EVALUATION - Question 1

Question 1

EVALUATION - Question 2

Question 2

EVALUATION - Question 3

Question 3

EVALUATION - Question 4

Question 4

EVALUATION - Question 5

Question 5

Link to question 5

EVALUATION - Question 6

Question 6

EVALUATION - Question 7

Question 7

Evidence for filming

PRODUCTION - Feedback On Rough Cut

Rough Cut Feedback

Positive:

- Good range of shots so it makes it more interesting and efficient

- Great close ups to show important detail and add good effect
- You was able to able to understand the storyline well even though there wasn't any sound and the sequence of shots were clear and portrayed well.
- Good match cut shots to show the contrast between the boy and the girl.
- Liked the mise-en-scene from the boys perspective as it showed a clear understanding of his character and personality.

Negative:

- Jerky camera movement - a tripod needs to be used so it looks professional and steady.

- Girls mis-en-scene needs to be more clear as it doesn't show her character very well and we don't get a sense of the type of person she is and what she likes.

- Create a sound scape, don't leave sound scape and titles unplanned.

- Re shoot dark scenes because lighting in all shots are different. It was supposed to be a bright and energetic film with clear lighting but it is quite dark and doesn't match with our planning and genre of the film.


Things to improve:

1. Add more lighting.
2. More steady on the Camera as it was shaky.
3. Better mis-en-scene of the girl and show her character more.

Blogging Health Check 3

Blogging Health Check 3

PRODUCTION - Analysis of blog

Analysis of blog

Analysing strengths and weaknesses in the blog 

Strengths:

1. Good visuals that are relevant and back up our text
2. Good and important information from text 
3. Work load was spread out evenly in our group so no one had too many tasks to complete (it    was fair).

Weaknesses:

1. Sometimes we have too much text which makes it quite plain and boring
2. We are not very creative as we follow the same scheme of blog posts
3. Our blog posts limit isn't low however it could be a lot higher

Threats:

1. The blogs appearance is quite dull so a change is needed
2. Some posts are not detailed enough therefore there is minimal marks we can receive 

Opportunities:

1. To make our blog posts more creative and less dull by having more images, GIF's etc. supported by relevant text
2. To do more blog posts 

Setting Targets:

1. Don't leave work until last minute as then you have a lot of catching up to do
2. Put effort and time into all of my blog posts as some are better than others (no consistency)
3. Do my work to the best of my ability all of the time as there have been times where the blog could be a lot better if there was more effort involved

PRODUCTION- Schedule for retakes and filming/ editing

Filming and editing. 

We will be filming and editing again for retakes and shots that we still need. 

Thursday Media lesson- from 9;00 to 12;00 adnans house (Faiz and Gunes, adnan, sureyya  filming)

monday media lesson - 12;00 to 14;00 gunes house ( Gunes, Faiz filming)

Thursday Media lesson- from 9;00 to 12;00 adnan house (adnan, Faiz and Gunes filming)

monday media lesson - 12;00 to 14;00 gunes house ( Gunes, Faiz filming)

PRODUCTION - Rought cut evaluation

Rough Cut Evaluation

Our rough cut was not the greatest piece in the world however it did have elements of it that worked such as the story which could be understood. The girls scene was shot well in a good lighting and had good angles which worked. At the beginning we had many cross cuts which made the opening work well. However this was interrupted as we did not have enough time to shoot all of our shots due to complications with filming times, travelling to film and not bringing equipment back on time resulting in filming only during school hours.

The shots from the boy were all dark and needed retaking. This was because they were taken during the evening so we were not getting any natural daylight which we were reliant on as we did not bring any other lighting equipment. Therefore we know next time to film during the day or bring extra lighting when needed.

PLANNING- Distribution company ( by Gunes)

DISTRIBUTION COMPANY  

We chose for our distribution company to be mainstream. This is because all movies we have been influenced by are mainstream such as the Ugly Truth, 10 things i hate about you and legally blonde. Mainstream films have a high budget through the distribution company-  

Budget	$38 million

^ The Ugly Truth. we have designed our own distribution company- Dove Productions similar to other mainstream companies such as:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Columbia Pictures

Marketisation 

The marketing tools- YouTube- trailer of the movie, billboards- pictures of actors to attract audience, raising awareness themselves via social media accounts- Instagram and Twitter.

 
Social media- legally blonde has its own website but it is the musical rather than the film itself, all mainstream companies have advertised themselves on social media accounts such as having twitter about the whole film itself e.g The Ugly Truth. 

PRODUCTION - Rough cut opening

Rough cut opening

PRODUCTION - Filming evaluation- Part 1 (by Faiz)

Pictures of us filming

We filmed on the 24th November and on the 25th in Adnans house. The filming went as planned and we managed to complete the scenes from the boys part and took all the shots that we said we was going to do in the research. We still have the girls scene to do and we will do that in gunes's house sometime next week. We had all the equipment needed for our film and although we had difficulties carrying the stuff for such a long journey, we managed to get it done at the end. Once we got into the house we were able to film easily as there wasn't any disruptions and it was a good environment to work. It took us a while to set up the equipment as it was a long time since we last used and we needed some time to figure out how to put everything together. We filmed 32 shots from the boys part in those two days and managed to do them all. Next time I think we will do everything more swiftly because now we know what we need to do so next time we can just get on with it.

PLANNING - Title credits ( by Gunes)

Title credits

As we are heavily influenced by legally blonde, we decided that our title credits should also be in the colour pink to represent our genre, as the pink symbolises a girly girl character. The typography from legally blonde is done as if someone has written the title credits giving the title sequence smoothness to the opening therefore we have chosen a typography similar to legally blonde to give it the same effect on the audience.

Titles credits will be interrogated on moving images throughout appearing on the left side then the right with each different shot. The pace of the titles will be quick as the sounding behind will be a upbeat song giving the title sequence rhythm and luring in the audience. 

Title credits order:

1. Production comapany/ ident- Dove Productions
2. Name of the Movie- Lazy Flower 
3. Actors who feature in the movie
4. Directors
5. Make-up etc 
6. costumes
7. sounding
8. lighting 
9. producer 

PLANNING - Pitch (by Sureyya)

Pitch

PLANNING - Pitch feedback (by Faiz)

Pitch feedback

Some of the feedback that we received after we made our presentation was that that they liked the concept of our film showing the two different contrast of the boy and the girl and how we picked a unique genre in Romcom because no one else has done it before. They also liked the way we sold our idea but said that we were mostly reading off the board and we needed to improvise a bit more. Also some of the things that we had in our blog wasn't in the presentation so we missed out on key points and the audience were asking us questions based on those things. One of the questions that they asked us which we found useful is that what type of music we are going to use while we have a split screen to show the contrast between the two characters. We responded by saying that we was going to have a lively song for the girl and a slow song for the boy before we go on the split screen and once were on the split screen we are going to put something similar to Legally blonde as it was one of the filmed we researched and we liked the sound of it.

PLANNING - Technology audit (by Faiz)

Technology audit

We have learned many technology skills while doing this project such as how to use softwares for editing, for adding titles over images, for recording and annotating video on a computer, how to create a logo and how to create the Distribution company for a film. Here are some of the examples of the type of software and hardware that we have used in this process:

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 for editing shots we filmed 

Adobe After Effects CC 2015 for putting title credits on and creating the Distribution company

Camtasia 2 for recording (screenshoting) videos on a computer

Adobe After Effects CC 2015 for creating the Distribution company

Camera and camera stand for shooting the scenes for our preliminary and re-make

Mobile phones for taking pictures and proving our shooting and editing process 

SD Cards/USB Adapter was used for the storage and transfer of our video recording

Video drive for keeping our projects saved