I found this project a great deal more difficult than i exspected because i found the technical side of it difficult to grasp, and there are things that i would like to change, i definatley would have had a more complex story bercause we struggled to get alot of shots i would have also used a diffrent form of editing software this is because it was very difficult to learn how to use and there were also issues with transfering the video to the software.
I am pleased with my work because i feel that we acuratley portrayed the sub genre we chose and we also challged the conventions of this genre that we wanted to.
Thankyou for reading this blog i hope that it has fulfilled all the criteria that is exspected and i hope you enjoyed our film.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
what did you learn in progression from preliminary task to the main one
during the progression between my preliminary task and main task i have learnt alot. The main things were how to use editing techniques to achieve what i want in the preliminary task i did not rely understand how to accuratly use the technolgy to create my preliminary task but by the time it came to the main one i had more understanding in how to use the media software.
I have also learnt how to manage my and my groups time more efficently. In the preliminary task we were rushed to get it finished and this led to work being done wrong and we had people doing the wrong task or the same. We corrected this during the main task and it was this change to organisation that allowed us to complete the task with enough time to do good editing and to polish it off so it looked good.
I have also learnt the importance that good audience feedback is, i discovered that for the preliminary task we did not rely understand what people wanted and this meant we did not have a good direction in what to do. we amended this in our main task because it gave us an idea of what people would like and what they wanted and this was the real bases for our chosing of genre and what to include in our film.
I have also learnt how a good variety and range of camera shots and angels can greatly improve your work. i the first task i did not rely pay attention to details of what everything meant and portrayed to the audience. In the main piece i paid alot more attention to what effect the shots,music and editing has on the audience and it was this attention that allowed me to make sure i conform to the forms and conventions of an action thriller but also what i can do to challenge them aswell.
I have also learnt how to manage my and my groups time more efficently. In the preliminary task we were rushed to get it finished and this led to work being done wrong and we had people doing the wrong task or the same. We corrected this during the main task and it was this change to organisation that allowed us to complete the task with enough time to do good editing and to polish it off so it looked good.
I have also learnt the importance that good audience feedback is, i discovered that for the preliminary task we did not rely understand what people wanted and this meant we did not have a good direction in what to do. we amended this in our main task because it gave us an idea of what people would like and what they wanted and this was the real bases for our chosing of genre and what to include in our film.
I have also learnt how a good variety and range of camera shots and angels can greatly improve your work. i the first task i did not rely pay attention to details of what everything meant and portrayed to the audience. In the main piece i paid alot more attention to what effect the shots,music and editing has on the audience and it was this attention that allowed me to make sure i conform to the forms and conventions of an action thriller but also what i can do to challenge them aswell.
how did you use technologies in the construction of your work
through out the consruction throughout out media piece and subseqent blog i have used a range of diffrent technologies to construct my work.
The first one was the media studies department camera this was a vital piece of equipment because it allowed us to capture the film sequence and then transfer it to sony vegas movie maker which was another key part technology, it allowed us to edit our film so that we could accuratly portray the knid of scenes and feelings in the way that we wanted, it also let us sync the movie with the music and sound this was vital because without this abilty we would not have been able to create a high standard of work. We also used the internet to do our research into the diffrent styles of films and also to download diffrent melodies that we could use to structure a music rhythem for our movie clip. We also used microsoft office excel,word and paint to create the graphs that we used to process and represent the data we recovered from questionaires.
I also used the computer to get screen shots from my piece oof work this was important because it allowed me to give examples and evidence for what i was saying. I also used You tube to get the video trailers for the movies that i researched this was vital because it lets people see what im saing and this also toaught me how to use embeding codedes to create and add videos to a blog.
Throughout this piece of work i have learnt a lot of new skills in creating and constructing a media piece. the first one was how to use diffrent camera angles and shots to portray and emphasize diffrent things to the audience. i learnt the importance of and how to effectivly use.
The first one was the media studies department camera this was a vital piece of equipment because it allowed us to capture the film sequence and then transfer it to sony vegas movie maker which was another key part technology, it allowed us to edit our film so that we could accuratly portray the knid of scenes and feelings in the way that we wanted, it also let us sync the movie with the music and sound this was vital because without this abilty we would not have been able to create a high standard of work. We also used the internet to do our research into the diffrent styles of films and also to download diffrent melodies that we could use to structure a music rhythem for our movie clip. We also used microsoft office excel,word and paint to create the graphs that we used to process and represent the data we recovered from questionaires.
I also used the computer to get screen shots from my piece oof work this was important because it allowed me to give examples and evidence for what i was saying. I also used You tube to get the video trailers for the movies that i researched this was vital because it lets people see what im saing and this also toaught me how to use embeding codedes to create and add videos to a blog.
Throughout this piece of work i have learnt a lot of new skills in creating and constructing a media piece. the first one was how to use diffrent camera angles and shots to portray and emphasize diffrent things to the audience. i learnt the importance of and how to effectivly use.
- point of view shot
- tilting
- tracking
- high angeled shots
- mid shots
- close ups
- zooming
I have also learnt how to use the camera to deal with difficult enviromental situations for example sun spot and how to reduce and remove the effect the wind can have on the microphone.
I have definatly learnt alot about editing techniques and the importance it has on a film. I have learnt how to legthen and slow scene downs, how to repeat them, how to add special effects and also the importance and effect different speeds of editing has on the pace of a movie. This was very vital because it allowed me to use the forms and convention of a typicasl thriller film but it also let me change and challeged theese forms and conventions.
The making of the dvd title also taught me new techniques because it showed me how to use a current template butchange it to suite me it also gave me the chance te learn how use technology to make something look more professional.
How did you target the audience
We targeted the audience in several diffrent ways.
If we were really producing this movie we would first attract our audience by using a range of advertising sources, we would relise a trailer to attract fans of action thriller movies, we would put up posters with big writing a lots of colour so people can see and realise that our film is out, we would also attempt to get articles iin magazines that focus in particular action/thriller movies. we would also use a good dvd cover so people could recognise the movie on a shop shelf.
we have targeted people and in particular fans of action thrillers, to our movie because in our opening sequence we have created tension by the use of editing, connected the character with the audience by using close up shots of him, made the audience intrigued and interested in the film because they will want to know what will happen and what the film is about. We have attracted them by the use of audience feedback because the reason why did an action/thriller style movie was because our feedback sheets told us that it was the moxt popular type of thriller sub-genre and this shows that people will be attracted to our film because of the catergory of genre it falls under.
We have also used the sub genre to attract our audience because we know due to research and questionaires that the majority of both male and females would want to watch a thriller style movie
This graph shows us what the audience liked about our film the fact that they liked the camera angels shows that we used them in the correct way that would appeal to our target audience. It also shows us that people enjoyed the plot of the movie this further gives evidence of how our film is targeted at the correct audience.
If we were really producing this movie we would first attract our audience by using a range of advertising sources, we would relise a trailer to attract fans of action thriller movies, we would put up posters with big writing a lots of colour so people can see and realise that our film is out, we would also attempt to get articles iin magazines that focus in particular action/thriller movies. we would also use a good dvd cover so people could recognise the movie on a shop shelf.
we have targeted people and in particular fans of action thrillers, to our movie because in our opening sequence we have created tension by the use of editing, connected the character with the audience by using close up shots of him, made the audience intrigued and interested in the film because they will want to know what will happen and what the film is about. We have attracted them by the use of audience feedback because the reason why did an action/thriller style movie was because our feedback sheets told us that it was the moxt popular type of thriller sub-genre and this shows that people will be attracted to our film because of the catergory of genre it falls under.
We have also used the sub genre to attract our audience because we know due to research and questionaires that the majority of both male and females would want to watch a thriller style movie
- 1= thriller
- 2= action
- 3=comedy
- 4=romance
- 5=horror
- This graph shows us that men are most likely to watch a thriller and because the 2nd highest was action this shows how an action thriller would be a very popular film and would attract the audience
- 1=thriller
- 2=action
- 3=comedy
- 4=romance
- 5=horror
This graph shows us that women also prefer thriller films over other genres however they also like romantic and this suggest that an action thriller would be more popular to men rather than women.
Theese graphs show that we have targeted the audience because we have chosen the most popular main genre for both sexes.
I can further prove that we have targeted the audience is the resukts that we gotback about what people thought of our film
This graph shows us that the majority of people who watched our film enjoyed it and this shows how we have targeted the correct audience because if we targeted the wrong audience they would not have enjoyed it.
This graph shows us what the audience liked about our film the fact that they liked the camera angels shows that we used them in the correct way that would appeal to our target audience. It also shows us that people enjoyed the plot of the movie this further gives evidence of how our film is targeted at the correct audience.
who is the audience
The main audience we would be aiming at would be people of the ages of 15 this is for several reasons the first is that because of the use of explicite language the bbfc would not allow us to distributed to any one under the age of 15. There are also scenes suchas the torture scene that could lead to people reacting it and this would create moral unrest for example the game man hunt was banned because a child copies the way in which you kill people on the game this was due to the fact that he did not understand the diffrence between reality and fantasy and he became desensevied from the violence and this another key reason why we would aim our film at 15+ aged people.
We also feel that a younger person would not be able to notice the ways in which we have challeged the forms and conventions of our sub genre this is because they would not be able to recognise and distiguish the simularities and diffrences compared to other action thriller films, we also feel that a younger person would not be able to understand the story line and would thus get bored because it is not just full action you actually have to be able to understand the story line and you also have to be able to attisepate a twist in the plot.
We will also attempt to aim it at bothe sexes this is because we do not want to limit ourselfes in terms of what they may want to see in a fiklm and we have done this by including this that a male and female would enjoy for example we have put action into it because this is more likely to appeal to a man but we have also included a good storyline with twist in and this may appeal more to women. We have also not made the film sex dominated we have used both male and female characters this is because we wanted everyone to be able to connect with the characters.
We also feel that a younger person would not be able to notice the ways in which we have challeged the forms and conventions of our sub genre this is because they would not be able to recognise and distiguish the simularities and diffrences compared to other action thriller films, we also feel that a younger person would not be able to understand the story line and would thus get bored because it is not just full action you actually have to be able to understand the story line and you also have to be able to attisepate a twist in the plot.
We will also attempt to aim it at bothe sexes this is because we do not want to limit ourselfes in terms of what they may want to see in a fiklm and we have done this by including this that a male and female would enjoy for example we have put action into it because this is more likely to appeal to a man but we have also included a good storyline with twist in and this may appeal more to women. We have also not made the film sex dominated we have used both male and female characters this is because we wanted everyone to be able to connect with the characters.
who would distribute your film and why
The main media institute that would distribute my film would be smaller film businesses this is because it is a low budget first film so a big company suchas mgm would not want to risk damaging there reputaion by releasing a bad movie. We would look at getting a company that had a lot of advertising power to distribute our film this is because we want to let the public know that there is a new film about and it would be important to let the public know who the director is because he will be an unfamiliuar name if we did this then it could also lead to new bigger movies that because the director was well known would generate more interest. We would also be looking for some one suchas shooting stars ltd to distribute our film this is because they have a hard core fan base that like action thriller movies and this would also generate alot of word and mouth advertising because they are more likely to enjoy our movie and hus give it better ratings. We would also try and get a range of diffrent companies so we could get a large variety of diffrent audience feedback from a range of sources and this would allow us to no what to change and improve on in the future.
how did we represent particular social groups?
In our film we have represented several diffrent social groups by using sterotypical charcters that you would exspect to see in an action thriller movie. The first one is the spy who we have portrayed as very professional, well trained and determined to do his job this represents the typical give all attitude that you would exspect to see from a spy or criminal in an action thriller movie. The way he is dressed further represents this social group because unlike james bond he is not wearing a tuxedo or nice clothes he representing the new image of spies which have come about due to shows suchas spooks because they where practicul clothes.
The second social group we are represening is the section controller she is representing the new bread of It wiz kids as it were. The way in which she is handling the task in the terms of organsing her priorities suggest that she has had a university education and has probaly achieved a high standard degree in IT. We have tried to represent this social group because in shows suchas spooks there are always theese very smart young people who do fabulouse things with technology. The clothes she is wearing also portrays this because compared to the spy her clothes are fashionable in terms of a fashionable style of jacket and this further shows this social group because they are often wearing fashionable clothes.
We have also represented the stero typical social group of the spy in the interogation scene. we have done this by making him act cocky and calmly handles the situation, we got this idea from casino royale because in this movie james bond acts cocky to deal with the situation.
We have also showed in terms of the interogator the stero typical image of a mafia boos or high level criminal we have done this by making him wear smart clothes which gives biman appearences of upper classness but his actions are very violent, we got thi idea from the godfather because they are all dressed in suites and nice clothes but act violent and this is how we have represented a sterotypical social group.
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