foundation portfolio - caitlin elward
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Thursday, 16 March 2017
evaluation question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at the preliminary task, which I have previously posted on the blog, I am able to see how much we have improved as a group from there to our Thriller opening. When filming our preliminary task we were lacking on knowledge of how to get good creative shots, the best areas to film and some other stuff.
While filming our preliminary task we filmed it during school time, due to this we struggled to find areas around the school which was quiet and areas where the background sound didn't effect the sound of our continuity. From this, we took it into consideration when filming our full product by ensuring that we filmed on a location where background sound would not effect the overall piece as it was filmed in an area near a road.
Looking back at the preliminary task, which I have previously posted on the blog, I am able to see how much we have improved as a group from there to our Thriller opening. When filming our preliminary task we were lacking on knowledge of how to get good creative shots, the best areas to film and some other stuff.
While filming our preliminary task we filmed it during school time, due to this we struggled to find areas around the school which was quiet and areas where the background sound didn't effect the sound of our continuity. From this, we took it into consideration when filming our full product by ensuring that we filmed on a location where background sound would not effect the overall piece as it was filmed in an area near a road.
During the filming our preliminary task we lacked on creativity of shots, due to this we stuck to basic shots such as close ups, pan shots, medium shots and high angles. After filming the preliminary task we decided that we would like to include a more range of shots, so we decided to sit down and discuss the possible shots. In the full product we used a 360 degree shot, which is a shot we never would've thought about using before. We also included shots such as ECU, high angle pan and a high angle shot filmed through the banister. Due to this we are able to see how much we have learnt from the preliminary task to the creation of our final piece.
The use of the close ups, extreme close ups and pans of jasmines body within the final piece helps build the narrative and helps to symbolise her death.
Throughout the making of the preliminary task we were also lacking on editing techniques, However we made sure to include a wider range within our final piece. We used editing techniques such as speeding up within the 360 degree shot. The use of editing techniques within our final piece helped to build a stronger narrative and helped to piece our opening together, unlike in the preliminary where we used jump cuts.
Within our preliminary task we didn't really use any sound other than the diegetic sound of the dialogue. Due to this, the piece didn't really look that good as we had no non-diegetic sound to tie it together. Due to this we made sure we included non-diegetic and diegetic sound within our final piece. Within our final piece we used high pitched music which intensified the thriller theme throughout the film. The use of the high pitched music worked along side the shots of jasmines body which then created tension throughout the piece. We used a song called 'jealousy' which helped draw the narrative of the film together. From the making of the preliminary task we realised how important sound is when making a film/ opening and due to this we ensured we used music and sounds which helped build a narrative and helped create tension. Another thing we decided to do was to remove the sound from the background of clips as from the making of the preliminary task we realised that background sound can mess up the sequence.
Overall I feel like we have learnt a lot from when we made the preliminary piece in terms of camera shots, editing, sound and mise-en-scene.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
evaluation question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Question 6 from Caitlin Elward
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
evaluation question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
our media product was made with the intention of attracting an audience of teenagers. This was done through the narrative, characters, editing and sound.
Throughout the making of our thriller opening we had to make sure that it was suitable for our target audience and because of this we focused on a topic that would be relateable to the audience. We then decided to focus out narrative on jealousy. We thought this topic would be the most relateable topic for teens as you normally find that jealousy is a re-occurring issue within their lives as they may go through it within friendship groups and relationships. Jealousy and friendship are the two main topics within our opening as we felt like they would be the topics that are the most likely to attract our audience as they are topics they are able to relate too.
The use of characters plays another part within attracting our audience. We decided to use the group as the characters (Hannah, Josh and Jasmine) within the film as we felt that if teenagers portrayed the characters within the film it would be easier for the audience to relate to than if it was someone who was older. We felt that by having people who are the same age category as our target audience it would make the opening more realistic.
The non-digetic music used at the beginning of the opening, which is 'Jealousy' by Frankie Miller, is not something you would typically hear within a thriller as it isn't eerie or creepy. However, we chose this song as its lyrics fit closely into the narrative of the film which then gives the audience an idea of what the film may be. Due to the song not being a typical convention of a thriller I do feel like it helps to attract the audience. I think this is due to the fact that they may be expecting to hear eerier music at the start of a thriller, instead they here this rock type song which then draws their attention to the opening as they will then want to know what the opening is actually about.
We then used another track throughout the opening ' G321-Thriller opening music choice 3.' This track is a more conventional of a thriller. This track consists of music which is slow and high pitched, giving the eerier theme to the opening. This track is mainly played when there is shots of Jasmines body, we thought this would fit well and attract the audience as it entices them to find out more as the music gives the idea that something isn't right with what has happened.
We used a variety of editing techniques while making our opening to ensure that the audience is drawn to the film. We used fast paced and quick cut editing within our piece as it builds suspense throughout. While editing we included some black outs after the body is shown as we felt like it would draw more attention and curiosity to the film.
our media product was made with the intention of attracting an audience of teenagers. This was done through the narrative, characters, editing and sound.
Throughout the making of our thriller opening we had to make sure that it was suitable for our target audience and because of this we focused on a topic that would be relateable to the audience. We then decided to focus out narrative on jealousy. We thought this topic would be the most relateable topic for teens as you normally find that jealousy is a re-occurring issue within their lives as they may go through it within friendship groups and relationships. Jealousy and friendship are the two main topics within our opening as we felt like they would be the topics that are the most likely to attract our audience as they are topics they are able to relate too.
The use of characters plays another part within attracting our audience. We decided to use the group as the characters (Hannah, Josh and Jasmine) within the film as we felt that if teenagers portrayed the characters within the film it would be easier for the audience to relate to than if it was someone who was older. We felt that by having people who are the same age category as our target audience it would make the opening more realistic.
The non-digetic music used at the beginning of the opening, which is 'Jealousy' by Frankie Miller, is not something you would typically hear within a thriller as it isn't eerie or creepy. However, we chose this song as its lyrics fit closely into the narrative of the film which then gives the audience an idea of what the film may be. Due to the song not being a typical convention of a thriller I do feel like it helps to attract the audience. I think this is due to the fact that they may be expecting to hear eerier music at the start of a thriller, instead they here this rock type song which then draws their attention to the opening as they will then want to know what the opening is actually about.
We then used another track throughout the opening ' G321-Thriller opening music choice 3.' This track is a more conventional of a thriller. This track consists of music which is slow and high pitched, giving the eerier theme to the opening. This track is mainly played when there is shots of Jasmines body, we thought this would fit well and attract the audience as it entices them to find out more as the music gives the idea that something isn't right with what has happened.
We used a variety of editing techniques while making our opening to ensure that the audience is drawn to the film. We used fast paced and quick cut editing within our piece as it builds suspense throughout. While editing we included some black outs after the body is shown as we felt like it would draw more attention and curiosity to the film.
Monday, 13 March 2017
evaluation question 4
who would be the audience for your media product?
our audience for our thriller would a teenage audience of males and females. This has been decided from the results I received on my survey. We wanted our target audience to be teenagers, as being teenagers our selves we enjoy thrillers. Therefor we thought teenagers would be the best to target for our opening.
our audience for our thriller would a teenage audience of males and females. This has been decided from the results I received on my survey. We wanted our target audience to be teenagers, as being teenagers our selves we enjoy thrillers. Therefor we thought teenagers would be the best to target for our opening.
We chose teenagers as 90% of my results were aged 13-18 and the remaining 10% were aged 19-24. We also chose teenagers because as mentioned we are also teenagers. Therefor we thought that the topic we chose would be something they could relate too.
I also asked in the survey what their favourite sub genre of thriller is. From this question I was able to see that my audience would prefer either a crime thriller or a horror thriller, as I received 30% on both of them. We opted for the crime aspect on our thriller. Throughout the thriller we played on the sub genre by giving subtle hints to what may of happened to jasmine through the use of camera and mise-en-scene. Leaving the audience question, was she murdered? did she commit suicide? is the death staged?
These are the type of questions we want our audience to ask as it draws them into that crime aspect of the thriller and draws them in to watch more.
Sunday, 12 March 2017
evaluation question 3
what kind of media institution might distribute your media products and why?
PRODUCTION
As previously mentioned in a earlier post, we were interested in our production company to be Film 4 productions. As a group we sat down and discussed the possible production companies that we could use. Through this discussion we decided that film 4 would be the best option as they are known for their development of successful films, including those of the thriller genre.
Film 4 have produced many films such as The Inbetweeners and Frank, as well as some thrillers such as The double and In fear.
DISTRIBUTION
Distribution of a film is an important part in the success of films. Due to being teenagers and our target audience being teenagers whom use the internet on a daily basis we thought it would be suitable to use online platforms as our primary distribution for our film. Due to the fact our target audience use the internet on a daily basis we thought this would be the best platform to distribute our film on.
Our film would be distributed onto various online platforms and movie streaming sites, and the most popular streaming site that is used often by teenagers is 'Netflix'. Due to the fact that the majority of teenagers use online streaming sites we felt that this would be the best way to distribute our thriller. Another online distributor that we thought of was BBC Three, which used to be something you could access on the TV, due to it being online we thought it is most likely attracting a wider teenage audience therefor making it a suitable distributor for our thriller.
Through discussing, we decided that we did not want our thriller to be distributed through the use if main stream cinemas as it is of a high cost and the viewing of our film may not be successful.
MARKETING
Marketing is another vital part in ensuring that people know of new films and products are coming out to make sure that the success of people viewing it is large.
When considering our target audience for our film, We thought that social media and web based advertising would be the most suitable and the best way to market 'Jealousy'. By using social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube and websites that are popular and often used by our target audience it would ensure that they would be aware of our film. Due to us not having a High budget we thought that low budget advertising would be the most affordable and the most effective way to market our film.
PRODUCTION
As previously mentioned in a earlier post, we were interested in our production company to be Film 4 productions. As a group we sat down and discussed the possible production companies that we could use. Through this discussion we decided that film 4 would be the best option as they are known for their development of successful films, including those of the thriller genre.
Film 4 have produced many films such as The Inbetweeners and Frank, as well as some thrillers such as The double and In fear.
Film 4 which was made by Channel 4, have produced and co-produced many films, where some of them have gone on to win Academy Awards and BAFTA'S. Due to this we thought they would be a suitable production company as they have made successful films, making them a good choice to produce our film.
Film 4 is an independent British film production company, therefor this makes it more of a suitable company to produce our film as it would also be more easy for us to access them than a production company from the Big 6 in America.
DISTRIBUTION
Distribution of a film is an important part in the success of films. Due to being teenagers and our target audience being teenagers whom use the internet on a daily basis we thought it would be suitable to use online platforms as our primary distribution for our film. Due to the fact our target audience use the internet on a daily basis we thought this would be the best platform to distribute our film on.
Our film would be distributed onto various online platforms and movie streaming sites, and the most popular streaming site that is used often by teenagers is 'Netflix'. Due to the fact that the majority of teenagers use online streaming sites we felt that this would be the best way to distribute our thriller. Another online distributor that we thought of was BBC Three, which used to be something you could access on the TV, due to it being online we thought it is most likely attracting a wider teenage audience therefor making it a suitable distributor for our thriller.
Through discussing, we decided that we did not want our thriller to be distributed through the use if main stream cinemas as it is of a high cost and the viewing of our film may not be successful.
MARKETING
Marketing is another vital part in ensuring that people know of new films and products are coming out to make sure that the success of people viewing it is large.
When considering our target audience for our film, We thought that social media and web based advertising would be the most suitable and the best way to market 'Jealousy'. By using social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube and websites that are popular and often used by our target audience it would ensure that they would be aware of our film. Due to us not having a High budget we thought that low budget advertising would be the most affordable and the most effective way to market our film.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
evaluation question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
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