BLOG FINISHED/CLOSED

This is the end of our group blog, and mine as an individual; we have finished our production and all of the research and all of the aspects we needed to complete.

Final Production

Evaluation Question 7

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

When we did the preliminary, we had no idea what we were doing and had no experience with the software that we were going to use, so we had to get better with the software; practise makes perfect. When we completed the preliminary we only gather a minimum level of basic skills on how to use all of the programs.

starting our final production was a struggle as we were  limited with amount of editing we could do as we weren't able to use the features. Youtube was a big help as it gave use tutorials which helped make our production smoother and better, as we got the advanced skills needed to make to do this. we have come along way from the preliminary as we have learnt so much through editing,camera work, and other aspects of production.

I am now able to use many software programs:Adobe Premiere Pro CS4,Soundbooth and After Effects. and other types of equipment that we used throughout the production.  all of the features and aspects of these software and programs, i have been been able to gain advanced skills and knowledge on how to make  successful production.

When we did our preliminary task we were only subject to little amounts of camerawork, and now we have exposed to a huge range of them, this would also be the same for lighting and sound as we hadn't had any practise and had low knowledge of them; since then we have been able to consider these aspects and add them into our production making as good as we possibly can.

As you can the top image is a High angle of Me, and Joe this is an example of the different types of camera angles that we have been exposed, as we didn't know a lot about the different types of angles and shots. We have many other types of angles and shots that we didn't know about so this proves we have learnt new things and improve as media students, and basic skills that we have learnt throughout.

Evaulation Question 6

Evaluation Question 5

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is Elle Marriott; she’s a 17 year old girl from Peterborough. Elle is a student studying her A-Levels at her local school where she has attended since the beginning of secondary school.

Throughout school Elle’s interests and hobbies have remained the same. She is a very keen dancer and very enthusiastic about sport. Being a dancer Elle listens to a wide range of music to suit her different dance styles. This would mean that Elle would be a fan of the music in our production. The music relates to our audience in the sense that it is a current song which is quite popular with many people, and it also has a lot of emotion behind the lyrics which can relate to teenagers going through similar problems.

In Elle’s spare time she likes to go out with her friends and chill out. Her friends share the same taste in music and films and always watch their favourite productions together.

Some of Elle’s favourite films range from loads of different genres. She likes comedy films like ‘Step-brothers’ and ‘the hangover’ but she also like Rom-Com’s like ‘John Tucker must die’. Elle is also interested in social films which represent class within schools for people similar to her age like ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘Angus, thongs and perfect snogging’.

Our media production is similar to the films Elle likes which is why we are targeting her as one of our primary viewers, other people with the same interests and hobbies as Elle will also be interested.

Evaluation Question 3

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

We all thought about different things we could call our production company and then we sat down and discussed which one was the best and that’s when we chose ‘Film Star Productions’. We wanted our production name to be a catchy one so it stands out to the right audience. We got our inspiration from big film companies like ‘20th century fox’. A production company is the one who produces the films. The more well known companies to produce your film mean more people will be intrigued to watch it. The money we would have raised for our film to be produced and distributed could be through promotions. Promoting our film to see if anyone is interested. We could do surveys in the street to get research on what the public would think to our film and what sort of films they would like to see, this is so we can make our film appealing to them. Our film is institutionally similar to other romance/comedy films produced by the ‘20th century fox’ because that is what we are aiming our production company to be similar to. It’s institutionally similar to films such as ‘Where the heart is’ and ‘John tucker must die’.