FINAL TASK EVALUATION

The Audition

I N W H A T W A Y S D O E S Y O U R M E D I A P R O D U C T U S E , D E V E L O P O R C H A L L E N G E F O R M S A N D C O N V E N T I O N S O F R E A L M E D I A P R O D U C T S ?

My film both uses and develops conventions of real media products as well as challenging them. There

are a few ways in which my opening sequence uses the conventions of real media products, the first,

how we are introduced to the main character. Within the first 10 seconds of the film, we are introduced

to the main character. A further way in which I used the conventions of real media products is how

location was introduced. After being introduced to the main character, we see her emerging from a

house and walking down the street in central London. This gives us an idea of where she could be from

and potentially from which social status she comes from. Having opening credits is another way in

which I use conventions of real media products, but I take this further by developing this aspect. In my

opening sequence the credits are integrated within the set of the rolling film , something that more and

more films are beginning to do as conventions are changing with the advances in modern technology.

Further more, as well as using and developing conventions, my opening sequence also challenged the

conventions of real media products. Within my opening sequence, the climax happens within minute.

Conventions of regular films are build ups , a climax and a resolution but I decided to have my film in

non-chronological order, staging the climax at the beginning.

S C R E E N S H O T S S H O W I N G U S E , D E V E L O P M E N T A N D C H A L L E N G E O F C O N V E N T I O N S O F R E A L

M E D I A P R O D U C T S

Introduction to character

Opening credits

Climax

H O W D O E S Y O U R M E D I A P R O D U C T A R E P R E S E N T PA R T I C U L A R S O C I A L G R O U P ?

I believe that my character represents the stereotypical teenage

girl who has a passion. She appears young but pretty and in the

opening sequence is doing stereotypical girly stuff such as putting on

makeup and doing her hair. She comes across to be from a middle

class background due to the luxurious house we see her in and

walking out off but

we can’t be sure. The main girl in the film Black Swan is someone

who I would relate my character to as they both have ambitions to be

dancers and both are young.

 

W H A T W O U L D B E T H E A U D I E N C E F O R Y O U R M E D I A P R O D U C T ?

DEMOGRAPHIC

Being a film about a teenage girl with

aspirations of being a dancer, the demographics

of my opening sequence would be teenagers say

13 +. Being about a girl and featuring a girly

subject such as ballet, mainly female teenagers

would be my demographic. Saying this, having a

theme of a psychological thriller, boys could

potentially be interested in this aspect of the

film. Taking up 21.6% of the UK’s population,

teenagers and young adults from middle class

backgrounds would be the type of people I’m

targeting due to the fact that the character in

the film is from a middle class background so

audiences could relate.

PSYCHOGRAPHIC My film could also be applied to an audience of people who have interests in dance due to the fact that my opening sequence is about a girl who has a strong passion for ballet. Being interested in dance doesn’t have an age cap, so the film could also have an audience of people between the age of 8-80 but this is dependant on whether the film is something they can relate to. Likewise, dealing with a car crash and the aftermath could be another potential audience, people who have experienced a serious accident or know people who have, could connect to the film and be intrigued to watch it.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT AB OUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

Editing software

In my opening sequence task, I included the main character being hit by a car using special editing in

Adobe Premier and Adobe After Effects. Although at the beginning I found it difficult to come to terms

with all the differing editing tools, I managed and was very happy with the finished product. One of the

hardest parts was tracking the movement of the actors feet for it to match the movement of her upper body

yet still making sure there wasn’t any green, (from the green screen that I had removed), showing.

Planning

Planning was a big stage of my opening sequence process. Storyboards

were drawn up and we had to create a thorough plan of how we were going to shoot the car crash scene

as it had to be specifically shot in order for it to be edited right and to look effective.

 

Camera

When first using the camera, we found light a large problem and the frames were not lit effectively. We also found

that when shooting In the bathroom, using the camera without a tripod was more beneficial to get the eerie,

handheld effect. Saying this when filming outside in the street, the use of the handheld camera wasn’t as effective

and made the shot quite blurry and out of focus.

From my preliminary task, I progressed and learnt a lot about the planning, shooting and

editing process of the film. In my preliminary task I did not plan effectively. I had not chosen

specific locations until the day of the shoot, which added extra time and hassle to the

process as I had to find appropriate locations where the light was right. On top of this I had

not catered for the difficult shots I wanted to create. For example when filming my actor

cycling down the street, I wasted a lot of time trying to perfect this scene as without a tripod

or anything to stable my camera, the shot kept coming out blurry. In my final task when

filming, I used a tripod to stable the camera and to make sure the shot was in focus. With

›editing, I simply advanced the skills I used in my preliminary task. I incorporated special

effects with a stunts performed by the actor instead of just focusing on including different

camera angles. In my preliminary task I used safe editing where as in my final task, from

knowing how to use the programming already, I advanced into using Adobe After Effects to

even stage a car crash and reflect and manipulate clips to play in the reflection of mirrors.

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P R O D U C T ?