Ollie's Evaluation

 Ollie's Evaluation




Q1

1) I am legend-"I Am Legend" contains similar themes to "Chemical-Reaction" in that it centers around a threat to the human race. "I Am Legend" is about a virus that either kills humans or turns them into hellish creatures that strive to kill off the rest of the human race. This is similar to "Chemical-Reaction" because there is a new chemical in development for use in warfare that poses a great risk of wiping out civilization if it gets into the wrong hands...

USED

INCEPTION

In our thriller opening we included many close ups. This adds tension as the camera is never on one shot for too long. This makes viewing more interesting and enticing. We also used close ups such as a hand writing and time on a clock going by to represent the lengthy process of making the chemical.

CONTRAST OF GOOD AND EVIL

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II

We used the typical "good vs. bad" convention as it is very popular and appeals to the masses.
We did this by having three teenage heroes Trying to protect the world against  the evil professor Bennett!

DEVELOPED

I AM LEGEND
Instead of using a typical theme such as finding the cure, we developed this idea into chemical weapon research. We had one of the heroes steal the formula from an evil chemist before it got into the wrong hands...

THE BOURNE FILMS

We developed the thriller convention of having a male protagonist by having a female one. This is unusual for a thriller as it is usually a male. Having a female protagonist will cause confusion and maybe unease amongst the audience/viewer because it is unexpected.

CHALLENGED

CONTAGION

We decided to challenge the convention of putting the title of the film at the beginning. Instead we put it at the end. This is to add effect and to make the title more memorable.                                   

THE RESIDENT

We challenged the usual thriller convention of filming at night or in low light by making it on a sunny day in the countryside. This will show that there can still be just as high suspense when in the daytime.





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How does your media product represent particular social groups? Ollie's on Prezi

3) http://orion-productions.wikispaces.com/






4)

•  People above the age of  twelve.
• Male and female (generally male)
• People who like action, adventure, science-fiction and excitement.
• It's aimed at people who are interested in films such as "James Bond" or "Mission Impossible" because of the fast paced action scenes and car chases.
• It is aimed at the sort of people that read books by Anthony Horowitz, such as the "Alex Rider" books as they are filled with action and suspense.

• It would appeal to people no matter where they are from (no cultural restrictions)
• Generally the audience are people who buy video games, watch a lot of movies at the cinema and at home (especially thrillers).
• People interested in science/ science fiction and chemistry.
• People interested in warfare.
• Students 
• All classes
• The target audience consists of people who like to watch action thrillers. Their hobbys would typically involve things such as extreme sports and anything action packed!

Mike is a 28 year old man who lives with his friends in Braintree. He's a typical bloke who works as a mechanic. When he gets home he enjoys nothing more than watching his favorite TV shows. These include "house", "CSI" and a multitude of police shows (He likes to see justice done). His favorite films include "Inception", "James Bond", "I am legend" and the "Bourne" movies. Wednesday is movie night for Mike and the lads so they get the free bus from Braintree to Freeport where a "Cineworld" is located. They tend to go for films that are action packed often involving criminals and police. For this reason, Mike would love "Chemical-reaction" as it involves good vs evil, themes of action, chase and justice. The opening scenes are exactly what Mike lives for; action, suspense, tension and the enigma code. This is what makes "Mike" our exact target audience.







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Question 6

Whist making our thriller opening we used some pieces of equipment to aid us in making our final cut. Here are some of them:

This is the Facebook page we used to plan and communicate our ideas

The web page we used to present our work 'Blogger'

This is how we annotated our Youtube video

This is 'Final cut express'. we used this on the Mac to edit our work

     This is me adjusting the settings of the tri-pod




Me using the 'Panasonic HDC-SD9'

 

 

Me using the 'Apple Mac' updating our blog

 

 

 

Question 7
We were unable to upload this to Youtube, so we couldn't make any annotations, but we will be using screen shots to show what bit we felt we have improved on during our time of filming in our final piece.  

Shot 1 This opening shot on our preliminary is very shaky, this because we didn't use a tripod, but in our actual piece we used it in some parts to keep it steady in places that are meant to be still. We have also learned that it is very unprofessional to not use a tri-pod because it is very bouncy and the audiences do not always like this because it can make you feel ill.     

 

Shot 2 Looking back at this piece we feel that our matched cuts are far better now from what they were before from this piece. As you can see it is a bit late on opening the doors. We have learnt that the timing in matched cuts are crucial for it to be effective.       

Shot 3 In this point of view shot we were hoping it to be bouncy, but the timing was all wrong, however, we feel that we have improved on our different shots in time very well, take our P.O.V shot in the van in our ending product.         

Shot 4- Again this shot was shaky because we didn't use the tri pod, which can ruin the film. Also our Mise En Scene wasn't very good because for half of our film, there is an alarm going off, and the other half, there wasn't. In our final product we think that we chose our Mise En Scene a lot better, even though there were some mistakes, but overall, we planned it a lot better.

 

 Shot 5 This shot is too long for the audience, we have learnt that you cannot have a long shot in a film because the audience will get bored. We learnt in our final piece that a shot that was too long, made our film seem to go on for quite a while and the audience would get bored. So on our editing day we managed to cut it down a fair bit and add extras into this particular shot which made it seem that more was going.

 

  

Shot 6 

We learnt that the framing of a shot is very important. The character has to be in the middle of the shot because if they are not then the shot looks akward and unusual. We think we had a very good shot of framing it just right in our end piece, where Ollie is taking a sample of the chemical and Mr Bennett in sight but in another room. Our planning overall in contrast between our preliminary and final piece, has improved a lot, we were very well planned for our storyboard, filming dates. especially when the unexpected snow came along, we felt we dealt with it well. It was just a shame that the planning didn't go as well towards the end of the deadline. We found that our research into the genre of the types of thrillers for our storyboard went quite well, our planning for it was very successful, we got our results very quickly and were able to choose a genre easily. Our preliminary helped us a lot, we decided to stick to a similar line to what our practice task was for our final. so our initial idea was already out there for us to use, all we had to do was to develop it even more. Filming was the most fun in this task, and one that we thought went reasonably well, we planned it all out very well. We got Mr Bennett's permission, to use the chemical equipment and asked if he would take part in the film. this was all in good time, we also planned to use Lily's Dad's van all in good time and managed to get permission for the sports hall. It was difficult to do anymore filming becasue of the sudden snowy weather we had, so we decided to get rid of some shots because we simply couldn't film anymore. Throughout this whole task our confidence in the equipment we used has definately developed, especially on our editing day. Our skills on Final Cut improved a fair amount, also our skills on youtube, especially on the annotating side.