why i chose media studies

i chose media studies to gain a insight into the media industry and in the future be able to obtain a media career with the qualification that i would have gained . Also i have taken other visual media courses.

Monday 4 April 2011

--Evaluation Question 2--

My character was based upon and similar to stallone’s character ‘Rambo’ they both have similar physic and wear similar cloths they also both have the ex-army drifter look Rambo looks rugged long hair and doesn’t care about his vanity this was also the look that I was going for however did not achieve. I wanted my character to have experienced what Rambo had in his previous war years which i tried to show through the flashbacks of the guns. Throughout the flash backs however my character wears the army camouflage.

Sunday 3 April 2011

--Evaluation Question 7--

I Beleive that my final practical product has come a long way scince my preliminary task. To begin with from my prelim i knew that using voice or voice overs in the footage without any microphoes made the sound come across poorly and mae it sound cheap and scrappy so i decided to use subtitles insterad that way i could also keep my soundtrack. The editing was also a lot smoother in my final product it all looked natural with consistent continuity andno abnoral jump cuts ,unlike my prelim,with no breaks in the 180 degree rule.Further more there was no shaky cameras in my final product as i used a tripod throughout the whole thing albiet there were a few creaky tripod moments but nothing a bit of WD40 couldnt solve.Also my soundtrack coverd up any unwanted noises.

Wednesday 30 March 2011

--Evaluation Question 6--

New technologies that have been used.
Cameras.

I have learnt how to use the cameras from recording to in camera editing aswell as camera skills such as pull focus, zoom and others etc etc

Youtuber.

I have learnt how to use you tube i have uploaded my video and i have also edited my video in youtube using annotations and speech bubbles.

I macs+ imovie

After using the iacs i have leant all about using them and exporting my video into the differnet formats and file sizes i also edited my video using imovie and editing using transitions and adding music to the film.

--Evaluation question 4--

The audience for my film will be anyone from the age 15 (it would be younger but the rating of the film is a fifteen)(refer to BBFC ratings post)above and below 90.
My audience would be the average man interested in fast cars, motorcycles the odd sport here and shops at Sainsbury's with music such as R.E.M., Oasis, and various other popular music makers whilst watching cops with camera' and comedy panel shows such as Never mind the Buzzcocks . there with a hint of thrill seeker but with a sensitive side on which he can reflect on the greater aspects of life and the film.the explorer or reformer class of rubicam and youngs audience hieirachy whose core need is for discovery and enlightenment.

--Evaluation Question 3--

---A production company is a company that produces films this consists of studios and the preparation of the film. A production company could be like universal studios. a place wherefilms are made and produced.
---A Distributer is a company that distributer the film to both the cinemas and the shops as well as ,nowadays, online sales.
--- A film like mine would most likely be founded from independent investors similar to the funding of the film 'the hurt locker'. That is because it is a relatively small film with only a few hugh action scenes thus requiring a smaller Budget.
----There have only been a few names that are mentioned at the beginning of the film which are the directors and actors (in my case the same person) this is because they are the most important and recognizable names in the films crew in my film i have also added the people that helped me this was because there was not that many people there for i could mention all the crew.
---Another film that is similar to mine institutionally would be the Hurt locker as that was also a small time film that went well at the box office, it also had a small budget which would be similar to my film, Albeit the location of our films will be totally different ,one in desert one in forest , the hurt locker had a rather small cast and crew this again would be the same as my film as for the release locations this would be everywhere at the same time but it will be in the cinemas for longer than the hurt locker (the hurt locker wasnt in cinemas for very long and almost went straight to DVD) so as to get more money.

Monday 28 March 2011

Premieire !

I have shown the completed film to the rest of the class(professional film critics) the film was percieved rather well, there was feedback that consisted of the subtitles of which it was too fast despite having plenty of time to read them they still disappeared quickly.