Candidate Details

Candidate Name:

Oluwadara Kolajo

Candidate Number:

5137

Centre Name:

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls

Centre Number:

61119

Final Products

 Ancillary Task 1 - Theatrical Poster

 

Ancillary Task 2 - Magazine Cover

       

Main Task- Trailer

Evaluation Question 4 (Ancillary Tasks and Main Task)

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

VOICE NOTE BELOW

Evidence of using some media technologies:

Below Print screens from website where I converted my word document to a mp3

Print Screen from VOKI (a site that allowed me to make a speaking avatar)

Pritscreen from Glogster where I created my own poster:

Printscreen of using Mix Pad where we created our sound track:

Evaluation Question 3 (Ancillary Tasks and Main Task)

What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Audience feedback was extremely important in the process of my A2 coursework. In order to appeal to the set target audience, during the construction stage regularly we peer assessed coursework as a class, not only for the main task and ancillary tasks themselves but also our blogs which had a part to play for our overall marks. Through this exercise my group actually under covered some issues with lighting which we could easily address, but at the same time we knew we were heading in the right direction in terms of the genre and mise en scene which was very encouraging. Alongside showing the finished ancillary task products to the class, I put our finished products as my display picture on Blackberry Messenger allowing my contacts to comment so I could get a wider set of opinions. The plus side of this is that feedback was that it was coming from my  target audience. I learnt from AS the questionnaires are not so popular, with the increase in young people using social networking sites I used this to my advantage to get feed back efficiently. 

The feedback was positive, meaning there was no need to make anymore changes to my product. However if there was some constructive criticism, we would of have the time to apply this to my our work. Many of the people that I talked to about the products said that they looked like real life forms of media, Immediately they knew what we were trying to portray. We had similar feedback from our final cut of our trailer, my partner I decided to post it on  Facebook, Twitter and You Tube, within the first day of posting received more than 50 views suggesting that our trailer was something that interested the public. From the starting point of making our trailer we always knew that the name was important.

Not only did constructive criticism help with the making of the products but the positive feed helped me and my partner through the process as we then knew we were going in the right direction.

Evaluation Question 2 (Ancillary Tasks and Main Task)

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


IN TERMS OF THE TWO ANCILLARY TASKS:

Compared to other genre magazines, film magazines are less compact and focus solely one movie star. To make our product tangible we decided to take this route as our cast is fairly big. This one star 'Pat Adioo' was   the link between the two tasks. Both the tasks have contrasting concepts, to ensure the deliberate reasons are known to the audience, the text '' totally stripped from glamour in new film'' explains this. As well as people wanting to know about the actress, they get to know about the new film also. Boldly the name of the film is feature in the top third of the magazine; drawing more attention to this section of the magazine is a snapshot of the featured poster of the main cast of Affliction, strengthening the connection and link between the two productions.

ALL THREE PRODUCTS:

VOKI PRODUCTION BELOW, CLICK PLAY

For full veiwing of glog below click the right hand corner   

Overall I feel that the combination of the products is at a good level due to the reasons stated above. However the link would of been stronger if the magazine cover had similar mise en scene qualities as the other two products - trailer and poster. Yet my reasons for doing this is justified because of the actress, film name and poster.As well as repetition, recognition leads to expectation -Burton.   

Evaluation Question 1 ( Main Task- Trailer)

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

VIDEO BELOW

 

As well as using various concepts which are shown in the video; in the way in which the product was edited together was again devoloped on exsiting ideas. For example Edgar Wright's quick-cut (Shaun of the Dead)  and Strobe Lighting (found in Sket) and colours that were used.

Evaluation Question 1 (Ancillary Task- Magazine Cover)

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


POWER POINT BELOW 

Evalution Question 1 (Ancillary Task- Poster)

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

POWER POINT BELOW

Final Cut

http://youtu.be/kD7VfEQ6jRY

Creating the scene

My partner and I instructing the victim 

Adding a blood trail to the scene to try and make it that more real

Another demand of the A2 course is being able to organise your actors so the type of mood you want to portray is clearly visible to the audience.

Equipment used

Similar was equipment was used in both the AS and A2 stage:

Camera:

For the Ancillary Tasks- my partner and I used;

Canon 1000 D

For the Photo shoot, produced great quality photographs.

Originally we used an Cannon Camcorder for the trailer

Then for HD quality switched to a Olympus E-5 Digital SLR

Tripod:

Used to steady the camera while filming and helps with certain camera movement.

Lighting:

We opted with natural lighting for the Theatrical Poster, the photo shoot was during the summer months so pictures being too dark was not an issue. We also used the weather to our advantage and created shadows to present my models in certain way.

However for the making of the trailer we used torches to light up the scene (during the times we filmed in the night) as well using street lights which created a sodium lighting affect:

Some footage was shot indoors, we used lamps to create an flashing effect, 

 Reflectors

Controlled level of light.

Film making process 2

After setting the mood of the trailer, my partner and I needed to showcase our actors in the location.

Some of the  footage we played in reverse, to convey a message of regret.

There are various low angles used in the trailer, this is used as sense of control of the audience and will make them uneasy of what will happen next. In this particular shot we used a rose filter to add the apporpriate colour as it goes well with the grim setting.

From the lighting research, it was very important that sodium lighting was included. This usually occurs when filming at night.

To make the viewer more involved with the story we included angles that made them seem like an onlooker of events in the trailer. Again sodium lighting is used, helps create a pensive mood.  

As well of using quite dark colours, we also used light, bright and striking colours to represent times of happniess.

We wanted include things like the name of the film and the release date at the end of the trailer, not just due to research, but so the audience can remeber this vital details when watching it.

Serif MoviePlus

 Half way through the editing process of our trailer as a group we decided to change software as we used a different camera in our re-shoots, it was not compatible with Premier Elements. I do feel this was good decision as I felt it was easier to use.

Film making process 1

Using an extreme close-up, used to show emotion which is stated in my research. Using a black and white filter I feels convey regret on events in the past. Adding this effect was quite simple.

As a key part of this film is time Changing the speed I feel is a effective way of showing a difficultly of retracing steps, increasing the speed so much creates some sort of blur effect. As well as helping the viewer establish the setting 

An establishing shot featured at the start of the trailer, however may need to be replaced as it does not fit well with other shots.

Opening of the trailer, straight away the audience will know the film is set in a city. The following shot should expose more about the the setting. 

Class Feedback

After creating our first draft of our trailer, I showed the film to the class. My peers then told me the positives about my trailer and also some criticisms. This was extremely important as my partner and I was going reshoot some parts of the trailer and these comments could help boost our marks.

Here is an example:

Organising Actresses

A key aspect of this coursework was getting my actresses together. Througout the process of the coursework I had to make sure that I had regular contact with them. This was possible through text, Below is an example:

A back up was facbook where I could group message all the individuals I needed:

General Feedback

As well as class feedback which we had the opportunity to get throughout the process of the course, We took the advantage to use social networking sites from last year I learnt that young people lack interest in questionnaires. I needed to get feed back to what is relevant to them:
       Facebook


        Twitter



  Blackberry Messenger


Main Positives:

• The Two ancillary Tasks got very positive feedback especially the poster. The audience liked the layout and the levels the models were positioned on.

Main Criticisms:

• Lighting in some scenes in the Trailer
• Some sequences of the trailer could get confusing when in reverse.

We dealt with issues quite easily with re shooting and organising the film on Serif Movie Plus that all clips in reverse were played forward. We kept the reverse effect to emphasis regret. Some part were a bit dark to add suspense

First Completed Draft

More Photography/ Capturing Youth Culture

To aid with ideas for all three elements of this part of the course we took additional photographs with two of our actresses, below is a video of these pictures.

Some still images will be included in our trailer. For the target to be attracted there must be substance that they relate to, every detail is important, from clothing, activities done, music, and language.

More Filming

General Movement in Location

Atemptting to show hurt/pain

Smoking:

My Murder

Like our film My murder was based on a true story. It is a short drama surrounding the killings of a 16 year old boy.

(Similar Text that as a group we wanted use in our trailer)

Through watching this particular programme there were a number of shots that I could apply to our own production below are some examples, for example protraying a victim, establishing shots and various camra angles:

Blur

Establishing shot- iconic red london bus

Wide Shot of location, showing movement

Reflection, two views of charcter

Types of shots/angles

Extreme wide Shot 

An act to help to establish an area, the picture above shows our location- Thamesmead.

Medium Shot

Allows the capture of gesture and motion.

 

Medium Close up

  Shows the subject in more detail and framed from the shoulders up. This particular shot can be used to convey emotion. There is space for hand gestures to be seen and the setting can still be seen.

Close up

A picture which shows a fairly small part of the scene, such as a character's face, in great detail so that it fills the screen. It abstracts the subject from a context. Close-ups focus attention on a person's feelings or reactions either a state of emotional excitement, grief or joy, for instance in the picture above the individual he is in a state of remorse and definitely uneasy.

Low

The direction and height from which the camera takes the scene.  low angle shot places camera below the character, exaggerating his or her importance or their authority in this particular situation.

Eye-level

Directly involves the audience, brings the actor/actress on the same level as the viewer. For my own trailer these type of shots will be used frequently as the target audience is similar age and social category of the actors and actresses. 

Canted

 

An effect that can be used to unease the viewer, for example in this particular photograph this angle may be used to warn the audience of this gang of young people. 

Birds Eye View 

Can be used as an establishing shot. The audience can gain an understanding of the setting