Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Over the course of production from my prelim task until my finished opening sequence from my thriller I feel I have leant and progressed a lot in that period.
The task we were given of making an opening scene for a thriller was a lot more daunting and complex than my prelim task. Firstly we had to come up with our own ideas and thoughts on what would work as a sequence, where as for the prelim task we were given a basic script, I felt for the thriller I need to think for myself and become more creative which I believed I did. We had to create our own storyboard which would make sense and an idea that was doable. Once we had done that we had to get the actors and plan the day of filming with props and such rather than the prelim task which was just an afternoon. I believe I have become more organised and creative during the creation of it.
When it came to the first day of film I was able to use the skills which I leant in-between the prelim and the thriller, such as tracking shots, focus pulls and using a slow motion camera. All this I was unable to do in my prelim task as I need have the skills needed to do it so there once I had leant them in lesson I could use them in good effect. In my prelim task I used mostly over the shoulder and mid shots whereas in the thriller I used more complex camera angles and used things such as close ups and side shots as while which made the thriller more interesting to watch. I also feel I have leant more about directing the actions and telling them what to do as I am more confident of this so therefore I could director my actors and communicate what I wanted them to which may a huge help. In the prelim I was quite hesitant and nervous to tell people what to do so having that experience really helped.
When it came to editing I also feel that I have improved as my prelim task I feel was slightly jumpy and didn’t flow as well as I would of hoped, so therefore I put this right in my Thriller, also I leant how to add sound in and therefore this made my thriller more interesting and I am more skilled at adjusting the sound to make it work with the scene so I am pleased with that. Also I feel I put more detail in my editing looking for precise cuts to create a more polished feel to it. Also I leant about putting after effects in which I never knew before with this I was able to put in blood and muzzle flashes to therefore make my thriller more realistic rather than fake which was a huge boost to me. Overall I feel I have improved as a media student and film maker as I have leant some key skills which I used for my thriller
Thursday 31 March 2011
Monday 21 March 2011
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Evaluation Task 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our Media Product Injustice would be aimed at a slightly older audience than the average film. As it is a complex psychological Thriller and i believe that the adult population would enjoy the film and uderstand what is going on. It will also be quite goory and mind controling designed to scare and shock the audience. Also it we want it to play on the mind of the audience as our lead George Spooner is controled by a mistery organisation. I believe that it wont be a mainstream blockbuster however i do believe that it could get national release and will appeal to more than just your average cinema goer. I also feel that the movie will pick up a lot of profit in DVD sales as its the type of movie which would be good on a saturday night. The reason why i have this believe and faith in DVD sales is many horror films make most if not all there revenue on DVD sales and though are film isnt horror it with still appeal to that sort of audience.
Our Media Product Injustice would be aimed at a slightly older audience than the average film. As it is a complex psychological Thriller and i believe that the adult population would enjoy the film and uderstand what is going on. It will also be quite goory and mind controling designed to scare and shock the audience. Also it we want it to play on the mind of the audience as our lead George Spooner is controled by a mistery organisation. I believe that it wont be a mainstream blockbuster however i do believe that it could get national release and will appeal to more than just your average cinema goer. I also feel that the movie will pick up a lot of profit in DVD sales as its the type of movie which would be good on a saturday night. The reason why i have this believe and faith in DVD sales is many horror films make most if not all there revenue on DVD sales and though are film isnt horror it with still appeal to that sort of audience.
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Thursday 3 March 2011
Evaluation task 2 How does your product represent particular social groups?
How does your product represent particular social groups?
Our thriller doesnt really represant particular social types as there are onl three characters in our scene, so therefore it was difficult to show this. However we wanted to give the sense of power and upper class air to our main character and his wife, this was done by having them live in a big house and them getting into a nice car. Also with there costumes it gave them a sense of importance as they were, smartly dressed so therefore they conformed to the stereotype of a powerful upper class couple. For our assassin we wanted to subvert the sterotype of the typical murderer, we wanted him to look slightly innocent and pick a young actor to play him so the audience wouldnt expect him to be the killer therefore it wouldnt represent the typical sterotype assassin.
Our thriller doesnt really represant particular social types as there are onl three characters in our scene, so therefore it was difficult to show this. However we wanted to give the sense of power and upper class air to our main character and his wife, this was done by having them live in a big house and them getting into a nice car. Also with there costumes it gave them a sense of importance as they were, smartly dressed so therefore they conformed to the stereotype of a powerful upper class couple. For our assassin we wanted to subvert the sterotype of the typical murderer, we wanted him to look slightly innocent and pick a young actor to play him so the audience wouldnt expect him to be the killer therefore it wouldnt represent the typical sterotype assassin.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
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