Question 1- Evaluation

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

Convention:  The widely recognised way of doing something - this has to do with content, style and for.

Question 2- Evaluation

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 3- Evaluation

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

We created our own production and distribution companies as we wanted to achieve a sense of individuality when it was presented to our audience. Our production company is called 45 Productions. We chose this name because our group number is 45, which puts our imprint on the production. It was also the only name that we could agree on as a group. Our distribution company is called Shoot Productions. We opted for this name because our film is based on football and shoot is a common term within the society. Similarly, shoot is also a part of media terminology, which makes the name even more appropriate for a film like ours.

I believe that FilmFour would be interested in distributing our film because they specialize in independent and British films and also develop and co-finance film productions. As they have backed a large number of UK films, I think they would be interested in our film because we are presenting original ideas which are innovative and creative and targeting a wide audience. FilmFour have also produced Slumdog Millionaire which was a very successful film and took in £1,827,457 in its opening weekend with 324 screens. This gives me an initial idea of what our film could achieve if FilmFour chose to distribute it.

Question 4- Evaluation

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Question 5- Evaluation

How did you attract/address your audience?

One way we attracted/addressed our audience is the amount of teenagers who are in the film. This appeals to other teenagers as they can relate to the lives played in the film. 

Another way we attracted our audience is football lovers as the film itself is football based

So far, we have reached our audience via Youtube, Vimeo and a cinema preview. We used social networking sites to address our audience because they are popular in youth culture today, which makes it easier for us to spread word of our film and broadens the range of our audience. In our cinema preview, we showed our film opening to many other media students and a few adults. We then interviewed certain members of the audience, specifically the ones that matched our target audience, to see what they thought of our film.

Question 6- Evaluation

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

Question 7- Evaluation

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



Raekwon Smerkz Lamothe's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow

GROUP 45- PODCAST

A podcast that we done via Skype reflecting on our experiences in media so far.

Editing (Final evaluation)

Once we completed our rough cut, we then went on to our final cut. This was the toughest problem we faced during our project. However it is now completed which is a real positive and relief!

To complete our final cut we had to consider and put in place various of things:

1. Place the music in the correct place so that it compliments the action taking place in the film. e.g.(before Hadi got attacked a gloomy 'danger' like music gets played to signify Hadi is in danger from something) Also we had to add sound effects and Foley sound especially when Hadi is playing football and when he gets attacked.
2. Make sure the credits were in the right position. This was a stumbling block for us because at one point during our editng process we had some credit tittles on the clip and some on black screen.. so we had to in the end put all tittle credits on black screen which made the film longer and more than 2 minutes at one point.
3. Shorten and edit clips from the rough cut to ensure there is continuity in our film and so that it flows. 
4. Add Distribution and Production company motions as it is an significant part of the credits as they mostly promoted and funded the film. We made ours ourselves which was a good accomplishment

When editing our film we would always get feedback from the teacher which was mostly positive with some faults being noted in which we fixed to improve the film. We are happy with what we filmed and edited and our looking forward to seeing it on the big screen. 

Blog update

Progress so far

We have made signifcant progress in the last two weeks managing to film and edit 75% of the film

Making of idents

We had to make a distribution and production ident in to make our film seem more realistic. In order to do this, we had to use a software called Motion 4. 

Motion 4's starting page.

In our first attempt, we created our rough production and distribution idents, however we thought that they were too basic and time consuming to create. So to overcome this, we decided to use two of the professionally designed templates that were available to use. This both saved us time and provided us with a presentable title.

We decided to use the swarm template for our distribution company because we thought it reflected the nature of our group.

We opted for the skyline template for our production company because it highlights our roots; the city.

Ident& editing: Group Update.

idea for the ident…..

Media terminology

Teen film update (rough cut feedback)

This is an update on the progres of our film opening. In it our director, Hadi, discusses some of the difficulties that we have experienced whilst in the production stage and states how we overcame them.

ROUGH CUT

Editing (pictures+Evaluation of progress so far)

When editing 'Revival', we firstly had to make a rough cut of the film. This basically means placing each clip in the correct sequence with different shot angles. This gave us an idea of what we were dealing with in terms of the footage we filmed and where different shot angles would be placed. Our progress so far is beyond the rough cut and have now put camera shots in the correct place and edited part of the music. So overall it has been a good steady progress.

In this image Tyler is  using Motion 4 to create the distribution and production idents. 

Filming session 2 - photo evidence and comments

Filming session 2

On the second day of our filming, we filmed the scene where Hadi gets mugged by too thugs. We filmed this on a road near Leyton station in the evening. We began by filming long shots and mid shots of Hadi exiting his house, this set the scene for the drama that was about to occur. We then filmed close ups of Hadi's face in response to seeing the two thugs, this conveys his feelings of anxiety to the audience and gives the scene a tense atmosphere. Next, we moved to the other side of the road and filmed from the two criminal's perspectives. We used the tripod to make a tracking shot when they approach Hadi to give the scene a sense of action and to add to our variation of shots. Finally, we put the camera in the fig rig and Hadi lied down on the floor with it to film the low shot for the last part of the scene, which emphasised his lack of power and inability to defend himself from the two criminals.

Hadi filming the scene where he gets attacked. He used the fig rig to hold the camera at a low angle; showing that the attackers are at a more power in the circumstances. 

Raekwon hiding his face from the camera.

Tyler demonstrating how not to hold a camera.

What Went Well: We finished our filming and used a variety of shots. We got to film in an appropriate location for our idea. The acting was good and convincing.


Even Better If: We filmed in an area with more light. The weather wasn't so bad. We chose a more secluded location. We met up on time.

Filming session 1 - photo evidence and comments

Filming day 1

On our first day of filming, we filmed the scenes where Hadi is young and when he is a teenager playing football. We filmed at Score in Leyton and used four actors. We began by filming the scout (Tyron) observing Hadi playing football. We used a variety of shots to show him doing this such as long shots, low angle shots and close ups in order to ensure that the scene isn't boring. After that, we filmed Hadi dribbling past another player (Morshed) and doing skills. We used the fig rig to do this as it allowed us to film Hadi running and also enabled us to film low shots while he was traveling at speed. This array of shots ensures that the scene is entertaining to watch. We also took advantage of the match that was taking place while we were there by filming them play for extra footage, which we went on to use in our final project. Next, we found a young boy (young Hadi) and filmed him dribbling with the ball by using the fig rig and stepping backwards whilst filming him running toward the camera. We then recreated this shot using Hadi in order to show his growth and progression as a player. We then filmed Hadi doing kick ups and then scoring to showcase his footballing prowess. Finally we filmed the conversation between Hadi and the scout by using the tripod and an abundance of shot/reverse shots.

This is Hadi recording the scout(Tyron), when he is observing Hadi playing football, at a low angle which shows that he has a higher status. 

This image shows one of our actors, Hadi, putting the camera on the fig rig in preparation for the scenes in which someone plays football. The fig rig also provided with the ability to film a variety of shots. For example, the low shots that show Hadi playing football. 

Hadi, Morshed and Tyron in the scene where Hadi dribbles past another player.

What Went Well: We finished filming the football scene. We managed to film a young boy to represent Hadi when he was younger. We used an array of different shots.


Even Better If: There wasn't a football match taking place so we could have more space to film. We didn't waste time playing football instead of filming.