Evalutation
- 1. In what ways does your media product use develop and challenge conventions of real media products? Forms and conventions found in a film opening sequence Use Develop Challeng e Examples within my film Evidenc e Explanation To show the audience action to begin the viewers interest so that they get immediately hooked straight into the film. Use In the opening the main character of the film was shown walking into her house covered and well dressed to show a glimpse of her religion. This showed both the main character as well as the location to the audience. I used the convention of showing the audience action and setting. Introduce the key characters in order to familiarize them to the audience and show them what type of characteristics the characters introduced have, such as if they are a sidekick, hero or rebel. Use Both the main characters are shown in the opening allowing the audience to familiarize with them and for one of the main characters who breaks away from her faith, culture and family she is shown both ways; both rebelling and in religious Muslim garments allowing the audience to get more familiar with her . I used the convention of showing both characters and their personal styles and differences, showing their contrasting characteristics. The typical running of titles with in the typical order. Use I thought the best way was to just follow the convention and stuck to the typical order of the title order. Such as the director I used the convention of the typical running of the titles as I thought they would look better on the screen in the
- 2. In my film opening I had to change and develop and cut out many of my original ideas as they were either difficult to capture and would have not looked that professional or would have made the piece too long and not suited well with the other parts of the film opening. As for sounds my main inspiration was from the film Bride and Prejudice and therefore most music was non diegetic, but still tied in well with the film. Hence why I decided to have non diegetic music in the background that still tied in with the theme of changing cultures. For this I used a non copy right website which had a wide range of sounds and songs. Developing and challenging the forms and conventions -
- 3. I used the same font and size and color for the names during my film opening and had to position all of them differently as I did not want the titles to take away the audiences attention from the characters, yet still be big enough for them to still be able to comfortably read them. Shots and Titles Where as for the title I used the same font and color but spread wide across the screen with a sudden change of sound and a fade in shot, to really grab the audiences attention.
- 4. In my film opening there is a distinct representation of the social group young Muslims and the two sides shown through the sisters. One sister is shown to be a good young Muslim girl where as the other sister is rebelling and this is shown by the change of her clothes and the Western music. How does your media product represent particular social groups
- 5. The disturbing is the process of moving a product from its manufacturing source to its audience. The distributor I used in my film was both used for Bride and Prejudice as I felt they would tie in best with my film opening as they both were ethnic films. I believe my film could be shown at any multiplex as I feel that the genre of my film suits a variety of people and how just because a person is born into a religious background does not mean they wont break free. What type of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
- 6. I set the rating of the film to be a 15, meaning nobody under the age of 15 would legally be allowed to view this film in a cinema or purchase or rent any copy of the film. The British Board of Film Classification classifies that there could be; frequent strong language, drug taking, discriminate language or behavior portrays of sexual activity, which would all be used in the continuation if the film. Although this would limit the audience that could see the film I feel as though the age restriction would show the film as more mature and therefore attract a more mature audience. Who would be the audience for your film?
- 7. As the main characters shown in my film opening are 16 and 17 I believe this would mainly attract young adults as the main audience. Which could lead to an older generation being also attracted, but not younger as the age rating is 15+. How would you attract/address your audience?
- 8. I learnt how to use final cut express and most of the tools on it, such as; importing in all the shots I shot to be able to view what I still wanted and if it was not needed or was a repeat of a shot I would pick which one was best then delete what else was not needed, also the cutting down of shots as it was a film opening it needed to be short and not have unnecessary shots which would just film the short time space which I had, and editing clips in order to show off the different shots used and even create shots like shot reverse shot which are best produced by editing, also how I could dim and turn up and cut sounds and music at different points and how to add in different sound affects and music into my piece, although many people used garage band as I found my music off a non copy right website (www.audiotnetworklgfl.com8I had no need to edit or make my own piece of music . I also learned how to use the Y frame allowing me to move the text around at any preferred angle and the safe margins allowed me to ensure no lettering is cut off in the What have you learnt about technologies from constructing your film opening
- 9. I have learn different aspects and skills in filming such as the use of close ups and establishing shots. I also learnt how important lighting was and therefore had to refilm certain parts of my film opening as I realized I had filmed the shots and scenes and they had come out dark. I learnt that being over prepared was a lot better, such as me taking home a red light as well as a microphone which helped during filming. I learnt that with music their could be copy right issues hence why I had to use a non copy right music website. I learnt how to use final cut express and most of the tools for sounds, titles and editing. I also learnt how to create and create shots through final cut express such as shot reverse shot. Lessons learnt from the start to the end of production