Task 10: Evaluation

Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?



The first major thing I have learnt during the progression from Preliminary to Major production is the massive importance of time management and roles. In the preliminary there was no actual set role for any individual in the group whereas with the opening sequence task the giving of specific roles was by far the most important job to do as you had to make sure that the person you are giving that role to could fulfill that to their best. With the handheld camera's I found that they were very easy to operate as they are very straightforward in the means of recording. During the preliminary task I had learned about different camera angles and the 180-degree rule, after showing very amateur usage of the rule in the preliminary I feel like I have taken the rule and the angles in a lot more serious matter and when not using them the scene just didn’t seem to piece together well, so taking this rule seriously was a big step in achieving a smooth finished opening sequence.

As our major production was a set to be a Romance Comedy the use of the camera off the bi-pod was not really needed as my team and I were looking for a smooth and neat film that would capture the elegance of the actors when they portrayed their characters. This meant that gaining further knowledge into using the camera was not really needed, all we need to learn is to keep the turn of the camera smooth and quick, as a result of this any scenes in which the camera is not on the bi-pod are not very long at all. Editing came a lot easier when we decided to use the bi-pod in most scenes as it was easy to cut straight to certain points because we could set the camera in a perfect location, hit record and then take out positions for the scene. This also allowed for are team to be a lot more flexible when it came to strictness over the filming. As a whole from preliminary to major production Me and my partners have seen a major advancement in the field of media and have been able to apply this advancement to our major Production.

Task 7: Role Allocation

The roles allocated for the opening sequence are as such:

Camera person: Liam Oram
Editors: Liam Oram & Ella Scharaschkin
Screen Writer: Ella Scharaschkin
Producer: Tia Stevenson
Director: Ella Scharaschkin
Actors: Zoe Hutton, Ella Scharaschkin, Nigel Barnes

Task 9: Filming

Film Schedule

• December 8th- Start drafts
• December 10th- Write script/storyboard
• January 12th- Film first 4 scenes, Jennifer entering the school, meeting Mr Adams, pan of people walking past and bumping into Scott
• January 16th- Film all out of school scenes (Arcade and Bridge scenes) for the rewind effect.
• January 19th - Film final scenes and retake any of the first 4 that did not turn out as well

MR JUDGE FEEDBACK

Liam, You are behind on your research and planning evidence, Please do these tasks asap.

	TASKS COMPLETED/ TO BE COMPLETED:	YES:  TICK	N0:   X	If N0 – when will this be completed – Date (   / /16)
1.	VIDEO: EMBEDDING PRELIMINARY TASK FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: TV TAMWORTH	/
2.	WRITING: PRELIMINARY TASK EVALUATION	/
3.	TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: BLUE VELVET/ SPECTRE	N/A
4.	IMAGE/VIDEO EMBEDDING: BLUE VELVET VIDEO/ IMAGES/SCREEN GRABS	N/A
5.	TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: SE7EN OPENING	X	X
6.	IMAGE/VIDEO EMBEDDING: SE7EN VIDEO/ IMAGES/SCREEN GRABS	X	X
7.	GENRE THEORY: CHRISTIAN METZ MODEL OF GENRE DEVELOPMENT	N/A
8.	IMAGE EMBEDDING FOR CHRISTIAN METZ	N/A
9.	GENRE THEORY: FILM NOIR - HSR	/
10.	WRITING: FILM OPENING SEQUENCES - HSR	X	X
11.	FILM NOIR TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: MALTESE FALCON + VIDEO/IMAGE EMBEDDING - HSR	X	X
12.	MEDIA THEORY: STEREOTYPICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN THRILLERS/HORRORS (Dracula/Single White female) + EMBEDDING IMAGES	/
13.	TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: DIFFERENCES/SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD STUDIO LOGOS	X	X	PRIORITYTASK
14.	EMBEDDING YOUR STUDIO LOGO/TITLE SEQUENCE	X	X	PRIORITYTASK
15.	ANALYSING BFI DATA ON GENRE & AUDIENCES	X	X	PRIORITYTASK
16.	ANY SCRIPTING/DRAFTING/STORYBOARD PLANNING EVIDENCE	X	X	PRIORITYTASK
17.	PRODUCTION SCHEDULE: TIMES/DATES OF FILMING	X	X	PRIORITYTASK

Task 3: Target Audience

Who is your film aimed at? why?
Our film is going to be targeted toward 13-18 year old girls. These girls will be stereotypically into boys, friends and makeup and other stereotypical girly things. We have picked this audience as it is new, other members of my class have chosen to stick with the thriller/ horror genre, my group new that a rom-com would be a different approach to the task and would be more challenging. We also found that it would be more relatable for the actors and would be easier for them to fit into their roles as they are essentially the target audience. 


How are you going to do this?
I am going to do this by making the main character a stereotypical girly girl,, she will listen to indie rock, wear the latest fashion whilst dressing to her music genre, she will also be into boys. To appeal to the target audience the main male character will dress quite peppy, he will be confident and will contrast with the main female character. The main character will be this sort of boy band character, good looks, charisma. He will be the sort of character the audience "swoon" for.
We will also add certain effects like filters to the main male character to make him look more attractive. 

Task 8: Casting

Our chosen casting for our Opening scene is:

Jennifer Williams- Zoe Hutton
I fit this profile well as I am a very shy and nervous character naturally. I am 17 and i fit the interests of Jennifer and am able to naturally act the role.

Scott Turner- Nigel Barnes
We have chosen Nigel for this role because he fits Scott Turner. Nigel is a confident and charismatic character.Nigel is also best to play this part as he is often called the "ladies man" Nigel also has up to date fashion and is very popular.

Tyrone- Myles Richardson
We have chosen Myles for this role as Myles has a very feminine personality, Myles also wears a lot of jewellery and can be very loud and talkative. When acting Myles was very good at getting into the character of Tyrone, Myles changed his lines a little and even used a hand bag prop to make himself look more convincing for the role.

Rosie- Ella Scharaschkin 

Ella was chosen for Rosie as Rosie is very loud and very nosy, she often gets in peoples business and has to know everything. Ella was very good at being able to creep people out making herself virtually unnoticeable when practising a scene in which Rosie watches Jennifer by her locker. Ella's voice was very assertive and easy to understand which also made her seem like the right choice. 

Mr Adams- Mr Judge

We have chosen Mr Judge for this role as Mr Judge is a more mature person. Mr Judge also fits the role because he is smartly dressed all the time and is able to be serious enough to play a head of school.