Friday, 28 April 2017
All evaluation scripts
Q 1
We wanted our opening to look as realistic as possible, in order to do this we had to make sure every shot we were using were conventional ones. As well as adding the overall mystery to the plot line leaving audiences confused and curious to what will happen next. The main suspense of the storyline was based around a teenage girl who is in sight of trouble, which fits the conventions of action movie storylines including a naive scared character. We also built up the suspense during the opening by adding a heartbeat sound effect to emphasise the panic of the main character.We switched between long and close up angles of the character to get an overall better understanding of the situation she is in and emphasise on the panic she is going through. All is unrevealed, which may make audiences begin to make up theories of their own to what the film is about. This on the the one hand shines a positive light however on the other may be seen as more negative as people might assume the film is something which it isn't.
Q2
In this opening we are particularly focusing on the female character as being the main protagonist for the full film. We wanted to do this in order to represent females as strong and heroic, although she is represented as weak in the beginning, we would of later on progressed on her heroic acts and how she rises to the challenge. This may however be seen as negatively in the opening scene as the girl is represented as having been involved in crime having information which she shouldn't have. This fits the stereotype of teenagers being trouble makers although she may be helping for the better good. Overall focusing towards social groups who praise heroic and brave media content. This either being for boys or females, or whoever has a soft spot for action movies.
Q3
I am heading towards having columbia pictures and metro goldwyn mayer (MCM) as being the main distributors of our film, this is because there films particularly focus on the action and adventure genre. As well as are also the distributors of the James bond series, which is somewhat similar to our own movie as are both based on spy thrillers. It can also be seen similiar to the James bond series due to the title sequence being made to look like part of the spy genre. Not only this, but also have a highly recognisable and successful brand names, meaning it is much more likely to be drawn attention to by audiences.
Q4&5
We are targeting at teenagers/young adults as being the main audiences for our film, this is due to having a young female lead taking front stage will be more relatable to the ages that are similar to the main character. We would most likely rate our film a 12 due to its action packed nature and likeliness of having a few gory moments. However will still be within the age gap of which we are aiming for. As audiences like to see characters relatable to their own personalities becoming heroic figures we thought it would suit best as putting a female in charge, this particularly appealing to young girls. As well as due to the increasing climax in female superhero films over the last few years, this including katniss from the hunger games as well as tris from divergent. We tried to address our target audience by making them feel empathy and curiosity to the situation in which the character is in. Our plan was the more mysterious we made it the more the audience would be drawn in.
Q6
I have learnt a lot when it comes to technology during this project,from starting off with the basic recognising how to set appropriately a camera on a tripod to being to work on the imacs for the very first time ever. I had already came to terms with how to work a camera adequately before this project started, however i was very uncommon on how to use the software imovie. I learnt a great deal when it comes to editing including learning how to add titles and crop scenes of film footage. We also had to use various other technologies including sound equipment, which we used to record the phone scenes. This project has mainly taught me that using certain technologies may not be as simple to use as they appear, including the importance of making sure your camera is fully charged before you reach the set!
Q7
Looking back on my preliminary task in my opinion the biggest improvement has to the difference in camera angles and good continuity of the scenes. The preliminary task camera angles were fairly simple and mostly stayed in the same position. As for the final footage used various types of angles which indicated a more professional look.
Final thoughts on the project
I am sad however happy this project of the film openings has came to an end. Even though it was a lot of work it proved successful, as everybody replied with positive feedback, mostly! I got to learn a range of filming techniques as well as editing skills. Now I finally know how to work iMovie, I shall be able to later press on with future editing projects more quickly and thoroughly from now on.
Overall thoughts on the evaluations
Overall I felt as though the filming of my evaluations went fairly smoothly. It took me a few takes to get out exactly what I wanted to say however in the end it felt successful. Each question I tried to expand on as much as possible, bringing up on past experiences filming, as well as sources relatable to what the question was asking. I tried to speak quite genually and not too much word-to-word of what I had previously planned. Even though I had planned scripts out, I was able to expand more once I was on camera without the need for notes.
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