Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to your final product?

I don't like this shot as I feel it is too zoomed out and the main feature of the frame isn't in the middle.



This shot was not successful because the actress is looking straight into the camera and smiling. To make this scene look realistic it should look like the actress doesn't know that the camera is there.


I don't like this shot because there is too much empty space in the frame.




During making our preliminary task, an issue we encountered was that the acting skills that we had weren't very good and they kept laughing when they were talking. To improve this problem in our final production we kept the majority of our film dialogue-less as this prevents the actors from laughing. 
             
Examples of improvement in our final title sequence from our preliminary task are my ability to control and use the camera and use a variety of shots. Another improvement that was made to the film was the editing ability which made the film flow more effectively and to make it so the video didn't jump.
             
The skills I have gained over the course of the project are:

•           How to use a camera and tripod.
•           How to use the editing suite to create an effective production.
•           How to use the television studio (lights and green screen)
•           How to replace the green screen with a background on the editing software.
•           To have a back-up plan incase something goes wrong.
•           To communicate well with my group
•           To film more than I think I'll need just incase match-on-action can't be done.
•           180-degree rule.
•           Match-on-action
•           Shot-Reverse-Shot                                                                                             

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

During making and designing my title sequence I used these technologies: 

This is the camera I used to film both my preliminary task and the final title sequence.

I used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit all the footage into order and to add effects.

I used Blogger to write and present my blog.

I used YouTube to research title sequences and exsisting films that are like my film. I also used it to view my title sequence and preliminary task.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Here is an interview I did which was interviewing someone of my target audience about my title sequence:

These are some screenshots from my title sequence that would appeal to my target audience.

This screenshot would appeal to my target audience because it has a dark mise-en-scene and is of a kidnap scene. It also has a sense of mystery because the audience doesn't know what's going to happen to the boy.

This screenshot would appeal to my target audience because the effects that are used add a sense of mystery and action.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is a profile of someone I think would watch my film.


Name: Alex Smith
Age: 18
Location: England
Likes/Hobbies: Video Games, watching films, forensic science, puzzles.
What films they like: Taken, Hot Fuzz, Kidnap
Favourite TV programmes: CSI, Criminal Minds, NCIS.

My film would appeal to this person because it is similar to 'Taken' which is one of his favourite films and also fits in with conventions of crime television programmes.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

A product company is responsible for organising and created the film. The name of our small production company is Fuzzpuff Productions.
A distribution company organises when and where the film is released. For our distribution company we are going to use an independent company because it will be cheaper. We are also going to use social networking sites and iTunes.
Some exsisting films that are similar to ours are; Taken, Kidnap, Ransom and Kiss The Girls.
The money for the making of the film would come from private investors that would get a percentage of the profits when the film is released.

How does my media product represent particular social groups?

My chosen social group to represent in my film was teenage girls that go to college. In this shot they are represented in quite a negaative way because she is walking like she's drunk and she has an alcohol bottle in her right hand. The other teenage girl characters in my title sequence are represented in a positive way because they look intelligent and well presented.

In the shot, I have created a scary mise-en-scene by making the lighting dark and using a typical setting for a kidnapping to take place (an alleyway). This makes the character look vunerable and weak which allows the kidnapper to look like he could kidnap her in a realistic way.

The representation of a teenage girl that is in college is similar in my film to other media forms. For example, the school girls in BBC1's 'Waterloo Road' have a similar look and they all tend to follow the same fashions.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The title of our film represents our film well and outlines all of the action in just two words. It is obvious to the audience that kidnappings are going to happen so if they like crime films it will encourage them to watch it.

The black and white colour is a convention of crime because it stands out. The font represents crime because of the jagged edges and the faded areas in the letters as this makes it look rough. It is a typical crime convention to have this sort of title in a film.

This shot shows one of the locations in our title sequence as it is in a house and the boy is asleep on the sofa. This challenges genre conventions because a crime film is normally set in a rough suburban area or in a business area.

The costume we chose for the news reader is typical because every news reader on the television wears formal and smart clothes. Also, in crime films such as James Bond and The Godfather the criminals tend to wear suits so our costume is following genre conventions slightly.

This shot challenged genre conventions for a kidnap scene because it is shot in broad daylight and the mise-en-scene is very happy and summery because the grass is very green and she is wearing bright pink shoes. Usually in a kidnap scene in a crime film it would be dark and in a setting like an alleyway.

The second kidnapper in our title sequence challenges genre conventions because most kidnappers in crime films are strong men and our kidnapper isn't what the audience would expect. We have followed genre conventions by showing him waiting around corners for the victims.

The camera angle we used here is typical for a kidnap scene because it suggests that something is going to happen so it builds suspense. The audience could also think that it is a shot from the kidnapper's point of view.

This shot was filmed in the television studio on a green screen. We edited this so it looked like a proper news report by adding a background and banner at the bottom of the screen. We also added music that sounded like a news broadcast. This follows genre conventions because if we didn't it wouldn't look realistic.