Ancillary Task - Poster

A2 Evaluation - Temi Awe

Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Titles : I used similar conventions of titles as my influential film by setting the writing over a dark background. by using this effect it allowed the writing to appear clearer and more bold. I also wrote the title of my film in the second title shot as done in my existing film. I saved the roles of the film to the end instead of showing them at the beginning like a lot films tend to do. this also was a feature of my existing film. by following their use of titles as an exemplar as such, it made carrying out my own title work easier and to seem more like. I managed the challenge the conventions of my existing film however by using a different font, one that i felt was more suitable for my film.

Settings & Locations : The location of my film differed significantly from the one in my influential film. As my film was filmed in Levi's household. By doing so it reduced the chances of risks occurring and also we were not able to gain permission to film on public transport which made it difficult to film on a train or bus. However filming inside a house proved to have its benefits in the sound department as it lowered the chances out picking out background noises that we did not purposely want.

Costumes & Props : Costumes were fairly easy to work with as we were able to wear casual clothing to fulfill our roles well. Props were not much of a problem either as it was filmed within a home. Props technology wise, were thankfully provided by my institution so camera's, tri-pod etc were all catered for.


Camera Work : To use the conventions of my existing film I used their use of close angle shots. by doing so it helped my to get a frequent close look at the characters facial expressions. Camera work was fairly hard to work with as their was only two of us starring in the film and no one specifically working on just the camera alone so we had to alternative turns in adjusting the camera. However the fact that their was only two of us allowed us to experiment more with the camera and pick pick up new techniques whilst learning more.

Music/Sound/Dialogue : My influential film has a small amount of music playing at the end of the film. My actual film has similar conventions as it plays music at the start and ending of of film. The music to my film was edited completely from scratch which was made by Levi and Myself. We chose not to make an upbeat song to our film based on the purpose the film was trying to fulfill. The dialogue was made very similar the influential film. We attempted to make it similar in order to make it more realistic. This was done by using similar modifiers and dynamic verb choices.

Editing/Effects : Editing was a convention where i spent a lot of time working on, i found it quite hard to follow similar conventions of editing in my existing film. With this being the case i chose to challenge the conventions slightly instead. However similar to my existing film, the main editing effects featured in the beginning and ending of my film. I chose mainly to use cuts and transitions in my film which also was a frequent feature. Occasionally i would also use the fade feature.

Representation : I believe both films tend to represent their characters in a immature manner. Mainly due to their age, being a teenager and fighting over the opposite sex. Not something that you may see commonly between Adults as much. I tried to keep the representation the same by keeping similar a ethnicity fulfilling the roles of both characters in my existing film.

Genre : The genres from both my films are really similar. They follow a very similar story lines. The similarities are shown mainly through representation of characters despite being of the opposite sexes. The Genre is also shown through the dialogue as well as the script follows very similar conventions  in terms of the type of linguistic features it uses.

Q2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJpivmcu3Xs

Q3. What did you learn from audience feedback?

Audience feedback was vital for me because it allowed me to make significant improvements to my film that i did not notice could have potentially been a problem at first. One of the most significant factors which i was able to take from my feedback was to include a variation of shots. As in one of my original drafts to my film I limited myself to only a few amount of shot types and by doing so i did not originally realise that i was potentially limiting myself to only a few marks.
Audience feedback enabled me to also realise the parts of my film which i had really executed well and should try to maintain throughout my film. Such as the effects and editing skills which i must admit i did find fairly challenging to begin with but when i had eventually managed to work my way around it, it came off quite well apparently and it was something i tried to maintain because i felt comfortable eventually with.
Audience feedback i felt was helpful because it allowed me to pick up on faults that i personally was not able to originally realise. I found it helpful especially because it was someone else's view and perspective and by taking that into account i became very objective with my work which eventually allowed people to enjoy it more as i genuinely did listen to the audience.
Audience feedback enabled me to realise what parts of the film were not clear and when i was attempting to portray a specific message, whether it had worked or not.
Overall audience feedback allowed me to notice the good factors about my film and ancillary task and the aspects of my film that could potentially lose me marks or needed to be improved. I found audience feedback very help despite it not always being easy to accept.

Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Sony Vegas

Sony Vegas is a new media technology that allowed me to construct the editing to my film well. It allowed me to add various effects such as 'Blurr' and 'Fade' effect. Sony Vegas I found helpful to use due to the fact that it had other features to it compared to previous editing tools that I have used such as Premier Pro and Movie Maker. Such as allowing me to upload my film in HD, this I found helpful as it allowed me overall final copy to appear much better.

Audacity

Audacity was another technology feature that allowed me to construct my film well. The programme allowed me to blend sounds together and level the music to my film to ensure that it suited my film. 
I found audacity helpful as it allowed me to work with other media products such as a headset and also a microphone. So by having to use audacity it forced me to endeavor into other media products and enhance my knowledge and use of them, which i found helpful later in my film when i needed them to develop other features of my film.

Video Camera 

 Video Camera helped mainly with my planning and construction of my film. It allowed me to video my film and to practice aspects of my film that I may want to include. It allowed my to try new features out with enabled me to plan round my film better. The Video Camera also allowed me to work with other forms of technology such as computers and YouTube as I would use them via the Camera do upload my products which then led to me editing and collaborating my work pieces together.

YouTube

YouTube played a significant part to my evaluation. It enabled me to use features such as annotations, which showed my range of technology use. It was also good for feed back as people would tell me what aspects of my film they thought worked well and parts they did not enjoy too much.







BBC Films

BBC Films helped me with my research into similar films. It allowed me to stem my initial ideas and give me something to emulate. I found this site helpful for my research as it allowed me to compare and contrast  my possible film ideas and features in my film that I may wish to use in my film. It was good because it allowed to see films from a professional point of view  and the type of features that i may wish to use to allow my film to appear realistic.

Planning - Script

Same Girl Script

Opening Scene begins with the two characters playing xbox.

Temi: So what are you even listen?
Levi: Yeah I am man, I just got text hold up.
Temi: What who’s it from?
Levi:  Err just Nathan
Temi: Well, what’s he saying?
Levi: He basically just said how that sexy girl from that party on Saturday said she finds me hot.
Temi: oh wait, the one who kept looking at me?
Levi: *laughs* oh shut up man, she weren’t looking at you but her names Hannah.
Temi: Na she clearly was, kept giving me signs.
Levi: Mhm, signs yeah... but anyway, he’s giving me her number*smirks*
Temi: So what are you gonna do about that then?
Levi: I don’t know man
Temi: Ring her up
Levi: hmm na
Temi: Fine, ill call her?
Levi: noo
Temi: well at least text her..
Levi: Hmm, yeah alright.
Temi: Show me what you say when you’re done
*Hands over phone*
*Temi reads previous texts messages*
Temi: ‘Remember me from Saturday Levi?’ I swear you didn’t even speak to her that night
Levi: ‘Yeah I did man, you weren’t there at the time’
*argues over it for a while*
Temi: *laughs gently* Alright alright, if you say so
*Sends Text and Hands back over the phone*
Temi: well do wanna come round mine Friday? I was gonna have a few people round. Just chill for a bit and play fifa?
Levi: Err yeah man, sounds good
Temi: Cool
.*Text received*
Levi: She replied!
Temi: What did she say then? *Looks over* ‘I don’t remember you sorry’ ouch par haha.
*Temi snatches phone*
Levi: what you doing bruv?
Temi: Hold up, let me just speak to her.
Temi: ‘Hello is this Hannah? No this is Temi, aha basically we saw you at the Party Saturday. You don’t remember us?’ *cups mic* na this girl is stupid..
Levi: Oh shut up man
Temi: ‘who levi? Well he’s like quite a pasty colour, hes got quite a fatneck and occasionally quite dopey.’
*Levi looks over*
Levi: Oh thanks mate
Temi: ‘oh you remember us now? How could you forget us, well me anyway. Well I don’t know if he has a girlfriend, ask her yourself’
*hands back over phone*
Levi: ’Hello? Yeah this is Levi now; yeah I know he’s like that unfortunately’ (referring to Temi). He’s my friend though I suppose. *Jump Cut* Do I have a girlfriend? I did yeah, but I didn’t really have time for her.
So er what you doing this week anyway? *Jump Cut* Sixth form and work did you say? *Jump Cut*Oh I see hm..
*Nudge from Temi to ask..*
Levi: Well, I was gonna ask you if you wanted to meet or do something this week?.. You’re free Friday did you say? Yeah Friday’s cool*smirks* I guess ill see you Friday then, bye.
Levi: Yeah she’s on meeting Friday
Temi: Yeah I heard man nice; thought you gonna come round mine Friday though?
Levi: Oh yeah damn, well were together all the time anyway. Can always do it another day.
Temi: Yeah, no worries its fine.
Levi: Well, this my stop anyway so I guess I’ll see you later man.
Temi: Bye.

Same Girl - Main Task

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMR0mjMF2DY&feature=youtu.be

Ancillary Task - Review

Planning - Title Timeline

This is a title timeline for my film, which tends to follow similar conventions to my similiar film, One to One

Dynamicc Productions
Presents
Levi Kent
Temi Awe
Director - Temi Awe
Editor - Temi Awe
Script Writer - Temi Awe & Levi Kent
Sound Designer - Levi Kent

Planning - Equipment List

The equipment that I will require throughout my A2 coursework:
Video Camera (Panasonic HD)
Laptop (Asus)
Headphones - Headphones will be used during the editing process, in order to listen and have the right sounds for my film.
Levi's House
Sony Vegas (Editing Programme)
Gmail
Computer with Internet access - This will allow me to research deeper into existing films and continuously look at my similar researched films.
Tripod
Memory Stick
Microsoft Word
Google (Chrome)
Blogger - This will be used in order to post my work and continuously update my blogger.