CR-Evaluation Question 6

Planning

Whilst planning our film opening we worked collaboratively by posting ideas on our blog sometimes this would include embedding videos from Web 2.0 softwares such as Youtube.com. We would then comment on each others posts ultimately deciding whether to put it in our film opening. To begin with were asked to do some presentations on which we had to broadcast our ideas and audience research results, for this we used Microsoft Powerpoint and Prezi.
      
Shooting

When filming our media piece we used an HD digital camera with an inbuilt microphone, to make a shots steady we used a tripod which allowed us to shoot from various angles and distances with ease however we had to keep to 180 degree rule so that the audeince didn't get lost when watching our piece. We used natural lighting because we were filming outside, and it gave an authentic feel to our opening. To record our radio broadcast we used an MP3 player which allowed us to link this with our film. Whilst filming a characters we had to keep in mind the rule of thirds which is that the audiences attention is drawn to the outer thirds of the screen. We also had to film it so that each character was easily recognisable without going over the top with close-ups.

      










        
Criticisms

Some problems we faced was that the sun would cause a flare ruining the picture, or that in very shady areas the shot would be too dark, we overcame this by shooting from other angles and distances using the tripod. We also tried filming quite late in the afternoon with the skate boarder sequence and we found that we were unable to get a variety of shots because it became dark very quickly.
      
Post Production

During post production we used a software called Adobe Premiere Elements 8, with this program we were able to cut our piece, add titles and various other actions. With our titles we used zoom, movement and fade resulting in a professional looking title. Throughout the sequence we were able to use visual effects such as flashes of white and metal finish which complemented our narrative very well. With this software we were able to integrate a soundtrack, however because we filmed outside there was a lot of unwanted wind blowing which compromised our conversation between our characters.

We exported our piece onto our PC and an external hard drive from which we uploaded the video to Youtube, from which we embedded the clip onto our blog. This allowed us to present our film opening on our blog whilst allowing members of the general public to view our piece and rate their comments accordingly.

Similarities with the Industrial Industry

 Overall I think that our production process mimics that of real film productions, however there are some major differences; such as our lack of time with the planning stage real film producers have several months to plan their films whereas we had a few, as well as this our ultra low budget which then prohibited the extent to which we could use technology to produce our film opening such as the camera with an in built microphone professional would use sound booms to record sound separatly, using this they are able to overcome problems that we faced such as the wind blowing producing interference with our conversations very easily. They would also use a far more advanced computer programme that allowed them to develop a larger variety of special and sound effects making their films ultimately better quality than ours.