Task 1 -
Our media product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products throughy various things, such as: cinematography and sound.
The music used in our sequence is very tense and dramatic which is fairly typical for films within the thriller genre. The camera angles and shots we used are very common for thrillers such as: high angles, low angles and panning. The high angled shots we have used create a visual heirachy within the shot as the characters are being looked down on making them seem less important. The use of low angles within the shot is the opposite of the high angle shot. This creates the feeling that we are the viewers are of a lower status and significance within the shot. The way we used panning within the sequence is to give the feeling of being followed or watched which is largly steretypical within thrillers.
Task 2 -
The social group being represented within our film would be that of ballet dancers. In this frame we see two dedicated ballet dancers within a ballet class. These two dancers are working together and are working to achieve perfection. The costume shows how serious and committed to the sport these girls are.
I have chosen the second example to be from the film 'Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, 2010), this is a picture of the actress Natalie Portman in part of the film towards the begining. This frame shows a committed dancer striving for perfection which is what the dancers within our film are trying to achieve.
The third example is of a Prima Ballerina from the Royal Academy of Dance. This frame shows the real life benefits of the commitment to the sport.
Task 3 -
Task 4 -
The audience for our Media product would be teenagers and young adults as the film classification says the film is appropriate from children of the age of 12 and upwards, although children of younger may chose to watch this film but will need a parent to accompany them as it could be considered scary. The magazine I would hope to carry our movie would be Empire. This is because it is a highly well known magazine, but it is also sophisticated and would be appropriate to mention our film as it would do it in a well formed way. But also the magazine is well known and would therefore create attention to the film.
Review:
The film Infatuation follows the struggle of a group of ballerinas as their teachers obsession with them becomes dangerous. The cinematography used in this film is what truly makes it shine above many of the others in the cinema currently. The plot line is unique considering it's likeliness with other films, which I feel the director has done especially well. The casting for this film is very effective, and creates the desired effect. Overall I feel this film is truly great and would give it a rating of 7 out of 10.
Task 5 -
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Task 6 -
During the process of making our sequence we used various technologies. Examples of these would be: Garageband, Photoshop, Final cut Pro and HD Video Cameras.
To edit and create music for our sequence we used a program that came with the Apple Mac computers called Garage band. This program allowed us to create our own music that fits best with our clip. We could chose from various instruments like piano, guitar or harp. We can also play with the beat, tempo, pitch and bass. This program was very easy to use although we as a group found it difficult to sync the music with the video.
Task 7 -
Looking back at our preliminary task I feel we as a group and myself as an individual have developed drastically. We worked well together and since the preliminary task have gotten to know each other and know each others strengths and weaknesses and played to that. We have also developed our understanding and knowledge of the equipment and software we have been allowed to use in creating our opening sequences. In creating our Thriller Opening, we were shown the conventions of a thriller and were advised to watch as many thrillers in our spare time. I feel this has developed my knowledge of what goes into a thriller. In doing all this I feel I am more aware of what a thriller needs to contain that at the begining in our preliminary task.
We created our preliminary task which was the first time we worked as our group. Within this task we used over the shoulder shots, POV shots, panning long shots. This was our first attempt at what we thought a thriller movie would contain. The story was that a murder was to be committed, only for the murderer to find their victim already dead. From this clip we were introduced to the software and equipment we would be using within our final thriller opening sequence.
At the begining of our thriller opening sequence project we watched various thriller openings and wrote analysis on the things we thought they had done well in relation to the thriller conventions. Films we watched were: Inception, Vertigo and We are the Night. We did several in our groups and some individually giving us all a chance to work on identifying thriller conventions within other openings.
Our group started to plan for our opening sequence coming up with themes, ideas, characters and even thriller conventions we would like to include. The planning allowed us to create posts with what we found and sharing with the rest of our group our ideas using text and pictures. One of our early ideas was of the setting to be a ballet studio. This idea was one we decided to develop as a group.
We started filming our test footage and also planning shots and mise en scene etc. The test footage gave us a vague idea of which shots, characters and settings could work best for our sequence. Certain aspects proved successful within our test footage, such as the bathroom clip and the synchronized ballet dancers.
In our group we discussed all micro elements of our sequence. This included discussing costume and props, camera shots and angles etc. We also created a story board and a precise shot list allowing us to know specifically which shots we will need for our final sequence. This helped significantly as it allowed us to be organized and meant we weren't wasting any time.
13.02.12 - 21.02.12
We filmed the footage for our final opening sequence. As we filmed our footage during lessons, we had to make sure the area we were hoping to use would be empty and available for us to film. In making sure this was so, we booked the dance studio.
24.02.12 - 09.03.12
We created a film poster and researched typography and color schemes that could be sued in our credit sequence and titles. We also looked at publicizing of our movie, specifically looking at Social Networking as it relates well with our target audience.
We editing our clips and music using Final cut Pro and Garage band. This involved us cropping, cutting and merging certain clips. We also added effects and slowed down clips. We made a rough cut, which was just the basic clips, without perfect cropping and with little effects or transitions. The class then watched our clip and told us improvements that could be made. This then allowed us to develop our sequence to a better standard for our final sequence. The last thing edited was the title and credits, this giving it a finished feel and made it look more professional.
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