THRILLER TITLE SEQUENCE FINAL EDIT

Evaluation 7 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

When looking back to the start of this project it allows me to realise the transition of my skills. We were given a simple preliminary task to present to our teachers and friends showing our ideas and to ensure we had remembered to include everything we needed. Our preliminary was presented as a powerpoint, it is clear how unexperienced we were as a group with cameras and technology when looking back. The preliminary was very simple and consequently boring, our final piece is intense and has meaning to it.

I have learned a lot from this project. In the beginning i did not know how to use the camera equipment, i had know director skills and i hadn't experienced working against time. By the end i had learnt all three things and now feel confident around cameras. Without having the preliminary task in the beginning i don't think the project would of had any structure to it and therefore would have taken very long to complete.

Evaluation 7- Looing back at your preliminary task, whta do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product ?

If im looking back at the preliminary task that i had undertaken, it was a task that was given to my group by our teacher. Someone had to read a newspaper and respond to it in a thrilling way. In our group Shekira was the key charctaer and she acted like she saw something (thrilling headline) and responding to it in a thrilling way.

This task helped me to understand the camera and how to use it. using the zoom feature and panning technique i was able to film the prelimniary task with ease. Though it could not be uploaded the preliminary task was a working progress, the camera work was shaky because it was not on a tripod and the mise en scene was not professional because there was things in the way and on the table.

Evaluation 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products ?

In comparison toour movie.. this short trailer based on Nigerian Black Magic (JuJu ) has certain aspects which are similar to our low budget student film. We break down the barriers and also in a certain light make it more stereotypical.

At the start of a professional or high budget film the viewer would expect to see the production company logo such as Paramount or Sony. In our group trailer the viewer sees Gaza productions which is our created production logo. In my opinion this logo shows originality and creativity on a good level. By seeing a production logo at the start of thr trailer this shows that despite the low budget it still imitates professional qualities.

In mainstream productions, viewers expect to see things like words in a professional fonts and creative ways the words are shown to the viewer so they are drawn in before the movie even starts. As you can see in the video that ive embedded that the title sequence is of a professional standard, however in our low budget title sequnce, one of the downfalls is that in our trailer the title sequence does not look professional.

In the mainstream film that is featured in this blog, shows that it has professional editing because viewers expect to see nice tight shots which draw them in and gain their attention. However in our film, there is not much of avariety of shots which is a disadvantage.

Evaluation 6- what have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product ?

Evaluation-What kind of media instituition might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract/adress your audience?

Here is a video clip of myself and another member of my group. In this video we are discussing our marketing skills and how we would promote our film.

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

As you can see through the two main clips. You can see that my skills have improved allot. For example our camera work has become more stead it also know establish shots from a variety of different angels. I have also learnt how to make the shots more continuous for example now the shots flow more easier and they connect to next shot. You can also tell that my skills have improved is due to the fact that now i have now learnt how to add a sound track to my clips. Because my first clips did not have a soundtrack it had audio. Another skill that has progressed is the type of lighting used. In my first clip there are many different lighting levels however in the second clip the lighting stays the same throughout the whole clip to make it look much more professional. However one thing i could improve on in is my editing skills.This is because even though my final cut of my thriller title sequence looked good at the beginning i believe that towards the end some of the cuts were not slick enough and happened to fast. On a whole though i believe that i have done very well and that my opening looked quite professional considering the time scale i had to do it in. You can also clearly see that my skills have improved extremely.