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Evaluation-QUESTION 8

When we first started using the camera's we were given a task to film a bag swap.  Before filming we we're told that we needed steady shots nothing out of focus.  At the beginning of our film we started with a clock.  The filming of this as you can see was extremely shaky.  As well as this the person filming had cut out the top of the clock.  The clock was not at any point in the centre of the screen.  For some reason when filming this short clip we had decided not to use the tripod.  However when filming our final film we used the tripod often or we placed the camera on the floor.  In this film we didn't use multiple sounds we just left the sounds as we found them.  Which left us with voices shouting in the background. This is something we didn't want so we changed the sound for our final film.

This shot is taken from another one of our practice films.  When filming we didn't realise how out of focus it was until we had uploaded all the shots on to the computer.  We made sure and were very aware of the fact that none of our shots were similar to this.

In this shot of Prince there is a large space above his head.  The extra space around him is unnecessary and can give away too much of the Mise en scene.  Instead of having so much space above him we could have used it as a close up or a long shot so that we had his whole body in the shot.

 These two shots however are taken from our final film.  As you can see the first one of monica is not out of focus at all.  This shot is also not shaky or fuzzy.  The shot below is of Prince and as you can see we have adjusted the shot whilst filming to make sure that we didn't make the same mistake as last time.  It was difficult to remember all the mistakes we had made in our practice films when filming our final film.  We had to keep reminding each other of the distance and to use the tripod if needed.

This clip is also taken from our final film, we decided to zoom out from the T.V screen and then pan around the bedroom.  Surprisingly we didn't use a tripod for when we zoomed out Prince did it all by hand.  However when we were panning the room we did use a tripod as we had learnt from our previous practice films that our filming can become very shaky without one.  For our final film we decided that we wouldn't use any of the sound that was from the shots.  We muted all that sound and added our own made ones.  We used a multiple amount of sounds and mixed them together to make a sound track.  This was much more effective as we could find the correct sounds and add them where they were needed.  Also whilst filming we found that people we're sometimes talking or laughing in the background.  The sounds we used for our final film were extremely and dramatically different and better to the sounds from our practice films. 

Evaluation- QUESTION 8 Pictures

Evaluation-QUESTION 4&5

Our media film has received a lot of feedback which has been posted on to our blog already.  Many people have been able to see our film including our peers and teachers.  Later on there will be a DVD released of two hundred copies.
      When discussing our film we made the decision that our film was an independent film.  We received no budget or help.  We were given the basics and told to make ideas about what our story line was.  I believe that with the right sort of advertising our film would be shown in cinema's such as;
We were able to view our own films at 'THE SCREEN ON THE GREEN' on the 5th of April.  As you can see below its not a major cinema.

Our film is a low budget student film and like many others will find its way onto Face book and YouTube and is already embedded into our blog.













When promoting our film I think we would use techniques such as using social networking sites to promite it, we can also use websites and magazines such as 'Total Film' and 'Empire Magazine', T.V adverts and leaflets will also help. Pop ups and adverts on the side of Facebook and You Tube are a good but subtle way of promoting.  We would also put adverts in magazines such as 'Sugar', 'OK' and 'Shout'.

One of the main film magazines is Empire Film Magazine, which advertises new films and stars, also information and advertising for the film. All of the front covers have famous characters from films.  This enables the magazine to promote even further. With the person on the front cover being recognisable it makes the reader want to read the magazine and review the film further.  They range from headshots to a longshot all of which make the film completly clear which is being advertised.  Sometimes the magazine likes to cover the pictures with some of the main title.  The magazine makes it clear that its not just talking about the person on the front cover in the example below Harry Potter.  It shows small examples such as "WOLVERINE, STAR TRECK, THE WOLFMAN, GREEN ZONE, QUANTUM OF SOLACE".  This lets the audience know that each magazine isn't just about one film and one character.  This sounds like an obvious simple thing but it can effect the reader.

This film was made by other AS level students, they gave it the name of "The devils playground".





I chose to review this film because I thought that the titles and editing was well put together.  They got hundreds of hits on You Tube to be precist around 20,289 hits.  This is something they should be very proud about.  There sound works well with the film and doesn't give to much away from the genre.
        Here are some of the comments that this video received.  The feedback was amazing considering it was such a low budget film.

• Hey, you're media coursework is brilliant
  I'm from Newcastle and we had to do the same and choose a product to create for 'prime time productions' and i did a horror movie trailer and a website
  have you done a2 media? if yes did you do critical investigation?
  my trailers on my channel if you want to check it out :D
  well done, the effects were brilliant and i love the copy you used throughout the video it was amazing!
  very scary when that man was coming towards the video :| brilliant!
  artisticphase 6 months ago
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• @artisticphase Thank you!! :D I loved it, it was awesome coursework! Yes iv done A2 got an A in media overall :) and now studying at lincoln uni doing film, TV and drama. Go on my page and look for a film called numbskull, that was my A2 film for my coursework. Checked out ur trailer very creepy! Loved the voice over! nice audio editing! x
  jordyeddytally 6 months ago

Evaluation-QUESTION 7

When my group first began the filming and editing process we noticed that we would have to get used to a lot of different formats.  The first format we were introduced to was 'Blogger'.

We use it to explain what we are doing throughout the time of filming.  Blogger was one of the easiest formats to use once we we're shown what we had to do.  We added images and films to our blogger page, this made it more interesting than just pages and pages of writing.





Another format we used is google, it helped us a lot when searching for ideas about our film.  It was a quick and easy way to find ideas, and enabled us to look at other films to give us inspiration.  Google was easy to use and none of us had to be shown what to do.
 
We often used google to search for images for our blog and to search a lot about 'Arlington Road' this is the film that most alike to our film.

We then used YouTube to search for other film trailers and opening sequences.  We also used to help us find sound examples, such as; whispering and voices mumbling and to ensure that we didn't copy anything that had already been done.  We didn't want to make a complete replicate of something that had already been done.

Before we started filming we had a whole lesson in which we we're taught how to use the cameras and the tripod.  This however wasn't that hard once you had been taught and had actually put it into practice it became very easy.  We all had to make sure that we could use it because when it came to filming we all did a bit.  The camera's we're fairly easy to use as they do look quite complicated.  I personally was surprised at how easy I found it.

Once we had finished our filming our teachers introduced my group to Finalcut Pro.  It took me a few attempts, roughly about five lesson before i generally got the hang of it.  Finalcut Pro made editing our film very simple everything you need is there and again I was surprised that I got the hang of it.  If I need to edit anything again I will now find it much easier.

After all our final editing was done us as a group had to learn how to use Soundtrack Pro.  This was out of all the formats the most difficult one for me to use.  I've begun to get the hang of it but I still think I would need help I would not be abel to edit sound with out someone else to help.  However I do believe I have become more familier and confident with it.  Soundtrack pro, already as plenty of sounds and music tracks for you, this enabled my group to find to music very easily we also found some music on You Tube and edited it in.  My groups music was extremely mysterious.  I believe that it was one of the best pieces of music used so far from everyones i've heard so far in our class.  However my opinion could change on Friday when we are able to see everyones.

The final format we used was called Livetype.  I found this very hard to use and didn't really ever manage to get the hang of it.  Whilst in the editing process I much preferd doing the sound or general film editing.  However the format was very useful and contained lots of different font styles and ways in which the text would enter the screen for example 'BOUNCE' and 'DROP'.  We did the titles within one day, and we were told they were very effective.

After we had finished all our filming and editing we converted our film into HandBrake, which then enabled us to put our film on blogger.

Evaluation: screenshots for question 7

Audience Feedback

Everyones films were shown in class, to see how people would react, and so that they could give us some feedback. I was quite worried about what people would think of it.  Also our group had never watched it on a big screen so it was good to see it up front.  We decided that 'Amnesia' was going to be certificate 15 so it was helpful that the people in our class fitted into that age gap. We recieved a lot of positive feedback, such as great editing and sound, this was very reasuring and made us feel more confident about our work.  Lots of people said it was scary, some people even said that it kept them on the edge of their seat purley because of the music.  However we were then told that the lighting was too dark and in some cases it was difficult to see.
      We then wrote all our comments into a program called 'Wordle' which gives ourselfs and others the ability to read the feedback we recieved quickly and easily.


This is an example of what our wordle image looks like.

Evaluation - QUESTION 3

Our typical target audience for our film are males and females between the ages of fifteen and over.  However in my own personal opinion I don't think that anyone over the age of 30 would choose to watch it, as its quite a supustious film, and I can imagine there reactions to be; "Like that would ever happen" or "Thats not very realistic".  However for those who are slightly more open to more suspisous films its perfect.  The film is for people who love thrillers in general, and want a bit of excitment its also great for people who aren't big fans of horror films.  As our film gives the audience the antisipation and action of a thriller, with the slight twisted physco effect of some horror films.




For our film we got a lot of insperation from the film Arlington Road.  In this review he talks a bit about visual sence and the story line. I found a review of the film on the internet form this website. http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1999/arlington-road/




"Arlington Road is implausible at best and ridiculous at worst. It's one of those conspiracy theory movies that takes its social commentary so seriously that its plot becomes a joke. One of the great joys of the cinema is experiencing the thrill of the unexpected, the ecstasy of surprise. But in their fervor to provide that jolt of shock, the makers of Arlington Road forget that there must be a logical basis for surprise to work -- otherwise it's not surprise, it's confusion. This film loads up on icing and forgets to add the cake.

Jeff Bridges stars, playing a character blessed with the movie-riffic name of Michael Faraday, a recently widowed Washington, D.C. college professor now raising a teenage son all by himself on the titular suburban street. Faraday is depressed, paranoid about the circumstances under which his FBI agent wife was killed, and he lectures his students on the eerie relevance of conspiracy theories.

Life begins to take a more positive turn when Faraday befriends new neighbors Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack), who arrive on Arlington Road with smiles and cheer. The neighbors bond over cookouts and intimate conversations, but of course circumstances quickly begin to change. The Langs become peculiar and occasionally dishonest in otherwise innocent conversation, and they make the very convenient mistake of leaving mysterious blueprints lying where an obsessed neighbor could strain to see them. Faraday is that neighbor, and his conspiracy-driven mind investigates the troubling history of his seemingly ideal neighbors."

This review was by a man called Jason Mckiernan, however I would really like to see a review from a females point of view to see if they enjoyed it as much.  As I feel that with most films it is good to attract both males and females as then you create a wider target audience.

Evaluation - QUESTION 2

Representation:
-Deal in stereotypes
-Exaggerations and generalisations
-Useful for the audience to recognise
-All media representations are constructs

 This shot has similarities to the shot of the girl in the exorcist.  We wanted her to smile to show a sort of creepy physco effect.  However our shot has a bit of the mise en scene in the background to show that she is in the same room as the main character.  This lets the audience know more about the film and this followed by the flashbacks will add a twist the film.

This shot of Prince shows him confused and scared, a large audience can understand where the character is coming from.  We have not made this character look terrified just shocked and confused as we didnt not want to confuse the audience and maybe make them feel as though are film was a horror film.

Our media film would attract an audience of young people ranged from fifteen to about twenty three.  Our rating for the film was a fifteen so that we didn't cut out half of the thriller target audience.

Evaluation - QUESTION 1

Also shown in my pervious blog 'Intertextuality shots' i am going to compare 9 shots from from our thriller opening and our inspiration 'Arlington Road'

We got the insperation of this shot from 'Arlington Road', in the title sequence there is a playground shown in the same negative effect as this.  We chose to use a young girl be pulled away by a mysterious male character.  We didnt want a complete replicut of the clip so we chose to use the young girl instead of the swings to represnt children.

We then used the shot in the bottom right hand corner of the small child in a cot, as insperation for when the young girl in our film is rocking backwards and forwards in a flashback that the main character is having.  The girl appearing often in a negative effect is a key motif as it represents that she is maybe weird or unusal gives the audience the sense of not knowing which makes them want to keep watching. 

The final shot we used as insperation was the one in the middle of the title sequence at the top of the page.  It shows a dog lying down, possibly dead or possibly ill and looking very distresed.  Our screen shot shows prince in a bed with his body sprawled everywhere looking worried and confused.  Our title sequence often comes back to this shot to show to the audience that this character has something to worry about, the audience wants to know what.

Evaluation-Screen Shots of Final Film