tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81410267700652221122024-03-04T21:14:22.484-08:00Jack ReynoldsJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-20306820909078802182011-05-04T12:51:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:51:25.403-07:00Main Film.<object height="350" width="425">
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This is our main poster although we made three this is our main one and would figurehead the advertising campaign with the other two going with it as collectors items.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/review.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-205" height="296" src="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/review.jpg?w=300" title="review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" width="400" /></a></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-6798187057446608932011-05-04T04:31:00.001-07:002011-05-04T04:55:04.768-07:00Evaluation Question 4.<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_7818650"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/charliemcrix/evaluation-media-7818650" title="Evaluation media">Evaluation media</a></strong> <iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/7818650" width="425" height="355" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/charliemcrix">charliemcrix</a> </div></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-62505288695383893572011-05-04T04:31:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:50:32.653-07:00Evaluation Question 3.<div class="prezi-player"><style type="text/css" media="screen">.prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }</style><object id="prezi_ohuyc7ciqdml" name="prezi_ohuyc7ciqdml" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="550" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf"/><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"/><param name="flashvars" value="prezi_id=ohuyc7ciqdml&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0"/><embed id="preziEmbed_ohuyc7ciqdml" name="preziEmbed_ohuyc7ciqdml" src="http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="550" height="400" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="prezi_id=ohuyc7ciqdml&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0"></embed></object><div class="prezi-player-links"><p><a title="Sam Amphlett evaluation" href="http://prezi.com/ohuyc7ciqdml/what-have-you-learned-from-your-audience-feedback/">What have you learned from your audience feedback?</a> on <a href="http://prezi.com">Prezi</a></p></div></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-54031001438413729392011-05-04T04:15:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.139-07:00Evaluation Question 2-How Effective is the Combination of Your Main
Product and Ancillary Texts?Our main product and our Ancillary tasks work well together we have had feedback on all aspects from our class, teachers and also other friends. Our main film has worked better than we could have imagined as we were told the humour would be very hard to achieve using the conventions of a documentary. In all the viewings we have sat in on we have received laughs and positive comments. Linking the film with our collection of poster was easy as we used a simple background drawing the audience’s attention to our main character Simon. Using him in multiple funny poses with the vital prop of his oven gloves enabled us to maintain the mise en scene with our film as you are not laughing at his phobia or his problems instead at his beaming smiles or even the ‘serious quotes’ from celebrities. These are all used in a serious way but allow humour as if you take a step back and think of how ridiculous the phobia is then the more serious we make it the funnier it seems. Completing the package is our magazine review again having a piece of serious writing about our piece allows the humour to continue as although the review gives a good detailed analysis of our film it also by talking about it as a serious film again continues our feel of a serious theme about a very humorous topic. The research we did into reviews helped us to realise that pictures were key and our choice of our two pictures were very important. The one we use showing the group of people with social difficulties is subtle but also links into the film by showing one of the funniest parts without giving the reason behind it away therefore enticing a magazine reader to want to watch our film.<br/><br/>All in all I believe our combination of ancillary tasks and our main film work terrifically and the idea that the film is a mockumentary can be felt throughout all of them. The humour in all three of them is not forced and all the conventions and themes needed for them are there though underlying all of this stays our ridiculous phobia which when made to be serious people have found hilarious.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-45853921984372797912011-05-04T04:14:00.001-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.139-07:00Evaluation Question 1.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-64564865832054784932011-05-04T04:14:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.139-07:00Auto DraftJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-66335251406666367912011-05-04T03:30:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:59:16.705-07:00Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-61635066705855737292011-05-04T03:29:00.000-07:002011-05-04T05:00:25.783-07:00Animatic.<object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mBmUlX8iKkc"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mBmUlX8iKkc;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"> </object>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-49625795002992403702011-05-04T03:17:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.141-07:00Filming.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3alkmLgyKZmnKSV16QkTNhxs9T7k1eayn6sHUvHK0L9RqlQOHKn8eA0fI9W2PWorD9OH-cCF_EhG7O3v9yg-1C_Bku6jOpVyqv-brsVm_J7SNxQyc5S_45iJ2evZnm1UgCff1LDxt1xB/s1600/IMG_0285.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3alkmLgyKZmnKSV16QkTNhxs9T7k1eayn6sHUvHK0L9RqlQOHKn8eA0fI9W2PWorD9OH-cCF_EhG7O3v9yg-1C_Bku6jOpVyqv-brsVm_J7SNxQyc5S_45iJ2evZnm1UgCff1LDxt1xB/s320/IMG_0285.JPG" alt="" width="239" height="320" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsYxgxXytJR6Kap2ez9etRvH5IZMB86rWNOfZjhgjqfV_sCg-AO38hWVbIX2n1IiZhQgSOZc8viIiNAI2s3aMjc3TloPn5EhuN025ebSFQWOBEazcSv6-yy75UDLU2NyJz3wPTWo2HVDc/s1600/IMG_0287.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsYxgxXytJR6Kap2ez9etRvH5IZMB86rWNOfZjhgjqfV_sCg-AO38hWVbIX2n1IiZhQgSOZc8viIiNAI2s3aMjc3TloPn5EhuN025ebSFQWOBEazcSv6-yy75UDLU2NyJz3wPTWo2HVDc/s320/IMG_0287.JPG" alt="" width="320" height="239" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ5Pcw_g0zNFDBtrg4eEsrTNNWUOfSmxZx_zFadn0vFqThiqZZ5sDVcLQuZGTrn696wAfrSAsCBt9f3KFKtTEoTwyD-BHfrsR1LYhhamaZBdGIOT6TqzDkhTLYwUXZ1b8nWfgxhq52ih9/s1600/IMG_0279.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ5Pcw_g0zNFDBtrg4eEsrTNNWUOfSmxZx_zFadn0vFqThiqZZ5sDVcLQuZGTrn696wAfrSAsCBt9f3KFKtTEoTwyD-BHfrsR1LYhhamaZBdGIOT6TqzDkhTLYwUXZ1b8nWfgxhq52ih9/s320/IMG_0279.JPG" alt="" width="239" height="320" border="0" /></a><br/><div> </div><br/><div>Here are some shots of our film setup with our camera and our boom in Charlie's house where we filmed the scenes for 'Simons house' it shows Sam who was the camera man shooting a mix of fixed shots and free hand shots which we used to gain an almost gorilla style to add to our verisimiltude and the conventions of a documentary. our shot in which sam follows Fraser up the stairs after a commotion is heard between Sharon and Simon is a good example of this natural feel to the mockumentary as although this scene was throughly planned we still managed to acheive a real life feel.</div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-52782082998385172552011-05-04T02:29:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.141-07:00Scripts and Props.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBU1V7Zi2sDy89e_tY0QqCk3LGYtTdfAcO_FzaFtaDcs9a4X99EEzhT9Q7SCPBDb1qykeG8x6-wQMpoIQDgSSbOaALUQGc8LKEnTb2MSUqs26ls_0CF2tdL95Rx5YtUR1iW-Z3Vpq-6yi/s200/Picture+002.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="200" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlM84699KTlANoHDDKOrnZbbLll2li8fO92p3lJ8aoQy8iki51DYgdDEjczaa6x211ogewiQ_Ug3WPoKxRQfUVFh1OEy8dDChdGiy0W0vByv_-1_0NzuxjvjlkZETdHdFcF1fIUvkB4IB/s1600/Picture+001.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlM84699KTlANoHDDKOrnZbbLll2li8fO92p3lJ8aoQy8iki51DYgdDEjczaa6x211ogewiQ_Ug3WPoKxRQfUVFh1OEy8dDChdGiy0W0vByv_-1_0NzuxjvjlkZETdHdFcF1fIUvkB4IB/s200/Picture+001.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="200" border="0" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRSBjZEwoblE5rLTNh6auL0Wwm8O0LNFgfu8VfadJhHd8tLiA97CIvTdlILnl77ZU_pCcaSgnJg50sfH6m8LE06yo9-cKTIVCPnXUkNx9WawBCV1PQDQ-XOuiFyJA64GGwUvA4LBTPM_D/s200/Picture+003.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="200" border="0" /><br/><br/>Above are a few examples of our scripts that we wrote for our film although we are scripting our film we are only aiming to use them aSs a loose guide aw we are aiming to acheive a natural feel to the dialoughe as if it was real responses from real people in a real documentary.<br/><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0s6IUeqAB4yRY3PRl7fXVn6yzlBzTnmAPDdc89Yt26GyqsXjCMOmRboLS4FQ11FQc9FDtYgxmrY-IzTIqmAHj2aZPfgzqd8qR6pqUKD6GThVp0P2X9-2Y8KCQGYfJ07pd-MqRV4HunA/s1600/proder.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0s6IUeqAB4yRY3PRl7fXVn6yzlBzTnmAPDdc89Yt26GyqsXjCMOmRboLS4FQ11FQc9FDtYgxmrY-IzTIqmAHj2aZPfgzqd8qR6pqUKD6GThVp0P2X9-2Y8KCQGYfJ07pd-MqRV4HunA/s320/proder.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="213" border="0" /></a><br/><br/>Above is a prop which Charlie came yp for the idea for he invisiged this to be used in one of our scenes where Simon uses it to type with his forehead not only do we hope this will make people laugh without being over the top it fits with our other prop the oven gloves.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-27986867383729824552011-05-04T02:13:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.141-07:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSPkjoMScTjZaDVqk4Pc_7YSrlP79k1l5heZDUCtTdIiLqwSDCf3pzbwt4jVSTqPx3iMEz71DoHXLs3Z4vl1i4q45Fk9mwcbyGHtNBtmUQ98HJGx0Llg5z2qWtRoWLEoKsoAc-VPb3VMR/s1600/hands+on+production+logo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSPkjoMScTjZaDVqk4Pc_7YSrlP79k1l5heZDUCtTdIiLqwSDCf3pzbwt4jVSTqPx3iMEz71DoHXLs3Z4vl1i4q45Fk9mwcbyGHtNBtmUQ98HJGx0Llg5z2qWtRoWLEoKsoAc-VPb3VMR/s320/hands+on+production+logo.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="320" border="0" /></a></div><br/><div>This is our film production logo and 'Hands Production' was a name we decided on to almost fit with the irony of our Mockumentary. In our film we are planning to have a moving image version of this at the start which sam is planning to create on after effects.</div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-42764366443546442872011-05-04T01:57:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.141-07:00Review Research.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2DywTXcELB5I41szVONJblZr1QsUpOLdiD6Ua9oIBnnjEJRcX0qq28_w4kX0G7vOLsslCYEirY25pcUX4-nzd28aLd22QHNsQ0tavcZkyuGeOE3BHPly01QKOkQu6BFOIkCZ-9nyjooq/s200/review+7.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="129" border="0" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uSlXB0cUl6oi7DKQmhvC7hCbpJHBtkZeSBmL-dsOdHRoVAjPL5FIf96lY2vbRdEGTiU5OXTRjmuNSSGqbqTAwMtFS6eyFTSu6YXLttHjjIqyLTWLP47NOBsTaoihyK4ScJhMZfVWlQg5/s200/review+2.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="128" border="0" /><br/><br/>As a group we have changed our idea from a radio advert to a magazine review as we feel a radio advert may not do our film justice as it may be hard to fit it to the same genre as the mockumentary. We have looked through magazines such as empire and their websites to look at layouts of reviews and the style of how they are written. Big pictures of the film are important as well as captions which we have found that sometimes have nothing to do with the film and can instead be humorous and take a bizzare view of what the audience can see in the picture.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-25892969938089497452011-02-07T07:15:00.000-08:002011-05-04T04:49:58.142-07:00Research and Planning into different mockumenatries and presenters.How did your research into genre contribute to your production work?<br/><br/>We have researched and talked about things like Borat and This Is Spinal Tap which both relate to our genre as they are mockumentarys and follow the convention, camera shots and themes that we are aiming to use in our film. Whilst there conventions are the same as a serious documentary with interviews and a mix of shots they always tend to use a theme or a character that is ridiculous to acheive the humour.<br/><br/>One presenter we have looked at who is known for doing documentaries and who we feel we can relate Fraser to is Louis Theoux in his dress sense and also his almost awkward style of presenting in which he never wants to risk stepping on the toes of the people he is following and offending them.<br/><br/><a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/louis.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-223" title="louis" src="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/louis.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="231" /></a>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-28743823832194872402011-01-26T01:56:00.000-08:002011-05-04T04:49:58.142-07:00Poster-Further talks and new idea.<a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_renton.jpg"></a><br/><br/>We have had further talks about our poster idea and decided after seeing the posters for Trainspotting that we should do multiple posters with the same main theme that we thought could be a storyboard in which Simon the main character could make different poses with the gloves. This could allow us to use our promotion posters as a collectors item and as long as they all have the same colour scheme and themes like the Trainspotting posters people should be able to recognise it as a poster for our film straight away.<br/><br/> <a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_diane.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-181" title="trainspotting_Diane" src="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_diane.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="138" height="232" /></a><a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/spud.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-180" title="spud" src="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/spud.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="142" height="234" /></a><a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_sick-noy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-183" title="trainspotting_sick noy" src="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_sick-noy.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="151" height="237" /></a><a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_renton.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-182" title="trainspotting_renton" src="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/trainspotting_renton.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="148" height="235" /></a>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-770585837475258792011-01-10T07:16:00.000-08:002011-05-04T04:58:27.663-07:00Video BlogAs a group we have recorded a video blog talking about our ideas and thought processes that we have been through and what we hope to achieve. Our video blog was based a bit on that of an "An Idiot Abroad" as there are three of us infront of a still camera and we kept with our theme of the mockumentary as although the things we are saying are serious. The informality of our blog and our laid back approach matches that of the mockumentary and this I feel is important as it shows we are comfotable as a group and we know our ideas that we have.<br />
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We skimmed through various empire magazines as well as others and discussed themes and pictures in them that linked to the narrative of our film. Mood boards work off peoples own connotaions and different people interperate different images to represent different things. Alot of our images and words represent the anger and upset of our characters lack of acceptance by society by some people. Things such as "slate" and "keep cool" we imagined our character to be saying and thinking as people judge him 0n his phobia and the way in which he also almost isolated himself from society. Along with the words there are the visuals of the fists to connote his anger and frustration as well. The fists are also obviously hands and fit with the theme of our film which revolves around his phobia. My favourite image on the board is the<br/><br/></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-66865014224199171992010-10-13T02:49:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.143-07:00Ancillary Tasks.For our ancillary tasks for our short film we as a group have chosen to create both a teaser poster for the mockumentary and a radio advert. The idea we had for a radio advert however was to advertise the mockumentary in the form of an interview between a radio presenter and either someone playing the director of the mockumentary or the presenter myself. This could include things such as sound extracts from the short film of parts of interviews to advertise and encourage people to watch the mockumentary. This could also be an opportunity to spoof a radio presenter for example and research and portray over excited dj presenters to make the radio interview amusing to fit in with our mockumentary the idea of the radio interview would be real but the same as the mockumentary the humour would be suttle and the audience would be encouraged to <br/><br/>An idea that I talked about in an earlier post was to use the Borat teaser poster as a reference for our own poster. With Borat being of the same genre film as ours it is a relevant poster to work off of. Although it will be difficult to get the point across of the mockumentary as our character with the phobia obviously isn't as widely recognised as Borat. As a group we think replicating the simplicity of the poster is a good idea and will suit our genre. We are thinking of having the same sort of high angle shot and concentrating on the main character of the mockumentary Simon. As he is not known we will make it blatently obvious about the humour through his facial expression and the props such as the oven gloves.<br/><br/><img src="http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/original/45148.jpg" alt="31 Stunning Movie Teaser Posters | Borat (2006)" width="311" height="345" /><br/><br/>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-78915880262370154492010-09-24T07:17:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.143-07:00Main Idea.In our group we have chosen to go for the choice of creating a short film and our genre that we have all agreed on is a mockumentary. This would mean using traits of a documentary such as voice overs and varied shots of the person being documented such as mid shots for interviewing and shots of people who don't want to be recognised of them in the dark. Montages of things that the person being documented about would do in their day to day life would be needed to reassure the viewer that what they are watching is of a documentary type of genre though, subconsciously almost, they will pick up on the humour of the topic and laugh at the seriousness of the mockumentary but only if all the traits and conventions are done well will the humour come through . This would also include imterviews between the interviewer who at the moment is going to be played by me and the boy who has the phobia of hands, and his family. As it is a mockumentary humour is essential but not jokes as such the humour we as a group are aiming for is more suttle and for the audience to pick up on the sheer stupidness of the phobia rather than making loads of jokes about how it affects his life.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-33784005333246224102010-09-15T02:53:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.143-07:00Short film and mockumentary research.Sign language is one film that I found and is a example of a good short film and in my opinion, it's very hard hitting and clever. I like the style and humour in the way in which it is almost tongue in cheek though still has a hard hitting story line. The first person aspect in which the main character is telling the story is a very popular technique used throughout many short films and one that I feel our group may look into as at the moment we are leaning towards a mocumentary sort of short filmin which the narrative would be more important and would get the point across alot more than the visual which should be suttle and humorous at the same time. Short scenes and a fast tempo are vital for the success of short films and sign language utilises these alot. I like the style of the narrative by the narrator style voice over with the person talking in the first person as if it is their life. This would add to the mise on scene of a documentary as well as the varied shots that would be needed such as wide pan and long tracking shots along with voiceovers giving the viewers the idea that they are actually watching a sad story when really the idea and narrative is extremely bizzarre and the audience feel sympathy for but at the same time a little humour at the expense of the main characetr or person in the documentary. Another good example of this is the louis Theroux dicumentaries in which he follows strange people and their lives on a day to daybasis. This idea is one that our group is going to run with and make a mocumentary about the boy who is scared of hands.<br/><br/>Borat is another kind of mockumentary, although it is a feature length film it displays many traits of a documentary but again it's theme is ridiculous that what makes it humorous and a mockumentary. The themes I am talking about are things such as interviews not only with members of the public but also with field experts which again conveys the realism that a mockumentary needs to work. Borat is played and written by Sascha Baron Cohen and is a news presenter from Kazahkstan. Our idea for our mockumentary is not as real or as drastic as this as ours will be loosely scripted whereas Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) completely improvises and plays his character as naturally as possible in hard situations and this is how acheives the humour of the film. Borat is a good example for another aspect of our film the poster ancillary task which I will talk about later on in my blog in another post.<br/><br/><a href="TheOfficeuk1.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/TheOfficeuk1.jpg/290px-TheOfficeuk1.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="201" /></a><br/><br/>The office is an award winning and successful mockumentary written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It is renowned as the first of its kind, shot in a mockumentary style, creating characters that audiences can relate to whoever they may be. The style allows sililoquies that would not make sense in other shows, and can convey more about the character, as they can speak whilst alone. The office also contains conventions of a serious documentary, it features silent shots of the characters working within the environment adding to the mise en scene and verisimilitude. This style does add boundaries, for example, shot reverse shot cannot be used as continuity would not be relevant. It also creates high demand for the actors, as their characters must be as believable as possible when talking alone, and not always conversing with another character.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-835732133127147632010-07-09T03:22:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.143-07:00A2This year for our A2 syllabus as a group of three we have chosen to plan research and complete the making of a short film. To start off with i am going to look at some short films and analyse them to try and find out the tricks of the trade so to speak and how short films can become a success and what techniques maybe different to a feature length film.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-84070025215112226142010-05-07T01:42:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.144-07:00Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task),
what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full
product?There are several techniques and skills that I have learnt and developed whilst making this feature; whether it occurs in the Edit, acting performance, and most importantly, the planning.My Preliminary, I felt, was satisfactory. There were errors with continuity, the 180 degree rule, locations and Charlies ability to keep a straight face in some parts maybe due to his inexperience in acting on film . We filmed it over 2 days. Due to some lack of preparation we had to film in 2 different rooms which meant on entry the door colour had changed. This we attempted to hide in the edit with the use of slow motion and large font titles also we zoomed right in on the door handle to take the viewers attention away from the colour change and instead to the hand moving towards the handle. In several of our shots, equipment such as tripods can be seen in the background and even sometimes the foreground. In my original Preliminary edit I added background noise of the corridors in order to improve the verisimilitude through making the footsteps louder and adding a noise of a door closing. We also ensured Charlie wore the same clothes two days running in an attempt to maintain continuity; luckily his mistake in changing his shoes was not visible in the edit. We did, however, ensure suitable lighting when filming which meant good visibility. We had created a rough story board to which we stuck to closely, however no shooting script meant that we were relying on our edit to pull everything together. Looking back on this we should have had a better picture of what we wanted the final piece to look like and this could have helped us to cover and collect a wider array of shots to helping theediting process. If it was possible, I would certainly have planned in far more detail, the shots we were planning to use, and created and idea of how this would look in the edit.<br/><br/>I believe that as a group we underestimated the importance of planning, and the impact of our camera angles. For example the use of a low angle shot clearly contrasts between the fact of who has authority and power at the time. A tracking shot shows speed and tempo, all these techniques can produce the image of your character. This technique would have been effective in our piece as power is a regular theme within it. I think that the wide variety of camera angles we used was very unnecessary, and time consuming. It was essential that in the edit, however we had a wide selection of shots to choose though as I said before the more you have the better the edit can be.I felt that my edit was far more of an exploration of the techniques and devices available, it helped me learn about adobe premiere pro and learn tricks and skills that I eventually used than a meaningful sequence. There were several moments within the feature that I was happy with however. Although I struggled with the footsteps, which constantly sounded asynchronous to the image of Charlie walking; I was able to put the sound of the door opening perfectly synchronous to the image, when I finally found the correct sound on ‘freesound.org’.<br/><br/>When we began our real film, our enthusiasm gave us a confident idea as to how it was all going to plan out. Of course, we were wrong. We did plan a suitable time to film, making sure we were all free for the entire evening, leaving room for possible errors or re-filming. Our opening scene was set at night and so lighting was essential. We scheduled to film during a full moon, which meant for the best light possible. We also had several bright torches just in case. Our storyboards were detailed, as were our shooting script which we did stick to, though not completely so in our edit as we found a more suitable combination of shots. We had compiled a list of equipment and props to ensure that none of it was lost or missing. The camera had also been fully charged with spare batteries, in case of inevitable needs. During filming, we knew that sound and lighting were crucial micro elements. The little dialogue we had was recorded after filming, and then made synchronous to the image in the edit. We used torches, streetlights, and even car headlights to ensure a good visibility. Although the opening scene is still rather dark, I feel it adds to the mysteriousness of the situation. We filmed the indoor scenes at jack’s house. Changing the bed sheets and moving furniture to create the convincing mise en scene necessary for the film. We had planned our costumes, thinking about the image and impression we wished for our characters to give.<br/><br/>I felt that because of our far greater organisational skills, the filming went far smoother, and was far less stressful and time consuming.<br/><br/>We paid very close attention the continuity within our film. We constantly checked that our costumes were the same when reshooting from new angles, and also watched back over our footage to check again. Our main continuity problems occurred when filming n the high street. It was rather busy, and each shot would show a different car in the road. We also ensured that the positioning of our props was the same and even the way we held them. For example, when I take the gun out of the draw it was important to ensure it was held in the same hand, in the same way.<br/><br/>When we began our edit, we compiled a general collection of shots giving a very general view of how our film was going to plan out. From there we progressed to add effects, sound and better quality of lighting etc. Learning from last time, we felt it was important to create our range of shots first, creating a meaningful collection that we were proud of and understood; then fitting the non diagetic sound around it as the music was not the main focus. When choosing the music, we selected an original piece that we felt was fitting to our idea, and not the other way around. Unlike last time, I wanted the effects to be for a reason. We used dissolve to create a jump cut, it was taking the viewer on a journey but the shots flowed instead of being extremely sudden. Another effect we reused to a better effect was the changing of the speed. In the last film, i used slow motion when one man is walking down a corridor. I felt this dragged on, as it continued for around 1 minute. In the latest film we used slow motion when Jack is shot in the back of the head. This made the moment far more effective, as it contrasted to the obviously quick speed of a bullet.<br/><br/>I feel that my ideas were rather ambitious, within my storyline, and some of my camera angles could not be achieved without the professional equipment we don't have access to. Although I believe I have progressed very far with my filmmaking skills, I understand there is still a long way to go and there are also still many things I would choose to do differently in the future.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-72350840439321582602010-05-05T04:04:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.144-07:00What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?Here is a document about the technology we used:<br/><br/><a href="http://reynolds2j.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/q6.doc">Q6</a>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-36386332885842976172010-05-01T04:03:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.144-07:00How did you attract/address your audience?<object height="350" width="425"><br/> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BlBqPTNutXI"><br/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br/> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BlBqPTNutXI;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"><br/> </object><br/><br/>Above is our annotated video. View in full screen.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141026770065222112.post-67013766157563441082010-04-23T06:15:00.000-07:002011-05-04T04:49:58.144-07:00Who would be the audience for your media product?<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Our typical member of the audience.</span></strong><br/><ul><br/> <li>Man in his twenties or late teens.</li><br/> <li>Maybe watch on his own or with mates or take the other half to see the film.</li><br/> <li>Likes other films of this genre such as Kill Bill or Taken.</li><br/> <li>Probable to own a blackberry if given the choice.</li><br/> <li>Reads the Sun or the Daily mail.</li><br/> <li>Listens to music like R&B but also likes Indie bands such as Mumford and Sons and Rock bands like Lost Prophets.</li><br/> <li>Quite an outgoing person, always on the go.</li><br/> <li>Doubtful to drive a convertible.</li><br/> <li>Favourite TV shows are ones like Ashes to Ashes for the older ones or Luther and Inbetweeners maybe for the teenagers.</li><br/> <li>Likely to wear quite fashionable clothes and take pride in how they look.[gallery]</li><br/></ul>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15994261808564701126noreply@blogger.com0