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The document describes the development process of a student film project through multiple drafts. [1] The initial draft was too short at 40 seconds, so a conversation scene was added to draft 2. [2] Feedback found the conversation confusing, so a dream sequence replacing it was used in draft 4. [3] The final draft received positive feedback for explaining the plot better through abstract imagery in the dream sequence.
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Our task was to recreate part of the Blair Witch Project horror film trailer. We added text stating three film students disappeared in the woods and their footage was later found. We filmed scenes in leaves to resemble woods and edited footage with a book, camera, and paper to add lighting. We recreated the acting of a female character by filming her face in dark lighting. To improve, we need to slow down and extend certain shots for clarity and atmosphere. Feedback indicated the voiceovers needed to be clearer and include a male voice, and editing could be faster with added screams. Some positive feedback noted similarities to the original trailer in dark lighting, locations, shot composition, and created suspense.
Evidence evaluation newer
The document describes a storyboard and scene for a short film involving a loanshark threatening a victim. The first shot shows the victim's anxious tapping, then cuts to the loanshark rushing down a corridor. With tense music, this opening builds dread. A confrontation ensues where the loanshark circles and intimidates the victim, hinting at his evil nature. The loanshark threatens the victim's family and swiftly leaves, the tone meant to make his message more impactful. The next scene shows the distraught victim alone at a table after the door closes.
Evaluation of first cut
Our first cut of the film had good music that set the emotional tone but the transition between the music and footage was unprofessional. Feedback said the cuts between shots were too many and amateur, making the video lack flow. Actors also lacked emotion, so the audience couldn't feel engaged in the story. For the final cut, we improved the transitions, used fewer shots that transitioned better, and had actors improvise to show more emotion. We also changed some props and characters to add more significance and emotion.
Attract Audience
The document discusses how the filmmakers attracted and addressed their target audience of teens and young adults. They included characters of both genders to appeal to different audiences. The main character, Tabitha, is around the same age as the target audience and shares similar interests like partying and drinking to allow audiences to relate to her. Scenes were filmed in a studio with dark lighting for the climax stalking scene and in a house to depict a party atmosphere contrasting with the dark, tense street scenes. The soundtrack used eerie music for tense moments and loud party music that was muffled to convey the protagonist's feelings after being drugged. The titles had sharp, black and white lettering with red for blood to match the
Attract audience
The document discusses how the filmmakers attracted and addressed their target audience of teens and young adults. They included characters of both genders to appeal to different audiences. The main character, Tabitha, is around the same age as the target audience and shares similar interests like partying and drinking to allow audiences to relate to her. Scenes were filmed in a studio with dark lighting for the climax stalking scene and in a house to depict a party atmosphere contrasting with the dark, tense street scenes. The soundtrack used eerie music for tense moments and loud party music that was muffled to convey the protagonist's drugged state of mind. Title credits used sharp, black and white lettering with red to match the thriller genre
Evaluation Question 3
The document discusses feedback received from test audiences on a film project. Audience members found the story interesting and were engaged but had some confusion around a character's disappearance. Based on the feedback, the filmmakers clarified details around this event. They also streamlined some unnecessary elements. Re-screening for audiences confirmed the changes helped understanding. Feedback praised effects conveying the protagonist's deteriorating mental state and commented on clever techniques suggesting themes. The filmmakers were pleased audiences comprehended the story and twist ending as intended.
Eval 1....Anelka evans
This document discusses several generic conventions and challenges of thrillers that the filmmakers considered in their short film. They prioritized including suspense and tension through a stalker voyeuristically watching the main character. Their psychotic stalker character was difficult to portray within the short time constraints. The filmmakers also challenged the convention of only having male detectives by not including strong male characters or actors. They ultimately titled their film "The Hunted" because audience feedback suggested it sounded creepy and precise for the stalker character. The main prop of a phone was used to create significance and foreshadowing. Practical location issues forced changes to the originally planned setting of filming across from houses, but the new woodland location still fulfilled thriller
Evaluation question 3
The student learned valuable feedback from their audience at multiple stages of creating their music video and ancillary texts. During initial research, audience interviews provided guidance on preferred genres and narrative elements. Later feedback on draft ideas and pitches helped refine concepts. Audience viewings of rough cuts gave direction on pacing, editing, and technical elements. Final feedback affirmed that the filters and narrative were effective but suggested areas for improvement, such as including more artist performance or reworking one storyline element. Overall, iterative audience feedback at planning and production stages helped the student create work that effectively engaged their target viewers.
Question 5
The document summarizes feedback from a questionnaire posted on Facebook about a student film. 9 out of 10 respondents in the target age bracket of teenagers to young adults said they would watch the full film after seeing the first 2 minutes. Respondents particularly liked the realistic portrayal of teenagers and inclusion of running, as well as the news broadcast scene and how the music built tension during a running scene. Some wanted more close-ups of zombies. Most predicted one character would die and the other find a way to kill the zombies, but no one realized the importance of blood coughed up by a character.
Evaluation question 3
The filmmakers received feedback from their audience that helped improve their short film. The audience found the voice of one character, Simon, to be annoying and distracting. They also felt the acting from the two main characters lacked believability. Based on this feedback, the filmmakers extensively re-edited the film, cutting out problematic scenes and adding emotional music to change the tone. They also received positive feedback about the film's eerie location setting and preferred poster design with yellow text. The filmmakers found the audience feedback extremely useful for improving their final product.
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Evaluation question 3
The document discusses the various new media technologies used in the production of a music video project. It describes using a Sony Bloggie camera to film all stages of production. A tripod was also used to film sequences with multiple people. Final Cut Pro was used to edit the clips together and add filters. MPEG Stream Clip converted clip formats for use in Final Cut Pro. iTunes was used to download the song. Photoshop created the packaging design. Paint was used initially for draft designs. A blog on Blogspot documented the process. A fog machine was planned for use but did not work out as intended.
Star image
The document discusses how different genres portray stars through album covers to appeal to certain audiences. It gives the examples of Taylor Swift's country star image on her first album shown through a rural background and minimal makeup, and Marilyn Manson's dark and sinister image meant to scare on one of his album covers. The purpose of crafting star images through album art is to appeal to the target audience of that genre, with rock and indie stars portrayed as more rebellious than pop stars to attract rebellious teenagers.
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This document discusses how institutions craft star images to appeal to target audiences. It provides examples of Taylor Swift being portrayed as a simple country star in her early album with a rural background and minimal makeup. Another example shows Marilyn Manson with a dark, sinister image on his album cover to portray a scary image. The purpose of crafting star images is to appeal to specific audiences - rock and indie stars aim for rebellious images while pop stars have brighter, more colorful portrayals.
Digipak photography
The document discusses the development of the theme and title for the author's Digipak project. Originally wanting to do a theme on Grimm fairy tales titled "Monsters", the author had to change it to "Villains" after their partner chose the same name. They dressed up as DC comic superheroes for the photoshoot to reference intertextuality and comics within their Digipak, though some photos didn't go as planned.
What is the purpose of music videos?
Music videos serve three main purposes: 1) To advertise and sell the artist's music and albums by making the song and artist memorable. 2) To entertain viewers with a visual representation of the song. 3) To advertise and promote the artist themselves in order to sell more of their records over time.
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The digipack contains Lady Gaga's second studio album titled "The Fame Monster". It includes two CDs and features grayscale images of Lady Gaga on the front and back panels. The back panel shows a close-up of Lady Gaga's face with diamonds covering one side of her sunglasses, representing her split personality between fame and her inner monster. The grayscale coloring and gothic theme are used to portray dark and edgy music relating to Lady Gaga's monstrous image, which may have been influenced by original Grimm fairy tales. The opening panels present Lady Gaga's album like a portfolio, showing her centrally to portray it as her audition to demonstrate she deserves fame.
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St. Trinian's was directed by Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson, starring Colin Firth and Rupert Everett. It was distributed internationally and had a budget of £7 million, earning back £1.8 million in its opening weekend.
(500) Days of Summer was directed by Marc Webb, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, it had a $7.5 million budget and earned $60.7 million total after a $834,501 opening weekend.
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- 2. Draft 1
- 3. A brief description of your piece. • A young girl gets killed by her best friend in a Satanic Ritual. We intended for this to be our whole 2 minute opening however after we edited it together we realised it was only 40 seconds long. Our project was 1 minute, 20 seconds too short.
- 4. What did you think you needed to change and why? • Because our 1st draft was too short (as mentioned in the last slide) we needed to either re-film our project so it fit the time required or add an extra scene.
- 5. Audience Feedback. • The feedback we received on our 1st draft is what lead to development of our later drafts. All of the feedback mentioned how they disliked the fact that Sarah didn’t make any dramatic sounds as she died and that there wasn’t any sound (non diegetic) playing behind to build the tension. They claimed that if we added these elements then the plot would be easier to understand.
- 6. Draft 2.
- 7. A brief description of your piece. • We kept the death scene from our 1st draft but added a conversation between Jess and a fellow conspirator (Me) in which Jess gets emotional about the death of her best friend. We also added music that Sarah composed to play behind the death sequence.
- 8. What changes did we make and why? • As explained in the slide above we added to the end of our Death sequence a conversation between me and Jess which we intended to explain what Sarah did that lead to her being killed (Jess told her a secret that she promised the character of Esther she wouldn’t). This was because our Death sequence wasn’t long enough to fit the two minute mininmum.
- 9. What did you think you needed to change and why? • After looking over our 2nd draft we decided that the conversation between me and Jess wasn’t as clear as we wanted it to be. It didn’t explain why Sarah was killed or who the character of Esther actually is. We wanted the conversation to be more than just filler for the 1 minute and 20 seconds we had missing to fit the time requirement.
- 10. Audience Feedback. • The overall feedback we received was that people didn’t like the conversation as it wasn’t clear what was going on and they weren’t sure how it fit into the Psychological Thriller genre.
- 11. Draft 3.
- 12. A brief description of our piece. • We added to draft 2 and establishing shot of the outside of Jess’s house so the credits could flash up during that shot.
- 13. What changes did we make and why? • We added the establishing shot of Jess’s house at the beginning of our Project and put the credits over the top.
- 14. What did we think needed to change and why? • The discussion (as mentioned in our Audience Feedback for our 2nd draft) and the timing of the credits as we wanted to time them with the music.
- 15. Audience Feedback. • They still wanted us to change the conversation and agreed with us on the idea of making the credits come up in time with the music.
- 16. Draft 4.
- 17. A brief description of our piece. • We decided after a long discussion over the pro’s and con’s of our 3rd draft that we would replace the conversation with a dream sequence showing abstract imagery of how Jess is feeling about the situation she is in. This also helped us show the genre as “Psychological Thriller” as it is based around her mind.
- 18. What changes did we make and why? • We got rid of the unclear conversation between Jess’s character and my character and replaced it with the dream sequence. • We found music on a Creative Common’s website to play behind the dream sequence. • We made the credits come on in time with the music.
- 19. What did we think needed to change and why? • The conversation as it didn’t feel/look right and while editing it together I kept screaming about how I look like a troll in our first draft and how conversation scene should perish.
- 20. Audience Feedback. • Our feedback for our final draft was really positive. They said they liked the scene with the Well (in the dream sequence) as it explained that my character wasn’t real and they preferred the dream sequence to the conversation.
- 21. THE END. Esther Draft 1 (No Music) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z04M1oMP9Lc Esther Draft 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIFRJpqQHI Esther Draft 1.5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXeH1F8NYEY Esther Draft 2 (Incomplete) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6MfTMtWFM Esther Final Draft - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIe0y4XeT6g