Evaluation: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

How did you use media technologies to help with the construction of my portfolio?

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Evaluation: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

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Evaluation: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

How effective is the combination of your main product and your ancillary tasks?

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Evaluation: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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

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Evaluation Questions

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Final Trailer- Under the Spotlight

Final Editing Process

Extra footage that wasn't used

These are some of the extra shots I filmed but decided not to include in my trailer. I really like the footage, however, some of it just didn't fit very well with the rest of the filming. It is a shame that these shots couldn't be included in my final production, because we spent a long time getting the positioning right. But my partner and I both agreed they didn't fit in right and the trailer looks better without them

Adding sound to my trailer

Over the past week I have been adding the sound onto my trailer which is one of the last things me and my partner needed to do.
To start with, me and my partner browsed the internet and some websites to look for some non-copyright music that we could use in our film. However, after a while of searching websites such as http://freeplaymusic.com/ we couldn't find any music that would be effective in our trailer.
The music we did decide on was created by one of our peers and friends, Joe Perrins who is excellent player of the piano. We told him that we wanted the sound on our trailer to be upbeat and have a jolly, happy sound to it as our trailer is that of a comedic tone. So, we got him to just create some chords on the piano and we recorded this with a sound recorder. We recorded a few different types of sound and then transferred the sounds by USB to the computer so we could listen intently and decide which one we thought would work best with the trailer. In the end, we came to a conclusion on which sound we were going to use on our trailer and I'm really happy with it. The main sound in my trailer is conventional to the type of genre my trailer is because it is upbeat and lures the audience in because it creates a happy atmosphere that makes the audience want to know what the song is playing played for, therefore making them watch the trailer and being pursuaded to go and watch the film in the cinema.


There are a few other sound effects that me and my partner chose to use on our trailer.

This is the heartbeat sound we use towards the end of our teaser trailer as the two girls, Miranda and Millie and running up the castlist to see if they have got the part in the show. We wanted to use the heartbeat because it creases a tense atmosphere and builds up the tension as the audience will want to know which girl has got the main part in the film as this is what the rest of the trailer builds up to. The heartbeat sound effect also allows for the pace to slow down at the end so that the narrative of the end of the trailer can be brought across to the audience and so that they know what's going on because the beginning of the trailer starts of slow and then the camera shots and edits begin to pick up pace as the narration is established and I think it is effective to bring the trailer back round to the slow pace at the end again, like the beginning, so that the message of the teaser trailer is determined by the audience and so that they can really establish what is going on towards the end of the trailer because if the trailer just carried on at a fast pace throughout, then the audience may not have a clue what the narrative storyline of the trailer actually is and so wont be lured in to go and watch the film at the cinemas so I think the use of the heartbeat sound effect allows for the contrast in the fast pace and the slow pace so that the audience really grasps the ending of the trailer and so want to go and see it in the cinema because that is the main outcome that me and my partner want for this trailer


Finally, the last bit of sound we used in our trailer comes right at the start of the trailer and is encorporated in our ident. Our production company is called 'Shooting Star Productions' and the ident involves those words coming down from the sky and then a shooting star flying over the sky. When we were playing our finished film back, we realised that the effect of the shooting star wasn't as great as it could be because it made no noise when it flew across so once again, we spent some time browsing through internet and websites to find some suitable 'whooshing' sound effects that would emphasis the use of the shooting star. We went onto YouTube and searched for 'shooting star sound effects' and we finally found one that we thought would fit in with our ident. I think the use of this sound effect really emphasises the shooting star as it flies across the sky and therefore shows what our production company is all about. I think the sound effect is very effective in that it makes the star stand out during the ident and therefore makes the finish production of the teaser trailer better as a whole

I found adding sound to my trailer suprisingly easy. All I had to do was convert the youtube videos into MP3 files using a youtube converter website such as http://www.video2mp3.net/ and then once the video was in My Documents, I could just go onto the software I was using to make my trailer, encorporate the sound into the programme and then just drag it down onto the 'soundtrack' part of the timeline. Then, I could cut and extend the piece of sound and move it around my timeline as much as I liked to get in the right part of the trailer and going at the right speed. I could even make it longer or shorter using the cutting tool to make sure that the sound was added to the trailer in the professional way. Through this, I feel we have added some very effective sound onto our trailer that fits in very well with the narrative of the trailer and therefore contributes to it being a professional finished product.

Re-Filming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYzpcRv0Zo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39QLmi9HgtQ&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFAPdG7u4BY&feature=relmfu

Here are links to the footage that we re-filmed on YouTube.

Final Trailer before audience feedback changes were made

Questionnaire and Audience Feedback

I devised a questionnaire of 10 questions to get some audience feedback of a variety of people of different ages and different sexes to watch my trailer and give me some feedback and constructive criticism to see what they thought of the trailer and more importantly to see if there was anything that they thought that me and my partner could improve on accordingly to make our trailer better.
Questions included:
1) Are you male or female?
2) How old are you?
3) What is your favourite genre of film?
4) What would you rate the trailer out of 5?
5) Why?
6) What would you do to make the trailer better?
7) Would you go and watch this film in the cinema after watching the trailer?
8) What do you think of the editing?
9) What do you think of the sound?
10) Who do you think will get the boy in the end?




OUTCOME FROM MY FEEDBACK
The people who had filled out my questionnaire were very complimentary of my teaser trailer which I was very pleased with. However, they did offer me some constructive criticism towards my trailer than me and partner have decided to act on so that our trailer will have a more professional overall effect.
The feedback we had back were the following
- Some people said that the sound was too quiet in sections and then in complete contrast was too long in sections so that the dialogue could not be heard
- Others said that they didn't really completely understand the narrative at the end
- Some scenes were cut too short so that they didn't really see why they needed to be in the trailer, and so the advice was to extend this footage to longer periods
- Also, they suggested that we encorporate the main male character into the trailer more as his dominance is lost
- Addittionally, they suggested that we establish the storyline from the start of the trailer by having some sort of poster advertising auditions or something like that to let the audience know what is going to follow
- Finally, they suggested that the we re-film the end sequence of the trailer where the two girls are running up to the cast list and they suggested that we change the setting and also film a close-up of the cast list because you couldn't really see what they were running up to.


From this feedback, me and my partner have decided to act on this and follow up these comments by making changes to our film so that it can be improved and come across as a professional finished product. I will explain the changes I made to my trailer in my evaluation.

Final Ancillary Product- Magazine Front Cover

Final Ancillary Product- Film Poster

Film Poster Progress

¢Image 2 shows my image on landscape format for the first time.

¢I have also changes the style of my actors and actresses names at the top of the page. I have done this because when researching film posters, I noticed that it was normally the surname that stood out the most and was bigger than the first name. I also noticed that the surname was always in a bold font whereas the first name was often more subtle, smaller and in a nicer font.

¢Also, I have developed the creation of my film name and I did this by searching through websites such as http://www.dafont.com/ and http://www.fontspace.com/category/magazine. These websites were really useful because they allowed me to create fonts and use colours that I wouldn’t have been able to use on publisher, which is what I was creating my film poster on. I really like the style use for ‘SPOTLIGHT’ as I think the stars in the name are really effective because it gives an insight into the title of the film and why it is called what it is and this then alludes to what the film might be about and what the storyline might entail.

¢I have also started to construct my small font that includes all the actors and actresses names, the directors, the producers, all the people that have worked on the film and the production company that the film is associated with. I managed to create my own by researching what is included in the small text on existing film posters and we also have some posters on the walls in the media room and so I looked the these for inspiration and research which really helped.

¢In the third image, I have taken off the certificate that was in the second image. I have done this because me and my teacher discussed and decided that the film poster would look better without it because it was distracting from the film poster itself and the message it was portraying. I was encouraged to do this because I noticed that some romantic comedy film posters also don’t incorporate the certificate either.

¢I have also changed when the film is coming out from ‘July’ to ‘In Cinemas July’. I have decided to this because my media teacher advised it would be better to put ‘in cinemas’ and I agreed with her because then my audience will know exactly when it is in cinema rather than just saying ‘July’ and so using ‘In Cinemas’ certifies when the film is actually coming out.

¢I have finally added comments from pundits and those who have already seen the film and reviewed it. I added comments such as ‘Best Film of the year!’ because I found this to be quite common when researching film posters. Also, the audience will see the others have seen the film and really enjoyed it, which could persuade and lure them in to go and see it.  

 

Film Magazine Front Cover Progress

Here are the stages I went to in improving my magazine. The second image was originally going to be my final product but me and my teacher discussed ways to improve it and so I spent time re-doing parts of my magazine and I think it looks so much better in the third image compared to the second. However, I feel if I had more time then I could have further improved it as it isn't the strongest magazine front cover. 

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