evaluation- activity 3

In my film we had created

 

In the film industry production companies are extremely important for every film, this is because the production company helps with the funding of the film, the companies help with scheduling the film and meetings, the script, the organisation of cast and crew and they also help with distribution. For my own production company, we have a very simple design for the logo with flying birds with a plain black background. my group chose this type of logo because we didn't want the design of the logo and the animations to complex otherwise we would of spent to much time on something that can be very simple and smooth, to add on the connotations of the simple black is mystery, horror, maturity, sophistication,or evil. To add on the black helps create a horror film vibe towards the film. While making our logo and the name the group was very inspired by Warner brothers by the use of the smooth animation but we were mainly inspired by the simple logo of the letters to make the logo. For our film it would be fantastic to be able to distribute to all distributors but there are many down sides of distributing to any distributors such as: when in the cinema the film has the possibility to gain millions on the opening week but but the down side to that is that if the movie fails our film will be unable to get more than the million and to add on the film and the production company would also have a really bad reputation meaning distributing to a cinema would be extremely risky, as for online distributors it is very different as the risk of getting your budget back isn't as risky due to the online distributors actually paying the production company to show the film on their website to add on this means if the films fails or not then the company at least make some money needed but the down side to this is that by having a low risk method of selling the movie means the rewards isn't as high as either if the film fails or is successful the film will only get a set amount the distributor paid for plus extra due to people streaming the film. In the end i personally think that online distributors is the best option to be able get the most out our film this is because if we go with the cinema and fail the income back will be almost nothing. When funding a film there are many different ways that a film creator can get the money to be able to get the extra equipment like: lenses, props or make up by either getting extra jobs getting extra income, a loan from the bank or from family and friends and lastly either selling personal belonging for the extra money. As for my group our camera man had done extra hours for his job at sainsbury's to be able to have enough to buy a top quality camera that is able to film at 4k to add on i had also helped at the family business to be able to get the extra money for props and make up. In our opening of our film the titles that pop up are pixel films, cloud production, and the feature of the actors and camera man we had put these titles in this order because it helps suggests the importance of the name for example pixel films we had added this production first because it is the main production company it also is the most important for the group

feed back and presentation

When I watched back on feedback for our film I thought that all the feed back from the video was very interesting, because when some of the people talked about the sound we surprisingly got okay reviews when myself and the group thought that the sound in the film could be improved heavily as it was very clunky and it really didn't feel that the sound was right. One other interesting feedback was the fact we had barely any dialogue as people thought that using this technique was very effective during the scene but myself and the group felt that the work was very poor and lazy as speech would help draw in the audience and get the film to be interesting. lastly one of the best pieces of feed back we had gotten was about all the camera shots we used I was extremely happy about the feed back as camera shots was the main element of the film.

From this feed back we have learnt a lot to do with our film the bad things that we need to improve on and all the good things that myself and the group were really happy to hear. To improve we must track back to this feed back as the age group of the class is also the target audience for our film.

activity 1 evaluation

 In the image above it shows our institution we had included in our film, when creating our film we decided as a group that we wanted to seem very professional, to do this we had researched many different institutions such as: universal, Warner bros, lions gate etc. From researching the different there were many different and similar features to the institutions such as each institution have very smooth transition, some change the colour of the text to create the atmosphere or joyful or creepy and the difference are the fonts, the colour of the text and the size of the text in their institution shots. From looking at our institution we were very influenced by the animation of Warner bros and to add on we had included the colors black, grey and white to create a creepy atmosphere

 In this picture is a low angle medium shot of one of the actors Carlos and with one of our titles which says ‘starring Carlos Gouveia.’ Titles are really effective in this scene as it gives the impression that the clip is a film and it also give the film a more professional approach with the font and colour if the text. In this picture we used a low angle medium shot, this shot was effective as a low angle shot shows power or importance this low angle medium shot can suggest to the audience that Carlos is one of the key characters in the whole film or in the opening 2 minutes of the films. To add on the location we had chosen really helps with the horror film vibe as it links to the conventions of the genre being a very underpopulated area, but also being an extremely creepy location and with the black and white filter it helps create a scarier. During the editing process for this part of the scene was very hard this is due to the fact that the group was very indecisive on how to transition the different shots and how the transition for the titles should be

 In this image above this is a POV shot of one of the actor Kieran looking at another actor Leon. This shot was used as it puts the audience in the characters shoes and in this case Kieran is slowly dying and the effective of this is that it makes the audience feel as if they are the actor also allowing the audience to be more intrigued with the film. To add on we have included a black and white filter throughout the film, this is effective as it helps the film have a creepier atmosphere towards the audience also allowing the thought of mystery. When editing this part of the scene we had many problems such as: syncing the sound with the actual clips then adding the fades to create effect.

 In this image there is an over the shoulder shot of our antagonist with the black and white filter again creating that really creepy atmosphere and mystery of what’s going to happen next. The use of the over the shoulder shot was very effective as it puts the audience in position as if they are either alongside the characters or a spectator of these situations. In the image is an unfocused shot of Carlos one of the characters, this was effective as it creates a mysterious atmosphere to either the character or what is going to happen. This shot is really effect as it helps show the facial expressions with the character Carlos and it also allows the audience to see more of there location.

 In this image above is a close up of a missing poster showing that a teenager has gone missing. This shot was used effectively as the use of this prop was a very big story indication as it semi explains the origin story of our villain, and to add on this also creates a lot of mystery about both the character and the film making the audience ask many questions like: where is he? Why is he missing? Why is he now the villain? Etc. in this scene this shot was also a close up of the chase as it did a close up to the feet’s of the characters as the ran  along this shot was used effective as it creates a much more intense and also speed up the pace of the film.

 In this image is a low angle unfocused long shot with the use of black and white filter. The use of this shot was really effective as at this moment of the scene the audience would be positioned as if they were included in the scene and by using this it makes the audience get more intrigued with the film. To add on the low angle long shot is really effective in this scene as it suggest importance to both characters, this is because low angle shots suggest power, but this shot was included to mainly cause tension for the characters and the film it's self and i think with the use of this angle, shot and the edit the shot was able to do its job by creating just that extra suspense in the scene.

 In this image is an unfocused over the shoulder shot of both characters in the opening scene and with the black and white filter to help create a creepier atmosphere. The use of the unfocused over the shoulder shot was effective in this part this is because as the two characters have a short convocation it allows the audience to look at both characters as they talk to one or another and to add on the unfocused effect also adds mystery to the scene as the audience are un aware of who the killer is.

 In this image is the last shot of the scene and it is a medium shot showing the identity of the killer. This shot was really effective as it was the big reveal of the main villain, to add on by having the reveal it allows the film to have tension towards the audience as it may have shocked the audience. We used this shot as the last shot because it ends with a cliff hanger and the effect of this is that it makes the audience want to watch the rest of the film to see the conclusion of this film. while shooting this shot our group was heavily inspired by the many different ways popular films end their cliff hangers for example a film like Logan has a scene where he is apparently dead but the scene shows him come back to life setting up for the sequel to the film or a reboot.

In this image is a shot of the title of the film ‘lost’ as you can see we had made a simple title for the film but the effect of the colors suggest death, sadness, darkness ect and this helps suggests the genre of the film which is horror/thriller. To add on in this scene we added music this also helps suggest the genre of the film as the music is very creepy and creates a very shivering atmosphere. and to add on if this film was in cinema the sound from the loud speakers would help the atmosphere be created even more. Lost was the best title for us because it links back to the main story line about a random teenager missing then suddenly a number of murders happen.