Mr Judge one to one tutorial

After our one to one tutorial on the 2/02/15, it was evident that you are making good progress for your research and planning, unfortunately there are still some outstanding tasks that need to rectify as soon as possible. Please refer to the SMART targets that we set up previously and have them completed for my next session. 

Ohsinja

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 my Preliminary Task, I feel like I've learned more about editing and pre-production than i did before i started creating my product. Firstly, The Editing aspect of the course i already knew from past experience using Premiere Pro and After Effects back in Secondary School however my skill set has expanded where by i now know more than i originally knew. When i first edited my product without any transitions or effects, it was very plain and not as suspenseful as i intended it to be. after getting feedback from my teacher i was able to adapt my product to start making it into a Horror Film. At first i originally had scary background music which was intentional for me as music is quite important in the Horror Genre, but with the opening scene being as dark as it is and quite quiet, the music takes away the suspense from the scene making it less scary. by getting rid of the soundtrack and replacing it with Sound Effects and slight silence in the background it starts to make it suspenseful and scary more than the music did. Once i finished adding my audio files into my product i now needed to work on the footage. When i asked my teacher about adding texture to make my footage look scary she told me about adding color correction and using transitions, i never used color correction before editing my footage so this was new for me. i mainly learned more about textures and transitions when editing more than anything as i already knew some techniques in my past courses in secondary school (Film Studies and Media BTEC).

Other new techniques which i learned about were in pre-production, i already knew how to make a script, storyboard, camera script, recce assessment but i didn't exactly know how to develop my ideas so that they fitted the horror genre. When creating the titles for my film 'Nightmare Productions' I've had past experience making introductions as Special Effects and CGI is my specialty in editing. however because my titles weren't 3D i made them 2D instead as there's more you can do with them technically. I have learned a lot about Premiere Pro/Photoshop Techniques but i also learned more about cameras themselves. in order to film my product i used my Sony Cyber-shot HX60 so i already knew about camera techniques. to create the music in my first cut i used a software called Cubase which is a music creation/editing software, i also used a copyright free track downloaded off the internet. when i added this to my first cut it took away the tension and suspension from the scene, it didn't make the scene scary so the music i created was deleted off the final product which was a good decision as mainly focusing on sound effects was better. i got my sound effects from a website called

freesound.org which is a free subscription website which you have to sign up to in order to download the sound which you want by searching in the search bar. the website has over 2,000 sounds which are free to download. the sounds for the demon 'Ohsinja' were downloaded off the website but were edited using Cubase by adding effects such as Reverb, Reverse, EQ, Delay and other effects. the software is as advanced as Premiere pro but has different abilities. Premiere pro is mainly designed for Editing Footage and creating short films, documentaries and films. Cubase on the other hand is a very advanced software designed to create professional recordings bands such as Hozier and Linkin Park use Cubase to record, edit and produce their albums.

Prelim Task

February feedback

You are making steady progress toward your goal. Ensure the evaluations use creative technologies. 

Be thorough in evaluation and check research and planning is complete.

what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

before i started to create my product i already had some knowledge of editing software but through the process of creating my product I've learned more about editing, sound, camera, mes-en-scene and creating a good story. At the start of making my product i used Microsoft Word to write out a Plan, Script, Idea Board and Camera Script. Once all work leading up to filming was complete i filmed my footage using a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V Compact Camera in 1080p using a Tripod.

 When in the editing process of creating my product i used a number of Editing Applications, The Main editing software i used was Adobe Premiere Pro on a Mac to get all the clips cut down and the color corrected to give it more of a cinematic feel. I also used Adobe After Effects to create my Company Credits, i also used After Effects to help with the Lighting in my Footage as i wanted it to be dark but visible at the same time. To edit the Sound Effects i used Cubase 7 to create some harsh sounding demonic creature voice. Other Sounds used in the Product were from a website called Freesound.org.

I'm also using Blogger to create my Blog to update my Process in creating my product, however Blogger is a website rather than software. In the Blogging process I'm going to add Videos to my Posts which identifies certain areas in my product. When filming my product i used my own camera like i mentioned before. As i already know the features of my camera i felt it would be easier to use. The camera shoots in 1080p so i already knew with some editing i would have a nice looking product with shots that blend together well.

How did you attract/address your audience?

In my Media Product I Attracted/Addressed my Audience by using certain characteristics and themes through the use of Mes-en-Scene, Story and Character. I attracted my audience through the use of Mes-en-Scene to create the feeling that this character is similar to any everyday person. Charlie the Main Character is wearing a Tracksuit as that is what the average modern teenager wears, however this can be seen as a bad thing as tracksuits are know mainly for mischievous chavs and teenagers as they are seen as bad as they get up to no good smoking and drinking in the streets taking drugs and doing stupid things. I made him wear a tracksuit to represent the average teenager but when you look around the setting you'll see he's in a very nice, clean, sophisticated, big house this shows us that he may get into some trouble at times but still has a life better than most teens his age (Aged 17). I addressed my audience by adding some small details to my Story for instance I added a dolly shot of a fire place with pictures placed on the mantle piece, the camera slowly moves past the images to show how family is important in Charlie's life. there are also some more small things in my product which makes us wonder about the character whether he is good or bad again this links in with Mes-en-scene due to the use of costume, color, lighting and Props. in the scene you see charlie walk to a kitchen draw and grab a knife. we as the audience dont know yet what the knife is going to be used for, good or bad use.