Evaluation - Natalie Dvelys
1.When first deciding what our film was going to be about we looked into the genre that we understood the most which would be easier for us to convey throughout our film; and the result of this was mystery thriller. We knew all of the different conventions of this genre, so we knew what to use in our film to make sure the audience realised what the genre was. After choosing the genre we then had to come up with the Narrative for our film by looking at the different aspects needed in order for our film to appeal to our target audience. (15) We did choose a difficult narrative for our film but this only made us more determined to achieve the best of our abilities. Our script is non-linear as in the beginning of our film we have a flashback which we needed to use to explain to our audience the reason why Tommy is so messed up and what the film is based around. http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/ (30th March Post). Finally, when planning our film we focused on how we could make it look professional and the ideas which we concentrating on the most were using continuity and the 180⁰ rule.
1.When first deciding what our film was going to be about we looked into the genre that we understood the most which would be easier for us to convey throughout our film; and the result of this was mystery thriller. We knew all of the different conventions of this genre, so we knew what to use in our film to make sure the audience realised what the genre was. After choosing the genre we then had to come up with the Narrative for our film by looking at the different aspects needed in order for our film to appeal to our target audience. (15) We did choose a difficult narrative for our film but this only made us more determined to achieve the best of our abilities. Our script is non-linear as in the beginning of our film we have a flashback which we needed to use to explain to our audience the reason why Tommy is so messed up and what the film is based around. http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/ (30th March Post). Finally, when planning our film we focused on how we could make it look professional and the ideas which we concentrating on the most were using continuity and the 180⁰ rule.
Whilst filming our scenes we had to make sure everything was based around the genre and narrative. Such as:
- Every camera angle/shot movement was used because of a specific reason, for example in scene one the camera pans unsteadily across several newspaper clippings to show the audience that someone else is in the room and looking at these clippings.
These images show that the camera panned from the first shot to the shot below.
- We made sure that we had silence when filming unless there was dialogue because we planned to put music over the film.
-Each person’s costume had to portray each character correctly.
-The props had to relate to the genre, for example: the locket.
-The location had to be significant to our Narrative and look like we imagined it to be. We used an open room and made it look like a smaller bedroom with the lighting and props.
- Every camera angle/shot movement was used because of a specific reason, for example in scene one the camera pans unsteadily across several newspaper clippings to show the audience that someone else is in the room and looking at these clippings.
These images show that the camera panned from the first shot to the shot below.
- We made sure that we had silence when filming unless there was dialogue because we planned to put music over the film.
-Each person’s costume had to portray each character correctly.
-The props had to relate to the genre, for example: the locket.
-The location had to be significant to our Narrative and look like we imagined it to be. We used an open room and made it look like a smaller bedroom with the lighting and props.
2. In the beginning sequence of our film we only show three characters, Tommy Wilson, his mother and the killer. Our main focus is on the character Tommy Wilson, who is a teenager that is lonely and at a very dark place in his life. We have tried to get this across to our audience in several ways, for example: The clothing that Tommy is wearing is a big baggy black jumper (with hood up) and jogging bottoms. This choice of clothing will immediately give the audience the impression that he doesn’t care about his appearance and the fact that he has his hood up suggests he is a withdrawn person. We hope that our audience stereotype him as a usual teenage boy but with more to his personality. The mise en scene of the first scene gives the audience an idea of what Tommy’s life his like. His room is small and plain. The lighting is very dark and so is the very little amount of accessories which helps to describe his personality. Also in this scene we created our own music to use which consists of two different vocals that link into the Narrative of the film and can relate to Tommy’s personality, as there is two sides to him. The main way which we knew would show how audience that Tommy as no power and may be seen as poor, as he has nothing in his life, was through the camera angles we used, such as: high angle shots that looked down on this character.
- The Clothing Idea for Tommy Wilson.
3. When researching a distributer for our film we found many different institutions that suited our genre and storyline. For example: One of these institutions was The Momentum pictures independent film distributers: http://www.momentumpictures.co.uk/. This distribution company relates to our film perfectly as it is known to distribute thrillers, such as: The Woman in Black and Vanishing. Both of these films became really successful with the help of this company, this was because of the budget they used on these films and how well known they are. This company inspired us when distributing our own film and gave us ideas that we could use.
4. Our target audience for our film is 15 the reason for this is because we thought our film best suited this age category and was too inappropriate for anyone younger as it contained strong language and violence. (http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/suitable-only-for-15-years-and-over-no.html) Also we found that our target audience age range may be able to relate to some of the characters and some of the emotions they are going through or their lifestyle choices. Before filming the opening sequence we had to make sure that it suited our target audience and would give off the right impression. So we sent a questionnaire out to a variety of people aged 15 and over to get their opinions on what they would prefer and what they dislike. (http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/questionnaire.html) By doing this we got the feedback we were hoping for with only small changes to be put into place.
After we had finished our film we posted it on the website YouTube to get more opinions from our target audience and to see if we achieved the outcome we were aiming for.
After we had finished our film we posted it on the website YouTube to get more opinions from our target audience and to see if we achieved the outcome we were aiming for.
5. Throughout creating our film one of our most important things that we concentrated on was making sure that our film attracted/addressed our target audience. When planning our film we looked into the different elements that would attract people aged 15 and above, for example: the character of Tommy Wilson. The main character in our film is the same age of a majority of our target audience, therefore shares the same qualities and emotions as them (teenagers). This helps the audience to relate to this character and understand more about what he his feeling and will make them want to keep watching to find out what the outcome will be. http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/we-asked-several-people-from-our-target.html
6. All the way through the process of constructing this product we were introduced to new technologies that we had to learn how to use to make our film and blogger the best they can be.use it correctly and effectively.
FilmWe decided to shoot our film on a digital camera to give our film a better quality. We had already learnt how to use this sort of camera however we hadn’t used it for some of the shots we wanted to use consequently meaning that some shots were better than others. We then imported our clips onto a MAC where we used final cut express to edit all of our film, inserting SFX, Music, Title shots and many more effects. InternetWe used the internet throughout this whole process for many different reasons. One of these reasons was to make sure that everything looked professional, down to the last detail. For example: We used a website which was again new to us, called Google Questionnaire. This was to create our pre-questionnaire to give out to our target audience. The end product looked really proficient and was really easy to create. (http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/questionnaire.html, http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/from-our-questionnaire-these-are.html, https://docs.google.com/?pli=1#home)
FilmWe decided to shoot our film on a digital camera to give our film a better quality. We had already learnt how to use this sort of camera however we hadn’t used it for some of the shots we wanted to use consequently meaning that some shots were better than others. We then imported our clips onto a MAC where we used final cut express to edit all of our film, inserting SFX, Music, Title shots and many more effects. InternetWe used the internet throughout this whole process for many different reasons. One of these reasons was to make sure that everything looked professional, down to the last detail. For example: We used a website which was again new to us, called Google Questionnaire. This was to create our pre-questionnaire to give out to our target audience. The end product looked really proficient and was really easy to create. (http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/questionnaire.html, http://bcasmedia2012group17.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/from-our-questionnaire-these-are.html, https://docs.google.com/?pli=1#home)
7. Looking back at my preliminary task I can compare and see how much I have improved and learnt throughout these past months. Our preliminary task brief told us exactly what was expected from us and explained the three different things we needed to demonstrate in order for us to be successful. In contract to this the brief for our main task was only simple and we had to start from scratch and learn new things such as, technologies, to make our film successful and professional.
The preliminary task did help with our main task as from our first task we knew the three rules that we had to stick too when filming: match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180degree rule. By using these three basic rules and learning more throughout this process it has shown a great improvement. I now believe that I am confident in planning, filming and editing a short sequence effectively.
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