Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt from the progression from it to the full task?
From the preliminary task we were able to get used to using the equipment such as using the zooming button whilst filming, keeping the camera steady on panning shots etc. Also making scenes match for example on our preliminary task we filmed the girl open and the walk through the door and then come out of the other end. As it was our first attempt to film it didn’t flow properly but we were then able to learn from our previous mistakes so in our Main task we were able to make the scenes flow even when filming the same scene from different angles. For example in one scene where the stalker follows the girl, they walk through a small path of branches, which we then filmed them walk in from behind and then come out the other side from a high angle shot filmed from the bridge looking down. As we had made mistakes on the Preliminary task we were able to make these shots flow for the main task. Also doing the Preliminary task first allowed us to get used to using the editing software as we were able to cut scenes that on their own were not at their best but then make them match better and flow nicely helped make our film seem more of a higher quality. By adding close ups between shots such as the main characters face looking frightened and worried between the running long and mid shots of her running away from the stalker. As a group we were able to work out from the preliminary task what shots were possible and which didn't look as professional. For example, in our preliminary task there is a scene of the door closing and a very shaky, blurry close up of the door. As the lighting was also of a low quality it didn't look very attractive or professional. Therefore in our main task we made sure we only zoomed in and out very slowly during filming a slow movement or still scene to guarantee the best we were able to film for each scene. Another issue we had with our preliminary task was not filming enough of a scene so when it came to editing the scenes didn’t่t flow very well and we had to re shoot some close ups and extra scenes to add between specific scenes in order for it to flow well. Therefore on our main task we filmed the entire scene through as we had learnt that we were able to edit and we filmed lots of close ups and extra scenes just to make sure. In conclusion as a group we went through a learning curve and learnt form our mistakes in order for our main project to go well.
Monday, 10 May 2010
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The narrative of our film clearly represents male and female teenagers. There are connotations of our film having social realism as the film could be based on real life events. As well as it being an exaggerated version perhaps it is still made to be entertaining as it is a psychological thriller/ horror for a young adult/ teenager target audience who are more interested in watching a film to have a laugh amongst friends or to go out of an evening etc Its a social fun event to go to cinemas for people of this age. Therefore it cannot just be based on social realism as it would then only appeal to a small niche market. It does represent the stereotypical teenage girl, being scared, frightened and nervous when in a awkward situation such as being on their own in a secluded deserted park being followed by a stereotypical scary male stalker, dressed in black with their face covered. As it is a male stalker following the young girl in general it could have connotations of males in today’s society being more domineering role models over women in general, and this is what our film puts across for our audience to see.
The narrative of our film clearly represents male and female teenagers. There are connotations of our film having social realism as the film could be based on real life events. As well as it being an exaggerated version perhaps it is still made to be entertaining as it is a psychological thriller/ horror for a young adult/ teenager target audience who are more interested in watching a film to have a laugh amongst friends or to go out of an evening etc Its a social fun event to go to cinemas for people of this age. Therefore it cannot just be based on social realism as it would then only appeal to a small niche market. It does represent the stereotypical teenage girl, being scared, frightened and nervous when in a awkward situation such as being on their own in a secluded deserted park being followed by a stereotypical scary male stalker, dressed in black with their face covered. As it is a male stalker following the young girl in general it could have connotations of males in today’s society being more domineering role models over women in general, and this is what our film puts across for our audience to see.
What kind of media institution would distribute your media product and why?
As our film would be of a low budget film if it was to be distributed and shown in cinemas it could be published over the internet, on you tube, short film websites and several other websites. It could be distributed by Entertainment which is the largest independent distributor in the UK. It could also be distributed by Working Title as they specialise in distributing low budget Independent British films, which is what category our film would fall into as it was filmed and edited in Manchester and also contains British actors and was filmed by a British crew.
As our film would be of a low budget film if it was to be distributed and shown in cinemas it could be published over the internet, on you tube, short film websites and several other websites. It could be distributed by Entertainment which is the largest independent distributor in the UK. It could also be distributed by Working Title as they specialise in distributing low budget Independent British films, which is what category our film would fall into as it was filmed and edited in Manchester and also contains British actors and was filmed by a British crew.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From using the camera we found that capturing specific shots in order for the film to flow properly is quite difficult. We discovered that there is a lot more planning involved than we initially first thought as the first scenes we filmed weren’t quite what we were hoping for, therefore we had to re shoot the opening sequence of the film again. This time we had a clearer vision when we went out to film again. We planned it out more by coming up with a story board so we had a base to work from and then we came up with a shot list as we wanted to get as many shots in the opening sequence as possible. We also found that capturing clear shots and filming from different angles was also a struggle as many shots didn’t match however we worked round this and filmed one specific scene all at once to guarantee everything looked the same including lighting weather etc. So the scenes would flow well together. We had to re shoot particular shots such as the panning shots of the girl being chased under the bridge, as following the girl running at a fast speed sometimes blurred or it went to fast and she would run out of the scene and we were unable to get the shots. However by filming shot amounts from different angles and film each character separately we were able to piece together the film with each scene using the software. We found the software very helpful as we used it to capture and cut precisely what we did and didn’t need for the opening sequence of the film. It also made the filming flow much more smoothly with options to fade from scene to scene and add effects. Also using Garage band to make our own music and place it in our film as well as the non-diagetic sounds such as heavy breathing and the narrating voice over. This was very important to us as whilst filming the interview scene the microphone didn’t pick up and sound, which was a huge step back for the group as it was vital in order for the audience to understand what was going on and see that the main character was having flash backs of her previous frightful experiences. As we didn’t have time to re film the interview we had no other choice but to add a voice over narrating what was happening and why the girl was there. However we feel the voice over worked better than expected, even better than if we had the original sound as it flowed over scene it helped link them better along side the fading in and our of scenes.
From using the camera we found that capturing specific shots in order for the film to flow properly is quite difficult. We discovered that there is a lot more planning involved than we initially first thought as the first scenes we filmed weren’t quite what we were hoping for, therefore we had to re shoot the opening sequence of the film again. This time we had a clearer vision when we went out to film again. We planned it out more by coming up with a story board so we had a base to work from and then we came up with a shot list as we wanted to get as many shots in the opening sequence as possible. We also found that capturing clear shots and filming from different angles was also a struggle as many shots didn’t match however we worked round this and filmed one specific scene all at once to guarantee everything looked the same including lighting weather etc. So the scenes would flow well together. We had to re shoot particular shots such as the panning shots of the girl being chased under the bridge, as following the girl running at a fast speed sometimes blurred or it went to fast and she would run out of the scene and we were unable to get the shots. However by filming shot amounts from different angles and film each character separately we were able to piece together the film with each scene using the software. We found the software very helpful as we used it to capture and cut precisely what we did and didn’t need for the opening sequence of the film. It also made the filming flow much more smoothly with options to fade from scene to scene and add effects. Also using Garage band to make our own music and place it in our film as well as the non-diagetic sounds such as heavy breathing and the narrating voice over. This was very important to us as whilst filming the interview scene the microphone didn’t pick up and sound, which was a huge step back for the group as it was vital in order for the audience to understand what was going on and see that the main character was having flash backs of her previous frightful experiences. As we didn’t have time to re film the interview we had no other choice but to add a voice over narrating what was happening and why the girl was there. However we feel the voice over worked better than expected, even better than if we had the original sound as it flowed over scene it helped link them better along side the fading in and our of scenes.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From using the camera we found that capturing specific shots in order for the film to flow properly is quite difficult. We discovered that there is a lot more planning involved than we initially first thought as the first scenes we filmed weren’t quite what we were hoping for, therefore we had to re shoot the opening sequence of the film again. This time we had a clearer vision when we went out to film again. We also found that capturing clear shots and filming from different angles was also a struggle as many shots didn’t match however we worked round this and filmed one specific scene all at once to guarantee everything looked the same including lighting weather etc. so the scenes would flow well together. We had to re shoot particular shots such as the panning shots of the girl being chased under the bridge. However the software we used helped us to also capture and cut precisely what we did and didn’t need. It also made the filming flow much more smoothly with options to fade from scene to scene and add effects. Also using Garage band to make our own music and place it in our film as well as the non diagetic sounds such as heavy breathing and the narrating voice over. This was very important to us as whilst filming the microphone didn’t pick up and sound and we didn’t have time to re film everything. Therefore we had no other choice but to add a voice over, however we feel it worked better than if we had the original sound.
From using the camera we found that capturing specific shots in order for the film to flow properly is quite difficult. We discovered that there is a lot more planning involved than we initially first thought as the first scenes we filmed weren’t quite what we were hoping for, therefore we had to re shoot the opening sequence of the film again. This time we had a clearer vision when we went out to film again. We also found that capturing clear shots and filming from different angles was also a struggle as many shots didn’t match however we worked round this and filmed one specific scene all at once to guarantee everything looked the same including lighting weather etc. so the scenes would flow well together. We had to re shoot particular shots such as the panning shots of the girl being chased under the bridge. However the software we used helped us to also capture and cut precisely what we did and didn’t need. It also made the filming flow much more smoothly with options to fade from scene to scene and add effects. Also using Garage band to make our own music and place it in our film as well as the non diagetic sounds such as heavy breathing and the narrating voice over. This was very important to us as whilst filming the microphone didn’t pick up and sound and we didn’t have time to re film everything. Therefore we had no other choice but to add a voice over, however we feel it worked better than if we had the original sound.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Other Loctions
We were going to film our opening sequence in this park. However we thought it looked to nice and clean to film a horror in and it needed to have more of a scary and spooky feel to it. This is why we decided not to film here as it didnt fit the criteria we had planned for the opeing sequence of the a horror.
Friday, 30 April 2010
Evalution
How did you attract/ address your audience?
As our target audience is young adults/teenagers we decided that a horror/psychological thriller would be best to draw in that type of audience. As we established a young audience we tried to make our opening sequence seem very dark and mysterious with the use of black and white credits and we filmed the main sequence of the girl being chased in the rain on a dark and cold day. For example the tunnel scene is filmed in a dark space which gave the film a cold and dreary feel which clearly represents the sadness and fear the main character played by Mariam was feeling. The dark music also gives the film a spooky feel we thought would appeal to a young audience. This dark music contrasted with a fast paced music for the initial chase scene we feel contrasts nicely and brings the opening sequence alive so it doesn’t become to slow or boring but still creates a tense atmosphere. We kept an up to date modern feel with the use of clothing and landscapes and the plain white room we filmed the police interview in the as the film was set in 2009. We also feel the fade outs help represent the confusion and memory relapses the girl is experiencing as she is being interviewed by the police. We hoped that this would create interest and suspense for the audience.
As our target audience is young adults/teenagers we decided that a horror/psychological thriller would be best to draw in that type of audience. As we established a young audience we tried to make our opening sequence seem very dark and mysterious with the use of black and white credits and we filmed the main sequence of the girl being chased in the rain on a dark and cold day. For example the tunnel scene is filmed in a dark space which gave the film a cold and dreary feel which clearly represents the sadness and fear the main character played by Mariam was feeling. The dark music also gives the film a spooky feel we thought would appeal to a young audience. This dark music contrasted with a fast paced music for the initial chase scene we feel contrasts nicely and brings the opening sequence alive so it doesn’t become to slow or boring but still creates a tense atmosphere. We kept an up to date modern feel with the use of clothing and landscapes and the plain white room we filmed the police interview in the as the film was set in 2009. We also feel the fade outs help represent the confusion and memory relapses the girl is experiencing as she is being interviewed by the police. We hoped that this would create interest and suspense for the audience.
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