Evaluation Activity 7

Looking back on the preliminary task I feel that I have progressed a lot with the types of shot we should use and how to use them most effectively. I have developed skills for keeping continuity throughout the scenes which I fell is very important. Poor continuity would be very noticeable and would affect the quality of the film and reflect badly on us as directors.

I feel that I have learnt when to use the match on action shots to good affect and to edit it correctly so that you cannot see the difference. An example of this happened during the preliminary task when Alex reached for the door handle and he then  re-reached for it again so there was no continuity in then scene. Having watched the scene and identified our mistake we corrected it in the final product. This imporved the scene significantly which gave the scene an authentic look in the film .

 

I also learnt how to use the 180 degree rule. I feel that we used the 180 degree rule effectivley in both the preliminary task and in the final task. The correct implementation of the 180 degree rule made a significant difference in our tasks as you can see from the attached.







This scene is the over the shoulder shot which we used on the left in the preliminary task and on the right is our main film in our preliminary task. On the left we have shot the scene too far away from Sams shoulder which means that we are not giving the audience an insight into what Sam is seeing. Where as on the actual film on the right the way we shot the scene we give the audience a chance to understand my point of view.  I believe that by correcting the mistake that we made in the preliminary task we have made the shot more engaging. By doing this we are trying to make the audience feel like they are in the room with us.

Evaluation Activity 1

Top left hand corner: In this clip we have used a close up shot of my hand reaching out in a punching motion. We think that this is an effective shot because the audience are tricked into thinking that this will be an action film where it will all kick off from the start therefore grabbing their immediate attention however in reality it is a comedy. We feel the font is a good thing to have on a moving slide as it will not distract the viewers from the actual film and will also introduce them to a main character.

Top middle : In this shot we have a close up of Sam's face and the villainous sign he is making. We think this is a very effective shot as it gives the audience a chance to form an opinion on Sam's character and immediately identifies him as someone who has a bad attitude. We have also used a dark background behind Sam to re enforce with the audience that he is a gloomy dark mysterious character. It is important that the shot builds up the nature of the character without the need for words so that the audience becomes intrigued by what they are seeing. We have not centred Sam within this scene as we are trying to make the audience aware of the room Sam is in. This is because the nature of the room adds to the building of the character by the audience.

Top right : In this shot we have used a double the over shoulder shot. This is effective as it gives the audience the perspective of what me and Alex are seeing and makes them feel like they are in the movie with us. This is designed to keep the audience engaged with the film. We have centred the TV in this shot as our main focus as we wanted to draw the audiences attention to the fact that we are watching the television. This immediately makes the audience want to see the bad guy that me and Alex talked about earlier which means that early on we hook the audience in and they want to see more.

Middle left : In the middle left shot we can see that we have used an over the shoulder shot which gives the audience the perspective of the character and also involves the audience within the scene. When you compare it to the over the shoulder shot that we have used with the TV it is different as it has a character interaction. This shot is intended to make the audience switch on and pay attention to see what is happening.

Middle : Just like the previous shot we have used the over the shoulder shot as we feel that in this shot it is even more effective as we have the hidden Alex's identity and this makes the scene feel mysterious. We also feel that this shot gives the audience a real feel for the surroundings and allows the audience to see where we are. This is also where we first introduced my character into the scene.

Middle right : This is a great match on action shot as we have zoomed in on the mystery mans hand grabbing the door. This builds the tension within the scene and makes the audience focus as they are wondering what is behind that door, if the mystery man will reveal himself and why he is so secretive. This means that even though the hand is centred everyone the audience are aware of the dark scenery which gives them an indication that something bad will happen. This in turns builds up the audiences tension and anticipation therefore keeping them engaged.

Bottom left: We have used a new font and changed the positioning of our writing so not to take the focus away from Sam as he is our villain. We have used the writing to establish to the audience that we are watching the news from before. The lighting is low key to show the audience that Sam is in a gloomy setting and it adds to the villainous look of Sam. We have used a wide shot purposely for the reason that we want the viewers to see that Sam is in a evil villain lair. This is also how we introduce our villainous character Samuel .

Bottom middle : We have used a constructive shot which shows half of Alex's body. This is effective as it creates an increase in tension to the scene. We cut it there and did not show any more so that we could make the audience tune in and really focus on what was about to happen. I think that this can also encourage the audience to use audience to use their own imagination to anticipate what might happen next. We have also shown costume in this scene for the first time as we see a hooded figure. This is our first real introduction into Alex's character.

Bottom right: This is the title of Red Tornado, this is effective as we have centred the shot on the  massive explosion in the background which paints the scene of some violence in the movie which is what there is but in a comedic way with the super villains and the superhero. Again this is designed to grab the audiences attention. The Genre is not really given away in the first two minutes but Ii think that is effective as it allows us to have the tense build up at the start. We have decided to have the Red Tornado in the left hand corner as we are really trying to drive through the explosion which really gets the audience engaged.

Evaluation Task 2

 

This Alex Valenete and Spiderman's Toby Maguire

Similarities:

1. They both take the lead role in their films. Both characters start off as ordinary people in their roles and have no super hero powers to start off with. Neither of them start off with any intention to become super heroes.

2. Both characters are mysterious and hidden in the background. Both of them are social outcasts.

3. Their appearance is similar. They both have a clean cut look and would appear non threatening to an audience.

4. Alex has the conventional jokey attitude of a teenager. During the scene Alex tells a joke that is not remotely funny in a situation in which a joke was not needed.

Differences:

1. Alex has a sidekick in me where as Toby Maguire as Spiderman fights alone. The Spiderman character works alone where as in our opening two minutes Alex is always with me.

2. Alex knows his enemy from an early stage where as in  Spiderman there is a more in depth look into his family life before introducing a villainous character

3. Within our opening two minutes we don't know Alex's character well enough to know his persona. In Spiderman we know a lot about the background of his character such as family and friends.

Film Conventions

The film conforms to most conventions of a comedy film, especially comedy spoofs of super hero films such as Kick Ass. There are lots of things similar between the two movies, as well as other movies under the genre of comedy or spoof.

Final Media Project Film / Evaluation Activity 5

 

Our film Red Tornado has taken inspiration from other films such as the film called movie superhero movie. In the superhero movie it uses the same dramatic build up of music and scene sequences at the start that our film has used. We have a heartbeat which makes the audience switch on as it is engaging them to wonder what is going to happen. We have ensured that our rolling credits allows the audience to keep interest within the film while allowing them to see who is in the film.

We rotate between two scenes which are me punching and doing pull ups. Mixed in we have a dramatic and tense walk from Alex in which we follow Alex's foot steps. This builds up the tension as the audience are unaware of what is happening and where it will lead to. Alex then walks through the door to see me playing a game console. This then straight away puts the audience at ease as they see that it is a comedic scene rather than an action scene.

We also will link our film to Batman as we have two superheroes in me and Alex. We compare ourselves to the pairing of Robin and Batman the only difference is that me and Alex are not the conventional superhero and sidekick as we have a comedic twist to our roles. Where as in Batman they have a more serious look at crime and we have a more laid back look at it.

Evaluation Activity 6

These are the three pieces of equipment that we used during our project. We used a DV1 shock proof camera and a tripod to film the scenes. In the scene we used the computer to access photoshop  in which we transported  photos from premier elements onto blogger. We also used adobe premier elements to access our film and to edit and render our film. We used mindjet manager pro 6  to assist us with some of our planning and research and to help with our evaluation activities to show what our audience liked within our film. We have a used other technology such as the i phone to introduce commentary's over the film. We used adobe software such as premiere elements and photoshop  to edit and make the core of the film. Photoshop was used for most of our evaluation activities and to  produce our title sequences.

We have also used network's such as youtube so that we could put our film onto the Internet. Blogger is a big part of how we were able to do our evaluation tasks. We used it to post the evaluation tasks and relevant comments on blogger. Adobe Premier was an easy software to use initially ,the editing and initial set up of the film was easy to put on to blogger. I personally found it more difficult when I had to put sound onto the film and thankfully I had a reliable and trustworthy group who could help me with that specific part of the software

I will now talk more about the film camera that we used. It is a DV1 waterproof  and shockproof camera with built in usb. This allowed us to process the film onto the computer which were then put into premier elements. It was then ready for editing and rendering. The camera we had was a HDMI camera which means that it was easily accessible to upload and render our copies of our film. The camera gives the film the real look and makes everyone feel like the film has an authentic look to it.

Evaluation Task 4

This film will fully appeal to our audience because we have a dramatic start. This effects the audience because they are wondering what will happen next within the film . We also tell a comical joke within the film and after getting some feedback from younger friends and familys and they find that joke funny because it is not funny some of the akwardness there appeals to the younger fans and thats why i believe that the age group we have picked will really enjoy it .