Feedback

The feedback on our opening 2 minutes were mainly positive

one person said: As I have told you before the soundtrack is amazing it fits with your film really well and I cannot believe you found such a good non-copyright background track

another said: Hmmm, well this was pretty good but I really think, something to keep in mind for your next project is to work on editing. Like having a mix of quick cuts and fades to make it more dramatic. Also the narrative wasn't quite clear enough for the opening of a film. It almost felt more like a trailer. But on a positive note you did keep your shots nice and steady with good camera angles

Another said: I really like the swings it gave us a real sense of the atmosphere and mood the movie would be like

another said: I want to watch the whole film!!

another said: wow this is really good, it looks like you put your all into this

another said: nice choice of actors, a real sense of discomfort

Final Diary!

Everything is just about finished and ready to go, 2 more activities to upload to youtube :)

How did you attract/address your audience?

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Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

preliminary task

Finished product


I feel I have learnt how to use the editing software with more knowledge about the programme. As a team me and Georga have learnt to experiment with different types of shot angles such as high angle shots even though these did not appear in the final cut of the film. In our film we used shot reverse shot in the conversation between the two characters whereas in our pre-liminary task we stuck to using the standard shot types and lengths. We have varied our shots and angles and used a better microphone in our final film. We also watched out for any mistakes e.g the two flushes in the toilets, which was quite annoying because as we uploaded our film we had to re-upload it which took a whole hour and a half and then we spotted another one where i walk past and knock the camera.

Our preliminary task looking back wasn't actually that bad apart from the cameras steadiness. We used a variety of shots.

Our final film took a total of 4 days to film and we tried to capture the performance in as many shot types and angles as we could so we could variate when it came down to editing.

who would be the audience for your media product?

Our target audience is teenagers- young adults (age 13-23)

We interviewed Gemma

Her favourite shop is primark

Her favourite music is current chart

Her favourite TV show is Glee

Her favourite colour is red

Her favourite film genre is Action

Her favourite youtube video is "top 60 ghetto names"

She said she would watch our film because it was made by us. The real reason is actually that she is a bit of a tomboy when it comes to movies. She has a similar taste in films as Mr Thornton.......................

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

windscreen microphone - This mic enabled us to capture the conversation without any frequency or other distortion. The windscreen enables the microphone to hear things even more clearer than when it is not on so when we were filming you had to be very quiet behind the camera.

The the tripod enabled us to move the camera smoothly or sharply, but steadily and more professional. I think we benefited from using the tripod because it made us feel more confident behind the camera.

Canon Video Camera and Tape enabled us to capture high definitive scenes. The camera was really easy to use with a lot of buttons and fuss to rewind the tape but we figured it out towards the end of the project.

The camera enabled us to take photos such as these ones. It also helped us to decide what location we would be using as we took pictures and then looked through them and decided which location looked the best on our camera!

programmes we used

Adobe Premiere Elements 7

our editing software was very hard to use at first but you learnt as you went along.

Photoshop

we already knew how to work photoshop so it was touch and go.

Paint

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Youtube

I taught some of the class to export their videos which was handy for them and it also made me feel tech savvy.

Blogger

Blogger was very confusing and fun to play around with at first, non of us knew what to do but it is now quite addictive. post post post!

Facebook

Facebook and other social networking helped us to advertise our final product to recieve feedback AND helped us to survey for types of audiences etc.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The similarities

The two characters are troubled teenagers who are struggling to fit in.

costumes are casual and relatable to the teenage audience

both targeted in the two films

The differences

The genre of film

Hair colour

different ages

Our media product does not particuarly represent a social group all in all but our film could definitely fit in with the teenage society.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

In what ways does your media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e of film openings)

The title of our film "Homicide" uses the convention of a real media products because 'homicide' is a synonym of the Assasination which is already a film.




The location/setting we used is a nearby local council area that was perfect to express the mood we were trying to set. Just behind "Kate" there is a park which we also used in our film so the location we chose was quite fortunate as everything we needed was around the same area. Our media product challenges the forms and conventions of a thriller film because our location is unique.

Our costume and props are appropriate for the thriller genre and are able to help set the scene. Our character "Kate" has 2 costumes to show the change in time and to show the first scene is a flashback of why she is being interviewed, also its clearly un-noticable but if you were to analyse the time change in detail you will notice that Kates hair (my hair) is longer than in the first scene. We did not want to use many props as props are a distraction so to add realism in the interview scene we used a piece of paper because not only did Harry not learn his lines but it is an extra effect. 'Warren's hair was styled to make the actor look older and more authorative which matches up to the conventions of a real media product.

The camera work and editing help us develop the forms and conventions of a real media project. A reason for this is that we found the interview scene challening to match up with the 180 degree rule and reverse cutting. The one thing we did not include which could of got us extra marks is some over the shoulder shots. We shared out the work between us I did most of the editing and Georga did most of the camera but we each still got a go to do one or the other. By the end of the project I still found it difficult to move the camera smoothly on a tripod.

Our sophisticated and realistic font style uses the conventions a real media product  Another convention if has used is the use of capital letters, Obviously the film title is not in capital letters but the title of a film in the animation of the film should be eye-grabbing and capital bold letters stand out which draw the audience in to the film.

The story of our film is set up by a flashback scene of the homicide that takes place between the two people. Kate the character on the left is in denial in the next scene and believes she has done nothing wrong. This is use of a real media product because it is a stereotypical interpretation of the thriller/murder mystery genre.. we find out or know 'who dunnit' at the beginning of the film.

The opening of the film suggests the genre because of the distributor Universal pictures. Universal recently released a crime thriller film called ' 4.3.2.1 ' By Noel Clarke. This might give the audience a hint into the genre. I think we achieved the genre but we could have made the narrative clearer.

The only special effect we used in our film was the title animation which was an effect already on Adobe Premiere Elements.   1 - starts off as normal text 2 - spins from side to side 3- transitions to number 4 where the effect introduces the next scene this challenges the traditional conventions of a real media product because it is rarely used, the effect would be seen as 'student film' which is what we are so if that is what we have achieved then it is a compliment.









our main character Kate is introduced by a mid-shot of her bottom half. This creates mystery as the audience are to find out who she is. This develops the form of a our media product.