Evaluation Question 6

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

during the production of dazed as a group we have all learnt from each other on how to edit. At first we found it quite tricky as we have not had a lot of practice. However when editing our prelim we all got a little feel on how the software imovie works. our skills grew stronger and stronger and we all had equal turns on editing . We made sure that the sound matched the video perfect although it was quite hard to overlap sounds. Whilst editing the glitch we started to realise that it was going to be very difficult.  We fixed this problem by making the time between each shot a second or two longer. We all also had a chance to film and get a chance on how to use to camera we were given. it was hard to get perfect straight shots at first because the tripod was hard to manoeuvre. However once we got used to to all of this we were able to really enjoy editing and filming and also happy with the skills that we had learnt. 

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

The main theme of our film opening is based around a party which shows how many teenagers enjoy the 'party lifestyle'  but also portrays the fragile sides of teenage life , including being anxious, constantly on edge and constantly questioning if they fit in. The protagonist is a teenage girl which hopefully allow other teenagers to relate to her struggles. This shows that not all teenagers are the same and enjoy the particular party lifestyle. This subverts the stereotype of teenagers being trouble makers and involved in crime. Again if our opening was to be a full feature film ( mentioned in my Overall Plot blog post) there may be some crime involved this again following the stereotype of teenagers being involved with crime and danger. We hoped to show the many aspects of different teenagers life.

Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation question 2

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

Looking back at our prelim we mainly used very basic mid shots and did not include a variety of camera angles. we also found that the music was way to loud to have a voice over added on top.  also the music did not match our voice over , which was not a huge problem but just frustrating to watch. We have learnt how to execute a variety of camera shots and angles including low angles shots overhead shots , over the shoulder and close up shots. Also whilst editing we were able to add in in the credits perfect to the film shots and so they both matched hand in hand.

Evaluation Question 3

our opening dazed would probably be classified as an independent film and similar to the likes of American Honey and Spring Breakers distributed by A24. Many films distributed by A24 have the same target audience as is was only recently founded in august 2012 , many of the films are appealing to 15- and above ( hence the certificate age rating) as they are very recent and fresh. Spring Breakers have very aesthetically pleasing scenes and is heavily concentrated on lighting , very similar to dazed. Also American honey features a female protagonist who is a troubled adolescent. Each aspects of these films relate to our film opening and would not be suitable for the likes of Disney as they are typically targeted at children and are usually PG or U rated. If our opening was to be a full feature film it would be 15 rated as scenes may upset younger children. 

Teen Protagonists

Many films with a teen protagonist often attract teenagers to be the target audience. There is many evidence on this including.

Donnie Darko

"Lots of teenagers feel trapped in a world they don't fully understand,
barely able to hold in their adolescent rage."

Back to the Future

"The lovable, somewhat flawed hero of the
Back to the Future movies gets into unthinkable situations" 

 Brick

"Isolation from popular cliques makes Brendan Frye 

the perfect teen detective in Brick."

Many audiences of these particular film is aimed at teenagers , mostly because teenagers can relate to the plot line and be more undersanding.

Script For Question 7

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

Looking back at our prelim we mainly used very basic mid shots and did not include a variety of camera angles. we also found that the music was way to loud to have a voice over added on top.  also the music did not match our voice over , which was not a huge problem but just frustrating to watch. We have learnt how to execute a variety of camera shots and angles including low angles shots overhead shots , over the shoulder and close up shots. Also whilst editing we were able to add in in the credits perfect to the film shots and so they both matched hand in hand.

Script For Question 6

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

during the production of dazed as a group we have all learnt from each other on how to edit. At first we found it quite tricky as we have not had a lot of practice. However when editing our prelim we all got a little feel on how the software imovie works. our skills grew stronger and stronger and we all had equal turns on editing . We made sure that the sound matched the video perfect although it was quite hard to overlap sounds. Whilst editing the glitch we started to realise that it was going to be very difficult.  We fixed this problem by making the time between each shot a second or two longer. We all also had a chance to film and get a chance on how to use to camera we were given. it was hard to get perfect straight shots at first because the tripod was hard to manoeuvre. However once we got used to to all of this we were able to really enjoy editing and filming and also happy with the skills that we had learnt.