What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from the preliminary task to the product?
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Evaluation - Question Six
Some of the different technologies that we have/could have used throughout the coursework includes;
Youtube is something that we are all very familiar with find extremley easy to use when we're searching for videos to watch. The only advanced use of youtube for us would have been learning to upload our videos to youtube and finding the embedding code, that allows you to share the video.
Something else we have all started to familiarise ourselves with is SurveyMonkey. This is site that allows you to create and take online surveys. This was very helpful to us in the research section of our project. It is fairly straightforward and simple to use and I am sure that we will be using it again in the future.
- Blogger
- mini DV digital camcorders
- Youtube
- SurveyMonkey
I think the main piece of technology I have used throughout this whole process is defiantly blogger. Blogger is basically a diary, you record everything you do/have done etc. I think that blogger is a good idea for use to be creative when writing down everything we've done. Media is all about being creative and imaginative & having the opportunity to use blogger allows us to not only, simply type out and say what it is we have done, but also lets you add images and insert videos . I had no previous experience with blogger, although I knew what it was and allows you to do.
Youtube is something that we are all very familiar with find extremley easy to use when we're searching for videos to watch. The only advanced use of youtube for us would have been learning to upload our videos to youtube and finding the embedding code, that allows you to share the video.
Evaluation - Question Five
How did you attract/address your audience?
I think that our film grips the audience from the very start. The first shot is of a young teenage girl walking along a dark road, late at night, this is generally a normal scene in your average thriller. You will see a vulnerable character by themselves, walking home on a dark night and this point is exactly when the audience pays the most attention as they know something is about to happen! I also think that the music we picked keeps the audience interested as it has a mysterious feel to it and its melody changes quite often. This i think keeps the audience on the edge as the constant change of melody keeps thinking of what might happen next.The main character in our thriller is a young teenage, and seemingly vulnerable female, who is making her way home. I think that because of the age range we aimed our thriller at, that most could relate to her, as we've all been in that situation of being walking the street alone once its got dark and having that fear that something may happen to you.
I think that the audience would want to carry on watching on our thriller as they want to find out exactly what happens to the young girl, and who the mysterious character was in the last shot.The story to our thriller could carry on with many different endings, and I think the audience would be interested to know which route the film would take.
I think that our film grips the audience from the very start. The first shot is of a young teenage girl walking along a dark road, late at night, this is generally a normal scene in your average thriller. You will see a vulnerable character by themselves, walking home on a dark night and this point is exactly when the audience pays the most attention as they know something is about to happen! I also think that the music we picked keeps the audience interested as it has a mysterious feel to it and its melody changes quite often. This i think keeps the audience on the edge as the constant change of melody keeps thinking of what might happen next.The main character in our thriller is a young teenage, and seemingly vulnerable female, who is making her way home. I think that because of the age range we aimed our thriller at, that most could relate to her, as we've all been in that situation of being walking the street alone once its got dark and having that fear that something may happen to you.
I think that the audience would want to carry on watching on our thriller as they want to find out exactly what happens to the young girl, and who the mysterious character was in the last shot.The story to our thriller could carry on with many different endings, and I think the audience would be interested to know which route the film would take.
Evaluation - Question Four
Who would be the audience for your media product?
We had previously researched into our target audience and made surveys for people to take at www.surveymonkey.com.
The main target age for our thriller, and most of your average thrillers would be roughly around 16- 24. Because of the age we all are at the time of creating this thriller, its the perfect opportunity for us to include relatable situations etc for the audience.
From the results that we collected earlier on, in the researching part of our coursework, we noticed that due to the results we should be aiming our thriller within the 16-20ish range, which have done. We also collected information that suggested that people enjoy to watch thrillers that include mystery , which is something that we tried to include within our thriller, making the very end of our opening sequence a complete mystery to the audience and edging them to want to see what happens next!
We had previously researched into our target audience and made surveys for people to take at www.surveymonkey.com.
The main target age for our thriller, and most of your average thrillers would be roughly around 16- 24. Because of the age we all are at the time of creating this thriller, its the perfect opportunity for us to include relatable situations etc for the audience.
From the results that we collected earlier on, in the researching part of our coursework, we noticed that due to the results we should be aiming our thriller within the 16-20ish range, which have done. We also collected information that suggested that people enjoy to watch thrillers that include mystery , which is something that we tried to include within our thriller, making the very end of our opening sequence a complete mystery to the audience and edging them to want to see what happens next!
Evaluation - Question Two
Hows does your media product represent particular social groups? (gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity etc)
Our thriller only consisted of three characters, two being male and one female. This means there wasn't much female representation within the thriller, but we still managed to represent both genders within the thriller. The range of our actors was went from 17 - 50, this an extreme leap with such a big age gap, but I think that the range helped to reach out to both the older and younger generation.
There is no particular portrayal of young people within our thriller, so they wasn't necessarily shown in neither a positive or negative way. However, some people may think we have used the very common stereotype of a young vulnerable female character that just so happens to be by herself and is defenceless. This is a very typical stereotype used within thrillers, but we didn't necessarily decide on using this stereotype we just picked a female to play the character. We do not show this particular stereotype in any positive or negative way, this is just the lead character in the thriller that the audience follows through the story with, she does nothing that would suggest her type of character. We also have used another common stereotype of the 'Mysterious Character'. We did use two of these within our thriller to try and trick and play with the audiences minds a little. But the general description of the mysterious character would be that they act out of the ordinary, wear some form of dark clothing. In most thrillers you would however see this characters face, in our thriller Nightwalker , we decided to keep this characters face a completely hidden, so emphasis the mystery behind him.
We didnt have any representation of any different sexualities or ethnicity within our thriller, which may be something to consider for next time. I think that if we could redo all of this again, then we would have maybe included more characters, especially females so they were represented more and try to add in any representations we could of the different sexualities and ethnicities that there are.
Our thriller only consisted of three characters, two being male and one female. This means there wasn't much female representation within the thriller, but we still managed to represent both genders within the thriller. The range of our actors was went from 17 - 50, this an extreme leap with such a big age gap, but I think that the range helped to reach out to both the older and younger generation.
There is no particular portrayal of young people within our thriller, so they wasn't necessarily shown in neither a positive or negative way. However, some people may think we have used the very common stereotype of a young vulnerable female character that just so happens to be by herself and is defenceless. This is a very typical stereotype used within thrillers, but we didn't necessarily decide on using this stereotype we just picked a female to play the character. We do not show this particular stereotype in any positive or negative way, this is just the lead character in the thriller that the audience follows through the story with, she does nothing that would suggest her type of character. We also have used another common stereotype of the 'Mysterious Character'. We did use two of these within our thriller to try and trick and play with the audiences minds a little. But the general description of the mysterious character would be that they act out of the ordinary, wear some form of dark clothing. In most thrillers you would however see this characters face, in our thriller Nightwalker , we decided to keep this characters face a completely hidden, so emphasis the mystery behind him.
We didnt have any representation of any different sexualities or ethnicity within our thriller, which may be something to consider for next time. I think that if we could redo all of this again, then we would have maybe included more characters, especially females so they were represented more and try to add in any representations we could of the different sexualities and ethnicities that there are.
Our finished thriller!
This is our finished thriller! After all the hard work of editing, filming and even re-filming I am overall very pleased with how it has turned out!
Here is a link to a survey, if you could take the time to fill it out :)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T2JWW5Q
Here is a link to a survey, if you could take the time to fill it out :)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T2JWW5Q
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Editing
We have now been editing our thriller for a couple of weeks and are at the stage where it is nearly completed and will be good enough to upload to youtube! The last bits of editing that need to be finished are adding 2 more titles in and to fix the sound problem with both the camera sound & music overlapping. I think we have edited our footage well and I'm pleased with the outcome and once all the rest is in added in it will be a finished piece!
Monday, 12 March 2012
Format Of The Titles
Media Studies (OCR)
A Film By - SEL Productions
Male Actor - Frankie MacFarlane
Female Actor - Ellie Moore
Music By - Mobygratis
Editing By - Lucy Green, Sydnie Howlett & Ellie Moore
Director of Photography - Lucy Green
Costume By - Ellie Moore
Director - Sydnie Howlett
AS Coursework G321
Robert Clack School 12127
Lucy Green (1) (Candidate Number)
Sydnie Howlett (2) (Candidate Number)
Ellie Moore (3) (Candidate Number)
A Film By - SEL Productions
Male Actor - Frankie MacFarlane
Female Actor - Ellie Moore
Music By - Mobygratis
Editing By - Lucy Green, Sydnie Howlett & Ellie Moore
Director of Photography - Lucy Green
Costume By - Ellie Moore
Director - Sydnie Howlett
Health & Safety Risk Assesment
- No filming in inappropriate locations
- Check safety of locations e.g. roads.
- Minimise risk of theft of equipment
- When filming on loction ensure teacher or responsible adult know where you are and have telephone number and when you will return
- Check all equipment is working before you leave
- Ensure you have permission for filming if necessary
- Always film with at least one other person
- Ensure you have the permission of those you are filming.
Programme Title - Nightwalker
Client - Robert Clack School
Writer - Ellie Moore, Sydnie Howlett & Lucy Green
Producer - Sydnie Howlett , Lucy Green & Ellie Moore
Director - Sydnie Howlett, Lucy Green & Ellie Moore
Major Issues - We are filming along the street & the possible risks are;
- Traffic
- Weather
- Permission of private property
- Theft
- Safety(Knowing where everyone is)
Solutions - The solutions for these issues are;
- Having a lookout to watch over the traffic, parking cars etc.
- Check the weather before going out to film, so that the camera does not get ruined.
- Having 2 people with the camera at all times
- Regular contact
Contacts - The people we can contact in case of any emergencies are;
- The School
- Parents
- Friends
Emergency Services - The local emergency services avaliable are;
- Metropolitan Police at Dagenham East
- Queens Hospital
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Filming Process
After watching what we had already filmed and edited we decide that we wanted to completley refilm, and change the story. We want our thriller to be the best we could make it and felt that this was the right decision to make.
We have spent time thinking more in detail about how we can make our thriller more interesting and looked into more detail about the type of shots we want etc. We want our audience to enjoy the thriller and felt we need a more gripping story to it.
We are planning to refilm tomorrow and hopefully have it all finished. We will then continue to edit for the rest of the week and will hopefully have a roughly completed thriller by the start of next week.
We have spent time thinking more in detail about how we can make our thriller more interesting and looked into more detail about the type of shots we want etc. We want our audience to enjoy the thriller and felt we need a more gripping story to it.
We are planning to refilm tomorrow and hopefully have it all finished. We will then continue to edit for the rest of the week and will hopefully have a roughly completed thriller by the start of next week.
Friday, 2 March 2012
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