Next year I would like to progress by using dialogue more and incorporating more detail into the individual shots. The former one so that i can make the trailer more fast paced and have a clearer plot line, the latter to help sustain the suspension of disbelief by making each scene more believable and realistic. I would also like to have more action shots and faster pacing since I would like to try a different genre, possibly action.
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Our target audience are young women aged 15 to 30. They would be very active socially and be involved with various social networks.They would shop at fashionable highstreet stores such as Topshop and listen to popular but critically successful music like the Arctic Monkeys. Their favourite TV show would probably be a fairly sophisticated drama like Sherlock or Peaky Blinders. They would want to watch our film because of the female protagonist and the way it subverts stereotypes, also the drama genre would be a big pulling factor.
The editing software we used was Adobe Premiere, it was useful for cutting and editing shots. Which different features of the package did trail and what didn't work and what was effective in the post-production phase? We used the software to remedy the party shot in which we had the lighting too low and it was very effective. Another time we relied on the software was for the rewind, we did it entirely on Adobe Premiere by grouping the flashbacks together and reversing the time. We did originally have the titles in shot using Premiere however we felt it didn't work because it looked too messy so we switched to making them on photoshop.
What were the advantages and disadvantages of using the camera you chose. Mention resolution and usability. One of the biggest advantages of using this camera was the high resolution of the video, it made the shots look more professional, especially the ones in the kitchen scene. It was also very easy to use most of the time, however it did sometimes have technical errors such as blurring shots when we didn't want it to meaning that we had to re-shoot some shots.
Did you use a tripod for some shots and not for others - why? We used a tripod for most of the shots to keep the camera steady and make it look professional. However we didn't use one for the first flashback as we wanted it to look purposefully unprofessional to give the impression of it being a home video. We did this by making the colour and picture quality lower and by having a more natural, shaky hand as a result of not using a tripod.
We also used youtube, both for the annotating in the evaluation and for uploading the video in the first place.
Blogger was our main page for our coursework, we uploaded all our research and planning onto here as well as our final film. This was useful because it allowed us to keep all our work in one place.
We decided having looked at our preliminary piece that it would be better to have a closer switch in on the match on action as it makes it more dramatic and flowing, giving the piece a more professional feel. We also were very care with the lighting the second time around, since in our preliminary task the shots often felt washed out due to the brightness of the light. However it took us several attempts to get it right when we came to filming our final piece because it kept coming out too dark.
Both of these contain a lot of unavoidable natural lighting, however from the preliminary task we learnt to use it to our advantage. Because of that in our final film we use this natural lighting to create a dreamlike feel for this flashback shot. We also felt that in the preliminary task this shot looked too staged in the way Alex and Taryn were positioned so in our final film we had the characters interacting with the setting and props to make it seem more natural and spontaneous.
Here are two shot reverse shots, we learnt about the 180 degree rule just before our preliminary task and it was a valuable opportunity for us to practise it. Having had the opportunity to use in advance we were able to stick to it whilst filming our final film. We also decided to be braver with how we had our characters fit into the frame since we felt that keeping them centred all the time was quite dull visually which is why in the shot from our final film Dylan is at the edge of the shot.
Well done so far - although you need to evidence the group tasks like director's commentary and your annotated final piece. Revisit your recent posts and see if there are any more opportunities to use specialist terminolgy to explore mise-en-scene, ediiting and camera composition and comment on the way you intended to appeal to your target audience even more - a good start to this section of your coursework project. You can definitely reflect further on your audience feedback Katy!