Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Evaulation Question Seven; Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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Aimie and I worked together in our Preliminary Task; this
meant that we wanted to answer this question together as we both agreed on what
we have learnt from our Preliminary Task to our final product. We decided to
answer this question on PowerPoint, in this PowerPoint we selected a range of
different camera angles and shots that we used which can be improved, the
mistakes that we picked out on our Preliminary Task we haven’t made those mistakes
in our actual final product. If there was an error we would use some editing
affects to allow the shots to flow.
Evaulation Question Six;What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
To answer question six, Aimie and I decided to use the same approach as question 5 so we ended up doing a video recording, this recording was more like an interview than the last as Aimie wrote a list of questions that she was going to ask me. This video defiantly was my personal view on the different types of technologies that we have used.
Evaulation Question Five; How did you attract/address your audience?
Evaulation Question Four; Who would be the audience for your media product?
Evaulation Question Three; What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Evaluation Question Two; How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Aimie and I worked together on all our evaluation questions, this meant that we were able to do a verity of different videos, PowerPoint and voice recordings. In this PowerPoint there are images showing us when we were filming and images of other films that are well known Thrillers.
Evaluation Question One; In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Saturday, 4 May 2013
What I thought about creating our opening sequence
When we began correcting our opening sequence I thought it
would be very much what it was in GCSE, this was that we would use the same
program which meant that we all had experience and could potentially make our opening
sequence look extraordinary, with this thought I didn’t see any complication of
creating our film. However, I was so wrong in every sense, planning and
creating our thriller film was incredible it pulled our whole group together
this was shown when each individual idea fell into what is now our final
product. The complications started to show when we began editing, this was
because even though everyone’s ideas were put in to make the films, everyone
had a different opinion on editing, an example of this was when Sam didn’t want
a certain date added to the bottom of the screen and Lisa, Aimie and I did. This
meant that we would have to agree to disagree on whether the date should be
added or kept however we all decided to add ‘One year later...’ as it was
something we could agree on.
When we found out that we had to use a new program you could
tell there was tension in the group as on the Corel program the editing was
nearly completed, well so we thought at the time. Each person in the group was always able to
spend extra time on this project whether it was in a study period or after
school, each one of us equally contributed to trying to make this film what it
is now. Whilst watching our opening sequence expand, I began to notice problems
which I shared for example at the end of the chase scene when Sam is putting
Lisa on his shoulder there is a shot where Kieran is in front but all of a
sudden Kieran is behind him, I was concerned that this would loss our group
marks and that it doesn’t link properly, luckily Lisa found the ‘drip to black’
effect which allowed the scenes to flow and doesn’t look as Kieran jumps from
one area to the next.
Though-out the experience of planning, making and editing
our product there was only disagreement within the group and that was between
Sam and me. This disagreement came to light when our final deadline came about
and our film was nearly completed but the music still want done, at the time I didn’t
understand why the music had to be done at the last minute and I thought why isn’t
it ready yet we got a couple of days left we need that music. After this Sam
did create and complete the music but it was only when I watch the sequence
with the music added that I understood why Sam had to wait until we completed editing.
When I realised this Sam and I agreed that maybe we shouldn’t of had a
disagreement over something so small but so important to the completion of our
film but though that I got experience of even though there are deadlines and
that means everything must be in and completed, some things like music we will
just have to wait for as they can’t be rushed and need to create the right mood
for the scene they’re in.
All in all I have learnt many different things thought the
journey of this final product but next time I will know that it isn’t going to
be as easy as I original think and maybe everything isn’t going to be as
perfect as I or anyone else wants them to be, we just need to use the resources
that we have and make an opening to a film everything we hope it to be just
knowing there will be issues and errors on the way just have to take them as
they come.
Editing Day Fifteen - 1st May
On the 1st of May all of our group joined
together to watch the final draft of our opening sequence, we saw the effects
Lisa and Sam were able to find and noticed that the film had got better since
they shortened it. In this lesson we
discussed how we could improve our titles as they were the issue that was concerning
everyone, due to everyone thought they were boring as they had no animation to
them. We were able to change this issue slightly by adding the dip to black effect.
As we needed our opening sequence to
look professional we decided to add the ‘20th Century Fox’ as
another production company for our film, this company was chosen as we know
that 20th Century Fox has released thriller films like ours and they
have come successful.
Friday, 3 May 2013
Editing Day Fourteen - 26th April
On the 26th of April, everything that needed to
be edited and changed on our film was done, we finally completed our film! Lisa
and Sam went back after school to get the video on a memory card so they could
upload it to their blogs, when they were doing this they hit a dilemma as the
film was over 5 minutes long and they were told it’s meant to be roughly 2-3
minutes. Sam and Lisa stayed extra hours in ensure the film was shortened by didn’t
lose those important shots that were needed. To make the film shorter Sam and
Lisa cut down some of our shots, looking back the shots were incredibly long
but now they are shortened they look better and it makes the film link a lot more.
Whilst Sam and Lisa were behind, Lisa found an effect that
would make the ghost figure look more realistic within the film. In the film
Lisa is standing near the Cabin and you watch Aimie run down the steps after
her, now Lisa has put the effect in you see Lisa and all of a sudden she
disappears, this gives our opening sequence a more lifelike feel.
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Editing Day Thirteen - 24th April
On the 24th of April, we finally were able to
complete our editing for our opening sequence. We were able to figure out how
to insert the ‘Fade to Black’ effect between our title sequences and to
successfully manage to split up the flash back and the present date. By finding
this effect it made the opening sequence look so much better which meant it
finally linked together. The only thing left to do is add the music which Sam
will have completed by Fridays lesson.
Editing Day Twelve - 19th April
On the 19th of April Lisa was in Media on her own
due to Sam, Aimie and I being on a geography trip. In this hour lesson Lisa was
able to add more titles to our sequence. Lisa also did some research on other
film sequences and got some ideas of her own and added them to our opening
sequence. Lisa was able to find a
lighting effect this meant the film could flow more. On the 24th
Aimie, Sam and I will able to look at what Lisa has completed and add our own
ideas if need be.
Editing Day Eleven - 17th April
In the double lesson that we had on the 17th of
April we were able to finalise the shots by making sure that the shots link,
this meant that we were able to add more titles into our sequence and hopefully
add some sort of effect. When we watched the film throw we noticed a major
problem one that we noticed before but didn’t do anything about it as we had to
change programs, this problem is the lighting. When watching the sequence as we
filmed on different days and different times the lighting is different in
nearly every shot, we found that the camera automatically set itself on night
mode when we were filming in the Cabin. Due to this dilemma we are trying to
find an effect on the editing program to see if we are able to make all the
lighting the same, this will make our film flow easier and won’t look out of the
ordinary. Unfortunately, we are having some difficulties finding an effect to
do this on Premier Pro as none of us have used this program before this course.
As we haven’t used this program before the titles and effects are static which
could come across as boring, however we are trying our best to put more of an
effect on our title sequence.
Editing Day Ten - 17th April
On the 17th of April we had a double lesson
however Aimie and I decided to go to Media during our study period this gave us
more time to edit as an individual and meant that Aimie had more time to learn
how to use the software. Within this study period Aimie and I noticed some
major problems with the film that Kieran goes from helping Sam then jumps to
standing behind Sam, we hadn’t realised this problem before but we had no time
to go and re-film so we have to leave this jump in our opening sequence.
Another problem was that Sam lays Lisa at the lack and then all of a sudden she
is turned over, this problem was easily sorted out due to Aimie and I looking back
at the unedited shots and finding that shot that shows Lisa being turned over,
this shot is now in the opening sequence and we have found that it makes the
film flow more.
Editing Day Nine - 16 April
On the 16th of April Lisa, Sam and I went back
after school to continue editing our opening sequence. We didn’t stay long as
there wasn’t much left we could do and always there were some decisions that
had to be made which meant we needed Aimie. We got the final extension date
which is the 30th April.
Editing Day Eight - 8th April
On the 8th of April we went back to school to get
hopefully complete the editing. We were in school for 2 and a half hours. In
this time we managed to add more titles and were continuing to put shots in
order. This was not straight forward as through this short period of time we
faced some problems, one of them being shots were missing so the storyline didn’t
make sense so we had to find the shot we were looking for and re-add it. The
next problem was that the program kept on shutting down, this meant that all
the work we had done would disappear and wouldn’t save, this was a problem as
we kept having to do the same shots and editing over and over again due to the
program not saving our work. We managed to solve this problem by every little
crop, add scenes, title we would have to immediately save it, this way if it
did shut down we wouldn’t have to start all over again.
On this date we finally decided the name of our film we went
with ‘The Cabin’, this is due to the Cabin being the main feature of our film,
however if we think of a better name in the next couple of days we can always
change it. With this extended deadline
as a group we were confident that we would be able to complete the opening sequence,
this meant Sam had to start his music as soon as the titles were added.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Getting Our Extension
Due to our extension, we decided to go back to school during our Easter holidays. We picked the 8th of April as it worked for all of us, we agreed to meet around 10am to continue the editing and hope we are able to get our final product.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Editing Day Seven - 27th March
The last day of editing before our Easter holidays had taken
place was on Wednesday 27th March. This lesson all of us were present,
this meant we were able to show Aimie the editing we had already done on
Premiere Pro and how to use it so she could begin editing. In this lesson we
took it in turns to edit shots and cut them if need be, Aimie needed assistance
now and again but grew confident with the new program as the lesson went on. In
this lesson we were able to put the shots in order and all the shots had been edited
now we just needed to put them all together and make sure they link together.
Due to the time code problem the group decided to come back one day in our
Easter holidays, this would allow us to get more editing completed and be ready
for when we come back to begin our evaluations.
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