Thursday, 24 April 2014
Evaluation Pt.7
"Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?"
Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel I have developed a few skills that I did not have before because the prelim task has made me use different skills and technologies I have not previously used before. One such thing would be the Final Cut Pro software. As our filming was completed, we had to edit our footage using the software which I was completely unfamiliar with due to a lack of experience. While making our final product, I have further developed my skills with the equipment and software that we used throughout becayse of my experience of handling them. Also, my mental skills have developed because I have learned how some things can be encoded into films so the audience have to decode it while making it not too obvious.
While doing all the editing on the computer, I enjoyed learning how to do all the things that I did not know how to do such as using the colour corrector tool and controlling the speed of a clip. While filming, I enjoyed getting in the action and filming different takes at different perspectives as well as redoing takes when we made mistakes in the voice acting.
As a member of the group, I was responsible for many things. One of the responsibilities I had during the production was that every other day/week, I had to make sure we had all the blog work up on our individual blogs while checking with others in the group if they had it. Another responsibility was that I had to make sure that the filming equipment was functioning well so that we could record with no problems as well as making sure that it got back to school safely. Other numerous responsibilities include creating the shotlist we needed to keep track of film progress, creating the storyboards that we needed also to keep track of film progress to stick to ideas and editing film footage when others were not present.
Although as a group we tried to work together our best, we did not work at our most effective due to absences of members every now and again and individuals having different, conflicting ideas for the production which affected the pace at which we worked at. Also, as individuals we had different work ethics so some were not quite as efficient and dragged the group a little as a whole. However, with all the setbacks, we managed to complete the product as a group and we are happy with it.
To improve, I may change the group a little as we did not work as well as we could and should have and make the title credits more clear as to what they are since they can look like random text being typed on different websites. To the audience there is no evident indication that they are credits rather than being part of the footage so it can be confusing.
Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel I have developed a few skills that I did not have before because the prelim task has made me use different skills and technologies I have not previously used before. One such thing would be the Final Cut Pro software. As our filming was completed, we had to edit our footage using the software which I was completely unfamiliar with due to a lack of experience. While making our final product, I have further developed my skills with the equipment and software that we used throughout becayse of my experience of handling them. Also, my mental skills have developed because I have learned how some things can be encoded into films so the audience have to decode it while making it not too obvious.
While doing all the editing on the computer, I enjoyed learning how to do all the things that I did not know how to do such as using the colour corrector tool and controlling the speed of a clip. While filming, I enjoyed getting in the action and filming different takes at different perspectives as well as redoing takes when we made mistakes in the voice acting.
As a member of the group, I was responsible for many things. One of the responsibilities I had during the production was that every other day/week, I had to make sure we had all the blog work up on our individual blogs while checking with others in the group if they had it. Another responsibility was that I had to make sure that the filming equipment was functioning well so that we could record with no problems as well as making sure that it got back to school safely. Other numerous responsibilities include creating the shotlist we needed to keep track of film progress, creating the storyboards that we needed also to keep track of film progress to stick to ideas and editing film footage when others were not present.
Although as a group we tried to work together our best, we did not work at our most effective due to absences of members every now and again and individuals having different, conflicting ideas for the production which affected the pace at which we worked at. Also, as individuals we had different work ethics so some were not quite as efficient and dragged the group a little as a whole. However, with all the setbacks, we managed to complete the product as a group and we are happy with it.
To improve, I may change the group a little as we did not work as well as we could and should have and make the title credits more clear as to what they are since they can look like random text being typed on different websites. To the audience there is no evident indication that they are credits rather than being part of the footage so it can be confusing.
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Evaluation Pt.3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think that an independent studio would distribute our film because our film has been made on a small budget which means that it does not have all the best actors and does not have very sophisticated effects therefore putting off major studios. The limitations that held back the film would mean that major studios may be unwilling to invest in the distribution of the film since this is the first film from our company and we would not have broad advertisements due to the budget.
Our film is produced to cater to a mass audience, specifically from a range of teenagers to middle age people. This is because of the action in the film and having horror elements which make it appealing to the younger audience and having thrills as well as an interesting plot for the older audience.
Our film can be compared to se7en as many of the elements from it are present in our film opening such as the montage editing and quick cuts. The film was directed by David Fincher and distributed by New Line Cinema which is an independent studio.
I think that an independent studio would distribute our film because our film has been made on a small budget which means that it does not have all the best actors and does not have very sophisticated effects therefore putting off major studios. The limitations that held back the film would mean that major studios may be unwilling to invest in the distribution of the film since this is the first film from our company and we would not have broad advertisements due to the budget.
Our film is produced to cater to a mass audience, specifically from a range of teenagers to middle age people. This is because of the action in the film and having horror elements which make it appealing to the younger audience and having thrills as well as an interesting plot for the older audience.
Our film can be compared to se7en as many of the elements from it are present in our film opening such as the montage editing and quick cuts. The film was directed by David Fincher and distributed by New Line Cinema which is an independent studio.
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