Evaluation Film

My Final Product

Preliminary Task

 Georgia's preliminary task

At 0:00 the shot starts from being a mid shot, 0:02 was a close-up shot, 0:06 that was a over the shoulder shot, 0:09 was a very close-up shot, 0:16 was a over the shoulder shot, 0:21 was a two shot.

Evaluation

Evaluation:


1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


1)My media opening sequence was inspired by the film: Frozen directed by: Adam Green. For my media opening sequence I had to create a thriller opening sequence. My thriller opening includes: A thriller suspense opening, in which the tension is built up through-out the opening sequence to find out if the survivor survives and the protagonist is a male;

These are the Codes and Convention of the low-lighting Thriller that I have produced which include:

• The main character being left behind when he gets into an accident next to his friend who was in front of him.
• He is isolated from everybody when he woke up because every have already left the skiing site.
• The protagonist then saves the main character from the accident on a snowmobile.
• The Opening Sequence has a cliff-hanger because you don't what will happen afterwards.                                                                                                                                                                For Example:                                                                                                                                  The survivor might be saved and everything will turn out ok for them both or the survivor and the rescuer might get into more trouble (for example: they run out of gas when they were going somewhere safe) or they might get into even more trouble if the survivor and the rescuer get attacked by Bandits and then the rescuer gets injured and the survivor will save him and show him the things he can do that the rescuer did not expected to do. (for example: using the flare gun as an offensive weapon against the bad people who are attacking them)

A film named: Frozen directed by: Adam Greene was my inspiration for my film opening because this film tells us a story about 3 people trying to survive on a gondola when they get stranded for 5 days because the ski resort is only open for 2 days on the weekends through-out the week and they decided to go for one last ride but the people changed shifts on the gondola control

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

2)The social groups that are represented in my film opening is that no one cares about other people, the main character gets into an accident while skiing and as you can see that he has a friend who was waiting for him down the mountain as he got into a accident. When he wakes up in a couple of hours later, he sees himself left all alone, no one is by his side and he is trying to find help from anyone around. He started to crawl to the nearest light and then he sees someone on the snowmobile driving towards him, he reaches out and the snowmobile stops next to him. The person on patrol exits his vehicle and helps the survivor to walk toward his snowmobile and both of them drive-off into the distance.


3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

3)An institution is a Company which is publicly or privately owned that produces and distributes media products.

Universal Studios was founded in 1912 and it is one of the oldest film studios in America. Universal Studios has released Thriller films such as: Jaws (1975); Scarface (1983); Furious 7 (2015) and Transformers (2007).

Summit Entertainment is a different media institution which was found in 1991. Summit Entertainment has released Thriller films such as: John Wick (2014); Man On A Ledge (2012) and The Darkest Hour (2011).

Warner Brothers is also a different media institution which was founded in 1923. Warner Brothers have released Thriller films such as: The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010)


Film4 Productions might distribute my film opening because it is a thriller film opening and it distributes films for free to the public in the UK. Film4 Productions have produced films such as: 127 Hours (2010), Kill List (2011) and The Double (2013).

The date that I have researched suggests that Film4 Productions would allows me to distribute my film and I would have a higher success chance of making my film more public because this is a high statues production company.


4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

4)The audience of my film would be those who like thriller films where the main character gets into an accident and tries to survive anyway that he can until help arrives. In my film opening it shows that the character gets into a accident and he survives and lives on which could mean that since he already had this type of experience, the next time when he gets into this type of situation with someone else or by himself he will be able to survive and find help much more easier.

The target age group for my film are those aged between 15-28.

This is because most people these ages are interested into this type of thriller genre on which my film is based on.


5) How did you attract/address your audience?

5)I attracted an audience of people who like thriller/horror movies, because that it what my film opening is about.

I addressed my audience in a way that you should never go alone somewhere where you have never been because you never know, you could get into an accident and you might be left there for an hour, a day or even longer, you should always go with at least 1 extra person to somewhere you have never been to reduce the chances of getting into trouble.


6)What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

6)I learnt about making blogs and usage of this website called: Blogger on which I did my blogs on. I also learned how to use editing programmes such as 'Final Cut Pro' to their full potential, which I would have never had been able to do if I didn't take Media Studies as an A-level. I have learnt a lot about the techniques and power of camera angels, and also how important it is to look into choosing the correct setting in which to shoot a film opening. I also learnt about editing photos, as it is shown when I was editing my Titles for my film opening.


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

7)I've learnt different types of camera angels and different camera movements through-out the preliminary task,  I also learned how to zoom in/zoom out and how to move the camera to create different types of atmosphere feelings such as: when the camera is moving slowly, the camera movements could create a feeling of happiness or a feeling of fear, (for example) the camera is zoomed into the 2 characters walking away from the camera into the sunset and the screen later on could go full black meaning those 2 characters might still have a story to tell about their journey in the future.

In my film I play as a survivor who gets stranded in the mountains by himself

Camera

The type of Camera Shots that I use are:

Point of View as I get into the accident at the start of the opening sequence                        
A Close-Up shot which becomes a Medium Shot in a slow-pace as the camera zooms out, WHENiTRY to get up from the lying position and fall back again, the shot becomes an Over the Shoulder shot as I reach out towards the snowmobile coming towards me.
Then the shot becomes a two shot when the rescuer stands near me and helps me get up.
The camera moves at a steady pace when the rescuer helps me get on the snowmobile.
The shot then becomes a medium shot when I am on the snowmobile
The last shot includes the snowmobile going into the distance which causes it to be a Establishing Long-shot.


Continuous Editing-

• Continuity Editing - Helping the viewer understand the action happening by implying spatial relationships and ensuring smooth flow from shot to shot. Match on Action (when I try to get up and fall so I continue to crawl towards the light)
• Transitions - Most of my shots are straight cut from one shot into the other apart from the one at the begining when I fall and wake up a couple hours later which shows that this is a dissolve shot
• Shot Duration - My film opening is a Long Shot Duration because the Opening Sequence creates a slower pace which causes more intensity and intimadation through-out the film opening
• Pace and Rythem - My film Opening starts out fast when I fall, becomes slower when I crawl and then becomes modern-fast when I get carried to the snowmobile and when I drive off into the distance.
• Special Effects - My film opening does have a couple Special Effects such as when the scenes are mostly dark, causes low-light effect which allows the surrounding area not to be too exposed to the viewers too much causing more intensity in the scenes. 

Mise En Scene

• Set Design - The Settings of a scene and the props visible in the scene.
• Lighting - Intensity, Direction and Quality of Lighting
• Space -  Depth, proximity, size and proportions of the places and objects in a film can be manipulated through camera placement and lenses, lighting, set design, effectively determining mood or relationships between elements in the story world
• Compositions - The organization of objects, actors and space within the frame
• Costume - Costume simply refers to the clothes that characters wear. Using certain colors or designs, costumes in narrative cinema are used to signify characters or to make clear distinctions between characters.
• Makeup and Hair Styles - Establish time period, reveal character traits and signal changes in character.
• Acting - In the early years of cinema, stage acting and film acting were difficult to differentiate, as most film actors had previously been stage actors and therefore knew no other method of acting. Eventually, early melodramatic styles, clearly indebted to the 19th century theater, gave way in Western cinema to a relatively naturalistic style. This more naturalistic style of acting is largely influenced by Constantin Stanislavski’s theory of method acting, which involves the actor fully immersing themselves in their character.
• Filmstock - The choice of black & white or color, fine-grain or grainy.
• Aspect ratio - The relation of the width of the rectangular image to its height. Each aspect ratio yields a different way of looking at the world and is basic to the expressive meaning of the film.

Soundtrack

I have a soundtrack of a intense sound playing through out the film opening which gives the film opening more of an,intense.feeling of what is going on in the film opening, the tempo of the music changed through-out and it follows a complex path of what is being played.


(7 minuets should be the max time, it can go over the time if I have to say more but 7 min. should be the limit)

 1.  (https://www.slideshare.net/arrow549/media-studies-film-evaluation-1243592)


 2.  (http://reelwitty.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/evaluation-7-looking-back-at-your.html)

Film Schedule/Full Plan

My Film Opening was filmed in Tbilisi, Georgia


My first scene was filmed in the morning at 11am, in that scene we see me as the actor falling on my side into the snow . (5th Jan 1pm)


Last couple scenes were filmed at 8-9pm where I wake up in the snow from having a concussion, we decided to ask the residents where we could film it without being caught and then we drove up one of the mountains and were trying to find a suitable location were the snowmobile will be able to drive and where it was safe to film. (6th Jan 10am-7pm)

These scenes were filmed on the ski resort in Georgia, Tbilisi. We didn't have any trouble filming the scenes during the day or the night but we were very cautious at filming the scenes during the night even though after we finished film the scenes for 3 days, the last evening my brother and my dad got into a accident with the snowmobile when they didn't notice that the mountain would be that steep when they were going down and the snowmobile has been spin-out of control throwing both of them of board and landing on my brothers arm, breaking his arm and forcing him to have gypsum on his hand for 2 months.


Editing:

My Film Editing adds up in the film except one scene when it jumps a bit forward in time due to filming plan mistakes.

Title:

The Lonely Survivor
(My Title Opening was inspired by the film: Frozen; released year: 2010; Directed by: Adam Green; when three survivors get trapped on a open gondola in the middle of the air when being the last people to ski down the mountain and they asked the person in control of the gondolas to let them ski down the mountain one more time. The person in control gets replaced by someone else and he is told that when 3 skiers will ski down the mountain, he can turn off the gondola. So, some other three skiers go down the mountain and he turns off the power in the system and the 3 of them get trapped up in the air for 5 days. One of the skiers says that he will get help if he jumps, so he jumps and breaks both of his legs, one wolf stands in front of him and then the woman on the gondola throws her snowboard at the wolf and it runs away, then the wolf returns with a pack of wolf which surrounds him and they eat him in front of the other 2 survivors on the gondola, the other male survivor climbs down the ladder and runs away and doesn't return).

My Film Opening

CHANGED IN THE FINAL MOMENTS

Title: The Lonely Survivor

Summary: I act as a skier who gets into a accident and gets knocked out for a couple hours. I wake up after about 4-5 hours and the surround area shows it that it's dark and nighttime. I start to crawl to find help and I see a light in the distance coming towards me. I reach out and the Snowmobile drives towards me stops near me. I cry out for help and reach out with my hand towards the person on the snowmobile, the rescuer shouts at me asking me if I am ok, I tell him my leg is broken. He helps me to get up and drags me towards the snowmobile, I get on the snowmobile with him and we drive off into the distance....

My Film:

Production Companies:     Franchuk Productions Presents

                                             A Film Opening By Aleksandr Franchuk

                                      

Lead Actors:                       Aleksandr Franchuk

                                             Igor Franchuk

Film Title:                           The Lonely Survivor

Production Credits:           Executive Music Producer - Aleksandr Franchuk

                                             Costume Designers - Aleksandr, Yaroslav, Igor Franchuk

                                             Editor - Aleksandr Franchuk

                                             Production Design - Aleksandr Franchuk

                                             Director of Photography - Yaroslav Franchuk

                                             Producer - Aleksandr Franchuk

                                      

Director:                             Directed by - Yaroslav Franchuk

                                            Written by - Aleksandr and Yaroslav Franchuk

                                                               

Directors

• Directors:

   Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, 1960)

Alfred Hitchcock pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had a successful career in British cinema with both silent films and early talkies and became renowned as England's best director. Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939.  Hitchcock's Rear Window and Psycho are one of the best thriller films that he had ever created.

 Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, 2005-2012)

Nolan's visual style often emphasises urban settings, men in suits, muted colors, dialogue scenes framed in wide close-up with a shallow depth of field and modern locations and architecture. Aesthetically, the director favours deep, evocative shadows, documentary-style lighting, natural settings and real filming locations over studio work. Nolan has noted that all of his films are heavily influenced by film noir. (mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace)   

Christopher Nolan is the man who reboots the blockbusters, He is one of the few directors who can walk into a Hollywood studio with an idea and come out with $200m. So will Nolan’s latest film, Interstellar was a huge success earning $675 million dollars from a budget of $165 million dollars. Batman Begins (2005) was also one of his biggest successful films, he earned $374 million dollars from a $150 million dollars budget earning him more than twice the amount he has spent on making this film.                                                                                                                      

 David Fincher (Seven, 1995, The Game 1997)

Fincher likes to use a lot of different camera movements with computer-generated imagery, commission intricate sets, get heavily involved in post-production, and re-shoot footage after the principal photography has wrapped. He does not normally use hand-held cameras when he shoots a film, preferring cameras on a tripod. His most frequent use of a hand-held camera was for his film Seven, in which five scenes were shot that way. Secondly, Fincher likes to confuse audiences with his camerawork. Sometimes, it is difficult to determine if a shot is human-controlled, motion-controlled or computer-generated imagery. Thirdly, Close-ups are very common in Fincher's films, extreme close-ups. Fourthly, he tries not to move his cameras as much as possible. 

Michael Mann (Heat 1995, Blackhat 2015)

Mann's films often feature male protagonists, usually highly gifted and independent-minded professionals who struggle to reconcile their mental lives with the demands, both benign and malign, of the exterior world. Importantly, his films often involve a tragic rather than a happy ending, such as in Miami Vice, when of the two undercover police officers, one has his girlfriend (also an undercover officer) come out of a coma and the other tearfully separates from his romantic interest. Mann's films contain fast-paced, artful scenes that strongly depend on powerful music, where often two opposing sides intermix, such as undercover policework and undercover drug trafficking, so that it is hard to distinguish between the two. For example, in Heat, the police detective invites the criminal to meet for coffee, where they discuss their affairs like old business partners. Often it is hard to distinguish between opposing sides (e.g. police vs. criminals), where the actions, dress, and mannerisms of the characters are extremely similar. Also, Mann's work often involves landscapes and modes where the heroic protagonists occupy a somewhat secret world, away from ordinary concerns (law, life and death, money, daily-life survival duties, family duties, and so on), where the secret world may or may not coincide with ordinary reality. Protagonists often find impassioned romantic interests which are severed under tragic situations near the end of the film such as: (Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice, Public Enemies). Overall, Mann's films mix artistry (via music, stylishness and emotional intensity) with strong violence and noir-like stoicism.

Consent Form for filming

Consent Form - Filming

Name:                                       

I give my consent to:

1) Being filmed for the A level Media Short film
2) Allow the film to be edited and changed
3) Viewing the final film in class and other Media Exhibitions
4) Being mentioned on specific blogs and websites relating to this product

(All for educational purposes)

Signed:                                            

Date:                                         

Lighting in my Film

Lightning in my Film:

The film opening starting off during the morning when it is very bright and sunny, then I get into a accident of falling down on to the snow.
A couple hours pass when I wake up and it shows that it is nighttime, I try to get up but I can't so I start to crawl for help and then, I see a light coming from the left side of me and I reach out for help.
When the snowmobile stops in front of me sideways,the light goes from the left side to the right side mostly shown on the right side of the screen.
Lightning changed when the camera position changes, but stays on the right side of the screen then, when I am being carried to the snowmobile on one leg, the lightning appears on the right side of my shoulder.
When the snowmobile drives off the lightning gets smaller and smaller until a building is seen in the background.

Research/Inspiration for my Film

2nd IDEA: My Opening Sequence was inspired by a film called 'Frozen' directed by: Adam Green, when 3 survivors were stranded on a ski escalator for 5 days after being trapped up there due to a reason of that the ski resort only works on the weekends and they decided to go for one last time up on the mountain, they tell  the attendant and he is then called into the boss's office and is replaced by a co-worker. As he leaves, he tells the co-worker that there are only three skiers left. Another set of three skiers comes down the mountain. When he sees them, he shuts down the ski lift, stranding the three friends in their ski lift chair far above the ground. 
It was filmed in February 2009 in Snowbasin near Ogden, Utah and was premiered on the 5th February 2010 in cinemas earning a box office of $3.1 million

1st IDEA: My Opening sequence was inspired by a Tv Show called 'The Walking Dead' I was mostly inspired by Jeffrey Dean Morgan who played as Negan at the end of S6 Ep16 in the Tv Show and is still playing as Negan since Season 7 which started in mid-October 2016.

My Opening sequence require a similar type of bat that Negan had:

My baseball-bat will look similar, might add some nails into it and change the formate of the wire wrapped on the baseball-bat.

This was my result of creating my own, Negan type bat with a help of a friend.

Sadly when I flew from Ukraine back to London, the airport police confiscated the wire, so I'll have to redo the wiring process again.

Clothing:

My Clothing isn't completely the same as Negan's outfit, my Leather Jacket doesn't have the same amount of zippers as Negan's jacket has, the scarf I have is lighter (in colour) than the one Negan has.  Negan wears a white shirt under his jacket while I wear something else (it doesn't matter what I wear under the jacket because the jacket will cover it up)
Negan wears cargo pants while I wear dark blue jeans.
Hair Style is the same, hair slick back.
Negan cover ups only 1 hand of his with a leather glove, I also cover only 1 hand of mine with the leather glove. (Might change to both hands covered up)
Negan wears Boots, while I wear dark coloured trainers.






Characters Appearance in TWD



Negan is everything that was wrong with the big kills that opened season 7 in TWD. He is there just to shock and disgust the audience. There is no emotions created by Negan which makes him seem unreal. He's not there to be a fully-fledged character or anything close to resembling a human being. Negan exists to be hated and that is most lazy thing that The Walking Dead have ever done to a villain. 

Negan is just a one-dimensional wrecking ball of a character. No depth, no emotion, just killing.

The audience really needs to learn why Negan became the way he is and have confirmation that he isn't as poorly written as he seems. Negan can't be this awful for no reason than other being a villain. Negan's long profanity-filled monologues about violence are the only thing shown on the show. 

The Walking Dead has to prove there is a reason behind Negan's actions other than shocking the audience. It doesn't even need to be a flashback. Negan goes on so many long, obnoxious monologues that he could tell someone his entire life story and it wouldn't seem out of character. No matter how The Walking Dead gets there, they need to prove that there is a reason to care about Negan beyond how well he can kill people with a baseball bat. 

He is the leader of a group of roughly 70 survivors in The Sanctuary, called the Saviors, a group that trades with others. 

Negan feels invincible in the apocalyptic world, he also had hundreds of people following him that represent him as a god, if Negan dies, then all the people following him would just retreat.

In the comic's, Negan is taken hostage by Rick and is kept in a prison cell.
In the Tv Show, He is still in power, controlling Rick and Rick is frightened by him, so he follows every single order that Negan commands him to do. 

Plan Idea for my Film

Thriller Idea:

Costume: Leather Jacket, Jeans
Equipment: Baseball Bat
Location: Alley Block Filming Area.

5 People needed (3 Bad, 2 Civilised)

1)Richard Platt
2)Archie Norton
3)Me
4)
5)

3 Bad People

Me

Placement: I stand in the front wearing my leather jacket with a baseball bat resting on my shoulder while holding it.

Actor on my right

Placement: Appears a bit later and walks on my right side from behind me. Stand behind me (on the right side) (approximately 1 foot distance away)

Action: Walks from his starting location to his standing location while crunching his knuckles, twisting his neck (left and right) and at his standing location his head looks up but his eyes keep looking at the 2 civilised people who just entered the alleyway.

Actor on my left

Placement: Appears 2,3 seconds later than the other actor on the right side. Stands in line with the actor on the right side.

Action: Walks from his starting location to his standing location by peeling something with a knife and he spits once on the floor while walking.

2 Civilised People

Actor on the left side

Placement: Walks slowly through the alley block next to the other Actress,

Action: Both look very happy, chatting about something (in the background) 

Actress on the right side

Placement: Walks at the same speed as 'Left side actor'

Action: Looks Happy

Weather/Time: Sunset or Nighttime; Cold


Film Opening Storyboard

1)Just me in the scene, in the middle of the alleyway.
2)The 2 civilised people walk into the alleyway.
3)The 2 civilised people walk towards me.
4)They get closer.
5)My right hand man appears on the scene, stands a foot behind me.
6)My left hand man appears on the scene, stands in line with the right hand man.
7)I say 'Grab them'
8)The 2 people near me go around the 2 civilised.
9)They approach them not too quick and not too slow.
10)They stand behind the 2 civilised, and grab them from behind.
11)I approach them, my standing location is between the 2 civilised people.
12)When I'm in the middle (a feet away), between the 2 civilised people. I start going to my left.
13)I'm going on my left in a slow pace.
14)I start going back on my right.
15) -
16)I'm going on my right in a slow pace.
17)-
18)I go to my location at a slow pace
19)-
20)I stands between the 2 civilised people
21)I start circling the 4 people (slowly)
22)I'm on their right
23)I'm behind them
24)I'm on their left
25)I'm back in front of them

Personal Favourites

These thrillers (Don't Breathe, 2016; The Shallows, 2016, American Sniper, 2016, Se7en 1995, The Butterfly Effect 2 2006, The Equalizer 2014, White House Down 2013) are considered to be the my personal favourite thrillers because they keep me alerted and they provide a certain level of suspense;                                                                                                                                                                                         In 'Don't Breathe' the trailer shows us 3 people who planned to rob a blind guy who has 300,000 dollars in his house, the person who offered this job dies at the start by the blind man and the blind guy can actually detect the other 2 people by them walking, breathing and talking. The blind guy starts to barricade his house leaving those 2 other people no exit for them to escape the hose.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In 'The Shallows' I really enjoyed the camera movements and the suspense how a surviving woman was stuck on a reef while she cut her leg open and blood was pouring which lured a shark towards her and she had to think of a way to stay alive and survive.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       In 'American Sniper' a SEAL Sniper is represented as a saviour of many american troops lives who are on the battlefield. He gets a reward when he goes back to America from Iraq for killing 255 people in four tours in the Iraq war.


                                                                                    In 'Se7en' I really enjoyed the storyline and how two detectives were searching for a serial killer who killed people in a particular way in the order of the 7 deadly sins: Pride, Avarice, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth (Acedia).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     In 'The Butterfly Effect 2' a man named 'Nick Larson' who loses his beloved girlfriend in a car accident who he can't live without, so he had some sort of ability to go back in time to change things and as he went back in time to save his girlfriend, he came back to the future and he found out that the more he goes back in time, the worser the future becomes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In 'The Equalizer' the storyline is about a guy who was a former black ops commando who faked his death for a quiet life in Boston, comes out of his retirement to rescue a young girl and finds himself face to face with Russian gangsters; he works as a builder and he does what he thinks is right, so when his co-worker gets robbed of her mother's ring he, follows that person, kill him and returns the ring to his co-worker. I really enjoyed the sound effects and how Denzel Washington started to kill people who treat others with no respect and the effect with the rain and slow motion at the very end when he killed the mob boss with a nail-gun.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In 'White House Down' trailer the amount of explosion moments that happen is un-real making the trailer show-off that the film uses to much CGI (computer-generated imagery)  but I really liked the storyline of the film and how the storyline escalated. It's based on a terrorists attacking the White House and killing almost everyone in their way and their is only one man who's goal is to protect the president at any cost.