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06 April 2011
05 April 2011
Note to Moderator
Dear Moderator,
Thank you for taking the time to look around my blog. On this blog you will find my individual research into film opening sequences and the film industry and also a few of my planning and production work over the course of the project. As you can see, I have posted my finished film opening sequence and my preliminary task at the top of the page.
I have linked my group blog and the other members of my group's blogs on this page to the right, under essential links. I have also put links to our main and secondary class blogs.
Lastly, I have labled all my work as either, evaluation, research, planning, or prelim task, which can be found under labels to the right.
I hope you find my blog interesting and easy to navigate around.
Thankyou for reading.
James Thicknes.
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04 April 2011
Evaluation - Question 1
Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting |
Johnny Depp in Sweeny Todd |
Equilibrium |
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Evaluation - Question 2
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Jack smoking a spilff |
Nike trainers |
Addidas hoody |
Thug hiding his identity |
We made the girl stand out by having her wear deep red clothing symbolizing lust/passion. Compared to the men who are wearing very plain black/grey clothes, the girl looks very dressed up, suggesting that she cares about the way she looks. This supports the stereotypethat young girls are superficial. This is shown below:
The girl is the victim |
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Evaluation - Question 3
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Facebook Statistics |
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Evaluation - Question 4
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
Certificate rating |
I think our film would be mainly for
Example Audience profile:
Name: John
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Nationality:British
Hometown: East London
Lifestyle: He is adventurous and enjoys going out at the weekend, socialising and trying new things.
Tastes in Media: He uses lots of different media platforms such as Sky, and is always up to date with new technologies like the latest iPod. He is also a regular user of the internet and FaceBook.
Tastes in Film: He is a regular cinema goer, and enjoys action thrillers and comedies mostly. He likes his films to include fast paced action, hot girls and funny characters. Favourite films include: Kidulthood, Shank and Pineapple express
John |
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Evaluation - Question 5
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
Our main character is a 17 year old male who fits in nicely with our target audience as he would be somebody they can relate to. The male lead role would probably attract a more male dominated audience. We have therefore added a love interest between Jack and one of the female victims later on in the film, to attract a more well-rounded audience. This has proved to be successful in other films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, where the love interest between two of the main characters could be why it attracted a large female audience and did so well in its box office.
Will and Elizabeth in Pirates of the Caribbean |
In order to appeal to our young market, we tried to make our film thrilling and fast paced. We did this through use of fast basey music and quick choppy editing during the chase sequence. To engage young audiences we used language and mannerisms that they can relate to. The realism of the film, and the fact that it tackles relevant issues such as gang culture and drug abuse, is also appealing to this market.
In order to anchor the fact that this is a British film for predominantly British audiences, we followed the same styles and conventions that other films of the genre have. For example the gritty and realistic way that the film is shot is appealing to the slightly sadistic British audience. Similarly to the film Shank, we would use relateable urban locations in London throughout the rest of the film. We hinted at this in the beginning of the film when we used this shot:
The alleyway and houses in the background show that Jack comes from an urban environment. Also, the police siren connotes danger and violence, and again suggests urban roots. |
After we had finished editing our opening sequence, we conducted a screening of our film, and gave a questionnaire to 50 members of our target audience (all aged 15 - 18.) We did this to to find out if we have successfully targeted them, and if our film makes sense so far. Our results showed us that everyone who was at the screening rated our film between 6-10 out of 10, with an average of 9/10 for the boys, and 7/10 for the girls. This reflects what we originally planned, as we said from the beginning that males would be our primary target audience.
Here is a sample of one of the filled out questionnaires:
IMG_0017 THE WITNESS QUESTIONAIRE
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Evaluation - Question 6
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
A list of the equipmeant we used during the production process:
Me Filming |
Changing the contrast on Adobe Premiere Pro |
Creating titles on Live Titles |
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Evaluation - Question 7
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
The most important skill I've learnt from the prelim task, was understanding how important continuity is. Continuity makes a film make sense, and helps the audience to follow what is going on. We achieved continuity in our film opening, by obeying the rules of continuity. These included the 180 degree rule and the 30 degree rule. It became habit for us to check that we weren’t breaking either of these rules which was helpful when it cam to editing because the shots flowed together more seamlessly.
The 180 degree rule |
Match-on-action (MOA) is also very important for making continuity sequences and I have learnt how to make them look professional. Since we were filming a chase sequence, MOA was especially important, as it prevented the audience from losing track of where the characters were in relation to eachother. Here is an example of us using one in our opening sequence:
Match on Action!! |
Me shot logging |
:) |
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