Evaluation Question 9 Part 2

What feedback did you receive for your Thriller Opening sequence? What good things, bad things and improvements did you receive?


This Prezi presentation will show you part two of the feedback. I will show you what other people thought about our thriller opening sequence. It shows which parts the viewers didn't like as much and thought could be improved.

Evaluation Question 9 Part 1

What feedback did you receive for your Thriller Opening sequence? What good things, bad things and improvements did you receive?


This Slideshare will allow you to see what the audience thought was the good parts on our thriller opening sequence. It states what the good parts are with a small explanation as to why.

Evaluation Question 8

Did you have any issues or problems while you were in the process of creating your thriller opening sequence? 

In my groups draft edit of the opening sequence, we had a problem with matching dialogue up with the mouth movement of one of the actors, we didn't have a production company in the sequence and the music at the end didn't drag out long enough in order to finish with the very end of the sequence. With all these issues, for our final edit, we sorted the problems out to get to where we wanted and where we were happy with the sequence. We sat as a group and figured out what to do in order to make the sequence good. We sat down and designed and produced our own production company in Adobe Fireworks which added to our opening sequence making is seemed more professional. We then sat and changes to dialogue to the mouth. This was the hardest part for us and we had to split the sound clips we had in order to make things slower and match. After about 30 minutes, we had matched our dialogue sound up with the movement of the mouth. The last improvement was to drag out the sound at the end of the clip; we did this and now the sound matched the ending to the sequence. Below is the production company we developed and produced.

Evaluation Question 7

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

This slideshare will tell you what I have learnt since I did my preliminary task at the start of the year.

Evaluation Question 6

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

This prezi presentation will tell you about all the technologies I used while in the process of making my thriller opening sequence. 

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?  

This Prezi presentation will answer this question. The presentation wll tell you how I attracted the audience and what things in my thriller opening sequence grab the audiences attention and draws then in to watch more.

 

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?  

This Slideshare will answer the question above. It says what the target audience would be, the age and gender of the audience.

 

Evaluation Question 3

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

I have made a powerpoint presentation answering the question above. The presentation will show tell us about the film distribution companies and which specific ones could be used to distribute the thriller opening sequence me and my group have made.

   













   

                                                                                                                                                            

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?  

This Prezi presentation will answer this question. It will tell you how I think my groups thriller opening sequence represents particular social groups, like gender and age. 

The characters in my groups thriller were created to be normal people who were out as a group of friends and came across this abandoned area. The characters were created to show emotion, like being scares or surprised at what they come across. The characters use mise-en-scene by the camera work as in certain scenes the camera angles were different so we could show the characters in the best possible way. For example, at one point the camera was to the left of the characters; this was so we could purposely show the audience there facial expressions and body expression. The sound also creates tension as the sound of the characters footsteps build the suspense as to if something is going to happen to them or if any sudden movements take place suggesting something is about to take place.

These pictures are of our characters that we had chosen to be in our thriller We chose these people to be in our thriller as we thought they represented the characters we wanted the best.






This is a picture showing how we got our inspiration. These three characters represent out characters as they are a three and they go through things together. We hoped that our characters would portray tension and suspense just like the characters from Happy Potter.

Evaluation Question 1

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

Below is a link to a Tumblr Blog which shows the answer to the question abaove.

http://mediaaaheather.tumblr.com/

These pictures below show how the questions are places and presented on the Tumblr Blog and how the text is displayed once a bubble is clicked on.

These pictures show how our thriller uses tension, suspense and excitement.

These pictures are taken from my groups thriller. These specific section show tension as in the first picture its quite dull and it is just a path and we as the audience don't know where it leads to therefore its causing tension to what is going to happen next. 
The second picture shows suspense and excitement as the door is leaving us to think about what might happen next and the excitement is building up as we watch as anything could happen. Something could take place that could make the audience surprised.

 

Thriller Evaluation - Draft

My thriller opening sequence uses the conventions that any other  thriller would use. My opening sequence shows mysteriousness and adventure with thriller behind it all. It lets the audience wonder and think about what might happen. The mysteriousness allows the audience to think about it all, thinking what's going to take place, is anything dramatic going to happen. My thriller gives of suspense which is what we need for the audience to want to stay and watch the rest of the film.  The mysteriousness develops as the opening sequence goes on.

The thriller represents a social group of teenagers. We cans see from the opening sequence that there isn't a specific type of social group, just 3 teenagers who are on a day out and come across this abandoned building.

The type of media institution that might distribute my thriller would be a film institution. An film institution that is interested in thrillers and wants to show a thriller. The best institution to show it would be those who have already produced thrillers as they know about them and would already have the target audience. It is important that the right institution distribute the product the thriller can have the right coverage and have the right target audience.

The target audience for my thriller opening sequence would be teenagers around the ages of 15-18 and people who are into thrillers and like the mysteriousness and suspense. The reason it would be suitable for this age group is because it wouldn't be a gruesome, over the top scary thriller. It would just be a normal straight forward thriller so this age range fits the best.

I have attracted the target audience by the way the opening sequence is portrayed.  The opening sequence is very catching so it grabs the target audience straight away. The audience would want to carry on watching at it leaves on somewhat of a cliff-hanger. The title also grabs the target audience due to the way that is portrayed too. The title sequence appears and each letters dissolved, linking to the title name of 'abandoned' as the idea is for the letters to be abandoned, one by one. The target audience would like it because it catches their attention and they wonder what is going to happen next.  Below is a picture of the title sequence we made.

From constructing the thriller opening sequence I have learnt how to use a professional camera properly in the right way. I have learn what camera angles work best depending on how you want to the scene to play out. I have also learnt how to edit as I went into this not knowing how to edit and finished knowing all the little tricks of what to do. Editing has allowed me to play around with the software and see what looks best for each scene when we are editing together. I have also learnt little things on the editing programme, like how to take bits out of clips and how to drag clips out etc. I have learnt that technology is a pig part of this industry and area and that you have to know everything to do with editing on order to get a good piece out of it. I have also learnt that technology allows us to make things better, for example, if there is a small part we don't like, we can play around and edit the clip; like extend it, shorted it, split it, make it slower, make it faster, change the contrast, add sound and put effects on them. There is always something to do to in order to make something look better within the project.

From when I did my preliminary task to now, doing my final thriller opening sequence task, I have learned a lot. I have learned from scratch on how to use the Adobe Premier Pro editing software, I have learned how to make titles in adobe after effects and I have learned more about camera angles and what shots look better. When I did my preliminary task I didn't really know what I was doing, I had never done anything like it so it gave me a chance to play around with things and get to know it all. By doing the final task, I have learned everything to do with Premier Pro and I have learned to keep working with the clips we have in order to make them better. This task has allowed me to keep working to make things better and to focus on what we have in front of us in order to make things work. This task has also shown me that filming and editing is not an easy task. It takes a lot of concentration and effort in order to come out with something you are happy with.

In my groups draft edit of the opening sequence, we had a problem with matching dialogue up with the mouth movement of one of the actors, we didn't have a production company in the sequence and the music at the end didn't drag out long enough in order to finish with the very end of the sequence. With all these issues, for our final edit, we sorted the problems out to get to where we wanted and where we were happy with the sequence. We sat as a group and figured out what to do in order to make the sequence good. We sat down and designed and  produced our own production company in Adobe Fireworks which added to our opening sequence making is seem more professional. We then sat and changes to dialogue to the mouth. This was the hardest part for us and we had to split the sound clips we had in order to make things slower and match. After about 30 minutes, we had matched our dialogue sound up with the movement of the mouth. The last improvement was to drag out the sound at the end of the clip; we did this and now the sound matched the ending to the sequence. Below is the production company we developed and produced.

When the thriller screenings too place, we got some feedback on what people thought about it. The feedback we received were good things, bad things and what we could improve if we had to go back and do it again. The good things that were said about our thriller opening sequence were that the location we had was good, it matched the task and build up what we needed in order to have a good opening sequence. The part that seemed to go down well with the audience was out title sequence. The feedback we received was that the way the title took place was really good and looked really good. They liked the way the letters faded out one by one as it linked to the title of the thriller 'abandoned'. The transitions received good feedback; the audience said that most of the transitions looked good and matched well with scenes. We were also told that the way the story build up was good. The audience liked how the story moved on and developed throughout. The audience are always wondering what is going to happen next. Another good piece of feedback we received was that we had a variety of camera shots and sizes in the opening sequence which build up the story, mysteriousness and tension. The different shots and sizes meant we had used a variety. The last piece of good feedback we received was that the ending of the opening sequence was good. The audience liked how it went from the title sequence to the swaying door at the end as it gave of 'creepiness'.

Although we had a variety of good comments, we also had a few comments that weren't so good about our opening sequence. The first thing that was said was that there is one piece of dialogue where a character says 'She's been gone a while, shall I go and find her?' and the mouth didn't match the sound dialogue. We did have a problem with this so we tried our best to split the sound up as much as we could to get it to match the mouth. This problem was initially a big problem and managed to get it somewhat right for the final edit, however, the audience still noticed the problem. The one jump cut we have in the thriller looked  odd to the audience as they said it didn't match the rest of the transitions, however, this was the idea. It was a tense scene, therefore we didn't want a dissolve transition otherwise it would take away the tension. The audience also said that the repeated sound throughout the thriller wasn't very good. They could tell it was repeated, however, we wanted it to sound like it would if you were in the area, in woods with trees, birds and leaves. The clip where the girl walks through the overgrown area apparently was too long. The audience said we should have either cut a section out and sped the scene up. This particular section, I had noticed it was a little bit longer than what we would have wanted it, however, if we had sped it up and cut a section out, it wouldn't have looked right so we decided to keep the scene how it is. We were also told that we could add a few short takes into the thriller to give that little bit of extra variety to what we already have. The last thing we were told for as improvement was rather than having the smaller girls back to the camera while the boy was saying 'She's been gone a while, do you want me to go and find her?', we should of had her facing the camera.

I personally, don't agree with the comment about the bad jump cut. There reason we have a jump cut in our thriller is because we have to have a variety of shots. We have very similar cuts throughout the thriller so we have added a jump cut into a specific section where we think it works well. We added it in to the part that gives tension as the jump cuts allows things to cut quickly, building the tension as to what is going to happen next.

Overall, this task has been difficult as it is something I have never done before. Although I found the task difficult, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed working as a group, filming and editing everything together. The task has allowed me to get to know the editing software, the filming work and  get to know how things work in order to produce something like an opening sequence.

Here is the link to our final edit of our thriller opening sequence, Abandoned: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RdeCqs_1Is