First Screening | Evaluation

Audience Reactions

Our first screening of our film was shown to a class of media students who also had the same task. It was shown twice and they were asked to give feedback. That being the genre they thought it was, the name of the film, what went well and what can be improved.
Most if the audience managed to pick up the film name and the genre was also guessed pretty accurately. About eight out of twelve people could tell it was an action film. This was one of the good points we got from our review because it means we used some key conventions of a typical action film and it was clear to the audience what it was.
The audience over all said that the opening titles worked well but we need to change what they say because at the moment they say things like "directed by:" and "filmed by:". These need to be changed so that they just say our names. This was an area for improvement because it would make the start better.
Another thing that the audience said worked well was the music we added into our film. One review said that the music "worked well" and another said it was "appropriate".
The last thing that 'went well' was that a few of the reviews said that we challenged the conventions.
we're really glad that some of the audience picked up on this because it's exactly what we were trying to do. we think they understand this because it was the woman throwing the punches and not typically, the man.
    One of the main things that the reviews say we need to change was the filming of the punch and the other part of the fight scene where Monroe gets pushed. It needs to look more realistic. It looks a bit fake because it was about a foot away from his face. Also the push needs to be redone because it's too slow and doesn't look real either. it needs to be a lot more convincing.
     The other main problem in our film was the lighting. Because it was filmed at night it makes it difficult for the audience to see the surrounding and what is actually happening in the scene. Although we know that the scenes need to have more lighting it is hard to fix. We could film the shots again but the cars will not be in the same place and continuity would go out of the window. If we edited the clip on the computer to make it brighter then we would loose quality of the picture and probably make it worse.

            The final review was from our teacher (of Media) Miss Street. For our first screening she gave  our film introduction a mark of 48, but with the potential to get much higher. Some of the suggestions for improvements were to scrap the ending, add shots of the woman boxing and re-film the fight scene. Our introduction ends with Monroe's hand picking up a phone as it rings. It was suggested we cut this out completely because it does not really tell us much about the film and is not relevant or needed. We could cut a few seconds out of the length of our product and put an extra bit at the start.
       The bit we would add to the start would be quick shots of Janet Monroe boxing. This would give the audience a bit more information about Monroe's character and will help them understand why she is able to punch the robber later on in the production.
       "If Subject Monroe is Stella - audience need to know her better!"
          The reviews have really helped us because they show us what we have done well and what we can improve on. The improvement were what help us tweak our film so that we can make it the best we can make it to achieve a better level.

Researching Music

This is the website 'freeplaymusic.com' that we used to search for music. This particular picture is us researching different music that would fit the scene where Monroe is hitting some boxing pads. We are currently looking at various fast-paced music that we can add tou our film introduction.

By Thomas Allward

Examples of Opening Titles - Men In Black 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Men In Black 2 - Opening Titles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM08cAcOqAI&feature=fvwrel

The credits in this film start at the same time as the films.

Examples of Opening Credits; Spider-Man 2

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDU2tu7rpk&feature=player_embedded#!

These are screen shots of the opening titles from the film 'Spider-Man 2'.

This MARVEL film originated as a comic and was made into a film by 'Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin'. Because it was originally a comic the people who designed it used this in the titles.

All the writing has a 'comic' theme and it looks ad though it's flicking through one. The images are from different scenes from the previous film. This reminds the audience of what happened last time just before they see the next one.

The colours are constant and it runs smoothly. I personally think these credits are really good because they're not just names on a screen; it gives you information as well. It's something to watch as well as read.

Why did we choose the characters we did?

Janet Monroe
We based this character on the women we’ve seen in the previous films that have been the protagonist. We liked the idea of it being a woman for a change. We also wanted there to be something different about our film, something that everyone else wasn’t already doing.

Brian
As we don’t see a lot of him at the beginning of our film it is not clear if he will be in anymore of it if it was to go into further production. The characteristics are not thought out as much. This particular character was chosen because out of the three robbers we needed a ‘leader’.

Phil and Gary
Phil and Gary are pretty similar characters and like Brian, are not as well thought out as much, for the same reason. We chose these characters so they can accompany Brian. The three are part of a bigger picture, that being part of a ‘gang/group’.

‘Get-A-Way Driver’ (Gavin)
Adding this extra character shows the audience that there is more to this film than just a robbery. It adds depth to the plot. Also, it makes it look more professional and not “done by kids”. It makes it look more technical, thought out and like a lot of effort has gone into it. (This bit being about the land rover and Gavin)