evaluation 2

Evaluation Guidelines

Evaluation

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

. Talk about how our opening scene, starts off with the names of the cast members, and how we use small annotations to show the audience what the film is going to be about, before we drop the name of the film, in a punch line kind of way. Fonts and styles of writing.  Show a link of an example of this. Superhero movie being a key example. Talk about the genre of our piece, (Superhero Parody, Comic comedy). Costume choices and props. Talk about how the first shot sets the scene, when Ryan lies in bed, and wakes up like an everyday guy. How characters are introduced, how does dean come into things? .How do we know Ryan in the main character? 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Image of Ryan, compared with superman, to show the counter stereotype. And also comparing dean, with your stereotypical thug.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product? And why?

Indie, 20^th century fox … examples of films produced by this company, with similarities.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Teenagers, comic book fans, geek, channels that might show this kind of film, shows that would also interest fans of a film such as thins. Age ratings and gender? Why our piece would be more suited for males than females.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Advertisement, such as radio, TV, posters, internet, and competitions to promote. Up to date music.  How we would promote the film and how we will be able to interest our target audience of teenagers.

What have we learnt about the technology?

Equipment, apparatus, such as cameras, dollies, tri-pods. Software, such as Final cut, garage band. Website that we have used. Blogger, YouTube, Google.

Looking back at our preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression towards the final product?

Angles, Shots, Distances, lighting, things we did well, things we could improve on, how attendance effected us. How we have learnt how to use the Mac computers, using the camera’s in normal definition.

Evaluation Plan, What we are going to talk about ...

Plan

.Attendance problems – People not showing up to lessons, late marks ECT …

.Editing problems - lack of internet – Learning the ways of final cut, and being without the internet for several lessons.

.Camera and tripod problems – Filming with a broken tripod, and filming without good sound quality, and filming in HD accidently

.Continuity editing – Members of the group were wanting to film in different weather conditions, and different times of the day.

.Costume problems – Finding the appropriate costume to use for the opening.

.Music – Finding music that suits the genre, and making sure it was copy write free.

.Angles/Match on Actions – Deciding what angles to use, and when to use match on action shots, and figuring out how to edit the two scenes together.

.Target audience – 13 – 19 year olds, Teenage age group.

.Media Institution – What company would most likely release a film such as ours.

.Social Groups – Stereotypes, counter stereotypes, imbalance of social groups.

.What we have learnt since our preliminary task – Different angles and rules, lighting, editing with music and text, effects, such as wire frame.

.Final Cut, Macs, Garage band – Getting to learn how to use the Mac computers and coming to terms with the new technology.

. Up to date music (kind of), over exaggerated costume and acting – Music that can relate to our target audience, basic stereotypical superhero music. 

.Use of counter types against superheros – Portraying Keith as weak and pathetic instead of the usual superhero style. E.g... Strong and powerful.

. Mise en scene – Good use of hidden extras that the audience may or may not see.

.Shot framing and head room – Not wasting shot space, such as too much head room, which can ruin certain shots.

.The Blogs – Keeping our blogs up to date, making weekly analysis videos.

My Name Is Keith Opening

Blue Screen Practice

This Week ........

This week in Media, we are going to be shooting the last few frames of our movie opening. We will be be using our double lesson on Wednesday morning to film at Ryan house. Its importnat that its in the morning, so it doesnt confuse the viewer, as our first shots were also in the morning.

We will then use the rest of our weekly media lessons to edit and put the footage together. We need to add titles, sound effects and music. We also need to decide wether or not we need any re-shoots.

Mac Suite and Editing

Today we worked in the Mac suites to edit our preliminary task. We got there and we're given out mac account details. We were then guided on how to upload our filming products and given a website link for tutorials to use the program Final Cut Pro. As we started this we had difficulties opening our shots as we filmed in HD which we were told not too, so we had to change the settings of each clip and save them into a new folder. We then finally uploaded all the clips needed and put them together in order. We did realise a mistake had been made in filming, we missed a match on action shot, so we had to cut and and close gaps to make it work. After that we had no more issues and finished our days editing successfully.

Animatic

Production Schedule

Treatment

The core themes of our film will be a zero to hero. With the zero being Keith (Ryan Knight). Keith is a hero who believes he is amongst one of the greats but in fact he is a simple minded, mild mannered brummie, he can’t even save a cat from a tree. The story will see him realise that he is isn’t in fact a good hero when he tries to rescue a cat from a burning building but he fails to do this because his hero skills match that of a tea cup. The film will see Keith turn into a slightly better hero with help from a retired hero.

In our opening will be a long shot of Keith’s house (Ryan’s house) then it will zoom in to his bedroom where we will see Keith sleeping. We will then see him being rudely awakened by his alarm clock and fall out of bed in a slapstick manner. He will then go on to eat breakfast to show that he is a normal everyday guy. After he has ate his breakfast he will then get “suited” up into his hero costume which is just his mom’s dress, a pair of slippers and an afro or a sieve for a helmet. Finally, Keith will proceed into his living room where he is met by his brother who mocks him and beats him up. We will add this last scene because it shows how bad of a hero Keith actually is.

Story Boards

Preliminary Movie

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Prelimanery Task

Characters -
Ryan Knight
Dean Harding

Camera Men -
Thomas Youster
Matthew Cartwright

Dean is filmed walking down the corridor, before opening the door and entering the room. Ryan is seated at the table, with a Marvel Chess set, Ryan is an experienced chess player, and Dean thinks there playing Uno.
As dean enters the room, we will have a match and action shot for when he walks down the corridor and opens the door. We will then do the same for when he is walking down the ramp towards where ryan is seated.

The Importance Of Editing

Editing is without doubt, the most important factor for making a film. It evolves everything, from special effects, to camera shots and angles.

Camera angles are exstreamly important,  when it comes to editing a film, as the angle of a camera or the distance between camera and actor, can dictate what is occurring in a scene. Scenes will usually start with an establishing shot. This is when the characters in the scene are shown in whole, this gives the viewer the feeling that they are right there in the scene. The pattern continues onto the Over the shoulder shots and close ups, which are often used when filing a conversation. The over the shoulder shot allows us to see characters reactions, and emotions, this is then improved, with the use of the close-ups, which takes us into the characters face. This allows us to see emotion and deeper feelings within a facial expression.

Flashbacks are also a key feature of editing. Flashbacks can be used anywhere in films, weather its the beginning, middle or end, flashbacks are used to allow viewers to see previous events from back in time, or even sometimes a peak into the future.

The 180 Degree rule, is something that must be taken into consideration when shooting a scene. This is when a camera is on one side of the scene, showing us the view from the from or the side, ensuring that we are able to see the faces of the characters. An invisible line is then created, to show how far the camera can go, before it changes sides. I the camera need to change sides, the only way this can be done, is if you show the camera moving, this way its clear to the viewer.

Questionaire Graph Results

Here are some of the results gained from our questionaire.................

The Narrative

Dont get confused when asked about the narrative. Alot of people think of the narrative as someone telling the story. They would be wrong. The Narrative is the plot of a story, and it consists of 3 theorys.

1. Binary Theory :
This is when an Narative establishes something that is not, its also helps establish, who is who ,when it comes to Hero's and Villains.

2A. Equalibrium :
This is the beginning. Before the Narrative and the twists unfold. A good example would be the film Spiderman. In the beginning when Peter Parker is just an ordinary guy.

2B. Disequalibrium :
This is the moment when the plot of the film takes shape. This is when the main twist in the story begins. Spiderman again as an example, the moment when Peter gets bitten by the radioactive spider is the moment he becomes Spiderman and gains his powers.

2C. New States of Equalibrium :
This is when the twist of the problem gets solved or comes to an end. Spiderman again as an example, When spiderman finnaly defeats the Green Goblin and saves Mary Jane.

3. Character Type

Hero - The Good guy. The Strong male characters who fights back against the evil.

Villain - The Bad guy. The villain is the hero's nemesis who is often stronger but will always be defeated in the end.

Heroine - The main female role. Is often used as a ransom for the villain. Usually in love with the hero or somehow related.

Father -  The stong Authorative character who ussually pays the hero to help save the heroin on even trys to help.

Helper -  The helper is better known as the side-kick who offers his services to the Hero.

Donor -  The character who helps the hero by giving them information of some sort or somekind of powers.

Mentor -  The teacher who guides the hero and passes down his wisdom.

Mood Board of Superhero Parody

Weekley Analysis : Week 1

Hypodermic Needle Effect

The Hypodermic needle effect is a theory that suggests the media in a film or a computer game is capable of manipulating or convincing the brain into believing that a certain aspect of the media is real. This causes the audience to believe what they see or hear in films or computer games.

This isn't always a good thing. In 1993, in Liverpool, a young 3 year old boy, James Bulger was sadly, abducted, tortured and murdered. The two boys found guilty of his murder were only kids themselves. Robert Thompson and Jon Venables who were both aged 10, suposedly saw the film "Child's Play 3" and were attempting to re-create a scene they had saw. This is a case of the Hypothermic Needle Theory.

James Bulger