Evaluation Question 7 - What Have We Learnt From the Preliminary Task

Evaluation Question 7 - What Have We Learnt From the Preliminary Task 

Our preliminary task helped us to understand how improve our film opening in a number of ways. Without the preliminary task, we probably would have had a number of mistakes in our film opening which we couldn't afford to have.

The preliminary task helped us to establish that we would need to take pictures of where we started our filming in case we needed to shoot a specific section of the scene again. This was in case anything was moved or changed during the meantime and would allow us not to make any continuity editing mistakes. This really did help us out during the editing of our film opening as it allowed us to cut between two shots of the same section to get the best, overall shot.

Another problem we discovered was the height of the tripod. If we had to re-shoot certain sections of our film opening we would need to make a note of how high the tripod was at each section to get the smoothest camera work we can. This allowed us to come back and re film due to the fact we did make those notes when it came to our final task filming.

Props are another key aspect of our filming that we needed to take note of. In each scene, we realised we would need to take a note of each object in the room and whereabouts in the room it was. This was in case we re shot a scene or wanted to put it in a different angle. This allowed us to re-shoot if we needed to and made sure the props didn't just jump from one side of the room to the other.

We also established that the location of our filming was very very important for a number of reasons. First of all, the location we chose to film in would need to be appropriate to pick up and cancel our specific sounds. If we chose to shoot indoors, we would need to make sure it was nice and quiet to make sure there wasn't any ambient sound to disrupt our filming. This is in case the intrusive sound overpowers our dialogue and causes the sound recorded to be unclear. This was discovered in our preliminary task when a classroom next door were quite loud and their audio could be heard over the protagonists synchronous diegetic sound.
The next reason the location is important is due to the plot itself. We don't want a location that is going to confuse or overwhelm our audience as this will make them switch off. This is why we chose to film our opening sequence in two different locations. We wanted to leave the audience with enigma codes to keep them wanting to watch more.
Finally, the lighting. The lighting was a very important aspect when it came to picking our location. Obviously, it is quite difficult and expensive to obtain light stands which are genuinely used on set to create a well lit environment so we needed to choose locations with a lot of natural light. That is why we filmed most of our opening sequence in a woods as it was outdoors and had a lot of natural light.

Overall, the preliminary task really helped us not to make these mistakes and think carefully about what we are planning to film before we just jump straight in.

Evaluation Question 6 - What Have You Learnt About Technologies From the Process of Creating This Product?

Evaluation Question 6 - What Have You Learnt About Technologies From the Process of Creating This Product?

The equipment we used in the filming of our AS film opening really benefited us and helped us to create the best film opening we possibly could, a long with the editing software, Serif Movie Plus X6. 

The most useful piece of equipment was the tripod. It helped us to create a very steady shot, which overall made our camera work better. The spirit level helped us even further to create the straightest angles for the best effect.
Moreover, the tripod also allowed us to explore a variety of angles that we may not have been able to try without it such as a canted angle. This allowed our audience to  understand that the character was disorientated. This helped our over all intended effects for the audience. 

The specific camera we had also helped us shoot our scenes in quite a high quality. This allowed us to have the best chance at producing the best work. It also helped us in the editing stage as we didn't need to go over and re-film specific sections. 

Evaluation Question 5 - How Did We Address/Attract Our Target Audience

Evaluation Question 5 - How Did We Address/Attract Our Target Audience

Howdidweaddressattarctourtargetaudience from thetaleofdemise



Due to the fact the genre of our film was a thriller/horror film we decided our target/primary audience would be 15-21 year old males. This is due to the film classification as there is blood in the scenes, it may be too graphic for somebody below the age of 15. Moreover, teenagers and young adult males are, according to the BBFC, the primary audience of this genre. To emphasis this target audience further, the actors in the film were between the ages of 16 and 17 years of age. This allows the audience to feel a more personal connection with the actors as they have something in common with them.
The ethnicity's of the actors in our film opening varied. This allowed for the our target audience to be able to relate to all the characters and therefore, broadening our audience to a mass target audience.

This film genre may have attracted our audience by the use of fake blood and props. As the scene is quite scary and does not use special effects, it looks very realistic and can be shocking for the audience leaving them with many enigma codes. This will make them really want to watch the film to find out why this is happening. This is perfect for our target audience because the blood and scary scenes will encourage them to continue watching the film opening.

When we conducted our questionnaire, the genre of horror was seen as the favourite genre of people in our target audience. This is a really promising piece of information and allows us to conclude that many people in our target audience would be interested in watching our film opening. 

Evaluaiton Question 4 Final Draft - Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?

Evaluation Question 4 First Draft - Who Would Be the Audience For Your Media Product

Evaluation Question 4 First Draft -  Who Would Be the Audience For Your Media Product

Here we made four students watch our opening sequence. All of the participants agreed to take part and be filmed for our evaluation of our film opening sequence. Moreover, we used an even number of boys and girls and we also got lots of different ages. This was so we could have an unbiased set of feedback. 

Evaluation Question 3 - What Media Institution Might Distribute Your Film and Why?

Evaluation Question 2 - How Does Your Media Project Represent Certain Social Groups?

Evaluation Question 1 - How Does Your Media Project Represent Certain Social Groups? from thetaleofdemise