Evaluation Activity 6

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


We used the iPhone to film our opening as it has one of the best quality cameras that was accessible to us. We didn't choose to have a high end camera as it would cost our group too much and wouldn't be able to afford it. We were also able to edit our opening on the iPhone and upload it onto YouTube
which shows that the iPhone is a multi platform technology.

We used the website Blogger to be able to post our blogs as it is a public website in which other people can read our blogs

Evaluation Activity 1

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

This is a shot of our titles, this is the title of our film which is red on a black background this is conventional of a horror genre as it has connotations of blood and death. The audience that the genre of our film is horror

This shot is a long shot which shows the setting of our film. The woods are gloomy and eerie. Also they are quite deserted, this would create tension for the audience as they would recognize this conventional setting that is often frequent in horror. The audience would expect a dramatic tense event to take place.

This is a close up shot of one of the main teenage characters. The audience can see that he has a scared facial expression which would create tension because they know that something bad is going to happen. This is conventional of horror films as they often include close up shots of the characters faces to emphasise their emotions and the shocking results which are happening.




This shot is of our production company and the titles reveal the name Graveside Productions. The image is symbolic and shows a gravestone which links to the name of the company. This also hints to the audience that Graveside Productions make horror films. It is conventional of a film opening to include the production titles in the beginning. The colour scheme of the production titles is black, grey, white and red. The white and red contrasting font stands out against the black background. Film openings often include a black background to make the title stand out.

This is a high angle shot that shows three of the main characters in our film. They're wearing recognisable costumes and stereotypical representations of teenagers. The audience would expect to see a group of teenagers in a horror film as they are conventional character types. Also the angle of the shot makes them appear vulnerable and hints that something bad could happen.

The title in the top left side of the screen are meant to show which character is being played by which actor. This is made clear by using a white font on a darker background. This is conventional in a film opening.

Institution Research

Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of US media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). It has distributed several successful film series, such as Transformers, Mission: Impossible, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series (2008–11), Indiana Jones (1981–2008), The Godfather, Star Trek

Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures, Inc. is an American film production company and division of The Walt Disney Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The division is based at the Walt Disney Studios and is the main producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit. It took on its current name in 1983. Today, in conjunction with the other units of The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Pictures is classified as one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Nearly all of Walt Disney Pictures' releases are distributed theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, through home media platforms via Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and through television syndication by Disney–ABC Domestic Television.

Evaluation Activity 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our main protagonist Will Smith is similar to Paul Allen because there both victims and killed by the villain. There both close up shots which show there scared facial expressions. However Will is a teenager and Paul is a adult, Also Will is in a forest which is conventional in a horror film, whereas Paul is in his flat which is conventional  for a thriller.

Some differences are that firstly Will is dressed in a coat and Paul is dressed in a shirt & tie. Paul and Will both have different hair styles and hair colours.

My Film Opening- The Woods By The Lake

Diary Of Our Filming

We started our filming on Saturday 27th December at Forty Foot Park. On this day we got a little bit of footage, we managed to film the characters walking into the woods heading towards where they would go and camp for the night. We filmed this footage at about 3:00 pm this is due to the short amount of daylight there is during winter so if we had to film earlier. We were happy with the footage, the only problem with this day is that we could have got more but we were stretched for time as it took a long time to get started.

The second day we filmed was the next day. This day we filmed the characters getting stalked by the killer and the conversation the three characters had on the log. We were disappointed with this days filming as we made a few mistakes firstly we had countless outtakes, for example there was a finger over the lense so we had to re-do the whole scene again. Secondly there was interruptions such as a dog and the walker walked into the shot. There was also loads of background noise so we found it difficult to hear the characters conversation

We unfortunately didn't manage to film the next two days due to bad weather conditions and some of the cast members had plans

We manged to film the end of our opening on Saturday 3rd January

Successful and Unsuccessful things about our storyboard

Successful
The illustrations were clear so you could see which character was which


Unsuccessful
There is no speech so it doesn't show what each character is doing or saying.
There is no sound and stating whether it is digetic or non digetic
It doesn't say where the characters are or where they're going
The storyboard doesn't 100% follow our actual story line in our opening of our film