A2 Exam

Research Activities Done At AS And Purposes:

• Angle Analysis - Face/Off and Dark Knight 
• Movement Analysis - Face/Off and Dark Knight
• Framing, Rule Of Thirds, Focus - Face/Off
• Prezi on BBFC
• Production, Distribution and Exhibition 
• Production, Distribution and Exhibition - Face/Off
• How Editing Is Used - Face/Off
• Vertical Limit Script
• Independent Cinema
• Genre Presentation
• Thriller Research 
• Codes and Conventions
• Timelines - Face/Off, Kill Bill, Casino Royale 
• Essays - Bourne Identity, Kill Bill, Se7en, Sin City, Face/Off

We done all these for our research at AS Level because they make us understand all the knowledge about filming and editing, it also helps us understand what are usually seen in an thriller film. By learning the code and conventions this has helped us understand what should be in thrillers and what the audience like to see in the audience. By doing research on Thrillers has also helped understand everything that is seen in films, and by doing research on different thriller films we can identify what is similar in each film.

We done research on Production, Distribution and Exhibition because this shows us all the ways a film is produced/made, it also gives us an inside knowledge on how to get a film produced. Doing research on the independent cinema has helped us understand how independent films get themselves out there, and if we decided to do an independent films what we can do to make an independent film. 

Analysing the vertical limit script has helped us read scripts for thrillers, and how in writing and action we can see how to make it exciting.

Planning Activity Done At AS And Purposes:

• Team Meeting - Idea's
• Questionnaire 
• Results, Graphs and Conclusion from Questionnaire 
• Location Survey
• Pitch 
• Second Team Meeting
• Timeline 
• Story Board
• Shot List
• Script
• Equipment 
• Prop List 
• Film Outline
• Character Development 
• Problems You May Encounter 
• Codes and Conventions 
• Independent Production Company Planning Sheet

We done the team meetings so everyone in the group can have an idea and a say on which we should do for our final product, we thought of lots of ideas and then as a group agreed on the idea. This is good because everyone in the group gets a say and everyone in the group is happy with the idea, this will help us work better because everyone is happy.

The questionnaire and location survey are good because we get to see what the audience's favourite idea's are about our film, so we can make it the best and attract the audience the best. 

The Pitch is very good because this is a meeting with the target audience, so this helps then have a better insight to everything they're going to see in our film, this also helps us get feedback so we can make our film even better.

Second Team meeting was good because this is where we gave each other roles to do through the making process.

The timeline, story board and script are all useful because we know everything that's happening in our opening sequence. 

We made an equipment and a prop list so we knew everything we needed through the process of making the film. 

Timeline of everything done at AS:

Creativity

Creativity is the ability to bring something new into existence.

What we created:

• Camera Angles
• Editing
• Sound Effects 
• Music
• Special Effects

Elements of our AS Coursework:

• Scripted
• Story Line
• Storyboard
• The Pitch
• Questionnaires

Influences:

• Face/Off - used the flashback element 
• Juno - Title Sequence
• Bourne Identity  - Helped understand the code and conventions of a thriller.

Audience:

16-25 - we appealed by:

• Drugs
• Violence 
• Mystery

Technology: - How we used technology creatively 

• Used a flashback 
• Special effects - dizzyness was used on the POV shot
• Black and White - Face/Off - editing
• Camera Angles (High shot to establish power, Low shot to establish weakness, then we swapped the angles)
• iMovie - Final Cut Pro - Blur Images - Black and White

Post Production 

What did we do after filming

• Uploaded it to the Macs 
• Uploaded to Final Cut Pro
• Started to put it in order to give it a narrative 
• Started editing to give it a meaning
• Cut footage - cut things that weren't necessary 
• Used black and white effect - show its past tense
• Cut, blades and transitions to make the clip flow the next clip
• Added slow motion effects 
• Put stuff over the top of the clip (title sequence) 
• Used footage from something else and cut it in - (lions gate) - made it more professional
• Designed a logo - made it creative and crackle
• Cut music and started it in parts we wanted it too

How much of your text was created only in post - production?

Text was flowing through the whole of the clip.

How did Post production allow you to encode meaning?

- used the use of colour by using black and white to show its past tense. The music and storyline made sense and matched together well.

What technologies did i use to modify your raw material?

• Final cut pro 
• Sound cloud 
•  Researched lionsgate, found the clip downloaded it and saved it to my memory stick then uploaded it to final cut pro

Digital Technology

How has digital technology helped you capture your ideas for media production?

How did digital technology allow you to be creative?

What benefits do digital technologies offer over analogue?

How did digital technology influence your work in post-production, e.g. in the creation of the video effects, or editing images?

What role might digital technology play in the distribution of your product?