Friday, 3 May 2013
Monday, 29 April 2013
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progressions from it to the product?
Looking back at my preliminary task i have learnt many different things to do with filming a short film sequence. I have learnt new skills in many different areas of media such as the editing, filming and using different camera shots.
Firstly looking back at my preliminary task the editing was poor this was due to the fact that it was the first time i had tried editing, but going on to the main product, the editing was to a higher standard this was down to having the preliminary task to practice my editing and even improve my skills in editing.
Secondly i have learned many different ways to use a camera since the last preliminary, such as shot reverse shot and match on match action, this helps giving a variety of shots in the final product. Using different camera shots also allows me to show the audiences what the character is feeling without the character stating this.
Finally i also learned how to film properly, in the preliminary i was poor at using the camera and some times the camera was wonky or the character was not in the correct positions. Moving on to the final thriller i had learnt how to use a camera properly and none of the shots were wonky and the character was in the correct position.
In the thriller we used many different types of shots, such as a point of view shot (picture on the left). This gave the thriller varitey and didn't seem like it kept repeating itself. If we did use the same type
of shot, like in the prelim task, it would have become boring and the audience would not continue watching.
Whereas in the preliminary task we used mainly one type of shot which was the shot reverse shot. This shot normally appears when two or more people are engaging in conversation, this made the preliminary task boring as it was very repetitive and a lot of dialogue involved in it.
In the main thriller we also used black and white, this was to show the audience that the killer was having a flashback to when the killing happened. This helped us keep variety in the short sequence which keeps the audience entertained.
We also placed a title at the end of the film to fade in while the background film was fading out, this makes the clip look very professional and makes the audience want to watch the rest of the film because it has been left on a cliffhanger which creates suspense for the audience.
But on the preliminary task the title did not look professional because it was just placed in the corner and was not very noticeable so the audience may not know what the film was called if the only saw this short extract.
Firstly looking back at my preliminary task the editing was poor this was due to the fact that it was the first time i had tried editing, but going on to the main product, the editing was to a higher standard this was down to having the preliminary task to practice my editing and even improve my skills in editing.
Secondly i have learned many different ways to use a camera since the last preliminary, such as shot reverse shot and match on match action, this helps giving a variety of shots in the final product. Using different camera shots also allows me to show the audiences what the character is feeling without the character stating this.
Finally i also learned how to film properly, in the preliminary i was poor at using the camera and some times the camera was wonky or the character was not in the correct positions. Moving on to the final thriller i had learnt how to use a camera properly and none of the shots were wonky and the character was in the correct position.
of shot, like in the prelim task, it would have become boring and the audience would not continue watching.
Whereas in the preliminary task we used mainly one type of shot which was the shot reverse shot. This shot normally appears when two or more people are engaging in conversation, this made the preliminary task boring as it was very repetitive and a lot of dialogue involved in it.
But on the preliminary task the title did not look professional because it was just placed in the corner and was not very noticeable so the audience may not know what the film was called if the only saw this short extract.
6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
While filming and editing our final thriller we used many different technologies some of which i had not used on a previous occasion.
The first piece of equipment I had to use for my thriller was Google Maps. Google Maps was used for finding the correct location for our thriller. This was a very useful tool to find our perfect location for us to film our thriller, we could easily find a good place to film without actually having to go and physically search for a place which would be waste of time when we could spend that time on other parts such as planning.
The next piece of equipment that I used was the digital video-camcorder. I had not used a camcorder before so I had to learn how to use parts of the camcorder such as learning how to record, and how to connect a microphone to the camcorder. I also had to learn how to use the camera with a tripod which was easy once I got the hang of it.
During the editing process I had to get use to many different pro
grams that i had not used before such as, LiveType, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects. Firstly I used Final Cut Express to capture all of the recording onto the computer once this was done i had to filter through all of the recording that we had filmed and find the correct clips that we was going to be using. Once this was done I had to put these clips in the correct order that I wanted them in. After all the placement was done, I had to make certain clips black and white, to do this i had to drag an effect onto the correct clip and it made it black and white.
Once all the work was done in Final cut express I had to go make our ident in the LiveType. To do this i created a new file and created a text file and continued to change the text to 'StoryBoard Productions' which was the name of our ident. I then chose one of LiveTypes defult animations and placed it in the background.
After all this was finished i placed the whole film into Adobe After Effects where I put the credits and the Films name into it. I also faded the clip in places where I wanted, I done this in After Effects and not in Final Cut Express because i found it easier to do in After Effects.
I also used Survey Monkey so that i could create a survey for people to fill out online so that i could get an idea of my target audience.
I have learnt many things from this experience such as learning to take many different shots of the location and of certain scenes so that in the editing process we have a wider choice of choosing the correct and best shot for the film.This also prevents you from having to go and re-film if you have something wrong with that shot.
The first piece of equipment I had to use for my thriller was Google Maps. Google Maps was used for finding the correct location for our thriller. This was a very useful tool to find our perfect location for us to film our thriller, we could easily find a good place to film without actually having to go and physically search for a place which would be waste of time when we could spend that time on other parts such as planning.
During the editing process I had to get use to many different pro
grams that i had not used before such as, LiveType, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects. Firstly I used Final Cut Express to capture all of the recording onto the computer once this was done i had to filter through all of the recording that we had filmed and find the correct clips that we was going to be using. Once this was done I had to put these clips in the correct order that I wanted them in. After all the placement was done, I had to make certain clips black and white, to do this i had to drag an effect onto the correct clip and it made it black and white.
Once all the work was done in Final cut express I had to go make our ident in the LiveType. To do this i created a new file and created a text file and continued to change the text to 'StoryBoard Productions' which was the name of our ident. I then chose one of LiveTypes defult animations and placed it in the background.
After all this was finished i placed the whole film into Adobe After Effects where I put the credits and the Films name into it. I also faded the clip in places where I wanted, I done this in After Effects and not in Final Cut Express because i found it easier to do in After Effects.
I also used Survey Monkey so that i could create a survey for people to fill out online so that i could get an idea of my target audience.
I have learnt many things from this experience such as learning to take many different shots of the location and of certain scenes so that in the editing process we have a wider choice of choosing the correct and best shot for the film.This also prevents you from having to go and re-film if you have something wrong with that shot.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Monday, 22 April 2013
4. Who would be the ideal audience for your media product?
Before we came up with an idea fro our film we created a survey on a website to find out what type of thriller the public enjoyed, how old they are and what was there favorite thriller was. We wanted to find out all these question so that we could come up with an idea that pleased the majority of people. We wanted to find out their age because we wanted to build a thriller around the person, if they was under 18 and we made the film an 18 restriction it wouldn't get seen by these people.
This is the first question that was asked at that was 'how old are you?'. In total we asked 10 people and the most popular answers was 16-25 with a few below the age of 16. From this we found out our target audience, so we decided to film a more urban 'hip' thriller to connect with our audience.
This question was 'What is your favorite thriller type?' This question was to decided what genre of thriller we was going to created, the most popular was Horror and there was 2 crime suggestions, keeping this in mind we decided to put them both together. Due to the thriller being urban incorporating the crime and horror genres into this theme would be much easier than making it a spy thriller.
These questions gave the basis for our idea for this thriller. to help us get more reliable results and to find out exactly what our target audience wanted we could have asked around a 100 people to make it more reliable.
This is the first question that was asked at that was 'how old are you?'. In total we asked 10 people and the most popular answers was 16-25 with a few below the age of 16. From this we found out our target audience, so we decided to film a more urban 'hip' thriller to connect with our audience.These questions gave the basis for our idea for this thriller. to help us get more reliable results and to find out exactly what our target audience wanted we could have asked around a 100 people to make it more reliable.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
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