JenBower A2 Media Coursework

Just a quick note…

jenkasaurus — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:24:13 +0000

I just want to explain the format of my blog. This page is just for my main task – the short film. It isn’t in chronological order so to get to the start of my work you have to go to a link at the bottom of this page that says “older entries”.
To get to the other three pages, click on the links across the top of this page, they are in the right order so the research and planning will be at the top of the pages. I tried to alter this but I couldn’t find how.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Thank you.

Evaluation Q:4 How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

jenkasaurus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:56:46 +0000

I have answered this question as a podcast and below is an example of technology i tried to use but was unsuccesful.

Here are the links to my Youtube and Myspace pages made especially for the film.

http://www.myspace.com/jen_bower

Whilst filming my coursework i tried to incorporate as many techniques as possible including a dolly zoom like the examples below.
Here is a video of my attempts at producing a dolly zoom.

As can be seen, the effect works in parts but not as successfully as I would have liked.

Evaluation Q:3 What have you learned from your audience feedback?

jenkasaurus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:56:19 +0000

I will be answering this question as a slidecast

Please note: if the slidecast doesnt play the way it should follow this link to slideshare where it should be working fine. Thank you.

http://www.slideshare.net/jenjen23_92/evaluation-q3
Since recording the podcast I have had comments left on my film via YouTube
Here is a printscreen of the comments, aswell as this my film has an average rating of 4.5 out of a possible 5.

Evaluation Q:2 How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

jenkasaurus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:54:40 +0000

I have answered this question as a video (the two ancillary tasks can be found on their own pages)

Evaluation Q:1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

jenkasaurus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:47:08 +0000

I have decided to answer this question as an audio commentry over my film.

Evaluation

jenkasaurus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:42:57 +0000

I am going to present my evaluation by video but have written the answers to the questions beforehand as I am going to answer questions and feedback from when I present the film to the class all in the same film so I am going to upload my written answers one by one and then upload the video at the end.

Here is the questionnaire that i used to help with my evaluation:

Here are the results from the questionnaire:

Finished Product

jenkasaurus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:08:17 +0000

Location location location.

jenkasaurus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:22 +0000

Here is a presentation explaining about the change of filming location of my film.

CHANGE OF PLAN

jenkasaurus — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:54:45 +0000

Instead of a girl and a boy i have decided to use two boys.
I was writing my film review for my first ancillary task and as i was writing about the similarities between reversal and hangman and realised that the story in both are quite similar in that they both focus on a boy capturing a girl. I decided it is a bit of a cliché not only in the media’s today but dating back to silent films where a man with a twitchy moustache capture innocent girls.

After much deliberation i’ve decided that i will use two boys because i think it will be something different and a lot less similar to my first film but also it could be interpreted in a number of ways. they could be seen as friends, strangers or partners.

Although i have already completed my research and the majority of my planning i still think i will change one of the characters and as i am only changing the actor i am going to leave up all my research that is already on my blog featuring a girl but im going to re-do my animatic storyboard and re-draw my photo shoot sketches – i will also amend my shot scripts.

These are the two boys I will now be using in my film.

Kid Conventional

jenkasaurus — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:19:13 +0000

I went to a gig on the 4th October and saw Kid Conventional play, I thought that his song “Dodgems” would be perfect for the second half of my film with lyrics like:

“one last kiss before the skeletons come out…”

“each time we collide, sparks will fall around…”

I couldnt help but think that this would fit perfectly with my story. The next day I messaged him on Facebook to ask for his permition to use the song. He agreed but explained that the song I was wanting to use had not been recorded yet as it was only a song he performed on stage. He offered to record it for me although it would only be a rough copy. He sent it to me to see what i thought and i decided it was good enough quality to use in my film.

After I received the song I edited so that the words in the song that initially drew my attention would definitely be in the film. I wanted to make sure that these phrases would be a focus to emphasise the emotion of the character especially because it couldnt be portrayed through dialogue.

Here is the song that i plan on using.