Evaluation

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Can you tell me what social groups you think our opening sequence represents and how you think they are shown. 

   I believe that our opening sequence represents many social groups as it shows the innocence of young adults and also a side of older teens that maybe is a bit out of the ordinary. We did this to try and make the viewer think about this through the use of their costumes. We decided to show this social group through this way as we thought it would be most effective when looking at these age groups. We also used location to show this social group in a very different comfort zones. We used Mise en scene was used well to create atmosphere and to show the social groups a lot more prominent. Although we didn’t have any lot of dialogue in our opening sequence, if we did it would be typical to the social class and area that the location was shown.

Why did you choose to represent the social group that you did?

We chose this social group to represent as it is a time of your life where you can gain many emotions, some more extreme than others, and we tried to show how far some people’s emotions can take them at this early age in life and how wrong a path people can take due to their social groups. We saw how no one else really picked up on this issue and we wanted it to gain some attention, however extreme we had to make it. I think that we didn’t take it too far we just pushed the boundary of what we knew we could do. We showed how anyone of any social class and background can be capable of things you wouldn’t have thought and I think that the element of surprise due to the characters young ages really made this more thriller-like. Also, these are our target audience so they can relate.

How do you feel you represented this social group in your opening sequence?

I feel that we have represented this social group well in our opening sequence as we tried to capture the emotions of this social group and the things they would go through, however extreme this might be. By having our main and only characters as the same social group, this shows how we have thought that this would reinforce the idea of the two different ends of the social group.

How do the following help construct a specific representation of your characters and their social group?

The lighting in our opening sequence makes our main character look lonely. We used a sepia effect for some of it this makes the scene look like it’s in the past where it’s meant to be set. The lighting is always dark which means there is a sense of loneliness with our character which leaves mysterious questions in the audiences head about him. We used a variety of camera shots and movements to portray the characters in different ways.  We used a lot of over the shoulder shots to get the actors point of view and what he can see. In some of the parts of the film we changed the colour of the production to sepia which gave it the effect of being old. We also used black and white for a flash back so that the audience can recognise that it is a flashback. We used a sound effect of a heartbeat to make the whole scene seem like the person is nervous and something is about to happen. We also use the music to give depth into the scene.

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

How has your knowledge of...improved?

· Films: our knowledge of films has improved from before, we started media because at the start we just knew the basics but now we know what is involved in making a blockbuster and the different aspects of the whole British industry. Our skills in this area did develop a tiny but not much because we did not learn about films and the British industry at the time. But since we started learning about the British industry our knowledge has grown so much.

· Opening sequences: our knowledge of opening sequences has improved a lot since we did our preliminary task because we have learnt and understood what makes a good opening sequence and what makes a bad one as well. Our knowledge grew after we analysed an opening sequence of our chosen genre because then we learned a bit more about the camera angles, Mise en scene and we then used our knowledge to make our own opening sequence the best we could make it. Our skills in this area had developed since our preliminary task because we now have understood everything to do with the strengths and weaknesses for an opening sequences and the camera movements and angles.

· Technology: our knowledge of technology that was used in the process has improved so much because at the start we didn’t even know how to get the videos on iMovie and now we know how to put in special effects, add music etc. because we sat down as a group and did the work together as a group. Our skills in this area has developed since our preliminary task because we all understand all the different parts of the technology like camera movement, Mise en scene and all the different effects that is on iMovie. The preliminary task provided us with the opportunity to develop these skills.

· Group work: Our group work improved in the creating of our opening sequence in comparison to that of the preliminary task. This was due to our knowledge of the ways each other worked and the strengths and weaknesses of the other group members that was established and developed throughout the process of the preliminary task. It meant that we were aware of our own personal roles within the group and knew what the other members were good at so were able to delegate appropriate tasks to the appropriate group member. This helped to improve the efficiency of the production process and the quality of the final product. When we carried out the preliminary task we had not worked together as a team before so had little knowledge of how we would work together or the way that the other group members worked. But when we started work on our opening sequence we had learnt these things when doing the preliminary so were able to work as a more effective team. 
   

· Time management: Working as a better team helped us work more time efficiently as it meant that we were all working together and splitting the tasks between us so that they could be completed to a high quality but in a shorter amount of time. Therefore our time management was better when we were doing our opening sequence than when we did the preliminary task. We were also more aware of deadlines and split the tasks better over time than we did in our preliminary task, another improvement on our time management skills.

· The roles involved in film production: The preliminary task taught us about the roles involved in film production, who would be best for which roles within our group and how to take on these roles. This meant that when we starting planning for our opening sequence we were more aware of what needed to be done so could plan more effectively for the production stage and carry out the production stage in a more productive way.