As we posted our video on youtube, we have received comments and feedback on it. All the comments posted on our video are positive. This shows that we have been successful in drawing in an audience. By reading the comments it is clear that the audience have been drawn in, by our incorporated titles, and this was why we chose to do this.
hurtwoodhousemedia
GREAT!!!!
hurtwoodhousemedia
I like how you have embedded the titles into text. works really well.
stephaniemareen
Also the music is a very good choice!
stephaniemareen
Great idea, the titles work VERY well!
mchltarr
Very nice... keep it up!
butterflyheaven03
I like this! Nice one guys :)
SerinaBrave
Wow really good
ELLY SAMS FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO 09
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Monday, 29 March 2010
Task 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Here is another incorporated title within our sequence that I think explores an interesting way of showing titles. In this title, ‘Edited by Elly Sams’ is hidden within the text. Our Actress Catrina, turns over the pages to the right page, then highlights the title so it stands out within the text.
We wanted to bring back interesting titles to films because many films just simply lay the text over the film and it can be very boring and dull. A film that inspired us to incorporate our titles was, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’. Although this film is very unlike ours and had a completely different context, we can still relate them. When I watched the opening sequence of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ it really grabbed my attention and made my expectations very high for the film, and I wanted to have the same outcome for my film.
We also used modern ideas and technology to get the titles in. Originally we wanted to use a typewriter to incorporate a title, but after thought and discussion we decided that it did not fit appropriately into our film idea. We chose a much more suitable way, which relates to our film and can also relate to the audience. We used an iPod to incorporate the title of the Original Score, because the music relates to the iPod and the iPod relates to the youth of the character who stars in our opening sequence.
These screen grabs where taken from Final Cut pro and After Effects when editing our video. This is the title, Written by Leaya Hatzakis being typed into the ‘Google’ search bar. As it is being typed we used after effects to dim the light around it, highlighting the writing. So the audience’s attention would be drawn to the title.
Throughout the film, our titles are constantly incorporated, like the ‘Google’ title.
Here is another incorporated title within our sequence that I think explores an interesting way of showing titles. In this title, ‘Edited by Elly Sams’ is hidden within the text. Our Actress Catrina, turns over the pages to the right page, then highlights the title so it stands out within the text.We wanted to bring back interesting titles to films because many films just simply lay the text over the film and it can be very boring and dull. A film that inspired us to incorporate our titles was, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’. Although this film is very unlike ours and had a completely different context, we can still relate them. When I watched the opening sequence of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ it really grabbed my attention and made my expectations very high for the film, and I wanted to have the same outcome for my film.
We also used modern ideas and technology to get the titles in. Originally we wanted to use a typewriter to incorporate a title, but after thought and discussion we decided that it did not fit appropriately into our film idea. We chose a much more suitable way, which relates to our film and can also relate to the audience. We used an iPod to incorporate the title of the Original Score, because the music relates to the iPod and the iPod relates to the youth of the character who stars in our opening sequence.Task 2
How does your product represent particular social groups?
We used many ways in our sequence to represent a particular and a wide range of social groups. Our main social group we aimed this film at was a higher more educated group, maybe middle-higher class. We targeted this audience not only by the sophisticated story line but by adding in modern expensive technology, that middle-higher class people may own.
Another group of people it would attract is the female audience; this is because the main character is a very strong female role. She is very well educated, well off and only a young adult. She represents the female body very well and would attract many women to come see it because they would look up to her. Many men would also be attracted to this film because she is a young woman, who is very attractive and lots of men would like to see that for 2 hours.
Task 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think that Fox Searchlight is the kind of company that might invest in our film, ‘Cliodynamics’. Fox Searchlight is a low budget film company that have produced such films as, ‘Juno’, ’28 Days Later’ and ‘Slumdog millionaire’. All these films started at low budget movies, but are now credited as great movies.
I don’t think that our films budget would be very high because the story line does not require lots of special effects, explosions and CGI. It’s more in the acting and the characterisation which would make the film successful and interesting.
I think that Fox Searchlight is the kind of company that might invest in our film, ‘Cliodynamics’. Fox Searchlight is a low budget film company that have produced such films as, ‘Juno’, ’28 Days Later’ and ‘Slumdog millionaire’. All these films started at low budget movies, but are now credited as great movies.I don’t think that our films budget would be very high because the story line does not require lots of special effects, explosions and CGI. It’s more in the acting and the characterisation which would make the film successful and interesting.
Task 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
I think that these two people are the typical male and female audience who might watch our film.
They are young and look well educated; therefore they might enjoy our film because it’s more complex and physiological story line requires a higher knowledge base. It’s a very well thought out and clever story line, which if you were not well educated you may get confused and not follow. They also look like university students, and to be able to go to university you need money. So they obviously have money and would be able to pay to see our film.
People who will want to watch this film will not be too bothered about how much sex and gore there is included, but will be much more interested in the suspense and the mystery.
And that’s why I think that these people would be the ideal target audience for my film.
I think that these two people are the typical male and female audience who might watch our film.
They are young and look well educated; therefore they might enjoy our film because it’s more complex and physiological story line requires a higher knowledge base. It’s a very well thought out and clever story line, which if you were not well educated you may get confused and not follow. They also look like university students, and to be able to go to university you need money. So they obviously have money and would be able to pay to see our film.
People who will want to watch this film will not be too bothered about how much sex and gore there is included, but will be much more interested in the suspense and the mystery.
And that’s why I think that these people would be the ideal target audience for my film.
Task 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
After re-watching our prelim task I now realise how much we have learnt and progressed from it. The prelim task was only shot in one hour, and we had never used the camera before. We had a short briefing on how to use the camera before we filmed, but had not had any other experience before. Whereas in the main task we had a whole day to shoot and had more experience with using the camera. In the prelim we had no preparation and where just given a story board to follow. However in our main task, we spent weeks preparing and writing our sequence. We drew our own story boards, made prop lists, and where each title would be placed. This was much more complicated than the prelim task because it was entirely our idea and if we wanted something in our video, we had to sort it out and make it possible. I liked the responsibility that we where given to do this task and it was a great contrast to the prelim task.
The shots that we took in the prelim task where very basic and simple. This consisted of a wide shot, over the shoulder and a close-up, which is not very many at all. However in our main task we took many more shots than this. We took about 15 shots overall, and they where much more exciting, e.g. tracking shots and extreme close-ups.
The storyboarding that we did to help prepare us towards our main task was a new experience. At first it was hard to get our ideas down in drawing form rather than writing it. But eventually we started drawing out all the shots that we wanted, in order then deciding where each title comes in. During which shot and how it will be incorporated etc.
Our knowledge of Media studies and using cameras has grown since the prelim task, which shows in our opening sequence. When filming the main task we where constantly thinking about the shot and how it will look on screen. Making sure that everything that needs to be in the shot, was in the frame. Checking for continuity issues was also important because we wanted it to look as professional as possible.
We wanted to vary our range of shots and make it look as interesting as possible. We added a few interesting shots that really contrasted to our prelim. There is a shot when Catrina is reading, and we take a 180 degree close-up tracking shot of her face.
When shooting our prelim task, we did not have the microphone turned on and therefore did not have any sound or dialogue. So afterwards we had to re record the dialogue and lay it over the top. We learnt a valuable lesson from this mistake and it taught us to always double check that everything is working and plugged in. When we filmed out main task, we made sure that we hadn’t made this mistake again. The sound that we used in out main task was much more interesting that the prelim task. We used ambient sounds such as the feet walking on the wooden floor and the books slamming onto the table. We also had music included into our sequence, which we did afterwards by adding it into final cut pro. First we put the original music into sound track pro and edited it to make it our own.
Using final cut pro was a new experience for me this year because I had never used it before, and it was exciting to learn a new skill. I very much wanted to explore the things that we could do with our video. In our prelim task all we did in the editing process was, to put the shots together and cut them where necessary. However in our main task, it was much more complicated than that. We had to put all our shots together, and then cut them down in size dramatically. We also had to think about the speed of the shot and with some of them, sped them up. We also used After Effects, which I have never used before and it was great to learn how to use it, and develop new skills. We used after effects to highlight certain titles in our sequence and also create interesting ones.
After re-watching our prelim task I now realise how much we have learnt and progressed from it. The prelim task was only shot in one hour, and we had never used the camera before. We had a short briefing on how to use the camera before we filmed, but had not had any other experience before. Whereas in the main task we had a whole day to shoot and had more experience with using the camera. In the prelim we had no preparation and where just given a story board to follow. However in our main task, we spent weeks preparing and writing our sequence. We drew our own story boards, made prop lists, and where each title would be placed. This was much more complicated than the prelim task because it was entirely our idea and if we wanted something in our video, we had to sort it out and make it possible. I liked the responsibility that we where given to do this task and it was a great contrast to the prelim task.
The shots that we took in the prelim task where very basic and simple. This consisted of a wide shot, over the shoulder and a close-up, which is not very many at all. However in our main task we took many more shots than this. We took about 15 shots overall, and they where much more exciting, e.g. tracking shots and extreme close-ups.
The storyboarding that we did to help prepare us towards our main task was a new experience. At first it was hard to get our ideas down in drawing form rather than writing it. But eventually we started drawing out all the shots that we wanted, in order then deciding where each title comes in. During which shot and how it will be incorporated etc.
Our knowledge of Media studies and using cameras has grown since the prelim task, which shows in our opening sequence. When filming the main task we where constantly thinking about the shot and how it will look on screen. Making sure that everything that needs to be in the shot, was in the frame. Checking for continuity issues was also important because we wanted it to look as professional as possible.
We wanted to vary our range of shots and make it look as interesting as possible. We added a few interesting shots that really contrasted to our prelim. There is a shot when Catrina is reading, and we take a 180 degree close-up tracking shot of her face.
When shooting our prelim task, we did not have the microphone turned on and therefore did not have any sound or dialogue. So afterwards we had to re record the dialogue and lay it over the top. We learnt a valuable lesson from this mistake and it taught us to always double check that everything is working and plugged in. When we filmed out main task, we made sure that we hadn’t made this mistake again. The sound that we used in out main task was much more interesting that the prelim task. We used ambient sounds such as the feet walking on the wooden floor and the books slamming onto the table. We also had music included into our sequence, which we did afterwards by adding it into final cut pro. First we put the original music into sound track pro and edited it to make it our own.
Using final cut pro was a new experience for me this year because I had never used it before, and it was exciting to learn a new skill. I very much wanted to explore the things that we could do with our video. In our prelim task all we did in the editing process was, to put the shots together and cut them where necessary. However in our main task, it was much more complicated than that. We had to put all our shots together, and then cut them down in size dramatically. We also had to think about the speed of the shot and with some of them, sped them up. We also used After Effects, which I have never used before and it was great to learn how to use it, and develop new skills. We used after effects to highlight certain titles in our sequence and also create interesting ones.
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