Thursday, 16 March 2017

Evaluation 5 - How we address/attract our audience

This is the link to a subtitled video showing how different parts of out teen angst film opening address and attract our target audience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-XJIdTAfj4

Evaluation 7 - What we learnt and how we used it


  Skill/knowledge/application
Preliminary task
Feature film opening
  Camera
 Using a range of camera shots
 Using different camera angles, for        what effect?
 Using camera movement (pan,zoom, tracking) for different purposes
 In the preliminary task we didn't use much of a range of shot types with the majority being mid shots or close ups. We didn't use almost any movement and there was not much use of angles
 During the actual feature film opening we used a much wider range with long shots and extreme long shots, we also used some more movements such as a pan. We also used angles more effectively such as when Aiden is walking down the hall.
 Framing (what is in and out of the        shots)
 Not much attention was paid to what was being included in the shots throughout the video
 we ensured that everything in the shot was meant to be there and nothing out of the ordinary was in the back ground at any point
Mise en scene
Lighting
Costume
Props
Settings
In our preliminary task not much thought went into any of the factors of Mise en Scene as there was no props involved, this setting did not go to well with the scene and the costumes were also not fitting the scene.
 Much more planning was put into things such as the costumes which all fit our teen angst genre, as did the props such as the football which is something asocciated with teenage boys. As well as the settings being majorly in a school which again is stereotypical for teen angst
  Mode of address
  Way actors speak, words and        sentence structure
Gestures
 Not many words were used during the preliminary task so there is not much variation in voices or use of gestures
We used 2 different narrations over our opening with one sounding more depressed and the other slightly more upbeat. Much longer sentences were used compared to our preliminary task
  Editing
  180 rule
  Match on action
  Shot reverse shot
  Cross cutting
  Jump cut
  
  Juxtaposition
  
  Transitions
      
  Sequencing
  effects
 Again not much editing was used during the preliminary task, the only main ones used was the 180 rule to ensure that the audience did not feel disorientated and the shot reverse shot to show each person speaking. There was no use of transitions throughout as the whole scene was extremely short.
 During the actual film opening we used many more types of editing, for example we used many more transitions such as a crossfade to show the passing of time. We also used shot reverse shot to show the ball about to hit kate, this also used the 180 rule so the audience knew what was going on. Alot more sequencing was also used to ensure the whole opening made sense.
  Use of titles
  Size
  Font
  Positioning
  transitions
Almost no titles were used during our preliminary task due to it being so short
We used a much wider range of titles during the opening such as for the main title which says 'Opposites' we used the colours red and blue to connote the two opposite ends of a magnet. We also used a lot of different colours as well as font sizes to catch our target audiences attention.