Audience Feedback
1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
The sequence is clearly an opening scene because it establishes the characters, setting, genre, narrative and opens the story for it to be developed later on.
2) Is the genre apparent?
The genre is apparent because generic conventions of British gangster are used, such as suits.
3) Who do you think the target audience is for the product?
Older teenagers and young adults are the selected target audience.
4) Do you think the product would appeal to the target audience? Give reasons for your answer.
It would appeal to target audience because it uses gangster conventions and is also fast paced. It would also appeal to target audience because the actors used were teenagers
5) How well do you think the following technical areas have been addressed – give examples for each:
Cinematography: Good variety of shots used, the opening scene in the pool room was a bit dark it could have been lighter. The opening shot of the mansion is a good way to open a British gangster film.
Sound: Good use of music for the genre because it was upbeat.
Editing: used continuity editing and the cross cutting shots was good.
Mise-en-scene: The pool room, alleyway and suits were a good choice for British gangster.
6) Overall how successful is the finished product? Give an example of something that could be improved and something that worked well.
I liked the narrative, variety of shots and the way you used mise-en-scene to show it was British gangster, to improve your product you could have made it a bit longer. Overall I think your product is very successful and it’s going to be a hit.
Monday, 27 April 2009
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Coursework
· In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The genre of our media product is British gangster so it uses conventions from the genre. First the setting used in our scene is a pool room and an alleyway, These are both familiar settings scene in British gangster movies. Our story also follows the conventions of British gangster because it is follows a small time Hitman (Jason) who works for a criminal that is very respected and feared (Mickey). Mickey gives Jason a job which involves killing another well respected criminal (Vinny T), so Jason has to kill anyone who stands in his way to work his way to the top. This story displays conventions such as money, weapons and drugs that our familiar with the British gangster genre. Our dialogue also uses the conventions of British gangster as they talk to each other in a harsh manner using cockney accents. Our mise-en-scene uses conventions of British gangster as the two crime lords are dressed in smart suits. It also challenges the conventions because the low life Hitman is dressed quite smartly whereas they usually look scruffy. We did this because we wanted to show that Jason was serious about his work. Our cinematography used a wide range of shots seen in gangster films such as close ups, long shots, establishing shots, tracking shots and over the shoulder shots. Also our sound uses conventions of British gangster because we used the song black and white town by the doves which are a British band which sing in alternative rock. Our opening sequence uses conventions of British gangster because it is set in a big mansion, in the pool room. Our characters in the opening scene are also dressed in suits which is a convention used in many gangster films.
· How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents the backstreets of London and the gangsters that control them. Our product is stereotypical because the gangsters are ruthless killers that desire power, respect and money. The gangsters in our movie are men which represent them as being more powerful than women and also more cold blooded. Our product represents young people badly because the gangsters are young actors. Lastly it represents wealthy class as being rich and powerful because they are the boss's, and the poorer class are pushed around such as Jason is.
· What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A British institution such as Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group would distribute our product because it is a British film about the backstreets of London so it would appeal to the United Kingdom, and they have also distributed films such as Snatch which is British gangster.
· Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our target audience would be young adults living in the UK as it is a British film not suitable for children because it contains violence. I think it would be popular with young male adults because the actors are mainly male and the genre is preferred by males.
· How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted the audience by setting the scene in the opening shot. The scene we showed was the opening scene which introduced the main characters and story. In the scene we see the plan of the assassination so it promises the audience that it will happen later on. The scene hints on violence and crime lords which is what the audience want to see in a British gangster film. We also attracted the audience by rolling the credits in the opening scene this showed them who the main characters were and what their names are. Lastly we used alternative rock music in our scene which promises action, this drags the audience in so that they want to see more.
· What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We first learnt how to use the camera to record the images we wanted. We then learnt how to record the scene and store it onto the tape and then load it onto imovie on the mac. We also learnt how to cut what we have recorded so we can edit any mistakes. This was really useful because it allowed us to cut as much as we wanted to get the scene to run as smoothly as we could. We learnt how to edit the shots so we could watch it all at the same time, this helped see what worked and what didn't. By watching our scene on imovie we learnt how useful the tripod is because it’s very hard to keep the camera steady without it. We also learnt how to import music into our scene so that we can play it at the same time we watch it. We also learnt that you can fade the music in and fade it out as well as adjusting the volume, we used this to our advantage so that we could hear the voices over the music. Lastly we learnt how to cut the soundtrack so that we could repeat a part of it as many times as we wanted, this helped because we cut the beginning of the song and played it over in the beginning of our scene, to add a build up effect.
· Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
The preliminary task helped a lot with the final task because it was a guide to help us produce our product. It showed us how important the planning was, because we could use the storyboard and script while we was filming so that we didn’t forget anything and we already knew what to do. It also helped us pick a location because the different shots required a certain atmosphere. We have also learnt how to use the camera a tripod to its full potential to produce well structured shots. From doing the preliminary task we also learnt a lot more about editing. We learnt how to cut our clips down and then fit them in together which helped us a lot in our final product. It was important that our clips fitted together and that there were no mistakes so that the final product flowed very well. We also learnt how to use credits in our product, this was useful because we used them to introduce our characters and who was playing the part of that character. Although we didn’t use music in the preliminary task we used them in our final product. The soundtrack was very important as it drags the audience in. We choose a song that really works well with the setting, it was a hard job editing the soundtrack to fit in with the shots but we did it in the end and it all works very well together creating a well produced media product.
· In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The genre of our media product is British gangster so it uses conventions from the genre. First the setting used in our scene is a pool room and an alleyway, These are both familiar settings scene in British gangster movies. Our story also follows the conventions of British gangster because it is follows a small time Hitman (Jason) who works for a criminal that is very respected and feared (Mickey). Mickey gives Jason a job which involves killing another well respected criminal (Vinny T), so Jason has to kill anyone who stands in his way to work his way to the top. This story displays conventions such as money, weapons and drugs that our familiar with the British gangster genre. Our dialogue also uses the conventions of British gangster as they talk to each other in a harsh manner using cockney accents. Our mise-en-scene uses conventions of British gangster as the two crime lords are dressed in smart suits. It also challenges the conventions because the low life Hitman is dressed quite smartly whereas they usually look scruffy. We did this because we wanted to show that Jason was serious about his work. Our cinematography used a wide range of shots seen in gangster films such as close ups, long shots, establishing shots, tracking shots and over the shoulder shots. Also our sound uses conventions of British gangster because we used the song black and white town by the doves which are a British band which sing in alternative rock. Our opening sequence uses conventions of British gangster because it is set in a big mansion, in the pool room. Our characters in the opening scene are also dressed in suits which is a convention used in many gangster films.
· How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product represents the backstreets of London and the gangsters that control them. Our product is stereotypical because the gangsters are ruthless killers that desire power, respect and money. The gangsters in our movie are men which represent them as being more powerful than women and also more cold blooded. Our product represents young people badly because the gangsters are young actors. Lastly it represents wealthy class as being rich and powerful because they are the boss's, and the poorer class are pushed around such as Jason is.
· What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A British institution such as Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group would distribute our product because it is a British film about the backstreets of London so it would appeal to the United Kingdom, and they have also distributed films such as Snatch which is British gangster.
· Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our target audience would be young adults living in the UK as it is a British film not suitable for children because it contains violence. I think it would be popular with young male adults because the actors are mainly male and the genre is preferred by males.
· How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted the audience by setting the scene in the opening shot. The scene we showed was the opening scene which introduced the main characters and story. In the scene we see the plan of the assassination so it promises the audience that it will happen later on. The scene hints on violence and crime lords which is what the audience want to see in a British gangster film. We also attracted the audience by rolling the credits in the opening scene this showed them who the main characters were and what their names are. Lastly we used alternative rock music in our scene which promises action, this drags the audience in so that they want to see more.
· What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We first learnt how to use the camera to record the images we wanted. We then learnt how to record the scene and store it onto the tape and then load it onto imovie on the mac. We also learnt how to cut what we have recorded so we can edit any mistakes. This was really useful because it allowed us to cut as much as we wanted to get the scene to run as smoothly as we could. We learnt how to edit the shots so we could watch it all at the same time, this helped see what worked and what didn't. By watching our scene on imovie we learnt how useful the tripod is because it’s very hard to keep the camera steady without it. We also learnt how to import music into our scene so that we can play it at the same time we watch it. We also learnt that you can fade the music in and fade it out as well as adjusting the volume, we used this to our advantage so that we could hear the voices over the music. Lastly we learnt how to cut the soundtrack so that we could repeat a part of it as many times as we wanted, this helped because we cut the beginning of the song and played it over in the beginning of our scene, to add a build up effect.
· Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
The preliminary task helped a lot with the final task because it was a guide to help us produce our product. It showed us how important the planning was, because we could use the storyboard and script while we was filming so that we didn’t forget anything and we already knew what to do. It also helped us pick a location because the different shots required a certain atmosphere. We have also learnt how to use the camera a tripod to its full potential to produce well structured shots. From doing the preliminary task we also learnt a lot more about editing. We learnt how to cut our clips down and then fit them in together which helped us a lot in our final product. It was important that our clips fitted together and that there were no mistakes so that the final product flowed very well. We also learnt how to use credits in our product, this was useful because we used them to introduce our characters and who was playing the part of that character. Although we didn’t use music in the preliminary task we used them in our final product. The soundtrack was very important as it drags the audience in. We choose a song that really works well with the setting, it was a hard job editing the soundtrack to fit in with the shots but we did it in the end and it all works very well together creating a well produced media product.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Treatment
Target Audience: Adults 18
Genre: Adults 18+
Characters: Jason the hitman, Micky the boss, Vinny T the gangster.
Plot Development: London, ,Modern day, backstreets, alley ways, industrial areas. Vinny T has high status and power has a lot of authority and people who work for and protect him. there is another character Micky who hires the main character to become a hitman for him to take out various people and get him to the top. Micky gives Jason the job of killing Vinny T. Micky will inherit his power and status and Jason will receive little for his efforts and its a life risking job because of Vinny T's protection.
Jason kills Vinny and is on the run from his henchmen, Jason goes back to Mickey and Mickey makes a quick escape to prevent being killed by Vinny's henchmen. Jason chases Mickey down and he kills him. Jason is then caught by Vinny's henchmen but offers the money he got now Mickey is dead and Jason inherits Vinny T's status, power, authority and money. Jason is now top of the chain and has all the power in the underworld of the gangsters.
Monday, 9 February 2009
1) The most valuable aspect of the planning stage was the story board because we got to lay out all the camera shots we were going to use.
2) I learnt about continuaty editing and all of the different camera shots such as long shots and close ups.
3) The editing proccess played a major part in completing our film because we got to cut shots to make them fit in, and make the films less boring.
4) We received possitive feedback Especially our range of camera shots.
5) The best technical aspect i feel is the variety in the camera shots and the time in which we cut them to make the film flow well.
6) The aspects i would improve is the lighting because some shots are darker were others are lighter. I would also improve on the editing as some shots dont fit in because the props are in a different possition.
2) I learnt about continuaty editing and all of the different camera shots such as long shots and close ups.
3) The editing proccess played a major part in completing our film because we got to cut shots to make them fit in, and make the films less boring.
4) We received possitive feedback Especially our range of camera shots.
5) The best technical aspect i feel is the variety in the camera shots and the time in which we cut them to make the film flow well.
6) The aspects i would improve is the lighting because some shots are darker were others are lighter. I would also improve on the editing as some shots dont fit in because the props are in a different possition.
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