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

Looking back at the Priminary task that i created i have learnt that working in a group is a good idea, as you are able to share things out so there isn't as much work to do, also it helps as there are a lot more ideas to bring to the table. When we were told what we had to do for our final piece i thought that creating a two minute sequence really wouldn't be that hard after making the Priliminary as that took no time at all, however, i realised it was a lot harder. In the priliminary task we have a far amount of issue that we needed to adress in our final piece these being,
- Making sure everyting was the same in each shot ?
- Have a various of shots been used?
- Has a tripod been used properly ?

So in the opening sequence none of these accured. Due to the Primliminary only being 10/15 seconds the narrative was really easy to come up with, whereas to come up with a narrative for a 2 minute squence was a lot harder.
When it came to the shooting as a group we tried to get everything done on the same day, however, this didn't seem to work. We got to the place we were originally filming the whole sequence, Ferry Meadows, but it ended up that we could not because of many reason. One being that we didn't think the forrest was really good enough for what we wanted but the park however was very good and met our critiera exactly. Another issue we had was that the camera died so we didn't actually get to finish the filming, but in the end this happened to go in our favour. Compared to the Priliminary this was alot different due to the fact that the camera didn't get used that much for so long as it was a short amount of footage.

During th filming of the Priliminary the Storyboard was used but it wasn't needed that much as not many shots were needed to be filmed, whereas when it came to the final piece the storyboard was used a fair bit in the start of the filming, however, when we changed our idea we just wrote down on a scrap piece of paper what shots we wanted and how we wanted it to look so everything would be filmed and nothing would be forgotten. This was a good idea as it didn't take up filming and editing time byt re-doing the whole storyboard in the such small time scale we had, but it also meant that nothing was forgotten when filming and it meant all the editing was great. All in all i am very happy of my groups final piece i believed that we all worked well together and it meant that we had a very interesting final opening sequence and the hard work paid off.

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

Throughout the process of creating the opening sequence i have learnt a lot about several different technologies that i have come across and had to use. During the process of shooting the sequence i developed my knowledge in the equipment used, although i am quite confident about cameras, video cameras and tripods as i have a job in John Lewis, Peterborough in the Audio and TV department working on mainly the camera section. Within the opening sequence a Canon MV500 was used which is an old video camera that runs on tapes also a Panasonic SD200 was used later on in the filming, this was because the Canon ran out of battery and we needed a camera quick fast. During the filming of the Preliminary task a basic range of camera shots and editing was used, due to it being a Preliminary task the need to spend a mass amount of time on it didn't see necessary therefore a quick edit was done. It was a short and simple task yet a fun one. It was a good starting point that allowed me and my group to get familiar with what was available to us and what we would be able to use again. When it came to the opening sequence we knew what we needed to use and how we needed to use it. We used both the Canon and Panasonic Video cameras, but before any of the filming could take place we had to plan and research this meant deciding what genre we wanted and what films we could look at for ideas. As a group we decided to take up the genre "Thriller" but we wanted to go into more depth therefore we decided to use "Physocolgical Thriller" this meant doing individual research, i researched about "Schindler's List" and "The Blair Witch Project" to research about these i looked on the Internet to get the basic information the i suggested that we should watch the film, luckily one person had it in the group so we got together and watched it through once and then we watched the opening sequence a few more times on its own. This allowed us to fully understand what we needed to do to achieve the standard we wanted. It then came to the planning, this is the moment we all sat in the library and collected all the information we could in books, the Internet and just from general knowledge. Then after this we went into the filming.

The technology that i believed i learnt about the most was the editing software, we were able to use SonyVegasPro at school. When we first used it in our priliminary we weren't sure as a whole group how to use it, but the person who got use to it fastest was Olly Aird, so he sat down and taught me the basics. As a system it is very easy to use, easier than i first thought. It was as simple as adding the footage you wanted and then either editing it in colour, or speed. Then you could overplap footage to give it a double effect.

I believe that the technologies used throughout were all very useful, books, DVDs, and the Internet. The most useful was probably the Internet as everything that was needed was right there, but having the access to books enabled me to find out more information that was definitely reliable.

5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

This questionnaire was created to see what the audience we showed it too really thought about the opening sequence. In total 50 people were asked. Under neither there are many charts and graphs to show the results.
The questions on this questionnaire are as follows:
1) So you understand the narrative?
2) What genre would you say this piece falls under?
3)Under the guidance of the BBFC what age restriction would you say this film falls under?


After getting all the feedback we needed from people, we wanted to ask them one more simple question this was "Would you carry on watching from this opening sequence?" In reply over a 2 thirds of the views said that they would as the sequence was an enjoyable experience, and it was also intriging. They also stated that they wanted to know why that happened to the girl and how she got into that situation. This shows us that the opening sequence did what i should of, it brought the view in and made them want to carry on.

This graph is for the first question, "Do you understand the narrative?", as you can see from the results of the graph more than half said that they did understand the narrative, this is helpful to shows us that we have create the final piece correctly to get the narrative across to the audience.

This is the pie chart that i created to show the results to question 2 "what genre would you say this piece falls under?" The results are clear that most believed that is was a thriller, but some people thought it was a horror and a few others, this may of been because they either got the conventions of our opening sequences crossed with the conventions with a horror. Or it may be that they aren't that clear on what conventions are actually involved in what genre.

This is a chart for question 3 "What age restriction would you put this under? as you can see from the results most people who watched the opening sequenced believed that it suits the age restriction of 15. This means that as a group we have aged the film correctly as other people agree.

After we produced what we thought would be our "final edit" we added it onto facebook (a social networking site) this was so we got get feedback on it and so people could share their views and say what they think we could improve. On the left was th feedback we recieved. Many pepole said that they really enjoyed it, and that it was really good. However, a few of the people that gave us feedback suggested that we should keep the music playing in the background when the girl is singing "ring a ring a roses" We took up this suggestion and tried it out on the editing software "sonyvegas" and as a group we did think that it was so much better than before. This made us very thankful for the feedback that we recieved.

All in all i believe that this feedback allows us as a group to know that we have done what we set out to do, create an opening sequence to draws the viewer in and makes them want to watch on.

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

My target audience is both genders of the younger generation 15+, however, i do believe that other age ranges will be interested in this film but it was particularly aimed at the younger generations. I do believe that women would be a lot more interested in my film as it is a Physocological Thriller. This means that there is alot of thinking involved, not saying that men don't like to think but it is typical for men to like action movies that have blood, gore and are fast paced throughout. Whereas, my opening sequence is fast paced but if i were to created the whole movie it wouldn't be fast paced throughout just tiny little sections the rest would be a thinking film where the audience would have to think about everything that is happening. Both genders may like this film, but typically i would think it is alot more focused at women. The audience would have to have an obscure film taste to enjoy this film as it is very up and down, it would aslo appeal to an audience that watch films to watch movies for the storyline and not for the mass amount of publicity it has recieved.

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

My opening sequence was made on a very low budget which means that it is an independent British film instead of a Hollywood film where they would have millions of pounds to spend on their films. Film4 often distributes high quality films that have been created on a low budget. On their website they state that "revitalise the British Film Industry". Film4 have produced succesful films such as "Slumdog Millionare" this was a very low budget film that was directed by Danny Boyle. Although it was a low budget film it ended up getting "Best motion Picture" and the profit that was created from it was outstanding. This is what Film4 try to do, the support the low budget films but they are still looking at making a profit. This is why i am confident for them to disribute my film.