Monday, 4 March 2013
Evaluation Question No. 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Evaluation Question No. 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We have learnt many things about technologies through making mistakes and learning from them and mainly just experimenting with new techniques and perfecting them. One of the most obvious pieces of technology that we are now much more experienced and familiar with using is the camera, we now feel much more comfortable with the technical sides of controlling aperture and so on.
Secondly the tripod, this is obviously a much simpler piece of equipment however after repeated use we became more efficient and saved a lot of time. also due to using a much better quality tripod than the one we had used previously in our preliminary task we were able to achieve much nicer and smoother panning shots.
We have previously used the slider in our preliminary task, however when it came to creating our final opening scene we had our past experiences to learn from, meaning that we were able capture much more smooth and appropriate shots using the slider.
One of the most notable shots from our opening scene was when we used the crane. We were very appreciative to be able to have access to such equipment. it was also the piece of equipment that was the most fun to use, as we had not previously had experience using alternative pieces of equipment such as the crane. Without its aid we would not have been able to capture the shot we did, and our film would not be the same.
Finally, the last piece of equipment we used was the steady cam, this enabled us to get the fast paced shots of the chase scene from within the barn. When using the steady cam for the first time capturing our test footage we had originally struggled with how to balance it and the camera properly. Thankfully we made these mistakes early on and learnt from them so this did not effect our final film.
We have learnt many things about technologies through making mistakes and learning from them and mainly just experimenting with new techniques and perfecting them. One of the most obvious pieces of technology that we are now much more experienced and familiar with using is the camera, we now feel much more comfortable with the technical sides of controlling aperture and so on.
Secondly the tripod, this is obviously a much simpler piece of equipment however after repeated use we became more efficient and saved a lot of time. also due to using a much better quality tripod than the one we had used previously in our preliminary task we were able to achieve much nicer and smoother panning shots.
We have previously used the slider in our preliminary task, however when it came to creating our final opening scene we had our past experiences to learn from, meaning that we were able capture much more smooth and appropriate shots using the slider.
One of the most notable shots from our opening scene was when we used the crane. We were very appreciative to be able to have access to such equipment. it was also the piece of equipment that was the most fun to use, as we had not previously had experience using alternative pieces of equipment such as the crane. Without its aid we would not have been able to capture the shot we did, and our film would not be the same.
Finally, the last piece of equipment we used was the steady cam, this enabled us to get the fast paced shots of the chase scene from within the barn. When using the steady cam for the first time capturing our test footage we had originally struggled with how to balance it and the camera properly. Thankfully we made these mistakes early on and learnt from them so this did not effect our final film.
Evaluation Question No. 3
What type of media institution would distribute your media product and why?
Distribution companies help a film to get exposure, it is there job to deal with advertisement, as well as physically distributing the film to theatres. Traditional methods include; posters, billboards and newspaper adverts. Whereas with the growing popularity of using social networking sites, it is much more common to advertise films through the likes of Facebook and Twitter. This method is also much cheaper, and easier to get the attention of the target audience.
Often, weather or not a film is successful in the box office or on DVD release is down to the distribution company. more recently is easier to distribute film digitally as this cuts costs rather than sending a physical reel of film to each theatre.
Here are a couple of distribution companies that would be likely to distribute our film;
New Line Cinema is an american film studio, founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor later becoming an independent film studio. it became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with Warner Bros. in 2008. New Line Cinema has produced films such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
New Line Cinema is not a suitable company to distribute our film as they focus much on medium, to large sized budgets. However they do distribute films with a similar genre to our movie, we would need a company that focuses more on independent films, and sized budgets.
Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions. Working Title Films has produced films such as; Long Time Dead, My Little Eye and Shaun of the Dead.
I think that Working Title Films would be the obvious choice to distribute our film as they are based in London, they specialize in small British independent films with themes of horror.
Distribution companies help a film to get exposure, it is there job to deal with advertisement, as well as physically distributing the film to theatres. Traditional methods include; posters, billboards and newspaper adverts. Whereas with the growing popularity of using social networking sites, it is much more common to advertise films through the likes of Facebook and Twitter. This method is also much cheaper, and easier to get the attention of the target audience.
Often, weather or not a film is successful in the box office or on DVD release is down to the distribution company. more recently is easier to distribute film digitally as this cuts costs rather than sending a physical reel of film to each theatre.
Here are a couple of distribution companies that would be likely to distribute our film;
New Line Cinema is not a suitable company to distribute our film as they focus much on medium, to large sized budgets. However they do distribute films with a similar genre to our movie, we would need a company that focuses more on independent films, and sized budgets.
Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions. Working Title Films has produced films such as; Long Time Dead, My Little Eye and Shaun of the Dead.
I think that Working Title Films would be the obvious choice to distribute our film as they are based in London, they specialize in small British independent films with themes of horror.
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