Evaluation activity

We have used Blogger for all our media work and the lead up to our films including props, costumes, treatment anything that was important it was posted on here. This was how we kept updated with coursework and the planning in our film. Blogger was the centre of our film information it had everything we needed on it so that we could constantly look at what we still had to do.

We had to upload our final video to youtube and this took a few attempts but it came out ok apart from it had Premier elements written across the screen as this was the only way that it would upload from that system, that took a lot more attempts then we hoped for.

We had to use the schools system of premier elements rather movie maker as it had some great effects that we managed to incorporate in our film. I would say that Premier elements is an ok system to use hoever it does crash a lot and that could be because we had a high resolution footage but we lost our work a couple of times due to us not saving and that it crashing. We had problems uploading the film due to the crashes and this made the process slower than normal.

We used the schools computer to upload our film and this was rather slow as our film was being processed because we had so much footage to sort out. It imported the footage fine and was an excellent quality when on screen however when we put it in premier elements the sloweness of the computer made it hard to fit everything together. Although this occured our film came out great.

This was the tripod we used in our filming process it was easy to handle and had no problem. We decided to use Bekky's tripod rather than the schools as we found it was more simple and accurate to use as the transition of the pan was smooth.

This is the camera we used for the filming and it had a clear viedo image. The camera being light was easy to handle and we found no faults with the camera when using it. The camera was a suitable size and could film every shot we needed including a wide shot. The editing process for the camera was slow because we had a lot of highe definition footage.

Evaluation activity 1 - 9 screen shots

The first screen shot shows the title of our film. (RELLIK)

The second screen shot shows the setting/location of our film. (When Danielle walks away to go to the bathroom it shows a clear layout of the hall we used)

The third screen shot shows the costumes/ props that we used. (When the clown slowly appears by the door getting ready to kill Mark)

The fourth screen shot shows some camera work and editing that we did/used. (When Danielle dies by having a bottle shoved down her throat we had to carefully edit the shots we took together to make them link as though the bottle was going down her throat)

The fifth screen shot shows the genre and how the oepning suggests it. (When Mark has been killed a shot of haha above him shows the killer does not care)

The sixth screen shot shows the story and how the oepning sets it up. (Very first shot of Mark and Dominic clearing up from a previous party sets the time of about the evening when only they should be around cleaning)

The seventh screen shot shows how the characters are introduced. (When Danielle appears in the door way walking towards Mark holding a bottle of wine showing she is a teenage girl who is slightly drunk)

The eighth screen shot shows the special effects that we have used. (When the clown goes all blurry this was to demonstrate Daniell's vision as she is drunk)

The ninth screen shot shows the style font and choice for our title. (This is the same as the first screen shot to show the choice and style that we chose to suit our film genre)

Well done to everyone in our film

Directors: Jasmine and Bekky
Assisstant camera worker: Michelle
Writers: Jasmine and Bekky
Killer clown: Matt
Danielle: Bekky
Dominic: Alistair
Mark: Sonny

Finally our media film :)

Evaluation activity - What we could have improved

1) In the background of one of our scenes you can see the equipment and props needed for the rest of the film. However we only noticed during editing but it looks like some random stuff left over from the party.

2) We could have made sure that we were checking the time limits for the each scene as we were only allowed a max of two minutes, we had to cut out a lot of footage to make the opening exactly two minutes.

3) In the scene where Dominic walks past Danielle we did two shots rather then one straight pan of him. In our film we only panned once and it was cut due to too much footage so bad us!

Evaluation activity - Who would be the target audience for your film product?

Name: Garion Hayman
Age: 26
Occupation: Art teacher
Fave music: Punk
Fave T.v Program: Shamless
Fave movie genre: Horror
Fave Director: Steven Spielberg
Fave Movie: The Goonies
Fave Actor: Kate Beckinsale
How often do you go to the cinema: Once a month
Recent viewings at the cinema: Underworld 3D
2D/3D preference: 2D

Garion would enjoy watching our horror film as it's his favourite genre. As our film is aimed at over 18's he is in the ideal age group for our film.










Name: Jasmine Bridger
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Fave music: Pop
Fave TV program: Ghost Whisperer
Fave movie genre: Horror / thriller
Fave director: Steven Spielberg
Fave movie: Woman in Black
Fave actor: Daniel Radcliffe
How often do you go to the cinema: Once a month
Recent viewings at cinema: Woman in Black
2D / 3D preference: 2D

Jasmine is a media student and so she will want to watch the film as part of that; and would therefore lend a critical viewing approach. Her favourite genre is horror, so this is exactly her type of film.




Name: Bekky Kirkup
Age: 17
Occupation: Student / Healthcare Assistant
Fave music: Alternative and rock
Fave TV program: Friends
Fave movie genre: Thriller
Fave director: Tim Burton
Fave movie: Inception
Fave actor: Johnny Depp
How often do you go to the cinema: Every 3 months
Recent viewing at cinema: Woman in Black
2D / 3D preference: 2D

Bekky is a media student and so would want to watch the film as part of that; and would therefore lend a critical viewing approach. Her favourite genre of thriller, favourite director, and most recently viewed film at the cinema hint that she would enjoy a horror film.




Name: Mr. Thornton
Age: 27
Occupation: Media teacher
Fave music: Grunge and Punk
Fave TV program: Screenwipe
Fave movie genre: Drama
Fave director: Shane Meadows
Fave movie: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Fave actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
How often do you go to the cinema: Every 6 weeks
Recent viewing at cinema: The Descendants
2D / 3D preference: 2D

Mr. Thornton is a media teacher and so he would want to be updated with recent films, whether or not they are his favourite genre. This is not to say he would neccesarily enjoy our film; he would lend a critical approach to viewing it. However his age range is ideal and his music preference hints that he could enjoy it. Horror is basically drama with gore and silly scares anyway.

Evaluation activity - Dom similarities/differences with other media representations of teenagers

This post is about our character Dom and his similarities / differences with other media representations of teenagers.




Dom vs Scream's Randy

Similarities:
. Witty
. Makes light of a situation knows how to brighten a mood
. The 'nice' character
. Manages to avoid killer until a good way through the film (Randy died in the sequel)
. The nerd a friend of one of the main characters




Dom vs High School Musical's Chad

Similarities:
. The main guy's best friend (secondary character)

Differences:
. More realistic appearance of a teen than Chad
. Not 'the cool' guy
. Less focus on 'masculine' activities (e.g. basketball)