Evaluation 7

Without completing my preliminary task, I believe that my knowledge would not have been as developed as it is now if not for practicing with the preliminary task. This is because without understanding the importance of capturing these shots, I would not have known how to frame my camera. Also I would not have been able to develop my ideas about how I wanted to film my opening.

Using the preliminary Task to construct a mini film help me notice the different affects i was able to use to improve my own film named anomoyous. Also I Was able to exprience different camera angles and use creative sounds and shots to explore more of my ideas towards my film.

The Following Shots Were Included In Our Preliminary Task. Shots Such As : 

Match On Action : 

The use of the his angle shot was to enable viewers to view a continuity shot of the actors. For example goin through a door or entering a window.

 : 180 Degree Rule 

This shot is used to see both actors on scene on an 180 degree angle so both actors are positined in a straight line in so that they are see having a conversation.

Shot Reverse Shot:   

This shot is similer to the 180 degree shot but the only difference is that this is used more often when two actors are on scene having a conversation.

Evaluation 6

Evaluation Activity 6

video camera                                            

Tripod

CameraApple Mac Computer

The Pictures above are the 4 main technical equipment I used during my filming process. Using this equipment helped me produce a good enough standard of work at a director’s level.

Here are a few images of me using  Media technology which helped me produce my film and evaluation work.

Camera- The camera was what I used to film my movie and record my over voice with. It enabled me to also produce different frame shots for my preliminary which was helpful and developed my knowledge towards filming. However when filming I noticed that the lighting was not very strong, inside of the house, so in order for me to create more lighting I brightened  the frame on adobe premiere pro.

Cannon camera - This enabled me to capture pictures of myself using some of the technical equipment such as the tripod and the video camera during my filming process.

Tripod - At the beginning, the tripod was very complicated to process. But as time went on I was able to catch on quickly and became at ease with putting it together. This was very useful to whilst filming because it helped we steady my frames so that it was not moving while I was filming. In other words, the audience viewed my film without finding difficult to see.

Apple Mac Computer - The Apple Mac Computer feature a lot of applications which was very useful for me.  Applications such as Abode Premiere pro, which was where I edited, imported and downloaded important flies, footage and audio sounds for my film.

Throughout the making of the film I learned more about the technology as i became more familiar in using it. Using all the technologies helped me tremendously because I was able to establish certain features by myself without help of teacher.

Also establishing certain features, with my film, i was able to expand my creaive ideas. For example i was able to change the pitc and tone of a scream used within my film.

1. Abode Pro Premiere - This application was very useful to me because it is where all m editing took place as well as importing important flies which helped develop my film. Also I think it help me unlink footage and cut unwanted audio sounds which were not helpful towards my film 

this is an image of the timeline used when editing my film. this was useful to me because i was to upload the different footage to the timeline, although i may not have wanted it. i was also able to use my creative side as i was bale to test the different footage to see what worked best together. 

first i had to import the footage to Adobe Premiere Pro so i had a variety of footage to work with. 

Next i dragged the footage i wanted onto the timeline, which i  rearranged so that my film was able to make sense and flow according to my storyboard. 


2. itunes - I uploaded sounds to this application in order to get the right background music. It helped me set out the horror sounds from All the other sounds in which did not contribute towards my film.  

3. Google -  This was my search engine in which helped me search different genres, pictures, sounds so that m film was at its best. Also It was very useful for retrieving important information in which assisted me to achieve a good and film and expand my ideas.

4. YouTube - This was also an important site amongst the others, simply because it was the only way that could help me embed my film onto my blog. Without the assistance of YouTube i would not have been able to upload my film. Also It was very useful for evaluation task 5 and also enhance me for more ideas for my horror movie.

5. Hotmail.co.uk - My hotmail account helped me retrieve any flies that had been useful for my film. It also was an easier access to communicate with fellow students and my teacher. I thought this was very constructive because i was able to work at home which made it easier for me to be able to get my work done.

6. Blogspot- http://www.blogger.com/ This may have just been the most important Site Which i was mostly at use with because it was the only way of  uploading my film, evaluation questions and embedding videos, throughout my filming process.

Evaluation 5

Evaluation 4

This Oray she is 16 and she lives in the city, London. She's an average girl, fairly dressed with just plain jeans a casual top, and followed by a blazer. Just Like every teenage girl there are things she takes liking to. Things such as Dancing, Partying, Acting and Reading. She also likes to shop in stores like New look, H&M, Zara. She's a typical teenager who also enjoys watching films, such as Omen, You Got Served, Prom Night and much more.  As a dancer she's very into dance competitions such as UK Street Dance Competitions. She's very into RnB Music and listens to artists such as Beyonce, Jason Derulo and Nelly. She also takes liking into Grime and Pop.

Following the information above she also has interest in the media entertainment where she has careers options to become a director for her own movie production.

The Reason why i thought she'd be appealing for my film was because she's the average type girl who likes to have a good time, whilst watching scaring movies with popcorn on a Friday night. Also I think that she is not the stereotypical Goth, Emo Look that everyone would think would watch a horror movie. She's just a teenager having fun at the age of 16. Also Another reason why'd i think my film is targeted at her because she is also a media student who is open to different genres and will willing watch the film to give her ideas for own movie. 


According to "Statistics Canada"  From the following pie chart i noticed that not many people watch horror movies as to comedy. 

However, because of the following results, i decided  to create a questionnaire to see what results i was likely to retrieve. In my questionnaire i made sure that I had a variety of ages, people and made sure that they were all interested in different types of movies

Questionnaire

1. Male Or Female ?

2. What Age Group Do You Fit In ?

   

    10-16  17-21  22-25  25 +

3. What Film Genre Do You Enjoy Best?

   Romance  Action  Adventure Thriller  Horror Sci-Fi Other

4.   How Many Movies Do You Watch A Week ?

    1         2        3       4       5      6 +

  

5.  What Type Of Film Would Yo Pick First To Watch ?

     

   Action  Adventure  Horror   Romance  Sci-Fi   Other   

Below are my collected results and data :


1. Female - 15  

    Male - 15

2. What Age Group Do You Fit In?

     10- 16 - 10

  

     17-21 - 10

     22-25 - 5

     25+ - 5

3.  What Film Genre Do You Enjoy Best ?

       Romance -8

           Action - 3

     Adventure - 5
           Thriller - 2

          Horror - 8

           Other - 4

4. How Many Movies Do You Watch A Week ?

    1-  17
    2-  4
    3 - 5
    4-  1
   5 - 0
 6+ - 3

5. What Type Of Film Would Yo Pick First To Watch ?

         Action - 3
   Aadventure -  4
        Horror -   6
     Romance  - 8
         Sci-Fi -  0
         Other -  9

From my results I noticed that romance and horror varied in similar result which hinted that horror as well as romance is most people perferred type of movie genre

Audiance Feedback

Evaluation 3

Script :

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Evaluation 2

Evaluation Activity 2.

In my film Anonymous both characters differ to each other and play a different role within the film. My female character within my film may portray the young female, home alone. It may be argued that she represents the teenager who enjoys the company of her own home. My female character may seem a bit young in the face but she upholds the age whereby you’re allowed to be at home without parents’provision. The female character may be used within movies to create the tension of leaving a young girl at home to empathies that anything could happen.

For example, in this screen I focused on her face, to empathies the fear in her eyes. Also notice that she looks very young, representing a young age group left at home by herself.  To viewers, some may show sympathy towards this actress, simply because she looks young at home by herself. However on the contrast, it may be seen as a young teenager, at home, by herself because she just enjoys having the house to herself.

This framework is similar to the framework shown in “when a stranger calls”. As you can see they are both shot extremely close to the face, whereby they express such fear from the phone call taken. Also they both represent the young teens growing up as my character may represent the younger teens of such as ages 13, 14 and 15, whereas the female character in “when a stranger calls” may represent the older teens from 16 to 18 as she actually is babysitting whilst my character is just experiencing becoming a young woman.

I think that my female character represents the females who are just becoming young adults and taking on responsibilities. However taking on responsibility may come with more with just a day at home on the laptop, there’s always something to up bring the fear of being at home alone.

Evaluation

Title of the film

The title of my film is called anonymous because there are a number of shots in my film that present features of knowing the unknown. Previously my title was to be named the unknown, but I felt that it noticed the obvious in my film. So I decided to call it anonymous. The font of my film, I decided to go with black writing but shadowed it with a white background. Using this, I thought it was bold and able to catch the eye of the viewer. 



Setting/location

For my film I decided to film it a house. The reason for my choice was because I wanted it to look as realistic as it could, so that when the audience were viewing, they instantly captured that it was set in a house. Although the house setting worked well for my movie, I do believe that if I had kept held of my time management better would have thought of more realistic places to film. Also, one disadvantage of filming in a house was the lighting was not as bright as I wanted it to be. Therefore things I could consider for next time around is considering on how I could make the setting or location brighter or how to angle the camera better so it captures the light of where the actor is acting. 



Costumes/props

The use of costume in my film was, again, modern time wear. For example my actor whore the basic jeans and a t-shirt as she was at home and did not need much detail to the clothing worn. Another thing I used for my film was the use of props. As for the other actor, who was unseen at the end, I decided to have the actor costumed in all black clothes. The reason for this was to hopefully portray the dark, unaware of the known feeling, as well as set an atmosphere as frightening and to create a cliff-hanger about was is about to happen next. 

As for every film there are props used to initiate the idea of the film. The few props that i used in my film were props such as:

            Laptop
Telephone
Sofa
Door
Curtains
House

All of the props mentioned above were very important for my film because the props positioned made a setting for my film also it built the set to look more authentic rather than looking unrealistic. 



Camerawork/Editing

Camerawork - In My Film, I noticed that my film had stayed at one level. To me I thought an improvement there would have been to involve more levels and movement. Perhaps, created a dimension throughout the film. However I did managed to add a few camera angles such as a wide and close up shot. Involving shots as the one mentioned help pick up the dynamic of the feel, as noticed, my film being on one level. 

Another Thing which contributed to my camerawork was the use of a tripod. For my some of my frames I needed a steady camera angle, in which the tripod was of help. 

Editing - To edit my film I used the application Abode Pro Premiere where a range of features helped me produce my film. Features such as


            

             Cutting 
Unlinking
Importing
Adding Videos 
Sound 
Effects.

Using These features helped me develop my film and build the concept.



Title Font And Style

The use of title fonts in my filmed were all the same apart from the one at the end. Throughout the film my titles were all white on black but i added a red glow outline. I did this because i felt it popped right out the page and also it was bold enough for viewers to see. Also because the theme of my film was horror i thought that the red outline would match the theme.



Story and how the opening sets it up 

I used the clock as an opening because it sets the time. So for example the time was almost midnight which would instantly tell viewers that it was late and something out of the ordinary was about out happen. Also Showing the clock created more of an scary atmosphere. 


Genre and how the opening suggests it



The genre i wanted to create was an scary atmosphere. Hence the clock at the beginning. I thought framing the clock at the beginning would set the scene simply because it showed the audience that it was going to midnight which may suggest that its dark and something daunting was about to happen. This also help me set tension right at the beginning another feature which helped me portray my film as scary. 



How characters are introduced 

In my film, I presented my first character sitting down in the living room. I did this because i wanted to present this frame as an ordinary scene, similarly to an everyday setting. I thought presenting the character like this would not instantly reveal the storyline or reveal what was about to happen. 

As for my other character i decided to present him differently, almost a contrast. This character was viewed in all black, which highlights the darkness, imtimdatining. Also because his face is covered, this hints the unknown. 



Special Effects

Although I didn’t use many special effects, there was a special effect used on my film. This may have been the pitch I used to pitch the scream at the end.