Audience Research
Who are you targeting?
We are targeting an intellectual adult crowd as our film is rated a 15. As the documentary is a story that could come across as violent and scary we believe people mainly 18 and over will watch something like this although people 15 and over can watch. It is a serious crime that may be harmful to some viewers.
Who is most likely to see your film?
Who is your primary and secondary audience?
We are targeting an intellectual adult crowd as our film is rated a 15. As the documentary is a story that could come across as violent and scary we believe people mainly 18 and over will watch something like this although people 15 and over can watch. It is a serious crime that may be harmful to some viewers.
Who is most likely to see your film?
Who is your primary and secondary audience?
Music
We had this song choice as it shows a deep meaning and shows how serious these events were in 'Locked Up'. This song also creates a sense of sympathy and sadness.
Improvements
Most criticism given was about the genre not being evident enough. A lot of people thought our film opening was either a drama, thriller or crime which evidently isn't clear that it is in fact a documentary. Having three different views of our genre wouldn't give us potential of high marks so we researched more documentary's such as The Imposter and were given lots of ideas from that which would hopefully make our genre more evident.
Although our feedback about the genre wasn't great we had some good feedback given about our editing. We were given comments such as 'good mix of shots. music worked well' and 'music is good at adding tension and an atmosphere'. The majority of the comments were 'good editing' but we knew there were some improvements that we still needed to make as we still did get some criticism such as 'need to try a few new effects' so I took this criticism on board and added effects dissolving different scenes in and out and changed the volume of the music at different scenes.
It was vital that we considered what people believed we needed to change. When asked what we needed to change people said 'make transition between scenes clearer' so we changed the close up of the door handle and made it flow better. We noticed that a lot of people criticized our interview so we made this shorter and only used the interesting parts of the interview. I also noticed how the interview didn't flow with the actual film and was a bit random so I made it link better so it made more sense.
When given our mark out of 60 we were given a big range and were rated between 20-45. Although some marks were good we also realised some weren't as good so we knew we had to improve on this.
Although our feedback about the genre wasn't great we had some good feedback given about our editing. We were given comments such as 'good mix of shots. music worked well' and 'music is good at adding tension and an atmosphere'. The majority of the comments were 'good editing' but we knew there were some improvements that we still needed to make as we still did get some criticism such as 'need to try a few new effects' so I took this criticism on board and added effects dissolving different scenes in and out and changed the volume of the music at different scenes.
It was vital that we considered what people believed we needed to change. When asked what we needed to change people said 'make transition between scenes clearer' so we changed the close up of the door handle and made it flow better. We noticed that a lot of people criticized our interview so we made this shorter and only used the interesting parts of the interview. I also noticed how the interview didn't flow with the actual film and was a bit random so I made it link better so it made more sense.
When given our mark out of 60 we were given a big range and were rated between 20-45. Although some marks were good we also realised some weren't as good so we knew we had to improve on this.
Opening Title Productions
In our film opening we have been inspired by the opening of The Imposter so have used the same production companies to make ours look similar and more like a documentary.
Blog Reflection
Technology
What mark out of 20 is it so far?
I would consider my blog being a 14 out of 20 so far as I haven't completed all 50 posts yet and I haven't kept up to date with everything but from what I have produced I feel I have done well because not too far behind and my blog is well presented. Also all my labels are up to date and well organised.
Where could you be a little more thorough or a little less complacent?
I believe I could be more thorough in my evaluations of my work and give more detail. I also need to keep up to date with evaluating my work as I am behind on that. I don't think I have been too complacent throughout my work and have been honest.
Is it fun to look through?
I think my blog is quite fun to look through as it isn't dull and boring with a boring black background but instead I have film images as the background and an interesting font. My blog also includes lots of images and clips that appeal to people more than looking at loads of writing. Although writing is needed throughout my work I haven't put loads of pointless detail on my posts.
Is the learning journey evident?
Most of my posts are all in order of the process of making my film opening and all the research that was done prior to making this. I have made it clear where I have got my ideas from and shown clear evidence of what me and my group were doing throughout this. I have shown research on titles which I spent many hours doing. My learning journey is very evident as well as I have kept up to date with making the production diary.
Three targets to improve blog - research or planning (have you thoroughly covered all key media concepts - forms and conventions of your film , audience, institution, representation)
- Research- I believe I should have shown more research about other film openings for top films with the same genre as this would have given me more ideas for my film opening.
- Planning- My shooting schedule could have been shown in a word document format so the writing was clearer to read and understand.
- Posts- I need to update my blog with more media concepts such as the forms and conventions of my film, audience, institution, representation and improvements from the feedback given.
Characters and Roles
Sophie (Me)- Editor and Actor
I have organised in planning the film by doing the storyboard including all the shots, camera techniques and length of the shots. I have also given everyone their roles and made sure everything is organised. I am also acting as the interviewer as I interview the neighbour in the film.
Aaron- Director
Aaron has been given the role of editing our whole film opening adding all the titles and effects and is in control of all the filming, lighting, sound effects, animations etc. He is also producing a newspaper article used in our film opening.
James- Actor and Planner
James is the main actor in the film being the Psycho that has been kidnapped at the age of 13 for 15 years. He also provided the shooting schedule which our whole group will use.
Harrison- Actor and Photographer
Harrison is acting as the neighbour of Josiah's kidnapper. He finds Josiah in the cabin and reports it to the police. He has also taken images the in and outside of the cabin.
I have organised in planning the film by doing the storyboard including all the shots, camera techniques and length of the shots. I have also given everyone their roles and made sure everything is organised. I am also acting as the interviewer as I interview the neighbour in the film.
Aaron- Director
Aaron has been given the role of editing our whole film opening adding all the titles and effects and is in control of all the filming, lighting, sound effects, animations etc. He is also producing a newspaper article used in our film opening.
James- Actor and Planner
James is the main actor in the film being the Psycho that has been kidnapped at the age of 13 for 15 years. He also provided the shooting schedule which our whole group will use.
Harrison- Actor and Photographer
Harrison is acting as the neighbour of Josiah's kidnapper. He finds Josiah in the cabin and reports it to the police. He has also taken images the in and outside of the cabin.
Shooting Risk Assessment
This is an image of our Shooting Risk Assessment form that Aaron has filled in. Our main risks were travelling to our venue by train, electrical shock hazards, tripping over wires for our lighting and slipping in wet conditions in the rain.
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