Q4 - How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

We used a variety of new media technologies during our construction and research,planning and evaluation such as an Ipad ,IMac ,Sony SLR, Nikon D5200 and an Iphone 5s. (as seen below)

Using different media technologies enabled us to do a variety of things that we would not be able to do without these new media platforms such as blog on the go and voice recording. We also used cameras to record interviews with our cast members whilst we were in the recruitment stage.

When looking at the trailer which we produced and edited using final cut express I can see that we used many features of the service such as slow motion and lighting effects we also used facebook to distribute our film. 

Blogger: This program allowed me to place all of work and express my work. This program was like a diary that allowed me to express what I wanted to achieve in my final edit. It also allowed me to import images, moodboards, music and clips of example work which helped me to find camera angles and use them in my edit and find out how they would effect my work.

Prezi: This program showed me to present information in a different creative way about my film, also examples of ideas that I may of had such as, camera angles, music, images and artists.

Garageband: This program allowed me to analyze music and rearrange parts that made a slow entrance and a louder middle part to the film which made my edit flow with the clips that I put in.

Powtoon: Using Powtoon is a different way of presenting a post. The program was creative in displaying information which we could put video's and images in and annotate with text. We could also use Powtoon to create videos of our own and myself and my team took full advantage of it.

Apple macs: We used apple mac computers as they were the best way of editing with clips together. Also they allowed us to blend music and titles together. Also we were allowed access to other programs such as garageband and final cut, which an ordinary computer wouldn't have.

Iphone 5s: We used these smartphones whilst we were on the go because they have internet and communicative capabilities making them perfect for research on the go, there is also a notebook application which is very useful for keeping hold of text such as the script and written treatment so that we can refer to them whilst on set instead of carrying around a notepad.

Q3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback?

From audience feedback i have been able to gather information, on Facebook an network site whereby friends of friends are able to see that A2 trailer. Whereby, people are able to comment on the post about their thoughts and feelings about it. 
I will create a couple of questions where i will ask people about certain micro aspects and aspects from the trailer in which they liked.

Q1) What did you think of the entrance to the main actor ?
Q2) Was the genre action, thriller, mystery clear enough ?
Q3) What was your favourite part in the trailer ?
Q4) Where do you think we could improve our trailer ?
Q5) Did the lighting aspects feel like an modern film noir ?

I interviewed the main actor Adam Riddlestone in which he gave my some positive and negative feedback about the trailer. I found that mainly certain areas of the genre may have been unclear, but from his own words the main actor was a strong entrance to the audience. Asking these questions in an interview lead to other areas of the trailer to be analyzed within my next evaluation posts. The video will allow me to feedback to my group and suggest certain areas whereby we could improve and combine scenes together to create a better genre definition.

An Interview is available for this question but due to technical difficulties only one of our blogs has the content, this link has the video uploaded and working:

http://charlieblackmorea2.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-03-19T09:53:00-07:00&max-results=7

Q2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Our Trailer resembles many of the media convergence and ancillary texts. Examples, such as the:  Entrance Piracy Certificate, Film Company Logo (Paramount), Titles within the trailer promoting companies and brands. The Main Title of the Trailer at the end of the trailer, which then is followed by the ending subtitles, such as the release date and various actors names and the main people of editing, directing and Director of Photographer.


Spelling, grammar and presentation check – understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts Presenting outcomes in suitable digital form eg. DVD extras, blogs, podcasts, commentary etc. The choice of form in which to present the evaluation Bibliography

If you take our final production and our ancillary texts like our poster you can see the same dynamic in both and they both give across the same feel about them,

for example the genre of out film with the use of lighting and the way the actors portray them selves with the use of there facial expression and body language when in the poster and final film.

This is then interpreted in to what we want the audience to think which means that our final production and our poster link well and are very effective when put together.

this also stands for our magazine poster as the features that have been used in it, i.e. the picture we chose helps the audience make the link between the final production and the magazine cover.

As I stated, the picture is a big part of making the link of our film in relation to the genre of it as the expression and body language of the actor portrays and action mood which makes the audience realise that it is the genre of the film.

Also in terms of marketing the final film the posters and magazine covers have a big role as they act as the voice of the creators, in this case us, as it gets the message of the film out there and tells people what its about and other information about the film that normally would not be available unless an interview had been set up.

Q1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products ?

Certain aspects that i used to create and influence my trailer were such things as:  Poster/magazine Cover, Film production logos.

Film title
bbfc age limitSocial media
Character intro
Music and voice overs (Dialogue)
Name captions
Time length
Release date

story board

Final film

This is our final production of the Forgotten Man.

Choreography

fighting on camera can be a tricky thing as it is not like a normal fight. it is done in a controlled environment and every punch is planed out. this is made difficult in that it has to be seen as believable. this is why all the fight scenes are choreographed and planed out before shooting them.

these are a few examples of films that have had fight in them that have been well choreographed: