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?

Since the prliminary task I have learnt a lot about how to use the cameras and how to edit.

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?



5) How did you attract/address your audience?

The annotations on this video show the different genre conventions I have used to adress the target audience and what they would want to see in my film

4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target audience for my film is explained in this video.

3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Copy of 2) How does your media product represent particular social groups? on Prezi

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

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Audience feedback for second draft

I posted the video on to  and asked my followers to give me feedback on my video  and this is what they said. 

Audience feedback interview.

This is the transcript fot the interview I did with someone that fits in the target audience. They were male and aged 16. This is what he had to say about my opening sequence.

Second draft

This is the final draft of my media production. There are several changes I have made to improve it so that it looks better and more realistic.

Shot log 2

This is the shot log for the shots that I re-filmed. It gave me a good idea of what I needed to keep in and what I didn't need to keep in.

Test camera shots

These ar different photos we used to test the shot before we filmed to ensure that all the shots looked how they were supposed to.

Changes made filming the second draft

We filmed on a street instead of in a woods because it means that it would look more realistic for the audience and that Matt would look more hidden and less obviously there. We also made the location where he was talking to Becca in a completely different place because it looked more like he was taking her somewhere else and not just pointlessly across the field. We also decided to use a two shot rather than shot revese shot for the first bit of dialog because it meant we had different camera shots to make things less boring for the audience.

During the editing as well I included a fade between a couple of the scenes to show that she didn't just appear there and that timie had passed between the time she was in each location.

Initial audience feedback

When people first saw my first draft this is the initial reaction:

- The music fit very well with the genre and helped to build tension especially at the beginning
- The camera shots were used well along with the action taking place
- The titles fit in well with the genre and were placed well through the opening sequence
- The shot in the middle in the woods seemed unrealistic because it seems obvious that he is behind her
- The dialog is fuzzy and the background noise stops and starts.
- The reaction in the conversation seemed slow and it would be better if the reply was straight after

From these comments I have decided to film some of it again to make it more realistic to the people watching and also to edit it so that the conversation flows better.

First draft of opening sequence

This is the first draft for my opening sequence. It has been edited and I will use my audience feedback to make changes to the editing and film some things again if I need to.

Editing proof

This is the proof of editing. The first picture shows unlinking the sound from the rest of the video. The second picture shows how we put in the fade out effect into the music. And the third picture shows us using the razor tool to cut and split the video clips.

Title development - main titles

This is how the mian titles were developed.

I put in each letter one by one to give the effect of it being typed.

Title development - Production company title

The titles were made on photoshop and imported into permeire pro.

Song Choice

We found a song we thought would fit by a band called Chameleon Circuit. The song is called Nightmare. We thought this was fitting because the beginning of the song helps to create some tension at the start of the opening sequence. Also, as soon as the speaking part of our film opening happens, the instrumental part begins and this would allow us to keep it playing in the background without getting in the way of the dialogue. We contacted two of the band member - Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell over their websites/Youtube and Twitter. We recieved a reply from Alex, who said:

Sure, help yourself! All my songs are available for whatever people want, so yeah, go ahead :D

Someone else on Twitter also replied to us and said Alex mentioned in one of his videos that his songs are free to be used.

Camera Diagrams Proof

This is the proof for the camera diagrams that I drew to show that we were able to carry out the camera shots.
This was for the shot reverse shot and using our diagrams we were able to make this work properly by setting up the camera in the correct places.

Changes made

We made a few changes in the production that weren't on the script and shoting script. We decided to use a phone rather than a laptop because we thought that it wouldn't be a good idea to have a laptop out in public as it could lead to it getting stolen and possibly one of the memeber of the group getting injured. We also didn't show the second text as it seemed like it would cut up the action and stop the tension. We didn't film in a playground as we thought it would be a bad idea when there are small children around and they could distract from the action.

Shot log

Thiis is the shot log for the footage I took the other day. it tells me what shots I need and what ones I don't need.

Camera Diagrams

 These are the diagrams of how we intend to set up the camera in 2 shot when we are
filming our opening sequence.

Risk assessment

Here is the risk assessment for filming to ensure safety to all our group and member of the public.