Final Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product does not represent a social group per-see but it can be seen as a teen representation from the mis en scene of the school and the only character being depicted as a teenager

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

We believe our target audience for our film piece would be teens. We set out to attract our target audience through use of promotional material, this meant creating a both eye-capturing and interesting poster and DVD cover.

How did you attract/address your audience?

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

I have learnt how to use iMovie on the Mac OS to create a piece that flows well; I effectively learned new skills such as slowing down clips for more dramatic effect alongside trimming and removing unnecessary clips from the film piece. I have also learnt how to use the HD cameras more efficiently such as the selective focus tool and colour options to change whatever is being filmed to sepia.negative, b/w etc. I also learned how to use the camera apparatus such as the tripod to give off a steady and consistent pan that would be near impossible with a human touch. I have learnt the basics of blogging and how to structure a post so that the maximum information can be taken from it whilst still remaining relevant. I have also learnt how to use computer software such as Photoshop CS3 to create DVD covers and posters, ways in which institutions can promote their product.

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

I think I have learnt how to use iMovie more effectively learning how to put in text blend in colours to give of an eerie fell that makes the piece feel more like a 'horror' .

Finished piece - Abandoned

The final piece was finally completed edited on iMovie, so that text and i.e. opening credits could be input. The final piece lasts for a duration of 2mins17secs and was uploaded onto vimeo so it could be uploaded and streamed on the group blog.

The editing of the final piece took the longest compared to the continuity pieces this may be due to the duration being longer than the continuity pieces or our improvement as a group with the editing software; however overall I believe that it was worth the time. Thankyou for viewing our groups final piece.

Searching for sounds

After muting a substantial amount of the movie to remove all background noise, we decided to look for diegetic sounds for the sounds that were lost such as foot steps, creaking doors, etc. We chose to use no sounds accept for the non-diegetic sounds and a single diegetic sound of a loud bang that we used to build the tempo.

The sound was provided on iMovie's sound database.

Editing the final piece

Today we are going to edit the final piece; after we finish the edit we will evaluate the finished product to see what shots and angles that are still mising and add them in after.

We will also be going to decide were the title placements will be within the first 30-40ish seconds. Our teacher also showed us a few moreintros from movies such as KiDULTHOOD and Stormbreaker. after seeing these introductions we decided on removing some of the dialogue from the intro as we tought there was too much for the first 2minutes of a movie.

Holiday shooting

We came into school over the holiday so that we could begin filming segments of our final piece; we took the opportunity to come in over the holidays so that we could capture the school at its most empty, this was so that we could produce an eerie atmosphere complimented with an perturbed feeling. As a group we were undecided about whether our piece should be produced in colour or black and white so we decided to shoot in colour; this way if we are not satisfied with the result it can be edited into black and white. I believe that black and white will be a more suitable colour for our horror as it gives a type of nostalgic effect, also when using B/W filming can be done at any time regardless of whether (so there isn't a problem with continuity) additionally it gives of an array of colour scales giving of an eerie effect

Whilst filming we tested with a range of shots that we believed would give of a "horror" feel; for some of these shots we needed a clean pan, so we used a skateboard to get a smoother rolling effect.

Additional effects we experimented with was use of silhouettes using the flashlight feature so it gave the effect of someone watching the main character. Another skill we used was selective focusing. More filming needs to be done, this way we can edit our piece and add sounds such as footsteps and door closes.

Final DVD Cover

Above is the finished DVD cover of for our final piece. The cover was created on Photoshop CS3 and was designed with inspiration from DVD covers such as Dracula movies and the Saw movies

Final Poster

Final poster was created on photoshop CS3 and uploaded onto the main blog, I believe it captures the feel of horror to its fullest; we drew inspiration from movie posters such as the Triangle posters and others that we research.