Evalutation


• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The film i have created for my media projecti believe has used the codes and conventions that were asked for, it included the 180 degree rule and it also includes match on action, the 180 degree rule is a big factor in the codes and conventions and i have used the 180 degree rule very well i believe during the conversation half way through my film as i have made sure i stayed on one side of the people when filming.
The match on action shot is for when the person is about to be going through the door the shot cuts in to a close up shot on the door handle with him opening it.
Through this i believe i have used the codes and conventions to my advantage.


• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product was aimed at a age group of around the late teens as i believe that anyone younger would not like the video and not take any interest in it, i believe that i have represented the particular social group well as it was aimed for the group and only this group, because all other groups it would not fit into, and i believe that if a late teen was to watch this, they would atleast take a look at it and think about it.


• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The kind of media institution that might want to distribute the media product is through a company which has a strong base of younger workers, the other institution that may distribute it is a University or a Sixth form of a school, this could be for departments that have already got students or employess working in the media sector of the company or school and would find it interesting to see the film and what camera shots and codes and conventions (such as the 180 degree rule) as a good example.

• Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience that i aim my media product at is the older teenager as i believe it is the only real age group that would take any interest in it, as younger people would not find it interesting and the older age group would not be sure what to think about it- because of what i think of this i thought it would be best to aim it at the older teenager.

• How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted and tried to address the audience that i aimed by film at through creating a simple film that many people would find it easy to watch, with the sound track, camera shots, the editing and the codes and conventions i have attempted to make it more interesting and that it would address the audience.

• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Through filming and editing the film i have created i have learnt many skills from how to use a video camera to my better ability to how to edit the film in iMovie on an iMac, even though i may not use this program again, i believe it is a very good skill to have of knowing the program so if it turns up that sometime in the future i do need it i will know how to use it.
It is not only this, through this section of the sylabus and learning how to use the iMac's more, i have learnt about the different camera shots and how to link them together, such as establishing shots and match on action.

Own Evaluation

For my film project we were set the task of someone walking through a door, across a class room , sitting down and having a conversation.
I believe that with what i have done i have fullfilled all of the criteria that was asked of myself with the camera shots including panning shots, shot reverse shot and zoom.
Throughout the film and the conversation i have made sure i strictly abided by the 180 degree rule that i explained earlier in this Blog.
Although i believe there is one section of the film that i could enhance and 'make better' (where after he has walked through the class room, he pulls a chair over and the next clip he is sitting down on it) i believe even though i have missed this part out it has accomplished all that was asked and is to a good standard, although, if i did this project again i would change that to a have a clip where he sits down.
For the editing of the film i used iMovie on the iMacs and was pleasntly pleased with how it worked and the ease of using it, i would be very happy to use it again.

Storyboard:

Above is an example of a storyboard i have drawn, it is the storyboard that i have chosen to use as my final film project and consists of 6 stages, first three stages are of how is walking in through the door and across the classroom, stages 4 and 5 are how he sits down and talks to Person B and then the last stage (6) is how he is standing up and then walking across the classroom, the main two camera shots that will be used are reverse shots and the establishing shot, although a match on action will also be used.

Above is the last example of my storyboard, it is a man who has walked through a door in stages one and two, the third stage is he walks up to the counter of the shop and asks about his present for his brother, fourth stage is he is told that the present is not there and it will not be ready in time for his brothers birthday, 5 is where he is very sad and it shows a close-up of the face showing that he is not happy, and ending with section 6 where he walks out of the shop, the main two shots that will be used are the establishing shot and a reverse shot during the short conversation, although a close up will be used and also a match on action shot for entering and leaving the building.

The last of my storyboards above is taken out of the film Love Guru, the scene is a conversation on a plane but as shot 1 shows there is an establishing shot of the plane so you know the feeling of most probably what the 'setting' is going to be for the scene, the second shot is a semi-long shot inside of the plane showing that the two main characters are sitting down opposite each other talking, which leads onto shots 3 and 4 which you get shot-reverse shots of the two people talking to each other, shot 5 is where both the characters look at a picture on the wall of the man, and in shot 6 is a zoom in where it shows the name of who the picture is.

All of the storyboards have in the blurb at the bottom what camera shots are going to be used etc, but the main ones are, two shot, reverse shot etc.

I decided to go with my first storyboard for the film i was going to do as i believe given the details of what is wanted, with the practicality it is the best to do which could give the best outcome with the shots used.

*Apologies for low picture quality.*

Similar Media Text

The Matrix:

In class we have watched a section of the film 'The Matrix', it was a clip where the main characters morpheus and Neo have a conversation, this conversation is based around the two of them walking through the door and sitting down, because of this it has very similar camera shots to the scene that we are creating and i thought that it was a very good example of a similar media text, it includes a establishing shot at the start to set the scene going and then when they go through the door a match on action, during the conversation there are shot reverse shot's which give you the sense of the two talking to each other.

I thought that the matrix was a good example as it is similar to what we are trying to create in our own films'.

The Target Audience

When you are going to create any sort of media you have got to take into account the target audience that you are going to be aiming your piece towards, in a 'film' scenario you need to think about who will be wanting to watch the media clip.

















Take into account

When you do think about your target audience you have got to think about what could change it:

• The age of the person.
• The genre of the film.
• What is the Gender of the viewer.
• Is it Violent?

We are making a film about a man comming through a door, walking through a classroom, sitting down and having a conversation with another person infront of him, this is aimed at our Media teacher Mr.Winn, children would not enjoy this in the slightest unless you add in things such as themes of what the people in the film are wearing and how they are speaking etc.

Because of this, i am going to be aiming my film project at an 'older' audience, Older teenagers and above.

Plan of the Project.

For my film project i aim to make a professional-type film that is for our media teacher Mr.Winn and aimed at an older age group.

The short film will only be around a minute and will involve two characters, one starting inside and the other outside, Person A (outside) will be filmed walking through a door and into the room, were he walks across the room, sits down opposite Person B (who is already in the room) and has a short conversation with Person B about something, Person A will then stand up and walk off.

Some film shots that i will aim to be using in this short film are :

• The 180 Degree rule/Shot
• Two shot
• Match on Action
• Shot Reverse Shot

The last section after all the clips i need are complete is i will transfer them off the camera and onto an Apple iMac and use iMovie to edit the clips and create the final video with all the clips for the deadline next week.

Survey

I have decided as part of the research into the media and film to take a survery of 15 of my friends aged 16 and 17 to see what the main genre is they like to watch as a film, this could give me an insight into what i should be thinking of doing in the film, although, depending who i target the audience at, this may be different to what the survey suggests would be good to make.

As you are able to see the majourity of the 16 and 17 year olds i have surveyed thought that Action films are the most interesting and 'best', with War films comming in second.

Shots

180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is used in film and television to make it feel as if they are in the real situation, the picture below explains the rule well:

As you can see, when two people are speaking to each other face on, there is an imaginary line down the center of the two people, it says that if they are in a conversation and the camera is going to be switching between the people, that the camera must only stay on one of the sides of the people, otherwise if the camera men used both sides it would make it seem as if the people in the shot keep switching sides, this is why whenever you see a film and the characters are speaking to each other, the camera men either stay to the right hand side of the people or the left, but never switch from side to side.

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is used when two characters are talking to each other face to face, the camera starts behind the shoulder of one of the people, and when he stops speaking and the other one starts, the camera switches to the person who has just stopped speaking.

Shot reverse shot shows each of the people who are speaking, but still gives you the feeling that both of the characters are there as it shows you both in the same shot.

Below is an example of a shot reverse shot image:

In the image to the left it shows shot reverse shot, the person who is facing towards the camera is talking whilst the person in the foreground which you can see is facing away from the camera is listening to him.

Match on Action

A good way to explain a match on action is with an example of it being used.

Shot one will show the person who is in shot about to do the action, such as kicking a football:

In the first shot you will see the character who is in the 'scene' doing something, such as kicking the football here.

The second shot would be the ball after it being kicked and it flying through the air:

In the second shot you will see the football after it has been kicked, like to the left.

And in the last shot you will see the football in the goal after it has been scored: