This is our film opening edited fully, taking into account feedback from others therefore, our film will look and sound better than it originally did. The only issue we can't improve on in the opening is where you can see the reflection at around 0:42. However, this issue we can not resolve as it will create more issues with the continuity of the opening and the audience will struggle to understand the narrative. Therefore, I don't think this is a big issue and we are happy with the film opening that we have created.
Friday, 28 April 2017
Monday, 24 April 2017
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt about many different technologies since the start of making and planning my product. This use of different technology meant that our film could be the best standard possible (film industry standard).
One of the technologies we used was Adobe Premiere Pro 2015/17. We used this to edit our film opening and add music, titles and other effects such as changing the colour. The technology gave us a wide variety of options to use, therefore we could get the film to look as good as possible and customise it to our preferences.
The software was easy to upload and save our files and was fairly easy to use once we got to grips with it, as before this product neither of us had used Premiere Pro, only iMovie which is however, very similar but more basic. A problem that we did encounter with the program was that it was hard to link the footage from Premiere Pro to Adobe After Effects and it took some time to overcome this issue.
Overall, this program helped us to develop a skill of editing a film opening. It was effective to use and made our film opening look professional. I would use this piece of software again if we were to create another production in the future as it's the most useful and the best available.
Another piece of technology we used was blogger, this helped us to keep track of our work and what we were doing within the production chronologically. We used it to plan our production, what we were doing during our production as well as what we were doing when editing our film. We would also post any changes we had made to our product. I had never used blogger before therefore, it was tough to get used to tracking my work in this way however, I got used to it after the first few posts were made.
This program helped us to develop our writing skills and refer back to what we had previously planned/wrote fairly easily. Our group could also gain information off blogger through getting work all members had worked on off another members blog instead of it being sent over, this was a more quick and efficient way of communicating. As a group we could also keep adding and creating new ideas easily and develop those ideas throughout.
Blogger allowed us to link to other media such as YouTube videos, pictures and Power Points for example therefore, if we were to create another product of a similar type I would use Blogger again as it was efficient to keep track of what we were doing in the three sub sections of our product which were planning (pre-production), production and post production, as well as remain organised.
Moreover, another media product we used was a website called YouTube. We used this to upload and therefore present our productions and show our production progress throughout, as well as audience testing to our target audience. The website is very easy to use and has many tools available to improve our productions such as cutting the length etc. Furthermore we had used the website before as it is popular globally therefore, knew it was good and would be suitable for us to use. Furthermore, the site gave us many options as to the privacy of the videos we uploaded however, we left all videos on public which meant we could embed the videos into our blog posts.
YouTube helped to limit the time we spent on our production as it was quick and easy to use and upload. For these reasons I would use YouTube again if i was to repeat the project. Another positive of the site is that we are able to order our videos in a playlist which meant we could also keep as organised as possible especially when it was essential in mid production.
A further piece of technology we used was the Apple Mac desktop computer as it gave us all the tools and things needed to create the best film as higher quality as possible. This technology was useful as we gained access to other technologies such as Premiere Pro, blogger and YouTube through the Mac. These computers are almost the best possible as they offer good quality and therefore meant we could gain accurate editing from it too. Therefore, we would use these computers again in the future use as we have also used them in previous projects and they have been very reliable.
The final two pieces of technology we used for our film production was two cameras as well as two tripods. The two cameras we used were a panasonic HDC-SD700 as well as my personal Nikon D3300 DSLR. Both cameras were fairly easy to use as I had basic knowledge of how to work them before the production. Therefore, we would use both cameras again if we were to re-do or do another production in the future especially as they were of high quality too. Also we used two different types of tripod which were helpful in allowing us to get the shots we wanted as well as the camera movement which would make our production better than it would be without tripods as this way we also had a steady shot all the time. Therefore, we would also use these again as they were very effective and important for us.
Moreover, another media product we used was a website called YouTube. We used this to upload and therefore present our productions and show our production progress throughout, as well as audience testing to our target audience. The website is very easy to use and has many tools available to improve our productions such as cutting the length etc. Furthermore we had used the website before as it is popular globally therefore, knew it was good and would be suitable for us to use. Furthermore, the site gave us many options as to the privacy of the videos we uploaded however, we left all videos on public which meant we could embed the videos into our blog posts.
YouTube helped to limit the time we spent on our production as it was quick and easy to use and upload. For these reasons I would use YouTube again if i was to repeat the project. Another positive of the site is that we are able to order our videos in a playlist which meant we could also keep as organised as possible especially when it was essential in mid production.
A further piece of technology we used was the Apple Mac desktop computer as it gave us all the tools and things needed to create the best film as higher quality as possible. This technology was useful as we gained access to other technologies such as Premiere Pro, blogger and YouTube through the Mac. These computers are almost the best possible as they offer good quality and therefore meant we could gain accurate editing from it too. Therefore, we would use these computers again in the future use as we have also used them in previous projects and they have been very reliable.
The final two pieces of technology we used for our film production was two cameras as well as two tripods. The two cameras we used were a panasonic HDC-SD700 as well as my personal Nikon D3300 DSLR. Both cameras were fairly easy to use as I had basic knowledge of how to work them before the production. Therefore, we would use both cameras again if we were to re-do or do another production in the future especially as they were of high quality too. Also we used two different types of tripod which were helpful in allowing us to get the shots we wanted as well as the camera movement which would make our production better than it would be without tripods as this way we also had a steady shot all the time. Therefore, we would also use these again as they were very effective and important for us.
Monday, 17 April 2017
Evaluation Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
Our film opening research began off our general knowledge of what we knew to be successful in action-thriller films and the storyline of them, this made sure that our opening fitted in to the genre we wanted and therefore, would attract the right audiences for our film.
However, once we had our initial idea we made slight adjustments and changes based on other peoples suggestions and what they'd like to see in the opening or what they think would work better. Therefore, with this information I understood that I needed to make the narrative more clear and so it was easier to understand however, still needed to get the right balance between creating tension and suspense as well as the audience knowing the basic narrative.
Furthermore, it's proven that the audience will relate to the film / media more if the characters are of similar age. Therefore, there is two characters in our film similar to the age of the target audience meaning that they are more likely to be able to see themselves in this situation or imagine this happening to them and thinking what they would do in that scenario.
Another way in which we could tell if our film opening was successful or not was if it appealed to us making it, as the target audience was of our age it would especially have to attract us before anyone else and from this we would be able to make any changes necessary because we were able to relate to it better than if we made a film out of our age range. Moreover, the thriller genre of our film means that there is tension in the opening and we felt that tension would attract both genders and this proved successful as when receiving audience feedback we gathered 1 male and 3 females as we knew it would be harder to attract the female gender than male therefore, their view was important to us and the feedback was positive.
The location of our film opening also meant that the audience were addressed as we felt the location was conventional for a thriller genre and with it being filmed at night it added to the tension. Also the location would be familiar for the audience and therefore, the would be able to relate to the location of a car park which appeared to be isolated with no one else around. This location may also be a common place for the target audience meaning that they can relate to the film better.
However, once we had our initial idea we made slight adjustments and changes based on other peoples suggestions and what they'd like to see in the opening or what they think would work better. Therefore, with this information I understood that I needed to make the narrative more clear and so it was easier to understand however, still needed to get the right balance between creating tension and suspense as well as the audience knowing the basic narrative.
Furthermore, it's proven that the audience will relate to the film / media more if the characters are of similar age. Therefore, there is two characters in our film similar to the age of the target audience meaning that they are more likely to be able to see themselves in this situation or imagine this happening to them and thinking what they would do in that scenario.
Another way in which we could tell if our film opening was successful or not was if it appealed to us making it, as the target audience was of our age it would especially have to attract us before anyone else and from this we would be able to make any changes necessary because we were able to relate to it better than if we made a film out of our age range. Moreover, the thriller genre of our film means that there is tension in the opening and we felt that tension would attract both genders and this proved successful as when receiving audience feedback we gathered 1 male and 3 females as we knew it would be harder to attract the female gender than male therefore, their view was important to us and the feedback was positive.
The location of our film opening also meant that the audience were addressed as we felt the location was conventional for a thriller genre and with it being filmed at night it added to the tension. Also the location would be familiar for the audience and therefore, the would be able to relate to the location of a car park which appeared to be isolated with no one else around. This location may also be a common place for the target audience meaning that they can relate to the film better.
Friday, 14 April 2017
Monday, 10 April 2017
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
Our film would most likely be distributed by a company such as Warner Bros instead of being distributed and shared as an independent film as we feel this will be less successful than having the backing of a successful company which will gain a wider interest in our film. We would do this as our film follows many similar narratives and storylines to films that Warner Bros already distribute. Also by being distributed by a big company they would be able to give us the funds to make a very successful film as well as a huge part of our target audience will watch films especially made by these companies and of these genres.
However, by wanting a big company to fund and back our film it would be very hard to gain the support however, if possible would be worth it because the film would get in more cinemas and therefore, much more revenue would be generated from this although the film still would've cost more to make. On the other hand, if we were to run our film independently the film would be much more low budget and more locally broadcast than on a national level and appear in much less cinemas due to having to fund our own project through a campaign such as kickstarter which, if successful, will give us enough funds to make a very successful independently made film.
A film company will potentially distribute our film due to it being unique, or they may have not had a film of that genre and our specific representation of class and gender in a while and think it will be distributed successfully and bring a good amount of audiences to cinemas and generate as much revenue and profit from the film as possible.
Furthermore, to try and distribute our film even further we would advertise and promote our film through social media as this is where the majority of our target audience will see advertisements and things such as film trailers, because of the very popular use of it by teenagers, in which they could be interested in seeing the film, Web sites such as Netflix, Youtube and Facebook could help a lot in broadcasting our film and things about our film and therefore, gaining more profit and making the film more successful due to popular and successful websites broadcasting it for us. Although it may not be free to advertise and broadcast in all cases on social media, we feel it would be worth it.
However, by wanting a big company to fund and back our film it would be very hard to gain the support however, if possible would be worth it because the film would get in more cinemas and therefore, much more revenue would be generated from this although the film still would've cost more to make. On the other hand, if we were to run our film independently the film would be much more low budget and more locally broadcast than on a national level and appear in much less cinemas due to having to fund our own project through a campaign such as kickstarter which, if successful, will give us enough funds to make a very successful independently made film.
A film company will potentially distribute our film due to it being unique, or they may have not had a film of that genre and our specific representation of class and gender in a while and think it will be distributed successfully and bring a good amount of audiences to cinemas and generate as much revenue and profit from the film as possible.
Furthermore, to try and distribute our film even further we would advertise and promote our film through social media as this is where the majority of our target audience will see advertisements and things such as film trailers, because of the very popular use of it by teenagers, in which they could be interested in seeing the film, Web sites such as Netflix, Youtube and Facebook could help a lot in broadcasting our film and things about our film and therefore, gaining more profit and making the film more successful due to popular and successful websites broadcasting it for us. Although it may not be free to advertise and broadcast in all cases on social media, we feel it would be worth it.
Thursday, 6 April 2017
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