Monday, 9 January 2012
Audience Feedback
After the film was made, we had to show these films to two other people who are independent third parties. After they had viewed the film, we asked them to fill in a sheet which had two boxes. One box was titled 'Strengths' and the other was titled 'Weaknesses'. They had to fill in both boxes so that we could get a good impression on what was good in the film and was successfull and what was bad and could of been improved. Below are the two sheets that I had filled out by my two independent third party candidates:
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 7
Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product ?
During the preliminary task, I gained lots of training in the usage of the equipment used for the filming of the proper piece of work. Before, I had almost no idea how to use the equipment provided. How the camera worked or how to work the editing software. These technical skills definitely got better throughout. The usage of the camera definitely got better a I gradually got more comfortable about which buttons did what. With this new found knowledge, I thought myself to be getting more professional, think about whether different perspectives would be goods and different angle to film at. I believe that the editing software was my biggest improvement of this section. Before, I wasn't too sure where things were and could only really confidently do the cutting and placing, now, with the experience I had with it, I found that I was more comfortable picking out different transitions and more confident on whether an edit would work or not. Along with this, my time management got better as well. Before, thoughts were "we can do lots in this amount of time, we can do this in an entire
day".
This was wrong thinking. It took us two days to get it right, we didn't think that it would take that long, not knowing that it would be as hard as it was to get the perfect shot. Realising this, we got better time management so we could get as much as we could in in the amount of time that we had, this even included getting actors that were available most of the time or that could be used whenever we needed. This is also where we had good organisation, trying to film on days when we were all free. The ability to work in a group has also gotten better. Usually, ideas are just bounced around until one is settled upon. We managed to get it so that all of our ideas were put into one, manageable, working idea. This maybe so, but the ability to successfully work independently has also gotten better. Whereas ideas may be better in a group, getting other things done, like editing or even this blog work, is better done on your own as I found that it was better this way, asking for help was common but the working was independent. All of these things that have changed my abilities have made for a very effective product. Looking at both the preliminary task and my finished product, I can safely say that there is a dramatic difference. From the awkward match on action to the just working over the shoulder shots I have created a piece of work that has incorporated all that I have learnt over the time from starter task to actual work piece.
In my opinion , the piece that has been produced that I think is rather realistic and professional looking, which has all that makes it what it is.
day".
Friday, 30 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of making this product ?
Before filming, I thought that I knew how everything worked and it was all going to be perfect, wrong, there was lots that I didn't know but gained lots of experience with them for a better use in future. First of all, the camcorder. Very effective filming when used correctly. Having an image of the shot you want in your head doesn't mean that it will appear on the camera as soon as you look through it, some adjustments might have to be made. For instance a change in angle which could be difficult depending on the type of tri-pod used. The next thing is sound, just because it it as good sound pick up doesn't mean that it'll only pick out the sound that you want, wind and other background noise could disrupt any other sound involved in that shot. One other thing is also the light pick up. Different light sources can dramatically effect the visual image taken by the camcorder, you have to film in just the right conditions consistently to get an effective, and more importantly, realistic shot. Editing was just as hard or even harder than the film itself. With lots of differet types of transitions to look at whilst choosing the different points to cut from was very difficult. With the collection of shots you have just taken, you must now put the m together into an understandable order. Finding the right place to cut the film is difficult, especially for match-on-action shots, as the two shots have to cut when the character / object is in exactly the same place and position. This often means going through the shot frame by frame, just to find that one little shot that makes for an even and smooth transition between shots, but it's all worth while at the end. Adding in title and credits (which I will be talking about later) was also difficult. Putting them in the right place as not to obscure the shot and yet being visible is not easy. Also, putting them inbetween shots, like I did with my piece, was difficult, as the filmed shots still had to make sense, cutting it so that time had moved too far along or not far enough would have made for a very un-tidy film. Lighting also comes into this equation, sometimes the scene that has been shot may be darker than all of the other shots, so they need to be edited to fit in with the others. With my media piece, for scenes like that, I lightened them so that they looked they were filmed at the same time of day all of the other scenes. Titles were easier to do than everything else, but a lot of work was still needed to make them work. For this genre of film, a romance, a light writing was needed, possibly looking like it was hand written. It wouldn't look right if the titles where in jaggedy slash mark type letters. The most important aspect I have left till last. The thing that brings verything together and gives the film 'body'. The sound track ! You need something that fits the film, something that compliments the images, can create more images in your head and just brings evrerything togther to give it that final edge that makes it what it is. Many songs / music tracks that will go with it just add an edge that shows that it's a romance or what ever genre of film that it is, but soemtimes you find a song that almost embodies the film, a song that seems as if it was almost written for that film. This is of course a very rare situation, but in those cases it is very good to find that you've got a song that is perfect for the film.
Before filming, I thought that I knew how everything worked and it was all going to be perfect, wrong, there was lots that I didn't know but gained lots of experience with them for a better use in future. First of all, the camcorder. Very effective filming when used correctly. Having an image of the shot you want in your head doesn't mean that it will appear on the camera as soon as you look through it, some adjustments might have to be made. For instance a change in angle which could be difficult depending on the type of tri-pod used. The next thing is sound, just because it it as good sound pick up doesn't mean that it'll only pick out the sound that you want, wind and other background noise could disrupt any other sound involved in that shot. One other thing is also the light pick up. Different light sources can dramatically effect the visual image taken by the camcorder, you have to film in just the right conditions consistently to get an effective, and more importantly, realistic shot. Editing was just as hard or even harder than the film itself. With lots of differet types of transitions to look at whilst choosing the different points to cut from was very difficult. With the collection of shots you have just taken, you must now put the m together into an understandable order. Finding the right place to cut the film is difficult, especially for match-on-action shots, as the two shots have to cut when the character / object is in exactly the same place and position. This often means going through the shot frame by frame, just to find that one little shot that makes for an even and smooth transition between shots, but it's all worth while at the end. Adding in title and credits (which I will be talking about later) was also difficult. Putting them in the right place as not to obscure the shot and yet being visible is not easy. Also, putting them inbetween shots, like I did with my piece, was difficult, as the filmed shots still had to make sense, cutting it so that time had moved too far along or not far enough would have made for a very un-tidy film. Lighting also comes into this equation, sometimes the scene that has been shot may be darker than all of the other shots, so they need to be edited to fit in with the others. With my media piece, for scenes like that, I lightened them so that they looked they were filmed at the same time of day all of the other scenes. Titles were easier to do than everything else, but a lot of work was still needed to make them work. For this genre of film, a romance, a light writing was needed, possibly looking like it was hand written. It wouldn't look right if the titles where in jaggedy slash mark type letters. The most important aspect I have left till last. The thing that brings verything together and gives the film 'body'. The sound track ! You need something that fits the film, something that compliments the images, can create more images in your head and just brings evrerything togther to give it that final edge that makes it what it is. Many songs / music tracks that will go with it just add an edge that shows that it's a romance or what ever genre of film that it is, but soemtimes you find a song that almost embodies the film, a song that seems as if it was almost written for that film. This is of course a very rare situation, but in those cases it is very good to find that you've got a song that is perfect for the film.
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 5
What elements of your text would attract your target audience ?
The subject of the film is romance, most girls would like that sort of subject as they are going into the age where it starting to get important in their lives and want to watch someone that they can relate to, so the element of someone close to there age or at there age getting into love issues especially i as it is a male main character, they can see the opposite side of things. How the man gets through the issues of relationships and love as, as I have said, it is usually the female seen to be getting thorough the problems of love, like in the film 'Bridget Jones' Diary'.
The quick cutting on the film will give it a more hectic and fast paced feeling and so will keep them interested and 'on the ball'. Even props used could help keep the audience captivated, the phone and car used could be movie whispering starters e.g. "why is he using that phone? it's rubbish !" The language used is also relatable to the audience, instead of saying things like "how do you do?" they day things like "alright mate ?", more the type of language that is used to day along with the use of "dunno" instead of "I don't know". The biggest point that I can see that one of the way that the characters are represented. In the media these days, young people aren't depicted very nicely, many are of violent attacks whether it be a random outburst or one in some sort of protest.
In this film, we can see that young people are depicted as good natured individuals, looking for love and lots of friends. Seeing some like that may just raise their confidence in the fact that with so much negativity going around, it's nice to see that there's a glimmer of hope in the generalised opinion of young people. So, with the props to get them talking, the language that they can understand, the subject that is of growing importance and characters that don't go with the negative stereotype that's going around the media, a film has been product that won't turn away the intended audience, but bring them in closer for a film that has all the right elements.
The subject of the film is romance, most girls would like that sort of subject as they are going into the age where it starting to get important in their lives and want to watch someone that they can relate to, so the element of someone close to there age or at there age getting into love issues especially i as it is a male main character, they can see the opposite side of things. How the man gets through the issues of relationships and love as, as I have said, it is usually the female seen to be getting thorough the problems of love, like in the film 'Bridget Jones' Diary'.
The quick cutting on the film will give it a more hectic and fast paced feeling and so will keep them interested and 'on the ball'. Even props used could help keep the audience captivated, the phone and car used could be movie whispering starters e.g. "why is he using that phone? it's rubbish !" The language used is also relatable to the audience, instead of saying things like "how do you do?" they day things like "alright mate ?", more the type of language that is used to day along with the use of "dunno" instead of "I don't know". The biggest point that I can see that one of the way that the characters are represented. In the media these days, young people aren't depicted very nicely, many are of violent attacks whether it be a random outburst or one in some sort of protest.
In this film, we can see that young people are depicted as good natured individuals, looking for love and lots of friends. Seeing some like that may just raise their confidence in the fact that with so much negativity going around, it's nice to see that there's a glimmer of hope in the generalised opinion of young people. So, with the props to get them talking, the language that they can understand, the subject that is of growing importance and characters that don't go with the negative stereotype that's going around the media, a film has been product that won't turn away the intended audience, but bring them in closer for a film that has all the right elements.
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media product ?
The typical audience for my media product be mainly female, considering the fact that it is a romance movie and romance movies aren't generally male associated, even though the main character in this film is male himself. The age of the audience will range from the minimum of 14 to an almost indeterminate maximum age, considering what the audiences tastes are and whether they are still the types of films that they would watch on a regular basis. Nationality should make no difference to whether they enjoy the film or not, but the different cultures could forge a different opinion, whether there are religious rules of these sorts of things, or that many may not get it or find it ridiculous, so possibly the more likely nationality to watch this film would be white British/European and possibly even American.
One of the fundamental parts of a film is that people relate to the characters. Our main character lives in a good house and his friend drives a car, with this I can guess that the type of people that will watch these films will be reasonably well off. They will have the money to buy themselves a car (or their parents buy it) and have the money to go on holiday by themselves which also shows that they might be very independent. Seeing this and the type of audience that would be watching this type of film, advertisers from areas such as car insurance, other films of the sort of genre and possibly even make-up would be its partner in screening. Along with this, other types of media used by this audience will include music, television and the web. Types of television shows that they may be interested in include types such as soaps aimed at at there age whether it is aimed at a younger age e.g. 'Hollyoaks' or for a general audience e.g. 'Eastenders'.
Other types may be reality shows like 'X-Factor'.
The types of music listened to will differ between people, but someone who listens to rock or metal isn't very likely to like romantic films, they are more likely to listen to pop music or some types of lighter rock music. Not wishing to be stereotypical on the subject of the web, but I can only assume that the sites most likely visited are fashion/general clothing websites. So, it seems that the typical audience for this film seems to be the general audience for many other types of the same film. The audience would be made up of a majority of females with an average age of 14 upwards with a possible cut off point of about 40 - 50. They would like reality shows and soaps, with enough money to have a car and go travelling with their friends. It seems that the film is aimed at a middle class family with teenage daughters.
The typical audience for my media product be mainly female, considering the fact that it is a romance movie and romance movies aren't generally male associated, even though the main character in this film is male himself. The age of the audience will range from the minimum of 14 to an almost indeterminate maximum age, considering what the audiences tastes are and whether they are still the types of films that they would watch on a regular basis. Nationality should make no difference to whether they enjoy the film or not, but the different cultures could forge a different opinion, whether there are religious rules of these sorts of things, or that many may not get it or find it ridiculous, so possibly the more likely nationality to watch this film would be white British/European and possibly even American.
One of the fundamental parts of a film is that people relate to the characters. Our main character lives in a good house and his friend drives a car, with this I can guess that the type of people that will watch these films will be reasonably well off. They will have the money to buy themselves a car (or their parents buy it) and have the money to go on holiday by themselves which also shows that they might be very independent. Seeing this and the type of audience that would be watching this type of film, advertisers from areas such as car insurance, other films of the sort of genre and possibly even make-up would be its partner in screening. Along with this, other types of media used by this audience will include music, television and the web. Types of television shows that they may be interested in include types such as soaps aimed at at there age whether it is aimed at a younger age e.g. 'Hollyoaks' or for a general audience e.g. 'Eastenders'.
Other types may be reality shows like 'X-Factor'.
The types of music listened to will differ between people, but someone who listens to rock or metal isn't very likely to like romantic films, they are more likely to listen to pop music or some types of lighter rock music. Not wishing to be stereotypical on the subject of the web, but I can only assume that the sites most likely visited are fashion/general clothing websites. So, it seems that the typical audience for this film seems to be the general audience for many other types of the same film. The audience would be made up of a majority of females with an average age of 14 upwards with a possible cut off point of about 40 - 50. They would like reality shows and soaps, with enough money to have a car and go travelling with their friends. It seems that the film is aimed at a middle class family with teenage daughters.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Evaluation, Question 3
What kind of media instution might distribute your media product and why ?
Three choices spring to mind when thinking of companies to distribute my film, the first company is Sony Pictures, who made the film '50 First Dates', the second is 'Universal Pictures' who distributed the film 'Bridjet Jones' Diary' and the company Paramount Pictures who distributed the film 'What Women Want'. The company that I am most likely to choose is Paramount Pictures, having worked with such films as 'Stardust', 'How to lose a guy in 10 days' and the second highest grossing film of all time, 'Titanic'.
The film made fits perfectly into the classification of a 12. It's not so much the content of the film that puts it into this catergory, but the theme of the film that has most likely put this film into that catergory. A romance is not something that mmost PG watchers would put on. Also, the likely hood that very light swearing would occur is quite likely, being the age the characters are and all that. Not much else in the film would classify this film any higher than it already is, the theme is enough to get it this far and it stays as it is for the content is not strong enough for any rise in classifcation what so ever.
Three choices spring to mind when thinking of companies to distribute my film, the first company is Sony Pictures, who made the film '50 First Dates', the second is 'Universal Pictures' who distributed the film 'Bridjet Jones' Diary' and the company Paramount Pictures who distributed the film 'What Women Want'. The company that I am most likely to choose is Paramount Pictures, having worked with such films as 'Stardust', 'How to lose a guy in 10 days' and the second highest grossing film of all time, 'Titanic'.
The film made fits perfectly into the classification of a 12. It's not so much the content of the film that puts it into this catergory, but the theme of the film that has most likely put this film into that catergory. A romance is not something that mmost PG watchers would put on. Also, the likely hood that very light swearing would occur is quite likely, being the age the characters are and all that. Not much else in the film would classify this film any higher than it already is, the theme is enough to get it this far and it stays as it is for the content is not strong enough for any rise in classifcation what so ever.
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