Evalutaion 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Preliminary-

The preliminary task was something that didn't take much planing at all and was quick to film. When we first filmed it there was an issue with the sound on the camera. In the finished preliminary we filmed in two locations, our school and the local park.









 
In the preliminary we had to have involved the 180-degree rule which is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another, it allows the audience to visually connect with unseen movement happening around and behind the  subject and it's important in the narration of battle scenes. Using the 180-degree rule and shot/reverse shot (where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character) in the preliminary it showed me how using a vary of shots can help keep the audience and the scene interesting, compared to everything being just in one shot which is 100% more boring to watch. As I was the main editor for both the preliminary and the final production I saw how the camera positioning effected the lighting and the shots. I found that even if we were outside with natural lighting, if I went under any shelter the lighting was instantly darker but I didn't realise this when filming our preliminary until I edited it but this did help me make sure I was more careful with positioning when it came to filming our production.

Within our preliminary we also used a match on action shot which is a editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shots action. When editing I played around with this shot, changing the pace in which it was cut and it showed how the pace of just one shot can effect everything else which I definitly took into account when editing and filming the final production. Yet again it helped with how I should position the camera, I didn't realise I'd done it when we filmed the preliminary but we did the shot so that the person in it is walking out of the door to go outside and then the next shot is them walking across the frame outside, when planning for filming for the final product I made sure i made of note if the shot was outside or inside so that we didn't have a character walking outside but then being inside in the next shot.

The Final Production:
The final production took alot more planning then the preliminary task did as it had a lot more shots and editing involved in it. We filmed the final production over a course of three days due to weather problems and equipment issues but we managed to complete it.

During the preliminary there wasn't any fast paced scenes but as I've said I played around with the clips which did help with forming the one in the final production but I was able to use multiple different shots with different things happening in it, which ultimatly helped make that scene more intense and exciting. It also allowed me to use different shots I hadn't used in the preliminary or even before for example, a tracking shot which is where the camera follows the character, in our case by using a tripod to keep the shot and camera steady, the camera turns on an axis to follow the protagonist/victim's running feet which definietly looked better then the normal medium shot we'd filmed before.
Taking what I'd already learnt from using the 180-degree rule in the preliminary I was more confident when applying it to the final production, aswell as the match on action.
With learning from the mistakes in positioning in the camera when doing the preliminary I avoiding placing the camera under any places with shades so that the lighting didn't suddenly get darker and we ended up with one shot dark and the other bright. Also, when we had a low angled shot I positioned the camera in the same place but just on a higher part of the location so that the background itself didn't dramatically changed but it was more effective then have the characters try to be smaller.

Evaluation 6- What have you learn about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation 5- How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our production is certificated 12 therefore, our target audience are pre-teens from 12 and teenagers from 13 up to 16.

Abi is a representative of 12 year old females in the UK. With Abi being 12 her interests will possibly differ from someone who is 16 so I decided I would see what each interests are and then compare them. Both Abi and Kate (16) have the favourite TV show of Pretty Little Lairs which has it's fair share of share and suspense which we have hoped to achieve in our production which is why I believe Abi would be interested in our production and possibly watch it.

Ben is a representative of 12 year old makes in the UK. I believe he would watch our production because all the videos games he plays are action based and involved weapons and explosions, fight and being fast pace which are all conventions of an action film and with him already being interested in these I think he'd be interested din watching out production.

Liv, aged 14, is a representative for females in the UK of her age. At this age they're very influenced by celebrities and social media. I believe that Liv would want to watch our production because she enjoys drama as seen being her favourite TV shows and she might also being interested with the name "The Tech Runner" as she is into social media from technology. 

Jack is a representative for 14 year old makes in the US. I decided to look a people within our target audience from the US because if our production was to be distributed there could be a chance it would be distributed to the US by The Weinstein. I believe Jack would watch our production because he already enjoys watching films just to see how they're made later but also with one of his favourite TV shows being The Watching Dead I can tell he already enjoys 
action, fast paced editing and fight scenes.

Josh is a representative of 16 years old males for the US. I decided to look at Josh for the same distribution reasons but also to see if there was any difference between the two US boys, which there is not. Both make/enjoy seeing how films are made and all the pre-production stages. I believe Josh would watch our production because from looking at this TV show interests (Teen Wolf) I can see he enjoys action.


Joel is a representative of 16 year old males from the UK. By having both Josh and Joel I am able to compare the two to see if there is any difference between our target audience in the UK and in the US, which apart from their taste of music and interests they have the same TV show sense, both watch Teen Wolf which stars Dylan O'Brien who is also the main protagonist in "Maze Runner" which is the film our title can be associated with meaning Josh and Joel would be intrigued in out title and most likely what our film to see what it's about.

Kate is a representative of 16 year old females in the UK. By having all three teenagers I am able to compare their interests etc. Kate is more outdoors like josh but has completly different TV show sense to the males. However, she does enjoy watching all genres so is likely to watch our production if we were to make it eye catching and appealing to her.

Evaluation 3- What kind of media Instituions might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation 1- In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?