Friday, 8 April 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Media evaluation 5,8,9
Media evaluation 5,8,9
5.
We intended to attract our audience by making the video raise tension whilst not revealing too much about the threat or story line. The way we wanted to attract the audience is by making them jump or trying to create a lot of tension in a short sequence. This is done by using sound to help create tension and the sounds we used were very loud so people knew where exactly the threat was without having to see them or give them any visual indication.
We also wanted to attract the audience due to how we tried to make our piece similar to the film paranoid activity which was massively popular with the younger audience. That is where we got our idea of having a majority sound based film. Paranoid activity used sounds very well throughout without seeing very much of the threat. This worked well with the modern audience and we were hoping that because they might’ve seen that that our film would make them think that this will also be scary or similar.
In our film we used shots that made the audience relate and empathise with our character because of them being close ups. Some of the shots even involved the character looking directly into the camera. This was to make the audience feel close to her and like shes looking directly at them. This could make them want to watch more to see what happens to her due to them now feeling more like they can relate.
8.
I believe that we have learnt many things since our first film and that we have greatly improved our knowledge of what works in filming. This project has helped us learn about such things about continuity which at the start of filming we paid less attention to with people using either different props or using a different hand to hold that prop. Also that they have to be constantly on the same foot when walking otherwise it looks jagged and bad. Other things about this include the lighting we use and making sure it does not change from the shots, this is why filming at night is useful due to it being constantly the same darkness.
Also we have greatly improved our knowledge of how to make the shots look more interesting and using a variety of shots helps the piece become less boring and more upbeat. We tried to use as many shots as possible during our filming, but since our filming was done in a bedroom we couldn’t get some shots in. we have discovered that we would need a bigger location next time to get a better amount of action and more freedom of what we could do. With our first piece we had a lot of shots but as we noticed some went on for far too long we tried to make the second one not have longer than 5 seconds per shot otherwise the audience get bored.
9.
I believe that my contribution consisted of brainstorming with Joe about what sort of idea will be needed for the product and we both at first decided zombie. Since then we learned that it would be difficult to make it seem scary when it’s a zombie film. Our second idea was a ghost one, this is because we both watched and enjoyed a lot of ghost films. We thought that sounds were far more effective than seeing the ghost.
The planning in our group was split almost completely down the middle and we have done equal amounts on that. Since the location was near me I tended to do most of the research on the location whilst Joe did the shot lists and other things like that. The location reccee sheet was on our first location which we initially assumed we were going to use but since that location became unavailable near the deadline we couldn’t do up another reccee sheet in time.
During the production of the product I tended to do a lot of filming and Joe directed the pieces that he did not film, this was during the first filming. But during the second filming we also had a lot of input into the shooting and directing of the product which again was split between the both of us equally.
Also the editing in our piece was done by initially me cutting down the scenes and putting them into order along with making sure the continuity is right. That was then followed by Joe making sure that they flowed well and putting in transitions the music and us both at the end putting in the titles.
5.
We intended to attract our audience by making the video raise tension whilst not revealing too much about the threat or story line. The way we wanted to attract the audience is by making them jump or trying to create a lot of tension in a short sequence. This is done by using sound to help create tension and the sounds we used were very loud so people knew where exactly the threat was without having to see them or give them any visual indication.
We also wanted to attract the audience due to how we tried to make our piece similar to the film paranoid activity which was massively popular with the younger audience. That is where we got our idea of having a majority sound based film. Paranoid activity used sounds very well throughout without seeing very much of the threat. This worked well with the modern audience and we were hoping that because they might’ve seen that that our film would make them think that this will also be scary or similar.
In our film we used shots that made the audience relate and empathise with our character because of them being close ups. Some of the shots even involved the character looking directly into the camera. This was to make the audience feel close to her and like shes looking directly at them. This could make them want to watch more to see what happens to her due to them now feeling more like they can relate.
8.
I believe that we have learnt many things since our first film and that we have greatly improved our knowledge of what works in filming. This project has helped us learn about such things about continuity which at the start of filming we paid less attention to with people using either different props or using a different hand to hold that prop. Also that they have to be constantly on the same foot when walking otherwise it looks jagged and bad. Other things about this include the lighting we use and making sure it does not change from the shots, this is why filming at night is useful due to it being constantly the same darkness.
Also we have greatly improved our knowledge of how to make the shots look more interesting and using a variety of shots helps the piece become less boring and more upbeat. We tried to use as many shots as possible during our filming, but since our filming was done in a bedroom we couldn’t get some shots in. we have discovered that we would need a bigger location next time to get a better amount of action and more freedom of what we could do. With our first piece we had a lot of shots but as we noticed some went on for far too long we tried to make the second one not have longer than 5 seconds per shot otherwise the audience get bored.
9.
I believe that my contribution consisted of brainstorming with Joe about what sort of idea will be needed for the product and we both at first decided zombie. Since then we learned that it would be difficult to make it seem scary when it’s a zombie film. Our second idea was a ghost one, this is because we both watched and enjoyed a lot of ghost films. We thought that sounds were far more effective than seeing the ghost.
The planning in our group was split almost completely down the middle and we have done equal amounts on that. Since the location was near me I tended to do most of the research on the location whilst Joe did the shot lists and other things like that. The location reccee sheet was on our first location which we initially assumed we were going to use but since that location became unavailable near the deadline we couldn’t do up another reccee sheet in time.
During the production of the product I tended to do a lot of filming and Joe directed the pieces that he did not film, this was during the first filming. But during the second filming we also had a lot of input into the shooting and directing of the product which again was split between the both of us equally.
Also the editing in our piece was done by initially me cutting down the scenes and putting them into order along with making sure the continuity is right. That was then followed by Joe making sure that they flowed well and putting in transitions the music and us both at the end putting in the titles.
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