Thursday, 25 March 2010
Audience feedback of our opening sequence
The audience was very honest with there comments and has allowed us to see what could have been improved on. We believe that the audience comments about our opening sequence are fair and we have taken on board what they have said. For example the comment on the voice over is fair as it is slightly quieter than we expected therefor not as clear so next time we will make sure it is clearer for the audience as it does guide them through what is going on. To improve this next time we will try and pick a place to recorde the voiceover that does not have an echo. We believe that our sequence did fit the genre very well as it did create tension with the flash backs and how they changed to black and wihte to make them identifiable.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Evaluation
1. In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products:
In order to make sure that we made a good final product we researched films of crime/detective genre's to gather idea's and to help us understand the different conventions used which we could apply to our film. We were inspired by filming techniques and idea from other films mainly relating to crime and mystery Eg. Sherlock Holmes and Pink Panther . The conventions we used relating back to these films were flashbacks the character of a detective, the long continuous roads which allowed us to perform long shots allowing people to identify the location.
2. How does your product represent particular social groups?
Within our product the representation of particular social groups is conveyed through the use of generic conventions and micro-elements such as mise en scene as through the costumes use the audience is able to identify the social groups the characters belong with. For example the Business woman's clothing represent she has a good job as she is dressed smartly however the young boy associated with being a teen as he has his ipod on and his shirt is all untucked.
3. What kind of Media institution might distribute your product and why?
As films like Sherlock Holmes and Pink Panther are mainstream our film could be out in mainstream cinema's and could be distributed in mainstream distributers like Fox,Universal and Columbia.
4. Who would be the audience for you product?
As the characters are a mix of male and female, this film could appeal to both genders as both genders are able to relate to the characters.
Also as it is a crime film it is not really recomemded for children as they would not follow it as easily and it could be scary for them to watch. So we believe the film would be suited for 15year olds and upwards.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
We researched two types of conventions; crime and mystery, that had a positive impact on the audience. So the conventions that had a good impact on the audiences were flashbacks,and the cliff hanger on the end which allowed the audience to think about who was the killer. We also used editing to help attract audience such as the non-digectic soundtrack.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
As a group we have learnt how to use 'imovie HD' effectively in order to produce a high standard opening sequence. Also how to use basic equipment like a tripod and camera. It has enabled us to learn how to extract just the audio from a section of footage and place it in as a voice over. We where also able to learn how to add in specific transitions that reflect our genre.
7. Looking back at your prelim task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
When we looked back at our prelim task to our finished opening sequence we have learnt how to control the camera more steadily and how to effectively produce a reverse shot. Also our editing skills have developed emensily as we have learnt how to edit in words and transitions within our sequence. We learnt that it is important to have an acurate plan before filming so that it is easier to construct. Lastly we learnt to film a little bit before a scene started and also after it ended so that when it came to editing we were left with a longer scene so we could edit it more accuratlly.
Our product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products:
In order to make sure that we made a good final product we researched films of crime/detective genre's to gather idea's and to help us understand the different conventions used which we could apply to our film. We were inspired by filming techniques and idea from other films mainly relating to crime and mystery Eg. Sherlock Holmes and Pink Panther . The conventions we used relating back to these films were flashbacks the character of a detective, the long continuous roads which allowed us to perform long shots allowing people to identify the location.
2. How does your product represent particular social groups?
Within our product the representation of particular social groups is conveyed through the use of generic conventions and micro-elements such as mise en scene as through the costumes use the audience is able to identify the social groups the characters belong with. For example the Business woman's clothing represent she has a good job as she is dressed smartly however the young boy associated with being a teen as he has his ipod on and his shirt is all untucked.
3. What kind of Media institution might distribute your product and why?
As films like Sherlock Holmes and Pink Panther are mainstream our film could be out in mainstream cinema's and could be distributed in mainstream distributers like Fox,Universal and Columbia.
4. Who would be the audience for you product?
As the characters are a mix of male and female, this film could appeal to both genders as both genders are able to relate to the characters.
Also as it is a crime film it is not really recomemded for children as they would not follow it as easily and it could be scary for them to watch. So we believe the film would be suited for 15year olds and upwards.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
We researched two types of conventions; crime and mystery, that had a positive impact on the audience. So the conventions that had a good impact on the audiences were flashbacks,and the cliff hanger on the end which allowed the audience to think about who was the killer. We also used editing to help attract audience such as the non-digectic soundtrack.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
As a group we have learnt how to use 'imovie HD' effectively in order to produce a high standard opening sequence. Also how to use basic equipment like a tripod and camera. It has enabled us to learn how to extract just the audio from a section of footage and place it in as a voice over. We where also able to learn how to add in specific transitions that reflect our genre.
7. Looking back at your prelim task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
When we looked back at our prelim task to our finished opening sequence we have learnt how to control the camera more steadily and how to effectively produce a reverse shot. Also our editing skills have developed emensily as we have learnt how to edit in words and transitions within our sequence. We learnt that it is important to have an acurate plan before filming so that it is easier to construct. Lastly we learnt to film a little bit before a scene started and also after it ended so that when it came to editing we were left with a longer scene so we could edit it more accuratlly.
Monday, 22 March 2010
Storyboard
Storyboard; (first draft)
This is the first storyboard that we put together which is not very detailed or clear to read or
understand. The shots are not in order and have not been put together very well which we
later on as a group improved. Putting together a storyboard helped us to gather our thoughts
and ideas to plan our work. It helped to set us in a direction of how to go about filming and
putting together our opening sequence.
once we had completed our storyboard and started to film for our opening sequence we
found that when we go to the different settings for each shot some of our ideas would
work better and and fit the narrative better if we slightly changed the way of filming a shot or
changed the idea of the shot which meant we did not follow our storyboard precisely.
Some of the changes we made:
These next pictures show the story board pictures we drew compared to the real life opening sequence and the changes we had to make in order to put together a good final product.
(We also had to consider the practicality of limited people that were available and willing to help participate in our opening sequence.)
Close up of teenage Girl Walking
(click on image to enlarge)
We decided to change the young girl from walking to sitting down to have variety between the three strangers and to make the opening sequence look more realistic.
Boys playing football
(click on image to enlarge)
We changed the boys from playing football and getting beaten up to theh young boy getting mugged. We changed this because we had limited amount of people to participate in our opening sequence.
This is the first storyboard that we put together which is not very detailed or clear to read or
understand. The shots are not in order and have not been put together very well which we
later on as a group improved. Putting together a storyboard helped us to gather our thoughts
and ideas to plan our work. It helped to set us in a direction of how to go about filming and
putting together our opening sequence.
once we had completed our storyboard and started to film for our opening sequence we
found that when we go to the different settings for each shot some of our ideas would
work better and and fit the narrative better if we slightly changed the way of filming a shot or
changed the idea of the shot which meant we did not follow our storyboard precisely.
Some of the changes we made:
These next pictures show the story board pictures we drew compared to the real life opening sequence and the changes we had to make in order to put together a good final product.
(We also had to consider the practicality of limited people that were available and willing to help participate in our opening sequence.)
Close up of teenage Girl Walking
(click on image to enlarge)
We decided to change the young girl from walking to sitting down to have variety between the three strangers and to make the opening sequence look more realistic.
Boys playing football
(click on image to enlarge)
We changed the boys from playing football and getting beaten up to theh young boy getting mugged. We changed this because we had limited amount of people to participate in our opening sequence.
Final draft of storyboard:
This the the final draft of our storyboard which we added more detail to and made it more understandable and clear to understanding identifying the different shot types and what is happening in each shot.
(click on images to enlarge)
This the the final draft of our storyboard which we added more detail to and made it more understandable and clear to understanding identifying the different shot types and what is happening in each shot.
(click on images to enlarge)
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Research
Before we began to produce our opening sequence, we did some research on crime/mystery genre films, as well as research on crime/mystery in general so that we could identify the typical conventions of mystery films. Doing research will help to us create a good final production.
http://www.filmsite.org/mysteryfilms.html- This website gave us information on crime and detective films and some typical conventions of this type of genre; Detective-mystery films identify the detective as being the person who solves the crime or situation through clues and their professional instinct as being a detective . The detective looks at the possible reasons and events which have lead up to the crime, and eventually considers the person who is the culprit of the crime. Suspense is usually evident in detective type films in order to engage the audience making them want to try and figure out the puzzle and trying to find clues within the narrative and who the villain is after being introduced to the main suspected character in the film. It is typical in most detective genre films that the detective is the one to find the criminal and solve the mystery/crime.
Sherlock Holmes
One of the films we looked at to give us inspiration for our opening sequence is ' Sherlock Holmes'. Here is the opening sequence from the film;
The sequence opens showing a medium shot of the detective 'Sherlock Holmes leaving a building and the use of non-diegetic sound straight away identify that the film is of a mystery genre or something suspicious is going to happen. A long shot is used showing what look like a path that the detective is following and he bumps into a man who may have something to do with a mystery the detective is trying to solve.The conventions used in this sequence are similar to the conventions used in our opening sequence; the main character is a detective however this is not revealed to the audience in our sequence and he travels along a long path focusing on three random pedestrians who could be possible suspects, conveying the idea that everyone is capable of doing wrong.
Pink Panther
this is another film sequence we look at;
http://www.filmsite.org/mysteryfilms.html- This website gave us information on crime and detective films and some typical conventions of this type of genre; Detective-mystery films identify the detective as being the person who solves the crime or situation through clues and their professional instinct as being a detective . The detective looks at the possible reasons and events which have lead up to the crime, and eventually considers the person who is the culprit of the crime. Suspense is usually evident in detective type films in order to engage the audience making them want to try and figure out the puzzle and trying to find clues within the narrative and who the villain is after being introduced to the main suspected character in the film. It is typical in most detective genre films that the detective is the one to find the criminal and solve the mystery/crime.
Sherlock Holmes
One of the films we looked at to give us inspiration for our opening sequence is ' Sherlock Holmes'. Here is the opening sequence from the film;
The sequence opens showing a medium shot of the detective 'Sherlock Holmes leaving a building and the use of non-diegetic sound straight away identify that the film is of a mystery genre or something suspicious is going to happen. A long shot is used showing what look like a path that the detective is following and he bumps into a man who may have something to do with a mystery the detective is trying to solve.The conventions used in this sequence are similar to the conventions used in our opening sequence; the main character is a detective however this is not revealed to the audience in our sequence and he travels along a long path focusing on three random pedestrians who could be possible suspects, conveying the idea that everyone is capable of doing wrong.
Pink Panther
this is another film sequence we look at;
Pink Panther
By watching this sequence we decided we would reveal that there has been a murder at the end of our sequence by showing a body laying dead on the floor however in a differnt location such as a wooded area. Also the cuts used appear to be fast in this sequence however after discussion we decieded that wouldnt fit in with our sequence. The way the characters where identified with there names coming up as the appeared insipered us to identify our characters to the audeince. Also the main character in this sequence was the detective and this is the same as ours.
The Lovely Bones
By watching this sequence we are insipered by the use of the black fade in transitions to allow the audience to recognise a flashback has occured, showing the positive moments the young girl had before she was murdered. We feel that our suscpecs should have one flachback each to show the audience the posiblity of why they are a suspect and it shows there negative moment that could caure them to get revenge on someone. The use of the voice over in the sequence created tension for the audience as it is the voice of the little girl who has been murdered. In our sequence we also want a tensoin to be created therefore have deided to place in a voice over in and it will be the detectives voice.
Monday, 15 March 2010
The Script
The Script
(detective sees Caren walking along the road)
karen is walking down a corridor towards her office , she comes across the woman her husband had an affair with (Co- worker)
(detective sees Stacey sitting on the wall as he is walking past)
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