Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

 Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Above, I have embedded both our Preliminary Task and our Final media product; Since the start of the course, I have learnt a lot about the research, planning, shooting, editing and distribution/promotion, in which goes into creating a film. Below, I have bullet pointed issues with our preliminary task and the improvement and progression in our final film.

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6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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5) How did you attract/address your audience?

----> Character covered in blood. Sin city effect makes the blood stand out against the other black and white colors. This instantly draws the audience in to realizing this is not a normal black and white film because of the films post modern editing technique. It is popular within today's social groups i.e teenagers.

---->Attractive appearance and style. Attracts audience watching because they can imagine themselves wearing the same sort of clothing. Therefore making them want to carry on watching to find out what happens.

----> The P.O.V shot from the murderers perspective was a shot we had wanted to film right from when we were given this task. I believe it is great for horrors because it is giving the audience a big clue where and what the murderer is doing however it doesn't reveal what he/she looks like to the audience therefore still holds a surprise. By deliberately shaking the camera it gives of the effect that the murderer is running in a odd crazy way. This makes the character look crazier to the audience and if he is crazy then know one knows what he is capable of. This was recorded on an I phone so quality was not the best. However in this case we were not concerned about quality because we wanted the audience to see as little of the location as possible, keeping a sense of mystery on where he was running from.

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Media Evaluation

Risk Assessment

Risk assessment

Our risk assessment will cover the potential hazards and precautions/actions when filming and preparing for our opening sequence of hostility:

*1 lowest risk rating - 5 highest risk rating*

Potential Hazard	Associated Risks	Precautions/Action	Risk Rating*
Strong winds or bad weather	Camera/tripod could fall or get damaged which could injure group members/actors	Film in better conditions perhaps on a different day	1
Broken branches on paths/filming scene	Actors/camera man could fall over or get injured	Remove all branches from the filming scene	2
Camera lens smashing	Could cut anyone within the filming scene	Be extra careful when using the camera	2
Cars/vehicles	Filming on a busy road could have loads of vehicles flying past	Avoid filming very close to the pavement, use non-busier roads.	4
Slippery ground	Group members or actors could slip and injure themselves	Make sure to film on firmer and dry grounds	3

Websites which helped me in the research of my risk assessment:

---> http://www.slideshare.net/alexandralouisebooth/risk-assessment-of-media-horror-film

--->http://mediaweb.northallertoncollege.org.uk/mediablogs/emmatomkinson/2010/09/13/filming-risk-assessment/

Treatment

Treatment for 'Hostility'

Hostility is a thriller/horror based production which is aimed at people 18+ who love being scared all over the united kingdom. The film is set on a variety of sinister streets and empty buildings. It will start with the introduction of jade graham, our naive and weak female character on her daily walk home, before stumbling into a vicous victor clarke mid-murder. The story will utilise quick shot-reverse shots to catch the intensity of the mood, with close-ups showing raw emotion.  

This production is a Psychological thriller which is aimed at young adults from 18+. The film will be set in an abandoned warehouse. It will start of with a medium shot of a isolated warehouse for about 20 seconds. This will then follow into a range of extreme close-ups of the 'killer' cutting out pictures of a person and crossing out names of his victims; however, we don't see the victims face, or body, you will only ever see the persons hands. This creates a sense of enigma within the  audience. These shots will carry on for about a 30 seconds and will be taken from varied angles with different effects to create a sense of fear. this will lead to a whip-pan, which will reveal a tilting movement unveiling a boy tied to a chair, not knowing what will happen, keeping the audience in suspense. the next shot is of the shadow of the killer moving towards his victim. To end the production there will be a loud screeching noise to introduce the credits. 

here are some links used to help write our treatment:

Logo

To come up with this logo i looked at other well known film logos.

 

Costumes

We want victor, the antogonist, to come across to the audience as being a dark mysterious man.

To make the audience feel this the clothing we will want him to be in are as follows.

Dark black hoody

Dark jeans/combats

Dark boots/trainers

Leather gloves



End Product 

some links that we used to follow the costume ideas were taken from 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume_drama

Perliminary Task - Analysis

Our preliminary task was filmed by Tom Hodgson, directed by Jamie Roper, edited by me (Matthew Denham) and acted by Jamie Roper and myself. This was outlined in the credits on the first box of the storyboard. The third and fourth box on the storyboard shows clealrly a match on action where the motion of the character opening the door is cut to the other side of the door. A two-shot was used in the next part of the clip where one of the characters is trying to get the other ones attention, it also shows a conversation building between the two characters. We see a close up of the handshake between the two characters which swiftly moves onto the conversation between the two characters. An over-the-shoulder shot shows the conversation which is followed by a shot reverse shot. A close up of the exchanging of the phone and a medium shot of the character texting off the phone ends the clip. 

During the filming of this task we came across one or two problems. These will have helped us in the long run because we will not make the same mistakes when recording for our main project and this task has given us the experience that we will need.

Below are a few examples in which we analysed/used to follow the different camera shots/edit techniques needed in our preliminary task.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Tx3SxGwm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjIeYNtqgc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZIdDrg16vw&feature=related

Location Recce

Our location recce shows the types of location of where we want to film our opening sequence. Myself (Tom Hodgson) and Matthew Denham took the responsibility in the group to discover locations and capture images, whereas our other group member Jamie Roper was assigned a different task.

IMAGE 1:

Location: Dark Hall way, Havering College

Time of Day: 4pm-onwards

Time in Sequence: 50-60 seconds

 IMAGE 2:

Location: Road leading onto car park, Havering College
Time of Day: 6pm-late

Time in Sequence: 30-35 seconds

 IMAGE 3:

Location: Side Alley, Havering College
Time of Day: 6pm-late

Time in Sequence: 90-100 seconds

 IMAGE 4:

Location: Side alley, Havering College
Time of Day: 6pm-late

Time in Sequence: 90-100 seconds

 IMAGE 5:

Location: Side alley, Havering College
Time of Day: 6pm-late

Time in Sequence:80-90 seconds

IMAGE 6:

Location: Abandoned Road, All Saints Road
Time of Day: 6pm-late

Time in Sequence: 40-50 seconds

IMAGE 7:

Location: Alley way, All Saints Road
Time of Day: 6pm-late

Time in Sequence: 20-30 seconds

Audience Research analysis

Research Analysis on Prezi

Perliminary Task

Shot list

Shot lists

Program: Final Cut Pro 7

Date:22^nd February 2012

Director: Jamie Roper

Camera Person:Tom Hodgson

Chief Editor: Matt Denham

Location: Havering college

Shot #	Description
1:	A high angle shot establishes Jade’s location of her on her way home, the high angle shot could show the weakness of the character.
2:	Cross-cut is used to cut the scene from Jade walking home to the mugging scene where two men are involved (Victor Clarke and John Eastmond).
3:	A two-shot is used which shows the two men approaching eachother.
4:	Shot reverse shot is then used showing the conversation/argument with short amounts of dialogue.
5:	A cross cut is then used again where we see Jade walking towards the alley where the two men are.
6:	A match-on Action is used to cut the movement of Jade walking around the corner into the alley.
7:	Close up is used to show a scared expression on Jades face as she looks down the alley.
8:	Eye-line match is used to show what Jades looking at which shows Victor stabbing John.
9:	A shot-reverse shot is used to show Victor Spotting Jade witnessing the stabbing with worried expressions on both faces.
10:	A match- action is used to show Jade running back around the corner of the alley and shows Victor chasing her.
11:	A jump cut is then used to cut some of Victor chasing Jade where Jade is heading back towards her college
12:	The chase continues into a two-shot of Victor chasing Jade in towards a building with very fast paced tense music.
13:	A sound bridge is used to continue the chase as Jade runs in the building towards a classroom not looking back.
14:	A cross cut is used to cut back to Victor as he walks sneakily around the outskirts of the building that Jade ran into hoping to find movement.
15:	A close-up is used on Jade as she hides in the corner of the room showing a very terrified expression her face.
16:	A two-shot is used which shows Jade still waiting in the corner and Victor looking through the window.
17:	A match on action is used to show Victor running round the corner of the building creating suspense for the audience.
18:	A match on action is used again where Jade runs out the room looking for Victor striding left to see if he’s there.
19:	A shot reverse shot is used to show Jade’s petrified facial expression and reversing too Victor’s vicious body language.
20:	A medium close up is used to show the impact of the axe towards Jade.
21:	A pan is used to follow the character’s movements outside of the buidling as he is alarmed by a mysterious noise.
22.	An eyeline match is finally used when Victor looks towards the window to notice the man witnessing the murder. As their eyes meet fear is potrayed through the worry in the characters eyes.

Below are some links to other shot lists ___

http://portals.studentnet.edu.au/literacy/minisites/sceggsdarlinghurstrevised/preproduction/shotlist.htm