Question 6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Q. 5) Who would be the audience for your media product?

Lauren, 16 she has just left secondary school and wants to study physcology in College along with sociology and media. She is very interested in how the human mind and everything around works. She wants to know everything about physcos and why they are probably like that, and where our film is about a phsyco killer she is into knowing the ways a phsyco works around. She wants to do media because she is also interested in filming and editing she finds it fun. She loves going to the cinemas ands watching horror and thriller films but she also loves comedy. She enjoys going shopping and doing activities with both her friends and family sometimes. Her handbag contains things like her mobile phone, her keys, a mirror, oystercard, purse, handcream and a brush for her hair because she is obssessed with it and make-up too.

Q. 2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

i chose these two pictures because i am giving this evil look in the mirror which makes the audience suspicious on what will happen next, what is that look all about.. and in the film "WHAT LIES BENEATH" the guy is crouching down which also makes the audience suspicious on why he is crouching down and what will happen next.

Question 7. what i have learned from the progression from the preliminary task to the full product

1A) Two Shot 1B) Two shot

Both 1A and 1B are shots which contain two people. 1A is a scene from our opening and this is where Japhet and Leonora are at the table. So here we have a two person shot were the audience can get a clear veiw of both of them at the dinner table, as this helps to set the scene for the romance in our romantic thriller. In shot 1B there is a two shot of Japhet and Leonora at the table finding out that she is pregnant. In shot 1B, there was not a lot of space, so we had to squeeze to try and get a perfect shot of both of them. However, for our title sequence we made use of space, and we got a clear shot of both characters.

2A) Match cut door 2B) Match cut door

Both 2A and 2B are match cuts of Leonora opening the door. We did not have a clue on how to do a match cut so we just tried and did what we thought was correct, as scene on shot 2B. We do not see Leonora opening the door straight away, instead there is a lengthy gap, that waste's time, then all of a sudden we see her entering the room. In comparison to our title sequence 2A, we see a clear match cut of her opening the door from the inside then walking out we had to makesure that it looked clear and cut there is would not be that obvious that it was filmed in two seperate shots.


3A) Feet 3B) Feet

Both 3A and 3B are shots of Leonora's feet as she is walking. The thing that we done good in both shots, is that we used the 360 degree rule and we did that to perfection. In 3A, we made good use of space and had her walking for about 5 seconds however, in 3B we did not use that much space,this was to be honest due to lack of space where we were infact filming. but in 3A during filming we used and had to make iuse of the space we had in order to make her walking dramatic thats why sound was added however also very mysterious and dramatic. but to set a thriller romance tone.




4A) Lighting 4A) Lighting

In shot 4A and 4B, we are focusing on the lighting. in 4b the lighting was very bright due to the fact it was film on college sit. so the lighting was bright but we thought that in factv it was perfect for the scene as we were talking about a serious topic. however in 3a the light was alot more dimmer due to the fact we had to set the scene for a romantic thriller but at this specific point it was a candle lit dinner so the lighting was very important. we also had to makesure that it wasnt to dim to film as we did not use extra lighting.

question 3 and 4 what kind of media institution might distribute our media product and why?

The video which we found on youtube was a Btec and media abduction. It had 470 views and two pages full of comments and responses of views to there opening one comment was "Really good". We think that this is the kind of response in which we will get due to the fact it is a low budget film and maybe the content of there film resulted in the comments which were made. but the fact that there film was actually noticed by people was useful due to the fact it was opening made by students, which such a low understanding of the film industry altogether however they still managed to do well. further more the internet helped in oder to launch this movie due to the fact it has become worldwide for others to see.therefore when other students come to do there work they would have found an example which could help or a inspiration for there work.

in comparison we have not yet decided to post out opening on youtube, but if we do we feel that maybe it would get a very good response from it viewers and probably have a lot of hits. our film had a cinematic screen down at the green screen

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we also shared screening among peers and got there responses which you will see as you continue to go through our blog. We think the internet would be a good way to get our opening global and a good way of distribution and viewed by our desired market. hopefully we wish our opening could be viewed and reach our desired audience .

the reason which we are really happy and appreciative about the internet is due to the fact that before you had to be involved with a really big industry is due to the fact if you wanted your video on youtube that would be the only way in which you could get your video on there. and that would be the only way you could get a big screening. however now anyone can upload there video on youtube and get lots of hits. also most people become famous and known and also you do not know who could come across your video.

Q. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Because we wasn't really sure on which institution we should use for our opening sequence,

we decided to use the Candi Studios one because it was easier for us to find and it also went

pretty well with our sequence, where it had this original thrilling suspense to it, it went well.

This is our title for our title sequence. We decided to use 'UNEXPECTED' because our film is basically about guys who date this one girl but do not expect something to happen to then at the end.. we used the colour read because it symbolizes the fact that there is death involved. the sound over this is a non diegetic

this here is a close up of girl (killer) and the guy on a date at the dinner table

holding hands. we have used the same font as the title for the credits only that

it is in small letters and not all capitals, this is because we wanted to keep it

consistent. we wanted to make sure that the sound creates suspense so we used

a violin playing continuously and at some points it gets louder then goes back to

low repeatedly.

This here is a over the shoulder shot that we did. Here we added a screaming sound which keeps the audience alert and (hopefully) scares them too. we did this to lead it into the back-flash to show what she has done in the past so the audience get a bit of understanding on what it is about.

this is a close up of one of the killers victim from the past. this is where the back-flash leads to. the sound here is the original sound of him making noises as he needs some help. we did not add any other sound into this part because we thought that it is more effective.

COMPARISON.

The title sequence i choose to compare with ours is "HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT" i only choose this because it is actually quite similar to ours. why i say it is similar is because it is also a romantic thriller only the story-lines are different. another similarity in this opening sequence is the way their credits fade in and fade out - just like ours. There font isn't exactly the same though and nor is the the colour of is formal, and so is ours but where theres seems more of a bit of comedy, their credits has a little twist to show it. also, the film is focused more on female than male which is another similarity. however their institution also seems cheap like ours. i chose this shot because it reminds me much of the shoulder shot in ours where she looks into the mirror.

Question 8) Audience feedback and comment

This is the green screen where we watched our title sequences.

This is an image of part of the audiences' reaction at the green screen. Annika of the left looks horrified, as she is braced up in her sit. Leonora in the middle, looks happy, as she saw herself on the big screen. Yolande on the right, looks confused.

As seen on our 'word cloud' made on wordle, we got positive feedback from our peers. We got feedback such as symbolic, psychological, and eye catching. Which was positive because this what we wanted our audience to think, so we were not really shocked about the feedback we received from our audience. We chose those colours for our word cloud, because we wanted colours that signified darkness, depression, death, and blood.

Final full story board

Pitch

rough cut

What we liked

As a group, we decided that we liked the soundtrack because we thought that it fits the genre, which is a romantic thriller. We liked the sound effects, we feel it creates suspense, the creeking of the door and the footsteps.

Problem

At 39 seconds, the audience are suppose to hear the natural sound, of the actor making noises. We decided as a group to cut the end, where she stabs him with the knife and, replace it with a lcose up of her face, giving a evil look. And we need to add the rest of the sound track and sound effects, and put on the credits.

Animatic Story Board so far

Animatic Story Board so far. However we may still change it as we film.

List of Thriller sub-genres- which inspires you & why?

Heres a list of some/most Sub-genres:

• Chick flicks
• Biographical
• Comedy
• Detective & Mystery
• Disaster
• Fantasy
• Melodramas "weeper'' films
• Road films
• Romance
• Sports
• Supernatural
• Thriller-Suspense

The sub-genres that inspire me at the moment is Comedy, Romance & Thriller suspense. Comedy inspires me because i love to watch funny things it sort of matches my personality as well, I am like the type who would joke about quite a lot. Romance inspires me at the moment because i like to watch love films that just make me go ''awwww" it's just very interesting for me, I think romance it's very beautiful. And the Thriller suspense sub genre inspires me a lot because i love being scared, i love the thrill, the feeling that goes from head to toes when i get frightened is very exciting.

The art of the title sequence

• The style of the title Het Klokhuis ...
• The program primarily covers science but includes lots of other things like culture, history and technology, and is on every day
• the images The images include an Apple, this Icy inside of an apple, space, fishes, the Earth,
• types of shot***
• what appeals to me... The thing that appeal to me about this title sequence is the colors of it, it is very eye opening because the colors they use are quite bright, the background is simple which is what makes the actual object used stand out even more and seem even brighter. I find it very interesting because of the way they have sort of used so many things like science, showing the space with all the planets on an APPLE.

Match cut prelim leonora

We was asked to do a match cut of somebody entering a room and sits down opposite somebody else and they share a few lines.

This match cut was based on a girl who is constantly late and gets chucked out of her school.

I personally think that our match cut was successful. I think the close ups that we have done were good like for example the cut from where the young girl walks towards the room then goes to a close up of her hand on the handle and opens the door. This sequence was actually quite easy for us to shoot because there wasn't really much going on so it wasn't complicated. Our shot reverse shots as we were doing the dialogue bit was also good I think. But i think the one thing we could have improved was the dialogue, using some close ups to our lips of something would have been great.

Events diary blog on the News

HAITI EARQUAKE..





i chose the haiti earthquake because i am going to compare it with the film called "EARTHQUAKE"

In this film, parts of the city is detroyed because of this disaster and it reminded me of the earthquake that had happen in Haiti.

Card Game PRACTICE

Title sequence analysis of DEAD CALM

The title sequence also included:
The cast
The production manager
The movie title
Who it is presented by
The editor
The director of photography
The original music
The director
The screen play
The costume designer

The title sequence in its order :

• 3 secs - Warner Entertainment
• 17 secs - Kennedy Miller presents
• 22 secs - The movie title "DEAD CALM"
• 36 secs - Sam Neill
• 41 secs - Nicole Kidman
• 47 secs - Billy Zane
• 53 secs - Casting Liz Mullinar, Wally Nicita
• 1:00 min - Production manager - Narelle Barsby
• 1:05 - Costume designer - Norma Moriceau
• 1:11 - Production designer - Graham 'Grace' Walker
• 1:16 - Director of photography - Dean Semler A.C.S
• 1:22 - Editor - Richard Francis Bruce
• 1:28 - Original music - Graeme Revell
• 1:34 - Screen play - Terry Hayers
• 1:39 - Producers - Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller
• 1.47 - Director - Phillip Noyce

The title of the film 'DEAD CALM' appeared very big in capital letters, bold and in red on a black background and so it made it stand out which was good because it is very eye catching. Also, the use of the colour red for the title, I think was a hint to show that this film will involve BLOOD - DEATH. The editor, costume designer, producers etc, are all written in big and bold capital letters. The colour of the writing is white on black background so it is clear to read/see. The way the titles fade in and out make it mysterious, it gives you this FEEL of danger..

The sound effect during the title sequence was rather calm but with a glimpse of evilness. This then tends to get the audience to keep watching and wonder what will happen next..

Analysis of a film

DEJA VU

what happened in the clip - the film creates a happy mood whilst getting into it so it makes the audience have a positive thought/feel about the film but the sound is what makes it seem a little suspicious. it shows a good vibe by having everyone smiling, happy running like they cannot wait to get on the boat and leave.

use of camera - in the film there were several birds eye views used

sound - the sound is what makes it suspicious because its got a sort of sad, piano playing then something like a detective sound track playing to which doesn't match the actors' face expressions and actions.

mise en scene -

editing - slow motion, freeze frames, the little girl loses her doll, for-shadowing

titles -

Photo 'Words'Activity

(Disorder-Marilyn Odeh)

(Hanging Head-Leonora Shala)

(Calm-Japhet mesfin)

(Depression-Sylvda Shyllon)

(Confussion-Marilyn Odeh)

(Paranoia-Leonora Shala)

Editing Skills Audit

In the media lesson today, i learned how to use the Final Cut Pro. i learned how to do things like:

• How to use the razor blade tool which is where if you didn't want a specific part in your clip you can easily edit and delete that bit you didn't want.
• How to drag clips with double headed arrow to change length of the clip.
• How to mark in and out points in the viewer window. with thisyou can select a part of the clip by pressing i for in on the keyboard and o for out.
• How to layer the clips. to do this, you drag and place it on top on of another clip, so when it plays, it will play the clip and the original one straight after it.
• How to insert clips into a sequence. With this, you can drag any clip along the time line and place it anywhere. As an example, if two clips have space in between them, you can easily place another clip inbetween them by copy & pasting it right in the middle.
• How to drag clips onto the time line. By this you can drap your selected part from the clip onto the time line and place it wherever you want.