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Filming had its ups and downs such as the distance to travel was difficult. Location recce was ideal as it offered a nice simplistic feel to it. We had a mixture of non-commercial and commercial sound effects.
Filming had its ups and downs such as the distance to travel was difficult. Location recce was ideal as it offered a nice simplistic feel to it. We had a mixture of non-commercial and commercial sound effects.
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Filming had its ups and downs such as the distance to travel was difficult. Location recce was ideal as it offered a nice simplistic feel to it. We had a mixture of non-commercial and commercial sound effects.
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Wilson Information Analysis Filming Shaun filmed most the scenes. Matthew helped suggest some ideas of how the shots could be filmed. Filming on trains needed the permission which included phoning up. There were certain things we couldn’t do such as film on platforms. We were not sure whether filming MI6 could get us into trouble but everything ran smoothly We had to film in an office but we had problems with the days and people getting back to us, as Verulam point did not reply to my email and the Council was cancelled cause our actor couldn’t make the day in the end we used a school room. Editing Both input from Matthew and Shaun was involved in this. Very few problems were encountered except downloading our song “On Call” due to the schools ban on storage use. We also had a problem with the titling, some of it needed to be removed and wasn’t successfully so when exported it was still there so we had to export it twice. A positive response from our piece in reference to editing was the transitions from one scene to the next and how they flowed well. An effective idea we had was to reverse the clips to show the character going back into the house. It was effective the sound created did not get a good review Location recce House Scene, we chose this location because it offered a nice simplistic feel to it. It had its ups and downs such as the distance to travel was difficult. It suited its purpose though which is what we wanted. Train scene, Initially Shaun’s idea because of the significant to high officials who left stuff on the train. There were pros and cons to this too. Such as the fuss of getting permission to film on trains. Of course though having this scene is vital so we needed to have it no matter what. Continued London scene, we planned to film at the Embankment as this is where MI6 is placed. We had a few problems such as, travelling to London with the peak times and area restrictions. Also we were not sure about filming in some parts of London but when we did no one stopped us or asked us what we were doing. We found the busy London streets perfect for our piece as we wanted it to look business like. We also benefitted from it being filmed in the holidays as it was after midday it still looked like rush hour because of all the tourists. Sound We had a mixture of non-diagetic and diagetic sound. This included the normal day to day street sounds (diagetic) and music in the background (non-diagetic). We found using SFX in our previous pieces was not successful so we learned from the experience and reverted to not using it again. In some of the scenes we had to balance out the levels so the diagetic sound and non diagetic sound was even. We had a problem with peaking with some of the sound such as the music. The plus though was that the music was really significant to the piece which Shaun suggested and I thought would be very successful. Some people did not feel some of the background sound was really effective. I thought that the background sounded added atmosphere to the scene. Genre We chose to do an action comedy genre. This is one of the most difficult genres because everyone’s humour varies. The idea originated from officials such as members of parliament accidentally leaking private information. Therefore the issue like most comic bases is something that people relate to and will find funny. We concentrated on two film in particular film Johnny English and the Last Action Hero. Johnny English was our Main Basis where we got the foolish Agent persona from. The input from the Last Action Hero specially its parody nature was a real help. Audience reaction- Questionnaires How old are you? Are you male, or female? The Video received a positive Did you enjoy the opening sequence? response. Do you agree that the film was action comedy? Why or why not? There were a few comments After seeing this opening sequence, do you want to on improvement such as see the rest of the film? people did not like the sound What did you like about the opening sequence? of the film rewinding in a clip. The scene where you flash 1)13 back to the bag was well 2)Female received. 3)I did The incident with the Pyjamas 4)i thought it was a good comedy with elements of was felt to be done for the action :) sake of it. 5)Yeahh, i liked the way it zoomed into the clock :D 6)As i said the zooming into the clock and the bit People did like the scene with that goes backwards :) the phone clock they felt that I hope this helps and you get a good mark :) worked very well. Conclusion From this we have learned that organisation and communication is vital. We have really benefitted from having the equipment we did and would defiantly choose to do in future. Travelling we found a problem so to overcome this we must be more careful and double check to make sure we are in no breech of sectors or times. Permission, we were not as prepared as we could have been because we did not realise how much permission we would need to film on trains and platforms so on so forth. Sound levels were very basic and worked well enough but if we had more time we would have cut and changed bits within the tempo and bass to effect how. This would have made the diagetic sound and non-diagetic more differentiated. Questions In what does your media project use developed or challenged forms and conventions of real media products? Basing our piece on a film, being Johnny English, which shared a similar genre of film made it more realistic as a media product. Using text such as titling created made it seem like a real movie format. We used real locations instead of something like green screen to suggest professionalism on our behalf. The Camera equipment used was professional and was high quality this suggested a more realistic conventional media film. How does your media product represent such social groups? This being a fictional piece which includes secret agents and MI6 will be limited to social groups. We focus on the main character who is a foolish young man from the outskirts of London travelling to London for work. Therefore from that we already have two social groups one representing the youth of today meaning 20+ rather than teens which are seen to be fool hardy and ambitious. Then the other being London businessmen who actually live outside London and train it in, the ones you see as you travel around in rush hour in the morning. What kind of Media institution would distribute your piece and Why? Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, this is because both companies are known for making comedy action films and their input would benefit us most out of most distribution companies. Such films include “The Last Action Hero” (Columbia Pictures) whose world wide profit of 50 million dollars. “Johnny English” (Universal Pictures) profit of 120 million dollars. Being an action comedy our market would best sell in the states as that type audience like those type of films and both Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures are located in the states. With Vivendi supporting us from Universal Pictures we will have more than DVD sales to rely on but future showings on TV. Who Would be your audience? First we need to think of rating which probably be 15 which may cut some of our audience out as we would like to aim for teenagers and young adults. Unlike Shane Meadows’ “This is England” which was rated 18 and cut out a lot more of his audience. If we aimed for a male audience we may also cut out 51% of cinema viewers so we have to appeal to a female audience well which is partly why it is a comedy film as humour is real appeal for the other gender. How did you attract/address your audience? Our main audience were young males. Typically a young male audience will be attracted to films with violence in them which is why we chose an action genre. The appeal of the fast moving, quick paced and smooth transitional scenes will defiantly entice a Youth audience. We do not want to forget the other audience members and limit our viewers such as Shane Meadows is known to do. So we have a comedy genre as well as action to attract a female audience and even if parodied we could have scenes of romance as you might do in a real action film where the hero gets his girl for an older more traditional like audience. What have you learnt about technologies from the construction of our product? I have learnt how to handle them in use and when not in use. I have learnt how to edit videos quite comfortably since the last two films which before I had not a clue how to do so. I developed knowledge of how to use a camera over this period of filming and editing whether it be the camera we practiced with or the one we used in our final piece. Using the Macs I gained a lot of knowledge about other editing devices you can use as alternatives. One problem with technology we had to overcome and was a learning experince was the downloading and uploading of material onto the Mac not only filming but music for it etc. What do you feel you have learnt from preliminary to full product? In the Preliminary our consistency was poor. In our full product we made sure that every detail was authentic and consistently worked. We found in the Preliminary sounds added in for us were ineffective and were more of a hindrance than a help. In the actually task we only used music which was non-diegetic which was beneficially cause I could provided an emphasis on the meaning to our piece. In Preliminary we learnt that the steadiness of our camera needed to be improved so with the use of a better Tripod in our actually task we improved movement and stability. How did you manage the group dynamics, equipment and resources, interim deadlines and the necessarily collaborative nature of film-making Are filming equipment was made up simply of a basic Camera and stand set up provided by members of the group. By creating a schedule it was possible to see what happens when and stick to deadlines. What health and safety logistical problems did you solve Problems like passers by who we had to take care of while filming were acknowledged. The equipment was treated with care which lowered the chances of an incident happening. How did you organise your human resources-the people involved in the production? Everyone involved was asked in person to take part. Majority of informing members when they may be of need was done via the internet or mobile phones which was the main resource used. How did you manage actors, locations, costumes and props? Remember that deciding not to use a particular strategy (e.g. not to use any props) is also a creative decision Communication was virtual, often locations we filmed had to have the permission of the person who owned or was in charge of. Therefore communication was need whether through internet or phones to see when people were available. Costume belonged to the actor therefore he was responsible for it. The only prop we had was the bag which was owned by Shaun therefore he was responsible for it. How did storyboarding and creating a shooting script work in practice? Did you make creative decisions to depart from the original plan? For what reasons and with what outcomes Making the story board helped with working out how much time our film may take as it needed to be as close to 2 minutes as possible. The shooting script assisted in giving a clue of how to filming techniques and technicalities. In the end we did more filming than expected with an extra 50 seconds. Although time management may seem a less exciting aspect of creative media practice, it is possibly the most important-how did you manage your time, and with what success? Creating a schedule seemed a good time management scheme but it was difficult to stick to it because some people could not make the days because something had just come up. How did digital technology enable you to develop creatively and are there examples of the technology obstructing or preventing your creative flow Obviously we needed to use technology such as a camera to record and a computer editing system to put it film together but there were draw backs too, such as understanding the equipment, this turned out to be an learning experiences because I now know how to use editing equipment for example with more confidence. How did you respond to the initial brief with the audience in mind I was very optimistic about it the idea was based on an audience who found parodies one of the best forms of comedy. Specially how it was related to a political issue at the time of private documents being left in places or unintentional shown to the public. How did your analysis and research into the type of film you selected impact on the creative process in pre- production The research done into these types of films effected the character and his persona. This was because a film that I analysed in-depth was Johnny English and of his characteristics benefited the genre and we thought that this could work with our piece too. In filming and editing, how did you ensure that the meaning would be apparent to the audience? What creative decisions did you make in planning, rehearsing, filming and editing that were influenced by your sense of the audience and possible layers of interpretation?
Costume was a significant factor in the piece to
indicate a comic genre. There was a scene where the character walks out in his pyjamas which was done for an element of comedy but was not originally planned but an idea formed as we were filming. How did the audience respond when you trialled aspects of your film? Are there a variety of different possible interpretations of your opening sequence that will depend on the cultural situation of the viewer? There was a very encouraging response, a few differed on some issues most commented on the scene where the previous scene rewinds. Saying either that it was successful or that it could have been improved. Who and What (people, places, themes, ideas, time periods) have you represented and how in your film? The Secret Service and Agents was a major theme and idea and most Secret Agent films film in capitols if not London then Paris, Cairo, Moscow, etc. Therefore we did to. In parodying Spy films we filmed in similar locations with chacters who are dressed if inadequetly because of the humour similar too. Who is included and excluded by the text you have created? Obviously we have a protagonist that’s a secret spy but there is a lack of “baddies” typical antagonists that you would see in a Spy Film. What form of “realism” have you constructed, and why? From his clothing to his bag to filming outside MI6 we have tried to make this as realistic as possible using material value because then that what will make this piece funny the audience will see the character and see what he does and will find it funnier if they know there is an element of realism behind it instead of totally abstract. What role do the mise en scene, action, dialogue, music and style of camera work (micro elements) play in the construction of verisimilitude (the macro level of the textual world)? There is little dialogue which allows the piece to speak for its self. The music is relevant to the piece from the title of the piece to the lyrics of the song. The Camera work was extremely fluid it flowed from one scene to the next keeping the audience engaged and in a piece like this that is important. Shots