Evaluation 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Before using the camera, i had no idea on how to make it work and how to edit using final cut express. But then when i started practicing on how to use the camera and different camera angles, shots etc it was then easy for me. I also got the hang of how to use the final cut express. I asked a few of my class mates and they showed me basic things i could use but then i started exploring different effects which then made it easier for me to edit my 2 minute opening sequence. The only issue with the final cut express was that it would only work on macs and i didn't have a access to a mac at home which led us to a bit of a stress due to deadlines.
I have also learned how to use the tripod and how to place the camera on there. At first i didn't know we had to adjust the legs to make the tripod straight but i learned that the bubble by the tripod had to match the small dot that was placed on top of the tripod.



The software we have used to add onto our 2 minute opening were www.incomptech.com. This was used for us to add music to our opening sequence. We used a track called 'Long heaven' This was perfect for our opening sequence because it went a long with the slow flow of the drama and made it really realistic. We have also used the website www.dafont.com. This was used to add font. There were different types of font to choose from which made it difficult for us to choose from but in the end we got there. During editing i found that we needed more ambient sound in one of our scenes. So we went on www.freesfx.co.uk this allowed us to type in what sound we wanted to add. So we decided to add a dog barking. This allowed the audience to think that the dog represents danger which was the scene where one of our characters named Chloe gets bullied by Ashley.

Evaluation 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Who would be the audience for your media product?


The audience for my film opening would be teenagers.
The taste teenagers would have is quite casual for example
shopping in river island, top shop, new look etc. I think
teenagers music taste would be more of a hip hop & r n b
genre. As well as music i think the type of TV programme
teenagers would be interested in is Eastenders, Hollyoaks,
Coronation street.

Teenagers would be interested in watching my film opening because it exhibits on everyday life and it could relate to people their age because they would understand the story. Our audience is also teenagers because it's people like my self in this society. It is also everyday situations and we filmed in an urban area because it's people who are working class. We have used a white girl as a character being bullied because its a stereotype that she's innocent. We have also used a black girl as a character to be a bully because it is stereotyped that black girls are rude, out of control, causing trouble etc.

Evaluation 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?


I have chosen the main character of my opening sequence who is Chloe (Ugne).




The odd girl out. 


The appearance with this character is that she looks a bit scruffy.
This relates to my character because she looks scruffy for example
the hair and the make up smudged. The clothes the girl is wearing
is quite masculine and she doesn't look girly. My character is a bit more girly and less masculine.  Also she is dressed more geeky due to the fact
she's playing a role as a school girl. The genre of our opening sequence is Drama. So Chloe wrore uniform to show innocence.

My other character known as Ashley is dressed up all in black with a black hoodie. The black hoodie represents teenagers wearing similar things.

The similarities in this image is that Lindsey Lohan is playing a role of a girl who gets bullied when she first starts college however when she starts getting used to college she starts becoming popular. But the popular story line isn't the same as ours.
The differences is that Lindsey's clothes are not school uniform and she dresses very feminine.













Kidulthood




Kidulthood relates to my opening sequence because it's about loads of bullying. also the clothes they're wearing is school uniform.  Another way it relates to our opening sequence is the language used. In this film and our opening sequence swearing is used to make it more real life and dramatic. This links to my genre Drama because bullying is what happens in everyday life and teenagers like the ones in kidulthood are presented as working class. This film is trying to potray teenagers today as trouble makers, bullies, gang assosiated/members etc.

Evaluation 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

 

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

I created a 2 minute opening sequence based on the genre drama. The codes and conventions to drama is to exhibit real life situations.

The title of the film:
The title to my opening sequence is 'What goes around comes around' this relates to the genre of my opening sequence which is drama. It also relates to the actual story so this makes the audience understand why it is called 'What goes around comes around'.

Title font and style:

The title font we have used is PW Scolarpape. The reason for this is because it looks like a school type font which relates to the story of our opening sequence. This makes the audience think why and what is happening to the girl getting bullied. Finding a font for my opening sequence was a bit challenging because i wasn't sure if Scholar Paper Font would work well and look right for the scenes we have produced. However it did work well in the end because it fitted in with the whole 'school' theme.

Setting/location:
The setting and location me and my group have chosen is toilets and a block of flats. This conforms with the genre and codes of conventions as a typical place a bullying scene can take place. The toilets fits in with the scene of a girl reminicing her thoughts on her being abused etc. The block of flats relates to her being bullied whilst going to school which the uniform shes wearing shows this. We have also used a lift scene inside the block of flats. We used this because we had a canted scene of someone coming out the lift but only the shoes which gives it a mystery on who or what kind of person would it could be to bullying Chloe. The block of flats relates to a urban area and looks a bit old which reinforces the genre of Drama.

 

This is a drama called The Odd Girl Out it relates to my own opening sequence because we both used a toilet scene to reminisce feelings and to understand the emotion within the character. This gives the audience a sense of emotion.




Costumes and props:The costumes we chose was a school uniform to show the main story and make the audience understand it was a school girl getting bullied. For the other character we chose something with a hoodie and black leggings because the hoodie represented a hard/tough person and one of our class members wanted to black the role. A black girl was playing this tough role because sterotypically black girls are seen as trouble makers, tough, rude, etc. so we thought it would go well and fit in with the whole story. We developed the convention of a Drama film by using real life event to create a fictional story.




Camerawork and editing/Special effects:
In our film opening we have started it off with a girl standing infront of mirror. We started it off in a slow pace to give tension to our audience. The slow pace also gives the viewers and time to feel the suspense and confuses them to think why the girl would be standing infront of a mirror. It is quite common for drama films such as bullying to be standing infront of mirror to reminise all the feelings. Towards the middle of the opening sequence we stopped the slow pace music to when Ashley is getting introduced because at first it comes off as calm to create tension but now it gives it a more fast pace to make it more realistic and to show the personality of the character which is a tough person due to her being a bully.
We have used camera shots such as medium shit to show the surrounding and body of my character. We have also used medium shots on my other character. We also used panning to view the block of flats, this was used to show where the bullying was taken place. This location is common for Drama because it's in an urban area which shows it would be expected.
For editing we have used black and white effects to show that it is a flashback of what happened in the past. Another effect used was Vignette. This was used to make it clear that it was a flashback and to make it more dreamlike. 


Story and how the opening sets it up:
The story is about a girl who is getting bullied and how it effects her life. The title of the film comes at the end to show the audience you would need to watch the whole film in order to know what it means.


The genre for this film Mean Girls is a comedy drama. It does not relate to our genre which is just drama but the story of the film does which is a girl who gets bullied when she starts a new school does relate to the story of our opening sequence.



Genre and how the opening suggests it:
The genre for my 2 minute opening sequence is drama. My opening sequence shows this is drama because it is based on a girl who gets bullied and this exhibits real life situations with realistic characters, settings and stories. This is a typical teen story.
The purpose of a dramatic story line is to move the audience emotionally.


How characters are introduced:
The characters are introduced in the first scene. This is the girl Chloe standing infront of a mirror. We put this as our first scene because it allows the audience to think who she could be and why she is standing infront of a mirror. The second character in my film opening who is Ashley playing the bully is introduced when we have a shot of her pushing the lift button and when she comes out of the lift we used a canted shot. We don't show her face in any of the scenes because it gives it a bit of mystery and tension on who this person could be. Ashley is introduced when it cuts to her saying 'Where you going bitch'. We thought this would work well because it gives it more of a better story.

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Introduction to editing

Establishing shot
- This is a long or extreme shot to show the important setting in the scene.







Shot reverse shot:

- Two shots with two characters typically in a conversation situation.









Cross cutting:
- Editing that alternates between shots occurring simultaneously
in two or more different location.



Match on action:
- A cut between two shots that places two different framings
of the same action next to each other, making it seem to
continue uninterrupted.




Eye-line match:
- A cut between two shots, in which the first shot shows a person  
 looking off in one direction, and the second shot shows either a
space containing what he or she sees or a person looking back in
 exactly the same position.

Recce

A recce is when you can see how your story/film will shape up in the location you have chosen. It also allows you to have preparation time.

Me and my group member decided to choose the location in a block of flats. This was near manor house.





The location here is a block of flats. The downfall to this was that we had to get a panning shot to put into our 2 minute opening sequence to make it clear to where we was filming, so the problem to this was people were walking past and it was really busy because of people talking so we had to cut the sound out of the shot.

                                                                              This is an ally way we have chosen to film one of our scenes in. This was taken near our college. The only problem to this was there were a lot of people talking and it was near a road so it was very busy. We had dialogue in this shot but when i was editing this we needed sound to make it clear to what was going on so we had to cut this scene out.

My initial idea

Characters:

Ashley- Girl bullying Chloe.

  













Costumes:                                                           


Chloe getting bullied scene:     We have used uniform for the character Chloe because she is the one being bullied therefore it makes more sense to the audience. Also we used uniform because the way she is dressed formal shows the innocence, whereas the character Ashley is wearing something in 'trend' which shows she goes against school uniform and breaks rules in school to show she is trouble maker. Ashley also looks tough. This relates to my genre Drama.

- White shirt
- School tie
- black trousers
- bag



Ashley:
- Black hoodie: Ashley wore a black hoodie to represent what teenagers wear.
- Red shoes: We thought converses would look better with Ashley's costumes because converses are known to be a 'popular' brand and because Ashley is a bully she might want to keep up with the 'trend'
- Black leggings

Location:

- Block flats: This is chosen because it looks like a typical place you could see someone being bullied.
- lift: The lift scene allowed the audience to feel the tension on who it could be?
- toilets: This allowed the character Chloe to feel the emotions in herself. This would be a typical girl being bullied.

Camera shots:

- Pan
- Long shot

In this scene we have used a long shot to show the 2 characters in the scene and to show that is going to happen. We have also used it to show the location of where its being taken place.















- Close up

Chloe- Girl getting bullied by Ashley.

in this scene i have used a close up to show the smudged make up which refers to her crying due to the fact she was just bullied. This allows the audience to see what she really looks like.




- Canted

In this image we have used a canted angle because it gives almost trapped sense.



- High angle

Synopsis

The story is about a girl named Ashley who is aged 16, she was once bullied, so now she turns into a bully herself. She turns into a bully because she wants other people to experience what she’s been through. She was bullied because of her background and where she is from, she was born and grew up in Lithuania and came to the London when she was 10 so she still has a bit of an accent. The story is set in a block of flats, toilets and alley way. She was bullied at the age of 14 and did not ever speak about it or show anyone how she was feeling instead she would bottle it up.  But then when she started college she decided to do the things that happened to her which was bullying to get revenge back.

Storyboard and script.

This is part of the script me and my group member created. I found writing a script very useful because it allowed me to plan and know exactly what kind of scene we wanted and how it is going to be set. We layed it out by using EXT and INT.

We created our story board first so we could see what the dialogue should be and how it should be said.

This is an example i have found on the internet. I think making a storyboard for my groups opening sequence benifitted us a lot because it enables me to improve the quality by identifying the flaws or faults in the design. So this allows us to see if a particular scene works with the story. I have also found it useful because it gave ideas on what camera shots, angles we could use.

In our story board we changed a few things around because there were some scenes which wouldn't work and there was certain dialogue that wasn't really appropriate for the scene due to the fact that it's a opening sequence so there was a time limit.

My old storyboard

 

My updated storyboard

 













The script i have looked at to get ideas for my opening sequence was Kidulthood. I looked at the way they speak which was informal and a lot of swearing. This sterotypes the fact on how teenagers are seen and spoken.


Mooney: F**KING HELL MAN
Trife: What blud?
Mooney: DIDN’T I TELL THEM, NO ONIONS?

This is part of a line that was between 2 boys who were known as 'bad boys'. This reinforces the ideology on how teenage boys are bound to speak in this generation.

Equipment

I used one of these cameras to record my
footage. This is a nikon D5100. The quality
of this camera wasn't as good as the other one
we used because this seemed to have a less
powerful lens. Also the scenes weren't as clear
as it should have been. In my first lesson 
we was told about our coursework, we have learned
the basics on how to use a camera. When i first
got the camera i had no idea on how to use it
but then i learn't how to start recording and taking
pictures. I had then got the hang of it.



  

This is a tripod. We used this whilst we
filmed our scenes. It came in very good
handy because there were some shots we
used that needed to have an even ground.
This allowed us to film without being
wonky or shakey. When we was told 
to use the tripod, i didn't have a clue on
how to set it up and how to use it. When i asked
a teacher i learn't that in order for the tripod to be 
even we had to adjust the legs until the bubble was
on the little dot in the middle. i was then taught how to 
put the camera on top of the tripod to secure it into place. 



Brief.

I have been asked to create a 2 minute opening of a movie.
In the beginning of our media lesson we were asked to create ideas of what kind of movie we would like to create. We thought about a story line, genre, costumes and makeup to help us plan the story board. The story board we created was to show us what would happen in each scene, the camera angles we would use and the duration of each scene. We looked on youtube of different opening sequences so we get an idea of what we would have to create and different ideas we could use in our own opening sequence.
When my group finished the story board we were asked to write a script. A script is the dialogue you would use in the scene so it allows the director and character to know what to do and say. It is also used so you can work faster on set so the pictures allow you to know how you're going to do it and to see if there would be any problems within that scene.
To edit my clips that i have filmed with my group, we have used final cut pro. This is a way where you put your clips and produce your opening sequence. This allows you to edit in many different ways.

 

Similar Texts.

In my group we have decided to do a opening sequence based on bullying to show the consequences and outcomes in this situation. The reason for this is because i love the way a film is based on a serious situation and it allows our target audience (teenagers) to realise what the outcome could be.





                                         

i researched different films that could relate to bullying and the one that i could relate to was Odd Girl Out. I love the way it attracts the secondary audience (teenagers).
A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school. A well-adjusted teenager becomes depressed when she's ostracized by her friends at school. Her mother must help her daughter regain her confidence.

This Drama film relates to my opening sequence because it is the same genre and the story is similar. For example: a girl in school in being bullied and becomes depressed. However the mother isn't involved in my opening sequence, it is just her by herself getting revenge in the end.

 













This scene is similar to our opening sequence because we did a scene in the bathroom which relates to bullying. This scene allows us to base it on the characters feelings.






This is a scene i have filmed which relates to The Odd girl out. This film has inspired me to make a bathroom scene because it relates to the genre Drama. We see this because the bathroom scene allows the characters thoughts and feelings to be shown. It also makes it much more dramatic.
























This is another drama film that relates to a similar story to our opening sequence. I love the way its about one girl and how she gets bullied coming to a new school and it shows how its hard to socialise with people. This relates to a typical teen movie and the is a really realistic story line. however the clothing in this movie isn't like the teenagers dressed in college. This could be because this was originially from America. This is also a comedy drama which doesn't really relate to my opening sequence but it is similar in a way which the story line about getting revenge and the bullying is set up.

Kidutlhood

This film has really inspired me to make an opening sequence and story like this because it's in a urban area they have filmed in and they have all related to gang crime, bullying, fighting etc. This relates to situations that happened in this kind of society i live in today. We have used similar costumes such as the school uniform idea. This is used because bullying happens in everyday life and could happen in school and the way bullying is done relates to society today. Especially the urban areas we live in today. 

180 degree rule.

180 degree rule is a rule that should never be broken. When you shoot a scene with actors you got imagine there is a line extending out between them. You can also move your camera anywhere along that line as long as you don't cross over that line. 180 degree rule is used to show the emotions/facial expressions within the characters.




Friends with benefits.
Here is an example of a 180 degree rule being shot.

180 degree used here is when the 2 characters are both talking to eachother, so which ever character is talking the camera will be set on them.
180 degree rule is also mostly used when people are having a conversation with eachother. It allows the audience to see their facial expressions.

Camera shots and film analysis.

I have used the film The Dark Knight Rises with the joker scene (MOB meeting). The first camera shot used in the beginning of the scene is over the shoulder, they used this shot because it allows the audience to see the people who are in the scene and they're looking at the person who is arriving (The Joker). It also allows the audience to look at the people in the scene's facial expressions because the audience don't know who it is however the facial expressions used in this scene is like they've seen something unusual and weird which is the Joker. The joker comes in by laughing which grabs everyone's attention, but when he walks in and settles down, the black man is waiting to talk 'business' with him and they want the joker to take someone down. they expect something with fighting involved but The Joker just starts off with a magic trick by putting a pencil in someones eye as they walk towards him. this is used really well because it shows how calm and less serious he is the situation but how dangerous he can be. The scene is a slow pace with him talking calm but the pencil trick happens in a fast pace which gives the audience shock value.

The joker begins by talking about batman and starts talking about why the people in the scene have group sessions in broad daylight, this shows the audience and characters in the scene how clever and experienced the joker really is. This makes the audience want to carry on watching the movie.








 

Camera shot: Over the shoulder.

The effect with this camera shot is to establish the position of each person, and get the feeling of looking at the people sitting down from another persons view.

Camera shot: Close up.


The effect with this shot is to allow the audience to see the emotion the person is in and to feel the tension which gives antisiptation to the audience.



 

introduction.

My name is Eylul Bakar. I am 18 years old. I study AS English literature and language, AS Media studies and AS Art and design. My hobbies are writing, Designing clothes and taking pictures of different things when i'm out.