Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Audience Feedback - First Draft of Teaser
Audience feedback
Person 1:
“It’s a good first draft but I think that some of the clips could have been improved if they had been filmed with a tripod? Would have made it look a lot more professional and that’s what I think you should do, just re-film the bits which could be filmed using a tripod.”
Person 2:
“I think that it was very good, it is god at giving the perspective of the person who is trying to escape, could show less of first person perspective though, and if you showed more in the third person view it would show more area around the person as well.”
Person 3:
“I didn’t really understand the storyline just from the clips and I think that they could be broken down into shorter clips, like horror trailers normally are, so that they show more about what is happening.”
Person 4:
“I thought it was a very good trailer which only needs a few things to improve like the text and stuff.”
Person 5:
“I think that the film footage is good but I would change the text in-between each one of the clips as I think that it is too simple and could be improved with different effects.”
Positive
Good first draft
Some good clips
Good at giving perspective of civilian
Improvements to be made
Cut down some of the clips
Re-film some clips using a tripod – would make more professional
Make sure that it shows some more of the storyline
Show more in the third person
Improve the text between the clips
Person 1:
“It’s a good first draft but I think that some of the clips could have been improved if they had been filmed with a tripod? Would have made it look a lot more professional and that’s what I think you should do, just re-film the bits which could be filmed using a tripod.”
Person 2:
“I think that it was very good, it is god at giving the perspective of the person who is trying to escape, could show less of first person perspective though, and if you showed more in the third person view it would show more area around the person as well.”
Person 3:
“I didn’t really understand the storyline just from the clips and I think that they could be broken down into shorter clips, like horror trailers normally are, so that they show more about what is happening.”
Person 4:
“I thought it was a very good trailer which only needs a few things to improve like the text and stuff.”
Person 5:
“I think that the film footage is good but I would change the text in-between each one of the clips as I think that it is too simple and could be improved with different effects.”
Positive
Good first draft
Some good clips
Good at giving perspective of civilian
Improvements to be made
Cut down some of the clips
Re-film some clips using a tripod – would make more professional
Make sure that it shows some more of the storyline
Show more in the third person
Improve the text between the clips
Timeline for Production& Evaluation
Timeline for Production& Evaluation
Friday 30th September – I had a rough draft of my film which I received feedback on and then realised that to improve it I needed to re film lots of sections because most of them could be done using a tripod.
Wednesday& Friday - 5th and 7th October – film all content which needs to be re-filmed to produce better quality material. On both of these days I will also need to take behind the scenes shots. I also need to take some high quality pictures which I can use for my film poster and film magazine.
Tuesday 11th October – I will discuss some media theories which can be applied to my trailer in order to see whether they fit in with a stereotypical horror trailer.
Friday 17th October – I will have the final edit for my teaser trailer, my final magazine cover and my final movie poster completely finished so that I can move on to the evaluation.
Monday 7th October – this will be the final deadline for research and planning but considering as I have almost finished this I can just move straight onto the evaluation.
Monday 28th November – this will be the final deadline for the evaluation as I will have received feedback and improved my evaluation by this deadline.
Friday 2nd December – this will be the final deadline for all of my A2 media coursework and I will have improved all of it by now and it will be ready to send off.
Friday 30th September – I had a rough draft of my film which I received feedback on and then realised that to improve it I needed to re film lots of sections because most of them could be done using a tripod.
Wednesday& Friday - 5th and 7th October – film all content which needs to be re-filmed to produce better quality material. On both of these days I will also need to take behind the scenes shots. I also need to take some high quality pictures which I can use for my film poster and film magazine.
Tuesday 11th October – I will discuss some media theories which can be applied to my trailer in order to see whether they fit in with a stereotypical horror trailer.
Friday 17th October – I will have the final edit for my teaser trailer, my final magazine cover and my final movie poster completely finished so that I can move on to the evaluation.
Monday 7th October – this will be the final deadline for research and planning but considering as I have almost finished this I can just move straight onto the evaluation.
Monday 28th November – this will be the final deadline for the evaluation as I will have received feedback and improved my evaluation by this deadline.
Friday 2nd December – this will be the final deadline for all of my A2 media coursework and I will have improved all of it by now and it will be ready to send off.
Shot List
Click on to zoom in.
Examples:
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/
ELS (Extreme Long Shot)
The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.
VLS (Very Long Shot)
The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment.
MS (Mid Shot)
Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.
MCU (Medium Close Up)
Half way between a MS and a CU
CU (Close Up)
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
ECU (Extreme Close Up)
The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.
(OSS) Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Looking from behind a person at the subject.
Point-of-View Shot (POV)
Shows a view from the subject's perspective.
Examples:
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/
ELS (Extreme Long Shot)
The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.
VLS (Very Long Shot)
The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment.
MS (Mid Shot)
Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.
MCU (Medium Close Up)
Half way between a MS and a CU
CU (Close Up)
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame.
ECU (Extreme Close Up)
The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.
(OSS) Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Looking from behind a person at the subject.
Point-of-View Shot (POV)
Shows a view from the subject's perspective.
Hardware Used
Hardware used
Video Camera is a Sony Handycam
This video camera is very good as it is very easy to transport and produces high quality clips for recording. It runs on simple tapes which are very cheap so you don’t have to worry about buying memory sticks to put all of the footage onto. It also has very long shooting times so that I can film outside for a long time which means that I don’t have to always go back inside to recharge the battery. It also has a LCD touchscreen which means that it is easier to view the clips, and understand whether I think that I will need to redo them or whether I can keep the clips without having to go inside and watch them on the computer. It is also very simple to use and doesn’t take much getting used to.
We also used a new tripod for the cameras for steady/ still shots so that it was still for some shots where you want the audience to focus on what is happening in the shot. This tripod was good because it was large enough to hold up the camera and can be used at different lengths so that you can have high shots and low shots. In my first drafts I didn’t use a tripod and some of the shots looked really un-professional because the camera was moving when I would want it to be still. That is why I am re-filming quite a lot of my film as I think that I could get even better quality.
Video Camera is a Sony Handycam
This video camera is very good as it is very easy to transport and produces high quality clips for recording. It runs on simple tapes which are very cheap so you don’t have to worry about buying memory sticks to put all of the footage onto. It also has very long shooting times so that I can film outside for a long time which means that I don’t have to always go back inside to recharge the battery. It also has a LCD touchscreen which means that it is easier to view the clips, and understand whether I think that I will need to redo them or whether I can keep the clips without having to go inside and watch them on the computer. It is also very simple to use and doesn’t take much getting used to.
We also used a new tripod for the cameras for steady/ still shots so that it was still for some shots where you want the audience to focus on what is happening in the shot. This tripod was good because it was large enough to hold up the camera and can be used at different lengths so that you can have high shots and low shots. In my first drafts I didn’t use a tripod and some of the shots looked really un-professional because the camera was moving when I would want it to be still. That is why I am re-filming quite a lot of my film as I think that I could get even better quality.
Monday, 3 October 2011
Software used for editing
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 is the editing software that I use for the film and I think that this is a very good software to use because once you pick up on some of the simplest editing techniques then it is easy to use and you can create a movie in minutes. You can change colours in parts and slow other parts down so it has a wide range of options for all different genres of movies. It is also good for editing the sound which you are using as with one click you can lower the volume to a lower level and you can also have sounds overlapping so that you can have tension building up in certain parts. The reason that we didn’t use different editing software like Sony Vegas 9 is that those programs take some experience to use and first time editors will have a very hard time in learning all the different techniques of this program.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the photo editing software which I used for editing the photographs for the film magazine front cover and also the film poster. I have used this software before and this meant that I knew quite a few of the tricks to get the effect that I wanted in the photographs, it is easy to make some of the effects like black and white and other effects, but then it is also good for adding effects to the text because you can use a default text and still make it look as though you have downloaded the text from a website. The reason that we did not use a different software such as Fireworks is that the other image manipulating software have too many options spread around the page which can be quite daunting for anyone using it first time, Photoshop has a huge range of things you can do with it but only if you want too, the simplest options are given so people can easily add simple effects.
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