Excellent research, planning and story boarding. The film is well made showing understanding of all th erequired elements, althought he 180 rule was not definitive and some jump cuts were a little over elaborate. Extensive evaluation showing good understanding.

Planning 19/20 Production 46/60 Evaluation 20/20 85/100 A

WHERE IS THE FILM???

If you go in the small room with the macs,its on the desktop of the mac next to the picture of the people getting attacked by the bull.

THE END

EVALUATION

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I learnt how to use a video camera and enhancing my shots to make them look better and be of better quality. I also learnt how to use iMovie on an Apple Mac to edit my footage I took and make it more interesting by adding effects and transitions and titles. I also learnt how to cut clips together and make one flowing film. Using iMovie was a new experience, which I enjoyed.

EVALUATION

How did you attract/address your audience?

I used an opening title to tell the audience what the film is called.I also used a interesting opening scence so the audience wanted to keep watching the film.I also chose a backing track to the film which is well known so the people watching the film enjoyed it more.

EVALUATION

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my film would be people(most likely boys/men)who enjoy watching action films and comedy films for entertainment purposes.The target audience is people aged 15 and older because my film is about drug dealing so young children will not want to watch it because it could scare and upset them.

EVALUATION

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

My film would be used as a trailer for the actual film because there is a lot more to the story.After the trailer comes out on TV people will see it and want to go watch it or buy the film.The film could be put in cinemas and on DVD or Video.This would be good because people who don’t have DVD or Video players can go watch the film at the cinema. 

EVALUATION

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My film represents gangsters and drug dealers; this was done by using the stereotype of what a gangster, so the audience could understand that the actors are playing drug dealers/gangsters. Also the film shows you what can happen if you deal drugs etc because its bad, and it may lead to bad things happening (like with Dwayne in my film being killed by the police) so it teaches the audience a lesson. It represents more lower class people because the actors are playing drug dealers who have to get money by selling drugs and if they were higher class then they would not have to sell drugs for a living.

EVALUATION

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

The Film has an opening title, which welcomes the audience into the film telling them the name, which could give away what the film is about. After the title fades away the film begins. Like with most films it follows the three act structure at the start you meet the characters, then the characters speak to each other, then the characters shake hands because they are both happy with what has been done, then they hear the police so have to run away. One of the characters dies and the film is finished. At the start there is equilibrium when they are having a conversation then there is disequilibrium when they hear the police. It then ends with a sad ending because one of the characters dies. The film is different to most films because it mixes to genres together (comedy/action). The film ends with fading out music and a message saying that we will remember the character that died. This is a good ending because it is easy for the audience to tell that the film has ended.  

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FILM

ACTORS: Scott livingstone as Dwanye
Craig McCall as Zac

MUSIC: Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright

VOICE OVERS: by Me (Michael McCallum)

THE END

To finish the short film a small message comes up on the screen to show that Dwanye will always be remebered.This makes the audeince know that Dwanye dies in the end.

THE ENDING

My actors then run away,after hearing the police (the pigs).This is done with five different shots from different angles to show what is happening from different points of view.It is also done in slow motion to make it worrying for the audience and to increase suspense.After the actors have left the room it zooms in on the door knob.

CLOSE-UP

After the conversation finishes the two actors shake hands.I did two shots to show this,the first shot was a close-up and the second was an extreme close-up.This shows the audeince that they are shaking hands.

SHOT REVERSE/SHOT

When my actor sits down next to my other actor and starts speaking in a conversation shot reverse shot is used from a medium close-up this shows the actors facial expressions aswell as the conversation.

TRANSITION

Beetween clips I use transitions like dissolve to make one clip go into another clip with out it looking like the film jumped.

180 DEGREE RULE,CROSSING ROOM AND SITTING DOWN

Without breaking the 180 degree rule my actor crosses the room and sits down,before starting his conversation.

MATCH ON ACTION

This is my actor walking through the door using match on action. From him starting to open the door and turning the handle to him actually walking through the door.

TITLE

The title is like with most films,it come in at the start to show the audience what the film is all about and what they are just about to watch.I had the title fade away over the start of the next clip.

MY FILM NAME

The Fallback

WHAT IS THE BEST FILM GENRE?

The best genre out of Action,Western,Sci-Fi,Comedy was voted 50% Action, 25% Sci-Fi and 75% Comedy and 0% Western.For my film I decided to do a mix beetween Action and Comedy.It will be funny and dangerous/crazy at the same time.

FILM STORYBOARD

MY FILM PLOT

Dwayne has just finished some work killing off other gang members from other gangs.He is the boss of his own gang called The Fallback.The Fallback is in some debt but has just recived some drugs from over sea, so the can sell the drugs and pay off the debt.Dwayne has just arrived back from seeing the drugs that he had just recived and killing some guys. He goes into his gangs hangout and pretends he is going to kill is mate Zac but then tells Zac its all a joke and sits down.Zac and Dwayne start to disscuss the drugs and recent killings.

CHARACTERS I NEED FOR MY FILM

In my film there will be two actors.One of the actors will play a man called Dwayne Lee,Dawyne is the big boss of a gangster group called Fallback. The actor playing Dawyne will have to be big and look really nasty and strong.The other person in my film is Zac Brown, he is one of the gang members who is having a talk with his boss.Zac will have to be played by a tall,strong and nasty looking boy.Both actors will have to fit the role of a gangster (A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a crime organization, such as a gang. The term gangster is most commonly used in reference to members of the criminal organizations associated with American prohibition and the American offshoot of the Italian Mafia, such as the Chicago Outfit or the Five Families, and individuals such as Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel).

FILM GENRE

http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html on this website are various different types of genres for films.I am going to be doing the film genre action/comedy my film will be for people 15years old or older. The film will be this way because it will have a use of strong langauge in it and violence.I chose action as a genre because I find action films the most entertaining to watch.I then decided to make it an action comedy because I thought the genre comedy would be easy to do because anyone can make jokes.Also the film will be viewed by my media teacher Mr.Winn so I wanted to make something new and different.

HOW I WILL DO IT

I will make my Film using a video camera provided by my college because it is easy to understand how to use it because we were taught how to in lesson time. I will have to do auditions for people to be in the film and play the characters needed; the auditions will help me find the perfect person to play each role properly.

I will then edit the film footage which I have taken using the apple program iMovie and will add music and other needed things like titles to the film to make it of good quality.After I have finished making my film I will publish it on youtube.com and publish it on my blog.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

When designing the Film I had to think about:

• What do people want from the film
• What camera angles should be used
• What genre is most interesting
• Which effects should be used in the film
• How will it be edited
• What type of font shall be used for film titles
• What is the target audience
• Is there violence in the film
• Is there strong language in the film
• Is the film suitable for all ages
• What is the film about
• Is there a specific topic in the film
• etc..

HITCH

Hitch-CAMERA SHOTS

• What camera shots are used?

At the start of the scene Kevin James walks up to a door and opens it, it uses match on action for when he turns the handle to get in on the outside to a long shot of him actually walking through the door to the inside. When he gets through the door it does a medium close up shot on his face to show that he looks sleepy but he is now there to work.

It then zooms out to show the whole room from a long shot and it establishs everyone in the room and what the room is like.From the audiences point of view they can see all the other people who work with Kevin James gathered round a table in a meeting and the audience meet the actress Amber Valletta who the actor Kevin James eventually falls in love with.

It then pans across the room till Kevin James is sitting down in his chair.It then goes back to a long shot to show that everyone is now here and they are all sitting round the big table with their client Amber Valletta. They all start to speak to each other taking it in turns to suggest something. When the conversation is filmed it used over the shoulder shots and shot reverse/shot.

The scene ends with all the workers trying to give Amber Valletta their pens beacuse she needs one to sign something,this is show from a medium shot getting the top half of their bodies in the shot. The shot concentrates on peoples facial expressions because they all really want her to take their pens beacuse they think she is beautiful. In the end Amber Valletta takes Kevin James pen.

THE MATRIX

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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

The Pursuit of Happyness-CAMERA SHOTS

• What were the camera shot used for?

At the start of the scene Chris (Will Smith) is sitting at his desk working away, he looks like he is under a lot of stress. This is shown using a medium point of view shot of some one looking at Chris working. Then a man comes over and tells Chris to come with him. Then the camera pans across the room as Chris walked towards the interview room, this shows the audience where the scene is set. It then switches back to a point of view shot from one of the interviewers as Chris walks through the door the, this shows the audience what it would be like to be the interviewer and the first impressions they would get from the way Chris looks.

Match on action is then used when Chris goes to shake the boss’s hand. Then the boss tells Chris that Chris has a nice shirt and a little bit of conversation is started and shot reverse/shot is used when they speak to each other to show both characters point of view.

When Chris shakes the interviewer’s hands and the boss’s hand it is shown in a medium shot to show all the important characters in the scene. This introduces them to the audience watching the film.

When they all sit down it goes to a long shot from outside the interview room looking in to show what else is happening at this point in time outside the interview room. When they are sitting down it uses an over the shoulder shot when the boss speaks to Chris and does the same when Chris speaks to the boss, this is like shot reverse/shot and an over the shoulder shot put together.

The boss then tells Chris that he has the job and Chris starts to cry with happiness and it uses a close up shot on his face to show his emotions and show the audience that he is crying because he is so happy.

Then they all get up and it goes back to the long shot from outside the interview room in the office working area where Chris was before. Chris then leaves towards the door, just before he leaves the boss stops him and gives him back the money he borrowed from him early. It then does a close up shot on the money. It then goes back to a normal medium shot showing Chris walking out the door.

Chris then leaves and he walks across the office and its is panned along at his head on a close up, it is like a tracking shot. This is done to show that Chris is so happy he is in tears and it shows Chris’s emotions as he walks out the door.

180 DEGREE RULE ETC

180 DEGREE RULE

The 180° rule is a basic film editing guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.

SHOT/REVERSE SHOT

Two or more shots edited together that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation. In continuity editing, characters in one framing usually look left, in the other framing, right. Over-the-shoulder framings are common in shot/reverse-shot editing.

MATCH ON ACTION

Either an action commenced in shot A is completed in shot B, or an action in shot A is mirrored by an action in shot B.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audeince
When making a Film for Mr.Winn and other people I have to think about the target audience:

1. Gender-male/female
2. Age-age group e.g. elderly, teenagers etc
3. Interests-sci-fi, westerns, thriller, action etc
4. Class-ABC1,C2DE, lower,higher etc

The Film that we are intending to make is for Mr.Winn, so it would most likely be aimed towards the men aged fifteen or eighteen and older who just watch films for entertainment. Another audience people would have to look at is other people who would like to watch the film for example Mr.Winn’s students and other young men. I would like my audience to be a passive audience and not look to deep into the film but just watch the film for fun and pleasure. In this project I am going to be making a film. The film will have a target audience of people over fifteen years old, the film will be aimed mostly towards men and young boys who are interested in action films. It will be made for people over fifteen years old because of violence and strong language.

FILM PROJECT

I intend to film and edit a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.