Sunday 3 April 2011
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Answer to evaluation question 6
When using the camera I built on my skills. Before I started shooting I could only take basic shots however now I have finished shooting I can now use the pull focus feature on the cameras. I also learnt the importance of using a tripod in order to achieve a steady shot. 
As I do not own a mac I was not that confident about using it and the software. Now that I have used I am more confident dbout the programs it offers, but I found that the systems were lacking some more basic programs for example paint, or a equivilent. 
I used a PC to upload my pictures from my camera. The program to upload and edit the photos was easy to use which was helped by the fact that I already had experience using PCs helped. 
After using the program imovie to create our prelim task I had ironed out most of the problems I had experienced with using the proram, so when it came to editing our real task I found it considerably easier although I did have some technicle issues. I found that when I was assembling our animation peice the program had cut either side of our pictures which I had problems trying to retrieve because the program is not designed to work with animation but with video instead. 
All together I found that garage band was an easy program to use because I mainly used the pre-recorded sound tracks of 8 and 16 bars to create our peice of music however sometimes the different sound clips didn't tie together propably so I had to edit the pitch and notes slightly. 
I used a microphone to recored the narration. The microphone I used was rather quite which ment that even when I turnt the voulme up on the sound clip it still wasn't loud enough. However the microphone I used overall worked to an ok standard, dispite problems with volume.
I used youtube to upload the prelim task, our presentations, our animatic and our film. By using this video site I found that it was easy to acess different films whenever I needed them even if I was not in school. Our final film took a long time to upload onto the site because it is a large file size however now it is up there it is easy for us to use whenever I need it.
I used youtube to upload the prelim task, our presentations, our animatic and our film. By using this video site I found that it was easy to acess different films whenever I needed them even if I was not in school. Our final film took a long time to upload onto the site because it is a large file size however now it is up there it is easy for us to use whenever I need it. 
Answer to evaluation question 3
What kind of institution might distribute your product and why?
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A distributor's role is to release films to the public either in a cinema or for home viewing, e,g, dvd. A distributor may release to cinemas directly if they own the cinemas or through theatrical distributors. In the UK New Line Cinemas do not distribute their own films, instead they used work with Entertainment Film Distributors, in 2010 this independent distributing company was taken over by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros is a major company in the world of entertainment which proves that for smaller films to get the distribution they need they will need to approach the large companies. In the past the major companies did not support many small films but have recently widened their nets to have a greater spread across the markets.
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A distributor's role is to release films to the public either in a cinema or for home viewing, e,g, dvd. A distributor may release to cinemas directly if they own the cinemas or through theatrical distributors. In the UK New Line Cinemas do not distribute their own films, instead they used work with Entertainment Film Distributors, in 2010 this independent distributing company was taken over by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros is a major company in the world of entertainment which proves that for smaller films to get the distribution they need they will need to approach the large companies. In the past the major companies did not support many small films but have recently widened their nets to have a greater spread across the markets.
Answer to evaluation question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
This is my main character Olivia. In our film she is wearing a pink jumper and jeans which represents the stereotypical teenage girl. Also this look is similar to what the character Kate wears in the film 'My sisters keeper'.
This casual style is representative of a stereotypical teenage girl because teenagers generally do not yet have jobs which require smart clothing nor are the young children who love to dress up. With the character I tried to connote this because I felt it was important as a way for our audience to connect with our character and therefore follow the characters story.
Another stereotype I tried to play on is that teenagers are generally stroppy and up to no good. Although this is not common in all teenagers I know this is a strong stereotype that I have decided to use to connect our audiences to our character. Also I believed that this will give older women something to connect with as they can relate with the experiences that they had when they were teenagers or the experiences they know other teenagers are having whether its their daughter, their sister or just a friend of theirs.
One character theory I purposely subverted was Laura Mulvey's theory that stated that film places women as subordinates who are inactive. I wanted to subvert this because I felt that the theory was dated and I wanted to feature a female in our film. Also women now have equal rights compared with men so I wanted our film to be up to date and current.
This is my main character Olivia. In our film she is wearing a pink jumper and jeans which represents the stereotypical teenage girl. Also this look is similar to what the character Kate wears in the film 'My sisters keeper'.
This casual style is representative of a stereotypical teenage girl because teenagers generally do not yet have jobs which require smart clothing nor are the young children who love to dress up. With the character I tried to connote this because I felt it was important as a way for our audience to connect with our character and therefore follow the characters story.
Another stereotype I tried to play on is that teenagers are generally stroppy and up to no good. Although this is not common in all teenagers I know this is a strong stereotype that I have decided to use to connect our audiences to our character. Also I believed that this will give older women something to connect with as they can relate with the experiences that they had when they were teenagers or the experiences they know other teenagers are having whether its their daughter, their sister or just a friend of theirs.
One character theory I purposely subverted was Laura Mulvey's theory that stated that film places women as subordinates who are inactive. I wanted to subvert this because I felt that the theory was dated and I wanted to feature a female in our film. Also women now have equal rights compared with men so I wanted our film to be up to date and current.
Wednesday 23 March 2011
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