7.LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK (THECONTINUITY EDITING TASK), WHAT DO YOU FEELYOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM ITTO FULL PRODUCT?

I personally feel that the preliminary task as itself, was somewhat unorganized. Most of what was done in the preliminary task, didn't have a general flow to it all, as it was all about continuity and just getting use to the the equipment. Even so, the preliminary task wasn't that bad, the way in which we used the camera, and we edited was fairly rushed as it was meant to be that build up upon a brief that was assigned to us. This made it seem like, the preliminary task had it's limits in terms of it's creativity.

Even so, I also feel that with the preliminary task, we never had as much time to plan ahead and back up from what we may of missed out mad errors on. The final AS film that we shot, seemed to have more of a flow through it all, as well as it being consistent. It allowed us to take the time we had seriously and make finish on the final film. Even so, the preliminary task allowed us to develop the skills that we were told of, which were the match on action, 180 degree rule, and the shot/reverse shot. With our preliminary task, there were more problems with the general quality of filming and how we had gone about filming the task. This brought forward problems that made the image quality of the video poor, however, with the final project, we had more time, and we had time to do further research into how to use the equipment we were provided with. It allowed us to be more efficient in what we were doing by finding time to practice and learn how to use each piece of equipment properly.

In the preliminary task, we were never given much time to research. Upon the brief, we had little time to plan how things were going to be laid out during the scene and how we would shoot them. The AS film tends to make  the project seem somewhat more professional as we learnt how to use the tripod, and how to manage the handheld shots with care. With practice and research, it allowed us to generate a better image quality too. The preliminary task's focus clearly seems to be blurred out most of the and not all details are visible. The project had far more adjustments to it and was finished to greater detail.

As for time management when it came to the project, we planned efficiently and made sure that if we had a problem, we would have that second plan, if the first one didn't go as hoped for. The group also done more research into genres for the film and we then decided upon what it would be. We tried to find professional advice on how to make this more apparent in filming. As you can see, the more time and effort, along with research we put into our work, the better our results came out with urge and caution. All of what we had done made the experience more enjoyable. We developed our skills further and we also worked as a team more. It made all the filming easier as we all cooperated with one another.

To conclude, I feel that the as a whole, without the preliminary task, we probably wouldn't of felt that urge to improve upon our situation for the final AS film. I feel as if that the time we had to put the AS film together, also allowed to feel the urge and passion to perfect things upon our preliminary tasks, in other words. Our preliminary task motivated us to do that much more research into how to use equipment, software, and etc.

6. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

IMac
I'd say that I was generally new to using this piece of hardware, however, as we continued to work in our group, we slowly, but surely adapted to using the software on the Mac. We used this to finalize our project and work on our blogs.


E05 CANNON CAMERA
The camera was somewhat dilemma for my whole group, because this seemed somewhat different to a standard digital camera. To apprehend this problem, we did some checking online, and taught ourselves how to use it.

Lights

The lights were new props to us. We hadn't used them in the video before preceding to the opening scene. We found some online tutorials on how to use this piece of equipment.

SOFTWARE

EXCEL
When we had our questionnaires sent out, we used this to gather all results and implement them into a pie charts and this allowed us to make final decisions on what to do.


ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CS5

I had learned that this program could be used to change and manipulate key frames in clips of videos. This program seemed very difficult to adjust to. Everything was had to be exact and precise. This program was very effective in our use.

Sony Vegas 11
This program was used to direct and appoint each clip for our project. The software could also be used to add audio and make some adjustment to the audio options of them.


Adobe Photoshop
We had used this to make edits to images and we also used this to make our poster for the project.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Following the whole media project. We had come up with various way in which we could attract and address our audience. The short clips taken from each scene has it's own significance along with the music we used. The music that is being played in the background seems fairly laid back. This plays with the conventional idea of a horror or thriller. Everything that is shown in the first part of the opening scene can easily be misinterpreted as it is just that beginning. Each scene is short and snappy, this leads to the awareness of somewhat enigma until it draws towards the end, the audience will only know so little and therefore it builds on that sense of enigmatic mystery. Even within each scene, a lot seems to be going on, with all the props that are used, taking note of audience being those that are 16 and over, (Especially teenagers) are be able to be selective to what is going on in each short scene.
When the everything comes forth to it's end, everything that may bring forth romance suddenly turns into the thrill and horror when the troubled looking young man takes hold off the rope.

When the final scene is unravels, everything still seems to puzzling and a mystery as the camera slowly pans around the park, nothing seems final and the audience are left in that climax until they are brought forward to the dead body of the teenage girl that hangs off the tree. The music that is adapted throughout the whole project, may force the audience to question what is going on. To finalize the project, the title 'the chatroom' is reinforced to bring back that idealism of which audience it is aimed at, presented with all the genres.

4. What would the audience be for your Product?

The audience for our movie had to be backed up with various amounts of research and particular focus groups. We had sent out questionnaires that allowed us to come up with a general idea of what types of cinema people would visit to watch movies. After sending out the questionnaires we had one set group that managed some possible changes to the movie. The genre of our movie was varied. It had been mixed with, horror, thriller, and romance. Choosing our widespread audience which were mainly set out to 16-24 year olds had come across as straight forward. This was due to the genres of our movie. We also found out that lots of young adults are those that tend to watch the horror movies. They feel somewhat thrill when watching these horror/thriller movies.
The movie is set out with young adults as the cast. This will also the accustomed audience to feel more particular towards this movie and they will feel somewhat incentive towards watching this. Sending the questionnaire in regard to difference in cinema allows us to make the movie somewhat more displayable, even so, the widespread audience will be those who are 16 or over.