Evaluation Question 7

Looking back at your Preliminary Task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

So question 7 is based around our prelim task which is one  the first filming tasks that we showed you. 

So here is it, I know you want to see it again but this time i'm going to pick bits out of it and talk about it.

00:08 - At the start of the Prelim film we had one of our male actors walking down from the top f the corridor this is clearly to long and boring and could have been done much better.

00:37 - When making the match on action we had to change the position of the camera as we only had one, this meant when we edited we had to make the clips match. Unfortunately this didn't work and it made it look like our actor walked through the door twice.

00:46 - The first clip of the shot reverse shot is poorly done as you can hear me saying action before the actors started talking, if we had waited another second this could have been prevented.

01:01 - Right at the end of the film the actor looks at the camera this isn't professional as the actors need to make out that the cameras aren't actually there.

Okay so I have picked out some parts of our Prelim task that were really poor, so now i'm going to see if we improved in our final cut.

00:19 - In our prelim task like I said before we had our actors walking for way to long but this time we made it short so it didn't get boring for the audience.

00:34 - For the final cut we I made sure that we said action then waited until the actors tarted talking, this made sure that it would be more professional and would help us a lot in the editing stage.

01:20 - Unlike our Prelim match on action in the final cut we made sure that it was smooth and looked like we hadn't done two different shots.

Differences in the planning stages -

Shooting and Editing - For the prelim task we had 2 hours, 1 hour for filming and 1 hour for editing, this meant that we was very rushed and didn't have time to plan everything out properly. For the Final cut we had 2 weeks for both editing and filming, this meant that we had time for planning and also had time to make sure everything was at the high standard that we wanted. 

For the final cut we had to make a script, treatment, animatic and a storyboard. We didn't get to do any of this for the Prelim.

Making a script made sure that our actors knew what to say and where to be when filming, it also meant that we could make our film more professional and not make it up on the spot.

The treatment made us plan the film out very rough, we could then use the treatment to add more ideas to the actually script and storyboard.

The storyboard was there to help us draw out the shots that we wanted to have in our film and also was sort of pans, tilts etc were gonna be happening in that shot.

The animatic was helpful for us to show our drawings from the storyboard but also add the dialogue that we wanted as well. 

Due to us not having a chance to make these for the prelim task it meant that the final cut was a lot more successful and worked much better than the original task.

What I have learned about myself - 

I have learned that I can give ideas that are useful and help other members in the team.

I have learned that you have to be calm and sometimes not say what you think when working in a group.

But last of all I have realised that filming can be great and is always fun but sometimes working in a group can also mean that some people end up doing more than others.  

Evaluation Question 6

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

Overtime the internet has advanced, it hasn't always been what you expect. There were 2 stages Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

Evaluation Question 5

How do you attract/address your audience?

One of the hardest things to do as a film creator is to attract an audience to watch your film. The only way for a film to be successful is for the public to watch it. You need to find out what people want to see, if you create what they want then they will be more likely to watch the film.

Our film "Treachery" has the obvious things such as cliffhangers, tension and suspense. We tried to include the things that the public would like to see in a thriller.  

Gender:

The audience always expect the a male character to be the one known as the villain in our case this is Adam meaning that we did not go against the stereotype. As well as that we had the villain going after the male this would leave the female alone and vulnerable for him and this is what Adam wanted.  

Soundtrack:

The soundtrack is a major factor when it comes to a thriller. You can create lots of tension from a soundtrack and can also keep the audience of the edge of their seats. We used a very joyful underscore at the start of the film due to both character being very happy, throughout the film the underscore changes showing that something is going to happen but the audience don't know when.

Camerawork

Camerawork can make a big difference for how the audience see the film. Poor shots can change the meaning or make it not clear to the audience this can confuse them and make the film not as good. 

Pace of Editing

The pace of editing can have an impact on the film as well. If the pace of editing is fast then this can portray drama but on the other hand slow paced editing can make the audience thinks that everything is okay but then out of nowhere something could happen. In our film the pace of editing increases when our main actor goes down the celler. 

Production Values

These are very important for a thriller film. For example the lighting in a thriller film is normally very dark, you can see this in the cellar scenes in Treachery. As well as that there is the setting, the setting for our film was in a house tat was old and slightly creepy, you wouldn't expect to see a thriller film based in a fairy castle because that wouldn't be appropriate for the genre.

Problems when it comes to attracting viewers

Due to our production companies being so small we cant attract big celebrity actors to play the parts in our film, as we cant afford the like of Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Big stars attract people to watch the film, because people want to see that certain actor.

Evaluation Question 4

Who will be the audience for your media product?

This is all based around the rating of our film and what is involved, and if you forgot about my Target audience profile then I recap it in this slide show. Hope you enjoy.

Evaluation Question 3

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

Instead of you having to read blocks of text I decided to help you out an use youtube to answer this questions. Question 3 is all about how your film is distributed but first you need to know the process and what distribution is so below will be a video which will explain this to you! So grab some popcorn and a drink and enjoy.

 

Our Distributor

I hope you enjoyed the video but now I get to tell you who is distributing our film. Bolt Studios is our distribution company and will be showing Treachery world wide.

Treachery will be in cinemas in February of 2018 as we feel that is a good time to release our film due to lack of film being made at that time. Also it gives us enough time to promote the film using Facebook and other social media platforms as well as adverts on tv. Youtube will be a very good way of getting it across with millions of users everyday.

Other companies that work in this market are the likes of Walt Disney Studios, Sony and Time Warner. These all distribute films to the public and there is many more.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question 1

In what way does your media product use, develop and challenge conventions of real media products?

In this question we decided to do something much more entertaining than reading a page of words. It's a screencast! Hope you enjoy.