Evaluation Evaluation

I have finally completed all evaluation work, and feel we done our best effort throughout this evaluation. The page showing all our evaluations can be found on the evaluations page of the blog.

Evaluation Planning

Today we planned out our evaluation and went through the first question which is "In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?"

What we done is gathered a list of the previous films we done multiple title analysis for, then giving the certain aspects they used and seeing how we could implement those ideas into our own film.

Continuity Editing

Today we were taught about simple editing and why they're useful in certain scenes. And we also learned about the premise of continuity editing.

Outside Media Research

Yesterday, whilst doing my normal stuff at home I found the time to look at short films such as COLD, and just got the whole feel of how a movie can be made great. It gave me a few ideas on how we can improve on our full film. We also researched openings, which gave me more inspiration.

Camera Shots

Establishing Shot



Establishing shots are usually the introduction to most scenes, and they depict where the scene's taking place, It gives the audience a sense of understanding and helps people understand where the locations of the scenes are.

For this certain establishing shot, it's used to state the premise of where all the movie takes place, and counts as a dramatic introduction.

Close-Up



Close-Ups usually gives immediate focus on a character's face, and shows emotions and character expressions. This gives the audience an understanding of how the character feels.

This certain shot, from The Shining, is used to show the insane look in the antagonist's eyes, and show the facial expression on his face.

Mid-Shot



Mid shots, such as close-ups, show the character's emotion. But with medium shots, shown from the waist up, shows what action the character is preforming and sometimes some of the surroundings.

This certain show is to show the character's expression, and at the same time his clothing and intimidating look.

Long-Shot



Long shots usually show the action the character specified is doing, and at the same time his surroundings. This gives the audience the full view of the character, whilst showing his surroundings at the same time.

This show is used to show the desert surroundings of the character, and the whole Western feel.

Two Shot



Two shots usually are placed in a scene to show the relationship between two characters on the set. This helps the audience understand the relationship between characters, helping people understand the characters more.

This shot is done to show the symmetry of the two characters in mind, and their relationship.

Point of View Shot (POV)



POV shots help the audience see the scene playing out in the character's line of sight. This helps add realism, and immersion for the audience.

This POV shot is used to show what the character's looking at.

Over the Shoulder Shot (OTS)



Over the shoulder shots, like POV shots, are used to show the scene from a character's perspective. Although, OTS shots are shot over the shoulder, and shows where the character's facing. They give the audience a feel of who/where the character is looking at.

This scene uses it for conversation purposes.

Psychological Thriller Analysis

Today we learned more about psychological thrillers and what makes them. We now know what we can do for our main film and have an idea on what to do.

The Preliminary Task Finished!

Short Clip Development #1

Learning more camera angles so I can use them in a short clip me and the team shall produce. Hopefully it goes well, as we're filming and editing the whole thing tomorrow!

Development Update #2

Development is steaming ahead, as we're now including plans for shot-reverse shots, match-on action and CCTV effects.

Development Update #1

Today we planned more of our storyboard and came up with some new awesome scenes and camera shots! Production is looking good!