Question 7 - Callum

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Question 6: What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

JUST IN CASE THE ABOVE DOES NOT WORK, PRESS PLAY ON THE BELOW VIDEO. THE CONTENT IS THE SAME:

Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Question 6 - Callum - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Questions 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from process of constructing this product?

Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

Please click on the link below to view our Wix which is our response to question 5

http://estherpotter04.wix.com/group32

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

The Target Audience Member Profile has been created as a Facebook Profile! Click the link here to see our research combined into one profile for Tino, our target audience member:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011332591550

If the link does not work, the login is:
Username: ab57029@student.candi.ac.uk
Password: Toonarmy9

Please click to see Tino's posts, pictures, likes, and interests, as well as his general information which represents his profile as a member of the Target Audience, and why we chose him.

Callum CC's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow

Question 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Question 2 - How does your product represent particular social groups?

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This side angle shows the main character doing something intriguing and mysterious - holding a candle in a basement - and so immediately grabs the audience's attention. Her clothing, dark, shades her personality as troubled.

 Here, we see the character's feminine and vulnerable side. She is holding her handbag to her chest, making herself physically small as possible.

The antagonist's personality is best encapsulated in this shot. Eyes wild, face covered, dark clothing, large figure - all create a domineering and intimidating screen presence, showing his aggression and angry disposition.

Question 2: How does your media product represents particular social groups?

Question 2 from EstherPotter

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

Question 1 from Faris Abass Jibril


Below are just screen grabs of the slideshare in case you aren't able to see it in the format above.

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

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

Question 2 - Callum

Question 1 - Callum

WE FINISHED

What we learned during this process 

Vital editing skills 

How to to use programs such as Premiere Pro and After affects 

Working in a team

Planning 

Production 

Storyboarding 

How do we feel about our product

We are very happy with the way the the story and how everything came together very well, we are also happy with the way the sound works. 

EDITING: New Credits

Candi Studios IDENT
Easter Rising IDENT
Distributed by Easter Rising
Produced by Candi Media
SERENA ABBI
Title: ICARUS
JAMES CONNOLY
MICHAEL COLLINS
casting by PATRICK PEARSE
costume by MATHIEU HIMRI
music supervisor ARIANNA GIBBS
music by EVA NUNES
edited by ELIJAH BANKS
production designer FAUSTINO PEREZ
director of photography JORDAN BENNETT
executive producers TOMASZ MARTONIK and ABBIE MARSH
written by LUKA LOVRIC
directed by SIRAF ABASS

Editing Evidence

Adding Sound and Titles to the Sequence

We have made progress since the last editing session, we've added a bit more sound and adjusted it to fit the sequence. By that I mean we made the sound escalate during the shots of Callum and deescalate during the shots of Esther. We did this to show 

Feedback Mid-Production

PROOF OF FILMING - BEHIND THE SCENES

Casting

For our title sequence we need an actor and an actress. We do not need an extras.

We looked at the people in our group and based on their acting abilities chose:

Callum 

Callum will play the male assassin

 Esther 

Esther will play the girl

Rough Cut 2 Group 32

Feedback on Rough Cut 2 - Group 32

Feedback from Teacher During Production

Feedback
During the editing process we were told a few things that should be changed:

• Bring in the cross cutting of  Callum (Bad Guy with Bouncy Hair) in earlier for the purposes of continuity due to the inconsistent lighting of the candle

• Door Slamming shot needs to be shorter and an echo needs to be added for a better fitting reaction from Esther, to help the audience feel as if it is a genuine response

• Distortion towards the end of the sequence; to emphasise the fact that Callum is the bad guy, that he is evil, and Esther is the heroine

•  Also, the motif of Callum (the duh-duh beat) needs to be a lot higher than that of Esther to make it clear to the audience that they are polar opposites in terms of character - the low pitched drum to the high pitched singing

Pitch evaluation

What we did well:

• It was well presented
• We showed good planning, especially with our locations (The backups for the locations especially)
• Our high level of detail was good

What was not as good:

• Slightly rushed due to time constricts
• It wasn't clear if Callum's character was following mine or not
• There were practical issues with collecting dust
• Our storyboard was too short

Our targets:

• To extend the storyboard through more shots
• Use a sound motif with the cut to convey the relationship between the characters

Final production schedule

Update - Editing Process

On 08/01/2016 our group spent 3 hours in the editing suite, primarily working on sound. We responded to feedback after we premièred our rough cut to the class, cutting out the part where a camera shake is detectable. We spend a lot of time looking for sound, specifically a creepy, eerie score which would add  to the atmosphere. Unfortunately, many of these scores, on sites such as bensound,com and royaltyfreemusic.com were just TOO creepy, and seemed closer to the music in a Horror movie as opposed to a Thriller. Then, I had a brainwave to add in a beat; something that sounded like a heartbeat, but sped up the score and gave it a bit more energy (important for the scenes involving the male character - me). It is for this reason we used a slow, high pitched (copyright free) score downloaded from online, and the instrumental of Lady Leshurr's "Queens Speech 3" - split, looped and distorted to avoid copyright infringements. We worked for a long time to get this perfect, with the group splitting also to create a foley for each different action that needed it in the title sequence, such as the dropping of a matchbox. This was a very productive lesson and was a big step in terms of adding sound to our product. Above are some pictures of the group working very hard, and a Camtasia video illustrating our editing should be uploaded in the next few days so stay tuned. 

Blogging health check 3 - FEEDBACK

My weaknesses are not the content of the posts, but uploading them and on a regular upload schedule

To improve, I will complete my targets and upload all of my missing posts.

Rough Cut Feedback

Blogging Health Check 3: FEEDBACK

While my blog so far is apparently of good quality, particularly with analysis and reflection, it's suffering because of my poor time management and relatively limited use of IT to post, and the frequency of posting has been erratic since production started. I've also missed out on a few key posts, which I will remedy as soon as possible.

In order to improve, I'll make sure to keep up with the blogging checklist, making a timetable for consistent and frequent posting. I'll also catch up with the key posts I've missed. With regards to the fairly limited range of IT, I will try to use programs that I've not yet used, like Camtasia.

Blogging Health Check 3 : FEEDBACK

Main Strength: Research and Planning

Main Weakness: Evidence of Filming

Priority to Complete: Post Evidence of Filming (Behind the scenes video)

Evaluating the rough cut

Smart Target (Faris)

SWOT Task (Faris)

Blog Audit (Faris)

Smart Targets - JAN

Smart targets - Esther

Smart Targets - Callum

SWOT Task - Callum

Blog Audit - Callum