Evaluation

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

1.       The first shot begins out of focus, this is unlike most short films as they tend to remain in focus throughout.

2.       The second image shows the title, the title in our film is shown early on which follows many film conventions, I believe it give the audience a better chance to understand the film if they know what it is called.

3.       And 4. Show a jump cut between cereal being poured to the milk then being poured. This is conventional too short film as they attempt to skip out as much unnecessary clips as possible.

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5.       Is an extreme close up of a kettle, the kettle itself is not important but it shows we used a large variety of shot sizes, angles and techniques in order to create the best viewing experience.

6.       This goes against standard conventions of films as this shot focuses solely on the sink and not the surrounding actors, in your typical short film it would have tracked the actors.

7.       This is a fade shot of the table, the fade indicates we used a variety of editing techniques from changing scenes as we incorporated fade in’s and out’s and hard cuts.

8.       Another convention we followed was that of the nature of an adolescent boy as they can be quite aggressive and often use bad language as a way of expressing there emotions.

9.       This looked at how schizophrenia is ever present, even when EDGAR wakes up Ronnie is around. This backs conventions of schizophrenic films such as “fight club” and “Donnie darko”.

10.   Shows an establishing shot, many short films use these as they easily set the scene rather than it needing to be explained.

11.   This also looks at the conventions of schizophrenia as both boys respond as if they are both real. EDGAR depicts RONNIE as real and not a delusion.

12.   This is a shot following conventions of the French New Wave as it has elements of a long distant track.

13.   And 14. Show how schizophrenia can affect concentration and how one can lose track of time due to there perception being off.

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15.   Reverting back to colour is a dangerous thing as most films tend to stick to one or the other, but we justify it as the colour signals true reality and how life can come crashing down on a person in an instant

16.   Is a crash zoom, a tough shot to do so you are unlikely to see it in most short films but we feel it was the perfect shot for our ending.


Question 2 - How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages

1) Blogger - Blogger is classed as a new media technology as it is an online website where you are able to post blogs on a topic of your choice, from media work to a blog about everyday life. Blogger is one most used media technology I have used as it enables me to post all my work in one place. Blogger allows us to import photos, videos, edit, add and delete parts of our work with ease.  All of my work displayed on this software has been put onto my blog using these simple and easy techniques. Blogger simplified the task of putting all my work in one place.

2) Canon 550D - This new media technology was crucial when looking at the practical side to my coursework. I used it to take pictures when we were filming, this was to obtain evidence and improve the aesthetic aspects to make my blog via the pre-production, production and post-production. This was used it to take photos for my postcard and my film review.  The shots taken were a high quality due to how advanced  and new the camera was.   

 3) Photoshop - Photoshop is the programme where I have edited all of my  images I needed within my A2 coursework, the software is a lot to take in at first but we are able to find out any instructions about it on the internet. It didn’t take long before I fully understood how to use due to the detailed tutorials. This software was best used when creating my postcard front and back and my film review.

 4) Adobe Premiere Pro - I used this software to capture, create a rough cut, and edit both the visuals and the audio by a series of effects and setting changes. This software was ideal programme for us to use due to its simple nature. Without the use of Adobe Premier Pro the editing process of our project would have been almost impossible. Adobe Premier Pro gives allows the user to create high quality pieces in a short space of time. 

5) IMDB – This website allowed me to look at all the films imaginable for research purposes. I was able to find work from Jean-Luc Godard with ease and films that involved schizophrenia. This was ideal as all the information was in one place making the research gaining process much quicker.

6) Internet Explorer -  I used this to do my research throughout the process of pre-production, production and post-production. Internet Explorer was paramount when looking at trying to research all elements of the film as all the information once again was stored in the same place. Without this software I would have struggled to find out much if any information as even a library doesn’t have archives on every film and media filming techniques.