Target audience, how we gathered our audience. (Evaluation)

Audiences

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Finished video - The Passing

How our media product is similar to existing media products. (Evaluation)

What I've learned from my preliminary and what I've learned about technologies. (Evaluation)

Since filming my preliminary, I have found out that if we do not have a plan for the day, things can go very wrong very quickly. This can also link to what I've learned about new technologies, if the equipment you are using is unfamiliar to you, then you will have trouble using it, that said, the new technologies created through technological convergence makes the whole process of filming a lot simpler, another thing I learned since my preliminary exercise.

What I've also learned since doing my preliminary is that not using all the necessary equipment, such as a tripod can drastically effect the outcome by making the shot shaky and have unwanted blurring. Again, this isn't as much of a problem with new technology as most of the time it goes unnoticed.

Editing software, as one example, Adobe Premiere Pro, shown above, is another thing that I have learned to use since my preliminary, where before, we only carried out basic editing such as cutting clips to make them fit. With my film, I had to use more complex aspects of editing, such as creating titles and adding effects. I have learned that a film/shot can be edited very simply and effectively using this technology, which benefits the editor to make their job easier.

Film opening analysis 2

 Shaun of the Dead opens with a close up of the main protagonist’s feet as he walks into the living room. The camera slowly pans upwards as he is walking, already the director has used these camera angles, along with the diegetic sound of the protagonist yawning and how he walks to trick the audience into thinking that he is an antagonist zombie. With this scene, there is some upbeat music, possibly showing that everything is normal, this music is non-diegetic as the actors do not seems to acknowledge it.

 The camera then cuts to a long shot of the protagonist sitting down on the sofa, after this long shot, there is then a two shot of the protagonist and another character. With the main protagonist being shown lower than the other character, we can assume that in this scene, the other character has more dominance over the main protagonist. This evolves as the other character tells the main protagonist to go to work, leaving the camera to zoom into the other character as the main protagonist leaves the room.

 After this scene, the camera shows a series of fast paced close ups of certain actions that the main protagonist is doing, each of which zoom in very fast and use synchronous sound to enhance the action the character is performing. These fast close ups cut to an over shoulder shot of the main protagonist looking into a mirror where another character soon appears, also with synchronous sound to show the genre of the film.

 There are a few more fast paced shots of the characters actions until the pace slows down with a two shot of two characters, on being the main protagonist, again, the main protagonist is show lower than the other character, having his dominance again lowered over other characters in the scene. Overall, the genre isn’t fully established as much as in other films in its genre, but there are still some features that shows the audience the film’s horror genre.

Film opening analysis 1

The introduction to the film 28 Days Later begins with a compilation of news footage showing rioting and uprising throughout different countries, this is filmed mainly with handheld cameras to give these clips a ‘homemade’ feel. It also adds to the panic of the people in the clips along with the frantic surroundings they are in. These clips don’t have a lot in the way of sound, but when it is featured, it is usually heavily distorted and chopped up. The sound enhances the frantic environment the people are in.

The scene then tracks away from a television screen that carries on showing these clips. As this happens, non-diegetic music fades in to match with the camera tracking away from the TV. This music is in a minor key, so it is very sad and emotional; the pace of the music is slow to show the viewer that the clips being shown aren’t what people would expect at the time the film is set.

The camera then cuts to a science lab where there is a chimpanzee strapped to a table in front of the TV screens. There is very little lighting at this point, making the viewer focus upon the chimpanzee on the table; this shows the chimpanzee’s emotions as the camera tracks around the table it is on.

After the camera tracks around the table, it focuses on a TV screen where a security camera’s feed is shown, through the TV, there is a man blocking out the cameras, he is wearing dark, concealing clothing to show the viewer that he is a character that will most likely cause trouble.

Other people are shown in the same fashion as the man, there are a few close ups of these characters wearing balaclavas to hide their identity. After they break in to the laboratory, they take off their masks to reveal their faces, as they do not have any clear weapons on them, and wielding cameras, they are portrayed as social activists, breaking into the laboratory to get research about what’s going on there. 

Institutions that could produce our film. (Evaluation)

Institutions that can produce our film

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