Thursday, 14 April 2011
Friday, 1 April 2011
Evaluation questions- draft form
1.) Our film is film Noir based opening sequence which incorporates generic conventions. The conventions we have incorporated are; guns, a voice over, mystery (or enigma), an American accent, and police officers. We choose to use a grey colour scheme in order to maintain the noir convention. Mystery was a key theme in our opening sequence and we did not want the audience to know much of the plotline, only why the exact moment is happening and the rest was to reveal itself in the rest of the film. We also incorporated some elements of horror like the ‘heavy breathing’ scene which shows Bradley and David running across a marina, the heavy breathing is given a sound perspective to promote fear more. We got ideas like this from our influential work such as ‘Se7en’ and ‘La Confidential’. Another big influence on our work was the stylism of ‘My Chemical Romance’s ‘Danger Days, the fabulous lives of the killjoys’ tour. We adopted this style which seemed quite neo noir and brought it into our filming, such as white shoes and flames in the sky at the end scene.
2.) Our opening sequence does not really represent any social groups, although there is the slight stereotypical presentation of gender through how the male characters fight, run around and are generally quite active, though females seem absent. We chose not to challenge generic conventions of gender with Noir because the stereotype has shown to be quite popular within the films main audience and in order to maximise profit we did not change this. We adopted a slight American accent in order to appeal more to an overseas audience.
3.) I think our piece is something quite feasibly producible in a Hollywood studio because it is quite similar to existing products such as ‘LA Confidential’ and ‘Sin City’. It is similar to many Noir film and incorporates many of the generic conventions. I believe it would be quite a lucrative film as opportunities such as merchandise production and selling could arise, with anything from cups to T-shirts to theme parks. Merchandise is quite a wide based and open market to pursue. If our piece were to be produced by a Hollywood studio I believe it would be produced by someone like Peter Jackson, who is quite used to filming ‘Large scale’ epics; such as King Kong. This is because throughout the rest of the film there would be a lot more action such as explosions and shoot-outs to fit in with the conventions of Noir.
4.) The audience my media product is targeted at is aged 15+, however it would be preferred around middle aged people because of the history of Noir being quite an old type of filming, although Neo Noir challenges this convention and brings it to a younger audience; something we hope to achieve ourselves. Stereotypically our film style would be more appealing to a male audience than a female one, however the use of clever plotline and mystery could possibly make it more appealing to a female one. The other films we researched (La Confidential, Sin City & Danger Days videos) are aged mainly at 15+ audience also but I would say they not only appeal to a younger generation of adults but also the more mature viewers among them. This has maximized the films potential by making the content suitable from practically all ages and anybody able to enjoy it. We tried to stick to this convention by making it a thriller, with horror elements that would not be too scary for a younger audience but would still keep the older audience interested.
5.) I think that my sequence would attract the audience because of the audience group it is aimed towards, the targeted age group is a contribution to the audience attraction, however gender depends on how people feel about film noir. Stereotypically, most men will prefer film Noir than women, and it may attract a more masculine audience. However, at the box office I think women may be dragged by their husbands/boyfriends to go and see the film I think women may be lured into liking the film noir genre therefore creating more money at the box office. Having the two males take part in the opening sequence I think this may appeal to a women as they will wonder what is going on and probably deicide which is good cop and bad cop and choose which side they are going to back. Particular points in my film that would appeal to my target audience are suspense and enigma. So overall I think that my sequence would be appreciated by Film Noir genre fans throughout because of its content and the Mise En Scene.
one shot in particular we used in our media was a match on action this was to demonstrate the seriousness of the two cops and that they are out to get each other this brings about suspense.
We received feedback such as
awesome shots
dont really understand the story line, needs something adding
great mise en scence
trainers, why?
We took a look back at our opening sequence and decided that it did need something else adding this is why we came up with the idea of adding in a voice over about the cops and what mission they are going on. We added in ambient sounds such as police sirens to give suspense. The trainers issue we are doing Neo noir meaning modern film noir so we interpret this as what people will wear these days.
6.) I have learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product. The camera equipment was new to me and it was a new experience to be able to use it, however, along the way I did find the strengths and weaknesses of the camera equipment. The camera equipment that was needed was all available but only a small number of cameras where HD so for the majority of my opening sequence an ordinary camera was used leading to the film being grainy at points. The tripods used where all really easy to understand and use and it was simple to make sure it wasnt tilted or offside because there was a spirit level built in.
We didnt get to use any new equipment to enhance my film such as the TV studio, a track or jib etc. This is because they werent necessary for any shots in my sequence.
When using the editing software I found it difficult to grasp how at first but when I uploaded my shots I had a play around and used all the tools as a practise run to see all the techniques available and to get familiar with the imovie software. I have learnt that the editing is a vital stage in the process of creating an opening sequence and I found that my piece just continued to develop to a higher standard with each step.
Garageband is the software which I use to create my soundtrack. I found that it was useful however it was complicated and didnt have all the sounds, which I wanted to use, available. I found this software difficult to understand and had to resort to watching help clips on the garageband website and on youtube. Even after the help tips, I still struggled to piece together a track and I think that this difficulty shows with my final track.
7) Looking back at the primilmary task, i think i have learned alot. I know that planning is essential because this allows for the actors to know where they are going and just take off alot of pressure. This causes less conflict between people. The planning and research we had to do for our piecce i think was essential as this gives a deeper understanding into what what we want to do which we choose film noir -(neo). This allowed us too bounce ideas of each other when we went into looking the subgenre of film noir and analsing films that would be in compertition with us athe the box office. In the preliminary taski dont really think personally i knew what the technolgies could do to enhance my prelimmary task as iti is a learning curve.Although i think that this reflects in the perlimmary task. New technoligies take a long time to learn- it depends on the person really i think it is important that we know final cut is the best tool to make the film look professional. In the prelimmary task we used imovie whih very simplistic to finalcut.
2.) Our opening sequence does not really represent any social groups, although there is the slight stereotypical presentation of gender through how the male characters fight, run around and are generally quite active, though females seem absent. We chose not to challenge generic conventions of gender with Noir because the stereotype has shown to be quite popular within the films main audience and in order to maximise profit we did not change this. We adopted a slight American accent in order to appeal more to an overseas audience.
3.) I think our piece is something quite feasibly producible in a Hollywood studio because it is quite similar to existing products such as ‘LA Confidential’ and ‘Sin City’. It is similar to many Noir film and incorporates many of the generic conventions. I believe it would be quite a lucrative film as opportunities such as merchandise production and selling could arise, with anything from cups to T-shirts to theme parks. Merchandise is quite a wide based and open market to pursue. If our piece were to be produced by a Hollywood studio I believe it would be produced by someone like Peter Jackson, who is quite used to filming ‘Large scale’ epics; such as King Kong. This is because throughout the rest of the film there would be a lot more action such as explosions and shoot-outs to fit in with the conventions of Noir.
4.) The audience my media product is targeted at is aged 15+, however it would be preferred around middle aged people because of the history of Noir being quite an old type of filming, although Neo Noir challenges this convention and brings it to a younger audience; something we hope to achieve ourselves. Stereotypically our film style would be more appealing to a male audience than a female one, however the use of clever plotline and mystery could possibly make it more appealing to a female one. The other films we researched (La Confidential, Sin City & Danger Days videos) are aged mainly at 15+ audience also but I would say they not only appeal to a younger generation of adults but also the more mature viewers among them. This has maximized the films potential by making the content suitable from practically all ages and anybody able to enjoy it. We tried to stick to this convention by making it a thriller, with horror elements that would not be too scary for a younger audience but would still keep the older audience interested.
5.) I think that my sequence would attract the audience because of the audience group it is aimed towards, the targeted age group is a contribution to the audience attraction, however gender depends on how people feel about film noir. Stereotypically, most men will prefer film Noir than women, and it may attract a more masculine audience. However, at the box office I think women may be dragged by their husbands/boyfriends to go and see the film I think women may be lured into liking the film noir genre therefore creating more money at the box office. Having the two males take part in the opening sequence I think this may appeal to a women as they will wonder what is going on and probably deicide which is good cop and bad cop and choose which side they are going to back. Particular points in my film that would appeal to my target audience are suspense and enigma. So overall I think that my sequence would be appreciated by Film Noir genre fans throughout because of its content and the Mise En Scene.
one shot in particular we used in our media was a match on action this was to demonstrate the seriousness of the two cops and that they are out to get each other this brings about suspense.
We received feedback such as
awesome shots
dont really understand the story line, needs something adding
great mise en scence
trainers, why?
We took a look back at our opening sequence and decided that it did need something else adding this is why we came up with the idea of adding in a voice over about the cops and what mission they are going on. We added in ambient sounds such as police sirens to give suspense. The trainers issue we are doing Neo noir meaning modern film noir so we interpret this as what people will wear these days.
6.) I have learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product. The camera equipment was new to me and it was a new experience to be able to use it, however, along the way I did find the strengths and weaknesses of the camera equipment. The camera equipment that was needed was all available but only a small number of cameras where HD so for the majority of my opening sequence an ordinary camera was used leading to the film being grainy at points. The tripods used where all really easy to understand and use and it was simple to make sure it wasnt tilted or offside because there was a spirit level built in.
We didnt get to use any new equipment to enhance my film such as the TV studio, a track or jib etc. This is because they werent necessary for any shots in my sequence.
When using the editing software I found it difficult to grasp how at first but when I uploaded my shots I had a play around and used all the tools as a practise run to see all the techniques available and to get familiar with the imovie software. I have learnt that the editing is a vital stage in the process of creating an opening sequence and I found that my piece just continued to develop to a higher standard with each step.
Garageband is the software which I use to create my soundtrack. I found that it was useful however it was complicated and didnt have all the sounds, which I wanted to use, available. I found this software difficult to understand and had to resort to watching help clips on the garageband website and on youtube. Even after the help tips, I still struggled to piece together a track and I think that this difficulty shows with my final track.
7) Looking back at the primilmary task, i think i have learned alot. I know that planning is essential because this allows for the actors to know where they are going and just take off alot of pressure. This causes less conflict between people. The planning and research we had to do for our piecce i think was essential as this gives a deeper understanding into what what we want to do which we choose film noir -(neo). This allowed us too bounce ideas of each other when we went into looking the subgenre of film noir and analsing films that would be in compertition with us athe the box office. In the preliminary taski dont really think personally i knew what the technolgies could do to enhance my prelimmary task as iti is a learning curve.Although i think that this reflects in the perlimmary task. New technoligies take a long time to learn- it depends on the person really i think it is important that we know final cut is the best tool to make the film look professional. In the prelimmary task we used imovie whih very simplistic to finalcut.
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