In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

1) Location
I chose this shot for location because it is the first shot in the scene, It fades into this shot with the title Long Road Presents riding through it.
This shot is a good setting shot. you instantly know that this is set in the woods and maybe throughout.
2)Lighting
This one only shows lighting a little bit. but shows it all the same
This shows at the top the sun beaming down, as i did this in the middle of the day in the light, i didn't need any extra lighting.
3)Movement
There are a number of moving shots throughout my sequence, this one in particular is the first movement in the scene which shows the dead body. which enhances the suspense as it pans upwards to reveal who those feet belong too.
4)Visual Effect
This shot is red. showing the effect of the heartbeat. I added this to hint that the character is still alive, but if you notice the gaps between the beats extend symbolising that this person is dying. the screen also expands, showing the movement of the heart.
5) Typography
I didn't really want a fancy font in mine, so i kept it as one of the normals, I can't actually remember its name, but as i was looking through other films i could clearly see they didn't worry too much and just used a nice EASY TO READ font. Which i was used
This image i personally think captures the movement of the text also.
6)Costume
Because it's supposed to be about a Young Protagonist. I asked my Actor to wear a hoodie and jeans, this is because this look fits with the stereotype of a "Typical" teenager, and that is how i wanted my character to look.
7)Narrative
I used the shot I Am Dead for this because it is the title of the film, and shows that it integrates with the rest of the narrative well
8)Framing
I personally really like this shot, mainly because of the branch in the way, focusing beyond the body to see different things, and just to split up the shots so Therese not so much of the same thing within the opening sequence.
9)Transitions
The transitions mainly for this sequence is just fades in and out, and are quite hard to capture in a shot, but luckily used this cross effect transitions just to split it up, i think it worked well getting between shots.

Part 2

1) Location2) Lighting
3) Movement

4) Visual Effects
5) Typography
6) Costume
7) Narrative
8) Framing
9) Transitions

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Even though these two characters are in totally different types of scenes they have similarities

This character is from the film Double Indemnity

The similarities between these two characters are:

• They both narrate there story's through the film - Narrators



• They are both looking like they are dying.



• Alot of mysteries when they first are presented in the film.

Differences are:

• Eras, This one was set a while ago and is black and white while mine is more present day



• There clothing is very different



• where my character is narrating from a mystery place, The character form double indemnity is recoding and you actually see him talking.
  

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is my voice over for my opening project

Who Would be the audience for your media product?

What kind of "Genre" do you think this film belongs to?
Mystery

Who do you think the Target Audience of this film would be?
Murder mystery fans

What is your favourite images from this film
There's only one, extended scene

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

For the continuity task i learnt a great deal to help advance my project further

The main one was sticking to the 180 degree rule. In my continiuity Task, the camera stays on the one site throughout the whole scene, even the shot reverse shots are on the same side:
Becuase of this, i made sure that i always filmed on the left of the character, this was to keep the 180 degree rule, and i later found out while filming on the right that my shadow was captured on film.

So due to the continuity task, i would have made alot of errors in my film regarding continuity, i would have had my showdow in the shot - which would of mde the footage unuseable. and the 180 degree rule works also

also thanks to the first continuity task i can not edit footage in order and not make the shots jump, and is good and effective.

Feedback From Jake & Jim

Good Shots, maybe some are a bit to repetitive, cut down a few of the same shots.

Like the effect, but maybe if you play with it a bit more and enhance it that would make it more effective.

Invoices

Equipment Evaluation

Evaluation Questions

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

Well my film opening is maybe a lot like some Film noir. where you see the main character in some sort of crisis at the start, maybe shot or dead, where they then go back to tell the story. I didn't copy this exact, because film noir is mainly black and white, and i didn't really want that. so just the main idea is from that grene, One example is Double Indemnity Where the main character has been shot and you assume he is dying, he returns to his office and starts recording his voice about how it lead up to this point.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The social group for my film is and older audience maybe teenagers, features a young protagonist who has been hurt and is dying, so this wouldn't be a good film for a younger audience.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Maybe an institution that is set apon this particular genre of film, maybe one that distributed some film like Dead Mans Shoes or any of shane meadows films.


Who would be the audience for your media product?

Well as i said in a early question a older audience, maybe age 15 and upwards. this is because you assume there is quite a lot of violence in this film because it starts off with a death. because of this it wouldn't be really suitable for anyone younger.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt a fair amount about opening sequences and how they are constructed to either create mystery, action ect. I have learnt about what makes a good opening sequence and what makes it just look like a trailer.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Well our preliminary task had quite alot of continity errors and i didn't realise this. since then i have been more aware of this problem and taken greater care ensouring nothing spoils my filming. even though i had a basic idea of camera angles and shots, i have learnt since then a greater deal, and also in the editing side i have learnt about makign the shots flow, for example when someone is walking, when the shot cuts you need to make it look liek they where continusaly walking, not just starting again like i did sometimes.

Film opening project Final Cut

This is my final cut of my film opening project.

Dialogue

Finally Wrote and recored my dailogue using myself:

This… this is me.

My heart beat is getting fainter

I am dying.

I should of just said no.

I wish I never got into this.

I wonder how long it Is before my body is found.

This is the story.

This is how I died.

Yesterday - 26th of febuary

Yesterday i really started to edit in after effects, i took what feedback i was given and tried to modify my work to match with what people where saying.

Now i only have 3 hours left to complete i really need to get a move on, theres still some effects i want to place in my work, plus i need to do the voice over even if it is just me.

I will have to see how it works out.

Feedback - Titles

• Work more on motion trails of text
• Cleverly Placed on the scene
  
• perhaps not fluid enough
• they get slightly wiggly and hard to read
  

Feedback - Mise - en - scene

• Mysterious location
• costume casual
• builds up some sense of mystery as to where this character is
• Hood up on the corpse works well to conseal the identity
  

Feedback - Sound

• could have slow misterious music and maybe pick up the pace half way through
• could do with some ambiant noise - and music
• music will be important tocreate dramatic effect

Feedback - Editing

• Overall very good, the clips could do with some slight contrast changes (darker perhaps)
• maybe add old movie effect?
• good transitions but shots are to long
• pieces together nice
  

Feedback - Camerawork

• Spinning camera was weird
• lots of close up and pan shots
• good use of angles
  
• Good use of varied shots
• blend well with titles
  

Picture

My picture was of my sitting doing nothing, This was because i had compleated all my filming before half tarm and had acutally started editing it. so i had nothing to do during it. i did think alot about planning stuff, but i didn't write everything down. I should really. I will do that now.