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Evaluation 1

we were too the initial idea of the bird in the beginning from six feet under with the bird flying in the air we similarly have this too.

also our credits style was taken from dawn of the dead they too have the sane style in which we were inspired by.

Evaluation 5: the audience

this person age average about 20 years old technically savvy and a sort of person willing to spend its money on cinema and broken alliance is its cup of tea and will have the following:

-oyster card
-blackberry
-money
-keys
-iPhone
-sunglasses
-student ID card
-Headphones
-possibly a laptop
-pen
-keys

Evaluation Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product

This video demonstrates the progress we have made from doing the preliminary match cut exercise to the production of our final product, Broken Alliance.

Evaluation; Question 8; Audience feedback & Comment

These are videos we filmed after our film opening screenings with our classmates giving us feedback & commenting our our opening title.

Evaluation: Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

We were slightly inspired by the opening of panic room and also the smartly dressed woman in it, so we tried to imitate that sophisticated business-like look in our title sequence.

She looks sophistciated & middle/upper class because of her trench coat , high heels & bag and we tried to make her look like the stereotypical business woman.

With the tramp we paid alot of attention to detail in the mise-en-scene aspect, e.g make-up , props (cardboard sign, cup, ciggarette) and clothes (dirty, biscuit crumbs) to construct the representation of a stereotpical 'tramp' / homeless person.

With our 'villan' we tried to get the appearance of a typical Villan with this look by her wearing all black with sunglasses to keep the theme of mystery & making her look suspicious, an example of this would be the film Men in black.

Mis-en-scene was very important for us as we had no sound or speech so we relied mostly on mis-en-scene to construct a representation of some type of social group / status.

Evaluation: Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

These the two still screen grabs of titles, one from our film (broken alliance) and the other from Dawn Of TheDead , we wanted to have our titles on a black screen to give it a more mysterious and suspicious effect just like in dawn of the dead.

These are two still screen grabs, one is one of the opening establishing shots from the film panic room & one is one of our opening shots from our film, we used a panning shot like the one in panic room of building in london bridge.

One still is from the opening shot of the film Six Feet under with a bird flying in the sky which we used in our opening shot.

evaluation question 3&4

this AS Media work from harrow college called Cairo made over 2,360 views this is a huge sucess.

if we believe that we can achieve that we would have to promote it on social networking sites and possibly posters ect.

Evaluation Question 6: what i have learnt

in the process of making our thriller title sequence i have use new form of technology firstly, i have learnt the safety and precautions of using the JVC tripod and tripod this was beneficial when filming because it had made it allot easier when filming.

we use livetype to be able to give our work credits and to enter text into our thriller sequence we use livetype and it was helpful in creating the image as if it was the start of the work.

also final cut pro where our editing was done and also where we were able to switch cut i have learnt allot since our tutorial this was the software in which we use the most time on to perfect our piece.

internet software like google and blogger were needed when doing our thriller. google is where we found information and blogger is where we put our own information on our title sequence

for our sound effects we use soundtrack pro this was very good when certain sounds were needed in certain parts of the play.

Evaluation Question 8: Audience Feedback and comment

These are some photo's from the day of the screening of our films and some audience feedback videos of people saying what they generally thought of Broken Alliance.

Evaluation; Question 6: What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

We used a range of diffrerent technologies in the process of making our film opening ;

we used:

• 
  Final cut pro

In final cut pro I learned how to import & export clips onto varous other programs such as livetype & soundtrack pro. I learnt how to Cut Clips ,Mark in and mark out on clips ,Drag and drop clips from the browser box to the viewing box,Drag and drop clips into the timeline, how to make a Match cut.

• Livetype

In livetype I learnt how to change font ,add effects to my font e.g Fades, floats and pop ups. I Learnt change the style e.g add a glow or outline & play the effects on the timeline, we also learnt how to import the titles into final cut to add to the title sequence.

• Soundtrack pro

In Soundtrack I learnt to Drag & drop sounds onto the timeline,how to change or delete unwanted sounds ,how to join different sounds/instrumentals together on the timeline, I learnt ghow to speed up the tempo of the instruments aswell.

• JVC HD Camera & Tripod

I Learnt how to turn the camera on & off ,how to open & close the lens,How to put the memory cards in ,How to switch memory cards (Card A & Card B) ,How to Focus the camera ,How to Record.I also learnt how to set up the tripod, how to lock the camera onto the tripod and how to change the length of the tripod legs ( to extend them).

Evaluation Question 6: What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

This is a video which illustrates what technical progress we, as a group, have made.

6) what have you leared about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

technology that we used through out our film making.

• final cut pro

• jvc hd camera's

• sd memory cards

• imac

• tripod

• live type

• soundtrack pro

• mozzila firefox

• photoshop

• blackberry

• youtube

• facebook

• google

3&4) what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? how will you attract your audience.

here i found a video on youtube made by young people in harrow college at as media level.]

this video had 2,624 veiws and counting.

our film could be distributed in a similar way, we could upload to:

• facebook
• bebo
• twitter
• myspace
• post link on young peoples webpages

this would help create a fan base for the film and increase our veiws, also we could make profiles on these

social networking sites and try to get all feinds in contact list to help promote so their freinds can also see the

film and maybe share it on to others.

the more sites the film is on, the more veiws itll gain, also we could enter the film into young peoples film competitions for

more publicity.

Evaluation Question 3&4: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?

This is an example of a student thriller sequence which was uploaded onto YouTube. It has 1238 hits already. Our film could be distributed in a similar way to this one as it is a low budget student video. A Facebook page could be set up for the film and links to it can be sent to all my contacts and they can pass the link on to their contacts, creating a chain so the film will end up with a wide distribution and an audience of technically savvy young people along with other Facebook and YouTube users. Also, a twitter account could be set up with links to the YouTube page, which will get people talking about the film and creating a frenzy about it, making it more successful with an increasing number of hits. By distributing our film on the Internet there is a potential global audience as the internet is used worldwide. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Bebo along with YouTube are all good ways of targeting a potential global audience as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IQoaL00N8g&feature=related

Evaluation Question 5: who would be the audience for your media product?

This is the contents of a bag of a 18 year old student who would be an ideal person to watch Broken Alliance.

The items are:

• Sunglasses
• A purse
• An oyster card
• Student id
• Money
• Bankcard
• Nail Varnish
• Mirror
• Keys
• Mascara
• Two phones
• Ipod

She loves watching films, especially thrillers, and is always going to the cinema and doesn't mind spending money on DVDs. This young person is very technically savvy, as you can tell from the Ipod and two phones, which is why she would like to watch Broken Alliance as it has the modern aspect and the 'secret device'. The female characters would also appeal to this girl by their appearance. She likes to keep up her appearance and wants to do well in life, shown by her college id, sunglasses and make up, so the main characters being 'glammed up' business women would also draw her into the film.

Evaluation question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups

When we constructed our characters we relied on the mise en scene to reveal who they are as we didn't include any dialogue. Our three main characters represented particular social groups:

The busy business woman

This character was an inspiration for our mise en scene from Panic room. This shot from the city shows a business woman, like the ones in Broken alliance. we wanted to represent the females in our sequence like this to appeal to the female audience. We tried to make our characters look like the stereotypical business women with the trench coat, high heels and bag, similar to this character from panic room. However with the business woman who dropped the device in the cup, we decided to put her in an all black outfit and sunglasses to reinforce the mystery.

Homeless person

when we were constructing the character of our homeless person we wanted him to look as realistic as possible. We googled pictures of homeless people to see the kind of mise en scene we would need for him. I think we achieved this successfully through the use of make up, old clothes, a throw, biscuit crumbs and a dirty cup to represent a homeless person. The difference was, as this is an action thriller which is meant to be suspenseful, we made him an undercover tramp, illustrated by the device, rather than an ordinary one.

Evaluation ; Question 3 & 4: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?

This is an example of a student film that I found on youtube, its had over 1,922 views and was the Winner of Best Fiction Award at The Altered Images Student Post Production Festival this year.

For my student film , as it is low-budget , I would market & distribute this media product through websites like Youtube & social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter , Myspace & Bebo etc.. because it is accessible and is very popular among the technically-savvy audience I am targeting, I would keep reminding people of this film by constantly posting the links to other people's pages aswell as my own page.

I would upload the film onto youtube and then upload the link onto my own personal facebook/Twitter/blog pages etc.. & create a page especially for my film. I would create some type of buzz/hype about it and would then ask family and friends to post the links on there pages to get some feedback & more views for my film .

My target audience is specifically 16-30 both Male & Female (Technically Savvy).

Evaluation Question 1: How does your media product use, develop or challange forms and conventions of real media products?

This is a screen grab from the title sequence of the Dark knight thriller film. The tile of the film appears at the end of the title sequence, similar to how our title appeared on Broken alliance.

Panic room started off with a panning shot of the city, which we incorporated into our title sequence. as it is an action thriller, we wanted to use the city in our filming and we have already taken photo's which convey this. A lot of thriller films which inspired us had various city shots.

Earlier on, when looking at title sequences, dawn of the dead was one which really stood out. from the inspiration of this film we decided to cut between titles and shots and to put our titles on a black screen. This heightens the suspense of the title sequence and leaves the viewer wanting to watch more of the action.

At the beginning of Broken alliance we have a shot of a bird flying in the sky, similar to this film 6 feet under. This is used as an introductory tool to the film, preparing the viewer for what they are about to watch . It also contributes to the introduction of the City.

This clip from the action thriller movie Speed, which i looked at earlier on, also shows the use of the City in a thriller film. This inspired us to use this convention of an action thriller as it was available for us to use and made our film more realistic.

Evaluation ; 5. Audience Feedback & comment ; Who would be the audience for your media product?

Abbie ,21, is your average girl , she loves make-up, clothes (Shopping), going to the cinema and just hanging out with friends. she always has the lastest , Phone or iPod out and could be considered as 'Technically Savvy'. I use people like her both male/female as my target audience.

Evaluation: Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

with our tramp we use alot of mise en scene with the cups and sign board ect we wanted are target audience to realise and believe the fact that this character has really got into character and is really a homeless person.

also with the opening sequence of panic room we were able to take the idea of a smartly dress person on it as well this was hugely inspired by them

Evaluation Question 8: Audience Feedback and Comment

This is our audience feedback from when our title sequences were watched in class. these were he words people used to describe our film. Overall the feedback was generally positive. Although some people said they didn't really understand it, this mad us happy as it shows that our goal to make it very suspenseful was achieved.

Livetype: Making titles for the film

We wanted our titles to correspond the the suspenseful theme we had going. Using live type we made our titles which was quite simple. We chose what font we wanted to use and added the effect, as this screen grab shows...



Then, we put our titles onto a black screen as we had planned...


After, the titles were put into our sequence. To keep our editing less stressful, we put each title into Final cut pro as we went along constructing our sequence. this helped us keep track of what titles we had left to do at each point and where in the sequence they had to be.

Soundtrack Pro: Making the soundtrack

As we had already had a tutorial of how to use Soundtrack pro, we were already familiar with using the programme. We wanted our sound to be suspenseful to reinforce the action on the screen. Once we chose our sounds and uploaded them onto the timeline we had to arrange them so that it sounded correct and sounded right with our sequence. We imported our soundtrack into final cut pro so that we could fit it to go with our film and titles.

Broken Alliance rough cut

This is a rough cut of our title sequence. We put the titles on a black screen with white font and cross cut between the titles and two different pieces of action. This was inspired by Marathon Man, which we watched earlier on as part of our research. The aim of the cross cutting was to create suspense so the audience would have to think to try and figure out how the smartly dressed woman on the platform and the undercover beggar on London Bridge are connected. The device being dropped in the cup gives a hint but the viewer would have to watch more of the film to find out, which was the effect we wanted to bring across. We also got the idea of cutting from the images on the screen to the titles from the Dawn of the Dead title sequence which we found really inspiring. We wanted to have the element of time as well, like in collateral, so we included the shots of the clock to emphasise that the woman on the train platform was waiting impatiently.

Final cut Pro: Editing

When we finished filming Broken Alliance, we transferred the clips from the memory card to our video drive, then we imported them into Final cut pro. Firstly we had to sort through all of our clips to find out which ones we would use. Then, using our storyboard as a guideline, the clips were cut and put into order on the timeline. Even though we got all the shots from the storyboard from when we filmed, we didn't follow the storyboard exactly because we wanted our film to flow in the best way and some of the shots didn't go together well. When the clips were laid down onto the timeline, we then had to cut some of them to make sure they ran into each other smoothly. For example, in the scene of the beggar on the bridge, we used a match cut to show the device being dropped into the cup. At the end of the sequence we used the fade out effect to establish it was the end, we also faded into each title and out of each title in the sequence.

On Shoot Photos

These are on shoot photos from when we filmed 'Broken Alliance' over the two days. One of our locations was London Bridge, where the undercover beggar scene was filmed. The other scene, with the smartly dressed person waiting impatiently, was filmed on a train platform at London Euston station. We decided to film in the city because of our Action-thriller sub genre, and the city is usually a convention of this sub genre. We were able to finish our filming over two days as we had planned carefully what we would be filming, where we would be filming and the time we would be filming each scene. We overall found filming very enjoyable and there was a good element of teamwork.