Final Cut.

Here is the final cut of my film product that me and my group produced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XcqJoy-Z3Q

When I tried to upload the film, it didn't do it successfully and Blogger wouldn't allow it to upload. Because this happened, I therefore have copy and pasted the link of my video from Youtube, this is my final piece and is a full edited film beginning.  So the film is the link here in this post.

Evaluation-Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task) What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product.

From the beginning of this project, the first task we were set, was to do some preliminary work. From this preliminary work, it helped get used to the equipment and understand how to use the equipment correctly.

This is the camera that was used to collect all footage to film our product. it took time getting used to the camera, but once we had time to use it more and more, it got a lot simpler than at first.

This is thr tri-pod we used to help snap some of the shots. It helped take still shots and also slowmovement shots. The height of the tri-pod can increase and decrease, also the bit where the camera attaches also increases and decreases it its height.

After the preliminary work, we had to put ourselves in our groups and decide roles that people had to do. we had to decide who would do planning and organising and getting props etc. Once we had decided this, throughout the project, I wasn't getting along with my group members and it was causing arguments and I just couldn't communicate with them at all. So luckily enough I was able to join another group and they were kind enough to let me help and participate in their final project. By the time I had joined this group, all the filming had been retrieved and they had already begun on their filming. Once I had joined this group, all the roles of what to do had been already decided, so therefore, they then told me I could be co-producer. Laura, was the producer of everything and Nicloe was Director. I got to partcipate by helping to edit the film and from this, I found out key skills whilst editing, I learnt how to fade shots into other shots, cross-fading this is called. Also I learnt how to speed up footage and also decrease the pace of the footage. I also learnt how to do other features such as add music to footage, so overall I have learnt a lot from the editing part of the film and its a new experience I plan to use in the future.

From our film, we have made, it is possible to be continued and if we had the time and budget to do so, we would of. It is capable of making the rest of the film. It starts with someone being murdered and then eventually the killer would be revealed.

So overall, this project has been a difficult task to do. I have learnt many key skills, I have learnt a lot with the technology I would of never knew how to do, I hope to do something similar to this in work to come.

Evaluation-What have you learnt about Technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout this project I have learnt a varied number amount of uses to this project.
I have learnt how to edit films, by using the computer facilities to do this.

This is the computer where all the editing took place.

I have also learnt how to upload stuff to Youtube, it has helped and from now on, I can get more feedback on my work. T
This is the sight I used to upload my work.
Also, facebook, I have learnt to use the technology on there by uploading my work. 

We have learnt how to use and operate a Digital Video Camera. By this I mean that we have learnt what each button does and how we could use them in our film. The on which we probably used the most besides the obvious play fast forward and re-wind was the zoom toggle. At first on out preliminary shooting exercise we created a 'Tromboning' effect but soon fixed this by practicing before we shot the real thing. We also learnt how to connect the camera up to the computer, via USB. The Diagrams which we researched and labelled during our research really helped us get to grips with the technology and allowed us to feel more confident with it.

Also since starting this project, I have learned how to use a Blog. I now have better use of using one and therefore it will help me in the future if I have to do one. It helps me keep on top of my work and also, lets me keep in contact with wat other people are up to. It has been a great thing to use and may help in further work to come.

The Adobe Premier Pro software is also something which I and other group members were unfamiliar with. I still find it quite difficult to used when you are trying to do something new, find a button or try an new effect because there are so many options, but when doing the basics it is relatively simple and exciting to watch back and see what you have created. By Researching about adobe premiere it helped us because some groups just threw themselves in at the deep end and were baffled about how to edit their film whereas we new little about the basics and understood what some of the buttons did.

Evaluation-How did you attract/address your audience?

Once we had decided and established that our film was targeted at teenagers, in order to help address and attract them to watching our film, we had to do some of the following to do this:

• In the film, we had to make sure that locations were what teenagers recognised
• The characters in the film we had to make sure they suited roughly the same age as the teenagers wanting to watch the film
• Also in the film, the characters would wear up to date clothing, this is to show that it's not set in the past and that they won't lose interest of the film
• In the film, there is use of a mobile phone, this is technology today that teenagers use daily
• It also shows in the film the girl putting listick on before she goes out, this is a typical thing teenage girls do before they go out
• Girl character wearing jewellery, something the audience may have in common

Also to help attract audience to watch our film on the genre horror, we had to show some of the conventions that relate to the genre. In the film we use a 'knife' this is a typical convention that is obtained in horror films, therefore the 'knife' shows affect, they are also typical weapons used when someone is murdered, 'Scream' is a good example of this. Also in the film, to show conventions that makes it relate to horror, the style of music in the background used, it was weary music which kept you thinking and it sounded like something traumatic was going to happen, however the audience was waiting and didn't know. Also there is a killing in the film production we have made, this is intendly meant to happen in a typical horror film, this shows more of the conventions and helps relate our film production to horror.

To publish the film to the audience I uploaded the film to Facebook and Youtube. I also told people about the film and also showed people, however I do not have the feedback on just showing people the film, however, I do have some feedback which let on to the audience.

Youtube

Here is the feedback from Youtube. I uploaded the video and since the upload, unfortunately it only got 18 views, no comments were left but this was the only information from Youtube I obtained.

Here is the feedback from Facebook. As you can see, there has been 45 likes which suggests that people have watched and liked the film. This shows positive results on the film. Also, the film has had comments left, it has a range of different comments, therefore feedback from people have been left and we have their views of the film.

From the amount of views obtained on both uploadings, it showed that people (mainly teenagers) were interested in watching the production we had made. From the comments given back on facebook, it helped me and my group know what problems there could of been and therefore if we had to go back and adjust the film. So all the feedback given was very helpful.

Evaluation-Who would be the audience for your media product?

From the media production we have produced, the typical audience for this would be mainly teenages aged 15 and above.
The reasons for this is because it is teenagers that are acting in the production. Also, the film is about a boy that cheats on his girlfriend, so teenagers 15 and above would like to watch and be a suitable view for our film. They would be interested because they'd like to find out what happens in a cheaters film. The film production is for anyone above the ages of 15, however the main attraction for the audiences is teenagers from 15. This would be the typical audience for the film.

This is a teenage girl, she is called Chloe Berry, she is 17 years old and I and my group think she is the typical kind of audience for our film project.

Chloe is a girl who keeps up in the latest trends, shops at the latest fashion stores such as New Look, River Island and Topshop. She enjoys listening to a varied range of music, anything from Rock to Pop music.

She enjoys her social life with her friends, she enjoys going swimming, bowling, cinema and when she goes to the cinema she goes to watch horror films, she usually watches the latest horror film out. She likes films like 'Scream', 'Saw' and 'Paranormal Activity', she went to see the recent Paranormal Activity 2. As she likes Scream and some of these other choices of films, I am sure she would really like the film project we have produced as she is very much in to watching horror films and ours fits in to this genre that she likes.

Evaluation-What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

A media institution is a company that will distribute someone's film. Universal, Working Title, Warp and 20th Century Fox are all examples of companies around.

The studio/company I think my film production would fit into would be Warp. I think it would fit into Warp because the film we have produced is not a high budget and it is a very low budget film. Therefore it would fit best with the Warp Studio. Also I would recommend our film production to be in the Warp company because the film we have produced is a little gritty. It's not going to be the most successful film therefore it would fit into one of the lower companies, however, companies like Universal, where they are far more successful and they make their films out more world wide to the public and therefore they have bigger success, however they can afford to do this, therefore they can spend more money on their films and publish it to a wider range, therefore this is why big film companies make better films, which leads to more profit, therefore our film production would not be as successful in this company. Theres not enough effects to make the film of high standards etc. So therefore, I would choose Warp Studio other than any other studio company.

Examples of Warp Films

• Four Lions
• This Is England
• Hush
• Paradise Lost
• Submarine

These 5 films are all Warp Films, out of these 5 films I have only heard of two of them (Four Lions, This Is England) the others I haven't heard of. This goes to show that these kind of films from this company are not big named films and not everyone knows about them, they are typical standard films and don't really bring in any great profit, some may do so, some might equal the budget they spent on making the film. Warp isn't the best of companies and this is why I think our film production(Infidelity) would fit into this film industry company.

Evaluation- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In this production, the genre is horror and the main story line in the film is the fact that a boy has cheated on his girlfriend. So what was decided to do is a typical cheating based horror. As most young people are most commonly known to cheat. This film is casted by 17-19 year olds. Therefore, this must attract teenagers of this age to watch the opening of this film we have produced.
This film is to help show that being a teenager is just like the adult life, even though they are still young, they have to deal with adult situations at a young age, is this showing that teenagers are growing up too fast and are having to make decisions early on in life. However, there is no importance shown to this as they are still young.
Melissa who plays the killer, doesn't like cheats, therefore she fits into the part of the killer. Also, Laura has experienced being cheated on, therefore it makes it easier for her to understand her part in the film, a lot easier to play. From the actors/actresses who played the parts, having them having the same views and similarities to this storyline,it helps play the parts correct.
Also in this production, it is a girl that gets cheated on by her boyfriend and her heart is broken, this is a typical thing to real life that the boy has cheated on his girlfriend. It is more likely a boy to cheat than a girl. Therefore we have made a girl be cheated on in our film production.

In horror/slasher movies you intend to start the film with a typical girl at the start, for example 'Scream' a 'Real' media institution has at the beginning of the film a girl is home alone, also the girl is a teenager. 'Scream' represents teenage girls to be useless and clumsy, whereas in our production, we wanted the girl not to be this and we wanted her to be the opposite from this where she can be able to defend herself. 'Scream' itself was released in 1996 whereas to our film production it is released in 2011, from then to now we wanted to show that women can go from being clumsy and defenceless in a horror film, to being able to defend themselves and be a lot stronger.