Evaluation Activity 7.

When looking back on our preliminary task "Cringey Joe" and comparing it to "Strides" we feel that we have progressed quite a lot since then. Our camera work has improved quite a lot, although we do feel that some of our shots in "Strides" look a bit shaky and realistically should have been re-filmed. We have been more experimental since filming our preliminary task, for example we used some handheld shots in Strides where the characters are actually filming their own feet. We thought that this would make the film more interesting for the audience. We have improved with our editing skills a lot more since the preliminary task as we didn't really know or understand how to edit footage but since working on Strides we have successfully managed to edit it. Also, with "Strides", we have added a soundtrack, this is an improvement from "Cringey Joe" as it did not include one.  

Evaluation Activity 6 Continued.

Other technologies that we have used during our production of our opening sequence..

• Blogger- We used this website to create this blog to present our thoughts, ideas, planning and evaluation of our opening sequence. This website has been easy to use to make our blog despite never making a blog before.

• We used Itunes and Sound Cloud to source our soundtrack. We researched different songs that we could of possibly used using Sound Cloud and then downloaded the final track into Itunes. Having used both programs in the past we found this quite an easy task.

• We used Iphoto to upload images for our blog, examples being the location shots or casting shots. 

• To edit all our footage we used the application called IMovie. As we had both never used this software before we had to spend a while getting used to it and learning how to cut and edit different sections. We found it especially hard to cut down our soundtrack but after a short amount of time playing around with it we worked out how to edit it. This was a good program to use as it is quite clear and easy to use once you know how.

• We used Prezzi to create presentations on our blog related to our opening sequence. Neither of us knew how to use this website and had a lot of difficulty understanding how to use it to begin with. Prezzi is a good website to present ideas and looks quite professional. 

• To create our titles we used Live Type. This was our chosen software to use as it looks much more professional and is more efficient to use. Neither of us had used this before but easily worked out how to use it. 

Evaluation Activity 6.

Throughout the duration of producing our opening sequence we have used many different technologies to construct every little bit of it. Technology is the main part of any media product as it is practically impossible to produce a film without it. We have used a range of technologies, some which have been new to us and some we may have come across in the past.

•  First of all, the Apple Mac has been the main creator of our film. This is where we have edited, created and put together the whole product. Most of the programs used are on the Mac. We found this quite easy to use despite not having much history working with it. A Mac is probably easiest to produce a film on compared to a normal PC as it contains better software and is easier to navigate around. 

• To film our opening sequence we used a Panasonic HDC SD60 (Full HD 1920X1080) Video Camera. Although we have not used this before we found it quite easy to adapt to and successfully filmed all the shots. The camera was small and compact so was easy to take to all our locations.

•  To ensure that all camera shots were stable and not shaky we used a tripod. We took this tripod to all of our locations we shot at. The tripod came in handy for shots such as a pan or close ups. 

• We used You Tube to upload all our footage to present it. This is a quick easily accessible website that is widely used across the world. 

Evaluation Activity 5.

Our film's target audience is teenagers aged around 15+. We have addressed/attracted our audience by including aspects in our film which would appeal to them. Firstly, we ensured that the characters playing roles in 'Strides' are of an age which the audience can relate to. The boys involved in our film are all around the age range of 17-18. As the audience is of a similar age they will most likely be drawn in by the characters, and especially as we used 3 good looking boys, the female audience's attention should easily be drawn...

Another aspect of our film which addresses the audience is the soundtrack. As we have used a well known, popular version of a Dr.Dre song, the younger audience would feel it applies to them more. We used current and mainstream music to capture the attention of the audience and try to keep them hooked. As the tune is quite catchy we feel this would be a success. 

Our Unique Selling Point (USP) is that the characters and the story line can easily be related to by the audience. The fact that we used a younger group of characters with the problems that occur everyday means that teenagers (audience) can relate to it. We feel that this would make our film a success...

However, if this were to become a bigger budget film we would have a distribution company who would nationally advertise the film and distribute it to cinemas, with the USP as the main feature of all advertising. 

Evaluation Activity 4.

These interviews show the type of audiences we aimed our film at. Each person being interviewed was between the ages of 16-18. Our target audience was the age range of around 16-25. The people being interviewed had a completely different personality and music/film/actor genre taste. We want our film to appeal to a wide range of teenagers tastes as the subject matter is quite common and some people may be able to relate to the issues we included. 

Evaluation Activity 3.

Evaluation Activity 3. on Prezi

Evaluation Activity 2.

We have taken Rhys from our film Strides and compared him to Johnny Whitworth's character 'Vernon Gant' in Limitless. Johnny plays a drug dealer, who is quite similar to our drug dealer Rhys. Both Rhys and Johnny play quite an unusual drug dealer part as they do not have the stereotypical dealer image. They both come across as smart, sophisticated men who you wouldn't really expect to be involved in drugs. They both have similar features and hair, stylishly slicked back. Despite their similarities of image, they are both from different age groups. Rhys plays an 18 year old dealer and Johnny is roughly 15 years older.

We decided to make our main character different to the typical drug dealers found in modern films as stereotypical characters are shown as big, unapproachable and mainly black males are discriminated against as being drug dealers. We wanted to break this tradition similarly to how Alan Gylnn and Leslie Dixon, the writers of Limitless did.