Monday 14 March 2011

Evaluation Task 3


Evaluation Task 5


Evaluation Questions


Evasion

Evaluation Task 7


7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 
Whilst planning for our preliminary task we didn't think about all the various elements to the storyline and the continuity of many shots. This was because we did not look at different genres or make a decent plan. This changed however when we began planning for our Thriller Opening sequence, ideas were passed around for about a week and in the end we came up with one storyline. Luckily we all had similar ideas so it wasn't too difficult to put together the story-line, another point was that little research about the genre was required because all the members of the group were aware of what a Thriller movie should look like, they were also quite in-tuned with man-on-the-run thrillers. 
Once the storyline was done we began to work on the script, this didn't take very long as there wasn't much dialogue in the sequence apart from the short exchange between the Boss and the henchman. Then came the storyboard process, this took more time as we had to decide where each scene would take place, how to introduce the characters and how the sequence would end. Altogether the making of the storyboard took around 2 hours, after this there were some changes made but these were very minor, such as changing the type of shot. 












After the preliminary task we were all aware of what we needed to do for our Thriller product. We found that the main problem in the continuity task was the continuity, in order to prevent this from happening again every member of the group kept in mind that we had to have excellent continuity in our sequence. Whilst filming the sequence we used a much wider range of shots compared to the preliminary task which mostly consisted of POV shots (point of veiw) and mid shots. In the Thriller sequence we used one POV shot but this was more effect as we used it in the right way. 

   










In terms of use of equipment we felt more confident, especially with the use of Final Cut Express, we discovered how to use many new effects which included chopping footage, overlapping audio, fading in titles and more. We also managed to make to make our own production title which was called "Shatter Production", this included have a glass smash and then the title zoom in. 

In the end I feel has though I have learnt many skills that I can use in other projects that will be given. In terms of the task I feel as though we completed it successfully and we managed to create an amazing thriller sequence. As a group we worked very hard with the planning, editing and actual footage which was shown in the final cut of the movie Evasion.                 

Evaluation Task 6


Evaluation Task 4


Evaluation Task 2
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The opening sequence of Evasion presents 5 young men, 4 of which are criminals and they are chasing the man-on-the-run. As seen in the sequence all the men show that they are athletic and due to the clothing, choice of car and type of mobile phone the men can be seen as middle class. Although there is not a wide range of gender or age, there a large difference in ethnicities such as Pakistani, Jamaican, English and Indian. 
Due to the social groups and the choice of clothing and actions this adds to the realism of the sequence as the characters can be stereotyped as "troublesome teenagers". Also different aspects such as the actions of the Boss, the use of a gun and the intentions of the criminals all add to the image of typical teenage males in the UK. This can be directed at our target audience which also contains young teenage males, it can show them the consequences of doing the actions that they see on screen and help show them that this type of behaviour is wrong. 

Thursday 10 March 2011

Evaluation Task 1

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

Our thriller opening sequence "Evasion" showed many forms and conventions that are normally seen in real media products. As our genre was a crime/man-on-the-run thriller we decided that we were going to have a Boss figure who commands the henchman, and most importantly as chase scene. The inspiration for the chase scene came from other crime/man-on-the-run thrillers such as "Italian Job", where the thieves get away with the safe on the motor boat, we changed this to one man running through the streets of Stratfield Road and trying to get away from 3 henchman. As well as a chase scene, the use of props also added to the atmosphere of the crime/man-on-the-run thriller, we had a fake gun and a car which added to the genre crime/man-on-the-run thriller. 

An aspect that would challenge the forms and conventions of a real thriller media product is that our man-on-the-run was identified at the beginning of the movie, this somewhat sets the scene for the rest of the movie as the audience will be aware that the henchman and the Boss are searching for this particular man. As the man almost got caught in the opening sequence it may be possible that he actually gets captured later on the the movie. 
Another aspect that challenges the convention of a real thriller is that the good character was being chased by the bad characters, normally it is the bad characters that are on the run from people such as the police. The would add mystery to the movie as the audience are unaware as to why the criminals are chasing this man. 
Due to this conventions in our opening sequence that challenge the conventions in real media thrillers, this makes Evasion a hybrid, however it is also similar to other movies, such as the fact that their is a chase scene, and in the beginning the man-on-the-run gets away. The mise-en-scene was influenced by movies such as Kidulthood and Adulthood as these movies have crime and man-on-the-run aspects.