beth could hear it aswell as it was coming from inside the actual film, on the other hand Beth could not hear the music been played over the top of the filming so the creepy music would be non-diegetic as it was not coming from inside the actual film it was used and put in in the editing process.
Mise-ene-Scene is used in the film, to show that our film is a thriller. the lighting is quite dull and dismal, showing that there isn't something quite right and giving the viewers the feeling that something is terribly wrong, the props used are the bed, the mobile phone, the dressing gown, the flashlight. etc. Beth clothing consisted of casual clothing including, shorts T-shirt and an oversized denim jacket, to represent her as a typical teenage girl. Also another prop used would be the laptop which Beth is using when she is sitting on her bed, the laptop represents social networking and socialising, again, something that you would associate with a typical teenage girl. The location we used was Ashleigh's house, we wanted to make it as realistic as we possibly could therefore we thought a house would be the best location to film.
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