Final Finished Film Opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiLIKAReGUE

Brainstorm Ideas for a Title

We chose Meat for our title because it is short and memorable. It also links to our film because it is about humans.

Codes and Cons of openings

We have to create a feature length film. We have decided to use a boy and girl in our film, the girl playing the victim and the boy playing the killer. Having the male and female play these roles is stereotypical. We have spooky music the whole way through the opening and very minimal dialogue. Our titles are going to go in this order.
Our ident, produced by.. directed by.. main characters, filmed by.. edited by.. sound by..

Art of the title

http://www.artofthetitle.com

I went on to the Art of the Title. it helped me because I could watch several clips that go well with my film and are similar to my film.

Representation

I chose to represent Ottery and the church to be scary and spooky. This is because the film is a horror and thriller. I chose Ella to play the female role in the film. This is because in the actual documentary the girls were very pretty. I also chose Isaak to be in our film. This is because he is mysterious.

Who is going to distribute our film?

We have researched several film distributors and have decided that Tigon Productions  are going to distribute our film. We chose Tigon Productions because they distribute british films. They also distribute a lot of horror and thriller films and are best known for that. Because that is our genre they are a good company to chose to distribute our film.

Risk Assessment 

This will help us to keep as safe as we can whilst filming and to prevent injuries or getting hurt.

Risk	Why	Resolution
Filming on roads.	There will be moving cars.	Be aware of our surroundings and any moving cars.
Filming in the rain.	The roads will be wet and slippery. We could slip over and get injured.	Be careful especially on wet areas.
Filming near a river.	We could fall in the river and drown.	Don't go too near the river and film by the shallow areas.
Filming in a public area.	We could disrupt the public.	Be quiet and respectful of the public and people around us.

Evaluation Question 7

 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Our first preliminary task went very badly. We didn't really know how to use the equipment properly so that made our film rubbish. It was blurry and out of focus, the lighting was very dark so you could barely see anything. The microphone was switched off so you could only hear the audio from the camera which was very quiet. We also left it to the last minute meaning our editing was very rushed and poor.

We have learnt a lot from then and have made a lot of progress. I feel we have learnt how to use the equipment and how to do simple things like hold a steady shot. We have also learnt how to use Premier Pro and how to edit.

I am fairly pleased with out final product and think that we have done as well as we could of.

Evaluation Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
 
To create out film, we used a camera, tripod and Premier Pro. We decided to not have any dialogue in our film so a microphone was not needed. We struggled with using Premier Pro and a camera because they were very new to us. We struggled most with Premier Pro because it is fairly hard to use.


We had to use YouTube to upload our film to. I know how to use YouTube and are very familiar with it, so this part was fine for me to do.


A massive part of the course was using Blogger. This is a website that I had never heard of before. I found it hard to use at first but as I used it more and more, it became easier.

Evaluation Question 5

 How did you attract/address your audience?

We attracted our audience by using a true story for our film. We based it on the documentary of Issie Sagawa. The documentary talks about his life and what he did. This interested our audience. We advertised our film to our friends using a variety of social media, emails and word of mouth. Social Media has been a big part in attracting our audience to our film.

Evaluations Question 4

 Who would be the audience for your media product?

Female:

I would go and watch the film in the cinema because it looks exiting. I like how it has lots of enigmas. It is scary but also very alluring. It makes you want to watch it until the end. I love how it is based on the documentary 'Issei Sagawa'. This interests me more and makes me want to go and watch it more. I can not wait until the film is finished.

Male:
I would go and watch their film in the cinema because it is a horror and that is a genre that I enjoy watching. I like how the film is scary but also very interesting. I really like how it is based off of a true story and based on a real man who committed these very real, horrible crimes.

We asked everyone in our whole class who would go and watch our film or this genre in the cinema and everyone said they would.

We have made our film for anyone. But if it were to go into a cinema I think mostly younger people ages 15-30  would go and watch it.

Evaluations Question 3

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

We have researched a few film distributors that distribute our sort of film and have decided that Tigon Productions  are going to distribute our film.

We chose Tigon Productions because they distribute british films. They also distribute a lot of horror and thriller films and are best known for that. Because that is our genre they are a good company to chose to distribute our film.

The films they distribute are similar to ours.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our film, represents women as vulnerable and week. This is how most Horror films represent the female character.

Our film represents the man character as dominant and strong.
There isn't really any social groups on our film because there are only two characters that we can see and they don't know each other.

Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our film that we have created is a Horror film. We haven't challenged the forms and conventions a lot as our film follows the basic stereotypes of a Horror or Thriller film. It is stereotypical because we have a vulnerable Girl who is killed by a man. This is what happens in most Horror Films.

We researched Horror films similar to our ides and came up with a order of titles that we were happy with.

We started with The director, the two main characters, who filmed it, who edited it, who did the sound and then the Producer.

Film Feedback

Female:

Film the out of focus parts again.

The sound effects when the shots of the pigs happen work well with the theme.

The story line is very good and I like the fact its based on true events.

Put a relatable soundtrack over the top.

Male:

Nice high angle shots.

Good past pace editing when needed.

Can hear noises such as the camera and tripod moving.

You need to get the characters personality across better.

Visit from Rob Jones

Last week, Rob Jones who is a photographer, director and short film maker who owns the company Flock 92 Productions, came into our media lesson. He watched the ruff cut of our film and gave us some feedback. He said that we needed to represent our characters better. He told us we could do this by using more shots of our characters faces and more shots of them doings things that represent them. Such as talking on the phone or seeing friends.

MoodBoard

I gathered several images from Pinterest to create a MoodBoard for our idea. This helps us visualise where we will film it and what props we will use. 

For example I have got images of a church, a dark empty street at night, gravestones, suitcases, a river, a newspaper and a pair of glasses. 

These are all props and locations we are planning to film at and use.

Camera

An Aerial Shot is a view that is directly from above

An Establishing Shot is a shot that is usually wide or long and is often used at the start to establish the relationship between the set or location

A Hand-Held Shot is a shot filmed without a tripod. This makes the shot more shaky

A High Angle shot is to provide a view from above the subject. This makes the subject look vulnerable

A Low Angle shot is a shot where the camera approaches the subject from below eye level. It emphasises the size of the object being filmed

A Pan is a camera action where the camera gently moves 180 degrees across the subject

A Master Shot is a camera shot used at the beginning of a sequence to establish the components and elements in such a way as to allow the audience to make sense of the action follows

A POV Shot  is a camera shot taken from the position of the subjects, used to enhance a sense of realism and audience involvement in the action

A Tilt is a camera movement that involves moving the camera vertically up and down in a fixed position

A Tracking Shot is when the shot in which the camera angles move along and follow the subject

The highlighted terms are terms that we will use in our own film.

Editing

Cross Cutting is when an editor cuts between two separate scenes happening in two separate locations

 A Cut is the move from one shot to another

 A Cutaway is a brief shot that is not necessary but is cut into a scene showing an action that is related

A Dissolve is when the first shot is on the screen and the second shot starts appearing on top of it. It stays on the screen until the first shot ha gone

 An Invisible Cut is when you don't realise there has been a cut unless you know what you are looking for

A Fade is a type of moving image editing where the image gradually fades and then disappears.

A Jump Cut is a cut that moves to a very similar part of the same scene but is missing a part of action out. For example a character is on one side of the room, and then is on the other side of the room. This happens without us seeing him walking

A J-cut is when you hear what is going on before you see what is going on

The highlighted terms are terms that we will use in our own film.

Sound

Ambient sound is the sound of the location the character is in. For example water noises, this would mean the character would be by a river. It tells us what sort of place the character is in.

Dialogue is the words that the character says. It also helps us understand what their emotion is. If the characters voice is wobbly, it could mean they are nervous or scared.

Diegetic Sound is sound that you could hear if you were one of the characters. This includes words from the characters, background noises and music on the radio ect.

Non Diegetic sound is sound that characters in the scene can not hear. This could be a soundtrack.

Pitch is how high or how low the sound is. For example a high pitch sound is a sound that is higher and lighter like a phone ringing and a low pitch sound is a deeper sound like thunder.

Sound Effects are sounds that accompany an action. this could be anything eg a car crashing.

The highlighted terms are terms that we will use in our film

Sound workshop with Tom Joyce

Tom Joyce, a year 13 student came into our lesson to teach us about sound. He showed us how to use Audacity and the sound equipment. 

Syncing sound: 

You start by turning on the microphone and the recording device. You then call what is being shot then the take. After, you clap. This makes it visually easier to see when to sync the sound when on audacity. This is because the sound waves on audacity have changed height. You then record the sound. once recorded, you turn off the mic and the recorder then upload the sound to audacity.

Pitch

Jack and I pitched our ides for our film to the rest of our media class. We spoke about our idea, the actors we are planning to use and props ect. Once we finished the pitch we asked who would come and watch the film if it were in a cinema and the whole class said they would.

Feedback from our pitch:
 
Liam Heath -  I think the story sounds really thrilling
and if filmed well it will turn out amazing. Liam enjoys Horror, action and thriller films.

Eleanor Savage - I think it is good as the film is based on true events and it sounds really unique. Eleanor enjoys all films.