Media Evaluation - Question Eight

For my evaluation from the cinema, I have uploaded some short video clips that show the audience response from our films. Also I have created a word cloud of audience response.

Overall I am very happy with the way that all of our work has come out and finished. I think that it looks very professional and i am truly happy with my groups work.

Media Evaluation - Lauren's Response

Lauren's response to our Media Thriller Opening..

Media Evaluation - Farhana's Response

Farhana's response to our media thriller opening...

Evaluation

Questions 3 & 4

'What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?'

We feel our film would deserve a rather mainstream release, similar to the release of star trek, and also a worldwide release. For example, the premier of the film would be hosted at Leicester square, complete with red carpets ands appearances of many well known actors/actresses.

The film itself will be released digitally in order to help prevent piracy which would eventually lead to it being leaked into countries before they have been officially released. However it would not be released via IMAX, as it would not be expected to do as well as other blockbuster hits such as 'Avatar'.

As with other blockbusters, promotion would be very important in order to make sure that as many people go to see the film as possible, and to ensure that the film is well received by the audience.

The internet would also be a very important factor when it comes to our movies release, especially when attempting to get the attention of a younger audience, who will be more likely to see our film. For example, Star Trek's online promotion was fantastic, targeting all audiences whether it was on social networking websites or a website for a womens gossip magazine.

The trailer for our film would be shown via the internet and on tv as an advert, however when it comes to the tv adverts, it would most likely be shown after 9, considering it is a psychological thriller film.

In terms of newspaper advertising, we thought that The Sun would be the best to use, considering it is the most popular newspaper in Britain.

Evaluation

Question Five

'Who would be the audience for your media product?'

This is Josh, he is 22 years old studying english literature at Middlesex University. He also works part time in Tinseltown as a waiter. As a person, Josh is very outgoing and is generally a very happy person and very sociable, he can always be found hanging around with his friends whom he met at the football club where he regularly plays. He also loves going to the cinema to watch thrillers, although he generally likes all kinds of films. He loves indie music and always has his headphones in, showing he enjoys it largely.

Evaluation

Question Seven

'Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?'

Before the start of our preliminary task, in terms of planning, we didn't really take much into consideration. At the time it was merely about getting the task finished. However for the final task, we took a while to plan out exactly what we were gonna do & how we would accomplish it. Below is an Over-the-shoulder shot, we used this shot in both our prelim task and

For example, for the preliminary task, we drew up a quick storyboard from beginning to end and it pretty much gave us a rough idea of the things we had aimed to accomplish for the task. We had the basics involved such as camera work and shot types, and we also knew what type of editing we intended to implement. Considering at the time we had not yet been introduced to Soundtrack pro & livetype, the preliminary task turned out to be rather simple.

For our final task however, we were much more equipped in terms of technical knowledge, therefore several factors of it turned out to be much more in depth.

When we were planning our final piece, it took a bit longer than it did for our preliminary task, & considering we had two sets of planning to do (our first idea didn't go to plan so we had to start another one from scratch.)

Although again, our planning was a storyboard, we had thought about other things such as MES and sound programs.

Media Evaluation - Question Seven

When i first started the AS Level course i wasn't as well equipped to make a film as i feel i am now. I have developed many techniques which i have learnt from both members in my group and my tutors.

For our thriller opening sequence our group made sure that we used as many shot types as possible. We used a variety of shot types which we learn in our Pre Lim match cut exercise.

This is an Over the Shoulder shot example from our PreLim.

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We then copied and used this in our final idea...

We made sure that we understood all of the required shot types that could be used in our work so that we could make the most effective amount of time.

To plan we made a storyboard that can be seen in a previous blog. We each took turns in giving and expressing our ideas to Alison, who drew the storyboard for our group. We took into account each others ideas so that everyone had some input to the planning stage. We also had group discussions of what we were going to film before we actually went out to film. Making sure that the camera worked before we went out, we would then go and film our ideas. Personally, even though all my group members may not back me on this, i believe that we needed much more planning time. Our first idea went down the drain when we haven't heard back from Transport for London so we had to quickly change our ideas. I think that we planned well, but we should of planned more in advance incase we actually did have problems with our locations, which we ended up having.

Personally i feel that i could of learnt more from the soundtrack Pro software. Both me, Glenn and Alison in our group took a back seat to allow Jack to concentrate on the sound as he was the most confident to do this on his own. However, some lessons when he wasn't in, me, Alison and Glenn both carefully mastered the final piece, and when it came to the deadline, both me and Jack stayed later to make sure it got finished while Alison worked on the titles on Live Type.

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Sound Track Software used for our sound editing

When we was filming our PreLim we had a serious problems with the sound on our piece. This got so bad that we had to put subtitles on our piece. We found out later on that we hadn't done our pre-filming checks correctly and the mic was actually switched to the off position. We learnt from our mistake, and when it came to the actual filming, we carefully checked every part of the camera to make sure it was in working order, as well as filming a few seconds to make sure everything was in working order on our JVC PRO HD Cameras.

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The JVC PRO HD Cameras we used to film our final piece on.

For the editing we all had a strong input on this using Final Cut Pro.

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As Jack knew a lot about this software, he taught us how to do all the processes that would be needed to make our film. We all learnt how to make fades and add extra video from our HD Cameras. Unfortunately Jack had to leave our group for personal issues just after our final edit, so we all took over to make the rest of the film. I took responsibility to make our answer to Question Six on our Media Evaluation. The day before the cinema screening of our media films, we had problems with our film which we resolved just in time for the final cut deadline. We watched our films at the Screen on the Green, as seen below.

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To be honest, we didn't pay too much interest M.E.S which happened to be largely ignored. However, we were lucky that it all turned out all good in the end. I think that we should have planned this more carefully, and in A2 we will definitely make sure this is higher on our list!