Evaluation 7

What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?

Company name and logo:
We are called FNK productions, we did think of other titles for our company like 'scribble media'  but we thought didn't have a professional feel to it, then we came up with FNK productions a while later. The 'FNK' part of the title was rather simple as it represents our groups initials.  F for Faith, N for Nicole (me), K for Karlton. We felt that this put the professional feel we wanted to have on our name. I also felt that the name reminds people of other words so they may remember the production company. This is like the clothing company FCUK as it has the similar sounding to a word we all know and remember well. 
Our logo was like a film reale above the writing of our name. I thought this went well as some of the well known film production companies have this. Disney, Bad robot, Dreamworld, Colombia Pictures. In our logo we use 2 or 3 colours that we thought went well together, we felt that the colours had to be well liked by a lot of people so when they see a similar colour they may have a cue to think of our logo. 
What do production companies do?
Production companies are the companies that work together to make the film, the pre production, production and post production. There are different types of production companies, there are some that have a large ray of sections in the whole company which can also help with distribution and different sections of the production stage. There are also production companies that work together to produce the final production, this may be due to the companies not affording to do the pre production, production and post production. The larger companies that have lots of components are usually for the larger Hollywood blockbuster films that have more of the well known actors,  writers, camera crew, etc. And they feel that the have a greater chance of getting more profit so could feel that the film would have a lot of success. The smaller production companies are usually the ones that support the indie films for niche audiences. These companies may not need to make a profit as some of them may be there to help new film directors like the BFI funds. 
The idea of distributors and who that might be and why: 
The distributors are the companies that get the film from pre production to the audience. This can be from publicity (posters, interviews, trailers, comics, CDs, etc.) to the cinemas that they are showed in if they are shown in cinemas. There are some films that don't make it into the big cinemas either because they don't have enough money in their distribution fund, or they decided that they don't want to make a profit from making the films, this could because they are film geeks and love the idea they could produce a film. Smaller niche films are also well known for being part of film festivals and being awarded film festival awards. Again this may be due to the cost, but could also be because of the directors wanting it to go to true film fans. The distributors are there to help the production have a good smooth change from being in the editing room to the big screen. 
Where the money may have come from for a film like yours? 
As our film is more for the small niche audience I feel that we would get our money/funding for the film from independent production and distribution companies as we know that we wouldn't be able to reach the larger audiences. This could be because we didn't follow some conventions of the action genre, especially as we set the fight scene in a homey realistic setting and in a quite locations which is different to the conventional action films that are set in larger cities such as, New York City, Los Angeles, London etc. We also wouldn't be making this film to have a profit if we were to get money, as we wanted to film this not just because it was part of our coursework but because we all have a love of film. This is like 'Hunt for Gollum' which is a well known film that had been made with  £3,000 and with the chance of having no profit, as they didn't put it in the cinemas but had a free download and website to watch the film. As the group we decided that this would be how we wanted to distribute the film if we were to finish it. If we were to drake this film so that it was to break even or make a small profit we would ask companies such as the BFI funds and other smaller companies to help us produce the money that we need for the production to go further. 
Why the various people are named in the titles - which jobs appear in the titles and in what order and how they have reflected to this?
We only have our three names in the final production, this is due to only us three being in the film and being the ones that have done the post production and pre production, the cameraman, the editing etc. We decided that we didn't want the job titles in the opening after we talked to those around us when we were editing.  We also figured that if we were to put the roles and the people who did them would be very repetitive as we were all part of every manner of the film, when one was ill another did that role for the day, and we helped each other when we were struggling or when we needed advice and praise on what we were doing. I thought that we wouldn't have the  full list on who was behind the camera helping produce the film at the beginning of the film as it could go on for a while as there is a lot of things that happen behind the camera that help make it happen. And this usually doesn't happen in the Hollywood blockbusters and indie films, so we made sure that we didn't do this either. At the beginning of the films we usually see the main actors who are involved in the films so we know who are seeing. 

Evaluation 6

Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Our preliminary task was 29 seconds, although short it showed some of the skills that we used in our final product. To do the preliminary task as well we need to do some research on some of the skills that we needed to use.
We had to research the 180 degree rule, which is where I found that we'd shoot on one side and we would not show the side where the camera would be and that side of the set would stay unseen to the audience. We have used this in our final production when we see faith walking down the street, as we only see that fall of the street.

We also researched on what match on action was, we showed this in the preliminary by shooting Karlton opening the door handle, and doing it different shots to help show detail, but we also found the it could show tension if done in the correct manner with sound and the shots before and after the match on action. I feel that as Faith did filmed the preliminary task she was able to help me film the match on action in our final product. We used match on action twice in our final product both near the beginning of the scene as we were less focused on the fight scene. We used this technique when we saw faith jumping over the wall, amd when she was opening the door just before we see her see Kartlton's character look as though he is punching my character. Although the filming helped get the match on action feel the editing also had a large pat of making it happen in both the preliminary and the final product, this is because they have to cut to the perfect moment so it looks professional.

the preliminary shot One of the final product match on action

In the preliminary we also used the shot reverse shot technique, which is where we see one of the characters talking to another, but we see that character talk and then the shot changes to see the other character (the person who was being talked at) reply to the original character. This is usually used to emphase the interaction between the two or more characters, and it also helps the viewers see the reaction of what have been said on either side of the characters. Unfortunately we didn't use this in our final production as we decided that we wanted more action to be shown than talking, the talking in the final production is a point of view shot, so we thought that this wasn't the main technique that we wanted to focus on using.

What I learnt? 
Being behind the camera for most of the final production allowed me to get the same movement in a few shots, and that has allowed us to think of the idea that we could use some of the techniques that were used in the preliminary task. With the help of watching that and having ideas of what I needed to take and having faith there to help guide me in the right direction of shots (since she was the cameraman in the preliminary task) allowed  me to get the right shots that would be able to be edited together and look professional. 

Evaluation 5

Evaluation 4

How did you attract/address your audience?

Our characters have similar qualities of ones that are in other action films. One of these films is Abduction. We liked this film as the main protagonist was a teenage boy, which is like our main protagonist except that it was a girl. Due to some of the results of the questionnaires we did, we found that the audience wanted to see a teenage lead, and wanted to see more women being involved in the action. That is why we thought that we should star in the film. We also see a resemblance in the film as the protagonist doesn't know what is going on, just like our protagonist. We felt that having this resemblance would help us get our audience.

We also have a sense of horror in our opening, which is not the convention of action, we felt that having this type of music we would help build the excitement of what is happening in the opening. I thought that this allowed us to keep the interest of the audience in our film, as having this type of music shows that there is going to be a bit of an exciting, action scene.

There are also some shots that we have used that are similar to other shots that have been used in other action films or TV shows.

We have a shot of where we have a close up of the protagonist like this. We see the main character and not much in the background, it is easier plain or it is blurred, like this one. Our shot is where we have a plain background and we have Faiths face who is the protagonist.

Evaluation 3 - HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

I HAVE PICKED THE JOKER AND KARLTON.

THEY BOTH HAVE GREEN WHICH COULD SHOW A SENSE OF REBLELLISM, WHICH IS AN EFFECT OF BEING AN ANTAGONIST. BUT AS THEY BOTH HAVE GREEN HAIR HELPS ASSOCIATE THEM TOGETHER, THEY ARE BOTH ANTAGONISTS.  

THEY BOTH HAVE DARK CLOTHES ON, THIS COULD REPRESENT THAT THEY ARE SIMILAR ANTAGONIST ROLES. ALTHOUGH THE JOKER HAS MORE DRESSY CLOTHING WHICH IS UNIQUE, WHILE KARLTON HAS A MORE CASUAL FASHION TO IT

THEY BOTH HAVE DARKNESS AROUND THEIR EYES
 TO MAKE THEM SEEM MORE DEMONIC. THEY ALSO
 HAVE RED AROUND THE THIER MOUTHS, ALTHOUGH
 THEY ARE FOR DIFFERENT MATTERS. THE JOKER HAS
THE RED AROUND HIS MOUTH AS IT IS PART OF HIS
PERSONALITYAND IDENTITY, IT IS ALSO A REASON
WHY HE HIS SO REMEMBERED.

Evaluation 2

who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (I.e.of film openings)

Final Production!

After a long time editing and filming our opening this is the result that we have;

Making sounds.

Unfortunately I was ill during this day that they filmed this. Thanks Karlton and Faith  for sorting out original sounds for our production

Story board of shots

We aimed to follow this shooting list

Script

This is the script we followed when filming the production, we changed a few lines that were said, and we added a few extra placements of us characters. We changed what was said slightly before we did a flash back to when Karlton was the delivery guy.

Roles

                                                    


As I was not in front of the camera I was mostly behind the camera setting up the position of the camera and recording the work, and saying how Faith and Karlton could improve the look of the work. Getting in the right positions so we could film all the action sections were quite difficult as it was a narrow room but I managed to get the footage we needed. The set of the camera was difficult in other places too, and getting it into the right angles so we could get the right shot we wanted, and where able to make it look like real film footage.



During the edititng we worked together especially with the idea of the pace and where the shots should be in the production. Karlton was the person in charge of the sounds we used, he did a lot of searching into the conventional sounds that we have used. There were sounds that he recorded with the help of us. We recorded some breathing and heart beats and together we decided which one he recorded sounded the best and sounded more realistic. He searched more onto the type of music that we used when the production starts off. He managed to find a good piece to show off the                                                                                     conventions of action films.

Faith was the main person in charge of the editing although we all helped and put ideas into the process. She cut down shots to make the film have a quicker pace when needed, which helped keep the suspense up. She added filters and special effects to make sure the lighting was equal. She also made sure that the lighting showed the light bruising, so it looked like the fight looked dangerous and deadly. Faith was also in charge of doing the make up after and while we discussed what we were doing. We felt that she was best with this task due to her being the one who wears the most make up in our group as me and Karlton don't wear any. 

Title Options

We have asked around in the class for advice on what names to call our film production. We got a set of names and then we went around again asking which one people liked the best;
The names we got were - The Christmas Delivery
                                       - Delivery
                                       - The christmas surprise
                                       - The delivery guy
We feel that delivery was a large part of the title has delivery in it due to the flash back of how the fight started out.
We went around again with these titles and the one that got the most likes was Delivery so as a group and the help of the class we have decided that we are now calling our production DELIVERY

Mistakes

In this clip there is explanations of some of the clips that we filmed that we did not use. The explanations of why we did not use these clips are included in the video. During this clip we also have sections that focus are bloopers, due to us having the laughs for a bit of the filming process.

Ideas of music

This an idea of a song that we might use in the beginning of the production. We may change the music as this is only a idea of what we might use.

Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay
We feel that the starting bit with no vocals is a good part to use. We feel that it builds up the excitement and adrenaline of the film.We also feel that there this would also be a song that people wouldn't know but might like the sound off. Especially as the person listening to the music at the beginning of the film is a teenager.

Jamie T - Turn On The Light 
This song isn't happy and joyful, although it is upbeat which we think would work quite well, as it's not too exciting either, which means that there would be a good chance that this would help with the transition of emotions.

The Maine - Misery 
We feel that this could be another good song for our beginning sequence of the film as it is very upbeat and it creates a positive atmosphere, we feel would be good for the first few seconds of the scene as we want a sense of excitement for when the fight scene comes in.  We also feel that it would be a good piece of music to have at the beginning as it will help the dramatic emotion change in the audience. We feel that the use of the  drums and guitar in the song would also help bring the positive emotion into the beginning before the emotion changes to negative.  

Separate ways  - Journey 

 I feel like this would give the scene more tension as it has a very drum based intro which is good for the build up of tension, and the drums is a very memorable beat so the audience will remeber the film when they hear the song.  I feel that this song also would bring a positive emotion before the fight scene starts.  

We only plan on using 19 seconds of the song we pick, as that is when the tension in the film begins. 

Theme of the film

We have decided that we will have the theme of christmas in our film, as we decided to film in Faiths house when they still had the christmas tree up. We have also decided that we will use the idea that the antagonist being a 'delivery guy' but is after one of the protagonist. We have decided that Faith and me are sisters in the film, as it is a good explanation on how Faith can walk into the house without knocking and why she cares so much about me when I lie on the floor. .

Music Ideas

Today we are looking at sound. we are looking up online for no-copyright music that we can use at the beginning of the opening titles.  We are still not sure on what the music that we want at the beginning of the 2 minute film clip. We have decided that we want music playing as we have started the scene with Faith walking down a road with earphones in, we thought that the music that would be playing in the background would be diegetic music, as Faith would be hearing it too.

Update on make-up

We had videos of some of the make-up material we did on the days we filmed. We put some together and made this video 

Location

For our piece, we decided to create the action film movie entrance in an unconventional place, of a family home. Normally in action films, you will see locations in stereotypical dark ally ways or empty buildings, as it helps to create a tense atmosphere before a fight. However, we decided to use a family home, as it will be more of a surprise to the viewers, when they see a fight occur. I like it when films use unconventional places, as the moment comes unexpected. This, for me, creates more impact when the viewers see violence happen. A family home is somewhere people wouldn't expect to see a fight break loose, which means they hopefully will find it more interesting seeing a unique situation in this setting.

The pictures above shows some of our set up. Equipment included a tripod, for steadiness and increased height of the camera, and the camera, for our filming of the production. 

Our set and props were something we felt was important in order to create a better mise-en-scene. The dining table and plates help to connote family and love to the audience, which is then twisted, at the sudden change of events. It brings the idea that the two girls would of had dinner and a relaxed evening, creating the idea of a loving family environment. This helps to create more of a contrast against the action filled evening the viewers find them having. It also shows that the fight was unplanned, as they had something else they were going to do. We lit the candles to also create the idea od a cosy setting, which was again ruined by the event of a fight. 

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