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

By observing both films there was a lot of progression. first of all the match cut preliminary was the first time we actually used the camera so we weren't really experienced with what to do and how to use it. on the other hand, when producing our final product we had more experience of how to handle the camera and its features. also the match cut preliminary was not a serious thing as we got distracted easily and took ages to film one shot whereas, when doing the final piece we were more understanding and commited to our work. so by looking back at all of these comparisons, a lot of progression has been made towards our final media product.

Preliminary Task (Match Cut)

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Evaluation - Question 5 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our media product is directed to young teenagers to young adults as this is the age group that is most likely to be interested in thriller movies. "Tom - 18, 'friday nights are the best, me and all my friends go cinemas and watch the latest thriller out and then go for a drink. in a film thriller genre's are the best'. Also young adults mainly like thrillers as they are more mature and have an understanding mind. From a long working day, most of them like to spend their free time with their close friends watching a film. "clair, aged 24, 'From a long working day a thriller is the one!". in conclusion, our film persuades all audiences interested in thriller genre's but, the age group that i targeted is more frequent with it.

As our film starts off tensing the audience by not showing any faces but locations it gives an idea of common sense which mainly teenagers and on wards would get. Young adults mostly like films that keeps them questioning themselves and keeps them in anxiety.

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Evaluation - Task 3 and 4 - What type of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/address your audience?

Our film was produced under low budget and will be distributed by a low budgeted method. I will release my film on video hosting sites such as Youtube, vimeo etc. This method is a method which almost guarantee's success in attracting audience as video hosting sites such as Youtube has Millions of visitors a day. We will also have our movie screened at 'Screen on the green' and will get feedback from our peers.

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Evaluation - Task 2 - How does your media product represent particular groups


The opening title that we have created has no characters shown on screen, which cannot really represented as any social groups however the locations used show that it is a poor area where working classed people live.

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

When we were going through stages of planning our film, we came across a film which influenced our group’s ideas and technical skills. Arlington Road is the film which has influenced our ideas of creating an opening sequence. The film Arlington Road is created with short clips merged, creating a tense opening sequence. The mise-en-scene has dark lighting which adds tension to the scene. In our opening title sequence a sans serif font was used throughout to make the film look more contemporary.

Film - 'The Thing'

Our Opening Sequence to 'Rejected'

Our opening sequence is structured in a discrete format. Our title sequence is similar to the title sequence of the film ‘The Thing’ as both title sequences have a range of shots merged together which has been merged together using transition effects.

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

(Voice over by Tien & Bektas)

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

Throughout this project our group have learnt many new skills, which are demonstrated in the develpment from when we started (Preliminary Task) to our ending product (Final Film). At the start of the project none of us knew how to use any of the editing software; Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro and Livetype, and were first introduced to them by the teachers and technicians who guided us in a step by step tutorial. After learning the basic skills needed to edit footage we were then shown how to use the cameras and tripods.

The basic skills we learnt were then put into practice by us producing a Match Cut for our Preliminary Task.

Preliminary Task (Match Cut)

After finishing our preliminary task we were able to spot things about the movie that we could of improved. Some of the shots we used were very basic and boring because we used straight on shots with the camera at eye level throughout the movie. To improve our shots we could of used a wider range of shots, for example; when Bektas was walking along the corridor we could of used a close up of his face or a different angle to make it more interesting. By gaining experience and knowledge from our preliminary task we were able to keep in mind that when we were to go out filming for our final movie, we would need to think about more carefully what shots and angles we would use.

As we began filming and editing footage for our final film, we slowly got more comfortable with the programs and developed our skills further. We then began experimenting with the different tools in the programs to try and edit our film in the style of 'Arlington Road', which lead to us developing skills in using transitions/effects.

Final Product (Short Clip)

From producing a simple match cut for our preliminary task, we have been able to re-create the editing style of 'Arlington Road', and have develop more complexed editing skills. We have also learnt that to produce a good film you need good editing skills as well as good footage to edit, which is why our final movie is better than our preliminary task because we used better camerawork and editing.