AS MEDIA HAS BEEN AN EXPIERENCE, FROM COMING INTO THE CLASSROOM AND NOT KNOWING ANYONE TO FORMING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH MY MEDIA CLASSMATES. AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE A SINGLE CAMERA AND KNOW I KNOW HOW TO USE A JVC PROFESSONIONAL CAMERA. USISNG BLOGGER TO BLOG THINGS WAS HARD AT FIRST AS I ALWAYS USED TO LEAVE THINGS UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE BUT KNOW I CAN SAY THAT I MEET MANY DEADLINES. THE TITLE SEQUENCE WE PRODUCED WAS BRILLIANT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL AS EVERYTHING WE PLANNED TO DO IN OUR HEADS ACTAULLY CAME OUT IN THE SEQUENCE. PLANNING HAS BEEN FUN ESPECIALLY MAKING FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS, IT HAS ALSO BEEN FUN AS THERE WAS'NT MUCH WRITTEN STUFF, JUST TECHNOLOGY THAT I HAVE LEARNT TO USE OVER THE TIME LIKE PREMIER PRO, AFTER AFFECTS AND MANY MORE.
HOW DOES OUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
Presentation of the main character (stalker)
In this slideshow I showed how we portrayed the antagonist character. He always hides his face and visits creepy locations as it is a common conventions of a thriller genre films. Also, the fact that he smokes and always has his hand in pockets shows that he is uncomfident and weak person
More informationa about caharcters representation:
I USED ANIMOTO TO CREATE THESE SLIDES OF THE STEROTYPICAL REPRESENTATIONS THAT I HAVE USED. THESE STEROTYPES INCLUDE THE ANTAGONIST ALWAYS WEARING BLACK AND ALWAYS HAVING AN ANONYMOUS IDENTITY WHICH IS COMMON IN THE THRILLER GENRE AND IS USUALLY REVEALED WHEN THE FILM PROGESSES.
THE COMMON STEROTYPES THAT I HAVE ALSO SHOWN IS THE LOCATIONS THAT THE VILIAN HANGS ABOUT IN. THEY ARE DARKLY LIT AND ISOLATED WHICH IS ALSO A COMMON CONVENTION OF A THRILLER GENRE.
HE IS USUALLY WRITING OR LOOKING THROUGH PICTURE AND LOOKING FOR PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK THIS SHOWS THAT HE IS ENVIOUS OF THE PROTAGONIST THAT HE IS DOING IT TO AND SHOWS THAT HE MAY BE AN OBBESSIVE PERSON.
I ALSO RESEARCHED TARGET AUDIENCE USING SURVEY MONKEY. I ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND ASKED FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO ANSWER THEM FOR ME THIS WAS MY RESULTS.
TO FIND OUT EVEN MORE ABOUT MY TARGET AUDIENCE I INTERVIEWED A RANGE OF PEOPLE.
THROUGHOUT OUR PRODUCTION WE HAVE USED A FEW TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP US DEVELOP OUR FINAL PRODUCT.
WHEN FILMING, WE USED A DV CAMERA WITH A MICROPHONE TO ALLOW US ACHIEVE THE QUALITY STANDARDS. ALSO, WE USED ABIGAYLE'S MICROPHONE TO RECORD THE NARRATION AND FOLEY SOUNDS FOR OUR OPENING SEQUENCE.
THE EDITING WAS THE HARDEST PART AS WE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO USE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMES INCLUDING:
*ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR - I HAVE RECENTLY USED THIS PROGRAM IN MY OTHER SUBJECTS, SO I WAS QUITE CONFIDENT TO DESIGN OUR IDENT LOGO WITH IT. I SCANED THE ORINAG SKETCH AND USED PAINT TOOL TO TRACE IT ONTO THE ILLUSTRATOR TO HAVE A DIGITAL DESIGN FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
*AFTER EFFECTS - WE USED AFTER EFFECTS FOR COUPLE OF DETAILS; AT THE BEGINNING WE USED IT FOR THE INDENT TO ADD SOME MOVEMENT AND SPECIAL EFFECTS. THEN WE ALSO USED IT FOR THE TITLE CREDITS: WE EDITED FONT AND EFFECTS OF THE TEXT THAT APPEARS IN THE SEQUENCE.SOME OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS, E.G. THE FIRST INSTITUTIONAL AND DISTRIBUTION CREDITS HAVE A 'JIGGY' EFFECT ON, HOWEVER, WE COULDN'T USE IT FOR THE OTHER TITLES AS IT WAS HARD TO READ THEM AND THE TIMMING WAS TOO SHORT. INSTEAD OF THAT, WE ADDED A 'TYPO' EFFECT, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS TYPING THE CDREDITS AS THEY APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.
*PREMIER PRO - THIS WAS THE MAIN PROGRAM THAT WE USED WHEN CREATING THE TITLE OPENING SEQUENCE. FIRSTLY, WE CUT AND PLACE THE WHOLE SEQUENCE IN ORDER THAT WOULD REFLECT OUR STORYBOARD, THEN WE LEFT BLANK GAPS FOR THE TITLES. WE ALSO EDITED THE MUSIC USING FADE IN AND OUT EFFECTS AND ALSO CUTTING AND PLACING IN THE POSITION TO GO WELL TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE VISUAL SEQUENCE. MOREOVER, WE HAVE USED THIS PROGRAM TO EDIT THE BRIGHTNESS OF SOME OF OUR SHOTS THAT WERE EITHER TOO LIGHT OR TOO DARK.
*INTERNET - WE USED INTERNET FOR A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, E.G. SOCIAL MEDIA. WE CREATED INSTAGRAM AND TWTTER ACCOUNTS TO PROMOTE OUR FILM TO THE WIDER AUDIENCE, ALSO CREATED A WIX WEBSITE TO SHOW PEOPLE OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE TITLE OPENING SEQUENCE. MOREOVER, WE USED IT FOR FINDING INFORMATION AND BLOGGING ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION.
*YOUTUBE - IT'S PART OF THE INTERNET GOODS THAT WE USED. WE UPLOADED OUR ROUGH CUTS ONTO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL IN ORDER TO PUBLISH THEM AND GET FEEDBACK. ALSO, WE USED YOUTUBE WHILE LOOKING FOR SOUNDTRACKS THAT WOULD APPEAL TO OUR FILM.
*COPYRIGHT FREE MUSC - WE USED A COPYRIGHT WEBSITES TO DOWNLOAD OUR SOUNDTRACK WHICH WE USED FOR THE SEQUENCE.
*VIDEO CAMERAS - AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE USED A DV VIDEO CAMERAS FROM COLLEGE MEDIA DEPARTMENT TO RECORD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SHOTS CREATED THE WHOLE SEQUENCE.
*VIDEO DRIVE - EVERY DIGITAL DETAIL THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR SEQUENCE WAS STORED IN A VIDEO DRIVE. THIS WAY WE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENTS (SOMEONE DELETING OUR WORK, COMPUTER CRASH, ETC.)
*SD CARDS - WE USED THREE SD CARDS TO STORE OUR CLIPS WHILE FILMING THE SHOTS.
*MOBILE PHONES - WE USED MOBILE PHONES TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE WERE FILMING, WE ALSO USED IT IN ONE OF THE SCENES WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE OPENING. MOREOVER, IT WAS USEFUL WHEN PROMOTING OUR SEQUENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
*COMPUTERS - WE USED MAC COMPUTERS TO EDIT THE SEQUENCE AND TO BLOG ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION.
THE INTERNET - WE USED THE INTERNET TO LOOK FOR NON COPYRIGHT MUSIC THAT WE USED IN OUR FILM. WE ALSO USED THE INTERENT TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK TO ADVERTISE AND BROADCAST OUR FILM, I ALSO USED THE INTERNET TO ADD PICTURES AND GIFS TO MY BLOG AND REASEARCH OTHER TITLE SEQUENCE SO WE HAD AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT PROFESSIONAL TITLE SEQUENCE LOOK LIKES.
YOUTUBE - I USED YOUTUBE TO UPLOAD THE THINGS THAT WE MADE ON ADOBE PREMIER PRO TO THE BLOG AS WE HAD TO GET AN EMBED CODE BEFORE WE DID THAT.
MOBILES - WE USED OUR MOBILE PHONES TO TAKE PICTURES OF US WORKING ON LOCATION FOR THE BLOG WE ALSO USED OUR PHONES TO UPDATE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA REGULARLY.
VIDEO DRIVE - WE USED THIS TO STORE OUR VIDEO AND FOR BACKUP IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO OUR WORK.
SD CARDS - WE USED THIS IN THE CAMERAS TO STORE THE DIFFERENT CLIPS THAT WE HAD TAKEN ON THE CAMERAS
JVC VIDEO CAMERA - WE USED THE CAMERA TO FILM ALL OF OUR TITLE SEQUENCE.
ADOBE ILLISTRATOR - THIS WAS USED TO CREATE THE IDENT.
WE USED CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES FOR CERTAIN THINGS:
WE USED ADOBE PREMIER PRO CC 2015 TO DO MOST OF OUR EDITING. WE SHORTENED CLIPS AND CUT OUT THINGS WE DONT NEED. AS OUR FILM IS MADE UP OF A MONTAGE OF DIFFERENT SHOTS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS PREMIER PRO HELPED US PUT THE CLIPS TOGETHER TO COME OUT WITH THE FINAL PRODUCT.
THIS IS US EDITING ON PREMIER PRO:
ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY WE USED IS AFTER AFFECTS. WE USED AFTER AFFECTS TO ADD THE CREDITS ONTO OUT TITLE SEQUENCE, HERE WE ADDED THE AFFECTS THAT IS SEEN IN OUR TITLE SEQUENCE LIKE THE LETTER APPEARING ONE AFTER EACH OTHER LIKE IT IS BEING TYPED WHEN THE TITLE IS SHOWN. WE ALSO COULD ALTER THE FONT ON THE TITLE SEQUENCE TO FIT OUR GENRE.
THIS IS US USING AFTER AFFECTS:
WE USED THE SD CARDS EVERYTIME WE TOOK THE CAMERAS OUT TO FILM. WE HAD TO BUT CARD A AND CARD B INTO THE PROVIDED SLOTS SO WE WERE ABLE TO FILM. THE CLIPS THAT WERE ON THE SD CARDS WERE LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE VIDEO DRIVE AND FROM THERE WE WERE ABLE TO EDIT THE CLIPS ON PREMIER PRO.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SD CARDS.
MOST OF THE TECHNOLOGIES HELPED IN SOME WAY BUT ADOBE PREMIER PRO AND AFTER AFFECTS SEEMED TO BE THE MOST USEFUL AS THIS IS WERE WE ACTUALLY EDITED THE CLIPS THAT WE SHOT AND MADE THE TITLE SEQUENCE YOU SEE TO DO. AFTER AFFECTS ENABLED US TO BE CREATIVE WITH OUR CREDITS WHICH MEANT THAT WE COULD MAKE THE CREDITS FIT IN WITH OUR CERTAIN GENRE. ALSO IT HELPED US WITH THE AFFECTS OF OUR CREDITS. HOWEVER THE SD CARDS WERE ALSO USEFUL AS WE USED THEM TO STORE ALL THE FOOTAGE TAKEN ON THE JVC CAMERAS. THE CAMERA'S WERE REALLY HIGH QUALITY SO WE COULD PICK UP REALLY FINE DETAIL AND MAKE IT LOOK AS PROFESSIONAL AS WE COULD.
After our film opening was shown at the local cinema, we asked members of the audience for their reaction and thoughts about it. This is what our target audience had to say about out film opening.
