Friday 12 February 2016
Evaluation 3) What have you learned from your audience feedabck?
The Audience feedback helped me hone in on slight issues I had created and how to rectify them an example of this is my films poster which originally had the slogan "who decides if you die honourably?" which from the feedback was well received but the audience asked me to try swapping the words honourably and die as it'll be more effective. So on the final poster the tagline reds "Who decides if you honourably die?".
Evaluation 2) How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
Ancillary Text 1 -
My first ancillary text is my movies poster which takes a still from the original film which shows the pill bottle on the bench just after the protagonist runs out of shot This shot creates intrigue in the audience and the image is shocking enough to grab you're attention. The shock and intrigue makes a viewer want to see the film.
Ancillary Text 2 -
This is my review which explains the positives of my film and where I went wrong for example it clearly states that my sound was mixed incorrectly and could've been improved, which is very true as well as this the review is in a wordy talky fashion you would find when reading a review.
My first ancillary text is my movies poster which takes a still from the original film which shows the pill bottle on the bench just after the protagonist runs out of shot This shot creates intrigue in the audience and the image is shocking enough to grab you're attention. The shock and intrigue makes a viewer want to see the film.
Ancillary Text 2 -
This is my review which explains the positives of my film and where I went wrong for example it clearly states that my sound was mixed incorrectly and could've been improved, which is very true as well as this the review is in a wordy talky fashion you would find when reading a review.
Evaluation 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Characters-
Most short films keep there character count as low as possible, 2 or 3 at the most due to the fact there isn't a lot of time to develop these characters in a short film. The further the development of a character the more invested an audience member becomes in the character. This causes the audience member to be more effected by a short film. I follow this convention knowing that to many characters makes a confusing and a times pointless short film as you take nothing from it. Shown below are my two characters, Annabelle played by Chloe Manley and Hannah played by Amy Shelmerdine.
Twist-
Short Films only have a short amount of time to create an effect on the audience oppose to the 90 minutes normal movies have so some short films use twists to shock the audience and effectively put the message across. This convention I found far to enticing not to use the way some short films like 'About a girl' and 'Spider' can leave me thinking about the film for three hours after the credits shows me how effective this convention is and I wanted to have a go at it. The twist is created by creating a predictable narrative lulling the audience into a false security and then pull the rug from under the audience with a shocking revelation or sometimes fatal event. Below is an image of the car crash which creates the shock twist.
Budget-
Short film directors are usually independent meaning the budget is usually very low and can only support having two actors in a few locations. A lot of actors usually do short films to get there name out there and not for the money so will perform for free. I had to follow this convention as I didn't have the money to put behind it but the film ended up looking more real because it was set in a simple neighbourhood like the one most viewers live in.
Length-
Short Films are between 5 and 35 minutes long and shorter than 5 minutes it would not be able to expand a story long enough and longer than 35 minutes it would be a feature length film. My film had to be 5 minutes as it has to fit the A2 criteria but I did follow this convention.
Situation-
Most short films have a low budget and want to engage with there audience so usually use an everyday situation that the everyday viewer can relate to then flip it on it's head through a twist ending or an unforeseen revelation. This convention was used in my piece, Hara-Kiri as I turn the everyday goings on of a teenage girl into a dark and unfortunate series of events.
Todorov-
Todorov's theory of Equilibrium is typically applied to short films beginning with a form of equilibrium where everything is normal then an event causes a problem throwing the narrative into disequilibrium finally the protagonist fixes the disequilibrium bring back the equilibrium which is somehow different from before. I did not follow this convention as my film had a message behind it about media today and by ending my film with disequilibrium the message is put across in a much more devastating and shocking way.
Most short films keep there character count as low as possible, 2 or 3 at the most due to the fact there isn't a lot of time to develop these characters in a short film. The further the development of a character the more invested an audience member becomes in the character. This causes the audience member to be more effected by a short film. I follow this convention knowing that to many characters makes a confusing and a times pointless short film as you take nothing from it. Shown below are my two characters, Annabelle played by Chloe Manley and Hannah played by Amy Shelmerdine.
Short Films only have a short amount of time to create an effect on the audience oppose to the 90 minutes normal movies have so some short films use twists to shock the audience and effectively put the message across. This convention I found far to enticing not to use the way some short films like 'About a girl' and 'Spider' can leave me thinking about the film for three hours after the credits shows me how effective this convention is and I wanted to have a go at it. The twist is created by creating a predictable narrative lulling the audience into a false security and then pull the rug from under the audience with a shocking revelation or sometimes fatal event. Below is an image of the car crash which creates the shock twist.
Short film directors are usually independent meaning the budget is usually very low and can only support having two actors in a few locations. A lot of actors usually do short films to get there name out there and not for the money so will perform for free. I had to follow this convention as I didn't have the money to put behind it but the film ended up looking more real because it was set in a simple neighbourhood like the one most viewers live in.
Length-
Short Films are between 5 and 35 minutes long and shorter than 5 minutes it would not be able to expand a story long enough and longer than 35 minutes it would be a feature length film. My film had to be 5 minutes as it has to fit the A2 criteria but I did follow this convention.
Situation-
Most short films have a low budget and want to engage with there audience so usually use an everyday situation that the everyday viewer can relate to then flip it on it's head through a twist ending or an unforeseen revelation. This convention was used in my piece, Hara-Kiri as I turn the everyday goings on of a teenage girl into a dark and unfortunate series of events.
Todorov-
Todorov's theory of Equilibrium is typically applied to short films beginning with a form of equilibrium where everything is normal then an event causes a problem throwing the narrative into disequilibrium finally the protagonist fixes the disequilibrium bring back the equilibrium which is somehow different from before. I did not follow this convention as my film had a message behind it about media today and by ending my film with disequilibrium the message is put across in a much more devastating and shocking way.
Friday 29 January 2016
Task 6 - analysis of at least 3 magazine review pages (for a C grade)
http://prezi.com/ktchscaudemy/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Task 4 - upload of prelim task with prelim task post (see Music Video prelim post)
a) Task outline and real video
For the Preliminary Task we we're asked to recreate the opening minute of 1 of several popular music videos, we chose One Direction's hit record 'Little things'.
b) Planning
We watched the original video through several times picking apart the shots we would have to recreate as well as this we created a list of props needed for the film and decided what room we would use to create the film.
c) Filming
The filming process took around 2 hours one afternoon and was fairly straightforward we put the original video on a projector screen just out of shot so we could perfectly lip synce the song and ensure the shot was as close as it could be to the original.
d) Editing
The editing process was fairly straightforward as we filmed in the same order as the original, the challenges we're turning the entire film black and white and matching it up with the original in the bottom corner.
e) Final Product
The final product was a pretty much a success except for a few shots which are out of synce I think are effort was admiral considering the enviroment we had to film in as well and creating as close a copy to the original as we could.
f) Your contribution
Hours of contribution- 6 hours
Which sections you filmed- Most shots I'm not in I filmed due to the fact I was a slight controlfreak when it came to filming.
Which sections you lipsynched- As you can see from the film I has a similar amount of lipsyncing time as the other two I worked with. I am the one in the white t-shirt you can see it in it's entirety below.
Which sections you edited- I personally took care of the black and white filter and editing the smaller version in the bottom corner while the other two cut the shots together.
g) Evaluation
Overall I believe the film was a success I picked up some new skills through the editing process for example how to use the black and white filter, the film is pretty close the the original apart from the fact it's a few seconds faster than the original.
For the Preliminary Task we we're asked to recreate the opening minute of 1 of several popular music videos, we chose One Direction's hit record 'Little things'.
b) Planning
We watched the original video through several times picking apart the shots we would have to recreate as well as this we created a list of props needed for the film and decided what room we would use to create the film.
c) Filming
The filming process took around 2 hours one afternoon and was fairly straightforward we put the original video on a projector screen just out of shot so we could perfectly lip synce the song and ensure the shot was as close as it could be to the original.
d) Editing
The editing process was fairly straightforward as we filmed in the same order as the original, the challenges we're turning the entire film black and white and matching it up with the original in the bottom corner.
e) Final Product
The final product was a pretty much a success except for a few shots which are out of synce I think are effort was admiral considering the enviroment we had to film in as well and creating as close a copy to the original as we could.
f) Your contribution
Hours of contribution- 6 hours
Which sections you filmed- Most shots I'm not in I filmed due to the fact I was a slight controlfreak when it came to filming.
Which sections you lipsynched- As you can see from the film I has a similar amount of lipsyncing time as the other two I worked with. I am the one in the white t-shirt you can see it in it's entirety below.
Which sections you edited- I personally took care of the black and white filter and editing the smaller version in the bottom corner while the other two cut the shots together.
g) Evaluation
Overall I believe the film was a success I picked up some new skills through the editing process for example how to use the black and white filter, the film is pretty close the the original apart from the fact it's a few seconds faster than the original.
Friday 15 January 2016
Task 10 - Research into the film industry
The film industry is a collaboratioin of the technological and commercial institutions of filmaking which includes, film studios, film production comapnies, cinematography, editing, screen writing, film festivals, distribution, actors, film directors, etc. The movie industry, due to the amount of money it creates, the film industry quickly became controlled by big production companies, Lionsgate, Universal, Paramount, Pixar, etc. This made it harder for independent films to be noticed and rewarded for the talent shown and put into them. But the development of sites such as youtube, etc has enabled these film makers to be noticed and the independent film industry to evolve. Currently in today's modern era of film the largest box office markets are the United States, China and Japan. This is world wide but in Europe the biggest film productions occur in the United Kingdom, France and Spain.
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