5Hours Main Task

Evaluation

Azmains Evaluation (Q1,2&3)

Jerdazis Group Evaluation (First half)

Second half

Our Preliminary Task

Individual feedback - Erdinc

Our film opening have been improved by working as a media group. We could of improve it even more and more if we changed around our group planning. At the point today, I believe we have did what we could of done and show the media class of how well we have worked as a group with this good and interesting film opening. Improvements could always be made in a film opening however with our own potential we did what we can do.

In our film opening I was mainly concentrating on sound effects to make it realistic and exciting for our audience, and even dramatic. I have highly contributed on Mise-En-Scene and Editing. We have filmed and edited everything as a group together. I am really happy with our group work and our film. To conclude my feedback i also think there is always something to improve on.

Individual feedback - Ishmail

I feel that our film opening could have been better. As it already is, it's ok in a sense as in that the plot is understandable and there aren't too many errors however it could have a lot better if our groups planning was better, I feel that is one of the main factors which made our group lose marks one the film opening. If our planning was better than we could have identified the mistakes we made and may have gotten better then the intial mark given.

another factor which we should have improved on is camera work, I had to be contantly reminded that shot wasn't in the frame and that it isn't steady etc. My role in this production was being the director and main editor. As I am inexperienced in final cut pro, as many others are, I feel I could have edited the film opening better which in turn make the opening better; this could have been achieved from better research on different styles of editing on the internet. The things which I liked about our opening was the opening credits, I created the "Blood hound Productions" title which I thought was really befitting as it matched the animation in the background.

Overall, after working with my group I can say that I am proud of what we accomplished, as it turned out better than we expected, although factors of the film can still be improved but none the less whats done is done, I still feel that if we had better planning skills we would have gotten a higher mark, so this is our groups target for next years music video.

  

Individual feedback - Azmain

In my opinion, our film opening has turned out good but could have been better. We managed to make our film opening around the designated two minutes. My contribution to the group has been adequate in my opinion,I contributed towards the editing,filming and also took part in the acting in the opening of our film. I made the production company intro "GOLDSMITH FILMS" and also did various bits of editing along the way. I played the main character in our film opening also. I am proud that we managed to make our film opening a success and make it obvious to the audience that the genre was thriller,using the conventions that needed to be used. I believe that I should have done more research into the conventions of the genre tragedy and posted more on the blog about the research that I did. Furthermore, I think that our planning was not on point as we had to do a lot of last minute work, which eventually may have hindered the quality of our work.

Ishmail's Targets

As a Media student I find that I am learning new things everyday, however some of the things that I am learning need improvement. here are the things that I need to work on to become better as a Media student:

• Use of media terminology and examples of mise-en-scene and sound when writing a media essay.

I find that I never, until recently wrote about the sound nor the mise-en-scene, I only wrote about the camera and editing techniques and how that is related to the clip shown.

• Improving on using editing software i.e. Final Cut Pro

I have used many video editing software and have a fairly good knowledge on how to edit video, however when using final cut pro, I found it difficult to adjust to the new layout and use of video effects, it was not an easy challenge to get used to the new tools, and I am still not used to it, so therefore I need to improve on using the editing software, final cut pro.

• Need to pay more attention to class

I have learned a lot during media lessons but sometimes my mind wanders off to its own world, thats when I miss out important information, which means I lack knowledge in the subject and in turn makes my essays very poor and not up to the standard that I wish for it to be.

Summary of feedback recieved - Ishmail

Our fellow students have watched our rough cut of our opening and have given us substantial feedback which will help us improve our coursework for the final deadline. Some of the things that the other groups have stated are:

• Looks like a trailer
• Cannot understand the plot/major plot hole
• Too short
• Not enough use of camera shots and editing techniques

The list above are the things that the other groups feel need improvement on and so what Jerdazis will do, is that we will start with making the opening not look like a trailer and in order for to not look like we need to cut and add more footage; this can be done with the extra footage we have taken as a precaution. Next would be to fix the major plot hole. In order for this to be fixed we must travel to the place where we shot that particular scene and add some extra shots so that the audience don’t waver from the plot also add an insert shot to further establish the story. And lastly would be to use a wide array of camera shots and to give the main character more face time, these things can be done with the extra footage that we have using the different camera shots allocated.

What has changed? By Azmain and Erdinc.

Looking back at our original planning and storyboarding, we have made a few changes in order to make sure the quality of our coursework was at at a higher standard than thought out to be. We noticed that our original storyboard consisted of ideas which didn't make complete sense and wouldn't have looked right when doing the filming,so we decided to change around the story a little bit in order to make the storyline clearer to the audience and also so it establishes the genre as thriller.

Azmain's target settings

-See more of the main character so the audience can establish that the film is about him.
-Use cross dissolve transitions to indicate that the main character is having a flashback.
-Do an insert shot of the couple holding their hands with the wedding rings visible to establish that they are married and are on their honeymoon.
-Refilm the couple coming out of the airport as it not clear as to what is going on,the hug and the dialogue is fairly random so that will need to be changed too.
-Make the establishing shot of the opening of our film explicitly establish the genre of our film.
-Make Juanita's dialogue louder and clearer to hear.
-Get rid of any unnecessary diegetic sound.
-Include shots of the main character 'thinking' so it is obvious to the audience that he cares about his wife and to also evoke empathy.
-Also,a reason to why he cannot just simply hand over the tape.

Erdinc's Targets

1: As a media student I think I should improve more about my camera knowledge and work.
2: I should post more Videos & Ideas on my blog to increase the amount of choices we have as a group for our main draft for filming.
3: I think I should also improve my editing techniques because the more editing ability I have the more better my grades will be.
ErdincYildiz.

5 HOURS - Rough Cut

This is our draft of the final video and below you will see our storyboard and the updates that we have made to it:

here are the updates we have made to the storyboard, you see that we have decided to add an insert shot and and establishing shot.

Erdinc's extra Choice of Music

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?feels%5B%5D=Dark&Search=Search 

My main choice of music is

Danse Macabre - Low Strings Finale

 this is because it will suit our ending with a huge noise at the end while the credit '5Hours' come up. 

i think this will attract the audience more because it is a high tempo music. 

As an extra choice of music, i have chosen

Gathering Darkness

this music represents something really creepy coming. not in a horror movie but in a thriller. it might show death is coming. this could also be a interesting tone of music for our film.

Azmain and Erdinc choice of music

I have chosen 3 sounds which may be used as scores in the opening of our film from this website: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?feels%5B%5D=Dark&Search=Search

My first choice is 'Final Count'. I have this as my first choice because the genre of our film is thriller, and it matches the genre as it is intense and gives out dark waves which establishes genre. It is also unnerving which adds the effect of the suspense of thriller.

My second choice is 'What You Want (version 2). I have this as my second choice because it's aggressive and the criminals in our film opening have aggressive natures. It is also dark and unnerving as the first one is but also fairly upbeat at the same time which makes it unique.

My third choice is 'Wounded'. I have this as my third choice because it is calm but at the same time has a dark feeling to it. The somberness of the piano lets the audience relate to innocence of Vijay and the situation that he is in.

Jayeb's movie title

This is the movie title that we made in the programme 'Motion'. This may suits our film opening as Vijay only has 5 hours to find the tape. The circling motion in the background may impose his lost state of mind as he is going through a lot of stress and his wife's life is in danger.

Azmain's movie title

This is a title which I have made in the programme 'Motion' for our film opening. I chose the flip clock type of design for my title as it gives gives an effect to the audience that Vijay has an ultimatum and time is running out as the hours go down.

Opening Credits Research - Ishmail

This is the opening credits for the film "se7en" from the clip above you can see the many different ways the text that are entering. I like the effects that were incorporated into the opening and will try to do something similar in our opening.

How does the opening of our film establish genre? By Azmain

The opening of our film is meant to establish the genre 'thriller'. It does this in numerous ways, such as the way the characters are dressed. The villians are dressed smart to give off an impression that they are serious about what they are doing,in this case,commiting murder. The digital clock dial also establishes genre as it gives the innnocent man (Vijay) an ultimatum,as he only has 5 hours to get the tape or else the hitmen will kill his wife. In typical thrillers, there is usually an antagonist and a protagonist, in the case of our film opening, the antagonists are the hitmen who threaten to kill Vijay,after commiting a murder. Thrillers are most likely to take place in cities,our film opening is in the city of London,which establishes genre also. Typical storylines consist of characters being placed in a menacing situation and life is threatened and it is usually crime related. The menacing situation in our film opening is Vijay having to get the tape within 5 hours,his wifes life is threatened,and the crime is the murder which Vijay witnessed. Jayeb,Ishmail and Erdinc will be wearing 'form-fitted clothes' to emphasize their build,therefore their power over Vijay.

Practice shots for our film opening by Azmain

On Monday,Jayeb,Ishmail and I took part in taking practice shots for our film opening. We took an over the shoulder shot which when played back,didn't turn out to well,as the framing was off,so we now know to make sure there is no uneccesary bits in our filming which doesn't need to be there. We also took a long shot of the crime taking place in our film opening,this went fairly well but could of been improved,as the framing was also slightly off. Also,we tried to portray a focus pull,but it couldn't be done with the equipment that we were given for the practice shots,but the framing was perfect for it,so we know what to do when we use the equipment capable of doing a focus pull for our main filming.

How thriller movies have given us ideas on our film opening-Azmain

From this trailer,we have incorporated certain aspects which the trailer consists of into our film opening. The idea of Vijay in our trailer only having 5 hours to get the tape or else his wife will be killed is similar to the idea of the father having 96 hours to find and save his daughter or she will get sold by sex traffickers.

The ways in which genre is established in this film opening is as follows:

·         Titles of facts about sex trafficking are shown at the start, which may foreshadow the main characters daughter being sex trafficked and the father having to find and save her.

·         The score in the trailer also establishes genre as it gives chills to the audience as the pianos play.

·         “Oh my God, they got Amanda” signifies that someone has been kidnapped, thrillers consist of kidnappings.

·         “I will kill you” life is threatened, but in this case, the protagonist is threatening the antagonist.

·         Props such as guns are used to symbolize crime.

·         The fast cuts in the trailer give an idea of chaos.