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

During our Preliminary Task we used the 3 principles of continuity;

Match On Action Shot

Shot Reverse Shot

180 Degree Rule

This gave us an indication and some good ideas for our full media product. However, we did not use any of them because during our sequence our actor was never in conversation with another character. This was a personal choice which we could look back and reflect on, to improve our product. For example, looking back over our planning process, we could of added in another character so we could include the three principles. Not using these gave us idea's of using it on a future product.

We learnt how to use the camera and microphone. This helped us with our final product as we were able to keep the camera steady whilst filming and get the angles we wanted to achieve.

During the editing of our preliminary task we learnt how to use the basic functions of FinalCut Pro. We were able to use the skills we learnt to help us log and capture our final product footage. Also we were able to cut out the parts we were not using as this is what we learnt during our preliminary exercise. By knowing the basic functions of FinalCut Pro we were then able to work on using the more complex parts of the program like transitions and video filter effects, it also gave us an advantage as we were able to log and capture and edit our footage with less trouble and mistakes.

3) What kind of Media Institution might distribute your Media Product and why?

Our film would be distributed by a company such as Fox Searchlight because they are associated with smaller films.



Other films Fox Searchlight have distributed are:

• Adam

• Juno

• 500 Days of Summer

• Slumdog Millionaire

Fox Searchlight distribute unique and distinct films that introduce new actors.

Our media product, An Eye for an Eye, does not classify into a particular genre of film. The storyline is slightly unconventional and there is elements of Drama, Sport and Crime conventions.

Fox Searchlight, or another independent company, would be more suitable and likely to distribute our film due to the unconventional approach we took in creating our media product.

Our film would also have to have a low budget meaning we would have an independent company distributing our product.

Never Back Down, is a sporting film similar to our media product. This film was distributed by Momentum Pictures and Universal Studios.

These companies are leading companies in the UK (momentum pictures) and the USA (universal studios). If our film was of a higher budget, these companies would be appropriate to distribute our media product as they distribute all genres of films, including films like Never Back Down, which are a similar genre to our product.

Progress

So far, we have completed the filming of the alley scenes, which have been edited in Final Cut Pro. We have also filmed some extra footage consisting of boxing and gym scenes, which we may not use in our final piece. Today, we completed our animated logo which will be used at the beginning of our opening sequence. We are going to work on completing our soundtrack and finishing the filming of the boxing and childhood scenes, ready for the end of the week. Once we have finished this, we will then need to record the voiceover and finish off editing our sequence.

Animated Production Logos

We have started making our production logos for the beginning of our opening sequence. To make them look more proffesional we have decided to animate them. To do this we are using Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.
For our Production company we downloaded an image from Google. In Photoshop we then erased the fire and created the name of the company. In Final Cut Pro we then created the animation to make the words appear out of the dragons mouth representing the fire.

Storyboard Animatic

This is a short animation of each shot from our storyboard. It has helped us to make sure the shots are in the most appropriate order and that the sequence makes sense to the audience. The shots that show flashbacks to the characters child hood have an effect to make them appear older, hopefully this is an effect we can use in our final piece.

Final Story Board

Draft Storyboard

This is our draft of our storyboard. We have not put the title credits on as we have not decided whether to have them on seperate frames to the actual sequence, or on top of the images in the sequence.

Preliminary Exercise