Week 11 Update (Thibaut Nyemba)

In this final week we are carrying out the evaluation.

Letters Sent Out - Permission to film on the College Site [Mysara Saeed]

Havering College of FE,
As part of our media coursework, we will be creating a 2 minute opening sequence of a Thriller and have decided that we would like our set location to be within Havering College premises. Therefore this letter acts as our notification to the authorities and security members of the college that we will be filming within the College. Our Media Teacher, Pianki Passegae is completely aware of our decision and knows that we will be filming on the college’s site. We have chosen A Block as our setting, and we will be filming during accessible and convenient times whereby we wouldn’t be interrupting the academy around us. We will be filming mostly during lesson times and out of college times. Therefore we have informed you and would like your approval so that we can film within the college without hassle.
Thank you very much
Regards Mysara Saeed (Camera Woman)

Prop Notes (Thibaut Nyemba)

In our opening sequence feature film we did not have many props to work with but one. This was a small briefcase as you can see in the picture. The reason why we used the prop is because it looks small and compact, something that our protagonist can hold tightly and run at the same time. The look of the breifcase does not look like your ordinary bag, the breifcase creates enigma as the audience would like to know whats in the bag.

The Package Shot List (Thibaut Nyemba)

The Package Shot List

The Package Final Product (Thibaut Nyemba)

Score Music (Thibaut Nyemba)

The website I used to upload the soundtrack onto the blog was Sound Cloud which allows you to embed a little audio player.

This was the track that I used in the beginning of the film. It creates tension and suspense which accompanies my genre. Compared to other         

Uninvited

Chase

This is the track "Chase" which I used in the chase scene when my antagonist is being chased. The reason why I choose this piece of music is because it gives a sense of adrenaline to what is going on. The soundtrack that I used comes from video co-pilot. Some of the soundtrack used came from soondtrack pro.

Week 10 Update (Thibaut Nyemba)

In this final upcoming week we started to carry out evaluation activities. One of these included the directors commentary over the film. Completing the film we uploaded the film at least three times as there must be three versions to be evaluated. I have started to annotate the my video version for the evaluation which would be on my personal blog when finished. Finally we are going to publish the results from the poll on a chart.

Editors Journal (Thibaut Nyemba)

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Evaluation to Start [Mysara Saeed]

We have been presented with the following questions of which we will be answering as part of the Evaluation.

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real

media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Film Journal - Director [Hayley Male]

The process of filming went a lot better than when we was first given our preliminary task to do. The majority of filming was done in a day which the whole group was proud of. Our actors and crew worked well together and there was no disruption between them. Everyone was happy to do what they was told. Once we had captured the footage, so it can be edited, we realised that were bits that needed to be re-filmed to just to make it more effective. Our group dedicated another night lesson for extra filming to make the ending look more professional and more intriguing to watch. If I could make any improvements I would have made sure we planned all our sessions thoroughly to make sure that everyone knows what they were doing as a lot of it was spontaneous. It may also have helped to make sure that we could get everything done in the time we had planned.

Week 9 Update (Thibaut Nyemba)

In this week we decided to film more footage for the sequence. I needed shots of a hooded man patrolling up and down the corridor and close ups of me opening my eyes. When finished I added them on my already mostly finished sequence. I had practically nearly finished editing but was adding finishing effects such as transitions and title sequences. I also looked for score music which I added. 

Target Audience [Mysara Saeed]

It’s highly based on the clash of class and British street life nowadays, which has increased in crimes associated with drugs, which acts as the cause for plenty other crimes, such as deaths, robberies etc. The majority of our target audience is aimed at teenagers and adults. The reason for this decision is that the story is based on the ups and downs of drug related scenarios carried out by teenagers working for adults. This enables our target audience to relate to our film as the ages are compatible with the viewers as well as the lifestyle presented within the film is also associated with the ages of nowadays. Its almost a cross between ‘Bullet boy’ and ‘Skins’ with the use of upper class characters. The specific age group is 15+ whereby the socio-economic group is targeted at A – E as it evolves characters from all classes, all of which will relate well to the film resulting in them enjoying it. As for gender the role of a drugs lifestyle is usually adapted by males and therefore this is our dominant gender for our film. However there are female characters who play important roles within our film which can also be related to by the viewers. Some of the female characters are also associated with drugs and crime and therefore balances the differences of gender within our film.
All of which we have considered and apply to our thriller.