Question Seven (Evaluaton)

Looking back at the preliminary task I think that there has been a large progression. One of the main things that has improved was the production of the film. I think the prodution was much better because we had better idea of what to do a primarily we was given more freedom. Having more freedom meant that we could be more creative as this was showed in the opening sequence. The premliminary task aslo showed us how to use the equipment and it was he first time that we used iMovie to edit footage. The things that I learnt from that was then applied to the filming of the opening sequence. One thing that also helped out was the longer time period to film it. Having more time meant that we wasn't rushed so we could take our time, also footage that didn't reach a certain quality could be re-shot. For example the last scene that is shown in the opening sequence was shot many times because there was hardly any lighting so we couldn't any pictures on the camera.

Question Six (Evaluation)

An Apple iMac installed with iMovie was used to edit the film. From using this, I learnt that editing is a long a vigourous progress. I found this out because every second counts and you have to make sure that it all comes together smoothly. For example not all of the footage that was filmed was not put in the final cut of the film.










A Canon 550D DLR camera was used to film the opening sequence. From using this camera I learnt that you have to know what you're shooting, the lighting is right and the angle of the shot. Knowing all of these makes the filming much more efficient because you already have what you want in mind (or on paper) so there is less improvisation.

Using a tripod whilst filming has the taught me the difference that it makes. There is virtually no shaking and panning shots are much smoother as it's easier to control with the given handle. The feature of adjusting the height of the tripod was also helpful to help us change the angle of the camera.














This lightswere available for use on set but at the end we decided not to use them. We decided to just use lamps because these where to bright and there wasn't a filter that was the appropriate tone for the film.

Question Five (Evaluation)

The first thing that we did to attract our audience is makeone of the main themes based around social networking. This would of addressed our audience because it's a theme that is relevant to them as the use of social networks is high amongst the 16-24 age group. Another nethod that we used to attract our audience is making the genre of the film a horror, we did this because horror is genre that this age group would be interested in so it might increase the number of people that will view this film.

Question Four (Evaluation)

The audience that would be tartgetted at would be the age group of 16-24 year olds. This film doesn't really have a specific gender that is targetted as the themes that are shown in the film are both relevant to males and females. It is also targetted at people that are interested in the horror genre and are looking to fell some sort of rush whilst watching the film.

Question Three (Evaluation)

The type of media institution that might distribute this product is a major film distributor. This type of distributor would be appropriate because as it's the type of film that needs the sort of financial backing that a large distributo has also. It needs quite a large amount of finance because the actors that would be featured in this film would be using A-listed actors which could attract their own fan base. The unique story line of  the film also emphasises that the film will be successful.

Question Two (Evaluation)

One of the main social groups that our media product represents are 16-24 years olds. We've represented this age group by showing how active they are among the use of social networks. This was done to show how time's have changed and the way we communicate with each other has also changed. One of the main things that our media product subverts is the streotypical murderer is usually a white male but it keeps the covention of not knowing their origin and background. We decided to make our murderer a black and we found at that this worked well as there was no difference.

Question One (Evaluation)

The Chatroom Opening Sequence

This is the final cut of The Chatroom. Click play and enjoy biatch!!

Stroryboard

This is the final draft for the storyboard as the original one was re-drawn to make it more clear what was going to happen in the film.

This was the original story board that was created but it got redesigned. 

Floor Plans

These are the floor plans that were designed for the preliminary task. We have shown were the lights are going to be put up and the layout of the room.

Shot List

This is the list of shots that will be used in the film.

Shot List

Prop List

These are the props that we'll be using in the film.

Props List

Script Draft

This is the first draft of the script.

The Chatroom

First Idea (Script)

This was the original idea for the script before it was quickly changed. It was changed because our group took a lot of inspiration was taken from the film "Se7ev".

Inspiration

From watching the opening sequence of Se7ev we decided to make our opening sequence to have the basis of this film. We wanted it to be like this because we liked the way there was completely no dialogue during this short clip. Having no dialogue in the intro makes the clip strong because it makes the audience question themselves what is going on throughout the film. Also the identity of the person in the clip is completely hidden making it seem more like a horror film. Things like this would be incorporated in our opening sequence.

Evaluation of Premliminary Task

The best thing that I think went well with our preliminary task was the match on action shot. This was the best feature of the film because both parts that were filmed went well together when they were editing. Also I would rate the teamwork eight out of ten.  I rate it at this because overall we worked hard together and we even finished 20 mins before the time limit. But during filming at certain points not all members of the team were taking part in the production.

The things that went with the group is the 180 degree rule, this went well because it wasn't broken once, because this went well it sped up the production of the film because shots didn't have to be re-shot. Also shot reverse shot was used well because during the interview it was incorporated well. Where you can see the shot reverse shot at its best is the conversation with the two characters.

One problem that we encountered was the camerawoman's reflection in the window and clock. This meant that the window shot had to be changed at the last minute because there was no way to hide the reflection of the camerawoman. This also happened when the clock was being filmed so we had to change the angle of the shot. Another problem that we came across is the camerawoman was too short which meant some of the character was cut off in the shot. We could of resolved this by having a taller person filming or giving her a footstool.

Overall the production of the film went well which meant that we had a good film at the end. Although we came across numerous problems the group have learnt from them so they can be improved in the next film.

Preliminary Task (Final Project)

For my preliminary task, I will be continually editing a short film of a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. During this task, I will be demonstrating the 180 degree rule, match on action and the shot/reverse shot.

Storyboard of Preliminary Task