Looking back at your premliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in progression from it to the full product?

Before the creation of 'The Other Side' we had a preliminary task which was to make a short clip of a bag swap. The prelim task was very different to our thriller task as we were only just getting familiar with all the camera's and equipment and it had to be created and edited in a short space of time. Although there were a lot of downside's it was also a good experience to test different camera shots and how to use all the equipment. During filming a lot of mistakes were made but from our thriller you can see a major improvement from the camera angles used as in 'The Bag Swap' they were minimal.

A vital difference between our prelim and final thriller was that genre was totally different. Our prelim had one objective which was for the bag to be swapped but in our thriller we had many objectives for example to portray confusion as it was  a physiological thriller. In our prelim we also had no theme, costume and target audience unlike our thriller. In our prelim there was no titles but in our thriller the titles showed a lot about the thriller.

In our prelim we started with a small introduction about the film which tells you a bit about what you was going to see. In our thriller we started with the candi production ident which makes the thriller seem professional . In our our thriller as you see we have short long titles with a low fade at the back of them to show the intensity, in the prelim our  titles were at the end as the time period to create the clip and edit was so short we never had time to put it in the right position and our skills weren't developed as much so that we could it comfortably.

Since learning how to use the camera's for example gaining knowledge in zooming, panning and learning how to record we have put clips together using the video drive and editing them using Final Cut Pro. As you can see there is a shot from the prelim and a shot from the thriller you can tell the differents with the quality. In the thriller you can see how we have got used to the different camera angle shots as you can see its a low angle close up shot of the feet. On the other hand you can see in the prelim we had a shot were the person is not even in the shot as we were not used to panning the camera in different direction we lost sight of the character as the framming is poor, which shows how far we have come since the prelim as a group.

THRILLER

PRELIM

Another vital thing we have improved on is using the sound on Final Cut pro as in our prelim you can hear the noises in the background for example the rush and people talk which looked and sounded very un-proffesional, however in our thriller the sound is very effective as it the only thing you apart from the glass dropping which i felt was vital we got that right as it decreases the quality of the work.

                                                                  Location

The location was another big difference as the prelim was set in college there  is no thrilling element and you can immediately tell this is a college project but when doing our final thriller it was set in a all white bathroom which was off school ground which gave it a professional spice as it was not done by nobody else in AS Media this year so it was a very unique location.

                                                                  Outfit

The mis en scene like the outfit was also changed and made specific for the thriller unlike the prelim were it was just do it in whatever clothing you felt comfortable so it didn't portray nothing to the audience. In the thriller you see the outfit is all white which connotes purity and angel-ism but that is quickly changes when blood appears on his hands.

  








      
                                                                                                                            

                                                                   Effects/Editing

In our thriller we had used a lot of effects for example fades in and a glass smashed in rewind with also slow motion, we did this on Final Cut. Another use of editing was we used a cross dissolve transition which shows the same shot in two different perspective. We also incorparated a fade in which we thought it was more challenging and creative as it merges to scenes together and we did this a flashback motion. In our bag swap we also used a rewind which was incredible but we felt it was used to more  effect in the thriller as it showed the confusion unlike in the bag swap we used it but it never really had no effect on the audience, we also did this on Final Cut Pro. When using slow motion we wanted the audience to feel the characters emotion that is why we used this and a main inspiration for this was the video below.

                  
                                                           Technology

The technology was a big turn around as I personally never used a apple mac before and I feel I have improved because I have learnt how to edit, make sounds and how to use a Apple Mac comfortably as at the beginning I was a total amateur and had no experience using such a computer with a higher technology .

                                                                Teamwork

My time on this project I have learnt that teamwork is vital. My group went through alot of hard times as we never agreed on all aspects of the film. At the beggining we had diffulculties with the name as it was called deceptus but had to be changed as the audience might have percived it in a different way. We also had diffulcuties with attendence as at the begginging sometimes we had different members of our groups not turn up on certain occassions. Once we had a group meeting and sorted out all of our issues our team was very punctual and that made us achieve a great opening sequence. We all gave ourselves certain roles for example I was the actor/editor, Imani was the editor, Samarge the director and Michael the music producer. Overall I have learnt how to use a JVC camera, still camera's, memory cards and a tripod. My experience was good and I would defonetly do it again as I enjoyed working with a team throughout my filming process.



                                                                           

Audience feedback and comment

When we put our final edited film together it was shown to our class and to other Media students. All AS Media students went to 'Screen On The Green' a cinema which has one screen. My group got positive feedback and also area that needed to be clearer. the audience that responded to my film were within our target audience as they were young teens who also have a very hectic social life, as the feedback is very positive I am very pleased with our opening although it could have been changed slightly.

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Evaluation - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? How will you attract your audition?

Picnic was made by students from Newcastle college and has 7000+ hits on YouTube. The internet has helped them a huge amount as without it they would not have no were else to promote there film. Website like YouTube give people from all over the world not specific countries to upload any video clip to show the world, it also allows viewers to comment giving feedback on what they feel about the clip. The Other Side is a  low budget film made by college students it can be found on blogger and also YouTube. The production is independent made by my group and it will get cinematic viewing by class peers and maybe family members. The film will get DVD of only 200 copies. They have also been getting great feedback from viewers all over the world for example one viewer said 'This was awesome. It had great idea and has inspired me for my next film project!'. 

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

James is a 17 year old boy from East London he owns a PS3 and is in love with video games. His two favourite games are fifa 11 and Call of Duty. James is a typical old lad and also a smooth ladies man, he loves to go to the cinema with his friends or any lucky he manages to lure into his 'Cinema trap'. He is slightly technical owns both a  Blackberry and and I phone 3G, a Dell laptop and a few consoles.

James loves to play football on the weekend with friends at a local park were he feels he is the next Cristiano Ronaldo. He also goes to college and studies BTEC  P.E which he feels hes going to pass with ease as he is such a confident teen. James is also a fashion freak and if he does not have the latest accessories like earrings scarfs, hats and watches he will be a very unhappy male.

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Evaluation: What have you learned about media technologies

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THE OTHER SIDE VS THE STEPFATHER 

ROUND 1

As you can see the first object we lay our eyes on is the ident. The other side uses Candi studios which is a low budget company and is funded by the government. Screen gems is a high budget worldwide company which has produced so many high budget films such as 'Stomp The Yard' and 'Resident Evil'.

ROUND 2)

Secondly you almost definitely see the production company which in our case it is a independent company called 'GROUP 21' founded by myself and other members of the group. Then we have again the high budget company Screen Gems.

                                                                     ROUND 3)          

We then see the in both film opening  a body part of the main character in 'The Stepfather this is Dylan Walsh a experienced actor from L.A being in another 15 films and Denzel an amazing aspiring actor from Islington.

ROUND 4)

In both fims we then see another body part of the main character then the title written on or next to a piece of mis en scene. This slowly gets the audience into the film and gets them ready for the main action.

ROUND 5)

We then see the name of the co-actors in 'The Stepfathers' case it is alongside his face, what I have noticed throughout is that in 'The Stepfather' the writing never or rarely gets in the way of the character its either beside him or in-between which I feel is effective because it never gets in the way of any action that is happening, so we tried to follow that fashion but we never applied to every section of the title sequence. 

ROUND 6)

The music supervisors are vital to both opening as in ours without the music there is no suspense and it would be try, so I feel it brings alot of life to our title sequence. In 'The Stepfather' the music also builds up tension as we think hes a nice guy we later find out his real plan which I felt was really effective.

ROUND 7)

'The Stepfather' shows the production company which is a high budget company called 'GRANADA' who are well known and also produce British television 'ITV'. It shows the directors name in our case as they are also vital in putting input into the film deciding the camera shots that will be taken.

ROUND 8)

We then start getting into the main pieces of action.Similarly in both openings you see a change of identity, the colour of eyes. In 'The Other Side' the eyes go from a piercing light green to a dark brown which catches the attention of the audience immediately. In 'The Stepfather' you see the eyes change from a light hazel to a dark blue which shows his change in identity which we find out later why he does this.

ROUND 9

Evaluation - How does your media product represent particular social groups

STILL IMAGE 1

STILL IMAGE 2

STILL IMAGE 3

STILL IMAGE 4

In our opening our character is presented both stereotypically and non-stereotypically.  Stereotypically the big black male is the killer which I felt we put a twist on that because of the clothing. Normally in thrillers the killer is dressed in all black,baggy hooded clothes but in ours there is a strong twist and the killer is dressed in all white which makes him seem innocent as the colour white connotes purity and happiness. Linking back to stereotyping in films such as 'XXX' Ice Cube a 'big black gangsta' is a killer working against the police. I do not think there is any other film like ours as I've watched watched so many thrillers and none have the all white wardrobe although i have seen a all white bathroom in 'Psycho' which is were we got our initial idea from but we wanted to carry on that white effect that was why the character was dressed in all white.

The Other Side - FINAL CUT

How we actually Imported and Exported

'THE OTHER SIDE'

As part of the final finishing touches and getting everything together into one sequence was rather complicated.Once we made our sequence on Final Cut Pro we had to IN and OUT it and the beginning and the end saved this as 'Final The Other Side,we then opened up Soundtrack Pro we uploaded our sound track that we were inspired by a Drake instrumental. We then had to Import our opening sequence into Soundtrack Pro. We then were able to move about the music to places were it seemed best while the clip was playing so we were then able to watch it on a small screen on soundtrack pro. We then saved this as 'The Other Side Instrumental' then went back into final cut pro-imported the 'The Other Side' file from our video drive, muted all other sound that was in our previous opening sequence as we only wanted our new soundtrack to be heard then dragged our soundtrack onto the tabs F13 the screen to watch it bigger and it played with the title sequence

That is how we in corporated our music track with our film footage, we noticed a couple of errors as while we played the movie we still could hear other noises so we had to keep rechecking that we had MUTED all the unreleveant background sounds

On shoot video production

Bloopers

Screenshots of Editing

Using Final Cut Pro

Shots of the Titles. We added dissolves to make it flow and add suspense

We used man different clips, camera shots, and even images.

We aso added a voice over

The Title

At the start of this project were thinking about names for our thriller and a group member came up with "whats the Latin word for trapped" and it was Deceptus. So we had a name which everyone agreed and liked very much. however when it came to the pitch we had a major set back because the teachers said the title is sounds like the thriller is going to be deceiving people and our thriller is about being trapped with two personalities so we had to wonder and ponder again about what our film is going to be called. And while we were filming it came to a group member that because its like there are two sides to him so what about the other side everyone agreed and the name was okay with the teachers

Soundtrack Screenshots

Our sound track consist of violins fading in and out from each other. 

Also a thrilling music bed that adds action as well aas suspense

This Is the finished soundtrack. There is many fades and cuts. This is an advanced sound track

Screenshots of using Livetype

Using Livetype

The Last Day

The last day, both media are packed full of students all trying to put the finishing touches on there thrillers. All of group 21 members are together editing and moving any shots around they feel are dodgy.  We feel as if we have made the deadline to the best of our ability we just hope as the thriller shows this to the audience as we have been getting good feedback from teachers and co-students.

The Roles

                                                              Editor - Imani

                                                               Actor - Denzel

                                               Music Producer - Michael

                                                        Director - Samarge