7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Below is our preliminary task.
once we started the preliminary task we had no background knowledge on the equipment we were about to use, how to set it up and how to use it to max effect. at points early on in the preliminary we found simply things a mountainous task, like turning the record off and watching back the footage we have just recorded. Trying to check if the mic is recording as well as the camera. In trying this once we ended up turning the mic of and filming without any sound. The scene had to be filmed again.
as a whole group we improved in a lot of factors, especially editing. By the end of the project we had (even though due to a falling out ) created two completely different films with the same raw footage. This is the time frame a great achievement. This factor also helped our group as we had two films and could let people vote on which one they thought better, which is exactly what happened.
surprisingly on a social scale i also think i personally and our group as a whole gained. Not only did you have to work with a few people who you haven't known for long, but also you get to know the persons strengths and weakness' whilst working with them. This helps you adapt within the group.
above is the final cut for our opening sequence. the difference in skill and growth in understanding is clearly recognisable.
Monday, 2 April 2012
Evaluation Question 6
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
from doing the media project i have not only learnt meaningful things about my self and about planning for a project within deadlines i have also learnt about alot of new technology i never had a clue about before.
this doesnt just make it easier for me to do another media project when asked, but also adds the skills to knowledge. If ever asked if i know how to edit on final cut pro, i can say yes and help someone out.
final cut pro.
ediitng with final cut pro wasnt the only new thing i learnt. how to convert your film onto DVD whilst adding menus and different sections to the DVD was also learnt on imovie
i movie
another smaller learning curve for me was getting ued to the macs. as i had neveer used a mac before this task and just the thought of it was daunting. By the end of the project i was very familiar with them and found them quite easy to use. I still had slip ups every now and again, but most problems i was able to sort out by myself.
mac operating system
Lastly i became very familiar with the camera used. as the camera man i had nearly 100% control over the filming of the project and shot achieved within our opening sequence. we used sony hdv cameras heres a similar model
over all it was a very informative task and alot was learnt!
from doing the media project i have not only learnt meaningful things about my self and about planning for a project within deadlines i have also learnt about alot of new technology i never had a clue about before.
this doesnt just make it easier for me to do another media project when asked, but also adds the skills to knowledge. If ever asked if i know how to edit on final cut pro, i can say yes and help someone out.
final cut pro.
ediitng with final cut pro wasnt the only new thing i learnt. how to convert your film onto DVD whilst adding menus and different sections to the DVD was also learnt on imovie
i movie
another smaller learning curve for me was getting ued to the macs. as i had neveer used a mac before this task and just the thought of it was daunting. By the end of the project i was very familiar with them and found them quite easy to use. I still had slip ups every now and again, but most problems i was able to sort out by myself.
mac operating system
Lastly i became very familiar with the camera used. as the camera man i had nearly 100% control over the filming of the project and shot achieved within our opening sequence. we used sony hdv cameras heres a similar model
over all it was a very informative task and alot was learnt!
Evaluation Question 5
Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
The first way we attracted our audience was by the logo and titles/credits we used. We didn’t want the title to be too old or mature for our audience, so we went with a simple white themed credit, with recognisable font.
our logo, drawn out has a very young feel to it as its meant to look like a teenagers graffiti art. This is meant to help young people/ young adults to relate to us and get more hooked into the story, as they know its for their age group.
Another way in which we tried to attract the viewers is by having a very young cast throughout. This is a well fact that teenagers like to watch other teenagers when they are watching a film, and we used that to our advantage.
Once the viewer is attracted to the film, the next step is to keep them interested. This is done by addressing the viewers needs. The easiest way of describing "addressing the viewers needs" to take a stereotypical action film. When an action film viewer in watching a film, there is only a certain amount of time the film can go on without any action actually occurring. If it continues the customers needs are not being met and the customer themselves probably is not/didn't enjoy the film. Once someone tells everywhere they didn't enjoy the film or it was boring, then you face a long uphill battle trying convince people not to listen to people they know and trust you.
in order to avoid not meeting customer needs, we have a death in the opening sequence and shows some gore/ murder and the log is shown being hit over the innocent girls head "Mary".
How did you attract/address your audience?
The first way we attracted our audience was by the logo and titles/credits we used. We didn’t want the title to be too old or mature for our audience, so we went with a simple white themed credit, with recognisable font.
our logo, drawn out has a very young feel to it as its meant to look like a teenagers graffiti art. This is meant to help young people/ young adults to relate to us and get more hooked into the story, as they know its for their age group.
Another way in which we tried to attract the viewers is by having a very young cast throughout. This is a well fact that teenagers like to watch other teenagers when they are watching a film, and we used that to our advantage.
Once the viewer is attracted to the film, the next step is to keep them interested. This is done by addressing the viewers needs. The easiest way of describing "addressing the viewers needs" to take a stereotypical action film. When an action film viewer in watching a film, there is only a certain amount of time the film can go on without any action actually occurring. If it continues the customers needs are not being met and the customer themselves probably is not/didn't enjoy the film. Once someone tells everywhere they didn't enjoy the film or it was boring, then you face a long uphill battle trying convince people not to listen to people they know and trust you.
in order to avoid not meeting customer needs, we have a death in the opening sequence and shows some gore/ murder and the log is shown being hit over the innocent girls head "Mary".
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