The Final Media Product

Part 8 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

In the preliminary task, there were many strengths and weaknesses. 

The strengths of our work, was the fact that we followed the rules and shots. We followed the 180-degree rule as well as match on action and the rule of thirds. These were all very important in out work. This is because, in our piece, two people were having a conversation. Therefore, we needed to make sure that we followed the 180-degree rule. This is because, the audience would of got confused, because if we crossed the 180-degree rule, then it would look like both the characters we sitting on the same side and wouldn't look like a proper conversation. 
 
We also used match on action, and this is was when one of the characters was walking into another room. This was more difficult, as the door had to look like it was at the exact same place, at both sides of the door. We were successful in this. In my opening sequence, I stuck to all of these rules and that made it more successful. I think that if I never done the first task, then the opening sequence wouldn't of flowed as well, because I would of had no practice.

One thing I found quite difficult, was adjusting the sound. This was because the cuts were quite obvious, and the wind outside was hard to cover up. Though I hadn't used the new version of iMovie before, I found it easier to use that the version that I had used in GCSE. Using this technology, was good, as it prepared me for when I was going to be doing my main piece of work. In the final piece, I used iMovie very well, and learnt even more things on there. 

During pre-production I done a storyboard. The storyboard, was quite difficult to do as I find it is hard to stick to it, as it doesn't end up being as easy as what you think it is going to be. For the opening sequence, we didn't have to do a storyboard, however we had to do a script. I found this more difficult, as there had to be a lot more detail. However, when it came to filming the shots, it became a lot easier as it was more precise. 
                                                     
Overall, doing the preliminary task, made things a lot easier, when doing my opening sequence, as it gave me an idea, that doing the main thing wouldn't be easy and would take a lot of hard work and effort to be perfect. I will take everything that I have learnt forward next year when filming my music video.

Part 7 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Part 6 - How did you addres/attract your audience?

Part 5 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Camera, Angle, Shot Movement and Position

  This is a two shot. I think that having this shot at this point is good as we see both characters and there emotions. I think that the audience at this point will begin to understand the characters automatically as they can relate to these types of situations, because these are two common people in the society that we live in. I think that it follows the stereotype of the people that would watch it because they would be people interested in violence as I found out when doing my vox pops, and they may even be violent themselves, or experienced it themself.

Editing

During editing we used many techniques to make it look as effective as possible. As we had two main characters, we decided to cut from one character to another. This is because we thought it would be good showing both things happening at the same time, so the audience are aware immediately that they are the two main characters and this is part of there daily routine. When editing we had the cuts from the man to the girl fade into it, but from the girl to the man it was immediate. I think this was very effective as cutting quickly, made us see the mans personality and with the fade I think it showed the girls innocence. With the audience seeing this I think they would definitely feel the same as that because that was the aim.

Sound
The sound used over the top of our opening sequence, is a piano playing. We chose this because we thought it made the whole thing seem a lot more depressing, rather than upbeat and feisty  I think that the audience would feel more drawn in to this and possibly understand that the film wont involve ant excitement, which would result in them wanting know to know what actually will happen.



Mise-en-Scene

In this shot you can see the mise-en-scene and what the character is wearing and her bag. the bag is a JD Sports bag, and she is wearing all navy and black. This is what I think the audience would wear, and in my post, 'Meet my Audience,' I wrote that the audience would probably shop in shops such as JD Sports. So by having the character wear a JD Sports bag, it reflects back on what I had already researched. The fact that they would dress similar to this, if they were both male or female, I think it is more relatable, that if she was going to work formally dressed and perfect hair and make up.




Expressionism (lighting, colour)

In this shot, we can see that the lighting is dull, and the colours in the colour pallette is dark shades of blues and browns. I think that the audience would relate to this as they would most likely, typically dress in dark colours themselves, and live in conditions that are less homely. I think this follows the stereotypes of people in BSR films and the typical audience. I think that if the lighting in the room was brighter then it would of taken the whole effect away as the audience could potentially of thought that the girl is late for work, but the atmosphere would be different, it would seem like shes got a good perfect job and his happy with the way her life is going.

Typography

This was the typography that we used. We thought that it looked good, and suited the themes and situations, as it is bold and stands out, but also slightly bland, as the life of the characters with in the film, are boring and live depressed draining lives. I think our audience would probably be living this type of life style as well, so I think the typography was good for the audience.

Part 4 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Part 3 - What impact did the media institution Film4 have on each production stage and why?