Light Rays Effect

Photoshop

Garageband

Garageband

Blogger

Youtube

Art of the title

Titles we could have used.

Frame 8 - Question 1

Frame 8. This is the end title displaying the film title of 'Conscious Blank'.

Frame 7 - Question 1

Frame 7 shows the costume the lead character was wearing. Black clothes used to present the characters lack of conscious stability.

Frame 6 - Question 1

Frame 6. This shows the way we faded many of the footage clips together to make it flow effectively without the video jumping to different scenes.

Frame 5 - Question 1

Frame 5. This shows one of the props we used within the final cut of our opening sequence.

Frame 4 - Question 1

Frame 4.
This shows the movement of the camera as we filmed trees and fields passing by.

Frame 3 - Question 1

Frame Three. This shows the effect of 'light rays' we used on the female main character.

Frame 2- Question 1

Frame Two.
This shows the lighting of the project. We used natural sunlight for the whole opening. The sunset is shown here on top of the train footage.

Frame 1 - question 1

Frame One.
This shows the setting of the film opening.

Q3-74 OPENING SEQUENCE FINAL

Improvements

There were no consistent points made throughout the improvement points, however a variation of opinions towards our opening sequence were made.

- The titles could be brighter and more appealing
- Could have developed on the narrative at the beginning, as it did not seem to fit too well
- To some, the storyline could have been made clearer
- More narrative could have been used

Strengths

Much of the feedback we received from the viewers of our opening sequence has proved extremely insightful as it showed a variation of responses. The most consistent strength point proved to be on the topic of our effects, and how the audience thought it worked well on the overlaying images and short action scenes.
The location was also mentioned as a strong point towards our opening sequence, along with ;
- Build up of music, how it worked well with the titles
- Appropriate titles
- Original ideas
- Fluent scenes from the train to the motion shots
- Facial close ups
- How it can be imagined as a realistic opening to a whole film

Question one.

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

Our opening sequence contains subtle similar conventions to that of British cinema, the topic of mental health awareness and a problem that needs resolving are brought across in a surrealist effect.
Scenes such as close ups following the characters journey give the feeling of tension and wonder towards the audience, this enhances the storyline following her amnesia and produces a minor story following up to her accident. Many British films themselves are based upon character with a problem or a situation needed to be resolved, and a lot of scenes may contain little or no dialogue and will shortly focus on the characters actions to promote the storyline.

For comparison, the british film 'CashBack' written by Sean Ellis, tells a story of a boy who develops insomnia after losing his girlfriend however , resolves the situation by gaining a night job at his local supermarket. The story focuses on the people he meets and those he knew, proving extremely effective as the audience feel they already know the character. Strong narrative points also increase the relationship between audience and main character.

Edited rough cut

Recently after putting together our rough cut we decided on adding a different lighting effect 'light rays', to most of the scenes involving a figure.
This helps develop the mise en scene, whilst adding a better flow to the whole opening scene and increasing the attention on what could be going on with the figure.

MONDAY 9th MARCH - 9am - EVALUATION DRAFT TO MOODLE

MONDAY 9th MARCH - 9am - EVALUATION DRAFT TO MOODLE

Evaluation Questions

The following questions must be answered in your evaluation PowerPoint:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?