Group: Key Tasks

FINAL CUT OF FILM

PRELIMINARY TASK

ANIMATIC

WILDERNESS WOODS FOOTAGE

LOCATION RECCIE

http://twgsbmedia12asgroup1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/jc-location-ideas.html

 

THE PITCH

AUDIENCE RESEARCH & FEEDBACK

1) THE PITCH AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
http://twgsbmedia12asgroup1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/group-audience-feedback-on-pitch.html

2) ROUGH CUT

After we had filmed, we created a rough-cut version of the opening and previewed it to our class. We gained good feedback from this such as trimming down the duration of some of the shots. This helped us to make final improvements to our opening before the final cut screening.

Here is our rough cut:

3) FINAL CUT

When showing the final product, we distributed questionnaires to a small audience which asked them about many things including what they thought of the special effects we used, the soundtrack and also the choice of location.

Our audience feedback was predominantly very good. Many people were impressed by the use of CGI and the soundtracks. Also, a lot of people thought that the opening built up a lot of tension, which was sustained and created a cliff-hanger effect at the end. The main piece of constructive criticism we received was that the infected person who appears in the opening did not have realistic make-up, which we also agree with, and feel that we could have spent more time researching how to create simple prosthetics and other forms of make-up to give our opening more verisimilitude.

After screening our opening sequence, we interviewed a few people to attain their initial reactions and thoughts.

MC: Evaluation

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

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

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

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6.  What have you learnt about technologies from the process of making your film opening?

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GROUP QUESTIONS:
QUESTIONS 4 & 5

Our target audience for this film is 16-24 year old males, this has also proved to be realistic target, as the demographic for our film opening on YouTube shows that roughly 75% of the views were from the predicted age group and gender.

Our protagonist appeals to the audience because he challenges the ideologies of other main characters seen in films of the same genre for example:

- He is an introverted teenager who the audience could relate to more than an exaggerated, trigger-happy, older character, as seen in 'Zombieland' (Fleisher, 2009).
- He is resourceful and vigilant as he uses his knowledge to escape from the infected rather than facing them with a gun or another weapon, as seen in '28 Days Later' (Boyle, 2002).

During the research we created an online survey and distributed it to people in the target audience. The results we gained from this helped us develop our ideas according to what people found most interesting about horror-thriller films.

After we had filmed, we created a rough-cut version of the opening and previewed it to our class. We gained good feedback from this such as trimming down the duration of some of the shots. This helped us to make final improvements to our opening before the final cut screening.

When showing the final product, we distributed questionnaires to a small audience which asked them about many things including what they thought of the special effects we used, the soundtrack and also the choice of location.

Our audience feedback was predominantly very good. Many people were impressed by the use of CGI and the soundtracks. Also, a lot of people thought that the opening built up a lot of tension, which was sustained and created a cliff-hanger effect at the end. The main piece of constructive criticism we received was that the infected person who appears in the opening did not have realistic make-up, which we also agree with, and feel that we could have spent more time researching how to create simple prosthetics and other forms of make-up to give our opening more verisimilitude.

After screening our opening sequence, we interviewed a few people to attain their initial reactions and thoughts.

QUESTION 7



JC: Evaluation

QUESTIONS 1 & 2 

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QUESTION 3

Jake Card Evaluation question 3

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QUESTION 6

Jake Card Evaluation Question 6

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GROUP QUESTIONS:

QUESTIONS 4 & 5

Our target audience for this film is 16-24 year old males, this has also proved to be realistic target, as the demographic for our film opening on YouTube shows that roughly 75% of the views were from the predicted age group and gender.

Our protagonist appeals to the audience because he challenges the ideologies of other main characters seen in films of the same genre for example:

- He is an introverted teenager who the audience could relate to more than an exaggerated, trigger-happy, older character, as seen in 'Zombieland' (Fleisher, 2009).
- He is resourceful and vigilant as he uses his knowledge to escape from the infected rather than facing them with a gun or another weapon, as seen in '28 Days Later' (Boyle, 2002).

During the research we created an online survey and distributed it to people in the target audience. The results we gained from this helped us develop our ideas according to what people found most interesting about horror-thriller films.

After we had filmed, we created a rough-cut version of the opening and previewed it to our class. We gained good feedback from this such as trimming down the duration of some of the shots. This helped us to make final improvements to our opening before the final cut screening.

When showing the final product, we distributed questionnaires to a small audience which asked them about many things including what they thought of the special effects we used, the soundtrack and also the choice of location.

Our audience feedback was predominantly very good. Many people were impressed by the use of CGI and the soundtracks. Also, a lot of people thought that the opening built up a lot of tension, which was sustained and created a cliff-hanger effect at the end. The main piece of constructive criticism we received was that the infected person who appears in the opening did not have realistic make-up, which we also agree with, and feel that we could have spent more time researching how to create simple prosthetics and other forms of make-up to give our opening more verisimilitude.

After screening our opening sequence, we interviewed a few people to attain their initial reactions and thoughts.

QUESTION 7

JP: Evaluation

After completing the planning, filming, production & post-production of Nine Mile Point, I have evaluated the opening with four individual questions. Then as a group we have answered three questions referring to target audience and a final reflection on the progression from the preliminary task to our final film.

Click the image below to be linked to Questions 1, 2, 3 & 6 on a SlideRocket online presentation. (Please view in fullscreen as some of the writing is quite small).

GROUP QUESTIONS:

QUESTIONS 4 & 5

Our target audience for this film is 16-24 year old males, this has also proved to be realistic target, as the demographic for our film opening on YouTube shows that roughly 75% of the views were from the predicted age group and gender.

Our protagonist appeals to the audience because he challenges the ideologies of other main characters seen in films of the same genre for example:

- He is an introverted teenager who the audience could relate to more than an exaggerated, trigger-happy, older character, as seen in 'Zombieland' (Fleisher, 2009).
- He is resourceful and vigilant as he uses his knowledge to escape from the infected rather than facing them with a gun or another weapon, as seen in '28 Days Later' (Boyle, 2002).

During the research we created an online survey and distributed it to people in the target audience. The results we gained from this helped us develop our ideas according to what people found most interesting about horror-thriller films.

After we had filmed, we created a rough-cut version of the opening and previewed it to our class. We gained good feedback from this such as trimming down the duration of some of the shots. This helped us to make final improvements to our opening before the final cut screening.

When showing the final product, we distributed questionnaires to a small audience which asked them about many things including what they thought of the special effects we used, the soundtrack and also the choice of location.

Our audience feedback was predominantly very good. Many people were impressed by the use of CGI and the soundtracks. Also, a lot of people thought that the opening built up a lot of tension, which was sustained and created a cliff-hanger effect at the end. The main piece of constructive criticism we received was that the infected person who appears in the opening did not have realistic make-up, which we also agree with, and feel that we could have spent more time researching how to create simple prosthetics and other forms of make-up to give our opening more verisimilitude.

After screening our opening sequence, we interviewed a few people to attain their initial reactions and thoughts.

QUESTION 7

INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION LOG

Click the image below to be linked to a 'Final Reflections' SlideRocket online presentation featuring a production log about what I have learnt from the use of technologies when producing our final opening.

Group: Nine Mile Point - Final Opening

MC: Chase Scene Finalised Soundtrack (Video)

Group: 2nd Film Shoot Reflection

On Sunday 11th March, we went to our carpark location in Tunbridge Wells, for the second shoot. 

We experienced a continuity error of  the weather, but found that due to the full lit circumstances we could colour correct the footage to give the impression of the previous overcast shots.

On arrival to the car park, we met a number of friends with longboards. Therefore, we took plenty of effective handycam tracking shots to enable a final chase scene. We now have multitple shots to choose from, so we will be able to select the ones which we think are the best. We will also be able to have a fast cutting rate and a range of angles in our opening.

Again, we maintained the continuity techniques in our second shooting, and we all feel that every shot has a substancial amount of action at the start and the end, so when we edit all of the footage, there will hopefully be flowing movement between the shots.