evaluation

In my piece I tried to stick to the rule of other pieces I had seen that were like my own. From research I did I decided that for the opening scenes I would film a boxer training to give the audience more of a connection with the main character. On some of pieces I watched, a few of them put the main character training in their opening scenes so I thought it would be best for me to follow this rule.

My piece represents a social group where there is a lot of poverty as I thought this would go well with my idea of a underdog rising up through the ranks of boxing this would mean that the moral of my piece was that you can achieve anything you want even if you are not necessarily in the best position to do this.

I think that my audience would be mainly males as the genre of my piece is mainly seen as a male genre. Also it would be aimed at both ends of the social scale so ABC1C2DE although C2DE people may be more likely to get my message as they can become more connected with the character as they have more of a social link.

The institution that would distribute my film would be a fairly big company which is known for having good action films of a similer kind to mine. I think my film would be more of a cinema film and so would be played in the cinema before going out on to dvd.

I feel that I addressed my audience by using a character that they can see themselves in, this way I could draw them in and keep their attention.

Before I started my product I didn't really know much about the technologies I used as I had never really had a chance to use things like the editing softwares, although I had a little experience in using cameras it had been a long time ago, so most of the skills I needed I picked up either through trial and error or help from my peers. I did my work on a mac and had never used a mac before so didn't really know what softwares to use and I didn't know how to upload my footage, so I watched some other people and then attempted it for myself. I asked some of my friends their opinions on what editing software to use and they said to use imovie as it was good software and it was simple to use. I then selected parts of my footage and started to construct a story out of it after this was done I played around with some effects I could use for example slow motion. I then decided to include some titles as this had been done in some other films I had seen showing the names of the actors in the film and the name of the film.

From my preliminary task I have learned that to have a good 180 degree rule it must have smooth cuts or it wont work, also I learned that my piece must have enough action in to keep the audience interested.

professional feedback

On wednesday 6th april I had a professional film producer have a look at my work and to give me some feedback on what worked well and what didn't. He said that I needed more footage for certain bits and needed to get rid of some of the text. He also told me that I needed to increase the volume of the dialogue and lower the volume of the sound track as he found it hard to hear some of the dialogue but apart from that he said he liked it.

creating the sound track

To create a soundtrack to go with my film I used garage band.

I looked at different sounds and decided which ones I liked and which ones to try with my film. I tried a few different ideas. When I made the track that I wanted to use I wanted to change the volume of different parts of the track so the volume was increasing to a climax and then mellowed out. I thought this effect would go with my film and it was the effect that I wanted to give the audience

Editing

when it came to editing I uploaded my footage to imovie and started selecting bits that I liked and went well with my idea

I started to piece the film together and put the story together. I picked specific parts of my footage and put it together, it took me a few attempts to perfect my film and it was done mainly by trial and error.

filming

I started filming the raw footage for my film. I filmed over the same things a few times this way I could select what bits I liked the best and had plenty of choice to see what worked well and what didn't. I filmed my basic idea and decided to film bits that I could add in if I felt it worked well with the film. I tried to use several shot types for each particular scene, this meant I would have varied shot types and had the choice when it came to editing. i tried to use levels in my filming to show power of the trainer over the boxer.

planning

In order to start my film I needed to plan, first by making a mind map of potential ideas this helped me decide on what idea I should use.

my ideas were a horror about zombies a thriller about terrorism and an action about a boxer

i decided to use my boxer idea as it was the one I liked the best.

I then started to story board my idea, this then meant I could ask others what they thought of it and take their advise on what worked and what didn't. I then made my final story board.

After I had done all this I needed to work out what would be the best location to start my filming, so I made a list of possible locations and decided which one worked best for my film. The location that I thought worked the best was a dusty garage, as it worked well with my idea of a poor boxer trying to make it as a professional.