Prelim evaluation

Overall i think that the pre-lim task went fairly well. We chose at random the genre comedy, i think that this was quite a hard genre to do because it needed to be funny, next time i think we could change the script to fit the genre better. I think that he filming and editing of the scenes where done well however the groups organisational skills would have needed to be better as on the first day of filming we lost half of our footage so we had to re film the whole thing the following lesson because the characters had on different clothes. We also wasn't very organised when it came to editing, this was because only one person had the footage and when they was absent the rest of the group couldn't edit. Learning from this, next time we would make sure each person in the group has access to the footage. As a whole i think that the opening scene that we made was good .

Production diary

On Monday we were first put into our groups, the group included Josh, Leah , Amara and Lorna.

The next day we came up with ideas for the film and made a plan, we had an idea to begin with but we wasn't happy with it so we changed it. The next idea that we came up with was to have a boy in a classroom that couldn't read, we planned out the setting, characters and props that we needed. We also decided on what each person would do when making the film, Josh would edit and act, Lorna would act and Leah and Amara would film. Josh also made the script for this.

The next  lesson we made a story board of the film clip and the shooting schedule, we planned out the days that we would film and how long the filming would last. We also planned out which days we would edit the film.

The next two lessons we spent filming, we did the whole film a few times so that when we looked at them back we could choose the best of each shot.

We then spent 2 lessons editing and evaluating, Leah and Josh did the editing , Amara did the evaluating and Lorna made the logo.



The boy who couldn't read

Shooting schedule

Institution

 What is the main film going audience? 
15-24 year olds make up the largest percentage of cinema audiences at 31%

 How do cinemas make most of their money? 
Cinemas make there money back through the sales of tickets, food and drinks and adverts that are shown before the film.

What does a distributor do?
A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company is usually different from the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film.


Institution logo

Juno
I think that the filming of the Juno opening scene went well overall and that the footage we made looks good. The story board that i made was  accurate but  because we did not use the story boards when filming the times did not match up perfectly. I tried to fix the timings when editing by slowing down and speeding up certain shots. 1 strength of our group was the filming i think we did this well and we got all of the footage we needed however we had to film twice because our juno characters changed. In doing this task i learnt how to use premier, i think that next time the effect that i put on could've been done better

Juno film opening

Audience

Audience

Who creates the content the media or the audience?
I think that the media creates the content by choosing what they show the the public and deciding on what facts and what elements of the story are published but i also think that without the audience then the media looses its value.

Can the media exist/function without an audience? Can an audience (public) exist/function without media?
I think that both the media and the audience need each other, i think that the public are heavily dependant  on the media and although we would be less aware of things we would be able to function. I think that this differs from the media needing the audience because without the public buying into what they are reading and seeing the media are made irrelevant 

Can the media control an audience?
 Yes, i think that the media can definitely and easily control the views and opinions of the public

Boyz in the hood
In the opening seconds of this film the first things we hear are sirens,cars skidding, gunshot noises and screams, this instantly alerts the viewers that there is danger and the police calls further display the genre to be crime. We hear the voice of a small child crying that his brother has been shot , this emotive dialogue shows the viewer what they can expect. Something else that symbolises danger is the bold red stop sign, it is a close up shot and it foreshadows the bad things that are going to happen. The film is set in South central los angeles in the year 1984. The film starts outside and it is day time and a group of children are walking to school, it is a medium long shot, we can see what the area the are walking through is like, we see stray dos and it gives the impression that it is not looked after and we get the feeling of it being run down. The children and the people in the background are wearing normal clothing- this could be to make the film  feel more realistic to the audience. On the way to school they stop off at a crime scene where somebody had recently been shot, this would most probably shock the viewer and show them what it would really be like to live in that area.

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Relevant/intriguing/catchy film title?
"Yes-play on words grabs attention"
"Relevant to the films setting"
"exceedingly catchy"

Interesting characters and appropriate cast?
"Great cast which fits the type of film"
"Contrasts of characters e.g. aliens and humans"
"Characters have interesting qualities-appropriate cast"

Good ideas for marketing?
"Yes places where tweens and parents would see"
"Extensive marketing ideas"
"Tweens would not have social media"

Is the film different
"Yes a very unique idea"

Dancing animals and James Bond