Evaluation Question 1

Sound Analysis

       
   

• when the production company is shown there is a fast and upbeat sound which straight away creates a sense of rapidness which could be referenced as non-diegetic sound. 
• the upbeat sound is still carrying on as we hear the cars fleeting past which becomes more frequent in order for the audience to feel as if the cars are catching up with each other.
• when the tank crashes through the lorry the sound effects are so intense as we can hear every little detail in order to understand the power of the tank and how much destruction it has caused which will effect the other cars.
• the atmosphere and style of the music changes to high pitch one tone singing voice which is simplistic as the sounds of destruction over rides this sound. It is also a form of juxtaposition between these two sounds as one is very calming and the other is complete destruction.
• when the other team of cars are aware that there is a tank approaching and ruining their plan there is no sound in order for there to be more emphasis on the intensity of the havoc that will be caused by the tank which is called diegetic sound. 

         

• initially there is a quiet guitar playing in a happy but simplistic notes being played which is called diegetic sound. 
• when the actors start talking which is referenced to diegetic sound, there is strong sound of birds to represent tranquility. 
• when she starts to read the letter the piano starts to become more distinctive but has a slightly deeper tone to the initial guitar which shows that something is changing in the mood or atmosphere in this particular moment.
• as the woman protagonist realizes that she has a new dramatic change in her life the sound becomes more vibrant and energetic in order to portray that there is a positive outcome for herself and the children at the end of the film.

Preliminary Sequence

The Preliminary Experience

• taught me how to use the camera
• to think of different and vast camera angles to use
• thinking of match on action
• how to create continuity throughout the sequence
• to form a clear story
• how to edit efficiently
• how to use adobe premier pro.

There were also many situations where we learnt from out mistakes. For example, when Akim was walking down the corridor when changing from one shot to the other it was quite obvious how his feet weren't continuous into the next shot. This then taught me the importance of continuity as it would make the audience understand the story or that scene with much more detail. Just before Akim gets up and says "I can't do this" there was a short clip of just his face in order for the audience to understand his frustration.However, I believe it would of been more effective and continuous if we carried on that shot for a little longer in order for the audience to understand the actors strong emotions at that particular time.

This experience gave the right push start and enthusiasm in order to understand what works well and what to avoid when editing or filming. 

Audience Feedback

We had an internal viewing of our opening sequence in order to gain a wider range of perspectives to see what our strongest and weakest points are within our opening sequence.

Our positive feedback:

• "Variety of creative camera angles"
• "Good transitions"
• "Narrative is clear"
• "Easy to understand"
• "Understood the genre of the film instantly"
• "Great logo"

However, we also had some negative feedback:

• "maybe too many cuts"
• "tighter cuts"
• "possible some scenes are too long"

This whole experience assisted us as a group to assist on particular areas which we were unaware of to be improved. As we watch the clip over and over again we are sometimes unable to see what is right and wrong within a cut or a particular scene. Therefore, having the opportunity to have other peoples perspectives in order for us to find out what to improve and work upon helps us later on in the process. This is because we are able to tell and remember what our internal audience members requested and helped us to establish when editing or adding more scenes to the overall opening  sequence.  

Audience Profile

The genre of our opening sequence is romantic drama. There are various different guidelines of this genre, some of them being...

• portraying realistic characters and stories 
• showing a relatable setting 
• real emotions to be shown 
• a clear and precise plot. 

Research tells me that...

Teen drama from stowlson

Our opening sequence - Absence:

• The plot of the story consists of a young teenage relationship which doesn't have a happy ending. This then leaves the girl to be extremely upset and to have aspects of depression. 

• This attempted to make the story as pragmatic as possible for our target audience to understand and to be sympathetic for the female protagonist as the target audience may have first hand experience about how she is feeling.

• We tried to make the setting, costume and make up to be as realistic and relatable to our audience as much as possible.

• As a group we concluded that our target audience for Absence would be female between the ages of 14-20 year old. This is because our film has many codes and conventions of a Romantic Drama film which is mostly attracted by this target audience which we had picked. This was done by the setting, location, camera angles, clothing, make up etc.

Behind the scenes

Institution

Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures) is a film and television production/ distribution studio o, consistently ranked as one of the largest (top-grossing) film studios. Research has taught me that there have been a wide range of romantic films that have been distributed and produced and are extremely successful. Here are some examples of this:
Titanic (Paramount Picture) $600,743,440
Runaway Bride (Paramount Picture) $152,149,590
What Women Want (Paramount Picture) $182,805,123

I believe that Paramount Pictures would be most suitable and the concept would be appealing for our opening sequence. Research has taught me that this company has been intrigued and have produced and distributed romance/break up films. This means that due to our opening sequence having a unique selling point this would then make the production company very intrigued and wanting to be a part of the completely different style of a break up film.