Monday, 23 April 2012
Gemma Duncan's evaluation website.
Click on the following link to open my evaluation website:
http://www.wix.com/gemmaduncan/a2-evaluation
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
DVD cover
The DVD cover above was created in Macromedia Fireworks CS4. Multiple images were laid on top of one and other.Inspiration and guidance was taken from several DVD covers and it helped us create something that we both feel looks proffesional.
Old Style Poster
The poster that i created maintains that old style feel that was present with many of the 1950's Noir posters. I tried to keep the same style and feel but with a modern twist with the colours that i used. The poster has turned out well with some interesting featurers and i believe that it looks proffesional.
Little White Lies magazine
The Little White Lies magazines are always creative and artistic. Bearing this in mind i created what i felt was an artistic magazine cover. The effect i used turns the photo into block colour painting. I then created my own Little White Lies date and placed it in the white circle that is situated in the middle of the magazine.
Published Website
Below is our official website for our film IX. The website is complete with background information; videos and character bio's.
www.wix.com/lil_e_man1/little-and-large
www.wix.com/lil_e_man1/little-and-large
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Mobile Website
http://m.wix.com/lil_e_man1/little-and-large
Paste the mobile link onto the web browser of any tablet or 3g phone to access our mobile website. The website is a smaller version of our desktop website with similar information just on a smaller scale.
Paste the mobile link onto the web browser of any tablet or 3g phone to access our mobile website. The website is a smaller version of our desktop website with similar information just on a smaller scale.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Ancillary tasks
The following posts will show the research and final products that we created to go along with out trailer. As a group we wanted to create a 'marketing package' and as a result we needed a: website; poster and magazine cover. Myself and Eden worked together on the website and magazine cover however with the poster we created one each and released them both for our 'marketing package'. We worked together on the website as we felt that we didn't need to release two separate websites and this was also the case for the magazine. We decided to create two separate posters because they can be aimed at different audiences and therefore maximise the possible people who watch the film.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Changes that we need to make...
After showing a select few our first draft and receiving feedback we decided that we needed to make some changes to our trailer that would make the final draft look better and feel like a real trailer more than it was in it's current stage. Below is a list of those changes, some are immediate changes while others will need attention to detail:
Add professional titles - to do this we will used After Effects to make the titles animate. We have already included titles into the trailer however they are to basic and we want to show off what we can do with After Effects.
Make the music flow better - to do this we will need to adjust the volume options on each video to make the music flow properly without any abrupt endings. This was something that we got told quite a lot from our feedback group.
Add more footage - We both know that we had around 20 seconds of nothing half way through the trailer as we were still deciding what was the best approach to fill the gap and maintain that same atmosphere that we have already created. The added footage was something that we knew would be a possibility and looking at changes that we need to make it is the perfect chance to add something that is just as good as the previous clips that we had shot.
After making these changes we will show another group of our target audience the second draft to get their opinion. If any changes need to made we will do so before presenting the final draft to our target audience. The changes that we have outlined will help us a lot in our goal to creating a professional looking trailer.
Add professional titles - to do this we will used After Effects to make the titles animate. We have already included titles into the trailer however they are to basic and we want to show off what we can do with After Effects.
Make the music flow better - to do this we will need to adjust the volume options on each video to make the music flow properly without any abrupt endings. This was something that we got told quite a lot from our feedback group.
Add more footage - We both know that we had around 20 seconds of nothing half way through the trailer as we were still deciding what was the best approach to fill the gap and maintain that same atmosphere that we have already created. The added footage was something that we knew would be a possibility and looking at changes that we need to make it is the perfect chance to add something that is just as good as the previous clips that we had shot.
After making these changes we will show another group of our target audience the second draft to get their opinion. If any changes need to made we will do so before presenting the final draft to our target audience. The changes that we have outlined will help us a lot in our goal to creating a professional looking trailer.
First Draft Feedback
Below are the several questions that we asked a selected few of our target audience during our editing stage. The first draft was a rough cut of the final film with little editing and just a basic insight into the final product.
Question One:
The first question was a straight out: ‘Did you enjoy the trailer?’ We asked 9 people who saw out first draft this question and the results came in with all 9 participants saying that they did enjoy the trailer. This first finding shows us as a group that we are on the right path and that the footage and editing that we have so far is coming together to be an enjoyable trailer.
Question Two:
The second question that we asked the 9 participants was: ‘What genre do you think the trailer was?’ We asked this question instead of stating the genre because we wanted to find out if we were portraying the genre in such a way that it was recognisable from a 2 minute trailer. The answers that we received focused around the genre Noir which for our case was good to read as it shows that we are defiantly maintain the conventions that you would see in a Noir film. We found that a lot of the participants wrote down two answers instead of one. We generally received the answers:'Noir' or 'Neo-Noir' indicating to us that although they got the genre it may have not been as straight forward as we first thought and we should simplify it before we show the final trailer.
Question Three:
Our third feedback question asked the participants: ‘What was good about the trailer?’ this question was hard to group the answers as it was an open question with hundreds of possible answers. Instead of attempting to collect the answers we decided to create a list of a few answers that stood out and explained why they liked that specific thing.
‘The music fits perfectly’
‘Character types were well planned’
‘Terrific atmosphere’
Question Four:
The fourth question asked the participants: ‘What could be added or improved to make the trailer better?’ similar to the previous question it was hard to collect all the answers therefore we have listed a few comments that helped us the most when it came to creating our second draft or our trailer. We noticed some of the comments ourselves however we included them anyway to point out how the participants immediately noticed them on the first viewing making it clearer to us that we should change them.
‘The music stops abruptly before the character throws the paper on the floor’
‘Add more action, suspense and FOG’
‘Add city locations and add a murder’
Question Five:
The final open question that we asked was ‘would you pay to see the film and if not why’. A lot of the responses said that they would see it as they thought it looked interesting and appealing to them personally however we did receive a few responses that stated that they would not pay to see the film and there main reason was that the noir genre didn’t appeal to them on a personal level not because the trailer didn’t look interesting. This feedback for us shows us that we have captured our audience within the first draft stage and all that is left for us to do is tidy the rough edges with some finer editing.
Question Six:
Our last question and the most important of the few is a closed question that simply asks the participants: ‘Did the trailer look professional?’ As a group we wanted to find out if the trailer looked and felt like something Steven Spielberg could have made or someone similar and we received all 9 responses stating that in its current form the trailer does look professional. This for us shows us how much and far we have come since the planning stages and rough drawings to a professional looking rough trailer.
Question One:
The first question was a straight out: ‘Did you enjoy the trailer?’ We asked 9 people who saw out first draft this question and the results came in with all 9 participants saying that they did enjoy the trailer. This first finding shows us as a group that we are on the right path and that the footage and editing that we have so far is coming together to be an enjoyable trailer.
Question Two:
The second question that we asked the 9 participants was: ‘What genre do you think the trailer was?’ We asked this question instead of stating the genre because we wanted to find out if we were portraying the genre in such a way that it was recognisable from a 2 minute trailer. The answers that we received focused around the genre Noir which for our case was good to read as it shows that we are defiantly maintain the conventions that you would see in a Noir film. We found that a lot of the participants wrote down two answers instead of one. We generally received the answers:'Noir' or 'Neo-Noir' indicating to us that although they got the genre it may have not been as straight forward as we first thought and we should simplify it before we show the final trailer.
Question Three:
Our third feedback question asked the participants: ‘What was good about the trailer?’ this question was hard to group the answers as it was an open question with hundreds of possible answers. Instead of attempting to collect the answers we decided to create a list of a few answers that stood out and explained why they liked that specific thing.
‘The music fits perfectly’
‘Character types were well planned’
‘Terrific atmosphere’
Question Four:
The fourth question asked the participants: ‘What could be added or improved to make the trailer better?’ similar to the previous question it was hard to collect all the answers therefore we have listed a few comments that helped us the most when it came to creating our second draft or our trailer. We noticed some of the comments ourselves however we included them anyway to point out how the participants immediately noticed them on the first viewing making it clearer to us that we should change them.
‘The music stops abruptly before the character throws the paper on the floor’
‘Add more action, suspense and FOG’
‘Add city locations and add a murder’
Question Five:
The final open question that we asked was ‘would you pay to see the film and if not why’. A lot of the responses said that they would see it as they thought it looked interesting and appealing to them personally however we did receive a few responses that stated that they would not pay to see the film and there main reason was that the noir genre didn’t appeal to them on a personal level not because the trailer didn’t look interesting. This feedback for us shows us that we have captured our audience within the first draft stage and all that is left for us to do is tidy the rough edges with some finer editing.
Question Six:
Our last question and the most important of the few is a closed question that simply asks the participants: ‘Did the trailer look professional?’ As a group we wanted to find out if the trailer looked and felt like something Steven Spielberg could have made or someone similar and we received all 9 responses stating that in its current form the trailer does look professional. This for us shows us how much and far we have come since the planning stages and rough drawings to a professional looking rough trailer.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Monday, 2 January 2012
Filming schedule
The filming schedule is something that is very important to any production as it tells the cast and crew when and where they are shooting and what they will be shooting. We have kept our schedule quite basic with only one or two locations each day, we did this because our actors and actresses have things to do other than help us and taking this into account we didn’t want to keep them for too long each day.
Day 1: Tuesday 6th December 2011: Model shot.
Location(s): Beauchamp’s High School, West Hall, Stage.
Day 2: Tuesday 13th December 2011: Antagonist being revealed; chase scene and female singer.
Location(s): Beauchamp’s High School and Wickford.
Day 3: Friday 16th December 2011: Model Murder.
Location(s): Basildon.
Day 4: Monday 19th December 2011: Conversation between the commissioner and detectives.
Location(s): Office.
Day 5: Tuesday 17th January 2012: Main murder Scene
Location(s): Laindon
Day 6: Wednesday 18th January 2012: Model and murderer added footage.
Location(s): Wickford
Day 1: Tuesday 6th December 2011: Model shot.
Location(s): Beauchamp’s High School, West Hall, Stage.
Day 2: Tuesday 13th December 2011: Antagonist being revealed; chase scene and female singer.
Location(s): Beauchamp’s High School and Wickford.
Day 3: Friday 16th December 2011: Model Murder.
Location(s): Basildon.
Day 4: Monday 19th December 2011: Conversation between the commissioner and detectives.
Location(s): Office.
Day 5: Tuesday 17th January 2012: Main murder Scene
Location(s): Laindon
Day 6: Wednesday 18th January 2012: Model and murderer added footage.
Location(s): Wickford
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