Evaluation

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10/10/10-10/11/10

I decided what task I would want to complete at first I wanted to do a music video however I felt that I would not have suitable characters, props, a strong narrative structure, genre, therefore I felt that doing a trailer along with a magazine cover and a poster would be my area of strength as I have previously for my As production work produced a poster and magazine. After having an experience previously it helped me to consider the most important element of genre and following specific generic conventions to make it a success.

10/11/10- 12/12/10

I began researching on the type of genre I want my package to consist of, as I thought that genre is the most important element in the production of a trailer, poster and magazine cover. Therefore when looking at specific examples relating to my poster and magazine I decided to upload them onto my blog on the research post. I also created some mock-up of my magazine cover and a poster and uploaded it onto my blog this helped me to keep on track with my vision of what I want on my packages.

13/12/10-24/12/10

I decided to create the magazine cover and the poster by following my mock-up. After spending up to 6Hrs a day on the development and creation of a magazine cover and poster by using the latest Adobe Photoshop CS3 to create these, making them more professional looking which creates humour and making it look visually like a comedy genre poster and magazine cover. I wanted to try and get my ancillary tasks completed before Christmas.

28/12/10 – 12/01/11

I began planning for my trailer. I began thinking of a narrative for the audience to follow easily; I created a story board, shot lists, scripts and title cuts. After doing all this I scanned in all my work so far and analysed it all including my research of my magazines, posters, mock-up’s, and experimentation of my images. I had to order special lights from Argos who ordered them especially from their main warehouse.

13/01/11-15/01/11

I looked at other comedy trailers including:

· Pink Panther

· The Dilemma

· Mr Beans Holiday

I could not really find many slap-stick genres consequently I decided to just analyse these trailers.

17/01/11-20/01/11

After updating the whole of my blog I decided it was time to film my trailer. Subsequently I decided to begin filming. I had to arrange locations, cameras, props, characters, my own time had to be managed well and lighting. I had to film

· Churches

· Green scenery

· Restaurants

· Pubs

· Train stations

· Chapels

· Hotel home

· Hotel Garden

The arrangements for this took a very long time as everything had to come together in time of doing the filming. The character who goes to work too had to give up for that day, cameras were required by other students too, strong lighting was required which were ordered from Argos from their main warehouse which took a couple of weeks. I had to buy specific clothing for the character to make it suitable for the trailer.

20/01/11-24/01/11

I had used a specialist HD Camera to film my clips along with a tripod to balance my camera clips. I had to carry all my equipment everywhere to capture these spectacular views for my trailer. I had done all of my filming in four days over the weekends too, there were a limited number of cameras this was a limitation to me as the filming had to be done quickly.

25/01/11- 11/03/11

The film was all uploaded on the computer called Final Cut Pro 8 Express, in special software, there was also special software I used to develop and edit titles in between the trailer clips called Live Type. I merged all the clips together using tools such as video transitions specifically cross dissolves, and fades. I used editing tools to edit each clip which had to be rendered each time which took a very long time to do. I used to spend up to 5Hrs a day to edit my trailer into a professional looking trailer to meet my audience’s expectations by sticking to my genre and making good use of following the generic conventions of a slap-stick comedy. I changed the duration of clips, speed levels, tempos, and pitches of text displayed on the screen (title cuts), music and the visual text itself. I had to make sure that my package as a whole all connected together and it all followed the genre through the following of the generic conventions.

Trailers

Trailers

The Dilema Trailer








Mr Beans' Holiday Trailer








The Pink Panther trailer

Planning- Story boarding/shotlists/Scripting/Story Line

Planning of the trailer

Shot Lists

I thought that I would like a Pan at the beginning of my trailer of some scenery similar to the Mr Bean trailer as there is pan of some French scenery.
I done an over the shoulder shot in the middle where the boy is eating some weird food in a restaurant and is pulling some weird faces to create humour their was also a point of view shot where the audience is able to see that the boy is going to eat this funny looking food.
The four words beginning with the letter 'F' are going to be placed in my trailer to make the audience think their are some breaks in between the clips as a continuous roll of the camera would make it boring although it creates humour its used as a break.

This just briefly describes the story outline of the trailer as every trailer has a narrative structure for the audience to decode however not to make it too difficult that the audience are not able to crack the narrative easily.

3.

There would be a shot of the boy’s tie being stuck in a pub's door in France and he is trying to get his tie out. There would be a short break of 'He's Funnier' which create s break and creates stimulation amongst the audience to see what other things he gets up to in France whilst on Holiday. There is some more dancing in his garden in his hotel with a short clip of 'he's Freakier' with the clip showing he's doing yoga in his garden, and then ends with 'harry Hulbert's Holiday coming soon'.
2.)

A close-up bird’s eye shot would be taken of some weird looking food, and then an over the shoulder shot would be taken to show the weird food over the boys shoulder and then a close-up of his face expressing his feelings through weird facial expressions which creates humour. It then shows his dancing in a funny way in his French garden hotel it then cuts to him in his French hotel spraying everywhere after doing a fart. In between the clips there would be a short break of 'he's Fabulous' to give the audience a break.

1.

This is my first story board showing the first screen would show a green screen 'Licensed to all Audiences' which creates realism. The second shot showing the title of the name 'Harry Hulbert’s Holiday' this was used as an introduction to the audience and then shows some French green scenery and pans of a church in France and an open space and then falls onto introducing the train station, with an quick shot of a passport being stamped to convey the message that someone is going on holiday. It then shows a quick cut away to Harry coming of a train to take a holiday to France. A break of 'He's Fantastic' is taken in between these shots.

Questionnaire

Audience Feedback

Do you like to watch comedy films?
1.)Yes - wicked
2.)Yes -definitely
3.)Yes
4.)Yes
5.)Absolutely
6.)My Favorite

Why do you like to watch comedies and what attracts you to watch these?
1.)The ratings of the film by 'The Times'
2.) The actors - Rowan Atkinson
3.)Actors/Stars
4.)The film producers
5.)Genre
6.)Genre of the film and if I feel like watching it

What age group do you think I am targetting?
1.)All
2.)Everyone
3.)Well anyone can watch this film/ everyone
4.)children-old people (All)
5.)It slap-stick so all
6.)Everyone

Are you able to identify the genre of my film easily? If Yes what is it?
1.) Yes comedy
2.)Yes slap-stick
3.) Horror haha not really comedy
4.)Comedy
5.)Slap -stick comedy
6.)Slap- stick comedy

Do you think the Images/Colours/Editting/Acting/ use of Camera all fit together in terms of genre?
1.) Yes - very well
2.) Images give it away straight away
3.)The colours are striking so it allows me to identify the genre easily along side with the close-up of the funny image
4.)The acting was wicked -slap stick comedy
5.)The colours look good - allows me to identify that its a slap-stick coemdy
6.)They all combine allowing me to identify that its a slap-stick comedy



Do you think all the elements are connected well together? If yes which ones?
1.) The sky background connected together well
2.) The products combined well together - text, image, colours, style, costumes, acting
3.) The background image on the poster looked great
4.) The sky connects well with the main front image - looks like he’s going on holiday somewhere sunny, with the sun slightly popping out from behind his face
5.) The images looked great together
6.) The trailers title shots inbetween of the sky linked together with the sky in the poster


Do you think I followed the codes and conventions for the whole of my package?(Yes/No)
1.) Yes
2.) Yes
3.) Yes - they all go together well
4.) The colour of the dark blue on the magazine looked a bit out of reach but there was a similar shade applied on the poster on the sky so it was alright (could have had a bit more emphasise on the darker blue shade on the sky)
5.) Yes
6.) Yes


How do you think the music was on the whole throughout my trailer?
1.) The music at the beginning did not go with the flow
2.) The Music put you in the mood and allowed you to follow exactly what was going on in terms of narrative as the music switched and carried on creating a continuous rhythm
3.) The music was excellent
4.) I loved the music its wacky
5.) The music was fast but went well with the transitions and the acting
6.) The music created a good atmosphere and aounded normal like any other comedy trailer



What do you think of the (transitional effects)?
1.) The transitions were a ‘bit too whacky’
2.) They looked good
3.) Looked normal
4.) Excellent use of transistional effects
5.) Created connection from one scene to the next scene
6.) Looked good with the quality of the transitions



How was the lighting ?
1.) I thought that there is little lighting where ‘Harry Hulbert’ is doing Yoga apart from that it was good
2.) Excellent use of lighting there was no dark scenes as comedies are usually bright
3.)Looked good on harry on the magazine and the poster as the lighting hit Harry straight in the face similar to the Mr Bean poster bright
4.) Wicked
5.) Lighting was great on the trailer and on the poster and magazine cover together they combined well
6.) Lighting was excellent


What do you think of the main character ?
1.) The acting of ‘Harry’ was great because he continuously faced the camera throughout which created a great connection with us similar to the ‘Mr. Bean’s holiday’, trailer
2.) He was sick
3.) The dress code was good too similar to 'Mr beans'
4.) Good facial close-up shots for the poster and magazine cover
5.) Excellent acting
6.) Harry looked funny and pleasant to watch


What did you think of the camera during the trailer?
1.) There was good use of camera
2.) Camera was still - excellent
3.) Camera looked great
4.) Camera was steady
5.) The camera was used well during the pans
6.) Good use of tripod to hold shots still - excellent


What do you think of the images on the poster and the magazine?
1.) The main image was manipulated well on the poster and the magazine cover - it made it all look really hilarious
2.) Looked professional
3.) Created realism like the Mr Bean poses and images used
4.) Images look great
5.) Excellent effects applied to all the images connect well together
6.) Can't think of anything better to create an excellent magazine and poster

Any other comments ?

1.) Very Funny
2.) Poster was wicked as all the elements go well together
3.) All the elements create realism of the poster and makes it look similar to Mr. Bean the character Rowan Atkinson himself
4.) Liked the editing after, the changes and good use of the fade in and outs instead of the other edits before you made the changes
5.) Hilarious acting - good creative thinking of the poster and magazine cover with the trailer
6.) Created REAL humour