Production Diary

Week 1 :

• 3/11/2014 - In this meeting we got in got into our groups in order to discuss and hand out roles which people will be doing in order to get the ball rolling on the production. 
• 4/11/2014 - In this meeting we began the story board process by researching different films which have the same themes which we intend to incorporate into our film.  
•  6/11/2014 - In this meeting we began to create our mood board and our film pitch, we created our film pitch to show the class our idea and to help us gain ideas for our target audience. 
• 7/11/2014 - In this meting we evaluated our film pitch in order to determine our target audience. From this evaluation we found that our class liked the idea of apocalypse and the nuclear bomb disaster. 

Week 2 :

• 10/11/2014 - In this meeting we came to finish our mood-board this gave us some costume ideas and location ideas which we began to look for on google maps. We did this to find some areas which looked suitable for our film. 
• 11/11/2014 - We found out that we had the use of a remote control car in this meeting because of this we have adjusted out storyboard because after viewing the footage we could capture we felt it would add a good tracking shot because it is very steady. 
• 12/11/2014 - In this meeting we decided to get some recce shots of our locations in order to figure out where we wanted to film and if we are able to film in the locations we want to.  
• 13/11/2014 - In this meeting we began our titles research in order to see what fonts we want to put into our titles to give them the correct feel. We are making a list and then we are going to ask our group which one we feel will fit best in meaning we will get the best results.  
• 14/11/2014 - In this lesson we organised our lap charts which would help us become more organised and ensure we know what we are suppose to be doing to ensure we get all the paperwork done and finished before we go out to film. I said i would do the Synopsis plan of our film and thew risk assessments. 

Week 3  : 

• 17/11/2014 -In this meeting we voiced over the story board to upload onto my blog and to everyone else blog. 
• 18/11/2014 - For this meeting we decided on our shooting locations we will mainly be filming in Ongar in Essex. We have access to a large barn in which we can film. 
• 20/11/2014 - We sent Lee to take some recce shots of the location because t is close to his house and will give us ideas of what shots we can film. We decided that we would need a clear dry day in order to give our film the correct feel. 
• 21/11/2014 - This meeting involved us checking through our work which we could then make changes if they are required to improve our own work. 

Week 4 : 

• 24/11/2014 - In this session I started to complete the risk assessment so we could begin filming our production. Without the risk assessment we cannot film because it could be unsafe. 
• 25/11/2014 - We started to complete the shooting schedule in this meeting knowing exactly what shots we need to film on our shooting days. 
• 26/11/2014 - I began to finish the risk assessment for our production so we can upload it onto our blogs, after this we can film our production. 
• 27/11/2014 - Our shooting schedule was finished in this session so we could begin to shoot, we are going to begin our shooting this weekend and are hoping to edit next week to get it finally finished.  
• 28/11/2014 - We began shooting during this meeting to bring all of our footage together and then begin editing on premiar to bring our whole film together allowing us to meet our deadline. we have been shooting in the location pictured below because it looks like the aftermath of a nuclear explosion with no life present. 

Our Filming Location

Week 5 :
1/12/2014 - In this meeting we started to finish our filming meaning we can begin to edit in order to speed up our production ensuring we meet our deadline and edit our film in the most professional way possible.
2//12/2014 - In this meeting we started to finish our editing using the software to use a grayscale effect on the footage to give an impression of a derelict wasteland with no life because black is a colour which is associated with death meaning the audience will know what has happened even though they may not have seen it.
3/12/2014 - This meeting consisted of adding titles to our film in the correct manner so that all of the titles are correct and none are missing therefore allowing us to reach the highest marks we possibly can. During this we watched the zombieander credits to base ours on the same idea following the same pattern of credits.
4/12/2014 - We finished our editing and titles during this meeting because of this we exported our film to youtube in order to put it on to our blog for the examiner to watch and then mark.
5/12/2014 - We received class feedback in this meeting showing the whole class our film awaiting there comments which can help us improve our own film.

Representation

Representation is the way in which people events and ideas are presented to the audience via the use of stereotypes, archetypes and countertypes. These representations are created by the producers (anyone who makes a media text) of media text. The ideas which producers present to us are controlled by the Gatekeepers. A Gatekeeper is someone who has the power to make a decision about something the audience is allowed to see, hear or read. Moguls are the next link in the chain in media they are the media owners. Using newspapers as an example Rupert Murdoch owns the newspaper so he would be the Mogul he will have the final say in what is distributed to the audience.

• Stereotypes - Media institutions use stereotypes because the audience will instantly understand them. You can think of stereotypes as a visual shortcut. Stereotypes are uses so often that we assume they are normal or true. 
• Archetypes - This is the ultimate stereotype. For example the white  stiletto wearing, big busted, brainless blond bimbo. 
• Countertypes - A countertype is a representation which challenges tradition stereotypical societies, people or places. 

Genre Task - Opening Sequence Analysis

DISTINCT 

Titles

In this lesson we started to learn about the importance of film titles because in our final production we will need to get the titles spot on.

First of all we went on the website www.artofthetitle.com to help find a opening series of titles which we could then learn about. From this website i chose the titles from James Bond Skyfall. I chose these titles because they are extremely well known and because it was such a high end blockbuster they wouldn't have made any mistakes. 

I screen shotted every title that was shown and then timed how long they appeared for, i did this to learn about the way in which certain actors want there name up for a certain period of time. The most common time was 3 seconds which then lowered to 2 seconds with the production team and makeup artists. 

From this simple action I learnt about the importance of titles and how important it is that they are all correct with no mistakes, from the Skyfall titles I found a lot of inspiration for our own titles hopefully being able to re create this professional look in our own production.

Final task - Inspiration Ideas

In this lesson our teacher showed us some previous tasks which people have created to be there final piece. From this we learnt that there are many genres and themes which are used a lot because they are what people have seen over and over again and because of this the examiners have become tired of these genres and therefore could mark people down because they will be viewing the same things over and over again meaning they become bored. Because of this we will decide to make a less common genre which will enable us to meet the higher marks which are available and hopefuly entertain the examiner.

We also assessed some of the tasks which we were shown in order of how much we enjoyed watching them we also tried to grade them but we didn't understand muc about the grading criteria. 

From the pieces we were shown there were a couple which really engaged is and looked really good, all of the titles clearly took a long time to get everything on the right places however from viewing these we saw what we need to achieve in order to get the best marks. 

We were also given our groups we will be in for the task for this one I am with Lee, Robbie and Will. I think this group can be very strong as we have creative members as well as people who are good at editing on premaire.

The edge opening sequence was one which I liked because the editing on the titles are very good as they have obviously paid close attention to all of them ensuring they are all spot on. I also liked the music which added to the action. The use of older people chasing the one on roller skates helped the sequence to look more realistic. I didn't like the way he suddenly pulled out a bomb because there was no explanation as to why he had done this personally if the reason he had a bomb was explained I think it would be even better.

This is the opening sequence of Roses Are Red. I liked the titles because they have clearly spent a long time working on them to ensure that every title required was in the film.  The editing between shots was also good because they were clean cuts and not lots of black between the shots however the music did stutter where the editing may have been rushed because it does not sound right. I didn't like how the whole thing was filmed in one single location if they could have incorporated more locations into the sequence I feel it would be improved.