Friday, 4 April 2014
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Question 7 Evaluation
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the product?
Back in December I had to create a short piece of footage for our Preliminary task that had to show the use of various different editing techniques which eventually helped me to create my final piece as I was aware of the use and benefits of eyeline match, match-on-action and shot/reverse shots.
Back in December I had to create a short piece of footage for our Preliminary task that had to show the use of various different editing techniques which eventually helped me to create my final piece as I was aware of the use and benefits of eyeline match, match-on-action and shot/reverse shots.
If I look back on my Preliminary task now in comparison to my final piece I can definitely see improvements in my work. The Preliminary task was prepared within a shorter amount of time and as such I didn’t have much time in terms of preparing for my preliminary task but the storyline was fairly simple and the aim was clear. However, my final piece required much more thought and preparation and vastly improved in terms of editing and footage as I had more time and had learnt since my preliminary what I could make improvements upon.
There are moments in my preliminary where the camera movement is not steady or the camera is not kept still as it is being hand held. I made note of this before I created my final piece and re shot any shots I thought were shaky or unsteady and kept the camera upon the tripod in shots were the camera needed to be held so as to make sure that the camera was held steadily.
Sound was also another problem that arose within my preliminary. The sound was not something we spent an awful lot of time thinking about when it came to our preliminary as the task at hand was to focus upon including the various editing techniques. Although we had created a script that worked well however we simply just threw in a piece of soundtrack from “The Dark Knight” one of the Batman films and kept it on throughout the piece. When it came to my final piece I thought more carefully about the sound I used. I used little dialogue which I think is a vast improvement to the drabbling on within my Preliminary piece that was required to create a Shot/Reverse shot and I added a piece of music on in the background and made the music rise in volume at crucial moments to build tension and added extra sound where needed to make an effect. Although I do admit sound was not my strong point in either piece and still could have bee improved in my final product.
When I was filming my preliminary I didn’t think creatively when filming my shots. When filming the conversation between the two boys I just simply used mid-shot and didn’t include close ups like I did within my final piece to create a sense of drama or reaction. Whereas in my final piece you can see the fear and hesitation in the use of close ups and such. I used a variety of angles more creatively and it created more emotion within my final piece.
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Question 6 Evaluation
What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From the beginning of this project I have been introduced to the use of various hardware, software and websites in the research and creation of my final media product.
From the beginning of this project I have been introduced to the use of various hardware, software and websites in the research and creation of my final media product.
Monday, 24 March 2014
Question 4 Evaluation
Who would the audience for your media product be?
In producing and marketing a film it is important that we acquire a particular audience to aim for to apply to our media to product to ensure success. A particular target market would take into consideration of age, gender and social class in creating an audience of specific people who would wish to watch my film.
When creating a film age is an important aspect of the target audience. Age can create a limit on who can see our film in terms of the classification guidelines on age restriction upon films, determined upon language, violence and horror. For example my film may not be suited to children due to the explicit language and violence within my film. However I would not want to restrict a large amount of my appropriate audience and so I had to research into who the appropriate audience for my film would be. Focusing upon the genre of thrillers, I found in my research that the age around most people that watch thrillers (depending upon the conventions) are between the ages of 15-25. Teenagers and young adults are often a large audience that appeal to thrillers due to their fast-paced action, violence and the thrill it gives young adolescents to be afraid. I would prefer for my film to be a 15 certificate rather than an 18 so to not cut off a proportion of the audience that would appeal to my film. This does mean however, that I can't include too many elements of blood and gore that may also attract a larger audience however I believe it would be better held at a 15 certificate.
In terms of gender I believe thrillers appeal to both males and females. Although it could be said that the male population appeal more so to thrillers, the shocking scenes and rush of adrenaline seem to typically appeal more so to them than to females. Although females seem to appeal more so to relationships within films.
I didn't have any specific expectations determined upon gender within my audience when creating my film. I use actors who are both male and female within my film so the film regarding it's characters would not appeal predominantly to one gender. I expect my film could appeal to both a male and female audience in this case.
Determined upon class is not as fundamental in the case of who my audience for my film will be. However the case of class can be considered. The majority of the population are working class and the majority of people who often watch films for leisure are the working class. I find it unlikely that our thriller will appeal to an upper class audience. We portray our main character as working class so the working class will be able to associate with the main character whereas the upper class will not.
In producing and marketing a film it is important that we acquire a particular audience to aim for to apply to our media to product to ensure success. A particular target market would take into consideration of age, gender and social class in creating an audience of specific people who would wish to watch my film.
When creating a film age is an important aspect of the target audience. Age can create a limit on who can see our film in terms of the classification guidelines on age restriction upon films, determined upon language, violence and horror. For example my film may not be suited to children due to the explicit language and violence within my film. However I would not want to restrict a large amount of my appropriate audience and so I had to research into who the appropriate audience for my film would be. Focusing upon the genre of thrillers, I found in my research that the age around most people that watch thrillers (depending upon the conventions) are between the ages of 15-25. Teenagers and young adults are often a large audience that appeal to thrillers due to their fast-paced action, violence and the thrill it gives young adolescents to be afraid. I would prefer for my film to be a 15 certificate rather than an 18 so to not cut off a proportion of the audience that would appeal to my film. This does mean however, that I can't include too many elements of blood and gore that may also attract a larger audience however I believe it would be better held at a 15 certificate.
I didn't have any specific expectations determined upon gender within my audience when creating my film. I use actors who are both male and female within my film so the film regarding it's characters would not appeal predominantly to one gender. I expect my film could appeal to both a male and female audience in this case.
Determined upon class is not as fundamental in the case of who my audience for my film will be. However the case of class can be considered. The majority of the population are working class and the majority of people who often watch films for leisure are the working class. I find it unlikely that our thriller will appeal to an upper class audience. We portray our main character as working class so the working class will be able to associate with the main character whereas the upper class will not.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
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