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Saturday, 7 January 2012
Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Looking back at the preliminary task i did i feel i have gained more confidence and skills using a camcorder to shoot sequences of film and editing them using editing software.
Technical skills:
i have gained many new skills from the process of making m media text, i can now confidently and efficiently use the editing software and use all its features to the best ability i can. To start with in the preliminary task i was absolutely rubbish at filming as i didn't know what shots would look best and where i should put them, i even made the mistake of breaking the 180 degree rule however, from making these mistakes i learnt exactly what the 180 degree rule entailed so i wouldn't break it in my real media product. I also learnt where things like match on actions, panning shots and close ups work best, so using all the information i gathered from doing the preliminary task i feel i used them effectively when making my media product making my media text a success.
Time management:
My time management was in view quite poor to start with as we didn't start filming quick enough to allow us enough time to edit efficiently however, as the term went on we really took control and started filming a lot more, we filmed certain scenes more than once so we had more choice when editing. The group did get behind schedule but this didn't phase us, we worked hard and got the film done. Overall i feel my time management was good but could of been a tiny bit better.
Team skills:
I was very lucky to be put in group where we all worked so well and all had different skills we could use to our advantage. We worked extremely well as a group of 3 to produce the best media text we could, we listened to each others ideas which is one reason i think we did so well, as we all had such good ideas it made it easy to agree on what we would put in our media product and what we would take out. We were able to compromise quickly, if any ideas clashed. I am very please with the way we worked as a team and i am very proud of our finished media product.
Finished product:
The final finished media product is in my view, very effective. The genre is easily established with the fight scene. It captures the audience's attention, makes them think about why he is running away therefore we are intriguing the audience so they want to watch the rest of the film. We twisted some codes and conventions of the normal crime genre of film as well, so this will interest the audience. The editing of the product is also to a high standard therefore this will makes the film look better and visually interesting.
Overall i feel my finished media product is very successful.
Technical skills:
i have gained many new skills from the process of making m media text, i can now confidently and efficiently use the editing software and use all its features to the best ability i can. To start with in the preliminary task i was absolutely rubbish at filming as i didn't know what shots would look best and where i should put them, i even made the mistake of breaking the 180 degree rule however, from making these mistakes i learnt exactly what the 180 degree rule entailed so i wouldn't break it in my real media product. I also learnt where things like match on actions, panning shots and close ups work best, so using all the information i gathered from doing the preliminary task i feel i used them effectively when making my media product making my media text a success.
Time management:
My time management was in view quite poor to start with as we didn't start filming quick enough to allow us enough time to edit efficiently however, as the term went on we really took control and started filming a lot more, we filmed certain scenes more than once so we had more choice when editing. The group did get behind schedule but this didn't phase us, we worked hard and got the film done. Overall i feel my time management was good but could of been a tiny bit better.
Team skills:
I was very lucky to be put in group where we all worked so well and all had different skills we could use to our advantage. We worked extremely well as a group of 3 to produce the best media text we could, we listened to each others ideas which is one reason i think we did so well, as we all had such good ideas it made it easy to agree on what we would put in our media product and what we would take out. We were able to compromise quickly, if any ideas clashed. I am very please with the way we worked as a team and i am very proud of our finished media product.
Finished product:
The final finished media product is in my view, very effective. The genre is easily established with the fight scene. It captures the audience's attention, makes them think about why he is running away therefore we are intriguing the audience so they want to watch the rest of the film. We twisted some codes and conventions of the normal crime genre of film as well, so this will interest the audience. The editing of the product is also to a high standard therefore this will makes the film look better and visually interesting.
Overall i feel my finished media product is very successful.
Friday, 6 January 2012
Evaluation Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of making this product?
To make my media product I used a Sony Panasonic handheld video camcorder.Sequences of footage were easy to film as the camera is easy to use with only a record, stop button. I learnt I can film successfully with and without a tripod and that using a wider range of camera shots and shooting it lots of times is good as it helps in the editing process
The editing software I used to edit my media product was Coral Editing Software in advanced edit. This software is easy to navigate and simple to edit with. Editing sequences of my film was easy as it is a drag and drop system and all the attributes are easy to find and use. This made editing fun and I learnt how to make a successful film.
I learnt a lot about making films by using Coral as it taught me how to add music, titles and special effects to my film to make more visually interesting, for example in my media text we used flash backs as a special effect to create this we added a flash back from the Coral archive. The screen shot below is from my real media text showing the two scenes i used in the flash back.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Monday, 2 January 2012
Evaluation Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Media institutions that might distribute my media text…
Two big media institutions I think would distribute my crime/gangster film are Warner Bros. Picturesand Universal as they have made a lot of high grossing crime or sub genre crime films such asScarface & Batman: The Dark Knight.
Production and distribution of my media text…
For my film to get big companies interested I will need a production company to put upmoney for my media text. Some include New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures & Lions Gate Entertainment.I think these companies would be interested, but mainly New Line Cinema as many of their films have been crime films. New Line Cinema were also involved in distributing Batman: The Dark Knight; is a superhero movie with the sub genre and main theme of crime, making these 2 institutions perfect for distributing my film.
Cinema's that might exhibit the film would be big national/regional cinema's like The Vue and The Odeon. This is because it is most likely to be put up by a big media production company which are associated with other big blockbuster films therefore making it clear that the countries bigger cinema's will take it on first, then move to smaller venues and then finally to local cinema's.
As my media text is a certificate 15 there were obviously rules and regulation i had to stick to in order for it to be appropriate for the audience. Some of the regulations included were to do with; drugs, violence, language, sex/nudity and theme.
As i included violence in my media text, the BBFC guidelines specifically said not to dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, which i successfully did in my media product as after the fight is over we only see the characters legs on the floor as the main protagonist walks away triumphant.
As my media text is a certificate 15 there were obviously rules and regulation i had to stick to in order for it to be appropriate for the audience. Some of the regulations included were to do with; drugs, violence, language, sex/nudity and theme.
As i included violence in my media text, the BBFC guidelines specifically said not to dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, which i successfully did in my media product as after the fight is over we only see the characters legs on the floor as the main protagonist walks away triumphant.
Another guideline i had to stick to was language, where the guideline was aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language would be unacceptable, i stick to this very well as in my media text there is only one use of the word 'shit' making it perfectly acceptable and the rest of the dialogue doesn't use any bad language.
For the rest of the guidelines we didn't use any drugs, sex/nudity, and the theme that runs throughout is revenge relating back to the violence as it is clear it will be used again later on in the media text.
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