Q1

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

 

Q2

How effective is the construction of your product and ancillary texts?

Q3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

I have learnt that audience feedback is vital and also valuable as it is an important way of improving our ancillary text and horror production trailer. My reason for this is because for a media text to be viewed in the right way it needs to be interpreted clearly by audience members, by this opinions and point of views from audience members allows you to know that the media text will be received in the right way and become successful. In order for my group to know what the audience views are we gained feedback using surveys, questionnaires, voice memos, peer analysis feedback and professional industry feedback.

Feedback from our group survey




Feedback from our peers



Professional Industry Feedback

Q4

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Final Magazine Cover

Final Poster

 

Final Trailer

Final Trailer

 

Magazine Poster First Drafts

Development and stages of Magazine Poster

 

 

 

Filming Process

Exploring With Make-up

Here is a short video on shorts taken during our filming process on exploring make-up

Film's Cool Session 7

In this Film's Cool session we had Christine Blundell, Matt Kavanagh and Alek feeding back and giving a lot of advice for the completion of our horror campaigns.

Film's Cool Session 6

Matt Kavanagh

 

In todays session we had guidance and support from an expert from Ravensborne University on how to use the software After Effects and animation to a high grade standard.

 

We leant how to build our production company logo to appear in a stylish format using animation. 

 

 

This session was really good as this was my first time using the After Effects software. I've learnt useful tips that I will be able to use again.

Magazine Research

 Magazine Research and Labelling

 

Horror Magazine Analysis/Research

Magazine Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

Masthead Planning

Typography 

Chose the masthead 'LED' with the tagline because it spoke out to the audience more, as it had that ghostlike  idea to it.




Having the 'U' stand out had no meaning or story behind it although the red suggested hatred and blood








'Gradu8' had an informal text form grammar in which we thought fit in with our target audience .

Filming session

Both images were filmed behind bars to express the idea of confinement (and never leaving). In this scene we have the teacher getting trapped and locked in the classroom by the killer.

To create more of a dramatic effect we used the red coloured gel to express the themes of horror.

When filming the shots became closer and closer, this was so that the viewer had a sense of feel of confinement .

Film's Cool

 

 

From The Film's Cool session I attended I leant a lot of useful tips From Ross and Alec that I am going to take on in order to make my production work successful. Such as;

• Using light more effectively with different coloured gels
•  Show a scene of different camera angels to get more than one perspective and view to engage the audience.

 

Film's Cool Session 5

Ross Curren and Alec

In this session we had two professional editors come in. My group and I got great useful feedback and tips in order to improve parts of our trailer as well as to lift the production value of our trailer .This was to recreate certain shots to make them sharp and more tight. We asked both Ross Curren and Alec questions about our trailer, on how we can emphasise and exaggerate some of the footage with our graduation theme.

For instance our party scene: We wanted to make it look more bold in terms of it being bigger. Alec suggested us getting more people in the shot and to have one of the characters holding the camera to give it that hand held effect.

Filming session

 

 

We filmed shots in a professional hair dressers in Kentish Town. This was done to make it come across as more realistic

 

 

I took shots from different angels when each conversation was happening to show continuity editing which will make it flow

 

 

Here we have both hair dressers participating. When filming I decided to keep it as a mid-shot so the characters facial expressions were shown, this emphasised on the build up of the preparation for the graduation party.

 

Updated Script

Storyboard

Production Schedule

In our schedule we added a note to record a shot of characters where we see more from them establishing the characters more. Also to record the assembly scene, of students getting certificates so the theme of graduation is identified.

Below are two pictures of our Production Schedules

 

 

 

Day 1 - Filming

Evaluation of Filming Day 1

The process of my groups first filming task went really well, we were able to work together as a team to complete the first section of our plan. I was able to suggest new points that were added on to previous ideas from a member of the group to build it and make it stronger.

In this shot I suggested adding this prop would make Blessing come across as 'Demonic' to make it seem as a symbolic iconography that appeared regularly. 

Positives and Negatives:

 

- Had a problem with natural lighting as it changed going dark at times in which we had to redo the shot to match the lighting.

+ Time keeping skills were on track as we were able to keep to our schedule.

Planning for the production

In todays lesson we added all three scripts together highlighting specific props characters sets, setting and locations to develop each section further. This notified us on what we need to include to make the script flow smoothly. 

We also looked for individuals who we thought were right for the role and people we know to play a specific role/character. Due to the fact that I imagined our character Blessing to be quite tall, we thought our friend Dolapo was the right person also because she has experience in A level drama and make up effects would show clearly on her skin.

Furthermore we planned a schedule as a group to keep us up to date, knowing what section of the script we were shooting daily at what time and where this was going to be done.