Q7 - What do you feel you have learned in the progression from preliminary task to your final product?

Here is my preliminary task:

Here is my final product:

Q6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Q5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Q4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

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The target audience of our media project would be teenagers that range in age from about 13+, this is because if they are any younger than that they might not be able to understand some of the complex problems or issues that our character will have to face. Although not our first target audience, our secondary audience would be people of all ages that have had to have to deal with problems throughout their lifetime particularly any mental problems - this is because it will allow them to relate to the character. When rewatching our own opening sequence, I feel as if we successfully engaged our target audience, as it will make them think about their own issues and how they can face these problems and deal with them.

Q3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Q2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Media Evaluation Q2 from Aaron Alderman

First Final Cut

Here is our first final cut of our opening sequence, Premonitions.

Q1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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Sound Planning - Task 19

This soundtrack will be perfect for scenes of the sequence which involve someone being followed. It has a very ambient feel to it which will compliment the scene, and let the audience know that something isn't quite right. This soundtrack is copyright free therefore it should cause no problems using it in our sequence. This music was provided by Bensound. 

When browsing the sound website we came across this soundtrack, which we think suits the scene well after the protagonist picks up the fallen note on the floor, then suddenly realises what happens next. This is when his 'instinct' kicks in as he gets prepared for what he must do. The loud drums and short periods of silence in-between them provide a satisfying sound which compliments the ongoings on screen. Provided by Bensound. 

Other sounds - We are thinking of including general background sounds which may add to the ambience that we are eager to portray in our sequence. An example of this is crickets chirping at the beginning where there is equilibrium - this, along with the darkness, gives the audience the impression that it is set quite late at night. 

Edited Sound for Final Cut 2

We decided to change one of our choices of soundtrack after hearing people's thoughts about our film sequence. As a result we decided to act on this and adapt our soundtrack to fit the sequence more, which we accomplished by further browsing the internet and selecting the right sound for us. I feel as if this is a success because it enabled us to edit our sequence to fit perfectly with the video, for example when the tempo picks up when a character is introduced on screen. 

Learning Comments

Sound in our sequence is very important as it adds so much to the atmosphere and the overall feel of the movie, for example it immerses the audience into feeling as if they are actually there in the film itself. Sounds are key to letting the audience know that something is about to happen, for example in our sequence the protagonist is being followed, and as the person approaches him faster the music picks up both pace and volume. Lastly it was important for us to use copyright-free music in our film, as if we did we'd be potentially be putting ourselves into trouble (e.g. a copyright strike).

Typography - Task 18

While looking for typography these were our best choices when choosing from the horror category. We decided that none of these would fit our movie properly as it is a psychological thriller and would require more grit/edge in order for it to really stand out. These fonts would be more suitable for true horror movie which our movie will not be.

 After searching the fonts we came to a conclusion that one of these two would be used as our title font. These fonts show more "roughness" than the others and we think the title name looks good in them. Another thing which made us choose this font is how much it would stand out. The title is supposed to catch the audiences eye and these two capture how the title should look to a major extent.

These fonts were other fonts we liked and we have decided to use them as our fonts for the rest of the typography that appears on screen. One will be used for the directors names and actors and the other will be used for the "less important" typography we will include in our opening sequence. We decided the more bold of the two should be used for the directors and actors names because in most movies this is what the producer does in order to help them stand out and keep the audience interested. These fonts will be good as they are in bold letters and will help the audience be able to read them better as it will stand out from the background of the movie. If the font didn't stand out the audience might miss the opening credits and not know what type of movie it was going to be.