Evaluation Question 2: Does your media product represent a particular social group?

For this question I have made a video that consists of audio and still pictures.

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

For this question I have done a directors commentary. This can be viewed below:

Evaluation Questions

Here is my interpretation of the evaluation questions, and how I intend to answer them.

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

This question is asking me to evaluate what media conventions we used in our opening sequence, for example our use of shots and angles. For this question I can do a directors commentary as this will enable me to talk through the composition of the film as it is on screen.

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This question is about which groups of people are represented in our film, for example, which social group the two main characters belong to.

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

For this question, I think a mock meeting with the media company we decide might distribute our product would answer this wuestion well, as we will have to pitch to them. We need to explain why our media product fits in with this company, relating to aspects such as plot, genre and target audience.

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

This question is asking me to discuss who our audience would be, relating it to aspects such as plot and age certification.

Question 5: How did you attract/adress your audience?

For this question, an interview with myself answering questions about how we included aspects of our target audience's requirements in our film should explain how we adressed and attracted our audience.

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

This question could be answered with a presentation about what I have learnt about technologies such as the camera, equipment and software as well as websites such as Blogger and Art of the Title.

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

This question is asking what techniques I have learnt in terms of camera shots, angles and editing, and how I then applied this to my final task.

Final Production: Titles

For our opening sequence we have decided to have the title of the film at the end of the opening sequence.
We have used stock footage of a drop of ink for our film title, which is similar to the effects used in the Skyfall Opening Sequence.

Our version can be seen below:

Final Task: Soundtrack

We have decided that the soundtrack for our opening sequence will be Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata'. As this is a classical piece, it is old enough to be copyright-free, meaning we can use it without breaking any copyright laws. We chose this pice of music because we feel that it goes well with the footage we have, and sits well with the voice over we have recorded. Having a classical piece like this detaches the viewer from the action, and the lack of diegetic sound that will be in our production emphasises that further, making the viewer feel that they can do nothing to help the character about to be killed.

Final Task: Fourth Meeting

We have decided on a soundtrack for the film. The soundtrack is called Hitman, and was composed by Kevin MacLeod. We found the soundtrack at Incompetech.
We have also edited the shots that we have to see how it looks all together. This can be viewed here: First Edit
The blank screen inbetween the scenes is where we will inser more scenes later. The film ends after 1 minute and the blank screen after is where the rest of the project will go.  I have lowered the quality of the video so the file size isn't to big, The actual film will be in 1080p. 

Final Task: Filming Day 1

We have filmed the first few scenes of our opening sequence. We tried to take a range of shots that showed techniques such as focus pull.
The day did not go without issues, however, as when we asked the car park wardens if we could film there they said we would have to come back on Monday to ask the manager. This meant we were unable to film there, so we filmed at other locations instead. We managed to get an establishing shot of the outside of the carpark, but for the interior scenes we will need to film in the Witney car park as the Westgate one is now closed until 2017 for re-development.
We filmed a number of shots at Lamb and Flag Passage in the centre of the city. An example of one of these shots can be seen below, with a first design of the titles included:

We then filmed the shots that are at the house, and we have now edited some of the scenes to get a rough idea where to go next. So far we have scenes showing examples of focus pull, match on action, dolly shots and high angle shots.