Favourite film of all time

Honey is my favourite film for many reasons, one would be for the music that is throughout the film. This was the music I was grew up to and really the music that I love. The story of the film is that any thing is possible when you believe in yourself and this is something that I think to my self when making decisions to my future.

The dance scenes in this film are well choreographed and because of this show a real art and as a viewer is really amazing to watch. This young women is also a good role model to me growing up as her life was built on helping others less fortunate than herself. She lived in a middle class background and her parents didn't accept her career as a dancer and felt it was impractical yet she continued to do this with out her parents blessing as it was her passion and love, growing up I was a female footballer and all i got was people telling me that I shouldn't be playing football because i was a girl and this film helped me to see that the things we love most in life is not because of the acceptance but the love of what we are doing and so this film is held dear to me as it helped me form the girl I am today.

preliminary task

                                                                   preliminary task 



My preliminary task featured two fellow students. One was my fellow group member Beth Rowe and the other was fellow student Chloe Young. Chloe took a book from the self, then made a start  to read the book when she was interrupted by Beth about not being at practice.she then breaks down in tears following by Beth confiding her.

Proposal opening two mins

Starts of with music (Non-Digetic sound) playing in the background when two production credits Touch Stone and Landwilde films fade in and out. the is the a panning view of woods that cut into and over the shoulder shot of a young women on a bike and the a wide shot of the riding this exercise bike in her apartment.

The is then a Birds eye view of a man sleeping when his Alarm clock goes of (Digetic sound) waking him up. This when cuts in to a wide shot when he looks at the time and leaps from his bed.  This then cuts onto a close up of the women looking into her mirror. fast panning shot is then introduce as the young man running though the town to suggest to the audience he is a rush to get somewhere. This then cuts into a medium shot of the female in her apartment having a coffee to suggest to the audience she has no worries.

This then cuts back into a face pace panning of the man entering a coffee shop when the worker says to him two regular lattes. this suggests to the audience that he comes her often and has them guessing who the other drink is for. and the cuts into another fast panning shot of the man running across the shop into a building.

Both the male and female being given prevence in the first two minutes of this film also has the audience watching questioning that they will have a link to the later story of the film.

Never back down opening two mins.

The name of the film first appears with Non-Digetic sound (music ) that is intensive and loud. The Name title then fades out into the background of the lighted football pitch. The first camera shot is off another camera filming the events of this football game and then zooms out into a wide shot of the game taking place. Digetic sound of the audience of this football match cheering is introduced to make the audience understand what is going on.

This is followed by a close up of a young man's face and then the camera is panning around the action of the game taking place. The camera however seems to follow around the man in the first close up giving him prevence to suggest to the audience watching that he is important to the rest of the film and therefore keeping them engaged into continuing to watch the film.  The music then starts to intensify as the tension of the game builds and the tension between the two quarterbacks build. The music then stops when the game finishes.

A comment is then made about the young man's farther who has been given prevence  and the music is then reintroduced and the pace of the film again starts to build, following a extreme close up of this young mans face to show the audience watching his anger from this comment made.

The camera then pans around this man as he fights and takes down his opposition and then finishes with a wide shot of all the football players fighting on the pitch and leaving the audience wondering what it is about  this character and the mentioning of his farther that makes him so angry and so having the audience engaged in the first two minutes of watching this film

Twilight braking dawn part two opening two minutes

The tiles of this film is very effective it started with the summit entertainment title and the cut into a birds eye view panning shot over one setting of the film the woods. The is titles in both white and red to suggest the film will have darkness and light in. the is then a long panning shot of dawn over hills when the title of the film then appears. then colour contrasts from darks red to grey as the characters names are being titled.

the setting of the film is on constant viewing during the opening titles and the same non- digetic sound (music) in the background it starts of soft and gentle but eventually picks up tempo and becomes loud. Their are a few bits of editing where from shots that show the characters names that fades into actual settings of the film. also the shots and titles start at slow pace with the soft and gentle music but as the tempo of the music starts to increase so does the speed of each frame to the titles. this is effective because it helps to build up tension to those who are watching and keeps them  interested to what is going to happen next and as a result keeps the view to watching the rest of the scene

Genre of my film

The Genre of my film is Horror. Having this a the genre of my film meant that I still had a range of things that I could use in my film. Horror films have a range of villains. zombies, possessed people, ghosts, cereal killers, haunted dolls and so on.  This meant that I had a range of characters and story lines to choose from. However I wanted to do something different, I wanted to subvert the stereotypes of horror films rather than convert to them and this is why I had a male victim as I wanted my film to be different to every other film having the victims being helpless women. I also had my villain being a female to show her as the strong and powerful character subverting the stereotype of women and girls being weak and less superior to men.

location research of my film

This is where we chose to set our film. This is a small town with a big woods that is ideal for the settings of our film. The woods are spooky with a lot of space to film in. Wood are a stereotypical location for horror films that involve mystery deaths.  This was a perfect location for my film as there was no one around so the film had the feel we wanted it to have, but also their was no noise of anyone around which meant when it came to the digetic sound to our film nothing had to be cut out.

Harry potter deathly hallows part one, opening two minutes

The opening title of warner brothers is especially very distinctive to the film you are watching.
You can see the warner brothers sign is broken and dark, unlike the past films this is because the villain voldemort is at large and show the audience that the film they are about to watch is also starting to get very dark.

There is music filled with tension the starts when the warner brothers titles come in and the sound builds getting louder and louder to draw the audience in, the music then stops on a close up of the minister of magic and he starts his digetic monologue.the close up of this characters face is to show the audience the fear that is clear to our eyes all though what he is saying would seem to be different maybe this is because they want the audience to know that darkness is coming.
while this character continues to speak the close up shots turns to a medium shot to show the audience possibly the details to this new character. there is then flashing lights of the media and a extreme wide shot to show the setting of the film. this is a great place that only light is by the flashing lights of the media to show that the power of the wizard world no longer lies with the ministry of magic.

This followed by a change in setting, a bedroom of a teenage girl. A match on action shot is used to show this young girl reading a newspaper about the villain and his crew the death killing 'mood bloods' human wizards. A wide shot is then used to show this young female in her bedroom. Just when you hear the voice of her mother calling her for tea. There is then a close up of her face as she reply to her mother there is a crackle in her voice to suggest to the audience she is possibly scared for their safety due to these villains being at large. In the close up of this young females face you can also see the pain and upset in her eyes this is designed to make the audience also fear for this family's safety.


The is the gloomy music - non - digetic sound that is played into the film. the streets appear dark when there is a long shot of harry potters road to suggest that darkness is coming. You see a panic of the family that cares for harry potter. it then turns in to a long shot of the Wesley house. you can see the the young male also shows fear for the upcoming events like previous characters in the past few scenes. the non- digetic sound (music) becomes loud and more intensive to build the tension for the viewers watching. This is the last part of the opening  two minutes.

Evaluation- What targets will you set yourself for G324 next year - When you will make a trailer?

I have learnt for my year doing G321 coursework that I need to become more organised and this will help me succeeded with more post and in greater detail. I would also have created more footage so that I had a longer film. I also would plan out the exact shots I want and have a more distinctive storyline this would show that I was in control of my project and therefore I would have a greater outcome.
In my next film production I am going to have a detailed story line to the film I am making a trailer for and will ensure that everything I do will be planed to the last detail, this will include camera shots I wish to use, actors costumes, props and all the details that I had missed in this years film production.

Targets I wish to set for Mise-en-scene :
I would like to have a clear setting in my next film production, Although I did have a clear setting in the wood for this years production, I feel that simply having props with in my setting that shows reverence to the story line will add to the drama and engage the target audience. Also in my next film production I wish to have clear costumes for my character so that the audience watching can really get to grips on what my films about.

Targets I wish to set for Camera Composition :
 Although I feel that in making my film this year I did succeed in using a rage of camera shots, using high angle shots, match on action shots, medium and full length shots, I still feel that there is a lot of room for improvement for Camera Composition for my Trailer next year.I feel I could use close up shots to show their facial expressions so that the audience can connect to how that character is feeling. I could also use point of view shots again this shot is very effective in getting the audience to see in the eyes of that character but also feel a connection to that character.

Targets I wish to set for Editing:
I feel that I could use cuts from shots to show or portray characters or relationship between characters in a certain way. To possibly make the audience feel a connection between this editing. I could also use fast pace and slow pace editing to portray the characters, their relationships or simply the mood within the film.

Targets I wish to set for Sound:
I wish to have either a voice over from the main character of my film or scripted speech from characters of my film for the next project I do.  I think this would help the audience watching to know what is going on and the story line to my film. i would also like to use music to help portray the type of film I am creating.

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

This is a samsung S4 Mini, the phone me and my partner used to film the shots and footage of our film Elvira. we used YouTube videos to help us when editing our film and these videos where extremely useful. We also used YouTube to put up our film and preliminary task. For all of the Editing, sound of our film we used Adobe premier, this was a useful programme in helping us to do this with many tools that were simple yet effective use of equipment. To post all of our course work we used blogger, but we however also used blogger to look at previous students work so that we knew the standard of work we must give to get a high grade.

story board of my film

Evaluation- how did you attract/ address your audience

Evaluation- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation: Looking back on your preliminary tasks, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Both Editing and camerawork of my film, looking back on my preliminary task are very similar. There is a match on action shot in my preliminary task when Chloe is searching for a book and in my film we also used a match on action shot of actor Kieron when going under the tree so we could empathize the tension to the audience.

looking back on my preliminary task i have learnt about production credits and how to edit shots so that they fade in and out to make a dramatic effect. In our preliminary shot we used several camera shots match on action, close up, 360 rule, shot- reverse-shot, over the shoulder shot. and fast pace editing. however the camera stayed on one level and therefore didn't show the full extent of depth in meaning to the clip. In our film we had a high angle shot along with low angle shots which helped us to get the full depth of meaning to come across to the audience watching.   

As you can see both the picture to the right and to the bottom left there is both match on action shots of the characters hand. In the preliminary task you can see that this shot is used to show the audience what the character is doing. in my film the shot is used to show the characters vulnerability as he is on taken obstacles to make his way him.

G321 Final - Opening to Elvira

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

 This is a close up of the first victim of Elvira in the opening scene of my film. when He is moving under a tree branch this brings depth and tension to the shot as he is seen a vulnerable and weak as he is on his own and this close up shot is used to empathize this. By creating depth and tension is this shot makes the film more exiting for the audience and therefore integrating  them into my film.

This is an ancient  drawing of an exorcism  with a quote from the bible on exorcisms. This shot shows the audience what the film is going to be about. Also the darkness of this shot shows that the film will be dark and gloomy and therefor showing the audience what is waiting ahead. This shot it designed to hint to the audience on what the film has in store but also not revealing much and therefor teasing the audience. This shot also shows that the genre of this film is horror.

This shot is the start of my film. This is dark so shows that the film will also be dark and fearful. yet is not to revealing so that i can keep the audience interested in the continuing shot ahead.
Many other films start with production titles and this is also why i thought it should be my first shot.






This is a wide shot of the first victim of Elvira. This shot is very good as it empathizes the fact that he is alone with nothing but nature surrounding him. This makes the audience watching see him as vulnerable and brings tension as the audience are anticipating what is lying ahead for the victim/ character within this shot.The victim/ character in this shot is called Chris in my film. He is young and to show this in my  shot i have surrounded him with big trees and a wide surrounding to emphasize  his vulnerability and showing his weakness. This shot is also good as it shows the setting/location where my film will be set. Woods are a very typical setting for a horror films, 'The ward' like my film a horror film with paranormal activity occurring also has an opening scene set in the wood.

                                                                               

                                            

This shot is an action shot, showing the villain Elvira taking her first victim to the floor. its a long shot showing a the full body of both Elvira and her victim.

This again is an action shot but of the victim Chris running from Villain Elvira. this shot shows a clear view of the setting to the film. Hes surrounded by endless open nature. no one else is to be seen and he is completely alone. The audience can see the despair in his facial expression. This shot is unlike previous shots where Chris felt comfort, he now clearly expresses his fear for his own safety.

Evaluation, Who would be the audience for your media product?

My Target audiences is  female teenagers in the age of 15-19.
The tastes my target audience would be mystery, action, friendship and romance. these are all aspects i fell my film has. They would listen to Hip-hop, R&B, POP and rap. this is all music that i feel will be with in the film as well. The TV shows they would watch would be 'Derek', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Ghost Hunters' these all hold mystery and action all aspects of which my film has.







                                                           
My target audience is also male teenagers in the age of 15-19.
The tastes of my target audience would be Action, Horror, Mystery and comedy. I feel my film would possess each of these aspects and doing so appealing to my target audience. The TV programs he would watch would be 'Derek', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'CSI' and 'Broad Church' all of which show a villain who is at large and the process of them being caught and the back ground to why they did what they did, which will be the story of my film so appealing to my target audience.

Evaluation: On how my media product represents particular social groups ?

The Character Chris from my film is killed of in the first scene and so we didn't want the audience to connect with this character. So because of this we has a stereotypical teenager to play this part. He fits into many stereotypical characteristics and so this will mean that the audience watching will not be interested by this character so which is what we want as we wont be mentioning much about this opening character.