Possessions. My final movie opening piece.

 

Evaluation question 7. - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I think i really improved on the filiming and editing together and chosing shots from my preliminary task to my actual movie opening in various ways, for example one key feature which was really not sucessful in my preliminary task was the continuity editing as from shot to shot there were gaps where the chararcters involved had clearly changed their positions, also camera shake was abit of a problem although a tripod was used, especially on the high low angle shots, so i was aware of this while filming my opening.

These two shots are from my preliminary task and as you can see the shot goes imediatly from him drinking out of a cup, to a shot of him looking down at it; so this shows my really bad ability to sucessfully portay continuity editing, and this is something i beleive i improved on a great deal when filming and editing together my movie opening as there is continuity editing throughout the second half sequence. Whereas the first half of all the close up art shots do not need to focus on continuity editing.

In this shot reverese shot you can see that all positioning of the male character being film are completly different once again showing bad continuity editing another thing i had to always remember and consider when filming my opening.

In comparison to my movie opening where i used a tripod throughout and focus on keeping the camera steady at all times, i think the quality of filming is much better than the preliminary task. Also the continuit of the whole piece worked really well also in me opening.

As you can see here, these are two shots my my movie opening which are next to each other and the continuity works really well as the shots are from different angles but in both the character is stiring the tea, so from the audiences perspective they would see it as being one whole sequence, but from another angle rather than they fact i filmed from two different angles, at sperate times.

This is another example of where i think the editing worked well and it was where the shots chnaged from her making the tea to walking over to the table and it was from two complete opposite sides of the room in which i filmed the shots, but keeping to the 180 degree rule in filiming and always keeping to one side of the objective meens that the shots look the way they should, and arnt confusing to the eye through continuity editing. 

Evaluation question 6. - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout the whole of this project i have used many types of software and technologies which have been new to me, and i have learnt to use to enable me to create my final coursework opening piece. Below are some example of new thing i have to learn in order to sucessfully do so.

LiveType

Livetype is a programme i used in order to create my titles that appear throughout my opening, this was a very complex programme that i somtimes struggled with, in order to sucssfully create my titles, i have to set many different thing individually including the font, timing, transitions of the text, the spacing of where they were to be seen on the opening and also the ammount of time they were to be on the opening for; all these aspects were something that had to be set and applied in livetype.

Slr Camera

Throughout the project many types of camera were used, one in which was and slr, which i used in order to take photos for casting, and i also atempted to filmd footage using the slr, but the quality wasnt appropriate so i decided to use a HD camcorder.

Apple Mac

The whole of the editing of my piece was done using a Apple Macpro which at first i found extremly difficult being used to an ordinary computer, but this is where all my footage and every aspect of my opening was made, another new technology i had to learn to use!

Final Cut Pro

Final cut was the programme i used in order to edit my clips together and make the piece work as a whole, i added fades between shots here and cut the clips down, and converted them to the appropriate file type. Things such as the titles and the soundtrack were thing i had to import into final cut and edit into the piece, colaborating the different programmes together in order to creating a piece was also somehtign new to me.

Flip Camera

A flip camera was used in order to film tesing parts and also i use the flip camera to upload people video responces to my oepning, this was surprisingly simple to do as the camer consisted of a usb and a cable from the mac pro working togetehr in order to uploading the videos to the mac, then quicktime, and then uploading them to youutbe to post online.

Blogger

Blogger was a programme i have heard of before and was fairly familar with, so was quite easy to come to terms with, and i find it a really useful way in which i could keep track and keep up to date with all work.

HD Camcorder

The HD camcorder was the technolgy in which i filmed the footage for my opening and i firstly found it very difficult to work and control; once i got used to using it, along with a tripod, it was down to angeling the shots and keeping the camera steady.

Youtube

Youtube was an extremly helpful online programme in which i used throughout the project, for research, uploading my own videos, and also uploading the responces to my opening. the most difficult aspect was the converting of the video and chosing the right settings in order to the videos being recognisable to the programme meening they can be uploaded sucessfully.

Soundtrack Pro

A programme in which i used to create the soundtrack for my opening, and this involved choising the different sounds, sometimes extending them, and creating the different sounds through many layers of sounds. I had to look for sounds that i thought would work well in my piece and create tension and atmopshere.

Evaluation question 5. - How did you attract/address your audience?

If you watch this version of my Opening and turn on annotations yuo will see my comment on how i think i have sucessfully address the audience.

Evaluation question 4. - Who would be the audience for your media product?

I believe if my opening were to be made into a full length feature film it would appeal to a younger audience between the ages of say 15-25 and i wanted my opening to still appeal to this audience age range. One important thing is that i didnt want my opening to appeal to just one gender, so i had to think about this whilst planning my opening. The opening does only reveal one character who is female, but i think this doesnt particularly matter, and doesnt meen it is a female dominate film, as the eerie gripping opening i think reveals and hits at the idea that the genre is thriller/mystery and i think this appeal to both genders.

If my film were to be full length it would feature many other aspects as music, possibly music from similar artists as kings of leon, or chase and status as some of there tracks are effective along with visuals in creating tention. Other aspects will also be included, possibly like crime, alcohol, music and betrayal, as these relate to the genre and would work well with fitting with the age range of 15-25 as these are often subjects in which they are interested in or can relate to at that age.

This age is also the most dominate audience for thriller films which is why i wanted to aim my film at this age range. Below are some examples of typical teenagers which would i am aiming this opening at, i have also asked people from this age range of there responces to my opening and the out come was positive, meening that if this were to be a feature film i believe the audience age range chosen would be appropriate.

Evaluation Question 3. - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation question 2. representing social groups

In these shots you can clearly see images of my main charatcer and what she is wearing, i chose this choice of clothing as i believe the clothes are very basic and classic, not too revealing for the audience, showing that she is a modest characters. Along with her innocent activity, for example, making tea and calmly reading the paper connates that this girl is quite intellegent. Also in the surroundings of her own home the audience would gather that the girl would have a middle class status, due to the respectfull looking location and resonably sized kitchen.

When looking at the first part sequence of my opening you can see parts of the characters coat and jewlery which look particular expensive also, so this once again highlights the class of this charatcer would be middle class. There is a long shot of the charatcter laying down, abandoned, at the beggining and it may not be very obvious, but you can see the girl is wearing wellies, this also connoates that the girl may be middle class or even higher class, living the country lifestyle, and the fact the location is in the countryside.

In Comparison to the female character staring in my opening, you can clearly see the difference between the 'gritty' girls style from independent movie 'This is England' who are portryed as much lower class, and you can tell this due to clothing and body language, i purposly didnt want my charatcter to be portayed in this way as i belive the 'innocent' girl next door look creates alot more sympathy and grabs the attention of the audience alot more.