Other music videos tha are similar to my own

http://prezi.com/cse00weqfd6k/no1-music-video/

I have previously presented my music video pitch to my class and got quite alot of good feedback that could help me make improvements. Most of the class committed on the large amount of footage i have to include within my video and whether or not it will work out. However, i have now decided not to show the full storyline for all of my characters. Also the song i have chosen is long enough to get my point or message across to the audience. The class said that my storyline was unique and very different from other gospel or rnb videos, they said it was intresting. After presenting my pitch i have realised that my presentation may not appeal to everyone as i originally planned. In this case i may include a variety of different ages and ethnicities within the video  so more people can relate to it. The majority or the class suggested i include old people within my video. I believe that would be very difficult to do as i cant really relate to the problems old people go through, but somhow i will ask older people than myself and widen my knowledge of this. The song begins slow, which made people question whether my story would fit that particular song. I believe the slow, sad song helps people think about life and their problems. Towards the end of the song the tone increases, and it gets faster, this is the point where we see the lives turning around. The faster the pace, the happier the characters get on screen. I was given very good advice to change the idea to a black and white theme intsead, i may consider this for certain scenes, not for the whole thing.

My Mood Board

Previously in lesson i created a mood board about my ideal music video. Based upon how i was my music video to look, the genre of the video and style i had to create a mood board. I searched through various magazines to descover the perfect images to suit the mood of my music video. I want my music video to touch people and to tell a story to people. I want it  not only to entertain people but allow them to relate to the actors within my video. The image i have are all sad and give off some sort of message to its audience. The theme of my music video is death, depression and the story is that no matter how low you are there is always a way to reach happiness. The image of the knife, cards and jewellery may relate to youths, as it is about gang violence and how unless you "play your cards right" you may not end up alive. The dark pictures of females in black, links to death. The words down the side of the page represent the evil within the world, the sadness that makes individuals give up on life and believe that there is nothing more to live for. This is the reason why the cross and jesus have been stuck down with celatape.

Previously in my media lesson we re-created the music video Baby by Britney Spears, which improved our skills in many areas. In order to make a music video various roles have to be allocated, such as camera man, director, assistant-director, make-up artist, choreographer and many more important roles. To begin planning for our music video we distributed the roles according to who was talented and had the ability to own that role. I was an extra and the choreographer for this video, which allowed be to have some authority as well as being apart of the actual video. Making the Britney Spears video helped improve my time managment skills as well as editing skills. I managed to work well in a team to have a succesful outcome. I enjoyed the dancing side of things, and the taking part in an actual routine. Not only because i was with the rest of my class mates but because i myself created the whole dance routine as i was the choreographer.

• Jay listens to RnB and Rap
• Jay hangs out with his friends, he may go cinema, restaurant , parties or theme parks
• He enjoys eating Coco Pops for breakfast or takes a trip to Subway on his bike
• Jay enjoys riding his bike but he often travels by bus
• He lives with his brother, sister and parents in Birmingham, England.
• After a meal he always drinks Sprite or Ka
• Fresh Prince of Bel Air is Jays favorite programme, but doesnt come on often. Jay also listens to his favorite music artists on MTV Base or his favorite soap Eastenders.
• Jay tends to watch alot of football but enjoys playing basketball too.
• He loves the ladies and his ideal partner would be Lauren London.
• Jay goes on holiday every year to travel the world but loves going Jamaica and America.
• When Jays out with his friends he always goes out to eat at a Chinese restaurant or Cosmos.
• He supports Concervative

Class- working class

Age- 25- (young)

Gender- Male and Female

Ethnicity- Every Ethnicity (Global)

Music video

• Bright colours that look attractive
• Throughout the song you can read the lyrics on the screen which gets the audience involved
• Also it has a catchy song which helps you remember and sing along
• It begins like a film and includes credits on screen which makes it unique
• The clip includes various shapes which you dont usually see in music videos

Evaluation Question 7

Before creating my final horror film opening i was unable to take various shots and understand any shot types. So that we could develop our skills we practised shooting mini prelim tasks to get us used to holding the camera. We had a chance to figure out how to hold the camera correctly, what the buttons meant and also how to film with a tripod. In one of my tasks i created a short film which included various shot types. One shot was a long shot, this is when the full length of the actors body is on screen. This showed the audience what the characters where wearing as well as their personality. We also used this shot in our horror film to have the same effect. Another shot we used was a match on action, to show a person entering a door and coming out on the other side. We included this in our horror film to show the location which was a church. The match on action shot allowed the audience to see the dark gloomy environment of the church and how fast she walked through the door. A close up was included in both prelim task and horror film to show the characters facial expressions, so that the audience are aware of what they are going through at that particular moment. The use of a close up, adds to the scary effect that the character is constantly being watched, that she is always unsafe. An over the shoulder shot was used to show two people conversating somehow. Within my horror film the ghostly figure was seated behind the main character. This scene is similar to my prelim task scene, because it shows two people in the same place at the same time. Even though this shot had the same effect on the audience as the prelim, my partner and I changed the scene slightly because the genre was different. Instead of the main female character having a real converstion with this ghostly figure, the 'ghost' was having a converstion with her. This conversation was not a pleasing one, it was a taumenting, disturbing and horric one. Overall, taking part in the mini prelim tasks helped me improve on certain areas. It prepared us for the actual making of my horror film.

Evaluation Question 6

Photoshop:

The Photoshop website allowed me to create my production company logo. I edited it to get it perfect for my horror film. This website allowed me to learn new skills and techniques. I was able to change the colour, fonts, size or even shape of my image. 

Premiere Pro:

This was most important because it is where i put my actual horror film together. I added different sounds, images, transitions and other special effects to make my film more scary. This was the first time using Premiere Pro and i learnt new skills such as how to cut a scene and how to change the lighting effects to make it easier to see. This technology helped me to produce the final horror film opening. 

Survey Monkey:

The Survey Monkey helped to get to know my target audience better. I used this website to create a questionnaire for people to answer, so that i had a rough idea on what sort of things they liked. It made me aware of what things i needed to include in my horror film aswell as take out to get the biggest audience as possible.

Blog Spot: 

This website is another one of the most important ones needed when creating a film. I created my own blog so that i could post my recent updates and information about my film. The blogger allows you to keep track of time and organise things better. As well as being able to see your own plan clearly you get an insite on what other peoples blogs look like and their recent updates also.

YouTube:

I went on this website in search of scary sound effect to make my film even better. On YouTube you are able to access any films you want. I looked up various horror films to get certain ideas of what to include in my film opening. This website was also important because you are able to see how many views a certain video got, which indicates how popular that particular film was.

Voice recorder:

This piece of technology allowed my partner and i to better the sound effects and to make them louder. The microphone voice recorder was used so that we could had extra scary noises in the background of our film.

iTunes:

Within my film there was a particular scene which needed music added to the background. Myself and partner went on Copyright free music and searched church music and downloaded it. After going on copyright free sound i choose the best sound suitable for my horror film. I then downloaded the special sound and then saved it in iTunes. This website is where idownloaded my music and special sounds from after making sure it was copyright free. 

Facebook:

This interactive website helped me advertise my quick created for my target audience. I was able to get more people to answer my questions and asked my friends what films they liked. Facebook is a website where you can see recent updates and the things people like; this benefited me when created my film.

Prezi:

Prezi was one of the first website i used to help me put all my ideas about a typical horror film down. It was a fast way of planning and it was much easier when you got used to it.

Video camera:

This piece of technology was the most important one bcame without it we would have never been able to create a horror film at all. The camera was dificult to use at first but after a while we got used to the different buttons.

Royalty free:

This website was very helpful when finding sound effects that we found difficult making ourselves. This website allowed us to download any sound effect we needed.

Videos on demand

Video on demand (VoD) is an interactive TV technology that allows subscribers to view programming in real time or download programs and view them later. A VoD system at the consumer level can consist of a standard TV receiver along with a set-top box. Alternatively, the service can be delivered over the Internet to home computers, portable computers, high-end cellular telephone sets and advanced digital media devices.  

http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/on-demand/

Evaluation Question 5

Below is the commentary of my horror film Espiridion, myself and partner are discussing how our opening would attract our specific target audience?

Within this commentary we discussed what we needed to improve and what we had success in. Our horror film included various techniques to reach out to a specific target audience. We created out films for young people, who were entertained by horrific scenes and terrifying characers. Aswell as our films appealing to an audience that enjoyed horrors, myself and partner wanted to reach out to people who disliked them also. We wanted our horror film 'Espiridion' to entertain everyone.

Evaluation Question 3

http://britishpathe.wordpress.com/

My horror film Espiridion is a low budget British film. 

Pathé UK has a major presence within the UK film industry, in production, development, international sales and distribution. Pathe is a British distribution company, which distributes low budget films like mine. Pathé UK's productions range from Aardman's "Chicken Run" to Stephen Frears' "The Queen" to Danny Boyle's" Slum dog Millionaire". The film slum dog millionaire which was a low budget film won eight Oscars and fifty-seven nominees. They have previously distributed the film 'Adulthood' which

 was also a low budget British film. Adulthood had 157 screens showing the movie in the opening weekend.

Therefore Pathe would be a good distributor for my film because i would have a large range of audience watching my film.

Pathe productions distributes films in cinemas such as cineworld, Vue and Oden. I would like my film to be distributed in cineworld because it is the second largest multiplex cinema chain in the UK. Therefore I would have a range of audience viewing my film. I also believe that Enspiridion would also be suited in the Vue cinema because it can be considered as an international film even though it is a British film. This is because even though it is set in Britain it is also set in a church which can be found in any country.

See Saw films is an independent film production company. They have distributed films such as The Kings Speech by Tom Hooper, which won 4 oscars and 98 nominees. In 2011 The King's Speech collected four Academy Awards including Best Picture and to date has won the Audience Prize at Toronto Film Festival 2010, a British Independent Film Award for Best British Film and the BAFTA awards for Best Film and Outstanding British Film. This kind of media institution would be one of the best to distribute my film because of their reputation for previous films. See-Saw Films has a first-look deal with Momentum Pictures in the UK. See-Saw also works closely with sister company Transmission Films, an Australian/New Zealand distributor. This may benefit my media product because See Saw work together with many other media institutions. SeeSaw Films has a co-development deal with Buckland Films in which Buckland Films works with See-Saw to co-finance the development of See-Saw's slate. I would also want them to distribute my film because they also target at a range of people.

Evaluation Question 4

• Meilie is 17years old and enjoys watching horror films. Her favourite films are: Paranormal Activity, Scream, Scary movie, The Ring and Saw. I believe Meilie would enjoy watching my horror movie because she likes films that scare her.
• After doing her college work at the weekend Meilie likes to: watch TV, DVD’s, go to the cinema and out with her friends. All the films listed above are very similar to my own, if my film was released in the cinema i believe Meilie would pay her money to watch it.
• Meilie lives in Thornton Heath, in London where she travels around on bus or bike. Therefore, if she wanted to watch my film she is local and would be able to see it.
• Her favourite food and drink is pizza and sprite. The best country she enjoys visiting is china, because it gives her a chance to visit her family and friends.
• 
  She prefers coco pops cereal when she wakes up, with a glass of apple juice.
•  Meilie enjoys watching Eastenders, X Factor, Big Brother and various documentaries. These TV dramas deal with everyday issues and peoples lifestyles. This is similar to my own film, because my horror film takles the issues on abortion and pregnancy. My film is about a women finfding it difficult to deal with her abortion, she feels guilty alone and needs help.
•  Meilie’s Favourite vegetable would be broccoli and her favourite restaurants she loves eating in are pizza hut and Mc Donalds.
•  Her ideal partner would be Daniel Radcliffe, who played the character of Harry Potter.
• The only time Meilie plays sports is during school, which would be tennis. The political party that she would vote for would be The Labour Party

Geoffrey Rush

As we are studying the film 'the Kings Speech' as a case study, i decided to do research on various characters within the film. The character Geoffrey Rush stood out to me, so i done further research on him and came up with a list of important facts about him.

• Australian actor and film producer
• Has an arts degree from university of greensland
• Done over 70 theatrical productions and 20 featured films
• First Australian-born actor to win an oscar
• He became known for his work in the film ' Shine' in where he appeared as a Pianist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmE-0qOHKBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqBovxjl5ZE

Evaluation Question 2

The characters within my film are similar to the ones seen in many popular horror films. As well as representing young innocent females, my characters simply represent the unknown. The fact that you are unaware of what it is that will not leave you alone is scary in itself. I feel the characters with my film can relate to everyone in this kind of situation. Many people may feel as though they are constantly being watched, this eye behind the title of my film makes the film more scary. This eyes caption is similar to the one in the grudge, they are both used to make the audience feel uneasy.

In my horror film i used a little child as the main character to illustrate that even the innocent ones can not be trusted. The female in my horror film looks similar to the girl from the ring, as they whore the same long white stress and both had long black hair.

Evaluation Question 1

Frame work of conventions

The first frame was taken from the beginning of my horror film opening. I chose this frame because it is one of the most distinctive scenes in the film. In this scene the main characater is destressed as she feels as though someone or something always seems to be following her. Meanwhile this takes place, at the bottom of the screen the production company appears. I believe this frame is distinctive because the production company relates to the action on scene. As the main character walks through the forest, the location is being introduced. Aswell as the setting, the font style is revealed.

The second frame reaveals who the main character is by using a close up. Within this frame the characters name appears at the top of the screen. The close up shot allows the audience to see the main characters face clear and in detail. They are able to understand that the character is somehow disturbed. The openining sets the scene and the sudience is given a rough idea of what the storyline is. I thought this was a distinctive frame because it is the first time this character gets introuduced.

The third frame consist of the other characters names which matches up with their faces. In this scene the character was not feeling herself, to portray her confusing myself and partner added a blury effect. The effect made the characters on screen look ghostly to make it seem that the main character is going mad. These characters are introduced here to show that they could be real aswell as fake. That these characters could be a figure of her imagination.

The fourth  frame is of the outside of a church. This church is where the rest of the scenes take place. This is one of the most important frames, because it is an establishing shot that shows the location of the actual horror film. Even though there is no writing on screen, i believe the church in itself tells a story. The shot was taken in the main characters point of u looking upwards to the church. This technique is often used in alot of horror movies becuase it adds suspence to where the character is heading to next.

The next frame is introduced with a match on action shot. I felt that this frame was also distinctive because this technique was very difficult to make perfect. At this point in the film the character is actually entering the place which she feels is going to help her, but really she is running into what she is trying to escape.

The sixth frame is distorted to make the film more scary. These special effects are often used in other horror films such as The Ring, The Other, The Grudge and many more. 

This next frame was taken at a high angle. Myself and partner held the camera above the main characters head to suggest that in that particular situation she was in danger. We tried to signify that she was small compared to the thing that was haunting her. I felt that this was an important frame because of the high angle shot the audience is able to see the bible in her hand. Once they spot the bible, they automatically know that she is trying to pray to God for help and it helps the audience understand the storyline.

In this frame as well as being an over the shoulder shot it was taken at a mid angle so that you could see the ghostly figure in the background.

Lastly, this ninth frame is a very important one as it is the first time we see the title. The title is red to indicate danger and it adds to the theme of the actual horror film. The eye in the background goes well with the title because it makes the audience feel as though there is something constantly watching them. I believe this is an important frame because this is the part of the film where my partner and i really needed to shock our audience, to make them jump ut of their seats.

Horror film rough cut review

Recently during my lessons myself and partner have been editing our horror film and including various effects which could eventually make our film successful. We added a variety of opening credits and sound to go ontop. The research that i had done before hand on various film openings gave me an idea of what things to include. My partner and i included the directors, actors and actresses, film title and production company.

We then had to present our rough copy of our film to the class to get constructive criticism which could better our film later on. While the class watched our horror film 'Espiridion', the reactions were quite pleasing, because some of the class were quite shocked and scared. Although we got the ideal reaction from our audience, they then gave us feedback. We were told to improve on our sound effects and the timing of them. Within the film as the main character walked into the church, gospel music began to play. The music should have stopped smothly, or turned down in the background. However my partner and i cut it completly at a random point. Myself and partner took this into consideration and  made sure the foley sound was played continuously throughout, to make it seem more scary as if someone is constantly watching the character.

Another criticism we got was the lighting of the whole opening scene. We were told that it was difficult to see, which could effect the audiences response to the film. The lighting in the church was very dark, because it was taken and set in the night time. Myself and partner wanted to created a dull ghostly effect, but it came out different. So that the storyline was clear to the audience, we brightened the film and added various effects so that the darkness worked with the event happening. For example, we included a ghostly effect aswell as a distorted to show that the character isnt herself, which links to her surroundings which isnt normal either.

Various other people gave us very helful constructive feedback as they told us to add more opening credits. They told us to reduce the font of some so that it was suitable for the scene. As well as making changes to the different credits and the order of them we also changed the sound to go with it. Myself and partner included scary sounds as the writing came on screen. Depending on the credits we placed the right credits on the specific actors face. This made it clear to the audience who the actors were and what characters  they played.

My teacher made us aware that we would get less marks if the camera was jumpy and if the characters face was cut out. A variety of transitions did not work in certain places so we had to choose suitable ones. However, as well as the negative feedback the class gave us positive comments too. We were told our horror film opening was quite scary, that it had a clear story line, good sound effects and talented actors. My partner and i took all feedback onboard and made changes were it was needed.