Monday 24 May 2010
Friday 30 April 2010
Evaluation
Question:- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
All three filming processes were challenging, from The bag swap, to The Phone call (Preliminary task) to our final piece The Duo. Filming all three task was difficult only because; the planning for each task wasn't well planned properly nor constructed/ carried out to what we had expected it to be. This was proper clear when we did our first task the bag swap. Not enough planning wasn't putting to this personally because; when we actually started filming things were going wrong because there wasn't enough preparation. For an example we didn't know how to carry out certain shots. At that stage in time we didn't know what we could produce with the camera until we actually filmed. Some of shots in the second preliminary task came from luck fiddling about with the camera. One of the shots was when the camera panned when Sheree was walking. The shot came by chance, i was adjusting the zoom on the camera and so decided on using the camera technique. However what i did learn from the second preliminary task was how to make shots shorted and how make effect match shots. The change was demonstrated in The Duo. The opening of the title sequence starts with quick short cuts of the rubber breaking over gate. This open mimics the scene when Sheree walks into the room where i was sitting wait for her. The difference was that in The Duo we used different shot types like; Low angle shot (LAS), Medium long shot(MLS). The difference was that we learnt how to carry out the positions of shots correctly and also how to take the same shot form different angles to get prospective of it. We was the only group that came up wight the idea of filming at night-time, and because of this our title sequence was automatically unique form the rest. However filming at night-time wasn't as straightforward as i or an member of my group thought it would have been. We had to redo several shots because there were too dark to edit anything. After the third filming day and the deadline drawing close we mastered the key idea of filming in the dark. To make the filming successfully and straightforward for ourselves we learnt that; to filming in the dark black background and VERY well lit object. To get the background well lit this involves having lighting. Which in our case the lighting only lasted for 30 minutes which was very frustrating because; some shots didn't got to plan and the battery would waste because we had to keep redoing them.
The experience of filming at night wasn't a good one personally due to the lighting; i wouldn't advise it only. Only if the person had real patience and wouldn't argue with there group members. The lighting caused a bit of confrontation in our group. However having had to re filming those very dark shots, we would have never learnt how to make dark shots as good as they turned out to be. The Duo was a sucess and i would do the following to change the way we went about filming, planning and editing:-
Overall experience
Throughout my experience of practical coursework i had gained a lot of new key skills that i will never forget; I will also pass on what i have learnt to others who need help or advice about the filming process. The filming process wasn't as easy as i thought it would have been. I never really took into consideration the amount of planning put into making all three filming project we did. From our first task The Bag Swap to our finally piece The Duo; there is clear difference in camera shots and techniques used that made The Duo so success as it is. What i also learnt was how to use how work the Mc PC's, before the coursework i wasn't so familiar with how to carry out basic programmes on it. Let alone use the editing software and soundtrack software; what i especially learnt was how to do stills successfully (Command, Shift 4) learning this made most of the blogging process run smoother along with know how to upload a video all so. However picking up simple skills like creating a still wasn't as simple i thought it was initially going to be. When i kept practising it i eventually got how to do it, which was a relief because the teacher's and technicians weren't always on hand.
Filming Process
All three filming processes were challenging, from The bag swap, to The Phone call (Preliminary task) to our final piece The Duo. Filming all three task was difficult only because; the planning for each task wasn't well planned properly nor constructed/ carried out to what we had expected it to be. This was proper clear when we did our first task the bag swap. Not enough planning wasn't putting to this personally because; when we actually started filming things were going wrong because there wasn't enough preparation. For an example we didn't know how to carry out certain shots. At that stage in time we didn't know what we could produce with the camera until we actually filmed. Some of shots in the second preliminary task came from luck fiddling about with the camera. One of the shots was when the camera panned when Sheree was walking. The shot came by chance, i was adjusting the zoom on the camera and so decided on using the camera technique. However what i did learn from the second preliminary task was how to make shots shorted and how make effect match shots. The change was demonstrated in The Duo. The opening of the title sequence starts with quick short cuts of the rubber breaking over gate. This open mimics the scene when Sheree walks into the room where i was sitting wait for her. The difference was that in The Duo we used different shot types like; Low angle shot (LAS), Medium long shot(MLS). The difference was that we learnt how to carry out the positions of shots correctly and also how to take the same shot form different angles to get prospective of it. We was the only group that came up wight the idea of filming at night-time, and because of this our title sequence was automatically unique form the rest. However filming at night-time wasn't as straightforward as i or an member of my group thought it would have been. We had to redo several shots because there were too dark to edit anything. After the third filming day and the deadline drawing close we mastered the key idea of filming in the dark. To make the filming successfully and straightforward for ourselves we learnt that; to filming in the dark black background and VERY well lit object. To get the background well lit this involves having lighting. Which in our case the lighting only lasted for 30 minutes which was very frustrating because; some shots didn't got to plan and the battery would waste because we had to keep redoing them.
Filming at night
The experience of filming at night wasn't a good one personally due to the lighting; i wouldn't advise it only. Only if the person had real patience and wouldn't argue with there group members. The lighting caused a bit of confrontation in our group. However having had to re filming those very dark shots, we would have never learnt how to make dark shots as good as they turned out to be. The Duo was a sucess and i would do the following to change the way we went about filming, planning and editing:-
- Plan every single shot needed (then get extra from other angles)
- Make and animatic storyboard before filming to see if shot fits together
- Make sure we have very reliable actors and actresses
- Have more patience with my group when filming
- Contribute more in the actual editing on FCP.
Evaluation
Hannah is both Max's and Sheree's friend, they both thought of her when i was pitching the characters for The Duo. So when they asked her to star in our title sequence The Duo; Hannah agreed and was on hand at all times. She was Very ea
sy to work and helped with positioning of shots if needed; she was also very tolerant of us when we had to re-filming.
Hannah is of the Black ethnic race; so when we were looking for the right actors for The Duo. Hannah was chosen because she suited the part perfectly and we didn't take her colour of her skin into much consideration. To us it didn't matter at all, what matter the most was how well she listen to the director and performed well.
Although our title sequence doesn't depict on her ethnic background; We wanted The Duo to base on the cliche theme "Damsel In Distress." Hannah is a female so, we wanted to play on on her sex and use her as a key stereotype seen in most thrillers.
Here are Pictures of Hannah in different scenes in our title sequence The Duo
Evaluation
These are sound audio's of peoples comments immediately after viewing everyone title sequence at the Screen On The Green.
Thursday 29 April 2010
Evaluation 6
Evaluation
6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process on constructing this product?
When we first started doing our coursework we had been introduced to blogger with
When we first started doing our coursework we had been introduced to blogger with
is a site where you post things about what you are doing and what have you done. This kind of site is used by film producers, singers, book writers, actors and many others which work in the media
world. They post things to give information on what they are doing ( more like advertising themselves). So we started using blogger so we can write about what we do in class and how do we build up our ideas for o
your film.
Before we started filming/practicing for our coursework, the first lesson back from half term was to learn how to use the JVC camera and the tripod. We had learnt where the buttons that we will use is and how to put and take out batteries and memory cards. After that we had a practice on filming with the camera ,
Before we started filming/practicing for our coursework, the first lesson back from half term was to learn how to use the JVC camera and the tripod. We had learnt where the buttons that we will use is and how to put and take out batteries and memory cards. After that we had a practice on filming with the camera ,
everyone in our group got a hand of the camera. After that lesson our second part of the lesson wa
s how to use the Macs. In our class a lot of the people did not know how to use a Mac which includes me. So in that lesson we had learnt how to use the final cut pro, soundtrack pro and live type. After that o
n the Macs there was a profile which had small amount of clips which was a little boy in the café eating he’s lunch and then a homeless man comes in and eats the let outs on the table. So we had to edited that clip to really have the change of using final cut pro before using it on our film.
In
In editing
/ final cut pro I have learnt how to cut the clip and fade it. I have learnt how to make the sound of the water to do down and then silence at one point with the mountain button on final cut pro. After editin
g we had used the soundtrack which we done the sound track. It was different at the beginning but after we got the hand of it. After doing the sound we used live type to do our
title sequence.
Evaluation 7
Evaluation
7.Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
On this shot from ‘ phone call‘, you can only see the scene which is not useful. If we had films the whole of the phone( with the numbers) it would have been useful. The camera shot if really plain with does not create tension. The phone is only on the table and you do not even see the girl that picks up the phone on the same shot. It looks simple and not professional. The idea of this shot was to show who is calling but it did not show really well.
This is a photo from the duo where the phone rings and the girl picks the phone up. To make this shot really effective we had a close up of the phone ringing to show who is calling. Then we cut to the phone again but in mid shot and then we t
rack the girl picking up the phone. So in one shot we had to things in it which made the film even more effective. The mise en scene we used in there was the towel where the phone is on top. You can see the phone in detailed because you can see the buttons, the towel and the scene which is way better then the one in ’phone call’. The phone is not straight but in a different angle which you will not see a phone in a straight angle. So this shot looks way more better and natural then the one in ‘phone call’.In the phone call because we did not have much time we did not take much shots which made our film not good. The shot types we shoots were not right at all and did not fit into our film. Example Clara is on the phone and we just showed the side of there face which was not useful because on the phone she gets some thing shocking so to show her shock on her face. To show this shock we had to shoot the film on the table to show her face. There was not a multiple clips so we had to use the one on the side. Another example is when Sheree comes into the class room, the camera outside the class room door and Sheree passes the camera and walks in. This shot is good but not really good because when Sheree gets in and turns her back to the camera which I see this shot as a useless shot because there is nothing going on. Instead of having this shot really long we should of have the camera inside the class room and shoot the film there so we can have Sheree walking in though the door and then a cut to her inside the class room walking towards Clara. This would of made our film more effective then before. Another thing that does not look good is the lighting. When we filmed ‘ phone call’ we did not use any lighting because it was only a practical so we only used the class room light which did not come out good at all. I think this way because when Sheree and Clara are having a conversation you can she Clara’s face but its really bright and when shooting Sheree we could not see her face because we did not have the right equipment. The dialog was not clearer to hear it as well.
When filming ‘the duo’ , we had more then the amount of time we had filming for ‘phone call’ which gave us the opportunity to film more shots the shots we had fit into our film really well because it was where the audience would want the camera to be. We had more then the amount of shots we needed just in case some thing happens to the shot we were going to for our film. The part I really like from ‘the duo’ is when the girl is on the phone and walking towards her bed room. To do this shot when the girl is walking towards her room we were going to have the camera on the side but I did not like the way it will look like because on the phone the boy friend is saying to get out of the house, some one is coming to kill you. So when some one hears these word they will be shocked so to show this shock we had to have the camera on her face (the camera walking backwards). The lighting was really good because we were experimenting even when we were filming because when we used the light there was all ways a shadow which was casting all the time. When doing this we had to change the lighting angle all the time which worked at the end. It was hard to film at night but at the end it worked. The light was really good because we could see the characters faces and we did not make the whole place light up because it will look like its in a day time which it was not. We did have difficulties but we coped with it and we done it really well. Because the light was casting a shadow we had to change angles of the lighting or we used two lights. In the duo you can hear all most everything cleanly.
By doing this what I have learnt is that the more detail we show in the film the more better it is. I have learnt that we should not make everything prefect because it will not look normal. When we done this before filming our actual film, as a group we through our film was really good but now I can see the miss takes we had done and I can see that our filming skills has improved. For ‘ the duo’ I think we have done really well but some parts were not really good. I think this looks good now but in the future if we do filming again I think I will think that ‘the duo’ does not look professional which this shows that as we film we gain new skills which I am really happy about.
halloween video
Halloween
The Duo
When watching the two films you can see that the technology has improved by the way the quality of the film is shown. In Halloween the editing is really good because it makes the audience tensed but in The Duo the editing towards the end does not creates the same tension as Halloween does.
EVALUATION
Question:- What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Through the course of creating my practical coursework, I've used different forms of media. I've also used soft wares that i never used or heard of before to make the filming shots come to light. Final Cut Pro (FCP) along with Soundtrack Pro and Livetype were the soft wares that were introduce to me when my began the editing process of
our first preliminary task.
The experience of blogging was Very New to me, i had heard of blogging but i never actually posted work on an online journal. The idea of blogging what i learnt through the making of filming and class work was an creative and unique experience. I enjoyed it and i will definitely make Blog in the future.
One aspect from filming i will never forget is how to film in the dark successfully.
The key to filming at night-time is to have
every dark (black) background and have the object your filming well lit. During the course filming The Duo we learnt this technique and mastered it on last day of re-filming the scenes.
These are to scenes that we had the most trouble when filming The Duo.
Evaluation
Evaluation
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
When planning our film we did not have a clues that our beginning is the same with the film Halloween. In Halloween the most tension scene is at the end but our film has this at the beginning. The killer is dressed in black cloths just like our film the killer wears dark coloured cloths. The two killers all ways walk in the dark which shows there characteristic. In both of the films the female is the rich one but in danger.
The camera shots are all the same type because the scene in the wardrobe , the camera shots are close up of the face and mid and long shot of the killer coming in. Even the editing is the same because when the killer comes into the bedroom, there is a shot of the women in the wardrobe and then a cut to the killer breaking things in the room trying to look for the women. The editing is really good in Halloween so we tried to present our work like that but some parts failed use.
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
When planning our film we did not have a clues that our beginning is the same with the film Halloween. In Halloween the most tension scene is at the end but our film has this at the beginning. The killer is dressed in black cloths just like our film the killer wears dark coloured cloths. The two killers all ways walk in the dark which shows there characteristic. In both of the films the female is the rich one but in danger.
The camera shots are all the same type because the scene in the wardrobe , the camera shots are close up of the face and mid and long shot of the killer coming in. Even the editing is the same because when the killer comes into the bedroom, there is a shot of the women in the wardrobe and then a cut to the killer breaking things in the room trying to look for the women. The editing is really good in Halloween so we tried to present our work like that but some parts failed use.
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Wednesday 28 April 2010
social groups
Evaluation
2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?
A lot of the females will relate them self’s to the victim/ female in the film because in a lot of films that I have watched , the female ends up in the situation of the killer coming and killing them. This is showing that the women is weak (in the media)
and the man is stronger and can stop the killer or be the killer. So its more of a stereotype. When trying to show the social class of the characters, we used a big house to show that she is not an ordinary teenage girl because an ordinary teenage which is studying will not have a big house with 4 rooms. We done this because her boyfriend haves problems with the mafia and when you are working for the mafia you would be rich in some way. In the wardrobe, we put hand bags , shoes and cloths to show that she is a girly girl which loves shopping for that reason she has money to shop so much. This type of class even reminds me of lady gaga the video of beautiful, dirty ,rich. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nr33m1zXVE
2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?
A lot of the females will relate them self’s to the victim/ female in the film because in a lot of films that I have watched , the female ends up in the situation of the killer coming and killing them. This is showing that the women is weak (in the media)
and the man is stronger and can stop the killer or be the killer. So its more of a stereotype. When trying to show the social class of the characters, we used a big house to show that she is not an ordinary teenage girl because an ordinary teenage which is studying will not have a big house with 4 rooms. We done this because her boyfriend haves problems with the mafia and when you are working for the mafia you would be rich in some way. In the wardrobe, we put hand bags , shoes and cloths to show that she is a girly girl which loves shopping for that reason she has money to shop so much. This type of class even reminds me of lady gaga the video of beautiful, dirty ,rich. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nr33m1zXVE 
The killer which breaks into the house is a hit man. He is a poor guys which kills people for money so that why we wanted him to wear black to show he’s characteristics. Black would close, hide he’s past and show us his power ,evilness, mystery’s, elegance's and formality. So the killer is hooded to hide his face from people / police. Because the girl is wearing colour which shows happiness , the killer wearing black represents fear and negative connotation. Because the killer is wearing tracksuit we automatically know we is a working class. 
This was the shot of the killer coming towards the female to kill her. in most of the films , when the women is scared and does not know where to hide , they wait at the door(thinking time) and then they does what they planed in that moment. its all ways long a long shot that why we told it in long shot.
This is the part where the killer finds the female and breaks into the wardrobe to kill them. this type of shot is all ways a mid shot( just showing the face to show their sinister smile).
This is the shot in the wardrobe. in the wardrobe because there is no light , there is a bright light on the character's face. this type of shot all ways is a mid shot.audience for our film
Evaluation
5.Who would be the audience for your media product?
The thriller which we filmed is aimed at ages between 15 to 29, both female and male but because the film is about to couples I think that the audien
ces will mainly be females.
An example of an audience which will fit into our category is Yasemin Jacobs which is 16 years old. She has a older brother which moved out and she has a younger sister called Meryem. Yasemin is currently attending college and lives with her mother and step father. Yasemin waste most of her time studying and watching TV and films on the her computer. On the weekends
Yasemin goes out with her friends out or stays at home cleaning but after watching films on the internet. Yasemin goes to the cinema on Wednesdays which she uses orange Wednesdays to get her friend into the film as well. Yasmein watches films on the internet constantly, in a week she watches 2-3 films on the internet. If she likes the film that she watched on the internet , when the DVD comes out she tends to buy the DVD to watch it with her family. When Yasemin is free she goes shopping with her friends and her mother. She tenets to go to oxford streets with her friends and goes food shopping with her mother. She does not go out with her sister because they two do not get along really well. 
Yasemin watches action, animation, comedy, drama, thriller and loves horror. Yasemin would be interested in our thriller film because she
loves films that have killing in. She likes when a female is the victim and the guy comes into her house and kills the girl. She likes violent films which are creepy and tensed in the same time. I think that Yasemin would put her self into the character ( the victim) and image her in the film, so she would enjoy the film really much. 
5.Who would be the audience for your media product?
The thriller which we filmed is aimed at ages between 15 to 29, both female and male but because the film is about to couples I think that the audien
ces will mainly be females.An example of an audience which will fit into our category is Yasemin Jacobs which is 16 years old. She has a older brother which moved out and she has a younger sister called Meryem. Yasemin is currently attending college and lives with her mother and step father. Yasemin waste most of her time studying and watching TV and films on the her computer. On the weekends
Yasemin goes out with her friends out or stays at home cleaning but after watching films on the internet. Yasemin goes to the cinema on Wednesdays which she uses orange Wednesdays to get her friend into the film as well. Yasmein watches films on the internet constantly, in a week she watches 2-3 films on the internet. If she likes the film that she watched on the internet , when the DVD comes out she tends to buy the DVD to watch it with her family. When Yasemin is free she goes shopping with her friends and her mother. She tenets to go to oxford streets with her friends and goes food shopping with her mother. She does not go out with her sister because they two do not get along really well. 
Yasemin watches action, animation, comedy, drama, thriller and loves horror. Yasemin would be interested in our thriller film because she
loves films that have killing in. She likes when a female is the victim and the guy comes into her house and kills the girl. She likes violent films which are creepy and tensed in the same time. I think that Yasemin would put her self into the character ( the victim) and image her in the film, so she would enjoy the film really much. 
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