Evaluation Question One
In this post I will be comparing nine things from our own piece of media with nine things from existing pieces of media, these things will be:
In this post I will be comparing nine things from our own piece of media with nine things from existing pieces of media, these things will be:
- Camera shots/angles
- Editing
- Lighting
- Locations
- Sound
- Credits
- Composition
- Acting
- Costume
Camera shots/angles
The above images are shots from our own piece of media and a shot from the real media product I, Robot, this scene in particular has the same shots and pretty much the same angles as our film. In this shot we can see that our protagonist is positioned slightly to the left of the screen and in the real media product he is centered, this follows the rule of thirds.
We also have another scene that has a shot that points directly at our protagonist as she is rushing up onto the train platform, we decided to use a hand held camera to put emphasis on how rushed and panicked our character is in this scene.
Editing
The editing that I will mainly be focusing on is the transitions between scenes, above is one of my favourite transitions in possibly our entire film, it was so cleverly done and worked out so well. The transition above is when our protagonist opens her curtains after waking and whites out into the next scene, I feel that this really works with our plot of fate not being able to be fought.
Here I have compared it to the end of the death scene in the final harry potter film, this is similar in the fact that it takes you to another location in the scene but the transition is used in a different way, instead of having connotations of happiness it has unhappy connotations and is used in a different genre.
We have a number of other transitions in our film that I feel work well to show what is intended, one of these being the jump cuts between shots to show the tasks shes doing.
The editing that I will mainly be focusing on is the transitions between scenes, above is one of my favourite transitions in possibly our entire film, it was so cleverly done and worked out so well. The transition above is when our protagonist opens her curtains after waking and whites out into the next scene, I feel that this really works with our plot of fate not being able to be fought.
Here I have compared it to the end of the death scene in the final harry potter film, this is similar in the fact that it takes you to another location in the scene but the transition is used in a different way, instead of having connotations of happiness it has unhappy connotations and is used in a different genre.
We have a number of other transitions in our film that I feel work well to show what is intended, one of these being the jump cuts between shots to show the tasks shes doing.
Another transition that worked very well is the rewind that we did to show the audience what would happen if 'that didn't happen' or if 'that did happen'. This is one of the re-edits that had to be done to fix our storyline problem.
Lighting
Since our film is a romance we had to have a relatively bright day to film on as this would create a happy atmosphere for the audience. Our best use of lighting I think is the curtains opening in the morning, as I think this was cleverly done.
Another place we use clever lighting to create a good feeling atmosphere is when they are outside on the train platform and when our protagonist is getting ready in the morning we can see the light shining in from the window as she moves around her room, these scenes creat a happy and light feeling.
Another place we use clever lighting to create a good feeling atmosphere is when they are outside on the train platform and when our protagonist is getting ready in the morning we can see the light shining in from the window as she moves around her room, these scenes creat a happy and light feeling.
The example of lighting in a real piece of media that I have found is from The Lucky One, in this shot light is shining on the protagonist and his love interest as they are embracing.
Locations
We have a total of three locations in our film, our protagonists house, which we see the kitchen and the bed room, the office that our protagonists works in and the train station that acts as a means of transportation for our protagonist.
I am mostly going to be focusing mostly on the train station location, above we can see our location and a piece of real media, from The Tourist, that looks similar to ours. However our location is slightly different as it is more natural and bright, we chose this location because it lets in a lot of light and it being bright follows the conventions of romance films.
Sound
A main part of our sound is our voice over, this provided a narrative for our film so that the plot was understandable. Our main plot was that our character was looking back on her life with her love interest and thinking about what would have happened if she did something differently.
Only a few real media products do this, Moulin Rouge do it at the start of the film and the example that I have is from a romance film called Safe Haven, this narrative effect in our short challenges conventions as not many romance films do this.
Credits
While we were filming we researched credits from real media products so that we could follow their conventions, we wanted our credits to be easily readable and not go by to fast so we picked a large font and ensured that there was enough time for everyone in the film to be seen.
As for the layout of the credits, we picked that from other pieces of media, the one above is from X-Men. We found that this layout is used frequently so we went with it, it's even used in some films from the past, this is an example from a film called Possessed which was aired in 1947.
Composition
Acting
For our film we had to choose the right actors, who had chemistry and could work well together. We chose our two because they were friends and were able to act in a romantic way when filming, we can see that they are friendly in the above picture.
We however couldn't just rely on our actors relationship, we had to ensure that they could actually act, we knew that the two we chose could act because of past experiences, they both had worked with our other peers before they worked with our film crew.
Costume
In my next post I will be answering evaluation question two.
I am mostly going to be focusing mostly on the train station location, above we can see our location and a piece of real media, from The Tourist, that looks similar to ours. However our location is slightly different as it is more natural and bright, we chose this location because it lets in a lot of light and it being bright follows the conventions of romance films.
Sound
A main part of our sound is our voice over, this provided a narrative for our film so that the plot was understandable. Our main plot was that our character was looking back on her life with her love interest and thinking about what would have happened if she did something differently.
Only a few real media products do this, Moulin Rouge do it at the start of the film and the example that I have is from a romance film called Safe Haven, this narrative effect in our short challenges conventions as not many romance films do this.
Credits
While we were filming we researched credits from real media products so that we could follow their conventions, we wanted our credits to be easily readable and not go by to fast so we picked a large font and ensured that there was enough time for everyone in the film to be seen.
As for the layout of the credits, we picked that from other pieces of media, the one above is from X-Men. We found that this layout is used frequently so we went with it, it's even used in some films from the past, this is an example from a film called Possessed which was aired in 1947.
Composition
For composition we are looking at how the actors are framed in a scene, the shots that I've chosen are one from our own film and two similar composition shots from the real media products, (500) Days of Summer and Titanic.
The shots we've used a lot of are over the shoulder shots, these are very common shots that are used in films, therefore they follow the conventions. Over the shoulder shots are mostly used when characters are conversing with each other so we have used the shot in these situations.
Acting
For our film we had to choose the right actors, who had chemistry and could work well together. We chose our two because they were friends and were able to act in a romantic way when filming, we can see that they are friendly in the above picture.
We however couldn't just rely on our actors relationship, we had to ensure that they could actually act, we knew that the two we chose could act because of past experiences, they both had worked with our other peers before they worked with our film crew.
Costume
It was obvious that since our protagonist was going to a job interview that we had to have formal wear for her and her love interest since that is one of the situations they meet in. We went for a pencil skirt and lace shirt for our protagonist and a shirt and tie for her love interest, this type of costume is also used frequently in the real media product I've used (500) Days of Summer.
Here is the last scene from our short film, this has some of the best examples of costume in our film and they are easily seen.
In my next post I will be answering evaluation question two.
