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

Blogger

Blogger has helped us gather all our research and then therefore we have been able to put this into our trailer, magazine and film poster. The positives for using blogger must be that it is very easy to find the research we have found and made. Some problems that we have come across while using are that is very easy to forgot to post things you have learnt and found out. Also from time to time it doesn't necessary work at home.

Youtube

YouTube has been very helpful for us when we were needing to research other trailers. It has the vast majority of all films which has enabled to gather the information needed. The problems we encounted with the software was that at school it was very slow and time consuming. This may not be YouTube's fault but in fact the school connection. Overall we were happy while using this software.

Camera and tripod

The camera and tripod have been very useful. The camera has given us a clear pictures which has made our trailer look more realistic. The tripod allowed us to film fixed shots which improved the quality of our teaser trailer. It was very useful for certain scenes. The only problem we had with the tripod was that when we went out filming one time it was in fact broken so we found it difficult to film fixed shots. We also used a microphone to make the sound clearer. This added an extra effect to the trailer which improved it in whole. It enabled us to use the actual sounds rather than computer made sounds.

Adobe Premier Elements

Adobe Photoshop

We have also used other types of software such as photoshop, publisher and paint all to create our film poster and magazine front cover. These software's were very helpful as it enabled us to create a realistic poster and front cover. The positives with these software's were that they produced great quality pictures. They also had various effects to annotate the photographs. The negatives were that we found it hard to get used to at first. This was because it was the first we had used a software like this.

We also used different websites to find research and information for our teaser trailer. These were all really helpful as they allowed to see what the characteristics of a teaser trailer are. The websites included Wiki, Pearl and dean IDMB and many others.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

From our class mates feedback we thought there were quite a few positives while also being a couple of negatives.

Positives:
. Editing was smooth and continuous throughout
. How it starts off slow and then speeds up nearer the end
. They liked how our film poster is simple but effective
. When the universal scene comes up and the music starts. They liked how it quickened the pace of the remaining scenes.
. How the magazine title links in well with the genre of our trailer
. Realistic footage to go with the genre chosen
. Punch scene looked really realistic

Negatives:
. Possibly had a couple more locations to add the the gangster effect
. Background lighting for the magazine front cover
. Some of the digetic sound doesn't quite fit together is still OK
. Kicking bit during the fight scene seemed a bit un realistic

We feel these criticism are fair and we have taken them on board. Overall we are pleased with our feedback.

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

Make sure the speech bubble is highlighted red to ensure annotations come up.

Since posting this video with annotations on we have changed a couple of thing on the video. Below are the changes that have been made:

Here we have tried to address the question to the audience. We feel it will get them thinking about what they would do if in that situation. With using the same red and white font as we have throughout each task it makes a link between each of them. The red also suggests danger. The words in red as also selected for a particular reason as they are the words within the question.

This intertitle is important because it is the cliché for our trailer. It has also been used with our other tasks which creates a link between each one. Again this phrase will get the audience thinking about who they can trust and who they can't. The red font is also key as it makes it stand out.


We are pleased  with our final three tasks as they have all linked well with each other. We have tried to used similar font throughout because we felt it would give it a good effect and will make each tasks link together.From the dark colours used in our teaser trailer we have attempted to use the same colour again throughout. This is because the colours all link with our teenage crime/black cinema genre. Although the film poster is quite basic and lacks information, from our research we found that most film posters are quite basic so that it gets the audience thinking and talking about the film.

I feel that with our final teaser trailer we have come along greatly from our preliminary task. I feel that footage is a lot clearer and we have been able to use many different effects that we weren't aware of when creating our preliminary task. For example we used a simple fade during the trailer which i feel  has been very effective. We have also used a time elapse in parts of the trailer, this was because some scenes needed to be speeded up to keep the pace of trailer high. We also feel all our shots are a lot more steady which makes the whole teaser trailer more professional.Various shot types were used throughout to make it more effective and more appealing to the audience.

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

Costumes/ Props

With the dealers we decided to give them the stereotypical look of having joggers and a hoodie. This adds to the effect of it being gangstar genre. The costume gives the audience an idea of what the film will be about as well. The buyer on the other hand is wearing ordinary clothes. This is so that it looks like he could be vulnerable in that situation. It then turns out that he is by him being beaten up. He is meant to seem like a normal kid. We felt that we needed to get the costumes right in order to back up the teaser trailer being an action/black cinema genre. We felt we did well because it looks realistic.

Location

                                 

We decided to use a basic location in a car park. This is because it adds to the effect of it being an action/black cinema genre. There is also a council estate in the background which helps show what type of area it is. We felt we could have improved our film by using different locations rather than the same one for each scene. The reason we used the same location was because it was convenient for us and the actors and it always worked well for the scenes needed. I think the lighting worked well with the trailer too as all the shots came out clearly and it also added a nice dark effect to it which helped back up the genre chosen.

 Title

I think the title class A goes well with our genre as it links well with drugs which is what our film is based upon. We made the font basic so that it stands out to the audience. I think the red font of the A works well as it also stands out ad it also emphasises that there is danger involved within the film. We tried to make a link from the genre of the film through the title and i think we have achieved this well.

Editing

We felt this scene came out really well. It was important that it did because it is one of the main scenes that quickens up the pace of the whole teaser trailer. The editing needed to be sharp so that it all flows together and fits nicely. The different shot angles and type also give the audience an all round effect of what is happening during the chase. The shots were all filmed at a long shot view, this is so that the audience can get the full experience of the car chase.

Title font and style

We decided to use a quite basic font throughout each of the tasks. They all had similar font and styles. This was so that each task had a link between them. We kept font colours of red, white and silver throughout, this is because it adds a nice effect to each task and also links with the genre of the trailer.

Genre and how it suggests it

We have decided to go for a hybrid genre which includes both action and black cinema/gangstar. I think we have emulated both of these genre well in our teaser trailer because we have shot a fight scene, car chase and a drug deal. All of these thing would happen in an one of those genre films. Therefore we feel we have done well in trying to pull them off. I am very pleased with the fight scene especially the punch as it is performed well and looks realistic. The car chase scene has also been put together well through fast paced editing which made the whole tempo of the trailer increase and this is what we were intending on doing before shooting.

Story and how the trailer sets up

We chose to set the trailer up by starting off slow and it speeding up through each scene. It started off with the buyers entering the car park trying to pick up drugs. The shot then goes to one of them meeting the drug dealers. The pace of the trailer then picks up with the dealer punching the buyer. This then leads to a car chase and then finishing with the title of the film. We then go off to a montage of one of the actors doing wheels spins etc. This is to show the audience what they are going to expect to see in the film. During all these scenes we have a backing track playing. I think this has worked well with the scenes as it starts off slow and gradually picks up pace. It also links in with each shot very nicely.

How are the characters introduced

The dealers are shown on the left, they are wearing joggers and a hoodie. They have got their hoods up which make them look suspicious. The dealers who are played by Jack David and Jack Alis are meant to seem like they more power than the buyer. They are also meant to intimidate the buyer, they do this by what they are wearing. Dan who is the buyer shown on the right hand side, he is wearing jeans with a jacket. He also has his hood up. This is so that he doesn't draw attention to himself from others. He is meant to seem like a normal kid.

Special Effects 

We didn't use many special effects during the teaser trailer because we wanted to make it as authentic as possible. The only things that we did was speed up time in both of the scenes above. For universal it needed to be speeded up because it was a lot slower compared to the tempo of the trailer. This was also the same for the gear change. It didn't fit in well with the rest of the footage so we decided to speed it up and i think the trailer has benefited from this.



Magazine front cover

This is our magazine front cover. At first we were thinking of doing an empire magazine front cover because it is well known within the media industry. We were finding it hard to emulate because we couldn't get the font to match up. So we decided to chose a magazine that was linked to our genre. Therefore we chose grime daily. We feel that the title goes well with the rest of the font and picture. The picture has also come out well which is good because it attracts the audience to it. We have included insides on other films such as shank and attack the block because they are both linked to our own film. We have tried to keep it quite basic so that the audience can visualise everything on the cover. The only thing that i would change to our magazine cover was the font of the title.