VICINI Final

 

 

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'What Have I Learned in Media' Interview Video



Evaluation 7

Looking back at my preliminary task, what I you feel I have learnt from the progression from it to full product?

 

 

 

I feel I have learned a lot from preliminary to final since my group and I took the preliminary way too seriously and thought it was the final project or something so we have definitely learnt to listen next time. There is so much I have learned in regards to filming and editing. I did not know how to trim a piece of video when we edited the preliminary task and I didn't know how to add additional sound or use fade-ins and outs. Since then, the final ask went great. Some parts a little rough around the edges but it is a vast improvement on what was the preliminary. In the shot above, you can see a close-up camera shot of Mr. Vicini circling a house (final) and the man walking to the table while the personas hand is closest to the camera (preliminary). Technically are both close-ups only the preliminary has something going on behind it in the background. You can see in the final how my group and I experimented with high angles and low angles.

 

The preliminary task and the final changed a lot in terms of location as well as props and costume. We had access to the school for the preliminary but with the final, we could film anywhere which gave us more options in terms of plot and genre. The shot above shows two full body shots, one from the final and one from the preliminary ask. A lot of our shots are related between the two and our costume for the main character was similar too, just smartly dressed.

 

Another two full shots... Harry was acting in the final so it was easier to film since the preliminary had just me acting both roles...

 

This is the big one; these are an example of match on action used within our projects. The one on the left shows Mr. Vicini taking out the bin bag of bodies while the one on the right shows the man walking over to the table and sitting down. Match on action really helped the flow of each video and fitted in well with what we were trying to do. You can see how we got the idea of using it from the preliminary task but we ever used shot/reverse shot since there is no speech in the final task. If I could go back, I would fit something in like that.

 

I carried a lot of my knowledge over from preliminary to final and see the preliminary as more of an experiment now. An experiment in which I have learned from and will always do so in the future. Next time, I will include more of the brief for the preliminary within my final.



Evaluation 6

What have I learnt about technologies from the process of costructing this product?

 

 

I have learned to use many things while creating this product but the one that I believe I have learned from the most is Adobe Premiere Elements 8.0. I used this programme to edit most of the videos on my blog, the preliminary task and the final. It really is one of the best programmes I've seen for doing something like this and would recommend it if anyone was making a small-time movie or something. I'm sure there are fancier systems out there to use with more stuff but this covers the basics and after you figure it all out is really easy to pick up.

 

Of course a video camera was needed to film the project and I have learnt a fair bit about filming with it too. Not so much technology but all the shots possible and the add-ons to the camera like dolly's and tri-pods. I still think I need to look more into the effects and gadgets of the camera but I believe I have learnt more than I ever did when it comes to filming with them.

For a lot of shots, my group used a tri-pod. This is very handy since it allows you to film something without having to hold the camera at all and it keeps it firm in place and steady. I already knew about tri-pods but never have used one so that was an experience ad it seems like a good piece of equipment to have when filming. I will definitely be using one if I ever have to film something again.

 

For part of the project, my group and I used a camera phone to take pictures of what we were doing. From animatics to editing and preliminarys to finals, they were all documeted on a phone which is a handy tool on set of a film, something I have picked up.

 

 

This is a weird one but I believe I have really extended my knowledge of the world of YouTube during this project. I had no idea on half the stuff you could do with it. I have learnt how to annotate something and how to embed YouTube videos to my blog. It has opened my mind a bit more into what the internet is capable of when it comes to filming a project and how much good stuff is available to you when filming.

 

Evaluation 5

 



Evaluation 4

Media product target audience

 

 

The target audience for my media product would be somewhere in the age of 14-17. This is why we have rated our video as 15 as it seems to be the suitable age. Our media product contains scenes that younger viewers may not understand and a lot of fear in the fact that the plot could be real and so could the killer as he seems like a normal everyday person. The killer could easily b related as someone’s dad and so the audience would find this quit scary.

We have chosen this age group as it is the ‘coming of age’ stage of life where teenagers adolescent into adults and so we wanted to open their minds more into the reality of horror rather than another fictional story. A psychological slasher horror such as ours is one that would be hard to follow if not focussed on it properly. We relate it a lot to Dexter and The Stepfather which seem to be based on the same age.

We imagine our target audience looking a lot like the image above, casual dressed  and rather chilled about life, possibly thinking about his future and his options and how everything he does now affects hi future life. You could say that the use of Malcolm could represent children and they could relate top when they were a kid or if thy know kids like younger relatives.



Evaluation 3