I have to admit that in comparison to our Opening sequence the preliminary task was poorly organised and not much researched was done in the task, we didn't particularly do very much research or planning in the genre when it came to the Preliminary Task.
Another difference that we found were the preliminary task was much easier to edit and it probably was because of the length.
our knowledge and uses of shots that we used had improved, we used different more interesting shots help, we used a varied amount of different shots. where as with our preliminary task there seemed to only be a few different camera shots, where as in or opening sequence project we used all different camera angles and shots. Also we had a conciderable amout of research on the setting, where as with our prelimary task we didnt reallyconsider anything to do with the location or setting or how that would effect the quality of the film. Costumes was also something that we had not concidered in the primimary task, where as in the opening sequenceitwas important that we concidered what each character was going to wear as it was to help with connecting and attracting the aduience to the film and characters.
To conclude in comparison to our prilimary task I think I have learnt vast amounts on how research can greatly effect your project and how much better the products' outcome will be at the end result.
Friday, 3 May 2013
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product? (Evalation question 6)
In this project we have used a wide rage of different technologies, we used HD camera and also with the use of tripods to steady the camera.
As a group we used a Sony HD camera which had high quality when the light was good, but we were faced with a problem that when the lighting wasn't as bright or clear the camera quality wasn't as good as what it was when lighting was good. We then had to resolve this problem by not only in the filming process by adding artificial lighting but we then had to also make improvements when we were in the editing process.
when it came to editing we used an Apple Mac
we used an editing software called IMove which was easy to learn about and use, our editing went considerably well, we tried different types of effects on the colour, this was so then we could find the right "supernatural thriller look"
things that if we had changed to improve the product was probably making sure that the lighting was correct so then we didn't have as much trouble in the editing process when it came to it as it did take up most of our time, trying to get the correct lighting and effect to be continual all the way through the media piece.
Blogger
With blogger we used it to log our work, making posts on research and showing our actual media projects, blogger was easy to use and it was helpful in the repect that the videos that I had researched could be interlinked into the Blogger post that was written, making it easy to be accesed and understood.
As a group we used a Sony HD camera which had high quality when the light was good, but we were faced with a problem that when the lighting wasn't as bright or clear the camera quality wasn't as good as what it was when lighting was good. We then had to resolve this problem by not only in the filming process by adding artificial lighting but we then had to also make improvements when we were in the editing process.when it came to editing we used an Apple Mac
we used an editing software called IMove which was easy to learn about and use, our editing went considerably well, we tried different types of effects on the colour, this was so then we could find the right "supernatural thriller look"
things that if we had changed to improve the product was probably making sure that the lighting was correct so then we didn't have as much trouble in the editing process when it came to it as it did take up most of our time, trying to get the correct lighting and effect to be continual all the way through the media piece.
Blogger
With blogger we used it to log our work, making posts on research and showing our actual media projects, blogger was easy to use and it was helpful in the repect that the videos that I had researched could be interlinked into the Blogger post that was written, making it easy to be accesed and understood.
How did you Attract/ adress you audience? (Evaluation question 5)
How did we attract our audience?
We have attracted our audience by having relevant advertisement to our target audience which is of teens. From research we have found that teens are most likely to use social networking websites, we have used this to our advantage and will have attracted an audience by the twitter and facebook campaigns which we have established to advertise our product.
Our film target audeince is of teenagers, but we had decided that we were going to cater to 15-25 year olds which will mostly be male becuase we feel that it was a broader audience and it is possible that the older generation to enjoy our product this is due to the genre type, but to try and attract females to the product we have cast attractive male actors to play the roles of the characters. We seem to aim the film at an audience that are intrested in the theme Supernateral and also the genre Thriller,this broaderns the target audience.
The use of music in our film we aslo be effective in attacting the audience it creates tension in the peice.
We have attracted our audience by having relevant advertisement to our target audience which is of teens. From research we have found that teens are most likely to use social networking websites, we have used this to our advantage and will have attracted an audience by the twitter and facebook campaigns which we have established to advertise our product.
Our film target audeince is of teenagers, but we had decided that we were going to cater to 15-25 year olds which will mostly be male becuase we feel that it was a broader audience and it is possible that the older generation to enjoy our product this is due to the genre type, but to try and attract females to the product we have cast attractive male actors to play the roles of the characters. We seem to aim the film at an audience that are intrested in the theme Supernateral and also the genre Thriller,this broaderns the target audience.
The use of music in our film we aslo be effective in attacting the audience it creates tension in the peice.
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Who would be the target audience for your media product? (evaluation question 4)
Our target audience for this film is for teenagers. We have targeted the film for the ages between 15-25 because we feel that older teens and people in their twenties will enjoy the film.
The darkness of the film may also attract people from the sterotypical group of Gothic teens or adults. People who enjoy stories or films about vampires, warewolves or ghosts will most likely be attact to watch this film as it features all three supernateral beings
The certificate age of our film will be a 15 this will be because of the use of bad language, violent scenes and horror images which may cause distress on a person under the age of 15.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? (Evaluation question 3)
Seeing as our company is independent and is making an independent film, larger mainstream will not be interested in the distribution of our product, this is because of the specific genre that it is and how limiting the target audience which in turn limits the amount of money which can be made from the film. This deters the big company's from investing in small projects and film due to the lack of profit that will be made.
From research that I have made on the group blog, Independent companies that will be more likely to distribute our film will be the BFI, Film4 or BBC Films
From research that I have made on the group blog, Independent companies that will be more likely to distribute our film will be the BFI, Film4 or BBC Films
How does your media product represent particular social groups? (Evaluation question 2)
With in our opening sequence the only character that we showed was the main teenage boy character, we have tried to portray him as a nerdy/Gothic teenage boy.
here were the clothes that our character Alex was wearing
we wanted to put the character in dark clothes to create a Gothic look so we used black skinny jeans and a dark red t-shirt.
here were the clothes that our character Alex was wearing
we wanted to put the character in dark clothes to create a Gothic look so we used black skinny jeans and a dark red t-shirt.
we show the geek sterotype in the media piece by having the character Alex use the computer not only have we include the computer in the props to help with the representation but we have also used news paper articals in the piece to show the intrest and obsesiveness of the teenage character, these traits are all sterotypical toward nerds like social groups.
Gender in our pieces seems to be mostly focused on the male teenage boy character.The characters in our media piece can be catergriesinto sterotyped groups which are the unpopular, nerds, goths. we wanter to make this representation by dressing the teen chacacters in the dark coloured cloths which are sterotypical to nerd/gothic stlyle.
In what ways does your media product use, devlop or challenge forms and convetions of real media products? (Evalutation question 1)
The genre of our media product is a supernatural thriller. Our piece includes generic conventions to convey the genre of the piece such as the pictures and images used to show the audience the supernatural monsters which will be shown in the media piece. It is to create building tension which most commonly seen in most stereotypical Supernatural Thriller film opening.
our use of title font was important to get correct, this was to help with the conveying of the genre of our media piece. We experimented with different fonts in our rough cuts to try and find a font which best suited the supernatural genre that we wanted to portray.
In comparison to other film sequences its alike in the fact that the film sequence gives hints about the film, story line and the characters, it also helps with indicating to the audience what will be going on, helping the audience distinguish what the genre type is of the piece
in our sequence we only really introduce our main character, which from other research from film sequenceces that it it usal that the main characters are introduce in the opening sequence. this is so the audience can make a link between teh storyline and the characters involved.
our use of title font was important to get correct, this was to help with the conveying of the genre of our media piece. We experimented with different fonts in our rough cuts to try and find a font which best suited the supernatural genre that we wanted to portray.
in our sequence we only really introduce our main character, which from other research from film sequenceces that it it usal that the main characters are introduce in the opening sequence. this is so the audience can make a link between teh storyline and the characters involved.
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Audience theories
The hypodermic needle theory
This theory suggests that the audience is a passive, where they consumes media without thinking about it, and its where they dont have seek to have any other evidence for the media that they have consumed, the media has "injected" the audience.
Gratification theory
This theory suggests the audience is an active and it is not a passive, the theory suggests the audience chooses what media they consume. The media does not control the audience but the audience in some ways controls the media consumbtion.
This theory suggests that the audience is a passive, where they consumes media without thinking about it, and its where they dont have seek to have any other evidence for the media that they have consumed, the media has "injected" the audience.
Gratification theory
This theory suggests the audience is an active and it is not a passive, the theory suggests the audience chooses what media they consume. The media does not control the audience but the audience in some ways controls the media consumbtion.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Logo Design
So its important that our logo can easily be reconised to represent our company well. Our Company name is Sun Bear Productions.
here is the logo which that I had designed
it had the relevnt image of a sunbear linking it to the production companys' name but in the end my logo wasnt choosen to represent the production company and its intitutional logo.
We had decided that we wanted our company logo to be represented by a bear so we all grouped together with ideas for the intitutional logo
here is the logo/image that our group had decided to use for the logo. This was designed by Joe Waters
we found that this picture was too simple so we added our production ame and made some effects on the logo.
here is the logo which that I had designed
it had the relevnt image of a sunbear linking it to the production companys' name but in the end my logo wasnt choosen to represent the production company and its intitutional logo.We had decided that we wanted our company logo to be represented by a bear so we all grouped together with ideas for the intitutional logo
here is the logo/image that our group had decided to use for the logo. This was designed by Joe Waters
we found that this picture was too simple so we added our production ame and made some effects on the logo.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Why I looked at Film titles and made Time Lines
I looked at film titles because then I can get an idea from where names should be placed and also seeing how long a title may be on screen for. Its important not to have a title not to run long enough, it reads to be a correct length of time so the view can read and understand the title. The title length can also signify how important the name or company is to the film.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Analyising two Genre related opening sequences
With in this post I will be analysing two different opening sequences which are of the same type of genre of each other and also of the genre that our group have decided to produce which is a Supernatural Thriller.
Here is the opening sequence to the film The Dead Zone.
Genre
the genre of this piece is a Supernatural thriller, though it doesn't seem to give the impression as it seems to mostly just be still pictures of a location. the title is then integrated into the still image on the screen.
Narrative
there doesn't seem to be much of a story line in this sequence as it is only still images which don't give much information to the audience what the narrative is. which can make it intriguing for the audience, making them think what the story may be about and questioning if the picture have relevance to the film and what type of relevance they hold.
Character
There are no obvious chacters introduced in the opening sequence, which is not uncommon in supernatural thrillers as it makes the audience more interested inteh storyline and questions the characters and there motive when it come to the actual film.
Atmosphere
the atmosphere of the piece seems mysterious making the audience question what is going on in the sequence.
setting
The sequence doesnt have a particular setting its just it just still pictures of different outside locations.
sound
The sound make the sequence more mysterious, the non dietetic sound used makes the audience on edge with the use of the mysterious music.
Genre
this film is under the genre super natural thriller,though it doesnt seem to hint at the gernre, it feels more like a horror due to the darkness
Narrative
the narriative of this film in the sequence isnt clear but it shows a woman and children. in the sequence there it uses still images/drawings
charater
tthe charcters in this sequence it doesnt introduce main characters or give the audience much hint to who or what will be going on in the film it just show a woman and two children in drawing form.
Atmosphere
the atmoshpere of this sequence ma put the audience on edge wh and makes you question whats going on in teh sequence.
Setting
teh picture all seemed to be linkerd in with the house which is shown at the end of the sequence this make the audience wonder how it will be linked in with the film and characters
Sound
the sound has an effect on the audience, it makes the sequence mysterious and make the audience wonder about the storyline
Both of thes sequences have used effected sound to help with creating the atmophere of danger and mystery. our opening sequence will need to have good non diegetic sound which can interprete dnager and mystery to the aduience, also teh use of still pictures can be made effective, both of these sequences
Here is the opening sequence to the film The Dead Zone.
Genre
the genre of this piece is a Supernatural thriller, though it doesn't seem to give the impression as it seems to mostly just be still pictures of a location. the title is then integrated into the still image on the screen.
Narrative
there doesn't seem to be much of a story line in this sequence as it is only still images which don't give much information to the audience what the narrative is. which can make it intriguing for the audience, making them think what the story may be about and questioning if the picture have relevance to the film and what type of relevance they hold.
Character
There are no obvious chacters introduced in the opening sequence, which is not uncommon in supernatural thrillers as it makes the audience more interested inteh storyline and questions the characters and there motive when it come to the actual film.
Atmosphere
the atmosphere of the piece seems mysterious making the audience question what is going on in the sequence.
setting
The sequence doesnt have a particular setting its just it just still pictures of different outside locations.
sound
The sound make the sequence more mysterious, the non dietetic sound used makes the audience on edge with the use of the mysterious music.
Genre
this film is under the genre super natural thriller,though it doesnt seem to hint at the gernre, it feels more like a horror due to the darkness
Narrative
the narriative of this film in the sequence isnt clear but it shows a woman and children. in the sequence there it uses still images/drawings
charater
tthe charcters in this sequence it doesnt introduce main characters or give the audience much hint to who or what will be going on in the film it just show a woman and two children in drawing form.
Atmosphere
the atmoshpere of this sequence ma put the audience on edge wh and makes you question whats going on in teh sequence.
Setting
teh picture all seemed to be linkerd in with the house which is shown at the end of the sequence this make the audience wonder how it will be linked in with the film and characters
Sound
the sound has an effect on the audience, it makes the sequence mysterious and make the audience wonder about the storyline
Both of thes sequences have used effected sound to help with creating the atmophere of danger and mystery. our opening sequence will need to have good non diegetic sound which can interprete dnager and mystery to the aduience, also teh use of still pictures can be made effective, both of these sequences
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Timeline of choosen Genre opening sequence
New line cinema presents
A film by David Fincher
Brad Pitt
Morgan Freeman
SE7EN
Gwyneht Paltrow
Richard Roundtree
R.LeeErmey
John C. Mcgirley
Julie Araskog
Mark Boone Junoir
John Cassini
Reginal E. Cathey
Peter Crombie
Hawthorn James
Micheal Masse
Leland Orser
Richard Partnow
Richard Schiff
Parlnola Tyson
Casting by
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith
Kerry Borden
Music by
Howard Shore
Costume design by
Micheal Kaplan
Edited by
Richard Francis- Bruse
Production design
Arthur MAx
Co producers
Stephen Brown
Nnan greenwald
Sanford Panitch
Co excutive producers
Lynn Harris
Richard Saperstain
executive Producers
Giann Nunnar
Dan Kolsrud
Anne Kapelson
Written by
Kevin walker
Produced by
Arnold Kapelson
Phyllis Carlyle
Directed By David Fincher
Monday, 1 April 2013
Our choosen Genre
Our choosen genre is of Super Nateral thriller.
So in research I have found a number of differnt super nateral themed films.
Here in this sequence it has the theme of super nateral, which is of vampires, the sequence only really introdueces the monsters that will be seen in the film.
The quick camera angles and changes of shots creates interests for the audience keeping them on edge.
These posters all are related to films which are considered to be supernateral thrillers. They seem to have a dark look and sinister look to the posters.
So in research I have found a number of differnt super nateral themed films.
Here in this sequence it has the theme of super nateral, which is of vampires, the sequence only really introdueces the monsters that will be seen in the film.
The quick camera angles and changes of shots creates interests for the audience keeping them on edge.
These posters all are related to films which are considered to be supernateral thrillers. They seem to have a dark look and sinister look to the posters.
Saturday, 30 March 2013
The differnces between Independent and Mainstream
I this post I will be analysing the key differences in both independent and mainstream opening sequences and what effects they have on the audience.
mainstream opening sequences seem to have a more relaxed feel to them, making it easy to watch, making the audience relaxed in the viewing of the sequence. it makes the film easy to understand and follow.
where as with independent films there seems to be more the fact that the audience has to think about the film and the situation of the story line and characters, making the film seem more
The Genre for the independent film is thriller. The Tiles are small and seem to be in a professional
font . The images dont seem to give much away about the film but it also doesnt seem to challenge the viewers thoughts, its an easy piece to watch.
It is aparrant that this opening sequence is from a mainstream film, the titles are well presented and there has been ovbvious thought in the opening sequence. It seems unrealtica and make the viewer intrested in the sequence. The actors names remain on the screen longer than what is on teh independent film, also the production companies logo is has longer screen time than the idependent film.
mainstream opening sequences seem to have a more relaxed feel to them, making it easy to watch, making the audience relaxed in the viewing of the sequence. it makes the film easy to understand and follow.
where as with independent films there seems to be more the fact that the audience has to think about the film and the situation of the story line and characters, making the film seem more
The Genre for the independent film is thriller. The Tiles are small and seem to be in a professional
font . The images dont seem to give much away about the film but it also doesnt seem to challenge the viewers thoughts, its an easy piece to watch.
It is aparrant that this opening sequence is from a mainstream film, the titles are well presented and there has been ovbvious thought in the opening sequence. It seems unrealtica and make the viewer intrested in the sequence. The actors names remain on the screen longer than what is on teh independent film, also the production companies logo is has longer screen time than the idependent film.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Why are we doing a remake?
The group and I are making a remake of the openin sequence of the film Vertigo, we are doing this because we want to gain experence with opening sequences. By remaking the sequence we are able to establish when certain titles are to be shown and how long for, and so we can reconise the titles that should be prioritised.
Monday, 18 March 2013
Attracting Audiences
It important that we attract audiences in film production. when attracting an audience its important to think about cost. The main way in which we can save money when attracting audiences is by using social networking websites. We are as a group are going to focus on both Facebook and Twitter, as these are free means of advertisement. Also there can be stages of viral ads and campaigns which can help with advertisement.
Also we are going to be using small posters as well to help with the initial awareness of our film.
our production company is Independent so we are most likely to use below the line advertisement techniques, where we are not using TV advertisement, most probably use a facebook or twitter campaign.
Also we are going to be using small posters as well to help with the initial awareness of our film.
our production company is Independent so we are most likely to use below the line advertisement techniques, where we are not using TV advertisement, most probably use a facebook or twitter campaign.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Generic conventions
With in films there are usual generic conventions used to help with the introduction of characters and also showing the audience the film genre.
Examples of generic conventions used in film sequences would be:
Action films usually have a fast car chase or fighting scene to get the audience int rested in the story line and keep them entertained. this is an example of an film opening. Iron man doesn't have titles until the end of the clip and that is of the film title.
Romance Films us ally have a sequence where the characters are introduce and their relationships with each other are usually also introduced. In this film sequence it starts with him at war and it goes back on a flash back to before he was at war, the main characters are then introduced.
Examples of generic conventions used in film sequences would be:
Action films usually have a fast car chase or fighting scene to get the audience int rested in the story line and keep them entertained. this is an example of an film opening. Iron man doesn't have titles until the end of the clip and that is of the film title.
Romance Films us ally have a sequence where the characters are introduce and their relationships with each other are usually also introduced. In this film sequence it starts with him at war and it goes back on a flash back to before he was at war, the main characters are then introduced.
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Time line for Breakfast at Tiffany's
(0.42 - 0.47) Audrey Hepburn
(0.48 - 0.52) George Pppard
(1.00 - 1.06) in Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1.07 - 1.09) A Jurow Shepard production
(1.10 - 1.14) Co-satrring Patricia Neal
(1.15 -1.20) Buddy Ebsen
Martin Balsam
Vilallonga
(1.26 - 1.34) With
John McGiver Alan Reed
Dorothy Whitney Miss Beverly Hill
Stanley Adams Claude stroud
Elvia Allman Cat (Frank Inn Trainer)
(1.35 - 1.39) And also starring
Mickey ronney as Mr Yunioshi
(1.40 - 1.45) Based on a novel by Truman Copote
(1.46 - 1.49) directot of Photography Franz F.Planer A.S.C
(1.52 - 2.02) Art direction
Hal Perira
Roland Anderson
Edited by
Howard Smith
Special photographic effects
John P. Futon
Process Photography
Farciot Edouart
Set decoration
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer
Assitant Director
William McGarry
(2.03 - 2.10) Costume Supervision
Edith Heath
Miss Hepburn wardrobe princably by Hubert De Givenchy
Miss Neal wardrobe princably by Hubert De Givenchy
Make up supervision
Wally West More
Sound Recording
Hugo Grenzbach
John wilkinson
Technicolour consultant
Richard Mueller
(2.13 -2.16) song "moon River" by
Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini
Technicolour
(2.19 -2.20) music by
Henry Mancini
(2.21 - 2.24) Screen Play by
GeorgeAxelrod
(2.25 - 2.30) Produced by
Martin Shepheard and
Richard Jurow
(2.33 - 2.36) Directed by
Blake Edwards
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