Evaluation Activity 6

Technology

This is a quick run down of all the equipment that I used in the shooting of my film.

Sony Alpha 3000

This was used for all ground shots as it was light and easy place-able. The quality of the videos was good with little blurring and ease of focus.

Standard Tripod

This was only used in the indoor scenes as it was on loan and so I was unable to get it damaged or dirty in any way.

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 (not my screen grab)

To edit everything I used this software as it was easy to understand and very simple. I was easy able to layer the various different sound effects that predominately came for you tube

Parrot bebop drone 3

I used this to get an original establishing shot down the road with Tim running underneath it. Due to bad weather conditions the Parrot became hard to control and the footage was too shaky and blurred. Sadly I had was unable to return with the deadline fast approaching so non of its footage made it to the final edit.

Royalty Free Music was by Bensound

Most of my music came from here with the promise that I mention them somewhere. I would really recommend them as they have a huge range of different styles.

Evaluation Activity 5

Annotating my film

Why will people come to watch my film?

Evaluation Activity 4

Audience for my piece

My audience is primarily teenagers but the audience I'm expecting will be largely Males between the ages 13-30 as this is to me seams the age at witch most men are into spy films such as James Bond.

The typical person that I would want expect to be watching my film would be an active member of society. These people pictured would be ideal as they like adventure and having fun. they like to socialize with one another and so would probably enjoy a trip to the cinema together.

The kind of taste that these people would have would be that they are excited by films designed to make you forget that you are a human being with troubles and just allow yourself to become immersed in the film. My people aren't fancy, they are plain and simple with a creative streak. Nothing too individual is needed as in the film I believe that it would try to at least dabble in to a variety of genera allowing the film to not be restricted to one type of person. 

Evaluation Activity 3

Directors Commentary

Evaluation Activity 2

How dose my media production represent particular social groups?

James Bond is an agent who works for MI5. He is oftern seen in a tight shirt and with an ear-piece witch he uses to talk to M up in London, no matter where he his in the world.

 

 I tryed to represent this character into my piece with someone who is simelar in the ways above but my character wears a black shirt instead of a white one. This is to show that he dosent follow the rule book, my version of james Bond later in the film will be believed to ave joined Sam and gone rouge allong with him but infact will have been bluffing the whole time. At this point he would then wear a white shirt to show that he is true of heart.

Evaluation Activity 1

 My film opens with my personalised company logo of "Skyflash Pictures". The screen starts of black with the clouds in black and white. As the sun rises above the top of the clouds a lightning thunder clap consumes the screen dipping to bright white; this settles and now the sun is in the sky and the page is now in color, after this violent movement the text slowly fades in over the top. Now the entire screen is engulfed in white then back to black; this now separates the film from my titles alienating it from the harsh world of computerised words.

This is Alex Mackles we are shown him first to show that he is the main character. In the majority of shots I tried to have my character stand in the middle of shot to show that he is the centre of the story.
I try to lay down a series of enigmas in the short time that I had, for this I used a telephone conversation over the top of everything to open up as many questions quickly.

I wanted a remote location that wasn't just woodland; I was looking for a road that cut through a forest, this place was the best I could find within an hours walking distance from my house.

This shot also shows the genre of the film as we have running, guns, open locations and a disposable character. All the key ingredients needed for an action film.

Alex is situated in his home witch is lit with natural light to work with the natural light at Buckingham palace and down on Ashtead park. I tried the shots of me in a study room with a work station and artificial lighting. The contrast was too harsh and just gave an uneasy feeling top the piece, so I used my uncles conservatory to allow for the character to be at home but still well lit with natural light.

This scene we are told that this is the bad guy as we watch as he tracks down and kills a seemingly innocent man. The camera stays at his eye level when his face is on screen, only once can we see his head when we are not at his eye level and that is just after he shoots Tim for the first time and walks in slow-motion towards him.

The credits that I used were in a simple and easy to read font that isn't to bold but wont be overlooked, in each scene containing a name I tried to place it on a single colour to assist with reading and so as to not distort the picture.
This is also the only shot from London that made it into the final edit, I needed to keep one in so as to show were Jack was and this was the best shot that showed both him and Buckingham palace. I like this shot as we cant see his face but we can tell that it is him who is talking on the phone.

I wanted to add in a little drama so we choreographed this fight scene, I was desperate for the fight scene to not look fake and so I originally wroth the script without a lot of the fight scene in it but I needed another way to signify that it was an action film over other genre, this lead me to put one in. The original sound footage was corrupted and unusable, therefor I used sound-effect from different places.

This isn't the pinnacle point of the opening as that comes when Alex realises he cant trust his wife but won't admit it. But the gun shot pierces through the audio and I put a slight echo effect on it to leave a lasting impression.

This is the final shot, the camera pauses on his face for a few seconds then it fades to black and the title, defenestration, takes centre stage. On of my favourite shot transactions is when we move from a close up shot of Tim and Sam's feet on the bridge and we see Tim's shoes leave the frame and we then cut to Alex's feet in his conservatory, this is done to show that Alex and Sam are very similar in their personality and behaviour.