Evaluation question 1
My Portfolio Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
There are two main social groups that really stand out in our opening sequence and are represented the most clearly.
Firstly, and most obviously the Polish. As our film is Polish based we tried to recreate as best we could the stereotypes we had found during the research process. Stereo typically, the Polish are quite a serious social group and this is certainly conveyed very clearly in our sequence. In the close up shot below of the main character you can see the angry scare expression on his face. Also if you click on the embedded video and skip to 2:15 you can hear the harshness and anger in the actors voices which enhances the angry serious attitude that represents the Polish group in this film.This also leads me on to my next point about how strongly the male group is represented in Poscig. Firstly there are no female actors or characters present in the scene at all. We did this as we felt the high masculine attitude of the film would be the best way to achieve the action genre we were desiring. We also enhanced this by, as I stated earlier, the way we used speech and tone of voice
to assert male authority within the scene.
Finally, the use of violence also showed the high levels of masculinity well. From the brandishing and firing of the gun, to the way the 3 pursuers man handle the cyclist after he falls. Once again this not only shows the high paced action genre, but also portrays the men in the film as you would expect action film stars to do so.
Finally, the use of violence also showed the high levels of masculinity well. From the brandishing and firing of the gun, to the way the 3 pursuers man handle the cyclist after he falls. Once again this not only shows the high paced action genre, but also portrays the men in the film as you would expect action film stars to do so.
My Portfolio Evaluation Question 3
More Information
What does a production company do??
What a production company actually does is they essentially help you to create the film – they help with everything from budgeting to scripting. The company usually looks at the film when it is just an idea at first and follows it on to completion. They are responsible for almost everything that goes on within the film.
As talked about we believe that the best production company for us would be Polska Produckje this is because of their Polish background, we believe that they will be able to give our film the best chance of succeeding as they would know best what would go into the Polish films and what will make them popular to our audience. Other potential distributors we searched?
We did search many different distributors when making our film as we wanted to make certain that we would pick the one that best suited our film. We wouldn't just go for the main ones. We eventually decided to go for Vivarto a Polish distribution company as we feel that as they have knowledge in what we had made our film about we thought that they would be the best for us.
We did look at other options for potentially distributing our films. We looked at Universal Pictures as an option as they have distributed some very big films such as the Fast And Furious collection and as they have distributed action films like this very successfully we believe they could have done a good job on our film too.
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Another distributor we looked at was Lionsgate this is also because of the vast depth of action films that they have distributed successfully such as The Hunger Games Catching Fire.
We did look at other options for potentially distributing our films. We looked at Universal Pictures as an option as they have distributed some very big films such as the Fast And Furious collection and as they have distributed action films like this very successfully we believe they could have done a good job on our film too.
Another distributor we looked at was Lionsgate this is also because of the vast depth of action films that they have distributed successfully such as The Hunger Games Catching Fire.
My Portfolio Evaluation Questions 5
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
5- Due to our film being a polish world cinema film we would have a relatively small target audience such as middle class, cultured media students. Those students would have to be interested in low budget action films to appreciate and enjoy our film. Action films are of one of the most viewed filmed categories so our film being in this genre will perhaps attract some action film lovers. However, action films are stereotypically very high budget with scenes of expensive car chases and ruthless fights scenes. With our film having no budget, it is impossible for us to deliver these types of scenes. We used the limited resources we had available to us in order to attempt to build tension and demonstrate aggression. We wanted to show our audience the boy on the bikes face straight away so that they were aware of his importance in the film. We then used pace to show the significance of the boy being sighted we did this by showing him leisurely cycle up the hill and then after making eye contact using a change of pace to show his urge to escape the men. During the chase scene it was important that we were able to maintain a relatively close distance between the car and the bike to show the chase was fundamental. At the point the boy realises the bike is no longer usable he has to make a fast switch from cycling to running; it was important that this manoeuvre was smooth yet realistic. We then see the chase on foot occur, the reason for the inclusion of the heavy breathing was to highlight the fear within the boy on the bike. The spit was a key element in the film as it showed the disgust and hatred between the two groups. We had the option of faking the spit however we believed it would lose its creditability and realism which is the reason we opted for the real spot. The shot of the bag being taken from the lifeless body was also key as it highlighted to the audience the lack of mercy shown by the men. This allows the audience to question further who they support in the situation.
This is a video of people reviewing our film. The interview includes media students, non-media students and students involved in producing the film. These are the type of people we would be targeting with our film. This makes their reviews and opinions especially important to us. We wanted to do a reasonably high number of interviews whilst keeping them short this was so we could get an overall perspective of our clip. The majority of the people interviewed in this clip had seen Poscig progressing due to them also being media students. We showed each interviewee the clip immediately before their interview just to refresh their memory of our film. Although, some of the people interviewed in this clip below had only been able to see the clip once such as Kathryn, Lily, Dan and Louise
Non-Production team Responses:
- What was your favourite part of the film?
- What was your least favourite bit of the film?
- What would you score our film out of 60?
- Would you watch the rest of the film?
- What changes have we made from the first draft of the film?
- How happy are you with the final cut of the film?
- What would you score your film overall out of 60?
Non-Production Team responses: Questions 1 to 4:
1. The majority of responses were that the best part of the clip was the Slow-Mo on the bike. The shot went from a fast moving car tracking scene to slow-mo shot in which the man on the bike slowly turned his head to face the car. This shot took many takes due to the logistics of having the car bend round the corner at speed, the bike maintaining speed over broken ground and the bike staying in line with the car.
2. There was a mix of two answers to this question. These answers included a slight problem with the accents and the fall of the running man. I believe these to be relatively small problems with our film, our accents are unlikely to be perfect due our low acting ability. For our film to be professionally made we could be using actors with a far higher ability or even polish actors. With regards to the fall or trip we would most likely have to re-film the scene so that the trip appears more realistic to the audience.
3. Our films scores ranged from 48-55 showing that the audience enjoyed our film and thought it was of a high quality. If we were to score around 51 we would be very satisfied with our films results.
4. Every single individual we interviewed said that they would like to watch the rest of the film if they could this is very encouraging for us and demonstrated to us that our film was successful and that the audience liked it.
Production Team Responses: Question 1 to 3:
1. The fundamental thing that arose regarding changes to our film was the inclusion of subtitles and the change of the song for the chase scene. The music is a massive part of our film its really effective and fits with the picture well. When comparing the final cut with the first draft you can see the effective that the change in music has had on the production. We also increased the amount of speech which made it even more important to include subtitles in the film.
2. Every single member of the production team said they were happy and proud of the film. This was the most important thing for us that we were happy with our own work.
3. our production team scored our work: 48,51,50 and 55. Our work was challenging due to the forgien nature which is why our production team believes our work merits this sort of mark.
My Portfolio Evaluation Question 6
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We used YouTube to upload our film opening. We uploaded two versions of the film the first draft and final cut. This allows us to now compare the two versions of the film. It also allows us to see the improvement we have made since the first draft of the film. The film has also been put in a roll of various films from our school this allows an independent unbias audience such as the examiner to make a judgement on the standard of the film.
We used this software to edit the sound for our film. This allowed us to get the sound to last for the correct amount of time to fit our need for the sound. We have two songs that cover the majority of the film. It was important to get an appropriate change/transition for the music to represent the change in pace of the film. We had to use the approporiate fades in sounds in order to achieve this.
We used had two main uses for Adobe photoshop. Creating our independent film logs and our posters and advertisment pictures for our film. An example of both are below... We needed are poster to be quite dark and gloomy to resembale our film. Our posters varied as they have no real relation to the film.
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We used the above two to present our film. Prezi allows you to give a far more professional presentation than perhaps Microsoft's powerpoint. We used a mind map option as it was appropriate for when we were exchanging ideas on the way in which the film should be produced.
Blogger was vital throughout the entire production of the film. We used it too store all our work and ideas. We used it for helping each other within our groups. We used it for evaluation and the planning of our tasks. Without blogger our work would have been very scattered and unprofessional. However, using Blogger it allowed us to see our progress and outstanding work.
We were using Sony 8.9 Megapixel hand held cameras to film our work. The cameras have shooting and camera modes this allows us to use the cameras for anything realted to the shots in the task. We used various filming techniques such as running with the camera to create a fast pace. We also shot out the back window of a car by forcing the camera into the bottom left corner of the window frame in order to keep the camera steady over the uneven ground.
Finally, we used Premiere Pro to edit our scene, we found the software relativly easy to use after a certain level of practice. The software allowed us to edit each shot respectivly. It also allowed us to include certain effects into our work such as fade in and outs. Most importantly it allowed us to introduce subtitle and music into our work which was important when producing a polish film for a british audience. The software also allowed us to include a vital slow mo in our clip when the fast paced car scene changes to a slow mo. Finally the software allowed us to make the transitions between each shot smooth.
We used YouTube to upload our film opening. We uploaded two versions of the film the first draft and final cut. This allows us to now compare the two versions of the film. It also allows us to see the improvement we have made since the first draft of the film. The film has also been put in a roll of various films from our school this allows an independent unbias audience such as the examiner to make a judgement on the standard of the film.
We used this software to edit the sound for our film. This allowed us to get the sound to last for the correct amount of time to fit our need for the sound. We have two songs that cover the majority of the film. It was important to get an appropriate change/transition for the music to represent the change in pace of the film. We had to use the approporiate fades in sounds in order to achieve this.
We used had two main uses for Adobe photoshop. Creating our independent film logs and our posters and advertisment pictures for our film. An example of both are below... We needed are poster to be quite dark and gloomy to resembale our film. Our posters varied as they have no real relation to the film.
We used the above two to present our film. Prezi allows you to give a far more professional presentation than perhaps Microsoft's powerpoint. We used a mind map option as it was appropriate for when we were exchanging ideas on the way in which the film should be produced.
Blogger was vital throughout the entire production of the film. We used it too store all our work and ideas. We used it for helping each other within our groups. We used it for evaluation and the planning of our tasks. Without blogger our work would have been very scattered and unprofessional. However, using Blogger it allowed us to see our progress and outstanding work.
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