Task 8- Evaluation: Audience feedback and comment (PART 2)

This is some feedback i got about what they though of our thriller opening. Due to some technical errors my videos of people's reponses got deleted so above is an Msn Messenger interview with someone who watched our thriller.

Task 7- Evaluation:Looking back at your preliminery task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at my Preliminary task i feel that my i have improved with my skills and using the camera equipment.
I feel that during the process of making 'Final cut' my group and i felt more confident in using the camera and got the nick of how to record, see our recording and properly put the camera on the tripod.
When we used Final cut pro to edit our preliminary task at first we found it hard to edit and we did not use man special effects, however in the process of editing our thriller opening we were much more confident and skilled using different effects and it looked more professional than the Preliminary task itself.
I feel that my skills have progressed because when i was filming the preliminary task i wasn't that familiar with the use of the camera and how to use final cut pro, soundtrack pro or live type. With the preliminary task we used a limited amount of camera angles and it wasn't edited to a high standard.
Whereas with our thriller opening i found that it was much easier to use final cut pro and sountrack pro. We used much more special effects and our editing skills were of a higher standard probably down to much practice.

Below is a screen grab from our Preliminary task compared to a screen grab of our thriller opening 'Final Cut'.

As you can see the preliminary match cut which is on the left is less skilled as the camera is on a triod and has shot of two people in the same scene together. Whereas the thriller opening screen grab is more skilled as it is filming behind a door lookking into a mirror therefore filming a reflection.

Task 6-Evaluation: What have you learned about technologies from of constructing this product?

I have learnt how to used many different technologies such as Final cut pro, soundtrack pro, livetype, google, youtube, Apple mac computers, Blogger and using the website art of the title.

At first everything was all a bit hard to use. I used youtube and google to research all the different types of sub-genres there were; to help us make a decision about what our thriller openign should be about.

I had never used a Apple mac before and therefore it was my first time, at first i found it hard to copy and paste stuff because it was so different to using a PC.
We used a jvc camera to record our thriller opening once we had recorded it, we put it on a hardrive.

Once we put all our clips together we used final cut pro to edit and soundtrack pro to put our own music to it.
We also use livetype to create the titles for our thriller opening.

During our filming and editing we blogged about what we did using blogger.

We also looked at the website Art of the Title and looked at different shots from a real opening to a film to see the layout of what to put first such as production company, director, producer etc.

Task 5 - Evaluation-Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is a university student called Adam. He is currently studying law and economics.
In his spear time he enjoys going to the cinema with his friends; he loves horror/thriller/sci-fi movies. He also love to shop at Topman and Hollisters; he also works in M&S.

The following items would most likely be the contents of his bag:

Task 3&4- Evaluation: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?

This is one example of how my film ,Final cut, would be advertised; on a billboard. I have uploaded a screen grab of the title of the film on one of the billboards so you know what the film is called. The other billboard has a screen grab of a scene from the film.

In order to get my film distributed i would take it along to a independent film festival such as the London independent film festival. From there i would be expect to find a independent film distribution company such as Elysian picture's, to distribute my film into the cinemas.

'Final cut' which is the name of my thriller, would be shown in a independent cinema such as 'screen in the green' and 'hmv curzon', as pictured below.

Task 2- Evaluation: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The first still image is from the film ''Girl interrupted' .This image shows one of the main character who is a mental patient in a mental hospital, this is very similar to the character in my film who is also a mental patient. However in my thriller opening the patient is not in a mental hospital anymore as she has escaped. The second still image is of the main character from my thriller opening.

Above is an image of Angelina Jolie starring in the film girl interrupted. To the right is a screen grab form my thriller sequence and is of the main character. The character from girl interrupted can be compared to the character in my thriller; they are both young female who have psychological problems and live or lived in a mental institution. The camera shots are also similar as it is a close up on there face to show there expressions. This character was one of the inspirations for my thriller.

Task 1- Evaluation: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms conventions of real media products?

This is 9 shots from an opening of a film called ' Durham County'.

The first image from the title sequence of Durham county is similar to a screen grab from final cut where we filmed the trees by the canal to give a feel of being in the woods.

The second still from the film Durham country is quite similar to our film 'Final cut'; this is because it is an image of a doll, in my thriller opening i also used a doll to give a creepy effect also a sense of immaturity which relates to the storyline of the character being a mentally ill patient. The doll in the still image of Durham county looks quite evil and creepy just like the one in my thriller opening. In my thriller the doll has a disfigured face which is similar to the doll in Durham county. The only difference would be that the doll in my thriller is in a canal whereas the doll in this thriller opening is standing up.

The third still image was of a basket with a red substance by the side, this still image actually has very little similarities to the a still image from my thriller opening. The only thing that is similar is the use of the colour red which we used in the scene with the red balloon in the canal.

The fourth still image is similar to m thriller opening because it has a the title running over the actual opening of the thriller. There is nothing much more that can be compared to this screen grab to my thriller screen grab.

The fifth screen grab could be similar to my thriller opening because it shows a man who is in some sort of institution which is similar to the character from my thriller opening who is also came from a mental institution.

The sixth screen grab is not similar to any of the screen grabs from my thriller opening. The only similarity is again the use of the colour red.

The seventh screen grab is of some red roses in the water, this is similar to one of the screen grabs from my thriller opening, which was the doll in the water. The doll in the water was meant to symbolise immaturity and typical mental behaviour because the dolls face is disfigured.

The eighth screen grab from the film durham county is of a man running in the woods but there is some light behind him. This gives off a eery feel. In my thriller opening i did a shot of a similar thing , i filmed the sunlight streaming through the trees.

In the ninth screen grab from the Durham county it is of the title of the film behind some trees.
This is different to my thriller title where it is behind the doors entering to the mental institution. However they have the same idea because they have the title behind something which is shown at the beginning and shown at the end.

The similarities compared to a conventions to real media shows how i have developed my thriller opening. Similar shots and ideas have been put into my thriller opening which is similar to the real media opening of Durham county.

Thriller opening-Final edit

TASK 8 - EVALUATION (PART 1)

Storyboard for preliminary match cut exercise

Skills Audit: Editing, sountrack and titles

After we had filmed our clips for the our thriller opening we moved onto editing the clips by using final cut pro. While editing we played around with many effects to see if it would look right or go with our film sub-genre.

It was not an easy task as we all had different ideas and different sort of styles we wanted to do to make the thriller opening as professiional as possible.

In the end we edited the thriller opening to a reasonable standard to which we all agreed on.

After we did that we used soundtrack pro to create a very eerie and mysterious music to go with our thriller opening. At first we played around with the sound trying to see which one's would fit to our sub-genre. While we were sorting out the soundtrack we decided do the tile using live type. We created our title by using different styles and putting them together, the title was the hardest part as we could not find a design that would go with our thriller opening.

Below is an screengrab of the title of the thriller on live type.

Pitch for Final Cut.

This is the pitch for our film "Final Cut" there are many differences between the pitch and the piece of work we have created as we had many restrictions however the core ideas are present in both.

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In today's lesson we learnt how to use final cut pro for the first time. We were given some clipls to put into a sequence. I found it quite challenging as we had to do this without sound.
Although i struggled with this task which is understanding as it was my first time uusinf final cut, i knew that it would be helpful/an introductiion to what we are going to use when we come to making our final task which is the thriller opening.

Intro to Camera & Health and Safety Tutorial

Before we were allowed to go out and start filming we had to have a lesson to introduce us on how to use the camera. We were shown how to put the battery in; how to put the memory cards in; how to turn it on and off; how to record, pause and stop recording and also taught how to look at what you have filmed.

We were also taught how to place the camera on the tripod. We were shown how to lock the camera securley so it does not fall off while we were folming. prior to this we were told not to use the camera in bad weather conditions as it could damage the camera and therefore we will end up paying around £3000 to replace it.

Skills Audit: livetype and sountrack pro

In this lesson we were taught how to use sountrack and livetype pro. With soundtrack we were shown how to use this in order to produce our own music as it is illegal to use music produced by other people.
we were shown hoe to get the diffrent types of music for example 'classical and jazz'. we were also shown how to get different sounds like screams etc.

Livetype is used to add credits and titles to our filming.

For livetype we were showm how to change the font, colour and of course where to write it so it appears on a bigger slide.
We were also shown how to add different textures and effects to make it look more professional. Some of the effects that were there was 'fade and barallel jump'.

Thriller Opening Storyboard