MANIA FINAL FILM.

Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Over the course of the Prelim task and film opening I feel that I have learnt a great deal on team work and also the amount of effort has to be put in to try and get the best outcome possible.

In my prelim task, I vaguely learnt how to storyboard. At the time I did not realise the importance of creating a storyboard. It is hard because you have basic ideas in our head of what we want to do and portray, but sometimes it can be difficult to articulate this to other group members so you have to put your ideas down visually to help people understand your ideas. Storyboards are also fundamental in allowing your team to work efficiently on location without forgetting what to be filming and making sure you are being time efficient. A storyboard will clearly list what happens in the shot, what type of shot it is and how long for and any other comments needed for it.


For the final film I knew that we had to have a well planned, detailed storyboard to help us. It had to be done meticulously in order to achieve the best outcome, it wasn't scribbled rubbish illustration and basic camera terms as it would be unclear to group members and the director what was happening in each of the shots. I learnt that it needed to be more creative and imaginative ways for your group to see your ideas.

Prelim and Film Opening shot list and shot board

Like the difference between the storyboards created in the prelim and film opening the creation of shooting lists/boards enhances your knowledge of how to present the information with more precision and on a larger scale. A shoot board enables you to know exactly what you are shooting and when, this was very helpful in helping us to achieve a high level of organisation paramount in creating an interesting and successful piece of work. 

Script.

I feel this was very important for us as we had a lot of dialogue. We didn't want the film to feel scripted so when using the script if it felt too forced we would change it and let it flow itself. We thought our script was mature and fit well with our genre. As a group we thought that it was best that we didn't have any dialogue in the opening to sound unnatural and bring it in half way through. It was important that the actresses learnt their lines so that when it comes to filming it provides a sense of realism to the film opening. 

Production.
In terms of production we have learnt a lot from the beginning of media and our prelim task. We learnt a lot about camera work and we was already familiar with shots and the functions of the camera, therefore we wasted no time to uncertainty over equipment. We learnt basic filming rules required in order to create a successful film opening. The main lesson learnt was our time management in order to try and finish everything to our deadlines especially as our filming location wasn't at school. We had to make sure that we got as much filmed when we did as possible. We learnt how to work as a team despite the differences we had along the way and overcome difficult situations using great initiative which showed how we grew as a group along the way. 

The major set back we had while filming was due to one our group members - Rory, who was also our main actor walked out during our filming process, which meant that we had to restart the whole filming process and i had to take over the main acting role as well as being the director despite have no acting experience. However the remaining group, myself, Lollie and Ella worked so hard to achieve the amazing result in which we are so proud. We have learnt to control our frustration due to the setback and also learnt how to deal with it in a mature way and listen to others opinions and take them into account in order to figure out what the best solution was to the problem. 

Post Production.

For the group this was where the biggest technical development was made from all of us. As a group we hadn't had much experience using premiere and our knowledge of editorial skills were very basic and we felt that we wasn't capable of editing it too a good standard. I feel that I have learnt a lot with how to use Premier and I am confident when using it and the features it provides. We spent a lot of time playing around with it and developing the film. The transition from our prelim editing to this has been amazing and I think it has worked really well.

Below are both my MANIA final film opening, and my Prelim film. It shows the contrast between the two in terms of the skills we developed. 

Final Film Task.



Final Preliminary Film Task.

Below is my official evaluation for my preliminary film task.

Question 6 - What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing the product?

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

Question 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Our marketing campaign above shows how we intend to attract our audience.

Below is our film poster for MANIA, although some may think that it will not attract our audience due to the intentionally simple layout and content of our film poster, we think differently. The simplicity of our poster represents the emptiness of our patient regarding her emotions, showing how she feels drained due to being locked away in a mental hospital. 

Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Above is a visual representation of the type or character we believe would be interested in watching our film 'MANIA'. We have portrayed our character to be a 17-25 year old male or female. With an intellectual mindset, we believe that our target audience will be able to involve themselves into the mature themes of our film regarding the mental illness of our patient and the mental challenges she face everyday. In the Prezi Presentation, i created a desk that shows some traits of our target audience which gives an incite into the typical persons persona.
The Apple Imac computer gives the impression that our audience member is in a comfortable monetary situation as the Apple computers are relatively expensive therefore it creates the impression that this person has been brought up in a family who are comfortable regarding money and therefore received a good education - a good education means that the person is intelligent and intellectual and therefore will understand the contents of our film and will be able to engage in it.
The post it note on the computer represents the age of our ideal audience. The note mentions booking a driving test, and to be able to drive you have to be at least 17 therefore it relates the our appropriate age group, the targeted age of the audience is also shown in the  . Although MANIA is going to be certificated a 15, we still believe that 17 year old people are more likely to view our film than 15 year old people are. Some teenagers do experience first hand mental health issues as well as witnessing other's go through mental health problems and therefore would be engage in the film.
Also on the desk with portrays aspects of our character is a rubix cube which shows intellectual ability as it is very difficult as you have to be patient to play the game. Showing intelligence in another way are the books on the table.
The mobile phone represents the generation we are living is as all young people 17-25 are on there phone a lot therefore for an area that an audience member would be working in to not have their phone there would be odd.
The empty crisps and empty mug show how the majority of teenagers are untidy.

Question 3 - What kind of institution might distribute your media product and why?

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

Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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

 

Mania Draft.