Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Audience feedback
Now that our thriller is on YouTube we have got some feeback in the form of comments :)
FEEDBACK IS WELCOME!
Audience feedback will help us determine whether we have met our target audience and gained their interest...
LegacyOleg - YouTube Comment
Awesome and very atmospheric opening!
I like it :)
Sophie Evans - Personal Comment
I like the creative shots such as the tracking shots and the slow motion shots. I also like the tension building element and the titles with the blood.
Gabby Meech- Personal Feedback
My favourite shot is the birdseye high zoom at the end :)
mutemiss - YouTube Comment
Good tension at the beginning with the eye shots....Constantly building and kept me watching!Music is very suitable.Well edited :) Well done.
schreuderha - YouTube Comment
I love all the close ups! especially on the eyes in the begining it is a great way to build tension. I also think the tracking shots are very effective especially at the end and the slow motion effects are also very cool.Well done :)
stephaniemaureen - YouTube Comment
the end shot is absolutely INCREDIBLE!
hurtwoodhousemedia - YouTube Comment
great opening shot.
fatboy22222222222222 - YouTube Comment
The characters in this are well designed as they all oppose their stereotypes e.g. the female crime boss
FEEDBACK IS WELCOME!
Audience feedback will help us determine whether we have met our target audience and gained their interest...
LegacyOleg - YouTube Comment
Awesome and very atmospheric opening!
I like it :)
Sophie Evans - Personal Comment
I like the creative shots such as the tracking shots and the slow motion shots. I also like the tension building element and the titles with the blood.
Gabby Meech- Personal Feedback
My favourite shot is the birdseye high zoom at the end :)
mutemiss - YouTube Comment
Good tension at the beginning with the eye shots....Constantly building and kept me watching!Music is very suitable.Well edited :) Well done.
schreuderha - YouTube Comment
I love all the close ups! especially on the eyes in the begining it is a great way to build tension. I also think the tracking shots are very effective especially at the end and the slow motion effects are also very cool.Well done :)
stephaniemaureen - YouTube Comment
the end shot is absolutely INCREDIBLE!
hurtwoodhousemedia - YouTube Comment
great opening shot.
fatboy22222222222222 - YouTube Comment
The characters in this are well designed as they all oppose their stereotypes e.g. the female crime boss
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Task 7 - Looking back at your prelinary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
When comparing the sophistication of planning and preparation of the thriller task to the simplicity preliminary, it becomes obvious why the thriller took much longer to plan for, shoot and edit. For example, we did not storyboard our prelim or even choose a certain costume for the actors to wear; we simply found two actors, taught them the lines and shot it within an hour with no fancy camera angle shots. However, the thriller task took weeks to prepare for. We had to account for every little detail to make our thriller the most authentic. Firstly, we made power point presentation about our idea and why our group should make that thriller. Once that had been chosen we quickly set to work on the storyboarding of the sequence; this took our group in particular a long time as we all had ideas about what we could do to make our opening sequence exciting and mysterious. Next we had to ask the actors we wanted if they were available for a day of shooting, unfortunately the boys we wanted were in the A2 and we were not allowed to have them as they had exams around that time. Because of this we had to use AS boys, which actually worked better as we did need them for the whole days shooting that the A2s would not have been able to do. After actors and storyboarding had been sorted out, Megan and I travelled down to the schools costume department and selected suits, hats and a fur coat. We also had to design the set and draw a picture of what we thought it should look like. Included in the drawing were where the lights should go and some camera angle we would like to use.
Thinking about using visual expressions rather then using dialogue to move our story forward was very difficult. We tried to come up with ways to show higher tension and give the story more of a meaning and it think we did this by having the eye shots at the beginning. But at first this was very difficult as we did not know whether to have tension through speaking or just facial expressions. We collectively thought facial expressions seems more real and tense as dialogue in the preliminary task should have built up more tension then it actually did.
Throughout the day of our shoot, our whole group were learning new ways of using the camera and developing our knowledge of sound recording too. The huge different between our prelim to our main task was the use of different camera shots. In the preliminary task we had a very ordinary shot list, basically consisting of over heads, close ups and medium shots. In the thriller, we tried to experiment with shots like tracking shots, crane shots and extreme close ups. I think every one of these shots made our thriller more scary. We not only experimented with the type of shot but also the framing of it. For example, we tried to use the rule of thirds in some frames like When Tim is drinking from the top right hand of the screen this could mean he is the evil one. By doing all of the preparation we wanted to achieve a fast paced mysterious opening sequence that perhaps may people may not understand.
My knowledge of editing sound has really increased from the preliminary task. I now know to add sound effects from soundtrack pro, alter the sound tot he right volume and render the sounds. Our sequence used quite a few sound effects like doors opening, footsteps and drink drinking. We also used a room tone, this is because actually all rooms have an underlying noise that gives away their location. We do not have the soundtrack to our thriller but instead we have a combination of high pitch noises, the pitch changes when Niki enters the room and other significant things happen. We did not use any sound effects in our preliminary task, so it’s another more sophisticated aspect in the main task.Final cut server became very familiar to us throughout the course of editing. We would make new log bins as we went a long for things like sounds, then drag them down onto the time bar and cut them to when we needed them. If the sound had a bar on top of it, it had not been rendered; to do this you can press the apple button and r. Another thing we learnt to do was add in titles. To do this you pressed text, then text again. Once you selected the size, font and alignment of the words you could preview it. If you were happy with your title, simply drag it down onto the time line and cut it to how long you want it to be. We used after effects, to add a squirt of blood onto the ACE title and a muzzle flash to the gun when Guy shoos Luke. The preliminary task only took a couple of days to edit although the thriller took about 5 weeks to complete because of the complexity of the editing
Thinking about using visual expressions rather then using dialogue to move our story forward was very difficult. We tried to come up with ways to show higher tension and give the story more of a meaning and it think we did this by having the eye shots at the beginning. But at first this was very difficult as we did not know whether to have tension through speaking or just facial expressions. We collectively thought facial expressions seems more real and tense as dialogue in the preliminary task should have built up more tension then it actually did.
Throughout the day of our shoot, our whole group were learning new ways of using the camera and developing our knowledge of sound recording too. The huge different between our prelim to our main task was the use of different camera shots. In the preliminary task we had a very ordinary shot list, basically consisting of over heads, close ups and medium shots. In the thriller, we tried to experiment with shots like tracking shots, crane shots and extreme close ups. I think every one of these shots made our thriller more scary. We not only experimented with the type of shot but also the framing of it. For example, we tried to use the rule of thirds in some frames like When Tim is drinking from the top right hand of the screen this could mean he is the evil one. By doing all of the preparation we wanted to achieve a fast paced mysterious opening sequence that perhaps may people may not understand.
My knowledge of editing sound has really increased from the preliminary task. I now know to add sound effects from soundtrack pro, alter the sound tot he right volume and render the sounds. Our sequence used quite a few sound effects like doors opening, footsteps and drink drinking. We also used a room tone, this is because actually all rooms have an underlying noise that gives away their location. We do not have the soundtrack to our thriller but instead we have a combination of high pitch noises, the pitch changes when Niki enters the room and other significant things happen. We did not use any sound effects in our preliminary task, so it’s another more sophisticated aspect in the main task.Final cut server became very familiar to us throughout the course of editing. We would make new log bins as we went a long for things like sounds, then drag them down onto the time bar and cut them to when we needed them. If the sound had a bar on top of it, it had not been rendered; to do this you can press the apple button and r. Another thing we learnt to do was add in titles. To do this you pressed text, then text again. Once you selected the size, font and alignment of the words you could preview it. If you were happy with your title, simply drag it down onto the time line and cut it to how long you want it to be. We used after effects, to add a squirt of blood onto the ACE title and a muzzle flash to the gun when Guy shoos Luke. The preliminary task only took a couple of days to edit although the thriller took about 5 weeks to complete because of the complexity of the editing
Task 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience age range we aimed out media product was 16-30 year olds that will mostly be male. We thought his would be the most appropriate as our movie involves violence, gangs and conflict over a woman. This would appeal to mostly men as they can relate to our product more so then women. Stimulating scenes like a first death within the first two minute of screen time shows what kind of movie this will be. I think for the type of film we made that it would have a very strong majority of audience that share common interests. Just like most romantic comedies are aimed at women viewers, this thriller will appeal mostly to men. Although it does not contain nudity or scenes of a sexual nature like others like it, it will still hold their concentration for an hour and a half. Ways to do this are incorporating car chases, more violence, gory deaths, smart gadgets and humour into the film. Our target audience will be similar to that of films like James Bond, Fight club and Memento.
A profile of the typical watcher would be:
Age: 21
Occupation: student
Hobbies: Playing sports, going to the cinema, music festivals
This is a male of 21 years who enjoys watching thriller movies. His social class does not hugely matter but we predicted that middle classed men may be more likely to watch these film then upper middle class men. This is because the plot isn’t as thought provoking as other movies and it does not contain any movie stars. If our movie was a day time televisions show it would give away which social group it was being aimed at. For example, shows being shown at 6:00 am are being marketed to children whereas shows being shown at 11:00 am may be marketed to the elderly. Both people who didn’t attend and attended higher education will be attracted to this film. His psychographic profile may include interest like playing and watching sports, their attitude would be fun loving and interested in many different peoples’ lives. The reason we feel a large proportion of women will not come to watch this movie is because they are generally not hugely interested in weapons, gadgets and scenes that have violence. Although some may be, the majority will not have any interesting in coming to see this film.
A profile of the typical watcher would be:
Age: 21
Occupation: student
Hobbies: Playing sports, going to the cinema, music festivals
This is a male of 21 years who enjoys watching thriller movies. His social class does not hugely matter but we predicted that middle classed men may be more likely to watch these film then upper middle class men. This is because the plot isn’t as thought provoking as other movies and it does not contain any movie stars. If our movie was a day time televisions show it would give away which social group it was being aimed at. For example, shows being shown at 6:00 am are being marketed to children whereas shows being shown at 11:00 am may be marketed to the elderly. Both people who didn’t attend and attended higher education will be attracted to this film. His psychographic profile may include interest like playing and watching sports, their attitude would be fun loving and interested in many different peoples’ lives. The reason we feel a large proportion of women will not come to watch this movie is because they are generally not hugely interested in weapons, gadgets and scenes that have violence. Although some may be, the majority will not have any interesting in coming to see this film.
Task 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
As a group we chose Lionsgae to distribute our thriller. Their films are usually full of violence, gore and mystery; for example The Bank Job and The gamer. We feel Lionsgate would take an interest in our film because it ticks all of the boxes. Lionsgate is a very highly respected distributing company, which works to the films advantage too. For example they will know how to advertise and market our film to the right people. They are so experienced that they will be able to get the biggest profit possible. Our budget to make our thriller was very small and we just used props we already had e.g. ashtrays, glasses, bottles etc. Lionsgate also takes on low budget movies and turns them in to well known franchises like Saw. Saw has had six other film been made and it think Lionsgate as a distributor had a large part to play in this. Lionsgate has six films coming our between April and August this year, three of then being thriller/horror movies. This could suggest half the amounts of films they take on are the genre of horror.
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