THRILLER TITLE SEQUENCE FINAL EDIT

EVALUATION8 - Audience Feedback

Unfortunately, we were unable to capture sound with our feedback, however, we were able to write what was said....

FEEDBACK CLIP 1

"It was really good"

"I enjoyed it... AWESOME"

"WICKED!"

FEEDBACK CLIP 2

"I really liked the bit when a bin liner was used to put over the victims head"

"It was really funny"

When asked what we could improve on...

"Erm.. just the phone call, it was not clear who was on the phone to who"

FEEDBACK CLIP 3

"Your title sequence was very interesting, I enjoyed watching it. The use of the timer was a good effect, and continuity was obtained"

When asked what we could improve on...

"Nothing..."

FEEDBACK CLIP 4

"I liked the idea of the bag being placed over the victim and the use of the timer"

"It really interested me... keep doing what you are doing"

EVALUATION7 - Comparing Our Preliminary Task With Our Final Product.

The two extracts in this clip are examples of how we've improved from our preliminary task to our final title sequence. The clips can be compared by saying that we have improved our use of editing skills such as 'continuity'. In the first clip you can see that there is jump and movement is not very fluid, and appears to be very 'studenty' and unprofessional. The final title sequence from 'Solo' is cleary an improvement on the original task and i feel that it shows how our skills have improved over the course.

Also when comparing the groups original use of camera shots you can see that they appeared to be very limited. There was not a wide range of camera shots and the focus appeared to be more on mid-shots, compared to the title sequence that uses a variety of shots including close ups to display the emotions on the characters faces. Also there is a use of 'panning' to show movement whereas the preliminary task shows hardly any movement and just appears to go from shot to shot.

EVALUATION7 - Comparing Our Preliminary Task With Our Final Product.

This is a clip from our first task which i am going to compared from a clip from our final production.I am going to explain the strengths, errors and what i have learnt from the first time using the camera.I feel we have improved a lot from the first time. This includes things like;

Camera movements

We used very simple camera angles, shots and movements. We used camera shots such as mid and long shots this was because they are simple and easy to do. This improved onto much more complicated movements, which we learn as we got more comfortable with the cameras. We started using the tripod doing movements such as, tracking. In the first exercise we did not plan the using a story board very well and this lead to the filming to be all over the place.We found out that this lead to lot of extra time added to editing. On the final production we made sure we took care in our story board so we did not have to move around the clips and patch up lost parts of clips which we did not film. An example for this is on our preliminary task were we messed up filming. This was when my hand was reaching for the door and there is a jump of movements which has happened due to bad filming. Whereas in 'solo' the filming is constant and there are no jumps. Another error we made in the preliminary task was wen we attempted to film a shot-reverse-shot we did not follow the 180 degree rule as we put the camera on the wrong side and angle it should be. We later found where the camera should be.

The sound track

The sound track improved a lot from the preliminary task as in it we just used one sound track all the way through the clip. Whereas in our final production we used various sounds from soundtrack pro. This was because we had a lot more time to spend on time on the last task and also we had a lot more experience of the application. There was no sound effects in the preliminary task whereas there was many sound tracks such as typing sounds,breathing and a phone ringing. This added a lot of effect to the overall movie.

Mise en scene

The last thing we improved upon while filming is the mise en scene throughout. On the preliminary we did not try at all on the setting background and clothing for our characaters and shots the only one time we tried to make background on the preliminary was the point of view shot looking out the window. We found out in our final production that background and clothing of the characters can build up sterotypes and creates atomsphere.As we used make up and dark setting through out. This overall made it more thrilling and enjoyable to watch for the viewers. We could have focused more on the timer we used as it looked unprofessional in 'solo'.

EVALUATION TASK 7 - Comparing Our Preliminary Task With Our Final Product.

Throughout our media production there where various different things we had to learn whilst producing our clips. in relation to this clip 'continuity' plays a big part. this is used so clips can run smoothly and be appealing to the audience. this is so that the clip looks good and also professional to the viewer. there are also various different things that we as a group improved on. these where things such as camera shoots, sound track and Mise en scene.



CAMERA SHOTS:

We learnt how to use different camera shots such as over the shoulder shot. this was to give a better effect of how things can be shown in anther aspect. this was also used to make the audience feel not at ease especially to build up tension to what might happen next. another type of shot we used was extreme close up shots of the victims face. last time we didn't use this in our match cut and when we used in our solo clip we found that this was a better shot to use to build up tension. we also used mid shots, meaning we didn't show the background. this was so the audience is unaware of the surroundings. we also used close up shots to show the characters importance on the screen.

SOUND TRACK:

Our soundtrack used in the 'Solo' clip is very different to the match cut. in our match cut we used one continuous soundtrack that ran all the way through out. we learnt that in our solo clip it wold be better for us to use mixtures of sounds that go together but at the same time build up tension. we used a slow sound to start with. then builds up later with lots of different other sounds. we did this on 'soundtrack pro' which was a really good application to use for this part of our production on the clip 'Solo'.

MISE EN SCENE:

consisted of hand bag, phones, car, clothes (jackets, jeans, scarf, belt, shoes etc...), make up and black bags. these were all the things that the audience can see on the screen. the phone was used for communication and to build up tension between both characters because both of them were on the phone at the same time but not to each other. car was used to shoe were one of the character was coming from. make up represents the bruises on the victims face. the black bags was used to put the victim into before being beaten up. all these things were used to build up a clear picture for the audience.

EVALUATION7 - Comparing Our Preliminary Task With Our Final Product.

THE VIDEO CLIP

CONTINUITY

Over time, there are many aspects of media we have learnt and developed, looking at the clip above, the first comparison I have made is, 'Continuity' being the major problem our group struggled with. From our preliminary task, our continuity was not kept consistent, however, with our final product, we remembered to keep the story going through out different camera shots.

Though continuity seems like it would be an easy task to remember, with the issues and pressure of filming and keeping the storyboard, you tend to forget. Though in our final product using this media element is not perfect, we attempted to keep it as close to 'sense' as possible.

SOUND

In our preliminary task, the sound we used was the same through out the same video clip which did not allow us to explore different atmosphere's that could of been created through-out the clip.

During our final product, we used different sound tracks including, 'Drone Dark Suspense' and instruments such as Violins. As we correlated the sounds with the actions, it emphasised what was being seen and created the suspense atmosphere for the audience.

180DEGREES CAMERA SHOT

At the time of filming our preliminary task, we were unaware of the 180degrees camera shot rule; this involves keeping the camera on the same side of a charater even when the camera changes position.

As we made a list of compulsory tasks to complete with our final product, the 180degrees camera shot rule was obtained and we remembered to keep the camera on the same side of the villians shoulder when putting the victim into the bag. In effect, it looks much better and makes the viewing for the audience more comfortable.

MISE-en-SCENE; props, make-up & location

Our group was limited to using the corridor in the college for our location, yet we brought in the props of a table and chairs to create the atmosphere of a classroom. We also used a mobile phone and a sweet packet to establish why they were in detention to create a 'believable' storyline.

With our final product, we varied our props from a bin liner, a car, black dark costumes and our location was where we wanted to film. The use of the location was more effective than having to use a classroom and creating the location ourselves - moreover, it's easier! The make-up we used for our final product was more convincing for our atmosphere rather than the natural look in our preliminary task.

CAMERA USE

With our preliminary task, the camera shots we used were pretty simple such as long shot, close-up shots and a few over-the-shoulder shots, however, with our final product, we attempted to use our camera shots in a more creative way.

EVALUATION6 - Technologies Learnt From The Process Of Constructing Our Product

Presented here is our animatic movie which shows our journey and what technologies we have learnt from the beginning of our coursework.