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EValuation PART 2 - All Done :)

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? on Prezi

Evaluation - All Done :)

At first i thought are two task were great and couldn't believe that my group could of came up with something so amazing like the radio ad and the poster, however when we got the reviews back, i saw a different side from are two tasks. The tasks were showing a completely different point across then what the film was. The reason why i say this is because the two tasks give off that are film is about horror and that its based on a dark cold night.However when the audience watch the short film they expect something different from what there watching. Which is shown in are radio trailer and poster but not with the film.I then looked back on my research on the film buried and i realised that all of the radio ads and posters linked together , which made it a successful campaign. If we were going to realise are film are campaign would be misleading to the audience and this could lead to are campaign being not successful as we wanted. This could be seen as a fail but we tried to work around the problems. However when i was doing my research on film posters, i found out that some of these things are realised before production and then later on there are changes to the storyline meaning that the campaign that is already out for that film does not go with the new storyline. The solution to there problem is to restart a promotional campaign, However my group did not have time or the budget to redo are campaign so we continued it on.

For example the film buried is dark and scary film and this mirrored in there promotional campaign seen below:

new film on Prezi

I did my evaluation on a podcast because i wanted to show another side of how i could present my work;



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





Audience feedback:

Marxism theory

Marxism Theory

The economic and political theory and practice originated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that holds that actions and human institutions are economically determined, that the class struggle is the basic agency of historical change, and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism.



Ideology

A central feature of Marxist theory is the 'materialist' stance that social being determines consciousness. According to this stance, ideological positions are a function of class positions, and the dominant ideology in society is the ideology of its dominant class.


This links to are film because the wallet dropper is a dominant role than the the follower. The reason why this is because the wallet dropper would have more status because he works unlike the follower that commits a crime in the end of the film .

Character Profile SMILE for me :)

MAN 1 (Wallet Dropper)Scott - The Character who drops his wallet in the film and is being pursed by the man trying to return his wallet to him. He is a easy going guy,adult,sociable ,friendly, smart, has bit of money and is cool.He has a vulnerable and this could be the reason why he could be singled out.







Man2 (follower) The character who is following the man who drops his wallet. A rough looking youth, mysterious,suspicious and deceptive . Also he is very aware of his surroundings ,which links to him spotting the wallet.

Asking Permission for the music

I did not get an email back from the artist, However we still used the song without lyrics as are background music to are film: Below is small bit of the e-mail i sent.



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Below is the music on are short film:

Music on Prezi

Editing Two Steps Behind

On Tuesday, we had to show are teachers and the rest of our class what we had done so far. They were very impressed with are work so far, after all the different changes.

we then decided to take the opinions given and try and make the improvements. We used some shots that we didn't use and put them in the film, to make it longer and more effective.

We then asked some people in the room, who fitted our target audience to watch our film and we asked for their opinions.

Feedback on the short film on href="http://prezi.com">Prezi

I believe that the opinions given reflects the hard work that are group put in and also showed that the film was very good to watch , just like a high budget short film.

We have updated are poster because we had to change the name of the actors. Here is the new poster, with the new names on it .

New Location

New location is a road, this is perfect for are group because we are able to get loads of different shots .Also it is know that alot of crime happens in the street,which links to are film.

Location 2

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filming part 3

Today we set out to film are whole film in one day and got permission to take a camera off-site. We had new actors. The only main difference in the plot this time is that the main character Scott is no going to work he is instead going to meet his mates for a cinema outing

By filming the whole main body of the film in one day will be particular useful to us when editing because it should have eliminated the chance of different cars in the area ruining our film's continuity.
We was able to get new shots than before:
close ups
extreme close ups
over the shoulder shots
mid shots
long shots
we wanted to create are own dolly but not have this laying around, so we create are own, by using a lift to carry one of our members around during filming.
However when we told are teacher about are made up dolly, she was very worried about are health and safety at the time but at least we got the main filing done.














Here are some screenshots of are filming :

OH NO PROBLEMS

Today our group was scheduled to take the camera off site to complete the filming, However the weather has completely turn upside down from the last time we were filming.The weather last week was bright and sunny unlike today which is dull and breezy. We will have to wait until the weather has changed back to sunny, so that we can start filming again.By waiting until the weather has change we will not be messing up the continuity of are film , however we will be set back in time meaning we will behind and will need to catch up quickly.

Later on that week , we had notice that are lead actor jevan undertook a makeover which included having his hair in a different way to what it was when we were filming the scenes for the short film. We will need to have a production meeting to work what we have to do to solve this big problem on are hands

Jevans new hairstyle is similar to the artist Omarion However his old hair style is use to be like the rapper Da brat which is single plaits. This can be seen below:

OMARION



DA BRAT

Editing sessions 1

Today my group sat down in front of are assigned mac and started editing our footage. We had a few problems. so as we filmed the scene moving cars came and went. This messed with continuity of are film.






We decieded to re-do the opening to our film because we managed to put together a minute footage.

Filming two steps behind part 2

Today we we did another scene and made some major changes to the location. The reason why this decision was made was because the teachers wanted us to have the location local.The original location would of been to far and with new shiny cameras, it would of been un safe for us as young adults by are self's filming. If we did continue with this plan we would be targeted because of the camera and that was not risk that the teachers wanted to take. so we decided to chose the park near our school. We finished most of our film however we ran out of time so we didn't complete the task that we set out to do that day.We will have to schedule another day to film and to make sure we pick a day with great weather that matches the one had the last time we were filming.
We notice that by changing to park we could get a lot more shots done like
over-the-shoulder
close ups,
tracking reverse shots.
we also looked out how we could use the park for example the trees and the corners could work in are favour when filming are film because once again it will build up more suspense. Looks like everything happens for a reason.

Filming two steps behind part 1

As soon as we got into class today,we got down to filming a scene.The scene that was filmed was the flashback one. In this scene the wallet dropper is having a flashback of when he was last attacked. We were very happy because we had the chance to film different shots and angles. We filmed in a area that is just outside are school meaning, if anything goes wrong we will be able to correct it quickly and not go out of are way to do so.

Production meeting

Below are some photos and a video of my group having a production meeting.The production meeting included how far we are and what we need to do:

YAYYYYYYYYYYY !!!! Cameras HAVE ARRIVED

This week the new cameras arrived at our school. which means that we start filming. Now With the new cameras in are hands,we can begin to film our actual product. Hopefully we can get some scenes filmed by next week, as the sooner we start the better off we will be in the future. Also i wanted to pretend that i was a camera guy for a day , which was very fun experience to me as a media student.

Editing sessions- Learning like a Baby :)

As the new cameras have finally come,most of the groups in class have footage to upload and edit, including us. However the whole class is new to this type of technology therefore the teachers have arrange a lesson. The lesson included teaching us the basics on editing, uploading and using the software Finalcutexpress. we also learnt how to cut and select specific parts of our footage, and how to add transitions and effects that will affect the sound and image. Also as we are using the new macs,we have to learn the new shortcuts on the keyboard. This was lesson was very useful our group. However we had a chance to experiment with some example footage where we had to try and edit. We had the basic knowledge to start us off with editing are film.