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7) Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

In our preliminary task we made a few errors that we tried to avoid in the main task. For example some of the shot styles were not put in the right ways and made the piece look silly. The actors tended to look at the cameras at certain stages which didn’t look right. When we were filming we made sure that all the pieces were correct by reviewing them several times to check for this mistake. Another key error was with the editing software. This was because some of our shots didn’t flow right and looked fairly jumpy. This time I have learned how to use the editing software better so i made sure that this error was not included in our piece.

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

During this course I have learned a variety of different skills used to complete my project. First off I have learned how to use the internet to find different bits of information about films related to our project. Another key piece of information I have learned is how to use the cameras effectively. This has helped our group to get all the shots we needed for our film. Thirdly the most important skills I learned is how to use the editing software correctly. Because of my lack of knowledge for the preliminary I had make a few errors involving continuity issues. This was then solved when I did the main task.

5) How did you attract/address your audience?

We have based our film around American football as we know that the target audience is fans of the sport. Also we wanted to widen our target audience so we added some elements of comedy so that other people would be interested as well. This film is quite realistic so it can be applied to real life situations. This is good because some people don’t like fantasy stories and will be more attracted to our film.

4) Who would be the audience for your product?

The audience for our product is teenagers aged between 13 and 20. This is because our film is a comedy and I believe that this type of film attracts teenagers. Our film has a similar storyline to the film the longest yard which was a massive hit with people of this particular age range. Another audience is the mad American football fans as this film is based around American football.

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

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

Our film would be distributed by touchstone pictures or a similar company. I chose this company because it was the company that distributed similar films such as waterboy. Another company that I would chose would be a small British company as it is local and makes it easier to do.

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our film has a traditional geek in it as the main character so we see what life is like at school for someone from this particular social group. Also we have a bully as the American football player which represents what this type of person is like in real life. These two groups of people come into conflict throughout the film so we get a better insight to what the different social groups are like in the real world. In our film we have a stereotype of a geek. We have looked at ideas from how geeks are displayed in other films such as waterboy and used them when designing the costume for our geek.

Evaluation

1) In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our films genre is comedy. In a traditional comedy most of the actors make jokes or try to make funny actions so that the audience will laugh. In our film we did a toilet scene where the geek is flushed down a toilet. This is the same sort of stuff that would be in a comedy such as waterboy. Most people have their actors dressed funny so that they are naturally funnier. Because we didn’t have any dialogue in our film we decided to make good use of this technique. We dressed the geek in a way that would make people laugh which would follow other comedy features.

Mise en scène

There are many factors that contribute to mise en scène. One of them is the props. This is about weather all of the props are in the right place. Another factor of mise en scène is the lighting. This is about where the lighting should be on set and that it focuses on the right parts of action. My final factor is costume. this is basically the costumes worn by the actors and weather it suits the scene or not.

Images

This is an image of our group using the editing software to put all our shots togeather.

This is an image of our group veiwing some of our shots before loading them on to the editing software













This is an image of our group loading the editing software












This image shows how we had to stand the camera on a toilet roll so it was the correct height for the shot












This is an image of us veiwing some of the practice shots

This is an image of our group lining up the camera so we can get a good angle on our toilet scene














This is a image of one of our group members viewing a recorded shot to see if it was ok to use in our opening sequance













This is a shot of us setting up the camera















This is a shot of the location we used for the entering the cubical scene

This is an image of the location we chose to use for our toilet scene












This is an image of us setting up our camera for our toilet shot














This is an image of another location that we used for the shot where the bully drags the boy into the toilet













This is an image of the corridor we used to film the very first shot of our opening sequance












This is a shot of us taking some practice shots of the toilet scene

Main task video

This is our main task video.

The waterboy

The Waterboy


Overview
Director:
Frank Coraci
Writers
Tim herlihy Adam Sandler
Release Date:
30 April 1999
Genre:
comedy and sport

Plot:
A football team water boy discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.


The reason i have quoted this film is because it has a similar plot to ours and some of our ideas about costumes and music choice are based around this film.

Priliminary exersize video

This is our preliminary exersize video.