Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Evaluation 1

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

The Title of our Film
Our media film title subverts the conventions of real media products because the film title normally appears after the dramatic opening scene, where as we've put the movie title at the beginning and end.

Setting/Location
Our Setting/Location for our film conforms the conventions of a typical action film because the area isn't very busy and it's secluded. The area that we picked was very open meaning we had a lot of space to work with when filming.










Costumes and Props
Our costumes conform the conventions of a thriller action movie because our main antagonist (On the right) is wearing clothes that hide his identity. The main protagonist (On the left) is wearing smart clothes which makes him look professional.















Camera Work and Editing
We have conformed the conventions of an action adventure film because we have used dramatic close up shots of the antagonist to create tension in the audience.









In this scene we have also conformed the conventions of an action thriller movie because we have used over the shoulder shots to capture a certain character's point of view.









This is our first production company "KRC Productions". We used a effect called (Name of effect) to make it look more professional. This is conventional because production companies are normally shown at the beginning of the opening scene.




This is our second production company "Red Tree Productions". We used a fade effect to make it look like our production logo faded from black and white to colour. This makes our production look more professional. This is conventional because it makes our film production more professional.

In this scene we used a fade to black to create a transition to another location. This made our production smoother which made the production more professional because there was less jump cuts.








Title font and Style
The font we used for our title was "Bell Gothic Std" and we used the font size 115.The font that we used made our title look bold and dramatic.



Story and how the opening sets it up
This is a long shot used at the beginning of our trailer to establish setting and introduce a key character. We wanted the audience to be able to see a profile of the character and notice the costume and body language.  In this shot our key character seems passive and not really bothered by what is going on around him.








Genre and how the opening suggests it
The genre of film for our film production is action thriller. Our film opening suggests this by including a chase scene to build tension in the audience and then a fight scene to end the opening scene. This conforms to the typical convention of an action thriller opening scene because action thriller films normally contain fast pace chase scenes and fight scenes.





How characters are introduced
The main protagonist is introduced walking down a path at the very beginning of the opening scene. The main antagonist is then introduced with a dramatic entrance. This conforms the conventions of a action thriller because the main antagonist usually makes a dramatic entrance which builds tension in the audience.

Thursday, 9 February 2017

Final Opening 2 Minutes

Final Opening 2 Minutes
This is our Final Media Opening 2 Minutes. Our film is called "Knocked Out" and is an action thriller genre movie. We chose the name "Knocked Out" because at the end of our Opening 2 minute the protagonist gets knocked out by the antagonist. This creates confusion in the audience and makes them want to know what happened to the protagonist.

In our opening scene the protagonist is confronted by the antagonist. The antagonist advances on the protagonist but he is able to escape and hide behind a tree. The protagonist then jumps out at he antagonist pushes the antagonist back. The main fight scene in the opening scene then takes place in a clearing where the antagonist is beaten down by the protagonist. Then the protagonist stands over his fallen enemy and asks him "Who are you? Why are you doing this?" The antagonist replies by standing back up and taking off his hood. The opening scene then ends dramatically with the antagonist suddenly attacking again and knocking out the protagonist.

Monday, 6 February 2017

Time Sequence

This is a time sequence for all of the different sessions we have had over the course of the last 2-3 months.

Filming Session 1: Wednesday 23rd November | 12:10 - 13:50 |

Scenery Vlog: Wednesday 30th November | 12:10 - 12:30 |

Filming Session 2: Wednesday 7th December | 12:10 - 13:50 |

Filming Session 3; Wednesday 14th December | 12:10 - 14:30 |

Editing Session 1: Tuesday 3rd January | 10:45 - 11:45 and 14:15 - 15:15 |

Editing Session 2: Monday 9th January | 11:05 - 12:05 |

Editing Session 3: Tuesday 10th January |

Retake Session 1: Wednesday 11th January | 12:10 - 13:10 |

Editing Session 4: Thursday 12th January | 14:15 - 15:15 |

Editing Session 5: Tuesday 17th January | 09:45 - 10:45 and 14:15 - 15:15 \

Retake Session 2: Wednesday 18th January | 12:10 - 13:10 |

Editing Session 6: Monday 23rd January | 11:05 - 12:15 |

Editing Session 7: Tuesday 24th January | 14:15 - 15:15 |

Editing Session 8: Thursday 26th January | 14:15 - 15:15 |

Editing Session 9: Tuesday 31st January | 09:45 - 10:45 and 14:15 - 15:15 |

Editing Session 10: Monday 6th February | 11:05 - 12:05 |

Editing Session 11: Tuesday 7th February | 14:15 - 15:15 |

Editing Session 12: Thursday 9th February | 14:15 - 15:15 |

Finish: Friday 10th February

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Institution for our film

This is the Institution that will show at the beginning of the opening scene. We created this by making a black background using paint. To create the black background we went on paint and used the "fill with colour" tool to make the page black. We then put the black background into Adobe Premiere Elements 10 and used the text tool to create "KRC Productions". We then used the transition "Glow Harsh" to make our Institution stand out.

We have decided to add an extra institution to our media opening scene. We created this by taking an image of a red tree from google images and putting it into paint. We then added the words "Red Tree Productions" below the tree by using the text tool. We the used the square tool to create a red border around the logo. I then used the "fill with colour" tool to make the background black. In our opening scene this logo fades from Black and white into colour. We did this by adding two of the same logo into the beginning of our timeline. We used the "Black and white" effect on the first logo and then we used a fade transition to make it look like the logo fades from Black and white to Colour.

Representations in our film and stereotyping

To make our film more realistic we have included some stereotypes and representations to make our opening scene more realistic. We have also included stereotypes because fans recognize these stereotypes and it will appeal to them more.

White British Protagonist
Stereotypical Representations:
- Affluent
- Educated
- Socially Awkward
- Restrained
- Moral
- Rational
- Arrogant
- Repressed

In our film we have a White British male protagonist. This will appeal to the audience because it makes the main protagonist more appealing. If our main protagonist was to subvert some of these stereotypes (e.g Intelligent) then it would make our protagonist less appealing.

East Asian Antagonist
Stereotypical Representations:
- Intelligent
- Hard Working
- Determined
- Sinister
- Martial Arts
- Obsessed with electronics
- Quirky
- Physically Weak
- Ruthless
- Lacking Emotion
- Submissive women

In our film we have a East Asian male antagonist. This will appeal to our audience because stereotypically East Asian people know martial arts, are ruthless and lack emotion. We have displayed these stereotypes by having our East Asian antagonist start a fight with someone (our protagonist).

Mood Board

This is our Mood Board for the genre Thriller. These are some of the things that you might expect a thriller movie to have.

Monday, 23 January 2017

Opening 2 Minutes StoryBoard

Rough Story Board
  • In this scene Callum is walking down a path.
  • This scene is shown using a medium shot.
  • Tension building music will be played in the background.
  • Kevin Jumps down from a tree to confront Callum.
  • This is shown using a low angle medium shot.
  • Dramatic starts to play when Kevin lands on the ground.

  • Kevin advances towards Callum.
  • This is shown using an over the shoulder shot from Kevin's point of view.
  • Dramatic music continues to play in the background and Callum says "What are you doing?"

  • Callum pushes Kevin to the ground.
  • This is shown using a medium two shot.
  • Dramatic music continues to play in background.

  • Callum runs away.
  • This is shown using a panning medium shot.
  • Dramatic music continues to play.

  • Kevin chases after Callum.
  • The camera goes from a close up of Kevin's face to a medium shot of Kevin chasing after Callum, then it fades to black.
  • Dramatic music continues to play.

  • Callum Hides behind a tree.
  • The camera fades in from black and shows a medium shot of Callum.
  • Dramatic music continues to play.

  • When Kevin walks past Callum jumps out at Kevin.
  • This scene is shown using a two shot medium shot which pans across to follow Callum and Kevin.
  • Dramatic music continues to play.

  • Callum punches Kevin in the face.
  • This is shown using medium shot which only shows the top half of their bodies.
  • Dramatic music continues to play.

  • Callum stands over Kevin.
  • This is shown using a low angle shot from Kevin's point of view.
  • Dramatic music suddenly stops and Callum says "Who are you? Why are you here?"

  • Kevin stands up and takes off his hood.
  • This is shown using an over the shoulder shot from Callum's side.
  • Tension music starts to play again as Kevin takes off his hood.

  • Kevin suddenly punches Callum and knocks him out.
  • This is shown with a first person view from Callum.
  • A loud Bang plays when Kevin punches Callum.

  • As soon as Callum is punched the screen cuts to black.
  • The dramatic music from the previous scene carries on into the black screen.


Final Animated Story Board

This is our animated storyboard for the opening 2 minutes of our film. We used paint to create the individual scenes and then we used Adobe Premiere Elements 10 to edit them all together. We have also added music that we will be using in our final opening 2 minutes.