The End...
We have finished our Film and we burned it onto a disk yesterday, we also finished filming our continuity editing and also burned that onto a disk yesterday. So now we have finally finished everything.. :) X
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the full product?
Evaluation 7
In this progression I have learned a lot of new things, how to use the equipment properly, how to use the editing programmes on the computer and import music and pictures to the clips. It was really fun and interesting all of it. We also did aContinuity editing right at the start of this project, Even thought that was the easiest task, however it was still really hard to do, It took quite a while to get all the camera angles right and place the camera's in the correct place. We also had to do a shot reverse shot, but when we imported the recorded clip onto the computer, we realised we haven’t done that, and that was the main part of the whole continuity exercise.
However after we finished all of our film and the editing to it, we had time to do the continuity filming again. This time it went quite well and much easier than before, as we now knew how to use all the camera's correctly, and knew all our angles, and what should go where.
I have really enjoyed all of it. And my skills also have improved much more, and also I enjoyed working as a team sharing and gaining ideas. It was a real good experience.
These are some screenshots, from our first continuity editing practise.
Here are some of the pictures we took from our first Continuity editing, as it wouldn't let me upload the video itself. I also added some pictures of our 2nd continuity filming above, the 3 on the right hand side of the page. We used pretty much the same angles; however we added the shot reverse shot and some High angles, match on action.
We had to make another one, as the first one we made, we forgot to include match on action and shot reverse shots. We also tried to include some more Shots like we had some panning, and some High angles
What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Evaluation 6
We have used a variety of new technologies and learned how to use theme correctly. We have used a tripod; this is a three-legged stand for supporting the camera. This helped us keep the camera stable without wobbling, also this helped us do panning and tilts of the scene or the characters, it was very easy to use and when finished very easy to fold in and carry around.
We have also of course used a camcorder to record the film, very easy to use small and handy to carry around with you. Back in a couple of years they didn’t have all these simply handy equipment for use, they only had the noisy, heavy camera's the drag around with them, thanks to technology made it much easier and efficient for us. All of my group members had an ago at filming with the camcorder.
We also used a scanner to scan our storyboard onto the computer and uploaded to our blogs, Again very simple and easy, however even thought it scanned both of our storyboard onto the Pc one of them wouldn’t upload itself onto our blogs.
We also made quite a lot of use of YouTube to upload our film song from there and also websites to find the right font for our titles that fits the theme of the film. However my other group members had the video uploading button work, but my blog it's really strange it wouldn't let me do it, so I just had to upload some pictures from Google, which is very simple and straight forward to use.
And of course not to forget blogger itself, it's so easy now coursework done on the internet, how simple and efficient, this is also much more easier for the students, this encourages them even more to get it done, instead of papers and papers of work.
We brought a group of people to watch our film and tell us what appealed to them and what they found could be improved.
First we asked, what really appealed to you in this short intro?
They said; the change of scenery at the beginning really has appealed to them, when Billy skates over the camera and then moves to the scene , Which inludes a sound bridge, this is when the sound carries onto the second scene. where Tom is walking to his destination.
They liked the idea of it as some have seen it in some films.
2nd we asked, if they found that the music fits our theme?
They said; yes it did, they loved the music as a fact, they said it really fits the theme as it's the gangster, rap, fast music. Which goes with the whole younger generation teenagers theme. They also loved how we got the idea of when Billy places the headphone in his ears the music starts, then when he takes them off the music stops.
Then we asked what camera angles or shots you found good?
They said; they loved the low angle used when Billy stood on top of the stairs of the underpass, "it looked really good". Also others said they loved the part when he was holding the camera (handheld) and was walking down the stairs, it gave them the feeling of fear, and what happened next. Some also liked the part when Billy got stabbed; they said the angle it was taken from (high angle) looked really good, because if we had a closer shot it wouldn’t look real.
And finally we asked them, what do you think could be improved if we had to do it again?
They said; when Tom and Billy had the conversation, we could of had a voiceover as you couldn’t hear it properly. They also said maybe Billy could've screamed or made a noise when he got stabbed to build up the tension in the scene a bit more.
And finally some said at the end when he gets stabbed make it clearer, so we know why he stabbed him.
But overall they said they thought it was "really good" and would want to watch the film and see what happened next.
The typical target audience member would be Teenagers from the age of 15 up to maybe the age of 18/19, this is because our film is similar to all the other crime/gangster younger generation films, such as Shifty, This is England, Adulthood and Kidulthood, However in our Film we didn’t include any strong language as in all the others there is. This also reflects how the younger generation behaviour has become more violent, dangerous, use of strong language. We also wanted to bring something good into it. Also the music we have used Snoop Dogg Ft Dr Dre older aged people wouldn’t find this too appealing however younger age groups would, example the groups we have asked the first thing they commented on was the music " I love that song" they said.
They would listen to music such as Snoop Dogg, Jay Z and Timberland, however the elder aged people would find country song and classical more appealing. The same also counts with films, like I mention some names above, even TV Drama's such as Skins and Waterloo Rd. It’s the stereotypical Thoughts off all teenagers and younger people, of how they find such things catching their interest, Drugs, Murderer etc.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Production, Distribution and Exhibition play a big role in making a film. However, because some films are produced on a small budget they won't be able to afford Distribution such as marketing and advertising their films. This could be as in posters or on the internet. Such as Shifty was one of those films, it didn't have enough money for advertising their film so not many people knew about it; however it got more famous when it came out on DVD, and more people bought it. Also they had free screenings to attract more viewers to come and see it. We also went to watch it with our media class. I really enjoyed it even thought the film was produced on a low budget it didn't look like it.
Eran Creevy Was the director/writer of the film, he could also be a good director to manage our film, because it got similar idea, stories to it.
Slumdog Millionaire was also one of the most successful British films produced on a low budget of £8.7 Million. Although as it was released and showed up on 2,943 screens, and at the end of the UK cinema release, Slumdog made £31,000,000.
Our Film could be supported by the UKFC it’s the government backed lead agency for film in the UK, they make sure that the economic, culture and educational aspect of the film are effectively represented. They support a group of people who come together and want to make a film; they give them an certain amount of a budget.
This could be good for ours as we are not capable for a film with a high budget.
However not all British films are produced on a low budget, and supported by well known
Institution. Such as working title is one of the biggest, most known British film companies. It works with universal studios to produce some good quality films to target a large audience America, Europe to help with funding.
Such as the film the boat that rocked was funded by this company; however in America they changed the film's name to Pirate Radio also their trailer, was changed in the US focused on the American actor even though he wasn't the main character.
The very good thing about if this company funded our film, more people would want to watch it, as the company funded it has a reputation bigger name. So the company name also place a big role, because at the end most people also look at what company funded the film.
The producers and directors of our film, It's me (Azza), fabienne G, and Tom T. We worked together as a team and shared our ideas.
If we had the budget to advertise it, I think my group would do it on the internet, as it shares it’s global also because our film is focused for younger people. Teenagers and they use the internet mostly which they find it easy to access.
