The feedback from the questionnaire was mainly positive although there was a few things people would of changed. Poeple found it confusing to understand the genre romantic comedy.
1. How did the film fit the genre?
Most people didnt understand that the genre was film so the feedback of this was negative. This would be a thing we would change in the future to make the opening more understand and show romantic comedy at a bettere standard.
2. Does the film appeal to the chosen target audience?
This was very positive as most people said it was something they would watch and be interested in. The characters were a big part of this as we used teenagers to connect to the audience.
3. What do you think would improve our film?
People found the film rather confusing and said that a big improvement would be making the film more understandable showing a clear difference between the past and the present.
4. Do you understand the concept of the plot? Is it believable?
most peole found the plot confusing but did understand the change from past to present, but this was only due to the fact of the title saying 'six years later..' They said that although the plot was confusing it was believeable.
5. Do you think the titles work well with filming?
Everyone thought the titles worked excellent with the filming and made it look more professional. It also helped the plot be more understandable.
6. What did you think to the quality of editing throughout the duration of the film?
People liked how we used our editing. They thought the fade ins and outs helped made film run smoothly and efficently. Also the names of actors coming in when the film was playing made it look proffesional. The slow mo was a huge hit although the audio should have been cut out. Overall editing had the most positive feedback.
7. Does the film connect to the audience if so how?
The characters was the main connection between the audience as we used to teenagers actors. People thought this worked well as it was something they could relate to or may have well experienced.
8. What particular bits did you enjoy of the film?
The slow mo was a huge success and people thought this made the film enjoyable and comedic. Also the music at the end set the tone for the film and made it energizing and interesting.
Monday, 11 May 2009
questionnaire
We did a questionnaire to find out what people thought of our production. We gave the questionanaire to five people.
Questionnaire
1. How did the film fit the genre?
2. Does the film appeal to the chosen target audience?
3. What do you think would improve our film?
4. Do you understand the concept of the plot? Is it believable?
5. Do you think the titles work well with filming?
6. What did you think to the quality of editing throughout the duration of the film?
7. Does the film connect to the audience if so how?
8. What particular bits did you enjoy of the film?
Questionnaire
1. How did the film fit the genre?
2. Does the film appeal to the chosen target audience?
3. What do you think would improve our film?
4. Do you understand the concept of the plot? Is it believable?
5. Do you think the titles work well with filming?
6. What did you think to the quality of editing throughout the duration of the film?
7. Does the film connect to the audience if so how?
8. What particular bits did you enjoy of the film?
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Evaluation - unfinished
The task in hand was to choose a genre and produce the beginning two minutes of a film including titles, production logo and appropriate music, dialogue and editing. My chosen genre was Romance. My reason for choosing this genre was because i believed i could succeed more as i could relate to romance and it interested me.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
We decided to start our piece with the two main characters meeting. This usually happens in romance films as it creates irony for future events. We wanted to make it easy to establish who the main characters were right at the beginning of the film. We used camera angles and shots to show the diversity of the two characters. By using more of high angled shot on Sean (jack) it showed how he was the more dominant of the two. In the film we see Roxie as a younger girl being bullied by the other main character Sean. As they step outside he cruelly trips her over in front of a group of girls, who all laugh hysterically. Once again Roxie is shown on the floor and the other students are stood up looking down at her. This also shows that she is lower than them, not as popular or powerful. This is a form of bullying and many people experience bullying in their lives or in fact are bully’s themselves. We thought the audience would be able to relate to this.
We did a lot of research on our film genre and this enabled to use different media conventions. We did a lot of editing after our filming to make sure our film looked realistic and professional. Using techniques such as fade in and fade out on the titles made the film run smoothly and gave us the effect we wanted. We also added sub titles such as the one that said 'six years later' this was so the film was clear to audience as we went from past to present. Non diegetic music also helped the understanding from past to present. Non diegetic music was also used so that we could create a feel good lively vibe as the character Roxie was just waking for work. We thought this music would reflect our chosen genre. We also used a slow motion part when Roxie fell. This was to exagerate the emotion and impact of the fall so the audience would feel sympathy for her. This was very effective although we could of done with editing the audio out on this part of the film. When introducing the actors name we again used fade in and fade out. The texts came above when the characters were shown on screen this is used alot in other movies so i thought it gave our film great success.
My chosen audience for this film was teenagers and young adults. I felt i could use my knowledge more as i'm a teenager myself, to give the audience what they wanted. I acheived this by using appropiate conventions in my film. By using young actors i was able to create a connection from the characters to the audience. I wanted the characters to appeal to the audience more otherwise the plot wouldn't have been as effective.
After looking back at my preliminary task i feel i have excelled more. My editing has increasingly improved as i now understand how to achieve the effects i want and how to do it. I also believe the shots are more thought out this time and give the film more meaning and continuity. Also in the preliminary task i was involved in the acting where as this time i wasnt. This helped me give more authority in what i wanted the actors to do and helped me focus on what i wanted to be seen on the screen. I was very happy with my filming of the main character waking from her sleep as i did the zoom out perfectly and the shots cut exactly where needed be.
Our plot line is similar to that off thirteen going on thirty and thats why i think many people would find it enjoyable.
Next time i would think more carefully i would think more about the plot line as we had alot of slip ups that we had change. This prevented us from being able to concentrate on fully on the filming as we was short on time. Lacking actors we had to change the plot from a party scence at the beggining to the sixth form centre. Although this did work out just as effective.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
We decided to start our piece with the two main characters meeting. This usually happens in romance films as it creates irony for future events. We wanted to make it easy to establish who the main characters were right at the beginning of the film. We used camera angles and shots to show the diversity of the two characters. By using more of high angled shot on Sean (jack) it showed how he was the more dominant of the two. In the film we see Roxie as a younger girl being bullied by the other main character Sean. As they step outside he cruelly trips her over in front of a group of girls, who all laugh hysterically. Once again Roxie is shown on the floor and the other students are stood up looking down at her. This also shows that she is lower than them, not as popular or powerful. This is a form of bullying and many people experience bullying in their lives or in fact are bully’s themselves. We thought the audience would be able to relate to this.
We did a lot of research on our film genre and this enabled to use different media conventions. We did a lot of editing after our filming to make sure our film looked realistic and professional. Using techniques such as fade in and fade out on the titles made the film run smoothly and gave us the effect we wanted. We also added sub titles such as the one that said 'six years later' this was so the film was clear to audience as we went from past to present. Non diegetic music also helped the understanding from past to present. Non diegetic music was also used so that we could create a feel good lively vibe as the character Roxie was just waking for work. We thought this music would reflect our chosen genre. We also used a slow motion part when Roxie fell. This was to exagerate the emotion and impact of the fall so the audience would feel sympathy for her. This was very effective although we could of done with editing the audio out on this part of the film. When introducing the actors name we again used fade in and fade out. The texts came above when the characters were shown on screen this is used alot in other movies so i thought it gave our film great success.
My chosen audience for this film was teenagers and young adults. I felt i could use my knowledge more as i'm a teenager myself, to give the audience what they wanted. I acheived this by using appropiate conventions in my film. By using young actors i was able to create a connection from the characters to the audience. I wanted the characters to appeal to the audience more otherwise the plot wouldn't have been as effective.
After looking back at my preliminary task i feel i have excelled more. My editing has increasingly improved as i now understand how to achieve the effects i want and how to do it. I also believe the shots are more thought out this time and give the film more meaning and continuity. Also in the preliminary task i was involved in the acting where as this time i wasnt. This helped me give more authority in what i wanted the actors to do and helped me focus on what i wanted to be seen on the screen. I was very happy with my filming of the main character waking from her sleep as i did the zoom out perfectly and the shots cut exactly where needed be.
Our plot line is similar to that off thirteen going on thirty and thats why i think many people would find it enjoyable.
Next time i would think more carefully i would think more about the plot line as we had alot of slip ups that we had change. This prevented us from being able to concentrate on fully on the filming as we was short on time. Lacking actors we had to change the plot from a party scence at the beggining to the sixth form centre. Although this did work out just as effective.
romance research
While most films have some aspect of romance between characters (at least as a subplot) a romance film can be loosely defined as any film in which the central plot (the premise of the story) revolves around the romantic involvement of the story's protagonists. Common themes include the characters making decisions based on a newly-found romantic attraction. The questions, "What am I living for?" or "Why am I with my current partner?" often arise.
The appeal of these films is in the dramatic reality of the emotions expressed by the characters. The following is a list of recent romantic films. The most successful romantic film is the 1997 blockbuster.
Romance Films, love stories, or affairs of the heart center on passion, emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Oftentimes, lovers in screen romances (often romantic dramas) face obstacles and the hazards of hardship, finances, physical illness, racial or social class status, occupation, psychological restraints, or family that threaten to break their union and attainment of love. As in all romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young (and older) love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life "happily ever after" - implied by a reunion and final kiss.
The appeal of these films is in the dramatic reality of the emotions expressed by the characters. The following is a list of recent romantic films. The most successful romantic film is the 1997 blockbuster.
Romance Films, love stories, or affairs of the heart center on passion, emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Oftentimes, lovers in screen romances (often romantic dramas) face obstacles and the hazards of hardship, finances, physical illness, racial or social class status, occupation, psychological restraints, or family that threaten to break their union and attainment of love. As in all romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young (and older) love, unrequited love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if the two people finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience life "happily ever after" - implied by a reunion and final kiss.
set design and costume
There was no dramatic set designs or costumes involved as we wanted the film to be presented realistic and show normal characters.The first setting was inside the sixth form centre. We shot the scene when we had a free period and other students would be in lessons, this was so we could allow less distractions from pupils but so the scene was realistic enough. We used the entrance of the 6th from centre as we could then follow the scene outside. The second part of filming was at my house and we used my mums bedroom as it was tidy and resembles that of a adults. We did this because the 2nd part is six years later than the first.Our costumes were just everyday clothes although sean (jack) was dressed more smarter as he was a popular kid and roxie (paige) was dressed down as she was the geekk/ nobody. For the future Roxie we simply used shorts and a pajama top to show her waking in the morning.
script
Throughout the film there was barely and speech and therefore i see it reasonable not to do a script. The only kind of dialogue involved in the film is when the girls shout abuse to Roxie and laugh hysterically. At the beggining there is small talk between Sean and Roxie where he asks to take her outside.
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