preliminary task

THRILLER OPENING SEQUENCE SHOTS.

Our thriller film 'ENVY' we became more stable with the camera and confident with using the technology within the classroom, for example looking back on the Preliminary Task my shots have become more stable and easier to pan. Also the match on action is alot more clearer, the 180' shots have been reduced to show that they ar easier to understand also within cutting shots has become a lot easier as now everything flows a lot better between each shot. Were as if you look at the preliminary task our shots are a bit robotic at times this could cause distraction in the viewers eyes and could loose what we are trying to portay.

Throughout the whole of this year i now understand the concepts on all media terminolgy and how to edit certain clips, how to combine to pieces of imformation and also how the key words used in media and how to evaulate and communicate in teams to clarify and come to a conclusion how we can improve on making ideas better and intial thoughts.

Since starting media i have realised that i am a practical learner, as when it came down to writiting notes down it was not staying in my head, the first task we had to do was the preliminary task, i got to hold the camera and direct on where i would like people to stand, this helped my understanding on using the camera also by doing inturpretations of other clips and drama series my understanding of using the equipment was getting much better, my confidence improved and my understanding in using quotes and classifing which camera angles to switch to, for example the 180 degree rule and also match on action is all in the key concepts of aduidence reaction camera shota, i now have a great understanding of all camera shots and key teminologly in media.

PRELIMINARY TASK SHOTS.

6) What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of creating your product?

As I did not study media for GCSE it was hard for me to come intoA level without knowing how to use the Macs,Cameras,Livetype,Final Cut and everything else but in a slow process by using the equipment every lesson i got more confident inusing them.

In the starting line in creating our opening to the thriller we started to go into more depth into using Livetype and Final Cut which was good as we learnt new things on how to create voice overs and also how to pan images and merge them into one another, it was much easier in live type to set the mis-en-sene and also the shot angles on how the audience would re-act to each shot.As the lessons went on i discovered how to use all the equipment for examplein the Preliminary Task i used the video camera and also uploaded to the computer this improved my confidence in using the Mac. In using the mac is very different to using any other computer as the key board and the computer in general, in using the Imac in every media lesson i got more confident in discovering new things on it and became aware on how to use the different technologies in which are built in for example. live type and final Cut.
Also when filming we used the video camera in which was new this was a challenge for me but i think i coped really well and learnt quickly on how to zoom in and out and pan the shots in using the Tri-pod. By using the video camera i learnt how to use it properly and also i learnt how to change the effects and the different angle shots by using the tripod and just having a go on it, by doing this it gave me more confidence when it came to filming the thriller as i new the different angle shots in which the tripod could do and how the video camera would work and the effects on it.
We used Blogger which is the image above, this is were we uploaded our photos and planning and research on what we have discovered and all of our opening shots and coursework, this shows how we have developed our skills in using blogger and became more confident in uploading photos and editing camera shots to give an idea on how we have improved our use in blogger, also when uploading the photos in which we have to describe and edit to show how we have developed our skills in editing and planning the shots. I also embeded a few short thriller opening sequences that gave me an idea for our thriller opening and how there composition and mis-en-scene is all connected and how the shots flowed together.

5)How did you attract/address your audience?

I put my film of the opening of the thriller 'ENVY'on my social network site;Facebook. I got all my friends from roughly the same age group to comment on it and get them to say a few words on why they enjoyed it and if it fitted with the age group we classifed it to. By doing this it shows i have a good understanding on using youtube and uploading the film onto it. Also it shows that i am able to show my work to other people without being embarrassed and am proud of my work in which i have completed. Its also good to get people opinions as in the future it may help us improve if we ever have to do another opening sequence and can just help us in general.

4) Who would be the audience for your product?

The certificate for our film is a 15, this means that it is focused on teenagers from 15-18 year olds, we have chosen this as we think our film is based around teenage lives and friendship and relationships, however we are hoping that we attract as many people as possible, for example we hope that the older generation would enjoy our film as it my show a contrast on how ther life used to be in their childhood.

Also by using both sexes; Male and Female, shows that both men and women could be interested in our film, however the age may differ in the sexes as older men may enjoyt it better than older woemen.

3)What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We could use alot of institutions that would suit our thriller opening sequence but the two main ones would be, Hollywood Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment we have selected these two as they are the three that fit to your thriller the best. By suggesting to use these we feel our film fits into hollywood catergory. we feel as a group that our film would have that sort of potential, also our film is directed at a big audience group 15 ages upwards that is a lot of people that may be intrested in our film the bigger the film company the more audience members you will be getting.

Hollywood Pictures: Is one of the Walt Disney Company's they produce films more for the mature adult rather than Walt Disney Pictures

Spyglass Entertainment- Is an American Production film complany, they have been involved with the films "The sixth sense" and "Prime Evil"

2)How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This is Me laying in the river this shot was helped created by the film "Brick" when she is laying in the river.

Here are some characters that influanced us.

In our media is represents teenage social groups, they were best friends the killer and the victim. There social group background was a normal life style going out shopping partying, living the normal life, Jack the boyfriend of Charlotte used to hang around with Amy and Charlotte, but Charlotte was avery jealous person and got the wrong impression as Amy and Jack used to date and Charlotte thought Jack still liked Amy, this is were the normal teenage paranoia kicked in, this shows the original ideas created in our media, we all discussed the different ways we could inturpet the way the felt towards eachother but came to a conclusion which it would be better that Charlotte kills Amy and leave her ina river, this leaves the audience thinking why in the river? why did she do that and no have a conversation with Amy and try and sort it out with Jack.

1) In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

In this photo we have been influanced by brick with the water, we chose a low angle shot close to the water, to show a eyeline match of what the girl in the water is seeing.

Many films have influanced us in the run up to the opening of our thriller. for example Wallander and Brick have helped us alot with the setting and story line. Brick has influanced with the water were she is laying in the river, we chose the idea of this because it is different and could mean a lot of things and get the audience thinking why is she laying in the river, Wallander also influanced us as when the two girls are walking away form the car were they are holding the knife and drop it, the killer charlotte after leaving me the girl laying in the river, she drops the knife when she walks away up the bank, i think our thriller opening is original and shows alot of suggestments from both films but have been merged to make the audience think on what is going on and are they friends as nothing is reveled quickly its all reveled in a slow process to get the audience on the edge of their seats, we wanted them to feel uncomfortable in this situation as we didnt want our thriller to be a obvious killing situation.