Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Feedback on Finished Production
After my production was completely finished I gathered feedback from all of my classmates to find out what they thought the successes were, what generic features I used, the narrative elements used and the audience pleasures (uses/theory).
Successes:
• audio – breathing/heartbeat/pulse
• flashes/fades at start
• music – coincidence done well
• effective transitions – flashes/fades
• menu – bloopers & trailer
• the beat on the flashes/fades to black
• good mise-en-scene
• CCTV editing
• good shots
• genre
• clinking of the chains
• cuts
Generc Features:
• action/crime/thriller genre
• titles were effective – worked well to slow & contrast from the fast paced action – fits well to genre
• coming soon
• web address
• fast paced shots
• good use of bad villains
Narrative Elements:
• character distinctions through costume; protagonist/antagonist
• characters worked well & costumes good signifiers or character types
• distinctive who is the villain through clothing
• intense beginning
• good questions – “what would you do?”
Audience Pleasures (uses/theory):
• escapism
• identify with the characters (identification)
• Aimed at teenage group
• Enigma
• Social interaction with characters
Successes:
• audio – breathing/heartbeat/pulse
• flashes/fades at start
• music – coincidence done well
• effective transitions – flashes/fades
• menu – bloopers & trailer
• the beat on the flashes/fades to black
• good mise-en-scene
• CCTV editing
• good shots
• genre
• clinking of the chains
• cuts
Generc Features:
• action/crime/thriller genre
• titles were effective – worked well to slow & contrast from the fast paced action – fits well to genre
• coming soon
• web address
• fast paced shots
• good use of bad villains
Narrative Elements:
• character distinctions through costume; protagonist/antagonist
• characters worked well & costumes good signifiers or character types
• distinctive who is the villain through clothing
• intense beginning
• good questions – “what would you do?”
Audience Pleasures (uses/theory):
• escapism
• identify with the characters (identification)
• Aimed at teenage group
• Enigma
• Social interaction with characters
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Monday, 22 March 2010
Friday, 19 March 2010
Monday, 15 March 2010
Template for My Website
As well as looking at the big-budget Hollywood films, I have looked at some low-budget UK film websites to get inspiration for my own website. Below is one of the websites I thought I could aspects of to create my own website.
Sketches of My Film Website
The sketches above are based on the websites for 'Green Zone', 'Case 39' and 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.
Friday, 12 March 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Critical Perspectives
I have already talked about how I used intertextuality within my production, but there are also some other conventions of postmodernism that I used.
There is a fragmented narrative with both the woman and man's life being shown at different times. Also, it starts off with the ending and then shows the lead up to it, with the man already tied up in chains in the beginning and then being shown how he was taken as the trailer progresses.
Another feature I used is multiple conflicting identities, with the woman the victim but also the hero as she is the one that is able to save the man.
There is a fragmented narrative with both the woman and man's life being shown at different times. Also, it starts off with the ending and then shows the lead up to it, with the man already tied up in chains in the beginning and then being shown how he was taken as the trailer progresses.
Another feature I used is multiple conflicting identities, with the woman the victim but also the hero as she is the one that is able to save the man.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Monday, 22 February 2010
More Feedback
After gathering my other feedback I made some changes to my production and decided that I needed to reach a wider demographic to get feedback as the target audience includes different ages.
To do this I decided to put my teaser trailer onto YouTube, gather some feedback and make some final changes to my production. I had my trailer up on YouTube for about a month and although people had watched it, no one had commented on it.
So I have decided to create a questionnaire about my teaser trailer and give it to people of various ages after they have watched my trailer, and then make some final changes according to the results.
To do this I decided to put my teaser trailer onto YouTube, gather some feedback and make some final changes to my production. I had my trailer up on YouTube for about a month and although people had watched it, no one had commented on it.
So I have decided to create a questionnaire about my teaser trailer and give it to people of various ages after they have watched my trailer, and then make some final changes according to the results.
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Intertextuality in My Production
Intertextuality in texts is where one text borrows and transforms factors from a previous text, this is associated with postmodernism.
There are many examples of this, like the spoof genre, this uses the conventions, characters and narratives of existing films and creates pastiches ('Epic Movie', 'Date Movie', 'Scary Movie' etc.)
One of the most common texts which many people have borrowed ideas from is Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' which in turn created 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Twilight', 'Vampire Diaries' and many more.
In my production I have borrowed factors from 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', 'Mission Impossible 3', and 'Taken'. The idea that I used in 'Taken' was the kidnapping, however I changed the woman getting taken to the man getting taken. The same idea of the kidnapping was used from 'Mission Impossible 3'. The idea that I borrowed from 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' is the criminal side of things and the way the criminals act. I think looking at and using different aspects from various texts has made my production look more professional and seem more realistic
There are many examples of this, like the spoof genre, this uses the conventions, characters and narratives of existing films and creates pastiches ('Epic Movie', 'Date Movie', 'Scary Movie' etc.)
One of the most common texts which many people have borrowed ideas from is Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' which in turn created 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Twilight', 'Vampire Diaries' and many more.
In my production I have borrowed factors from 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', 'Mission Impossible 3', and 'Taken'. The idea that I used in 'Taken' was the kidnapping, however I changed the woman getting taken to the man getting taken. The same idea of the kidnapping was used from 'Mission Impossible 3'. The idea that I borrowed from 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' is the criminal side of things and the way the criminals act. I think looking at and using different aspects from various texts has made my production look more professional and seem more realistic
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