Who would be the audience for your media product?
As stated throughout my blog our film is suitable for 15+ by the BBFC standards.I think that our film would be equally suited to both male and females as there is a female leading character and there is alot of action and a driving scene, this would hint to the viewer that there will be more fast paced action and driving scenes. This may appeal more to the men as they like adrenaline pumping action however, women can relate to the film as there is a lead woman playing the main actor.
How did you attract/address your audience?
As said in the previous paragraph we used fast paced action to attract our audience to our film as well as using traditional action film concepts to establish a baseline with our audience.We also used a questionnaire to attract our audience however we only got 11 people respond to it, however it helped us to decide the genre and name of our film.
We went on various social networking sites to attract our audience as we posted on Facebook, twitter and Google+. Using the information we gathered we decided that our target audience of 15+ was suitable.
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Monday, 5 November 2012
Evaluation-Technologies and preliminary
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
In the process of making our 2 minute film opening i realised the importance of a high quality camera to film our opening sequence. As we were filming in the dark the camera did not look as well 'polished' as the other students films as they were filmed in the daytime.
I have also learned how to to use Sony Vegas pro 9.0 as Liam had this editing software on his laptop, this meant that we could edit whenever we wanted without problems with who is on the computer. Liam also taught me how to use software like adobe Photoshop and after affects to create the titles and our opening credits.
Things i have learnt in constructing this product:
How to create a blog and keep it well presented,
Built on past camera work,
How to maintain a steady camera tracking with tripod
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full product?
There was a big transition from creating the preliminary task and the full product as we had to plan every single shot for the full product to ensure it ran smooth as in the preliminary we went and improvised these shots. However, we did learn how and when to use different kind of camera shot in a situation to create more tension or less.The main task has taught me the importance of continuity within the film itself as if the final product is not the same all the way through it can make the finished product look tacky.Even though our main task took longer than we anticipated to plan and prepare it came out a a reasonably high quality with only minor errors. This highlights the importance of storyboarding as we knew what we were doing when we came to filming so we only needed a few hours to film.
In the process of making our 2 minute film opening i realised the importance of a high quality camera to film our opening sequence. As we were filming in the dark the camera did not look as well 'polished' as the other students films as they were filmed in the daytime.
I have also learned how to to use Sony Vegas pro 9.0 as Liam had this editing software on his laptop, this meant that we could edit whenever we wanted without problems with who is on the computer. Liam also taught me how to use software like adobe Photoshop and after affects to create the titles and our opening credits.
Things i have learnt in constructing this product:
How to create a blog and keep it well presented,
Built on past camera work,
How to maintain a steady camera tracking with tripod
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full product?
There was a big transition from creating the preliminary task and the full product as we had to plan every single shot for the full product to ensure it ran smooth as in the preliminary we went and improvised these shots. However, we did learn how and when to use different kind of camera shot in a situation to create more tension or less.The main task has taught me the importance of continuity within the film itself as if the final product is not the same all the way through it can make the finished product look tacky.Even though our main task took longer than we anticipated to plan and prepare it came out a a reasonably high quality with only minor errors. This highlights the importance of storyboarding as we knew what we were doing when we came to filming so we only needed a few hours to film.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of your media paper
Our film challenges the convention of the film industry especially the action genre. As we challange the idea that the men are always the protaginist and the main lead and women are always the damsel in distress. We have chosen stella as the main character as the film shows she is an indepedent woman and can hold her own.
An action genre convention we used was the use of a getaway car, we used a landrover to get away as we dident have the avaliable funds to get a sports car. We also used the conventional black clothing to rob he house as this helps us 'blend in'.
An action genre convention we used was the use of a getaway car, we used a landrover to get away as we dident have the avaliable funds to get a sports car. We also used the conventional black clothing to rob he house as this helps us 'blend in'.
Friday, 2 November 2012
Evaluation-Distribution
Working title:
If we were to look for a company to distribute our film on a small budget i would choose working title as they have alot of experience working with independent British film company's, they have also created great action films such as Hot Fuzz and Johnny English.So with using a well known distributor such as working title you are guaranteed to have your film put on the big screen for a chance at success.
Paramount Pictures:
If we were looking for a film to be high budget i think paramount pictures will be suitable as they have created smash hits like Mission Impossible:2, GI Joe: Retaliation, Titanic 2012 And Hard Rain. Because Paramount Pictures are well known we would be able to distribute our product gloaballyand be able to make some money in the process.
If we were to look for a company to distribute our film on a small budget i would choose working title as they have alot of experience working with independent British film company's, they have also created great action films such as Hot Fuzz and Johnny English.So with using a well known distributor such as working title you are guaranteed to have your film put on the big screen for a chance at success.
Paramount Pictures:
If we were looking for a film to be high budget i think paramount pictures will be suitable as they have created smash hits like Mission Impossible:2, GI Joe: Retaliation, Titanic 2012 And Hard Rain. Because Paramount Pictures are well known we would be able to distribute our product gloaballyand be able to make some money in the process.
Friday, 27 April 2012
First screening-Audience reactions
Our inital screenings of our film was shown to a class of media students who were also participating in the task to create a 2 minute film opening. The film was shown twice and they were told to write down feedback for us, telling us what genere they thought it was, the name of the film, what went well with the film and what we could do to improve it.
Most of the audience noticed what the film name was and what type of genre the film was, this was one of the good points we have got from this reveiw showing us that we were able to get the convections of an action film down for people to notice this. However,we recieved feedback that we sould take out our "directed by" and "filmed by" in the opening titles as we only needed our names in the opening two minute's, however this was easily adjusted to say the correct terms.
There were two main problems with our film that the reviews pickedup on the first issue was the issue of the lighting in some scenes as they were filmed at night to fit with the conventions of a 'break-in'. This was not able to be fixed as we couldent refilm because there would be different cars on the street effecting the continuity of our film, and we diden't want to risk the brighting of the film through the copmputer as this may make the picture even worse.
The second problem with our film was the 'fight scene' as many of the reviews said it was too 'unrealistic' as the hand was far away from the face and the push was to slow and fake. This was an easy fix as all we needed to do is refilm the shot.
However the most important review we needed to take on bard was our media teacher Miss Street, she gave us some suggestions for improvement; she said to remove the ending out of the film to make way for more 'insight' into the character of monroe and how she can fight by adding monroe boxing at the start.
The reviews have given us constructive critisim so we can take that away to further better our film.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Monday, 19 March 2012
Friday, 2 March 2012
Actors/Actresses that would fit our role's
Angelina Jolie would be a great actor to play Janet Monroe in out film because she is known as a woman who is able to do her own stunts and act tough. She would be perfect for our role as she is attractive to both men and women who would want to see the our film.
Stella Perryman wrote this one.
Megan Fox in 'Transformers'
Another actress who would be suitable for the role of Janet Monroe is Megan Fox. We decided this because of her roles in the first two 'Transformers' films, she is a character who both challenges and supports the traditional representation's of women because throughout the film she needs saving by the hero, However at times she is able deal with situations herself and has managed to build up her character to be quite tough and versatile. Also having an actress like Megan Fox would definitely help to make more males watch the film because they would see her as very attractive.
Liam Difford wrote this one.
Mila Kunis
Mila Kunis is another suitable actress for our role as Janet Monroe. This was decided because her role in 'Friends with benefits', she both challenges and supports traditional representations of women because she is a hot female who is a sex idol. However, she plays a manly woman character, she is also a versatile and dependable woman. Having Mila Kunis as a leading role will bring more males and her fan base will want to come and see the film.
I wrote this one.
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