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

The conventions in this frame show a close up of my face, this is a close up, the effect it has on the film is that shows the characters facial expressions, thsi is why we did it. How? We used one of our props which was the camera and zoomed up right close to my face. The effect on this was also to see the (fake) blood rolling down my face.



This frame was effective becasuse its of Mitch and I. A two shot is used to show this, and it is effective because it encompasses a view of two people. How? The person with the camera stood at the side of us to get the right andgle and shot.

why? because it shows Mitch and I in one shot showing me in the background and also show Mitch looking at me to the right.





This frame I felt was really good. Its of some (fake) blood dripping on to the cards indicating someone who has been cut. It is effective and mysterious because you cannot see the person it is dripping off and it just give a sence of mysteriousness. To do this we set the camera angle pointing to the ground and carefully squeezed blood out of the litle packet. In the film we made it stand out and mean a little more by revesing the shot. The voice over states that it will
takes au back to what happened previously.

This shot was good in this frame where the car drives right over the camera. It is effective because it shows the movement and speed of the car. It also gives our main task a range of angles that the car can be seen on. I have seen many of the shots in movies like need for speed/fast and furious. This is how i was able to think of this idea. To do this we placed the camera in the middle of the road, it was abit risky but it paid off.



In another film that influenced us I found similar shots that they use. You can see the low camera angles they use to show a sense of power making the cars look bigger.

This shot in this frame I also see in movies, it is effective because it shows the car stopping to a hault, instead of showing the whole car showing one feature of the car has more emphasis.
 To do this I had to get on the floor and lay on my front on the white line, waiting for the car to stop in the exact framing of the camera. This is a popular angle that is shown a lot in action films.
For example, Red line.





In this frame it show Mitch and I walking towards the car and about to get in. It is effective because it is a two shot showing both our movements in the exact point of time. The camera was placed infront of the car. This is shown in other movies where there are two characters that you want to see in one frame.

This two shot from Born to Race is used and it is similar to our shots we used. it influenced us because it encompasses a view of 2 peoples actions at that present time together, so we used this angle but from behind.





This is where Mitch and I have entered the car and we have just put our seat belts on. This is also where Mitch starts to talk to meabout judging cars, but in this clip we decided to turn the volume down and have a voice over on top. We could still roughly here in the background Mitch and I having a conversation and joking around.






This is where the opening credits come in, we did it this way because we already had a twon shot of Mitch and I which made sence to put both our names there as we were there at the same time and it concluded the film opening. We edited this on top to look more bold.


















This frame is and important frame, its where our title comes in. We chose to place it at the end because it didnt really fit the part at the begining and we thought that at the end it can fade in at the same time the car monuvers round the corner. When we watched it back it looked brilliant and definately fit the part. The colour we chose was to be a bright white bubbly font to stand out on top of the red car making sure the audience knows what our film is called.




Typical analysis of how we have used conventions in a typical way

Being that our film opening is an action/thriller film, there are many conventions.

The action conventions consist of certificates of an age for 12/15, maximising youth audiences.
They are often hybridised with Sci Fi/Adventure/Romance, Major hollywood studio produced and distributed. They have high production values including CGI FX and fast pace editing. They usually include a Classic Hollywood 3 act narrative structure, Predictable chain of events - cause and effect, single stranded, linear, closed narrative, Dramatic non-diegetic sound, More narrative action codes than enigma codes, Clear binary oppositions, Star Marketing: Audience identification/expectations, (Cruise/Pitt/Willis/Thurman/Jolie/Stallone/Craig/SchwarzeneggeDi Caprio…). ,Generic Typecasting and Secondary Persona apply, Romantic sub-plot, Humorous dialogue, Relationships with new technology (youth audiences), Use of close up/Insert shots/High Key Lighting.


This underneath is the conventions of a thriller film.

Reference back to my blog, previously I posted information on film openings.

Typical conventions i have used for a film opening.

Firstly our film opening contains two mails who are the main characters this is typical and essential in and opening as it also states on the film opening information above. A film opening would also include opening credits, our main task does this as well and has a frame to show this but we put our towards the end of our opening because we thought it looked better there. A film opening consists of a film title in which ours is place at the end because we thought it had more effect rather than placing it in the middle or the beggining.

However as it does say above some films don't use conventional openings such as; lack of credits, establishing shots, main characters may not be introduced.

There are many types of film openings, there are: 

• An animated title sequence - creatvie portrait
• A narration over - nengages audience audibly aswell as visually
• A compilation of photographs - portrays themes and relationships between characters
• A Flash-forward - shows how film is concluded
• A Flash back - background information related to storyline
• A Pan of an establishing shot

Our film opening has a narration over, a flashback and a flash forward. This can be identified when the blood dripping in reversed action is shown.

Aspects considered across the nine frames...

Setting - In the second frame the location was in a shed, it had substantial lighting however it was low lighting, we had to travel to nevil road by bus to get to this location.

We used this shed because it enacted as a small confined room where Mitch and I are isolated from the outside. I am unconsious and Mitch is tied up and badly bruised 
around his face.

The 4th and 5th frame is at the location of a Tesco car park in brislington, we used this as an area where Mitch could drive to pick me up. It was a good local place that had lots of things going on in the background so it made our clip feel more of a sense of realism.

Costumes & Props - 

1 Red SEAT IBZA - this came in useful because it represented something in our film opening, this car was going to be raced during the film, although it does not show this in our opening the car plays and important role. It was also used to get our group to the tesco car park location. We had a variety of camera angles showing different concepts of the car from different angles and views.

The fake blood came in useful at the beggining because it represented someone being hurt, bruised, cut, death and overall represents a conflict/problem. This was shown rolling down my face at the begging seen and appeared again dripping on the playing cards in reverse.

3 Cameras were used to capture different angles,shots and movements in different times, we also had to obey the 180 rule which is also shown on my blog.   >file:///Users/08mcfarlanep/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202014-03-06%20at%2012.15.32.png

Make up was used to show that my face was bleeding and Mitch had been badly brusied on his eyes and lips, the was a success and looked very realistic.

Playing cards were used. They were scattered all around the floor and blood is shown dripping on them

Camera work and editing

Editing 

Reference to my blog, these pictures are evidence about the definitions for sound and editing 

In our editing we included some audio - Voice over - We did this because the wind was interupting a lot of the speach. 

We used a software called garage band to record our monologue.

Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations. The voice-over may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the production or by a specialist voice actor. It is pre-recorded and placed over the top of a film or video and commonly used in documentaries or news reports to explain information.

Camera work

These are the camera angles we used in our film opening....

We attempted to use a range and a variety of different angles

High angle shot - We used this because the effect on it was looking down at a subject, it is to make an object feel vulnerable and powerless.

Two shot - A Two shot is a type of shot employed in the film industry in which the frame encompasses a view of two people (the subjects)

Low angle shot - A low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up.

Close up - A Close up shot has a zoomed in lens showing facial expressions up close.

Wide angle shot - In photography, filmmaking and video production, a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.