Equipment Page

This is a Apple Imac computer, this computer is the one we used when editing our film. It has a 21.5 inch screen which enhances the screening of any movie etc. It values at around £949. It has many built in applictions which include Safari, Garage Band and Final Cut Pro.

This is the editing programme that was used. It is a built

in application on Apple imac computers. Its the 7th upgrade to the Final Cut Pro series. It is a non-linear, non-destructive editing programme. It supports any type of Quick Time compatible videoss and also it enables you to input any sort of audio. This latest edition also has the feature of turning it into HD. Also it can also be uploaded to any ipod and other MP3 devices.

The tripod that we used was a Sony Triopd. This piece of eqiupment allows you to keep the camera steady, this is done by attaching the camera to the top of the tripod. When in place you cam then swivel it side to side or up and down. This is done by using the handle on the side. Also by uncliping the legs you can increase the length of the leg size.

This is a Canon ZR700, this was the camera we used to capture of film. This is a SD (standard definition) camera that has optimal zoom. To capture the film you need to input a tape. To input it to a computer such as the Apple imac. it has a FireWire slot which then enables the film to be inputed onto the computer

Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt from the progression from it to the full task?

Our group learnt quite a bit from doing the preliminary task that helped us in our main task. One thing especially that we learnt was the 180 degree rule. This enabled us to input a conversation into our opening scene, which gave a different dimension to the film. This rule enabled us to put shot reverse shots. We also had a taste on the type of cameras we will be using also the other type of equipment such as the tripod and the steady cam. By having this proir experience with the equipment I think that this enabled us to be make less time consuming mistakes when we were filming our main task.

Other things that we learned to improve from our preliminary task were things such as lighting, soundtrack and editing techniques. In our preliminary task, because we were filming in college amd had limited locations, our location didn't have the best lighting. In our main task, because we could choose out own location outside college, I think that we learned what places would work well, and what places wouldn't.

Also, in our preliminary task our soundtrack was quite bland and qliche. The main reason for this i think was because of the short time that we had to do the task, but with our main task, we were able to fully delve into garage band and we knew to stay away from the qliche overused sounds. With the editing side of things, I think from having that initial play around with the programme we learned quite alot of techniques to save time. Such as when we had to log and capture for our preliminary task we had all of our footage in order and each clip went toghether straight away, so little editing actually had be done. We tried to do the same in the main task because we knew that it would be better for us, so we could focus on the blog. Anlong with this keyboard shorcuts, the easily appliable effects and the title templates made editing the main task on the whole, a easy and enjoyable experience.

On our main task, we had to learn the hard way how important planning is the hard way. We innitially started filming on our initial idea. The story had gaps, we had no where enough footage, and the whole thing wasn't really believable. If we would of came up with a few ideas in the pleminary and really went in depth with solid storyboards, and shot list then we wouldn't of have to waste alot of time filming and idea that was no where near good enough, then having to think of a new one and re film everything for our main task.

Other input to audiences..

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Teenagers would be the target audience for my product

Media audiences (classification)

social grade
social status
occupation

A
upper middle class
higher managerial, administrative or professional
B
middle class
intermediate managerial, administrative or professional
C1
lower middle class
supervisory or clerical, junior managerial, administrative or professional
C2
skilled working class
skilled manual workers
D
working class
semi and unskilled manual workers
E
those at lowest level of subsistence
state pensioners or widows (no other earner), casual or lowest grade workers

Our media production I think is inbetween working class and skilled working class.
The genre of the film is horror so the audience classification for our media production
Would be from ages 18-34 which would be the target audience for our production. Our product is a niche market production which is aimed at a specific market. A niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focusing; therefore the market niche defines the specific product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact.

The specific market we are looking for are from ages 18-34 and we are targeting working class and skilled working class audiences which would be interested in our media production.

Quotes of people talking about our film..

"I really liked the use of still and the way the credits appeared on the screen, it looked professional."

"The use of props and shadows was really effective in showing and not telling, it kept suspense."

"It would get people's curiosity because people would want to know if he's ok, who the guy in the glove was and if he hurt him and why."

A film that has a lot in commom with our film?

A film that is very in common to our film is Nosferatu (1922). This is the first Dracula film. Nosferatu is also like a prototype for Dracula movies to come. It had big influences on how some horrors are made due to the dark elemets which incorporate it fully.

It is about an Estate agent clerk in the city of Bremen leaves his bride to conduct business in the distant Carpathian mountains with an eccentric clinet named Graf Orlok.

During a long and hazardous journey, the closer he gets to his destination, the more terrified are the people he meets. What he finds when he reached Orlok's sinister castle is enough to make the skin of the most devoted horror fan crawl.

The main similarities of our film with nosferatu is mainly, the overall look and color of the film, and the use of our vilian hiding behind a shadow. Nosferatu was the leader in horror film at that time, and they type of suspense and fright that it created is still relevant today, as we have portrayed in our main task. Our was in a dark, almost black and white tint, similar to nosferatu. A key element of nosferatu was its using of representation and expressionistic lighting. We tried to link this by using the gothic type arch that is shown frequently in our film.

Rating of our film

The rating of our film is 15 due the violence which is incorporated and also the 'stalker' essence which could be disturbing to certain younger members. Also the dark and maybe disturbing elements may influence the age rating.

How did you attract/address your audience?