Evaluation

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Main Task: Film Opening - Suspicions

Media Feedback Questionnaire

We created a questionnaire for our target audience to give us feedback on our finished film.

Age: 17
Gender: 3 females, 2 males
Favourite genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller

1) Did you enjoy the film?
A: 1) yes
A: 2) yes
A: 3) yes

2) Was the music chosen suitable for our film?
A: 1) yes
A: 2) yes
A: 3) definately

3) Were the credits displayed well?
2 good points: A: 1) colour/movement of credits 2) fitted scenes well
2 bad points: A: 1) font timing/colour 2) Too small in places

4) Does the film build tensions/suspense?
A: 1) Yes the music really helps
A: 2) Yes the camera shots help
A: 3) The music does this well

5) Did the film have good continuity? (e.g. if a character had a scar on their cheek, it would need to be there every scene)
A: 1) yes
A: 2) yes
A: 3) yes

6) How smooth were the transitions between shots (Rating of 1-5)
(1- not smooth / 5 - very smooth)
Average score = 4.5

7) Did the film use a range of camera angles and camera shots?
A: 1) yes
A: 2)It did, but could definately included more
A: 3) yes it definately did

8) Was the lighting suitable throughout the film?
A: 1) yes, a bit dark in some places though
A: 2) yes
A: 3) yes, but some of the inside scenes were a bit dark

9) Were the props used suitable? (e.g clothing, knife, location)
A: 1) yes
A: 2) yes, but the cup and water at the start were a bit confusing
A: 3) Effective in building tension

10) Are there any improvement you would make to the film ?
A: 1) Add dialogue
A: 2) Better facial expressions
A: 3) Clearer storyline, difficult to understand whats happening at the start

This checklist helped prepare for the day of filming. We had everything we needed, so we able to get straight on with filming on the day.

Check List for Media studies Opening of Film

Crew

• Adam Sims-Soundman
  
• Ryan Avery-Cameraman
  
• Tim Elliott-Actor/Editing
  
• Alex Swain-Actor/Editing (titles)
  

Locations

• Alex's Kitchen
  
• Alex's Second Bedroom
  
• Alex's Stairway
  
• Churchill Alleyway
  

Equipment

• Camera
  
• Tripod
  
• Microphone
  
• Boom stick
  

Props

• Knife
  
• Old rag
  
• Plates
  
• Washing up things
  

Costumes

Alex

• Black hoody
  
• Black coat
  
• Black trousers
  
• Black trainers
  
• Leather Gloves (black)
  

  Tim
  

  • Grey hoody
    
  • White top
    
  • Jeans (blue denim)
    

  White trainers

Production & Editing Of The Film

The project was filmed over 1 day. By planning the day of filming, we were able to get straight into filming on the day. The opening scene was the hardest scene to film. It involved getting a camera shot through a window; and we found it difficult to balance the camera.

We worked well as a team by each having a role to play; Tim and Alex being the actors,I was the camera man and Ryan was the sound man. We were able to use the same shots and some new shots from our preliminary task, to show how we have developed our media skills.
Overall, the day of filming was really successful. We got all the inside and outside scenes done.

Now we are editing our project and finding non-copyrighted music to add to our project. The editing is going good as well, but the editing programmes on the computer are taking about 40 minutes to load up each time. This means in an hour lesson, we are only get 20 minutes editing time. We feel this has contributed greatly to us not following are gannt chart completely; towards the end of the project.

To complete the editing of our film we came into school during half term for two days. With no one else using the computers in the school, the editing programmes loaded up much quickly and we were able to get the whole editing process completed. We were really pleased with the soundtrack we found, which we felt fitted our movie perfectly. We were also pleased how the credits and titles were displayed.

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