Evaluation

This is my evaluation powerpoint which i converted into a video using www.slideshare.net, i then used the embedding code to insert the video onto my blog for viewing.

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Audience Feedback

After we had completed our task, we asked our friends to watch and analyse our film and tell us their opinions on the film. Dan Connell and Will Chalcraft were the pair being filmed and they told us what they particularly liked about it and what we could improve on. By acquiring audience feedback it enabled us to see the film from a different point of view and note down things to improve next time.

Main Task Problem

Main Task Alteration



When organising our second shooting of our film, there was a problem with actors being able to make the shooting day. William Chalcraft (pictured below) was busy on the decided day of shooting and this caused some disruption and delay in filming, we in the end i decided to take over the role as the walker alongside Adrian. We had to alter the scenes and re shoot a fresh scene with Adrian and I walking down the tracks. Once we had finalised this scene, we could continue how we left off. Due to this modification, some time was lost planning, however we recovered well to finish our main task off strongly.

Film Rating

After viewing http://www.bbfc.co.uk/, I concluded that my film should be rated 15. The website informed me about the specifications for their rating procedure and this information helped me label my final piece with a rating. I chose 15 certificate because of the high levels of violence the film possesses. It also contains a mentally ill character acting in an aggressive and frightening manner, which isn't suitable for the ages of 15 and below. 

Film Rating:

                                                              
                                                           Main Task

This is my finished plan of our main task ideas, it included the charcaters the location, the plot and the equipment. It was created to help my group to be organised and run through what we ware going to do and how were going to do it.

Location:

We decided to locate our filming at a farm yard in Cranliegh, which belonged to group member Alex Stanley's family. The location looked execllent for our idea and fitted the plot and location appropriately. It concluded of a dark muddy roadway towards a deserted looking barn surrounded by thriller looking

woodlands.

                                                 

This is a medium shot of our location minus the road way leading up to it. The woodland surrounding the location will provide us with a thriller feel to the film. The lack of openness of the location gives the secluded, desolate feel which we were looking for.





This was the barn we were using for our main task, it fitted the specification for an eerie looking barn which could be involved with our main task plot. The busy surroundings provided the barn with a isolated feel.





This was the gloomy looking roadway up to the main area and this would be where the clip begins because we can set the scene with establishing, long, panning and two shots to engage the audience into the environment and where the scene is taking place.




This is also the area around the location, the ambiguous lake added to the scenic surroundings, providing a thriller looking location.






The inside of the cabin matched the outside environment it was located in, the old fashioned furniture and atmosphere provided the perfect location, meeting to our specification points to shoot our main task.







Equipment:
                                              Tri-Pod




We used a standard sony tri-pod for shooting out main task. We learned to use this equipment in class, as we practised using the tri pods and learnt the effects of using them and why they were used.

This was taken during our main task filming and this was used for a medium shot of two people walking towards the camera. We decided to use what we had learnt and use a tri-pod for this shot. Because we didn't want the camera to be shaky because it would look like we were purposely trying to make it look like someone was watching them, but this was the beginning few scenes so we wanted a stable camera to establish the plot first.




                                                         
                                                                      iMovie

Which editing programme did we choose?


iMovie came pre-installed on our school laptops and we decided to use this programme to edit our media. We found iMovie was the best editing programme to chose over Microsoft Movie Maker, Avid FreeDV and Wax.                                          

To edit our main task we used the Apple Mac application called iMovie. We were taught the processes of editing and how to edit the clips we wanted. iMovie was very effective when editing our clips and very easy to use which was important. We used iMovie to merge the selected clips together, add specific non-digetic sounds and add any effects.

Alex and Nick working on a Apple Mac using iMovie.



This screenshot was taken to show how we selected pieces of
video to put into our final task film. All we had to for this was
to select the clip and drag it up into the top left handside
wherever we wanted the section to appear.





This screenshot shows how we editied the sound in our film.
We searched 'Drone' and found 3 sounds corresponding with
that sound. We found the most fitting in relation to the video and dragged
 it into the space where we wanted it. This sound was used in
sections where tension was rising to contribute to
that effect on the audience.



This screenshot shows how we edited the duration of the
sound. Where the red line appears on the top left hand
side there is a function where you can drag the green
bar as far as you need, extending or cutting the duration
of the sound.

This screenshot shows the use of placing sound from parts
into another part. We found the sound was better on
Take 1 rather than Take 2, however Take 2 was more
smoothly filmed. So we used Take 2's video and the
purple box highlighted shows where we inserted the sound
from Take 1 to leave us with a better looking section.

Sony Handycam DCR-SR68E

                                                                














To film our main task we used a Sony Handycam, supplied by our school. The Handycam provided us  with a clear HD image and an easy way to shoot the different sections of our main task. Also the flexibility of movement helped us shoot sections of film that suited a hand-held video camera. We learnt how to use the camera during lessons and this enabled us to experiment with the camera and use in specific situations to judge how to film and use to Handycam.


Actors




Nick Stevens
Nick, Media student, plays the role of the man running
away from the psycho.

Will Chalcraft
Will, plays the role of the walker along with Adrian.

Adrian Swart
Adrian, Media student, plays the role of the walker along with will.

Alex Stanley
Alex, Media student, plays the role of the psycho. 

This is Will, Dan and Adrian watch out film so far
and give us feedback on what to improve and what
they like.

This is our Media group, Adrian, Alex, Adam, Nick, Will.

Main Task Development


Camera Shots 

After we completed out Preliminary task, we had to develop new camera skills and different ways to produce our film after removing the errors we made in our preliminary. We looked back over our preliminary intensively and notified the areas which had been completed well and the areas we would need to improve on. We found that most camera shots lacked any depth or realism because we used a tri-pod in all of our shots.
In lesson time we ran through some practise scenes holding tri-pod the camera sat on instead of placing it down and filming. We found when filming like this, the effect of the camera not being stationary and
still brought the shots to life and brightened up the camera shots.




Editing

After analysing the editing from our preliminary task we decided there were many clips which were either boring shots or shots which didn't have camera movement. We had to develop a skill to edit any still looking shots and make them into exciting shot which could build tension and anticipation in certain scenes in our film. We decided to dedicate some time to learn the 'Ken Burns' effect. This effect would brighten up our boring camera shots by gradually panning in or out of shots we specified. The effect allowed us also to crop any objects or characters we didn't want in the clip offering some margin for error, otherwise we would have to re-film the clip. We tested Ken Burns on practise clips to make sure we could use the effect before we started to film our main task.

Preliminary Task Out-takes:


Brief:
After filming all of our short video there were many clips which didn't need to be in the final cut, some of these clips were placed in out-takes and made into a short video. 


Construction:
First of all, we chose from the clips that were taken out of the final and placed them in the 'Outtakes' section. I then made a short introduction title page and merged together the sections of video, some with transitions. The transition i used was 'Fade To Black' after each different location of outtakes so the flow of the outtakes wasn't too disrupted. 

Preliminary Task


Brief:
We were informed to conduct a 1 minute film which included the following things:

• someone walking down a corridor
• entering a room
• crossing the room 
• engaging in a conversation

We were also told to include following camera rules:

• Shot Reverse Shot
• 180° Rule

Construction:
The making of our short film didn't have many problems to encounter apart from the busy warehouse environment sometimes causing filming disruptions. For example dogs started barking during one shoot and a worker started using heavy machinery during shoot which we edited out into our 'Preliminary Out-Takes' video. Apart from that, the filming ran smoothly as we took into account possible errors that may go wrong, eg. different timings of day causing inaccurate filming sequence. 


To start the film we edited in non-diegetic background music to cause suspense and tension as the character walked down the desolate alley way. When the character pulls out a metal tool and lifts it to hit the character, the screen suddenly turns black. Then a blurry image of Nick sprinting out of the warehouse suggested Adrian was drifting in to unconsciousness. 


The last scene shows Nick thinking he has got away until he realises there is a car behind him, we edited the car's moving speed to make the chase more dramatic.

Preliminary Task

When choosing a location for our preliminary task we wanted a mysterious, long alleyway with a warehouse situated towards the end. This alleyway we wanted to use was perfect and the warehouse fitted our specifications.
This was the view that we wanted the first scene to start with. It straight away gives a high angle shot of the surroundings and familiarises audience with appearance of the alleyway and warehouse . When the character is walking down the alleyway into the warehouse this shot also looks like he is being watched from above adding suspense.


The warehouse itself was very dark and eerie which fitted the story line of our preliminary film and the old bricks and scenery made it very mysterious. The warehouse hadn't been very well looked after and suited a drug deal atmosphere.

The doorway would have to be used for part of our film as the camera will show a character running from the doors out into the alleyway and the look from outside of the rust old warehouse matched the appearance of it inside. So the surroundings of the warehouse were suited to plot as well.


The shattered glass window on the side of the warehouse suggested that the alley way was dangerous and abandoned which fitted perfectly with the rest of the warehouse and the alleyway its self.

Premliminary Ideas Page

Before filming my premliminary i completed an 'Premlinary Ideas Page' in which covered the specifications for where the film was going to be set and the plot involved. On the sheet i covered: What i needed to include, Location specification and the plot and what was going to happen in the film,. By compleeting this take i gathered information on my Premliminary task and shaped the film so i could start working on it. It provided a base for the film to expand and start with. I could also predict any problems that could arise with the project; such as location purposes and take necessary action.