6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

The two pictures below is showing one of the main programmes we used to make our film and the other picture is showing the equipment which we needed for our film opening.

Using a tripod plays a key part in making a good film, when using this piece of equipment we played around to start with to see what we could do with it. The tripod has a few key features which helped us a lot in the process of us making our intro. There are extendible legs at the bottom so when needed to record shots at different levels we could change the height to make our film shots right.

Another programme which was to play a key role in our film was Adobe Premiere Pro, this is an editing programme. Our whole group used this programme for when we have clips to edit or when we have re-filmed and need to add/delete clips.

We have used a few other programmes as well for our research and planning, our group used Prezi to make one presentation for our research & planning category. Another programme we used is Adobe Soundbooth, the group learnt from using programme that if you want to edit the music and make it mix in with the genre.

As a group we learnt that when filming just having a camera is not enough to make a good film, you need equipment and programmes and to spend a lot of time to get the film up to scratch.

Twitter Feedback

Our blog has been our most important way of posting ideas and stuff we have produced. However to gain a larger audience we have set up a group twitter page.

We have had some positive post from twitter followers

 

 

SO GET FOLLOWING!

Music Clarification

Music Clarification

During editing we had to choose music to fit our film opening.
The music we chose was from the existing film A Nightmare On Elm Street.
To ensure we can use the music without copyright issues we sent an email to Wes Craven asking if we can use the music.

Codes Used In Fight Club The Movie

Codes used in Fight Club

FIGHT CLUB

The Hook
The hook shows a man with what appears to gun in his mouth leaving the audience with the question why. This is a technical code

Set the Scene
The audience are able to see some of the setting behind the man but not a lot, this is a symbolic code.

Introduce Characters
The audience is only shown one character however other important actors are shown in the credits. This is a written and symbolic code.

Introduce Genre
The opening sequence is rather dark and mysterious, this sets a thriller genre. This is a technical code.

Credits
The credits appear on screen for a couple of minutes during the opening sequence. This is a written code.

Improvements

Improvements

We have done a rough cut and obtained some feedback from others of improvements we could make to our film opening.

>The first improvement we could do is introduce a purpose and a hook to the opening so the audience will want to continue watching.
>We could use a variety of different shot lengths, and shorten the film opening to decrease the probability of boredom.
>We need to set the scene properly using establishing shots, and introduce main characters better using close ups.
>We need to include in our final project some film titles and music to create suspense and fill gaps between shots.

Setting The Scene

During our research we was looking for different locations to film our material, as we decided to film at night we searched for dark & and deserted areas, e.g. lakes.

This was because it could emphasise that you are being watched by someone/something as the areas is surrounded by woodland.

Film Title ( A Night To Forget)

This is our first appearance of the film title "A Night To Forget"

this was made in Photoshop and fireworks using different layers in fireworks and then the blur tool afterwards in Photoshop, more edits might be included.

Film Editing

Final parts of editing for our film opening are being made.
The film opening is around 2.50 mins long, this is still to be confirmed.