LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THR FULL PRODUCT?

EVALUATION 8

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECT?

EVALUATION 7

HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE?

EVALUATION 6

I adressed the audience by asking for audience input during the early stages of production. I handed out questionnaires asking the audience how they felt about the mane of the film, the music used in the title sequence, the font used and how they felt overall about the sequence. This helped me make sure that every step I made would have a reflection on what the target audience want. this influenced the characters used and the setting of the title sequence. The target audience also influenced the newspaper because they can relate to it better if there was a headline relating to what they usually did, the school dance.

The target audience was attracted by the enigma created at the end of the title sequence after the blind panic scene and it goes to static. The fact that the characters were all in the age range of the target audience also attracted the target audience more to the sequence because it gave a feel of realism.

The target audience was pleased with the final production because they gave positive feed back saying they loved the music, the choice of font, the character and the setting especially the lab setting. They also liked the positioning of the scenes and how they came after the titles, they said it told them the story in a very fast tension building way and that made them want to see the sequence more. They loved the blind panic scene with the hand held camera because they couldn't understand exactly what the character was saying but could tell that the character was trying to warn them about the zombies and this creates enigma for the audience because they don't know exactly what the character is saying about the zombies and the scene cuts to static not revelling what happened to the character.

From the audience feedback, the only thing that was a bit unsuccessful was the sound volume. They said they loved the music but the sound was uneven.

HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

EVALUATION 5

IN WHAT WAY DOES THIS MEDIA PRODUCTS USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

EVALUATION 4

WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION WILL DISTRIBUTE THIS PRODUCT AND WHY?

EVALUATION 3

WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR PRODUCT?

EVALUATION 2

BRIEF

EVALUATION 1

TITLE SEQUENCE FINAL DRAFT WITH CORRECTIONS !!!!

FINISHED TITLE SEQUENCE FOR CIVILIZED

CHANGES MADE FROM FEEDBACK !

After receiving the feedbacks I decided to make some changes to my title sequence based on the feedback I received.

The first criticism I got was that the Tv static should have lasted for a longer time and that the name of the film should have been over the static. I decide to make the static last longer but only the sound, I shortened the visuals and make the static sound over the name of the film.

The second criticism was that the green screen during the newspaper scene was actually green and there was no effect added to it. I rectified  that mistake, I forgot to add the scene that I make on Adobe After Effect. I added it to the sequence which made it better.

The last criticism was that there was not enough material (shots) and that I needed to shoot more scenes and that in the lighter scene they couldn't hear what the person was saying. I increased the dialogue volume in that scene so that the audience could hear it better. I also went out and shot more scenes, the running scene and added it to the title sequence.

The audience response to my title sequence was good and there was a lot of positive feedback.

They said that the titles were really good and that it was a theme of its own and that added to the genre of the film. They also said that the choice of music and the cutting into the music was very good. The positioning of the shots and the order or credits was really good.

Overall, I feel that I did a good work and I make all the relevant corrections to the title sequence and I also posted it on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Youtube to get a wider audience response and there was a lot of positive feedback and a few criticism.

FEED BACK ON ROUGH CUT !

Today we received the feedback sheet on our title sequence which was filled in by the different groups in the class and we were able to make the adequate corrections to the title sequence.

ROUGH CUT FOR TITLE SEQUENCE

This is the rough cut for my title sequence that was screened in class.

SHAUN'S BLOG FEEDBACK

Today we received some feedback from Shaun our teacher regarding our blogs and what grade the blogs are on. He said that my blog was at a C grade and if I needed to push the grade up I should reduce the pictures and add more writing because myt blog lacked enough written work and there were too much irrelevant pictures on it. I reduced the pictures and only left the relevant ones, I also explained the pictures and the procedures of how I did the things on there because before it was just pictures and no explanation.

He also said that I needed to increase the length of my title sequence analysis for a better grade because they were too short. I added more analysis to 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Creep" title sequence.

I also decided to upload the rough cut for my title sequence, feedback from teacher and others and possible improvements.

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 AUDIENCE RESPONSE TO SOUNDTRACK

AUDIENCE RESPONSE	SOUNDTRACK              1	SOUNDTRACK            2	SOUNDTRACK             3	SOUNDTRACK               4
Facebook	9/10	4/10	7/10	2/10
YouTube	7/10	3/10	6/10	6/10
Blogger	9/10	4/10	3/10	1/10
Sound cloud	7/10	5/10	5/10	3/10
Twitter	10/10	3/10	8/10	2/10
Tumblr	10/10	2/10	5/10	1/10
Questionnaire	8/10	3/10	8/10	3/10

After gathering information on people's opinion on my choice of song for the title sequence I then decided to use the first track because it had the most vote and I think it goes very well with idea for the title sequence and it has an action beat to it and that will add seriousness to the title sequence. The first track is has the fastest face and I need a fast paced soundtrack for my title sequence.

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THURSDAY 24TH JANUARY 2013    (SOUND TRACKS)

Today I had to look for a suitable sound track for my title sequence, add it to the rough cut of the title sequence and get audience opinion on them. I chose four sound tracks with the intension of using only one.
FIRST SOUND TRACK

 This soundtrack is fast paced and works well with    the action part of the film. I got this track Audio network, a copyright free music website and it has a very strong opening. 

SECOND SOUND TRACK

 This soundtrack is not fast paced but it had a horror mystery tune to it that will create enigma for the audience. However it could create genre confusion as the track sounds a bit western and it will make the audience wonder what type of setting the film will be.

THIRD SOUND TRACK

 This soundtrack is fast paced but it is an action comedy soundtrack and it can create confusion in for the audience as to the numerous genre of the film and this could result in misinterpretation of the film.

FORTH SOUND TRACK

 This sound track is okay for the genre of the film but it does not give the audience an element of tension and it is too normal like nothing has happened and it doesn't interprete the genre of the film so it might be a bit confusing for the audience to understand the film's genre in relative to the title sequence.

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TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2013  (EDITING THE TITILES AND SCENES)

I decided to create my titles on Final cut pro instead of importing them from photoshop because it was easier for me and I could easily add effects to them.

I used the text on Final cut pro, went to control and typed in what I wanted to be on the title sequence and I also chose the font and I could control the size of the font, the color and how it appeared on the screen.

 The effect I added to the titles was bad film effect so it will have a shaky unsteady bloddy drool effect. This goes well with the subgenre of the film which is zombie. This helps the audience foreshadow that there might be gore scenes in the film.

After the effect had been added the color of the title faded into a blood like color and the title was like a blood drool unsteady effect.

The last thing I did was to add the shoots that I had taken and in oder. I just imported the footage and I didn't add any effect to them because that was how I wanted them to be. However there were two footage that needed editing on Adobe aftereffects because they were done on green screens.

After this editing task I know know how to edit well on final cut pro and a minimum knowledge of adobe after effects and how to add background on scenes shoot on green screen. I now know how to add texts on final cut pro and what and how to add effects to certain footage imported.

GREEN SCREEN TUTORIAL

I needed to use green screen in my editing because I filmed the news report scene and the scientist scene in class using a green screen. I looked up how to use a green screen online and asked Shaun Grimley and Jack Hill for help because I was not very good at it and I kept making mistakes.
This is the tutorial video I found online.




After this tutorial I was finally able to add a background and effects on the scenes I shoot on a green screen.

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DAY OF FILMING
Today I filmed the news report scene, the chasing scene and the scientist scene. I filmed the scientist and news report scene in class because I needed a background, I used the green screen to create a false background for the two scenes because I couldn't film in a real science lab or a real broadcasting studio.

This is a close up shot of the setting of the news report scene and this shows how the scene will be filmed with the two chairs and the green screen behind the chairs.

This is a picture of the news report scene and the camera shows how it will be when filming is over. Unfortunately the green screen was not wide enough and I was unable to get a wider one in time so that affected the scene.

This is a picture of the scientist scene. The scientist was closer to the green screen than the news casters because I wanted it to be like he is the only one there and that he is filming it himself.

TITLES

I decided not to follow the conventional order of title sequence and I decided to add the title of my film at the end of the sequence.
This is the order in which I added my title sequence:

Studio Name- Columbia Pictures Studio

Directed by- Fex Orumwense

Cast-  Lauren German
          Shane West
          Michael Cera
          Taylor Kinney
          Rebecca Collins
          Rachel Jones
          Jack Hill
          Madea

Sound by- Jack Hill

Costume/make up by- Sherryh Meghie

Film Title- CIVILIZED

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TUESDAY 15TH JANUARY 2013
I continued making the title sequence without the help of my team mates. I have been making the title sequence on my own since we started and I have spoken to my media teacher (shaun) about it. maling the title sequence is a bit frustrating because we did a very small amount of filming and I have very little footage to work with. the footage i'm working with was filmed by me after school and that is the only one we have. We have not filmed the first scene of the actual movie and the deadline is on thursday.
After trying to edit the title sequence alone today I decided that there is a possibility we might change the film idea and the film title sequence. We will leave the genre as horror but the idea will be changed.

During Leanne's lesson she split the group up and decided that I should do the work on my own and Elle and Alfie should work on their own. she said that we can use the clips we already have but we should present our work separately and that it will be graded separately.

Our work done on final cut pro can not save so we have to save them to a shared user account and Jack has the user account.
We decided to film the scenes as they are on the story board and not change the order.

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FRIDAY 11TH JANUARY 2013
I started making the titles on final cut pro because it looked better and had more effect. I used the bad tv effect for the titles and I used a constant font which I downloaded from DaFont and it is called cold night for Alligators.
I chose this font because it had this horror, bloody look to it and I felt it will go really well with the genre of the film.
I finished making the titles and I saved it but when I tried to open it again to do some more work on it I couldn't get it. Jerry said that it was the fault of the server and I should re make it. I remade it, saved it and when I tried to open it, it was lost agin.
At this point I have to title sequence and I decided to change the idea of the title sequence to be in narrative form and not just thematics.  I decided that it will be better if there was a character telling the tale of the zombies and how the world was overrun and it will help the audience understand the idea of the film.
This are the names of the cast in the order they will appear on the title sequence and the font they will be in.

I created this font on photoshop as a sample of what I wanted the final titles to look like then I made in as text ( using the same font) on final cut pro. Doing this increased my knowledge on photoshop and how to separate the different sides.

STORYBOARD ANIMATICS

This is the animatics I created of my film's storyboard. It is the order in which the title sequence will be shot and the final sequence will be.

STORYBOARDING

TYPOGRAPHY IDEAS

                                                      FEAST OF FLESH

This font  has a theme of horror and that is why I considered it but I want the font to foreshadow what the film will contain and this font does not because it is a zombie film and it will have gory scenes but this font is not gory enough to be used in the title sequence.

ZOMBIEFIED

Like the name of the font it fits the name of the film. It is a horror themed font but it is like a rough font and not what I wanted so I didn't use it.

COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS

After careful consideration I finally decided to chose this font "cold night for alligators" because it has this drippy bloody gory feel and that was what I was going for. It will go well with the genre of my film and it is a theme on its own because it describes the sub genre, it will foreshadow the goriness of the film.

                                     
All the fonts I considered have a horror feel to it but I wasn't just going for a horror feel but a font that will be a theme in my film.

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MONDAY 7TH JANUARY 2013
On the first day back we were told by Grimley that we need to complete our project by the end of the week but the Macs had crashed so he said that we should log on to the macs with Medai1 as the username and apples as the password and Jack will make sure the work we did today will go straight to our account. He assured us that our work was not lost because the system automatically backs up when we save our work.
Shaun made everyone in the class make a calendar on the things that we need to do in January so we can finish our work in time for the screening.