Saturday, 5 April 2014
Friday, 4 April 2014
Evaluation question 7
This is Evaluation question 7, which is 'Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the finished product?'
My skills have progressed since the making of my preliminary task, for I have learned skills such as how to edit successfully, how to create certain camera angles and shots to create an effect for the audience, and how to plan and create a film. I have learned to make sure I have continuity in my films, and make sure that I don't break the 180 degree rule. I have also learned how to effectively combine sound effects and music into my sound for my thriller, which creates tension and excitement for my audience. It also makes the film more professional for it does not only contain diagetic sound, but also a soundtrack.
In my preliminary task, we tried to create a plot behind the film whilst showing that we could create suspension by using techniques such as the McGuffin. In my thriller, we planned out the story effectively so that our audience would be interested in how the story continues, and we end the opening sequence on a cliff-hanger to create an anxious and suspense-building environment for the audience to wonder what will happen next? Will the kidnapper come back? Will they escape?
I have progressed with my use of different sounds, such as on and off-screen sounds, and diagetic and non-diagetic sound to create an effect on the audience. In my preliminary task, I had not familiar on how to incorporate sound into my editing, and so my preliminary task only contains diagetic, on-screen sounds, such as the dialogue and the door slam. However, in the progression to my thriller, I had made a sound exercise, where I incorporated a soundtrack and sound effects, so non-diagetic sound, into my editing, which lead to me becoming more familiar with how to combine different sounds into my editing, and so for my thriller, I have sound effects and background music to create tension and suspense for my audience.
I have also improved on my editing skills, for in the preliminary task, although there aren't noticeable mistakes in the editing, the editing is not eye-catching and suspense building. It is quite calm and simple. However, in my thriller, I have learned how to edit so that although there aren't many scenes of the protagonist walking through the corridor, it still looks like he has walked a long way to find where the suspect was. Also, I learned how to create a better scene to make my thriller look more professional, for a part of my footage was quite sloppy, and so I cut it precisely and created a black screen for a few seconds to look as though we could see that the protagonist had been knocked unconscious when he was hit over the head with a baseball bat.
Finally, I feel as though I have improved on my camera angles and shots for in my preliminary task, I was quite inexperienced with the use of a range of different camera angles and shots, and so I didn't use many in my preliminary. I used match on action, to show the character walking through the door, and an eye-line shot to present the McGuffin. However, in my thriller, I used many different camera angles and shots, such as a graphic match when the suspect walked out the door, it shot to the detective walking out of the other door. Also, we incorporated shots such as a long shot, a pan to show where the detective was heading, and an over-the-shoulder shot, as well as the techniques, such as shot-reverse-shot, match on action and graphic match.
My skills have progressed since the making of my preliminary task, for I have learned skills such as how to edit successfully, how to create certain camera angles and shots to create an effect for the audience, and how to plan and create a film. I have learned to make sure I have continuity in my films, and make sure that I don't break the 180 degree rule. I have also learned how to effectively combine sound effects and music into my sound for my thriller, which creates tension and excitement for my audience. It also makes the film more professional for it does not only contain diagetic sound, but also a soundtrack.
In my preliminary task, we tried to create a plot behind the film whilst showing that we could create suspension by using techniques such as the McGuffin. In my thriller, we planned out the story effectively so that our audience would be interested in how the story continues, and we end the opening sequence on a cliff-hanger to create an anxious and suspense-building environment for the audience to wonder what will happen next? Will the kidnapper come back? Will they escape?
I have progressed with my use of different sounds, such as on and off-screen sounds, and diagetic and non-diagetic sound to create an effect on the audience. In my preliminary task, I had not familiar on how to incorporate sound into my editing, and so my preliminary task only contains diagetic, on-screen sounds, such as the dialogue and the door slam. However, in the progression to my thriller, I had made a sound exercise, where I incorporated a soundtrack and sound effects, so non-diagetic sound, into my editing, which lead to me becoming more familiar with how to combine different sounds into my editing, and so for my thriller, I have sound effects and background music to create tension and suspense for my audience.
I have also improved on my editing skills, for in the preliminary task, although there aren't noticeable mistakes in the editing, the editing is not eye-catching and suspense building. It is quite calm and simple. However, in my thriller, I have learned how to edit so that although there aren't many scenes of the protagonist walking through the corridor, it still looks like he has walked a long way to find where the suspect was. Also, I learned how to create a better scene to make my thriller look more professional, for a part of my footage was quite sloppy, and so I cut it precisely and created a black screen for a few seconds to look as though we could see that the protagonist had been knocked unconscious when he was hit over the head with a baseball bat.
Finally, I feel as though I have improved on my camera angles and shots for in my preliminary task, I was quite inexperienced with the use of a range of different camera angles and shots, and so I didn't use many in my preliminary. I used match on action, to show the character walking through the door, and an eye-line shot to present the McGuffin. However, in my thriller, I used many different camera angles and shots, such as a graphic match when the suspect walked out the door, it shot to the detective walking out of the other door. Also, we incorporated shots such as a long shot, a pan to show where the detective was heading, and an over-the-shoulder shot, as well as the techniques, such as shot-reverse-shot, match on action and graphic match.
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Evaluation Question 6
This is my evaluation question 6, which is 'What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?'
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Evaluation Question 5
I used Popplet for my Evaluation question 5 for I was able to insert plenty of information about how i would attract/address my audience and there was enough space to make sure that i did not miss any information out.
Saturday, 29 March 2014
Evaluation Question 4
I used Glogster to present my evaluation question 4, which is "Who would be the audience for your media product?"
Thursday, 27 March 2014
Evaluation Question 3
I decided to use SpicyNodes for my evaluation question 3. It was intriguing to experiment with and I was able to put in plenty of information to explain my evaluation question 3.
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