Final Comments on the Blog

All of the work on our blog was originally uploaded at different times throughout the space of time we were given to complete our coursework for Media Studies. However after looking back over the work we realised that a number of our pieces of work were uploaded in the wrong order and had to edit the blog by deleting and re-uploading our work to the blog to ensure that it was in the right order.

Evaluation

For our evaluation we decided to record it using a dictaphone as there were others in the class who still needed to film. However when we tried to upload the sound clip to the blog we found that only movies or pictures could be uploaded so we used Garage Band and iMovie to create our evaluation piece.

Audience Response

After we completed our film, 'If Only', we showed it to a few people and asked them to answer a few questions that we had prepared. After this we then responded to what the audience had said and put it all into a powerpoint using a programme online called Prezi. Below is a link the the presentation that we made on prezi.com:
Audience Response Presentation

Completed Film - "If Only"

After looking back over our film we decided that it would be best to add background music to the opening credits and also towards the ending of the film opening. We decided to use sad sounding music as we thought it would have more of an effect on the audience. The music played during the opening credits is a sound clip that we downloaded from freesound.org and then put it into GarageBand to make it long enough to fit the opening credits. We also downloaded Christina Perri's Jar of Hearts instrumental for the ending of the film. We then had to use GarageBand again to cut the first 7 seconds of the song away as the version we downloaded didn't start until 7 seconds in. We then added both of these into the film at the appropriate times and adjusted them in iMovie to ensure the timing was correct and the sound clips were long enough.

Final Film Idea

This is the final idea we had for our two-minute film opening and it shows how far we have progressed the original idea and filming. This film is a lot shorter than our original idea so we decided to add opening credits to the beginning of the film opening to make it look more professional. We have also decided to add background music to two parts of the film opening to add to the intended effect.

Production Logo

For our film we decided that in the opening credits we would like to use a Production Logo. First of all we came up with the name "Aziz Productions" as the name for our production company. We then used Photoshop to create the logo using a range of tools to make it look like a chalkboard effect to show the creative side of the company. We then used iMovie to place this image of the logo for our production company onto the opening credits of the film. We feel this logo looks realistic and is a good representation of our imaginative work.

Original Film Idea

For our two-minute film opening we came up with two different ways to use the recorded work. Our original idea is below and lasts for 1 minute and 53 seconds. After creating this one we thought it did not have the desired effect that we had hoped for so we re-edited the shots to create an alternative opening. If we had used this one we would have inserted the credits onto the film itself while the two actors were walking in the first shot. Although this is closer to our final draft idea we decided against using it as the final product due to the other opening reaching the effectiveness of which we intended.