the final product!

this is the final poduct of "the secrets of mr myles

evaluation question 7

looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt i the progression from it to the full product.?

in the preliminary we had a very limited knowledge of using the cameras and on any camera angles, shots and lighting issues. compared to in the full product we had a large knowledge of camera shots, angles etc. also in the preliminary we had hardly any knowledge of using the editing tools. in the full product we had fun learning and improving on this knowledge. in the preliminary shooting we only shot it once and left it. where as in the full product we filmed each shot a few times over. this would insure that some continuity errors didn't happen although unfortunatly some did, so more shooting was needed. we also learned that from different angles the lighting changesso you have to try to find an angle with similar lighing otherwise you have a continuity error. from the preliminary, it taught us that even the basic rules need to be kept otherwise it confuses the audiences and makes the film opening to be very un interesting.

as a conclution, i feel i have learnt alot through the process of creating a final product. From shooting to editing, i will continue to learn and use this as past experience.

evaluation question 6

what have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?

 this is the camera i borrowed off a family member as i believe the filming to be better than the school cameras we were provided with. it is the panasonic SDR-S70. this has 78x zoom which allowed us to do any zooming if we needed. the best feature is that the camera has a small screen on it. this allows you to review what you already have filmed and allows you to see whethere anything needs changing . you can watch things back and delete them if needed. this camera also has a good feature of taking photos. this was fun to play around with.
what i have learnt about this camera is that you need to always know how to use it first as it does get complicated. i also learnt that on pars of the camera you can edit it if you have any problems with lighting.

 The software we used was premiere pro. this is a very detailed editing software. it allows you to place clips and music together, remove background noise and a lot more just to the clips. the software allows you to add titles, effects and transitions to any clips. as i have previously used this software in other subjects, i had a good understanding of it. however i still learnt new things about this. i learnt about overlapping thetitles and clips, adding music and how to unlink background noise from the clips.













i used blogger, witer and youtube to create my film opening. i used blogger for some inspiration and help with my research, i used youtube for more inspirational clips on my work and i used twitter for some market research on what type of films people watch.

evaluation question 5

How did you attract/ address your audience?

 

our audience was aimed at teens around the age of 16-17. The reason for this is because our group was around this age so we wanted to do something along those lines. as we were surrounded by 16-17 year olds we knew what type of things they would like.

we attracted our audience with the help of the genre its self. the genre is popular amoungst most teens. they like the thrill aswell as the mystery. we got some inspiration by a popular film box set, so this would have helped as they would have known that the film would have got brilliant ideas from this. 

the way we addressed our audience was through our twitter page. This page allowed for the group to ask questions to our fans and allow us to update them on what we have done so far.

we also showed a rough cut to our class to see what they thought. the feedback we used to see what needed to improve. the only problem with our original feedback was they thought it was more like a music video so we had to change it to try to make it a film opening.

evaluation question 4

who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

whilst researching in companies that might want to distribute our film I came across entertainment film distributors. These are the leading independent distributors in the UK. this company distribute the small independent films with a small budget, that is why these might want to distribute my film. 



because our film has no known actors and it is a low budget film, I believe that entertainment films will distribute our film. the problem with small movie producers is that the big names like twentieth century fox are not interested in distributing these films because people in these films are not well know. it doesn't matter about the film or story line if it doesn't appeal to them they will not distribute them. this is all based on popularity of the characters and how well they believe the films will be.

Entertainment film distributors don't specialise in a genre. they have released a mix of films from saw to the lord of the rings trilogy. This is why they would be good to distribute our film. if any sequels were made, these would be a great distributor as they have already done plenty of sequels.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The Villain in our film opening (played by Bethany Jackson), kidnaps the victim "Aimee" (played by Aimee Griffin). Aimee is tortured by the villain in many despicable ways. The character that Aimee plays is compared to Adam Faulkner-Stanheight who is kidnapped in "SAW" 

Aimee Griffin: Aimee plays a victim that has been kidnapped out of the street. She is tortured by a villain in ways that are unbelievable. she wears normal clothing that she would wear when going out. She is kidnapped in daylight and ends up in a game board where she makes the moves that defines her fate. 

Adam Faulkner-Stanheight: Adam plays a character that is kidnapped by Jigsaw and no one knows how. he is tortured by jigsaw with the threat of his wife and daughter being killed. He ends up in a dirty run down bathroom.