Editing

Editing

Editing from the beginning i believed was going to be the most major part to our opening sequence i had research and viewed many trailers and sequences to see which was a good example and which ones could inspire me as an individual to do better, i conducted from my research that editing was going to be easy which made the task as a group for us more enjoying, because it meant that we could gain more knowledge along the way.

From the research i had conducted as an individual i had found that the most visual style of editing were the most suited by audiences, stuff like continuity editing, 180-degree rule and match on action helped me to understand how important editing was going to be.

Once we got onto the editing process, i had realized that there were going to be errors and things we needed to fix up, editing made me see the faults and problems we had as a group and it made me want to do better.

I had viewed 'The cutting Edge' for inspiration and i have came across facts about editing and the production of a film and it's 'cutting process' which meant that editing was to take a long time till the distribution of the film.

music Research

Music Research

The music research was a vital thing that i research and my findings show that the most favoured music is Rock and Hip-hop from our target audience. The music research i had done was to find out what soundtrack was most suited to the opening sequence my group and i have conducted. I had analysed many soundtracks and music and we found it was most suited to use garageband to make our soundtrack to fit the name of the time and bring a more interest from our target audience.

The title of our opening sequence is 'Victim' and i had come across many soundtracks and i was impressed by many, me and the group had sat down and discussed what our best suited soundtrack would have been and we had first were convinced to have a lyrical song such as 'Victim' this was because it is the same name as the title sequence and it had seemed to appeal to us as a group.

The music i research had to fit the discussion of the opening sequence and i had to get the group onto my side into agreeing and being happy to add the sound into the film and had to be related to production of my film, this was because it had to show significance to film to appeal to a greater number of target audience.

Individual Reflections

Initial Reflection

In this task i will be talking about my initial progress and ideas, also i will be looking further on what has been done up to date and what me as an individual, i've done to progress my group up till this stage.  As an individual in my group i have achieve a lot as, i've been working on my blog posting what me and group have done and our initial look into editing and my making the soundtrack of our opening sequence.

As a individual i conducted, independent research throughout the course, i've looked upon making my opening sequence much better and with the research i had done along the way i had gained more knowledge of how the media industry works and how to structure and to conduct the first initial act filming/acting.

I believe in this term i have worked much harder and contribute much more to group work and i've made a better approach to classwork and work outside class, i've helped my group heavily into getting where we are today. I have had many initial ideas and soundtrack to fit the role of the film. I have planned what i was going to do and so far it has been up to scratch. From my research i had come with inspiration for my work by gaining more knowledge.

Audience Research

Audience research

In this task i will be concluding my audience research that i have done in the past last week. My research was essential for me to find what my film should be targeted it as. The research has included to that the most suitable ages to go for was the ages from 12-21 and this is the most common age groups that go to the cinema and this will play a vital success into a movies success because with the most common age groups will view your film this will mean more viewers will wish to see your film.

Film questionnaire 

what is your age group?

-Under 12    [  ] 

- 12- 15        [  ]

- 16-18         [  ]

- 19-25         [  ]

- 26-40         [  ] 

- 41-49         [  ]

which gender are you?

- Male          [  ]

- Female      [  ]

what is your two favorite types of genre?

- Action      [  ]

- Adventure[  ]

- Comedy   [  ]

- Drama      [  ]

- Horror       [  ] 

- Sci-Fi        [  ]

- Romance   [  ]

- War Films  [  ] 

what is your favorite way in watching a film?

- TV            [  ]

- DVD         [  ] 

- Cinema     [  ] 

I had conducted a questionnaire which i had handed to 5 random people and i had found that the most common people like to see crime and action, this had helped me to see the most common suited target audience was both male and female and the most preferred place to view a film was at home and cinema, this is because this is the most common place to view a film.

Institution

Institution 

In this task i will outline the plan of my key ideas and i will give examples what i will be doing in my opening ideas and also who would be most likely to distribute my film. in this task i will be talking about the distributors and best suitors for my films. Distributors are people that help you sell tickets to your film, with advertisements and help you bring your initial film idea into the market ready to be viewed by audience.

The warner Brothers is a very good example as a big distributor because of it's history of successful films that they had distributed into the media today. I have research and had a further look into this production company and i believe this is a very suitable distributor to my film due to the fact they are known in the market as instance successors.

Revolver Entertainment whereas is a upcoming media company which has produced small and upcoming media directors and they have distributed british crime drama, which have succeed to the younger/teenage viewers which have been suited to this type of genre of film. Revolver Entertainment is in my opinion a good film distributor because i find there opening distributor logo entertaining and appealing.

Representation

Representation

The representation in films has been a big issue into the film industry for centuries now, and this is because of stereotypes in the film industry, in my research which i conducted i have tried to hit back at stereotypes and stick to a more fair and appealing opening sequence which portrays male and females equally and shows the targeted viewers what we are trying to portray in our opening sequence.

Film Covers sometime portray the women as weak characters and this due to how they have been portrayed in the media for centuries, but however films like Salt have changed and hit out at stereotypes and changed it up and portrayed the female gender more wise and stronger. The film industry have shown stereotypes because it makes the audience understand the sequence more and show the structure of the film.

Phantom of the opera

Phantom of the Opera 

Phantom the opera is a film that is very highly regarded as a hit in the media industry with all its scenes and its soundtracks. in the blog i will be talking about phantom of the opera and i will look further into miss-en-scene of Phantom of the opera. Phantom of the opera starts of with a dark sequence and moves beyond to a lighter scene to the past, whereas it is much brighter in that scene.

The setting of Phantom of the opera begins at a dark scene in a theatre and it seams to be shown as a bidding is taking place and everyone is sad. the scene seems to have shown a place where a theatre of arts and drama is shown and looks to have once held a thousands of high class people that would of had seen the opera. Once the Chandlers go up the scene moves onto a bigger meaning and then portrays a visual image of the scene moving onto the past where there was more happiness and more joy into the theatre. The effect of the scene changing up has meant that the scene is more entertaining and more involving to the characters and engages the audience.

The characters are dressed ups as high-class people with their long dresses and suits portray that they are in the past and that they are high-class because of there involvement into the bidding. The sound begins with sad and unappealing music, but once the scene begins to show colour theres a spooky music which comes into the scene and lightens the audience.

opening sequence Research

Opening sequence research 

The opening sequence in a film is what establishes a film, and begins to show the audience what they are in for. The opening sequence includes credits and titles of the film. the opening research i did was vital into my research into find what was best suited into my opening sequence for my coursework. my opening research included looking into what films had to be known for there opening sequences such as the mummy and James Bond, because they have been box office major hits and known for their opening sequences

The mummy is one of my favourite opening sequence because of its Oxymoron beginning with happy cheerful music with a dark background, which engages the audience with mixed thoughts. the opening sequence includes the titles of directors and producers. the opening sequence of the mummy includes powerful images and gives the audience a good image what is coming ahead of the film for them.

James Bond: Casino Royale is a very powerful opening sequence and in the british media it is considered as a big favourite from the audiences and this is because of its visuals and the soundtracks that make the opening sequence so appealing to the audience. 

5th February 2013

As a group today we has conducted our first step into editing, due to the fact we have to present our first rough cut of what we have done to the class to gain feedback from our class

We had a initial look of our scenes that we had filmed and gained knowledge of the fact that our scenes had still needed to be added into our initial opening sequence idea.

1 February 2013

Today as a group, we had a initial look at our filming, also uploaded our current state of filming and we wet ahead with a group discussion which concluded with additional ideas that meant of costumes were needed to be more organised and we had a discussion about location