Evaluation: Part 8

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

Overall, at the beginning of the course my group and I, had trouble working together as they are two really close friends and I did not have the same communication with them as they did; which made it very difficult for me to join and take parts as they excluded me of some of parts for example filming-which I was really looking forward to. However, I compromised and agreed that they could film and I am going to do all the editing after, which I really enjoyed as I have learned to use a lot of the tools and the techniques on the software Final Cut pro. It was very interesting to put the videos together as well as editing it after and seeing it slowly getting ready.

As a group we had a great idea for a film and did a lot of research into the genre and similar films which helped us get more developed ideas for the iconography and narrative of the film’s title sequence. While the girls were filming they struggled to use the cameras properly as they were not very used to them, therefore we had a lot of unfocused shots I had to edit and crop out just the essentials with high quality and remove the unfocused and handheld shots. To make sure we got the best we could do we had to compromise on one another while we were coming up with the narrative of the film. All three of us had different ideas for a film, however, we had a meeting and talked about it and decided to combine the ides together.  

Evaluation: Part 7

Evaluation: Part 5

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My title sequence is targeted mostly at teenagers; this is because of all the features that it includes. For example, the camera angles, the movements of the camera, the editing, the sound, iconography and typography.

During the title sequence, the audience can experience a lot of point of view shots and handheld. This is because it almost makes you feel you are in the room with the four girls getting ready. There is quite a lot of pan movement to show the audience what is going on around the room. Also there are a lot of close-up shots, which focus on the details for example the plane tickets, as it is very significant for the narrative of the title sequence. This emphasis the teenage social group as they will be able to enjoy and relate to it while watching the film, due to their interest in make-up, girls, alcohol and ‘messing about’.

Furthermore, editing and sound is another way to represent the teenage social groups, as the in the title sequence has been edited to cut fast and show a lot of detail due to the curiosity, the sing we have chose is the stereotypical style of music most teenagers enjoy so it would make them more interested and other age groups would not be very keen on it. The mise-on-scene also represents teenagers (girls), they have tight outfits, heavy make-up and some of the girls are wearing heels; which is the stereotypical look for teenagers of their age. This is why we have mainly targeted teenage girls as they will relate to it and enjoy it. The colour scheme is black and red, black due to the late dark nights they spend at parties and red due to the wine and alcohol. Also the lightening is dark and dull as well as the colours, this also relates to the dark nights teenagers have.

The typography and iconography represents girly teenagers who like to party a lot and are interested into expensive objects. All the iconography shows a lot of alcohol and expensive bags and watches and other similar products. The typography looks like it’s handwritten and very girly but not too girly as it also relates to the action side of the film. In addition to this the title of the film we have used slot machines typography which reminds me of Las Vegas, exactly where the girls are heading to. This brings the atmosphere back to serious and the action starts after. 

Evaluation: Part 6

In my opinion we have reached our target audience because of all the iconography we have used in the tittle sequence. While planning we have included a lot of visuals to attract the target audience.  

For example, we have used a lot of jewellery to attract the girls , there are a lot of objects such as watches, perfumes, lipsticks and other girly stuff such as make-up.

Further more, there are other significant objects such as baklavas, which are more significant to the male audience. Alcohol is another significant visual of the tittle sequence. Also the colour scheme is most important iconography, this is because of the colours representing the genre of the film.

  This is some of the feedback we got, the comments are very positive about the iconography and music which was meant to be another attraction for the younger audience. Therefore, we have reached our targets. Overall, all of the feedback we got was quite positive and they seemed to enjoy watching the video and giving us so much positive feedback. This emphasise that we have reached the target audience, as the people in our class are the age of 16/17 years of age.

Other positive feedback was about the music in the video and how it fits very well with the genre. A lot of people like how the shots go fast cut at the same as the music. However, we should of had more footage as the tittle sequence is the minimum length.

Evaluation: Part 3

Evaluation: Part 2

Evaluation Part 2 from juliamisheva

Evaluation: Part 1

My group and I have been working towards a brief to create a unique title sequence for a film of our own our group includes 3 people: Emily, Sophie and I. At the beginning of the course we had two initial ideas for films; the first idea was about the consequences and the after event of a big party. The second idea which I preferred was about four girls running away from their bosses after they have robbed them. They make a new start in Las Vegas and become supper successful drug dealers. The tittle of our film is “Dope and Diamonds”. This is because of the “dope” lives the girls live and “diamonds” emphasise the all the money they have stole and illegally earned. The tittle sequence starts showing all the expensive and posh objects they own. Furthermore, they have a lough while getting ready to leave; they have already stolen the money. All happy they sort the money out and put them into bags, and then they finally put masks on so they’re not recognised on the way to the airport. Finally they leave and there is a shot of them walking down the street leaving for Las Vegas. The sub genre for our film is Drama; this is because of all the stuff the girl so through while trying to run away from their ex-bosses. There is quite a lot going on at the film, which makes it interesting for the audience.