Evaluation 3

A production company is responsible for the developmennt and the physical production of the film, out and onto the shelves. Usually the producers of the film sorts out the next stage and where the film will go within the future. Usually, a budget is needed and fortunately we had a budget for our project but this was a very low amount of money compared to the movies nowadays. Although, most of the props and costumes used were already owned by a member of the group and was not needed to be purchased.

Researching into the coventions of media nowadays, our film may be distributed by a big company judging by our genres it follows the key elements that is needed from a drama film. Things like violence and alcohol helped create the sense of the genre being drama. In order to promote our film we will need to use something called 'viral marketing' so that our film will get well known. 'Viral marketing' is the way that producers accidentally release screen shots or pictures/ clips of their film in oredr to promote it so that it will beome more well known before even being released.

Competing films if we were to produce our film:

Kidulthood
Adulthood

Blogspot has already helped promote our movie. By uploading all our work and clips onto our blogs, anyone can view it and this will then allow them to then follow us. Due to them following us, any new information or even any new movies we deide to make will come up on the followers wall and then they will be able to view the next film. They may then tell other people about it, and eventually the film will become more popular and recognised.

Evaluation 2

My media product represents the sociol group of gangs and thugs, also people who are not having a good time in life.

The person and character i have chosen to select from my opening piece is Logan Downes as he is one of the main characters and is seen alot by the audience. This is also good comparing him as he is shown as a typical thuggish boy. Being in the film alot enables the audience to make a judgement of the character.

I have chosen the main character out of 'Kidulthood' to compare with Logan. This is because they relate in the way in which their character acts and what sort of style used.

Costume: In the terms of costume, they are both wearing similar and typical thuggish clothes, hood, jeans etc, which they would wear in everyday life. They are wearing this as they are just living their normal day lifes and dont expect the happenings to happen in which they do. This also makes it realistic.

Role with the film: This is wierd as both characters roles are ver similar. With in our film Logan is the enemy of everyone else and just wants to fight to resolve problems and hurt other people. This is similar to Kidulthood as also the main character shown above is an emeny of everyone who knows him and he also looks for fights and bullying to resolve problems and people.

Overall: The characters are very similar and portrayed by the audience in the same way, they wear the same clothes and have the same style of talking walking and acting.

Evaluation 1

Title of the film:
Once we had chosen the genre of our piece, being drama, we then began to think of names we could call our piece. We wanted a title which was appropriate and popular towards teenagers. Soon after locating our plot and storyline we based everything around our title, so it all linked together. Our title is very original and once looked at by the audience they should be able to recognise what the film will be about and what genre it is. The title is 'Inevitable', this is very orginal as there is not a drama film out with this title, the title is very thorough and means it is bound to happen in the end.

Setting/ location:
Our setting and location was used at Daniel's house as we wanted the setting to be realistic so that it looks like a real life situation. Having our film filmed in a real life situation in the street and the house gave a very realistic and relative feel. In relation to the conventions of media and real media products, this is a crucial element of which a real film producer can obviously create, and by us having the permission in order to film at the home location we were able to create this realistic factor.

Costumes and props:
We didn't need many props or costumes as we wanted the piece to be realistic so we just used what the characters were already wearing and also introduced certain things when needed. We used beer bottles to create the natural teenage gathering home feeling.

Camera work and editing:
When we was filming we used a tripod to make our camera filming more steady and accurate so that our piece looked more effective. Also we used the cameras shake to use by when we followed Logan running down the road, we shook the camera so that the audience felt like they was there and following behind him. We also tried to add all the shots required, for example, the over the shoulder shot. When editing it took us a while as we added sound, special effects and many more useful effects to make our piece look better and create a better outcome.

Story and how the opening sets it up:
We decided that when we was filming we did not have to stick to our script or storyboard as the more of it that was improvised, the more realistic it began to look. The beginning of our piece is very calm and relaxed but as soon as Logan is introduced, the audience will know that something bad is going to happen due to the music and the change in atmosphere. The audience will then be left anxious and nervous, wanting to know what will happen next.

Genre and how the opening suggests it:
Our genre is drama, as i have said, this links closely towards our sound which is a very fast paced track as the tension is building up. The opening has lots of drinking and a bit of swearing which is what typical drama films have to represent the feel of the rough ends of reality in life. We chose the genre of drama as we feel we best suited to this and believe we could gain the most experience and realistic effects from this genre and also this is fun to act out and film drama genre films.

How characters are introduced:
The audience is instantly introduced to the group of boys in the house, which the whole piece is based around. we introduced them at the beginning so that straight from the start the audience knew who was who and what their meaning was. Half way through another boy is introduced, and this is done by using a big exaggerated entrance, showing the audience that he will be an important character.

Special effects:
We used many effects throughout our piece when we edited to get the best footage possible so that we could get the audience to pay attention and fix on. Also we added music in the background to create tension and set the tone and feeling of the characters, slow calm when things are going good. Fast when something is about to happen. This indicates to the audience that something exciting is about to occur.

Target Audience

As a group, we have decided that our chosen target audience should be teenagers as our film informs them about violence and alcohol as there is alot of this going on at the moment in society in which they can relate to. Also it s  a 15+ as some of the content is not suitable for people below this age, for example swearing and violence. Once we found out who our target audience was, we then could adapt our footage so that it became more appealing towards our specified age group. 

Audience Feedback Questionnaire

We produced a audience feedback questionnaire in which to find out what we could improve, 

to gain more and better marks and also what we need to do better if we was going to make

 another piece of a 2 minute footage. We found out what went well and what we need to improve,

 our audience which fillled out the questionnaires were told to be very honest in their answers so

 we get the best possible feedback that we could have got.

1. What would you rate our film out of 10? (10 being the highest)

As you can see from the results, six and seven are equal with 8 people voting this each and eight with four people voting this. This is good as it shows the film is in the top half of the rating marks but also this tells me that there is room for improvement to be made in the future.


2. Do you think our film has got everything required that a drama film should have?

Yes        Most things        Some things        No      

The results of this questions allows me to see that only 20% said yes, so there is some things missing, 30% said some things which is a good things as it shows us that we are on the right lines and not off the target of a drama piece, 50% with the biggest vote said most things, showing that only a couple of things are missing to make this drama piece complete.



3. Does our film have lots of different types of shots that should be included?

Yes        No        Only some, not all

These results, 80% of people do believe we covered all of the right shot types needed which is good as it tells me that a variety and correct techniques were used. With only 20% saying that i have some shots but not all, is good as this is a small percentage but i will have to ask what shots they believe are missing.

4. What did you like best out of all the footage?

_______________________________________________________________________________

5. How bad was the camera shake? (10 being the worse)

0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10

With the scores being low and the highest being four, this tells me that the shake on the camera wasnt to bad, and that my filming was a success and a steady process. This was accomplished through using a tri pod for the camera to rest on. The majority of the feedback put '1' making this very positive.

6. Do you believe the use of background Music helped set the theme?

Yes       No       In some areas

This questions allows me and the group to see if the use of background music helped set the theme and create the atmosphere. from the results the 75% of people believed it did and it helped alot, a small percentage said it did not help and bigger than no but small than yes, people said it helped in some areas, telling us that music is a good idea but knowing when to use it is key.


7.  Is there anything we could improve to make Our film better in your opinion? please state.

Scenery Chosen

I have shot camera still shots of the scenery we have used to produce our media task. I have done this to explain and evaluate why we have chosen these areas and what happens at the different sceneries.

This is the entrance road to the house we have used to film the project. Jamie bikes down here to enter the house at the beginning and opening scene and then duncan runs down this road near the end of the film. We plan to use a long shot here to show either side of the main object. We chose to use this road and location as it gives enough time to make the audience know Logan is a enemy to the people already in the house and looks angry and shows he has a meaning to his entrance down the road.

This is the outside of the house with the view of the main front door. Jamie at the beginning knocks and enters through this door, in which we plan to shoot a over the shoulder shot of this. We also use this scene when Nick goes out for a cigarette and Logan then attacks him and also for the final scene and the majority of the project. This is a well thought of and good scene as it is very open and can be used for many purposes.

This is the living room, where Nick, Alex, Duncan, Daniel and Jamie sit and talk. This room has alot of space meaning that a lot of characters are able to fit in this room, creating more of an atmosphere. All of the characters meet and are gathered in here, drinking and chilling.

This is where the other the shoulder shot is recorded when Duncan opens the door to Jamie and invites him into the house. Jamie exchanges a drink and this corridor leads to the living room. This space is also used when Jamie, Duncan, Alex run out of the house and charge at Logan in one of the finishing scenes.

We used this scenery to film jamie pulling up to the house on his bike and when in the first scene he walked towards the door. We used it to enable more camera angles and shots to be shot.

StoryBoard

I created a story so myself and the group could see before hand doing the filming, what positions we will be taking up and what order the scenes will occur. This also gives us a good idea of how the project filming would turn out and what props and scenery we would need, this allowed us to film at a ideal place and enabled us to get everything in place, which meant no time wasting and no planning was needed to take place on the day of filming. Using the storyboard also meant that we knew when to start and stop filming at different scenes.