Sound
After facing problems getting the sound to transfer to the hard copy of my teaser trailer I resorted to creating/composing a piece of music myself. I used a piece of music-recording software called 'Cubase'.
The pictures above show the steps I took in creating the file.
Magazine Front Cover
As an ancillary task we chose to create a poster and the front page of a magazine to showcase and promote our film.
This is how the front page of the magazine appears:
Question 1B
'Question 1B requires you to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept. These will be: Genre, Narrative, Representation, Audience, Media Language.'
The media concept I have chosen to evaluate in relation to a production is that of Genre, Narrative and Blank.
INSERT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
The media concept I have chosen to evaluate in relation to a production is that of Genre, Narrative and Blank.
INSERT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
Question 1A
'Question 1A requires you to describe and evaluate your skills and the development over the course of your production work, from Foundation to Advanced Portfolio. The focus must be on skills development in terms of one or two of the following; digital technology, creativity, research and planning, post production or using conventions from real media texts'.
In comparison to last years AS product I believe that the main product for my A2 project is much better. Approaching the virtually the same project again I was eager to work with someone who I knew would help to produce the best piece of work possible. I chose to work with John Wood, with whom I worked with last year also.
I will now evaluate my skills and development from AS to A2 in terms of creativity and digital technology.
- Creativity
In terms of creativity, John and myself had no problem with coming up with ideas to pursue for our A2 project as we share mutual appreciation for the same genres of film and so therefore chose to create a hybrid genre of Neo Noir/Mobster as we thought this would be a new and exciting genre to work in. We used moodboards and watched films relating to said genre. From the previous year we found this to be very useful and inspirational and so used the technique again to help us create our project. This was not the case, however, for last years AS project due to the fact that there were four people in my group including myself and our tastes and obviously our opinions varied greatly and so therefore faced difficulties in creating the project.
Due mainly to the facts stated above I believe that is the main reason as to why, creatively, the A2 project has been more successful.
Below is the video for my AS project which though I am proud of I feel it is not as good as my A2 project.
- Digital Technology
In terms of digital technology personally I have made vast improvements. Being able to develop my camera skills from last year allowed me to be more confident this year constructing and framing interesting and different angles for my A2 project.
Also, I have gained knowledge concerning the editing procedures of my project. Myself and John were introduced to a piece of editing software called 'Final Cut Pro' which allowed us to use our skills from last year and develop new ones with
this particular piece of software.
Lastly, the following statements have enabled me to work quicker and more efficiently whilst creating my project:
- Camera skills i.e use of tripod
- Ability to get footage from camera to computer for editing
- Ability to use various shot types for a single scene
- How to storyboard more efficiently and realise its importance
- It is better to film more than one take for each scene/shot
- Working in pairs is easier
In comparison to last years AS product I believe that the main product for my A2 project is much better. Approaching the virtually the same project again I was eager to work with someone who I knew would help to produce the best piece of work possible. I chose to work with John Wood, with whom I worked with last year also.
I will now evaluate my skills and development from AS to A2 in terms of creativity and digital technology.
- Creativity
In terms of creativity, John and myself had no problem with coming up with ideas to pursue for our A2 project as we share mutual appreciation for the same genres of film and so therefore chose to create a hybrid genre of Neo Noir/Mobster as we thought this would be a new and exciting genre to work in. We used moodboards and watched films relating to said genre. From the previous year we found this to be very useful and inspirational and so used the technique again to help us create our project. This was not the case, however, for last years AS project due to the fact that there were four people in my group including myself and our tastes and obviously our opinions varied greatly and so therefore faced difficulties in creating the project.
Due mainly to the facts stated above I believe that is the main reason as to why, creatively, the A2 project has been more successful.
Below is the video for my AS project which though I am proud of I feel it is not as good as my A2 project.
- Digital Technology
In terms of digital technology personally I have made vast improvements. Being able to develop my camera skills from last year allowed me to be more confident this year constructing and framing interesting and different angles for my A2 project.
Also, I have gained knowledge concerning the editing procedures of my project. Myself and John were introduced to a piece of editing software called 'Final Cut Pro' which allowed us to use our skills from last year and develop new ones with
this particular piece of software.
Lastly, the following statements have enabled me to work quicker and more efficiently whilst creating my project:
- Camera skills i.e use of tripod
- Ability to get footage from camera to computer for editing
- Ability to use various shot types for a single scene
- How to storyboard more efficiently and realise its importance
- It is better to film more than one take for each scene/shot
- Working in pairs is easier
Evaluation Question - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
I think that the combination of my main product and the ancillary tasks that I undertook is very effective. All three pieces of work do exactly what they're meant to very effectively.
The poster works as an incentivising visual aid which attracts the consumer to our product. I deem the poster to be aesthetically engaging which is it's purpose.
The other ancillary product that goes with our main product (the film/trailer) is a magazine cover which we created to appeal to our target audience. It also gives a visual representation of what the film.
The poster works as an incentivising visual aid which attracts the consumer to our product. I deem the poster to be aesthetically engaging which is it's purpose.
The other ancillary product that goes with our main product (the film/trailer) is a magazine cover which we created to appeal to our target audience. It also gives a visual representation of what the film.
Evaluation Question - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?'
'The conventions of horror films are as follows:•Blood•Death•Killing•Villain•Victim•Haunted houses and isolated settings.To obtain some background knowledge on forms and conventions of horror films I watched a few 'classic' films, such as The Ring and Scream.
Our media product uses and challenges forms and conventions of real media products:
Sound: Needs to be improved to pertain to the eeriness of the film opening.
Editing: Could be improved, at the moment the transitions between shots is not very good. The finished product will use the forms and conventions of an occult horror.
Camera: We have used and developed forms and conventions so far by use of varied camera angles and shot types.
Mise en Scene: Uses the forms and conventions of horror with dim lighting and iconography through the occult-type images.'
The above text is what I wrote at this time last year when I was evaluating my AS project. I will now evaluate the current A2 project in terms of how I feel the method and quality of my work has developed or indeed where it has faltered.
I believe that my A2 media project, much like my AS project conforms to the conventions of real media products for the most part. An area in which it does not is genre. This is down to myself and my working partners decision to create a hybrid genre of Neo Noir/Violence. Normally a piece of work in terms of film will pertain to one specific genre i.e adventure, romance, comedy but we have combined two to great affect as the end product has amalgamated these two genres into a teaser trailer that has elements of both Neo Noir and Violence.
Mise en scene: By filming at night we were able to conform to the conventions of film noir by having prominent areas of black in all shots and by also using shadows and the conventional 'noir-esque' attire.
Camera: This time round, myself and my working partner were looking to broaden our scope of shot types and be more adventurous in terms of turning and committing our ideas into film. We used a variety of camera techniques and shot types such as pan, point-of-view shot, crane shot, slow zoom and extreme long shot. All of these shots work well within the product and give the viewer more to think about and more to look at.
Sound: In terms of sound we were looking to conform to the conventions of real media products by using 'music' over the top of the film. Usually in film popular music is used to help create emotion etc and a seperate score also serves the same purpose. We did not use any diegetic sound as we felt just the images and score over the top were very powerful on their own.
'The conventions of horror films are as follows:•Blood•Death•Killing•Villain•Victim•Haunted houses and isolated settings.To obtain some background knowledge on forms and conventions of horror films I watched a few 'classic' films, such as The Ring and Scream.
Our media product uses and challenges forms and conventions of real media products:
Sound: Needs to be improved to pertain to the eeriness of the film opening.
Editing: Could be improved, at the moment the transitions between shots is not very good. The finished product will use the forms and conventions of an occult horror.
Camera: We have used and developed forms and conventions so far by use of varied camera angles and shot types.
Mise en Scene: Uses the forms and conventions of horror with dim lighting and iconography through the occult-type images.'
The above text is what I wrote at this time last year when I was evaluating my AS project. I will now evaluate the current A2 project in terms of how I feel the method and quality of my work has developed or indeed where it has faltered.
I believe that my A2 media project, much like my AS project conforms to the conventions of real media products for the most part. An area in which it does not is genre. This is down to myself and my working partners decision to create a hybrid genre of Neo Noir/Violence. Normally a piece of work in terms of film will pertain to one specific genre i.e adventure, romance, comedy but we have combined two to great affect as the end product has amalgamated these two genres into a teaser trailer that has elements of both Neo Noir and Violence.
Mise en scene: By filming at night we were able to conform to the conventions of film noir by having prominent areas of black in all shots and by also using shadows and the conventional 'noir-esque' attire.
Camera: This time round, myself and my working partner were looking to broaden our scope of shot types and be more adventurous in terms of turning and committing our ideas into film. We used a variety of camera techniques and shot types such as pan, point-of-view shot, crane shot, slow zoom and extreme long shot. All of these shots work well within the product and give the viewer more to think about and more to look at.
Sound: In terms of sound we were looking to conform to the conventions of real media products by using 'music' over the top of the film. Usually in film popular music is used to help create emotion etc and a seperate score also serves the same purpose. We did not use any diegetic sound as we felt just the images and score over the top were very powerful on their own.
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