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Finished!

At last, everything is complete! These past couple of weeks have been stressful in terms of getting things done and to a standard that I'm happy with but it was totally worth it. We've managed to achieve so much this past year and I'm so happy with the outcome. We've had really good feedback from everyone and I can't wait to see what we produce next year.

Evaluation Question 7

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

Evaluation Question 6

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

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Update Vlog

In our vlog, Olivia and I gave an update on how much we have left to do. By our deadline, Friday 22nd of April, our evaluation questions and blog have to be completed. After this we will begin focusing more on exam preparation.

Evaluation Preparation

Here are some brief notes I have made for each evaluation question: 

Response from Showcase Evening

At the showcase evening on Monday the 14th of March, we were able to gain some feedback from the students that attended it. It gave us an insight into what their opinion of our opening was and what they liked/didn't understand. 

We had a good feedback about the drone shots, it being one of the most popular camera shots in our opening. Our audience also really enjoyed the scenes in which the 'demon' appears. 

Screenshot for Showcase Evening

We have chosen this screenshot to be used on our questionnaire as we feel it is the most memorable moment in our film opening and one that the audience will be able to remember. 

Finished Film Opening

Our finished film opening:

Narrative

If our opening was to be made into a feature length film I believe it would follow the story of a supernatural being (in this case being a demon) inhabiting the bodies of innocent people. In order for it to be resolved, someone will need to act upon these strange occurrences and try to solve what has been happening. I also believe that there should be multiple 'demon' like people as it would create a sense of mystery as to who they are and where they have come from. To add to that, the masked antagonist will add to the mystery of the whole film.

Film Opening Update Vlog

In this vlog we gave a brief summary of what we have done and what we now need to focus on. We have completed our opening and uploaded it onto YouTube so that people are able to view it. A few days before we uploaded it, we were able to acquire Mr Coopers help with the voice over, which we have now layered over our footage to come up right before the title of our opening appears. We feel that it helps with the narrative of our opening and allows the audience to understand what they are about to see. 

Evaluation Questions Mark Scheme

Level 4 16–20 marks 

• Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation. 

• Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production. 

• Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.

• Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task. 

• Excellent ability to communicate.

For the other levels, 1-3, change the word 'Excellent' for:

Level 3:  'Proficient'

Level 2:  'Basic'

Level 1:  'Minimal'

7 Evaluation Questions

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:

1.  In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 

2.  How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

3.  What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

4.  Who would be the audience for your media product? 

5.  How did you attract/address your audience? 

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

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

Left or Right?

I found this particular article rather interesting and it stood out to me as I could easily relate it back to our own footage. The article discusses how the direction your actors move across the screen affect the outcome and how your audience perceives what is about to happen.

 

 

This footage was shown to a group of participants who responded that watching the actor go from the right side of the screen to the left made them have more negative feelings than the footage in which the lateral movement went from left to right. The article said that our brains have been programmed to think this way as our culture views left to right movement as an indicator or progress. It is still not officially determined as to why we think this way but the study from Cleveland State University aims to figure it out scientifically.

The reason that I could relate this back to our own footage was that the shots in which we were walking from right to left, the 'demon' would appear on screen. The beginning shots which shows us walking from left to right give a false sense of protection and independence, which changes to vulnerability when our movement is in the opposite direction.

Voiceover Preparation

In preparation for our voice over I had come up with a few ideas which we could use, originally thinking that we would only be using one of them. We have now used the idea below as a quote at the beginning, almost giving an introduction to the whole opening before the narrative has been heard.

'Be gone from this place children of earthly form, for this pool you idly draw ripples in is deeper than you know, and the streams which feed it are where the fountains of Darkness lay.' 

For our voice over, we then decided that the idea below would be best. It explains our opening without giving too much away and it allows the audience to understand what they are viewing rather than missinterpreting it.

Demons are haunted by the vastness of eternity. They are forced to transmit from one being to another, never knowing when the end will be for their tormented souls. They cause the once peaceful land to become disturbed by their callous ways and the innocent souls of individuals to join them. 

On Monday we are hoping to record the voice over, hopefully getting a variation so we are able to see which one works best with our opening and once this has been completed, we should be finished with our opening. (Fingers crossed!)

Voiceover Ideas

So it's leading up to the deadline of our opening but we thought to make our opening seem much clearer to the audience, we should add on a voice over to the beginning. Over the last couple of days I have been researching and coming up with some ideas as to what we could use.

- It has been two weeks now since the disappearance of two girls in Winchmore Hill, England. The inattentive teenagers had been walking in a park, oblivious to the fact that there was an evil spirit watching their every move. 

- Demons are haunted by the vastness of eternity. They are forced to transmit from one being to another, never knowing when the end will be for their tormented souls. They cause the once peaceful land to become disturbed by their callous ways and the innocent souls of individuals to join them. 

- Be gone from this place children of earthly form, for this pool you idly draw ripples in is deeper than you know, and the streams which feed it bear the names of old places, the low places, where the fountains of Darkness lay.

These are not the final copies and can be changed if necessary. We also had the idea of adding a bible quote, specifically addressing the ways in which demons are perceived, however, I have yet to look further into it. 

'Devil' Opening Scene

https://www.openbible.info/topics/the_devil

'Fallen' Opening Credits

The movie 'Fallen' has been one of our inspirations for our opening as it goes with our ideas of Semra being a supernatural being. The credits have been designed to fade away, almost as if there is a presence floating around. These credits go with the plot of the film as it is based around someone who is an ancient and diabolic spiritual being. He is 'supernaturally condemned to eternally transmigrate at will between unwitting and susceptible human souls who act as hosts for possession.'

Film Opening Feedback

During our spare time today, we decided that filming a feedback video would be beneficial to us. We decided to get our feedback from Mac 4. There was a technical difficulty at the end as it started to lag and then froze but you are still able to hear her comments.