Sunday 21 March 2010

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Friday 19 March 2010

'Out of the Loop' Final cut. Upload version.

Use of non standard filters/titles.

For our production we chose to make our own titles and some of our filters through image editing/creation software in order to make it to our specification. We used photoshop to make the sniper scope image with a transparent background to overlay the shots requiring it. We used fireworks on Max M's laptop to make the titles to size in a similar way to the scope (transparent background) and because fireworks has more options.

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Evaluatuion Draft deadline 22nd mon 9am, final deadline mon 29th 9am

Thriller Film Opening Sequence Evaluation - 1500-2000 words
PowerPoint uploaded to moodle

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge conventions of real media products?
What conventions of professional products have you used in your own film? (narrative conventions, character conventions, genre, camerawork, sound, editing, special effects, mise-en-scene? Use screen grabs of your own sequence to illustrate each example where you have followed conventions or gone against (challenged) conventions. Also use images from the films that have influenced you where relevant.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? (gender, age, ethnicity etc.)
Compare a character in your sequence to a character in a professional film (use images). If you have included a villain/victim character, does the character follow conventions of characters in professional films. For example, is your villain male? Is your victim female? Therefore how are you representing gender?

3. What kind of media institution would distribute your media product?

Discuss similar professional films and their production companies (use images of the films and logos). Which production Company do you think would distribute your film? (if it was professional and if you had made the full film).

4. Who would be the audience for your media product? (BBFC and target audience) Use images from a similar product with a similar target audience. Remember that target audience is not the same as classification.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Refer to Significant moments in your sequence where you have tried to generate a response from the spectator (a close up to encourage identification with a character, music that encourages the spectator to feel suspense, tense, visceral reaction etc.) What techniques have you used to encourage the spectator to want to see the rest of the film? (Clues about narrative, character, etc.) Use screen grabs of your own sequence.

6. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing your product?

(blog, camera equipment, editing software – Final Cut Express, istopmotion, Garageband etc.) Use screen grabs/photos of all these things. Be very specific about tools/effects/techniques learnt not just ‘I have learnt a lot about the software’

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to your final product?
Discuss your second preliminary task that you did in a week before starting Thriller. Discuss what you have learnt since then about construction of micro elements in order to create meaning, how to use different techniques, practical skills etc. How have you built on your knowledge that you learnt from the prelim task? Use screen grabs of your prelim task and your sequence where relevant.

Friday 12 March 2010

roughcut feeback

P1-o4: The use of the colour changes in the freeze frames works well with the genre of the opening as red is associated with danger. The sound fits with the action on the screen and contributes to the scene. There is a huge range of different shot types and angles which help to add to the tension and suspense which is created. The scene where the camera is following max goes on for a long time, although this creates suspense it could be shortend.

P1-05: We thought that the gunshot was not effective. We thought that Max was not a believable character and the blue man takes the focus of the sequence.


P1 01
-Use of shots that were sped up added pace and built up tension as an effect. There were some slight flaws, for example when he went up in the lift he pressed down then went up. Also I thought the colour changes were effective. And the soundtrack was perfectly in keeping with the titles and what was happening in the scene. The idea was clever and witty and the acting was top notch. When Max shot the gun there was no gunshot or anything. This needs to be rectified. Otherwise top notch.

p1-02: we thought that the film was good. however, there are several points that need to be addressed. one thing would be that we feel that cotume, especially the white trainers did no fit the scene. We also feel that the props were humerous, and did not emphasise the 'thriller' ans serious of the situation. We found there were too many 'odd' sound effects in the wrong places which distracted us from the sequence. We also feel there could have been more variation in shot types and the shakey camera made it look slightly too ameteur-ish. overall it was ok

Wednesday 10 March 2010

rough cut


Feedback-
Colour changes at the freeze frames
Titles
Music and sound effects
The man in blue (papa smurf)
"It's done"
speed changes

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Deadlines

Wed 10th - Rough cut Deadline (Allow 1/2 hour for quicktime upload)

Friday 12th - Feedback lesson and 1/2 hour editing

Weds 17th - Editing 1 1/2 hours
Friday 19th - Final cut Deadline (allow 1/2 hour for quicktime upload)
Monday 22nd - Evaluation draft deadline - 9am moodle/email

*Lessons this week spent on putting finishing touches to evaluation.

Monday 29th - Final evaluation deadline - 9am moodle/email

Tuesday 2 March 2010

Evaluation of second lesson of editing

A good start overall making the title sequences and credits using a transparent file on photoshop so we had more options for fonts and use of colour.

Followed shortly by a software error in final cut pro. This was soon fixed and we continued on with the editing, what should have taken 5 minutes took an hour due to inadequate computers, a really really really really bad rendering system and lack of other group members.