Sunday, 20 April 2014
Question 2
Possible distributers
A possible distributor for my film could be
film 4, this is due to the fact that they have previously worked with
independent film producers such as warp and had large amount of success with
films like ‘four lions’ and also ‘This is England’.
I believe that by picking a company that
has had previous experience with small production companies my film will be
successful.
Film four has also distributed within my
film genre of psychological horror with films such as ‘Donkey Punch’ and also
‘Dead Mans Shoes’ this will also make them better at distributing my film.
Despite this Film Four is only a small
distributor in the grand scheme of things when compared to Time Warner and
other larger and more international companies. Film four may also not have as
much money to use for advertising purposes so the film may not be international
and may be limited to a UK audience. Some may see this factor as a flaw but it could
be seen as an advantage as advertising is more effective and targeted towards
your audience.
Question 5
Overall I believe we have reached our
target audience, this is because after we asked our audience if they would go
to the cinema to see our film they said yes 100%
This chart above is enough information in
my opinion to conclude we have reached our target audience and they enjoyed our
film to a level where they were willing to pay to see it.
In pre production we decided that we would
have characters that are a similar age to our target audience, this is due to
the fact we wanted our film to be more relatable so they would be attracted to
it. As well as the age of our actors we also attempted to have scenarios such
as parties that they could relate to easily.
In our postproduction work we know that
this worked due to the feedback in which one person said, “It's targeted at my age
group and seems interesting” and also “I think it is the kind of film that I would watch”.
In our questionnaire our audience also said
they thought that the film “looks professional and I thought the Camera angles
where good”.
I believe the overall the successful points
when taking audience feedback into consideration where; camera angles, editing
and also the storyline. The improvements suggest where; “add more
characters and possibly more action”. We took this feedback into consideration and to
improve the storyline will have to be improved later down the line, as we had
not planned to add many other main characters. Despite having to change this we
had already planned in our later story to have much more action than in the
films first two minuets.
Overall I am happy with the feedback we have received from our
questionnaire and I think that if we take the opinions we have received into
consideration we can improve our overall production.
Friday, 18 April 2014
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Question 5. How did you attract/address your audience?
Subsequent to publishing our finished piece on YouTube, our group shared a feedback questionnaire on social media which was created on Google Docs. This allowed us to easily get feedback from a potential audience of our film.
I do believe that Vodka and Coke captured our target audience due to the fact that 100% of people surveyed stated that they "would see our film if it was released at a cinema near them" with a further 100% who "enjoyed our 2 minute clip".
We wanted our film to appeal to as many people as possible of ages above 15 and all genders. Our film was targeted towards ordinary British people. However, we especially wanted people of 15-30 to be interested in our feature with an audience similar to those who watch TV show, Skins. We wanted the audience to be able to relate to our film so we decided to make our characters young adults. Also the age of the characters could promote feelings of nostalgia for youth in potential audiences above the adolescent age range.
In our post-production work, we sent another form in a similar format asking potential audiences their feeling towards the first draft of the film. Most people surveyed were "15-18" with one person even stating that it "sounds like Skins". Also a vast majority of the audience answered "yes" to the question "would you personally watch the film?" So this lead us to conclude that our technique for appealing to our audience would work.
Although feedback was frequently positive, we added questions to the survey that would promote constructive criticism from the audience. The question that received the most constructive answers was "What improvements would you make to our film?". This could have included any aspect of the film from camera angles to characters. A common answer was to add "more thrilling/psychological" factors to make the genre clearer to the audience. Furthermore, it was suggested that we could "add more characters". I agree with both points as there were no particularly jumpy or shocking moments and there were only two character used within the film which could have been seen as a little tedious for an audience. However if the film was longer that a two minute introduction, I feel that an introduction of more characters and shocks would have been easier to incorporate. Also one person out of the people surveyed, expressed that the storyline was not easy to follow which I will take into consideration. I somewhat agree with this point because the clip is in a non-linear narrative which could be confusing to the audience. Although, I feel that it is important for psychological horrors to mildly confuse an audience in order to mess with the psyche of an audience.
In conclusion, I feel that the feedback received was helpful and positive. The advice received from peers will be very useful for when I produce a 5 minute film when I progress onto the A2 section of the Media Studies course.
Friday, 11 April 2014
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Question 7 script
In the preliminary exercise we had to perform a short piece
of film, which was continuous task. It had to include shot-reverse-shot, a
match on action shot and demonstrate the 180-degree line. This involved two
people walking down a corridor, entering a room, sitting down, exchanging a few
lines of dialogue, getting up and leaving as a group we included everything in
the brief.
For our main task, we had to create our own original
two-minute film that also demonstrated shot-reverse-shot, match on action and
the 180-degree line. It included the titles to the opening film. We could use whatever location we liked and
whatever storyline. We used the camera, Sony HD 100 when filming both the preliminary
exercise and the two-minute film. This gave us knowledge how to use it in our
film as we knew what we had to do and didn’t have to mess about finding out.
In our preliminary exercise, we had to use Celtx to create a
professional looking script as the two characters had to exchange multiple
lines of dialogue. When I first started
the preliminary exercise, I didn’t know how to work Celtx or know what it was
but due to learning how to use it, I could then develop my skills by using in
the two-minute film by creating a script that was easy to follow and included
the stage directions.
After we filmed for our preliminary exercise, we had to edit
it using Final Cut Express. I had no experience with it beforehand but
afterwards I had learnt how to include cross-fades, sound bridges an how to cut
certain parts of the film out so it was continuous. This helped me in my
two-minute film, as I then knew what had to be done and how to make my film
better, I could be more creative and add more effects.
However in my two-minute film I included sound and music
which I had not done in my preliminary exercise making it more professional and
it made our film have a tone depending on the music or if it was silent. I got
the music of free sound effects off the Internet and added them on in Final Cut
Express, which I had to learn as I had never done it before.
Monday, 7 April 2014
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