https://www.slideshare.net/secret/ymHTsy262yKLPe
Sunday, 29 March 2015
Evaluation 5
I feel like I attracted the audience very well by using a character around the same age. By having a main character around the same age as your target audience it makes it easier for them to relate to the story. Many of the audience members I had thought of would be very similar to Charlie in age and personality and therefore able to put themselves in his shoes and try to imagine what he was going through.
The use of music I felt worked very well as it was music by the band Set It Off who not many people know of if you were to go up to many people 16-19 and ask them they wouldn't know who they were but for my audience members who I had imagined they would listen to them or recognise the song. the song was called the Haunting and I felt like it fit in with what the film as about and how Charlie felt.
This also attracts the audience due to the fact that many people think that if the film has a good soundtrack its more than likely a good film and if they audience member likes the band or the song they may relate to the characters more, especially as the character actually listens to the song and it isn't just playing in the background. if that song means something to a person then they will relate the character to the song and want to watch the whole film as they feel like they can connect with them.
The setting of Horror films are usually in a very isolated place, with the location of my opening being in an old tree house on private land so there was field around in all directions it gave the feeling of isolation. Most audience members of the Horror genre will want the isolation and places to look scary and by having a old tree house it really brought the innocent kind of horror which in some cases the audience find more scary. By having the tree house and a very young character in the film it really brought out a shocking story line which I feel could grip the audience very well. When my opening was show to a few audience member they said they really liked it and wanted to watch more as the opening was very griping and they wanted to know how/ why she fell and what Rosie was going to do next let alone Charlie.
Some of the camera angles and shots were very precarious and I felt like the camera work brought a sense of adventure into it and the fact that the Rosie being the younger and less dominant character of the two could well be more stronger and dominated the scene by some of the shots. I thought by using a high angle shot of Rosie looking down towards Charlie portrayed that she could be the stronger of the two and it made Charlie look venerable, this could give the audience a different view on Rosie as a character and that she isn't as innocent and weak as she looks. The fact that the Camera work along entails so much mystery could pull the audience into the story especially with the point of view shots ( for example the shot of Rosie falling off the tree house, it was very unexpected and you felt when watching it that you had just fallen yourself. This may intrigue the
audience into wanting to see what its like to be in a possessed persons body and how they see the world).
The use of music I felt worked very well as it was music by the band Set It Off who not many people know of if you were to go up to many people 16-19 and ask them they wouldn't know who they were but for my audience members who I had imagined they would listen to them or recognise the song. the song was called the Haunting and I felt like it fit in with what the film as about and how Charlie felt.
This also attracts the audience due to the fact that many people think that if the film has a good soundtrack its more than likely a good film and if they audience member likes the band or the song they may relate to the characters more, especially as the character actually listens to the song and it isn't just playing in the background. if that song means something to a person then they will relate the character to the song and want to watch the whole film as they feel like they can connect with them.
The setting of Horror films are usually in a very isolated place, with the location of my opening being in an old tree house on private land so there was field around in all directions it gave the feeling of isolation. Most audience members of the Horror genre will want the isolation and places to look scary and by having a old tree house it really brought the innocent kind of horror which in some cases the audience find more scary. By having the tree house and a very young character in the film it really brought out a shocking story line which I feel could grip the audience very well. When my opening was show to a few audience member they said they really liked it and wanted to watch more as the opening was very griping and they wanted to know how/ why she fell and what Rosie was going to do next let alone Charlie.
Some of the camera angles and shots were very precarious and I felt like the camera work brought a sense of adventure into it and the fact that the Rosie being the younger and less dominant character of the two could well be more stronger and dominated the scene by some of the shots. I thought by using a high angle shot of Rosie looking down towards Charlie portrayed that she could be the stronger of the two and it made Charlie look venerable, this could give the audience a different view on Rosie as a character and that she isn't as innocent and weak as she looks. The fact that the Camera work along entails so much mystery could pull the audience into the story especially with the point of view shots ( for example the shot of Rosie falling off the tree house, it was very unexpected and you felt when watching it that you had just fallen yourself. This may intrigue the
audience into wanting to see what its like to be in a possessed persons body and how they see the world).
Evaluation 3
Me and Charlotte decided to do a voice over of our final opening for evaluation three, covering aspects of production and how a production company works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gck-SIBjHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gck-SIBjHM
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Evaluation 2
I chose to compare Rosie ( played by Niamh) and the little girl from June.
Both characters are innocent young girls with a supernatural power/force. I felt like they had a lot of similarities between them.
Rosie wore quite colourful clothes to represent the childish side to her as the connotations of bright colours as quite fun and childish. June was wearing a white dress, this may be to contrast between the innocence of a young girl compared to what she is capable of. in both cases that was the main feature of bright clothing, to really eventuate the innocence of the two young girls. it give a more shocking and dramatic effect to their powers when the audience see them as venerable children. By giving June a teddy and sitting her on a swing ( in the image) it really drew out that fact that she was very young.
Appearance wise they were a little different however both stereotypical. Rosie was blonde with blue eyes ( a usual combination) and June was brunette with brown eyes ( again a usual combination). For me I find that Rosie looked younger as the brightness of her hair and eyes added a more youthfulness look about here were as June looked slightly older as she was darker. Both Characters had makeup on. Rosie was made to look slightly malnourished and a little paler. I gave her darker eyebrows and used a little white face paint, the two things done together made her completion paler. by adding a small amount of grey around her eyes and on her cheekbones made her look tired and thinner as if she was actually malnourished. June was also given darker eyes, her face wasn't paled as that was done by the dark hair and white dress and her cheek bones were not exaggerated I think this was to keep her face looking chubby to make her more innocent and very child like.
Both June and Rosie had main parts in the film, and it was based around them and what they could do. Junes abilities were used when she got angry or upset and she was able to kill a lot of people. Rosie's however were more complex. They were not seen in the opening to the film to keep it hidden from the audience.
In my film opening I thought a tree house would be a perfect location as they are associated with children and how children always dream of having one in their back garden, they are usually seen as a very happy and fun place but put in the right atmosphere they can actually be quite scary. similarly in June, the location of the image I have chosen was a fair type place with a play ground. Play ground's are specifically for children so in the same way having the action placed in such a fun place really gave the audience shocking turn around.
Both characters are innocent young girls with a supernatural power/force. I felt like they had a lot of similarities between them.
Rosie wore quite colourful clothes to represent the childish side to her as the connotations of bright colours as quite fun and childish. June was wearing a white dress, this may be to contrast between the innocence of a young girl compared to what she is capable of. in both cases that was the main feature of bright clothing, to really eventuate the innocence of the two young girls. it give a more shocking and dramatic effect to their powers when the audience see them as venerable children. By giving June a teddy and sitting her on a swing ( in the image) it really drew out that fact that she was very young.
Appearance wise they were a little different however both stereotypical. Rosie was blonde with blue eyes ( a usual combination) and June was brunette with brown eyes ( again a usual combination). For me I find that Rosie looked younger as the brightness of her hair and eyes added a more youthfulness look about here were as June looked slightly older as she was darker. Both Characters had makeup on. Rosie was made to look slightly malnourished and a little paler. I gave her darker eyebrows and used a little white face paint, the two things done together made her completion paler. by adding a small amount of grey around her eyes and on her cheekbones made her look tired and thinner as if she was actually malnourished. June was also given darker eyes, her face wasn't paled as that was done by the dark hair and white dress and her cheek bones were not exaggerated I think this was to keep her face looking chubby to make her more innocent and very child like.
Both June and Rosie had main parts in the film, and it was based around them and what they could do. Junes abilities were used when she got angry or upset and she was able to kill a lot of people. Rosie's however were more complex. They were not seen in the opening to the film to keep it hidden from the audience.
In my film opening I thought a tree house would be a perfect location as they are associated with children and how children always dream of having one in their back garden, they are usually seen as a very happy and fun place but put in the right atmosphere they can actually be quite scary. similarly in June, the location of the image I have chosen was a fair type place with a play ground. Play ground's are specifically for children so in the same way having the action placed in such a fun place really gave the audience shocking turn around.
Evaluation 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Completion
Having successfully edited the entire opening plus a vlog of the actual filming day, that we were able to have more fun with, we discovered that we didn't have that many issues.
The only real issue was the sound of the surroundings, as I filmed everything on my phone and it was a very windy day. seeing this me and charlotte put our heads together to thing of some way round this problem. we wanted music in the finished result so having found a song ( the haunting by set it off) we were able to work it around the problematic areas and still have the dialogue.
It was very helpful that we tried a few different ideas out on the day of filming with different shots and timings, it was useful in the editing process to actually have more takes and shots than we needed so we could choose the best and show the best of mine and charlottes directing/ filming abilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95xk3shElo8
By having also filmed a vlog alongside our task it was an easy way to show all the small bits that usually get cut out of the making and no body really thinks about e.g feeding the actors. Me and Charlotte thought that by putting a funny spin on the vlog it would really show how fun the day was for both us and the actors. Niamh ( who played Rosie) said " I really, really enjoyed the day and I want to do it again". I think by having such a good relationship with the actors it made our jobs easy as it wasn't 'scary' talking to them and telling them what to do.
The two actors, Ben and Niamh, also had a brilliant relationship on and off camera. they got on very well and already had a sibling like rivalry between them which I thought really showed through the filming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig2rNHQbD7w
The only real issue was the sound of the surroundings, as I filmed everything on my phone and it was a very windy day. seeing this me and charlotte put our heads together to thing of some way round this problem. we wanted music in the finished result so having found a song ( the haunting by set it off) we were able to work it around the problematic areas and still have the dialogue.
It was very helpful that we tried a few different ideas out on the day of filming with different shots and timings, it was useful in the editing process to actually have more takes and shots than we needed so we could choose the best and show the best of mine and charlottes directing/ filming abilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95xk3shElo8
By having also filmed a vlog alongside our task it was an easy way to show all the small bits that usually get cut out of the making and no body really thinks about e.g feeding the actors. Me and Charlotte thought that by putting a funny spin on the vlog it would really show how fun the day was for both us and the actors. Niamh ( who played Rosie) said " I really, really enjoyed the day and I want to do it again". I think by having such a good relationship with the actors it made our jobs easy as it wasn't 'scary' talking to them and telling them what to do.
The two actors, Ben and Niamh, also had a brilliant relationship on and off camera. they got on very well and already had a sibling like rivalry between them which I thought really showed through the filming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig2rNHQbD7w
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