Presentation

Opening Scene Presentation

This is our presentation on our media opening scene. In this video we talk about what our initial ideas were and we talked about what our strengths and weaknesses in our media product. This video also includes feedback from other people after they had watched out opening scene.

From the feedback we were given we were surprised about what someone said about our sound effects and music. They said that the sound effects and music worked well with the character's actions. We were surprised by this because we thought the music was too loud and the sound effects weren't realistic. Another thing that surprised us was the feedback on our camera work. The audience said that the camera work was shaky and the long shots dragged on for too long. We agree partially with what the audience said about our camera being shaky. However, most of our scenes were filmed with the camera on the tripod. The long shots that dragged on for too long were used to create tension and we therefore disagree with what the audience said.

Evaluation 9

Directors Commentary

The video above is a video of the opening 2 minutes of our film but with a directors commentary over the top. Our commentary includes some of the things we enjoyed about our media product.

Evaluation 8

What targets will you set yourself for G324 next year - when you make a trailer?

For next year we will set ourselves some targets for when we start making our trailer. Our first target will be to plan out our media production in more detail. This means the process of making our media product would have more structure and we wouldn't have to go back and re-film parts that we missed out.

If we were to re-do our media opening scene we would record the dialogue separately so that the characters can be heard clearer through the dramatic music. Another thing we would do differently is the filming. We would cut less often so that when we starting editing the clips together the scenes would be smoother and the characters would jump less. Using one of our own cameras instead of the school's camera would also be something we would change. This change is necessary because the sound and visual quality of our media production would be better. This would make our trailer more immersive and the audience would be more interested in what the trailer is about.

In our next production we will aim to improve our film making by making our trailer more realistic and dramatic. We will do this by recording the dialogue and sound effects separately. The music choice for our trailer would also be very different so that we can create more tension in the audience. To improve our film making we need to improve our camera composition. We can do this by obeying the 180 rule and the rule of thirds. Our editing skills will also need to improve, we can do this by using a wider range of transitions and special effects. Mise-en-scene in our media production could also be improved. We would try to find a better location for us to film that more secluded from other people. The character costumes also need to be improved because in our opening scene the antagonist was dressed too casually. More mysteries clothes would need to be worn by the antagonist for him to look more like a villian.

Evaluation 7

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

Editing and camera work
In our preliminary task our editing wasn't as good as the editing in our opening scene because we had only just been introduced to the editing software we were using; Adobe premiere elements 10. The camera work in our preliminary task was more organised than the camera work in our final opening scene. This is because the scenes we had in our opening scene was more complicated and we had to try to capture everything that was happening without disorientating the audience.

Editing terms and techniques
Our preliminary task included most of the editing terms and techniques that we were taught. We had used the 180 degree rule and the rule of thirds when the two characters were having a conversation. Match on action and shot reverse shot was used when the character was walking through the door into the class room. For our final opening scene we lost continuity in the middle of the opening scene because we didn't obey the 180 degree rule. Most of our scenes in the opening scene also showed the character in the middle of the screen, meaning we didn't obey the rule of thirds. At the end of our opening scene we use a shot reverse shot to show the antagonist standing back up after the protagonist asked "Who are you?" We did not use Match on action in our opening scene.

Evaluation 6

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

The image above is a compilation of all of the things we used to create our media production.

Editing Choices
We used Adobe Premiere Elements 10 to edit all of our footage together and make our final media opening scene. The tools we used to edit all of our footage together includes cutting, fading In/Out, transitions and special effects. 5 Seconds into our opening scene we used a transition to make one of our production companies fade from black and white into colour. The fade In/Out and cutting tool were used throughout our whole media production to make our scenes look smooth. The fade In/Out tool was used the most at the beginning when we were showing our production companies, from the time 00:00 to 00:15. The cutting tool was used a lot in the fight scene at the end of our production because it was fast paced, from the time 01:30 to 01:45. We used special effects to make our media production look professional, 1 second in to our opening scene. The special effect 1 second into the our opening scene was a harsh glow which made it seem like our production company logo flashed onto the screen.

Equipment
The equipment we used to film our media production consists of a tripod and a camera that we borrowed from the school. We used the tripod keep our camera steady when we were filming certain camera shots. We didn't re-record any sounds to make them more audible, instead we sourced sound effects from a website.

Programs
Some of the programs we used were Adobe Premiere Elements 10, YouTube and Blogger. The editing program we used was adobe premiere elements 10, this helped us put together the clips we had filmed. Any videos that we created were posted to our YouTube channel. On our YouTube channel it featured all of our presentations and storyboards we put together. We frequently updated our Blog page on Blogger as we progressed in making our final opening scene.

Evaluation 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

In this video we have annotated our final opening scene. We have talked about the different genre conventions we have used, our use of music, similarities our film has with other films and some unique selling points of our final opening scene.

Evaluation 4

What would be the audience for your media product?

Our target audience would be the teenage audience because they usually like fast paced chase scenes and fight scenes. They might also like a love interest in an action thriller film.

Action films tend to be slightly more popular with a male audience and we think that our opening would have appealed for the following reasons:

Empathising with characters:
Our opening scene gives the main protagonist prevalence which makes the audience empathise with the main protagonist. We also have lots of close up shots of the main antagonist which makes the audience empathise with him.

Escapism:
When the main protagonist first gets away from the antagonist the audience questions if the main protagonist has truly escaped from the close encounter with the main antagonist. This makes the audience forget about their real life problems and concentrate on what is going on in the film.

Entertainment:
Our opening scene is entertaining because there is a chase at the beginning of the opening scene and then there is a long build up to the final fight scene in the opening scene. The music also made our opening scene more entertaining because it built up tension in the audience.