Question 7

In our pre production we had to do a storyboard to establish what type of shots we wanted to do to set the scene. We also had to do a storyboard for our film opening which helped us a lot, giving us a sense of direction. 

During the production of our preliminary we followed the storyboard so it was quite successful. It was quick and easy for us to edit as it was short and simple. We did not add any soundtrack or background music to it; we did not use sound track pro to its full potential. In addition, using final cut pro was standard and straight forward as well. A few cuts and no special effects. The lighting seemed fine in our preliminary so we did not edit. Our camera work was very basic, we mainly used shot reverse shot to establish a connection.

In our film opening we did not follow the storyboard. We decided that it was too complex and we needed to make it more simple for our target audience to get a better understanding as its two minutes. In our opening we successfully used soundtrack pro and final cut pro to the maximize the standard and quality of our film. We used a variety of shot types such as match cut, shot reverse shot to create atmosphere. We have explored soundtrack pro to find a specific sound to match our psychological / action sub-genre. using final cut pro, it enabled us to add titles such as the distributors and casts names. This took part in making our opening successful as we covered the conventions of film opening.

After we finished filming we looked at the preliminary and looked at the different ways in which we could have planed and filmed, we tried to learn from this and make sure our next project was better. 

Comparison:


Viewing both the preliminary and the opening, it is quite clear that we have improved on our skills and have progressed a lot during the process. We have maximized in using many technologies such as soundtrack pro, final cut pro, JVC camera and vimeo. I have learnt how to use all these technologies including how to import and export video's. 

Question 5

Question 6

GoAnimate.com: Question 6 by clintonmedia

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Evaluation: Question 6

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product? on Prezi

Evaluation: Question 7

question 6

Question 6: what have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Question 7

Question 7: looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product ?

Preliminary compared with final film 

• Pre production 

The storyboard was used in the pre production of our preliminary to plan what type of shots we are filming, we also did this for our final film. We also for ur final film did more research looking into locations and props and planning a time schedule. We waited to make sure everything was correct before filming. 

• production

During the production of our preliminary the storyboard had changed, we had not followed our storyboard completely but we understood this and tried to make sure this didn't happen during the filming of our final piece. When we were filming for the final product we had tried to follow the storyboard as much as we could but once we got to the location we got many different ideas and tried to incorporate them. the editing of the preliminary was easy, we were familiar with the software and were able to comfortably use it for both pieces. 

mise en scene -we tried to follow the mise en scene aspects such as setting, costume, props and shot type. these were all big factors during the filming.  

editing - we tried to use as many cross-cuts and match-cuts in our opening to show a variety of skills. 

• Post production

After we finished filming we looked at the preliminary and looked at the different ways in which we could have planed and filmed, we tried to learn from this and make sure our next project was better. 

what i have learned from these two projects is how to properly plan a film opening or any other project and that the importance of the research beforehand and making sure that it is all correct. i have also that the most important part is the pre-production and that it should be done well.

i also learned how to use the different pieces of equipment and to get used to them for example the JVC camera. 

Also lastly the post-production and the importance of understand the quality of feedback you get and to learn from it. 

Question 3

Evaluation: Question 5

                                  How did you attract/address your audience?


We used mise en scene to attract our audience by using:

- Mise en Scene
- Production Company
- Sub- Genre
- Film Name

In terms of 'mise en scene' we used a typical school  girl's uniform in full force which means the whole tie and blazer with a skirt and typical school girl socks with the ribbons at the side. Then we opposed it in terms of the head gear with a gas mask. This intrigued the audience because its not the usual thing to see in the 21st Century and teenagers are interested in seeing the unusual. It makes it more attractive to them and keeps them interested. Also, in terms of the second character's mise en scene, its very much typical and trendy for a teenager. This attracts the audience because its relatable the them as its just of the average teenager meaning its easier for them to relate to her.

Mise En Scene of character one

Mise En Scene of character two

Based on our 'production company' (which is Warner Bros), this helps to attract our audience because Warner Bros is a well known company especially amongst teenagers/the younger generation. They have been famously known for producing the best movies of all time so therefore our audience will be more persuaded to go and see our opening as if its produced by them then it must be of a higher quality.

Warner Bros Logo

Warner Bros in our opening

The sub-genre of our opening is a 'Psychological Thriller' and this helps to attract our audience because it appeals to the the younger generation more as they are more into that specific category within thriller movies. They enjoy the thrill and the shock factor that it gives them and the adrenaline rush that they receive as the movie reaches it climax and sends chills down their spines.

Psychological Thriller

Psychological Thriller

The name of our film 'Last Stop' attracts the audience because it makes them guess and opens their imagination as to what the movie could possibly be about. As in is the last stop literal or what could be happening/have happened in order for it to be the last stop and so on. The mere fact that it opens up their brains and gets them thinking means that its already drawn them in and will make them even more determined to go out and physically go out and watch it inorder to put their mind at rest as the find out what will actually be happening. 

Evaluation: Question 4

Question 5

Question 5: How do you attract/address your audience 

the opening of our film attracts are audience through the mise en scene, the main aspects which are, 

• setting
• costume
• lighting
• shot type
• props

the setting which is mainly held in a train station which is not in use and creates the atmosphere which we want, it also a good location to help get across our genre of film.

The costume was also another major factor for example we made sure the female killer wore a school uniform to make her look innocent and to portray her age and also got her a gas mask to make her look weird and scary.

the lighting of the film was mostly natural we thought this would give it a goof effect. 

the shot types we used were mainly close-ups and medium shots. we did this to make the audience interested. 

the props of the film we used were a gas mask and fake blood these were used to create the opening and make it more appealing to the audience. 

the genre, sound/score and film name all big factors which were taken into consideration.

the genre of film which is thriller, the genre appeals to a large number of people which is why it is a good genre for a film.

the sound of the film was easy to create an appeal we used sounds which evoke fear and suspicion and made the audience intrigued to know more of the film and to watch it.

the film name which is 'last stop' was chosen to make it seem scary and question the title which is not normale it is unique to our film.

the way we reached our audience was through a cinema screening and using youtube and vimeo to release our film to the audience.

QUESTION 4.

Evaluation: Question Three

Question 3.

Question 3

EVALUATION: Question 1

Evaluation on Prezi

Representation Of Social Groups

Representation refers to the construction in any medium of aspects of reality such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other concepts.


Representation looks at four particular influences : Class, Age, Gender and Ethnicity.

The Inbetweeners Movie is aimed at the audience age of 15+. It has sexual references in it yet is comedic for the reasons of it being aimed at this particular age group. I believe that this movie represents young boys, going on holiday just to have fun. It seems as if they have represented teenage boys in a negative light because of the way they act sexually and just drink beverages of alcohol. However the movie just conveys teenage social groups like this due to the genre.


In our opening the representation of social groups we looked at was Gender and Age. 

The villian in our opening is a teenage girl who is wearing uniform with a gas mask. We've simply decided for her to wear uniform as we believe it connotes an innocent young girl however she is the complete opposite. We wanted a WW2 theme with the gas mask yet the concept did not match as we didn't follow our storyboard. We simply used the gasmask for effect to make it seem interesting and to give it a spooky atmosphere. Furthermore it is abnormal to see someone in society with a gas mask. In addition we normally would not see a female character to be the villian. Again this makes our opening unique and catching to our audience. 

Myself, the victim is a normal girl. We've decided for me to wear casual clothing (denim top, black trousers, white trainers and a bag) to show that its a casual day and nothing unusual is suspected. Its quite common for a female to be a victim as most of the time we are seen quite vunerable.

Evaluation Question Two

question 2

Forms & Conventions

The purpose of a film opening is to keep the attention of the audience. A film opening should establish some or most characters and the genre of the film.
The opening can include up to many things such as :  Title Sequences
                                                                                     Establishing shots
                                                                                 


In our opening we have started of with a two second establishing shot of our location; Angel Road Station.  We looked at Arlington Road (1999) and this influenced us to shoot this.

We then presented "Warner Bros Presents" which is our film/production company. We've chosen this particular company as its well known and large universally. It will be noticed by our audience as we have aimed it at 15+.

The name of our director has come after the company followed by the producer, cast, music producer and finally our title. We've decided to put it in this order because of the status in the making. Our title is last for the audience to remember and embrace the title throughout the movie.

The font we have used is 'cracked' and in white throughout our opening. The crack signifies something creepy yet subtle. It doesn't have any particular effect such as fade as we wanted it to be simple and standard. However with our title at the end of the opening, each letter pops up one by one again to establish it.

conventions of film opening

question 1 on Prezi

Our Filming Experience

Just a short clip from the day of filming that we had :)

Final Opening - Last Stop

FINALLY DONE!!!!!

This was such a beautiful sight to see after hours and hours of blood sweat and tears!!

ITS HANDED INNNNN!!!

Close Up

The Completion of Editing

After hours of slaving away at the computer putting in, taking out and fixing up the clip as a whole. Its practically, almost finally done. With a total of 8 credits and sound. The 'Last Stop' is seconds away from being completed

Institutional Detail

Director

Producer

Actor

Second Actor

Casting Director

Music Producer

Photographer

The Name Of Our Opening

My Personal Opinion Of Our Opening

To be perfectly honest, now that our opening is polished and everything is done and dusted; I really like our opening. I think that the shots that we did film and put to use are really effective and ties in with the sounds chosen almost perfect.

I think that the opening that has been produced is better than I thought it would be. After we shot the opening and sat down to edit it and son on, I really didn't like it as I felt that it wasn't how i thought it would be. I had a specific image on what i thought and hoped that our opening would look like, and what I saw was far from that image. It wasn't terrible dont get me wrong it was very much passable, but I personally just didn't like it for some reason.

TO BE FINISHED

Summary Of Our Opening

The name of our opening is called 'Last Stop'. The reason as to why we chose to name our opening this is because it relates to what our opening is about. Firstly, our new and reconstructed film on a whole is about a girl (schoolgirl) who is still stuck living in the past (the time of World War 2). She has witnessed some traumatic acts in her time which has left her mentally scarred, leading to her now being mentally unstable. The time period of our film/opening is the twenty-first century (which is clearly demonstrated in the mise-en-scene of Cindy), however this girl is still stuck living in the past (hence the mise-en-scene used: gas mask and school uniform). As she is mentally unstable, she now haunts this train station (Angel Road Station) just killing anybody who comes by, she gets some kind of psychotic thrill from it.

Our opening (which is two minutes and three seconds long) basically just shows Cindy (the victim) coming into the station unaware of whats about to happen. She goes to the station to make her way home, and as she sits down waiting for the train she sees the mysterious psycho sitting on the bench further down. Baffled as to who she is, cindy moves down the bench to be further away from the psycho. However, when cindy looks again, the killer has suspiciously disappeared; only to re-appear besides her. Scared by this, she runs onto the other side of the platform. Out of breath and unaware that the crazy girl has already made her way to the platform, she rests thinking that its all over. That is until, the killer appears from behind the shelter and kills Cindy with no remorse in broad daylight.

Although it may not be 100% clear to the audience what the movie as a whole is about, this could somewhat be a good thing as it will draw the audience in and make them want to see the rest of the movie to find out.

My Editing Experience

Okay so on Friday 9th March, I was further editing our opening called 'Last Stop'. In terms of editing I mean like finding sound, editing, adding titles, and so on. To be honest, I found this highly stressful and I think my heart stopped beating numerous amount of times as well as my blood pressure and cholesterol and so on; hopefully it was worth it though.

First of all, seeing as how we hadn't exactly completely finished added in titles and credits; I decided that that's where I'll start. We were told that we needed a minimum of at least 8 titles, which were to be: Produced by, Directed by, Staring, Casting, Music, Photography and the name of our opening. As the original font that we chose was not really suitable and didn't give our opening any justice as it was too fancy, we decided to change it. The font got changed to 'Cracked' and in the colour of white as it was felt that this will add to the creepy scary atmosphere that was hoped to create.

The Title

Moving on to the sound for our actual opening. As we didn't have any sound, it took FOREVER to find the suitable sound that will accompany our opening. After raiding 'Creative Commons' (which was useless to be honest) we decided to just stick to what we know and use 'SoundTrack Pro'. After listening to numerous sounds and categories, I found certain sounds that would do our opening justice. Sounds that were not too dramatic and over the top, but still built up suspense and tension. However, we chose to keep in some of the natural sounds (for instance the train) as it could be classified as 'Foley sounds' and it suited in with the opening perfectly fine. We tried to record another 'Foley sound' of breathing but that sort of failed as it was not in sync and it was hard to recreate it. 

Adding in Sound

Listening to Sounds

Adding Sound Again