Our two minute opening 'when the bough breaks' was a psychological thriller based around the iconic black cab which we were lucky enough to have access to. To produce our film we used a few different methods of filming. We used a Panasonic video camera to film most of our footage but with the last few shots still to film we reverted to our handy back up: the flip camera. Lastly, for the end shot we used the iPhone 5s with a fish eye lens attachment to create a more eerie image of the empty cab which I think worked really well. This year we will be using a SLR camera which will be of much higher quality with many settings that I am excited to explore.
Editing our film was done on iMovie which was a new program for everyone in my group including myself. While producing our preliminary task we were able to practice using iMovie and delve into the many things it can do. It was quite simple to use as there was set features. However, on the contrary we found iMovie quite limited when it came to adding the title sequence to our opening as there was only a option to put writing in the set places which wasn't always what we wanted. I think this year I would prefer to use a software that we can be more In control of even though It may be more difficult to use.
CREATIVITY
MAC 4 have a bit too much creativity, so much that it no longer becomes a positive quality. Our ideas changed too many times as our first idea became too complex and we were unable to create it with the resources and with the little time we had. After agreeing to scrap the first idea we went through about 3 other ideas before finally sticking to the last and final one. This wasn't all to do with our creativity though. The locations such as Starbucks coffee we were unable to film in. Little did we know, Emily's dad is a taxi driver and the perfect location was sitting right in her garage. If I had the opportunity to do it again I just think we would have thought about our idea in more detail and made sure everything would work rather than changing it so many times but that is someone that we have learnt from and we definitely won't be making the same mistakes.
RESEARCH AND PLANNING
We all wanted to create a psychological thriller genre. This helped quite a bit with researching because we were concentrating on watching this genre of film. As we changed our mind so many times we mind mapped to ensure our film will actually work out. Blogging also helped with keeping me on track as it ensured I kept up to date with reseach and also helped me to organise my thoughts.
POST PRODUCTION
Editing was the best part for me, our original storyboard plan didn't actually stand once we started editing as what we envisioned didn't really fit when it was all put together. The sound was a big struggle but we persevered and finally got it right.
USING CONVENTIONS FROM REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS
TASK
- Digital Technology: camera equipment, techy stuff
- Creativity: mindmapping ideas, camera angles, mise-en-scene
- Research and planning: blogging, watching clips from genre..
- Post-production: editing, adding/manipulating sound, title credits
- Using conventions from real media texts: subvert or adhere to conventions of genre?
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