Evaluation - Question 2

Answer to Evaluation:Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation - Question 3

Evaluation - Question 6

Evaluation - Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Looking back at our preliminary task piece I now realize how stupidly simple it was, we used very, very simple editing techniques that I took care of at home on Sony Vegas Pro 11, techniques limited to literally cutting down clips and adding in music. I also looped the noise of a cricket for too long and held still frames. for our preliminary task we used side angle shots, we had a big close up on a door handle, wide angle shots and and incredibly shaky panning shot done by putting a camera on my skateboard.

We thought a lot about how to present each of characters through mise en scene and lighting especially but also through the use of editing and sound in our film opening. However during the making of our preliminary task piece we didn't really think about any of that, instead we just focused on the representations of costume, whereas use of lighting was very important for use especially during the villain scenes which needed to be dark with one small, low key, white light source. I feel that body language and facial expression were presented quite well in our film opening as we had to concentrate on making our hero and villain completely opposite in every way. However in our preliminary task body language was not important as all there was, was a small amount of dialogue in which and a small amount of pacing, this was fairly easy to create.

The editing I did for the Preliminary was very basic and i feel I have really stepped up my game when it came to editing the film opening. I feel I've learnt a lot from editing the Film opening because if you compare the editing techniques use from that with the techniques used in the Preliminary task you can see I have matured greatly from that. Previously I used Sony Vegas Pro and edited it all together in a mere hour and a half whereas the editing for the Film opening took weeks to complete. For the Preliminary task all I did was trim shots and put them together. I managed to hold still frames and add in cheesy sound affects both downloaded from youtube. However for the Film opening I used Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and learnt loads of different techniques.

We relied solely on dialogue to get our plot across to the viewer in our Preliminary piece as there was little other sound and there wasn't much important mise en scene, sound or camera techniques to focus on except for the fact that it is obvious that our main character is a young girl in a classroom and the fact that she is on her own, this is also emphasized by the used of the cricket chirping sound effect as it dramatizes the fact that the plush toy not responding as it is not alive.

I think we have come a long way and have learned a lot and gained a lot of skills from creating our Film opening by using with more advanced editing software and using more editing, mise en scene, sound and camera techniques. 

Editing - Contrast and Brightness Levels

 

 Here you can see how I made changes to the contrast and brightness levels for the seperate clips. All I did was select the clips individually and change the contrast and brightness levels manually with the sliders in effect controls


Editing - Shots

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Film Opening - Script

We decided the only Matt and his girlfriend would be speaking our opening. This would emphasize how socially withdrawn Peter is in comparison and make him much less likable. The Dialogue is a simple every day conversation to connote that Matt has no idea of anything being wrong.

               (Girlfriend appears in doorway)

Girlfriend - I'm going now, I'll see you later.

               (Matt gets up to see her off)

Matt - Ooh, wait!

               (Conversation in hall)

Matt - We got plans tonight?

Girlfriend - Yeah we're going to that meal tonight with my parents remember?

Matt - Oh right, yeah, have a nice day.

Girlfriend - Alright, I'll see you later.

Filming - Day 4

Filming - Day 3

Filming - Day 2

Filming - Day 1

Second Scene Setting and Props

 

In the first shot of this seen we see the hero putting his costume away into the wardobe we used my sister's for these shots as she has a wardrobe in her room with good space infront of it with a lot of good natural light

We got two angles of this area as we ar going to do an action match of my character putting the outfit in the cupboard, the match on action with start from side on and then moving to a shot from behind me. Hopefully we will be able to make this action match smooth like we did with the scene where Kirby sat down in our preliminary task peice.

An important prop used is my sister's alarm clock which never seems to get her up despite going off loudly enough to wake me up from the opposite side of the house. This prop links the two characters together with time as the hero has the power to control time and the villian is trying to also get this power.

Harry Webber's morphsuit is what we used for our hero's costume and he's awesome for letting us borrow it. The costume is good because it show the cliche of heores always wearing spandex it's also good as it breaks the colour connotations we've built up ie. the hero is shown wearing white and the villian wearing black, this costume is interesting as it is the superhero's costume but it is black, not white

Feedback From Our Peers

 

Kirby wrote on facebook our general idea, asking for feedback and for ideas and suggestions for the name of the film. I think it was good idea to do this as it gave us a chance to alter our plot if people didn't like it and it also gave the public a chance to feel more involved with our film opening. As well as this it helped us get a further understanding of our audience, we see that the feedback is mostly possitive and is coming from teenages, this shows that our target audience of teenagers is met and they like the idea and would be interested in watching our film

 

Imogen pitched our idea to our class and teachers. Everybody like the idea although people said that although it is a good idea it's going to be hard to represent that the two characters are the same character and it will be complicated to show our concept

Planning - Costumes

The Hero's and villain's costumes are supposed to look completely identical despite this colour of the shirt. The costumes are this similar to indicate these 2 people have the exact same style as they are in fact the same person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shirts are different colours to inicate the differences between good and evil; The hero is wearing white to indicate purity and hope whereas the villain is wearing all black to show his dark life and cruel intentions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hero's girlfriend is shown in a simple black dress with tights and high-heeled shoes. The costume along with curly hair and a hangbag make her out to be feminine. the shoes and tights indicate she is going to work like she would on a normal day.

Research - Sound Design

David lynch once said "Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent  sound" However Mr Wallis disagrees and said he thinks that 40 percent visual  and 60 percent sound is more accurate.

 

Mr Wallis showed our class this video on monday, in this video we see the importance of sound and sound design and we also see some of the ingenious ways in which sound production teams can manipulate every day objects such as slinkies to make effective sound effect such as lasers.

 

 

Sound design is everything you hear in a tv programme or movie including backgroud noise, dialogue, score, sound effects, ambient/drone noises and every thing else that you can hear (this also includes silence)

Sound design is just as important as the images on screen, if not more important. Sound can change the mood and feel of a film of programme completley.

Planning - Opening Storyboard

American Classification Categories

Comic Film Classification

Most Comic-based feature films, both DC Comics produced and Marvel Comics produced, are classified as 12A. Films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate swear words, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

 

Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises are just some examples of 12A Rated Comic-adapted movies

UK Classification Categories Continued

Futher information on the BBFC

The BBFC was created by the film industry in 1912, long before anyone had even heard of Steven Spielberg or Star Wars. It wanted to make sure that all of its films, (videos and DVDs had not been invented then), were checked on behalf of the whole country. Local councils, who were, and still are, in charge of cinemas up and down the country, grew to accept the BBFC's decisions, although even today, for films shown in cinemas, councils still have the power to ignore any decision made by the BBFC. For example, in 1993, the comedy film Mrs.Doubtfire was given a 12 classification by the BBFC. Some councils disagreed with this decision and gave the film a PG!

An important change came with the arrival of video in the early 1980's. In 1984, a new law was passed, The Video Recordings Act, which put the BBFC in charge of classifying all videos for home use. The law asks Examiners to make sure that works are classified in line with what they contain and make sure that they show nothing that might be harmful to people.

What does all this mean exactly? Well, for example, very scary and gory horror films that might upset younger children are unlikely to be found at U, PG or 12A/12. As for harmful material, the BBFC has to note any dangerous or criminal activities on a video or DVD, such as scenes that show, in detail, how to hurt people or how to break into cars. Such moments may even be removed from the video before it's released to the public.

The Examiners at the BBFC also have to be aware of other laws, such as those which protect children (The Protection of Children Act, passed in 1978) and animals (The Animals Act, passed in 1937). It is against the law in this country to show films or videos in which an animal has been harmed during the production. The owners of any film showing such a scene can be asked to remove it before a certificate is given.

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Iron Man - Information