9 Frame Analysis
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)
Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In our opening sequence we do not actually show the main character but use point of shots to show the location that the character is looking at. In our media product we tried to represent the lower social class people. We did this by showing abandoned areas which looked deprived and segregated from the rest of the world. The clothes and cations of the filmed also helped us to do this as most of the people we filmed looked very un-glamorous wearing baggy and cheap looking clothes.
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think that my media product would be distributed by independent distrubution companies such as 'Optimum Releasing' who work with other production companies to distributed films. The reason I think that nonindependent distrubtion companies would distribute my media product is because they normally work with a low budget because the films that they distribute have a limited audience.Optimum Releasing has also worked to distribute film such as ' This is England' which also focuses on raising awareness of social issues. Because of this i would say that independent dirtubutors would be the most ideal institutions to work with.
I think that my media product would be distributed by independent distrubution companies such as 'Optimum Releasing' who work with other production companies to distributed films. The reason I think that nonindependent distrubtion companies would distribute my media product is because they normally work with a low budget because the films that they distribute have a limited audience.Optimum Releasing has also worked to distribute film such as ' This is England' which also focuses on raising awareness of social issues. Because of this i would say that independent dirtubutors would be the most ideal institutions to work with.
Evaluation Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Straight away I think that our targeted audience has been limited, this is because if the opening sequence was to actually be part of real film it would be certified as a working class film. This means that the budget that they would get for making and distributing the film would be really low because the distribution company would not expecting the film to make a lot of revenue in return as they would expect to market the film to limited audience. For example only marketing the film in the UK and not anywhere else because this is where distribution comapny will make their money from. for our media product I also think it would be limited in the areas that it is distributed to so i would say that it would mainly be distributed in the UK. This would make out audience British audiences. More specifically i think that this film would relate more to females because it talks about real events and experiences that some woman are put through. the media product I think would be appreciated by lower class social people who can directly / indirectly relate to the story and atmosphere as awareness is made about how people in those environment live. Male audiences would also be able to relate to how the media product is trying to show a deprived society that they can come from.
Straight away I think that our targeted audience has been limited, this is because if the opening sequence was to actually be part of real film it would be certified as a working class film. This means that the budget that they would get for making and distributing the film would be really low because the distribution company would not expecting the film to make a lot of revenue in return as they would expect to market the film to limited audience. For example only marketing the film in the UK and not anywhere else because this is where distribution comapny will make their money from. for our media product I also think it would be limited in the areas that it is distributed to so i would say that it would mainly be distributed in the UK. This would make out audience British audiences. More specifically i think that this film would relate more to females because it talks about real events and experiences that some woman are put through. the media product I think would be appreciated by lower class social people who can directly / indirectly relate to the story and atmosphere as awareness is made about how people in those environment live. Male audiences would also be able to relate to how the media product is trying to show a deprived society that they can come from.
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I was already quite familiar with the technologies I used and so it was easier for me to understand what needed to be done . From using the Adobe Premiere programme though i learnt more editing skills such as continuity editing. I also learnt how to create title sequence which was something i did not know how to do before.
Evaluation Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Its important to remember that with our media class we had difficulties with the first year of doing media A-level because we had no clear directions and help from our teacher. From the preliminary task to the full product , I do not think that I learn much between them , this is because with our class we had did the A2 work first and then followed it up with the AS work meaning when it came to doing the AS work we had already gained the skills and tecniques to do our AS work properly which I am sure are visible in the media product that we created.
What I did learn though was about the 180 degree rule , match on action and shot/reverse shot.
The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other
Match on action is a cut made on action or movement between two shots in which the action has been overlapped either by repetition of the action or by the use of more than one camera.
Its important to remember that with our media class we had difficulties with the first year of doing media A-level because we had no clear directions and help from our teacher. From the preliminary task to the full product , I do not think that I learn much between them , this is because with our class we had did the A2 work first and then followed it up with the AS work meaning when it came to doing the AS work we had already gained the skills and tecniques to do our AS work properly which I am sure are visible in the media product that we created.
What I did learn though was about the 180 degree rule , match on action and shot/reverse shot.
The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other
Match on action is a cut made on action or movement between two shots in which the action has been overlapped either by repetition of the action or by the use of more than one camera.
Evaluation Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
Our Video was posted on the Vimeo.com website and we are also trying to the YouTube website which is a more popular site for viewing and uploading video. We decided to use internet and specially websites such as YouTube due to an increase in the number of people who use the internet. A large percentage of people now use the internet and a very high number of users use YouTube to view media products which vary in genre. Using these sites made it easier for us to gain feedback from viewers which would be helpful in finding out if the video was successful in meeting the expectation and interest of targeted audience. Seeing as we had only posted the video on Vimeo for a short period of time we had not managed to get much views or comments but that is only because it was early days
Our Video was posted on the Vimeo.com website and we are also trying to the YouTube website which is a more popular site for viewing and uploading video. We decided to use internet and specially websites such as YouTube due to an increase in the number of people who use the internet. A large percentage of people now use the internet and a very high number of users use YouTube to view media products which vary in genre. Using these sites made it easier for us to gain feedback from viewers which would be helpful in finding out if the video was successful in meeting the expectation and interest of targeted audience. Seeing as we had only posted the video on Vimeo for a short period of time we had not managed to get much views or comments but that is only because it was early days
Character development
These are just words and phrases that came into mind when thinking about the type of person are main character is
StoryBoard
I used the story board more to show the types of location and scenery that we wanted to film than actually storyboarding how the sequence would go.
Genre
As a group we decided to look through different genres before making a decision about which one to pick. Luckily within the group there was a common interest of the social realist genre and sow e decided to base our opening sequence on this genre.
To help us find out how opening sequence for our genre of films were like we used the site http://www.artofthetitle.com/ a website based on showing different title scenes for different genres of film.
What is social realist?
This is a genre of film that tries to challenge / portray the contemporary socila issues of todays society. issues would include , drugs, sex, prostitution , class , race and political issues.
To help us find out how opening sequence for our genre of films were like we used the site http://www.artofthetitle.com/ a website based on showing different title scenes for different genres of film.
What is social realist?
This is a genre of film that tries to challenge / portray the contemporary socila issues of todays society. issues would include , drugs, sex, prostitution , class , race and political issues.
Opening sequence
Opening Sequence (Draft)- with out voice-over from ownis on Vimeo.
This is a draft of the opening sequence without the voice-over of the main character.
Preliminary Task
AS Prelim Task Group 2 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.
For a preliminary task we had to show we had the task of filming a continuity sequence to gain better understanding of camera shots and editing techniques.
Ideas for location/ setting
For the opening sequence we were trying to focus on showing deprived areas on a city/ location. This is because we was trying to focus on showing culture and social class and so by using deprived areas audiences we assumed would be able to notice that the film would be about social class and society.
Equipment needed Shooting
In order to shoot the scenes for the opening scene we had to have a car because we wanted to create the effcet that a person was looking out the mirror while the car i sin motion. We also needed a digital car to actually shoot the scene and because we would have lot of unsteady scenes we had to make sure that we had a camera that would give us good quality. The last equipment that we needed was small tripod, this was used to film some steady shots that we wanted.
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