Lighting analysis

Lighting

As our 2 minute film opening begins there is a strong lighting which makes the scene quite bright, this has been intentional. As the scene progresses the setting generally becomes darker, this ties with the story line as it becomes darker as things start to become more dramatic. the use of lighting to be in sync with the story line is called 'pathetic fallacy'.


Here are the screenshots were you can see the variations of lighting within the film opening:

Evaluation mark scheme

The mark scheme for level 4 (the highest band) is listed below I have only included this band and not any below because this is the level I am working towards achieving. 

Level 4 16–20 marks 

• Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.

• Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production. 

• Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.

• Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task. 

• Excellent ability to communicate.

I will be trying to achieve to get within the level 4 category to enable me getting the highest mark possible.

The deadline for Evaluations AND for Blogs to be completed and closed is:

Friday 28 April - 3:30pm

Evaluation questions

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation:

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

2  How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

3  What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

4  Who would be the audience for your media product? 

5  How did you attract/address your audience? 

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

7  Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

The deadline for Evaluations AND for Blogs to be completed and closed is:

Friday 28 April - 3:30pm

Titles

As a group we felt it was vital to have our film opening look as professional as possible, one way we felt we could achieve this is by correctly using titles. I went on http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/21-jump-street/ then as a group we decided to list our titles as such:

• Directed by Serine Houadef 
• Starring George Wilson and Ellie Childs 
• Cinematography by Mya Chopra-McFarlane
• Written and Edited by Ellie Childs, Mya Chopra-McFarlane, Serine Houadef, George Wilson
  
  
  (this is similar to how '21 Jump Street' (2012) set out their titles)
  
  
  We are still in the process of deciding whether to include: Music by... , Screenplay by... and Produced by... 
  
  
  
  

Vlog 2

Our second vlog shows our group in the process of re-recording the scene which shows me being attacked. This extra footage was vital for our film opening as we significantly improved the footage we had previously. In this blog you can see Mya put the bag over my head, i then proceed to react more dramatically and for a longer of period of time whereas previously i only struggled for half of the time and my reaction was less lively.

Re-shoot

After around 5 trips to Bush Hill Park to film our film opening we thought we had finished. However when editing and playing through the footage we had, as a group, we noticed numerous continuity errors, for example people in the back in one shot then not in the other. In addition, our story line shows a person suffocating me with a plastic bag however when gaining approval of some of our classmates we realised we should of filmed it differently. As a result of this we re-visited the estate we filmed in and recorded an improved version which looked a lot more authentic.

First Vlog

Our first vlog, as a group, we discuss the names for our film. I thought of the name 'Made In The Estate' as we researched UK crime dramas and found a film with the similar name 'Made In Britain'. When looking into the story line of this film, i felt adapting the name of their film to suit our film opening would be suitable as the crime themes are similar.