Evaluation 9

Evaluation Task 9: Director's Commentary

Above is our director's commentary of Return of Kezia. When watching our film, we are speaking over the film, about camera shots, mise en scene, editing and sound.

Evaluation 8

Evaluation Task 8: Our Improvements for G324:

With our G321 Film opening, I generally thought we did really well as a group and manage to make our film successful, I also thought Return of Kezia was a effective horror film opening. 

There is several aspects as a group of our film making we need to improve for next year. 

Mise en Scene:
Starting off with the characters costumes, they were causal because of their age, but I felt like the audience didn't really know who was the antagonist and the protagonist. To improve this, we should change the costumes for each characters, making the antagonist look more dark and tense so that the audience have an idea of what they are. The protagonist should wear clothes that meet their personality which will make the film effective but also the audience will then know which characters are good and which is bad. Another thing we could improve for next year is the location of where we film. Shannon's loft was a really good idea but because it was so small, it was quite hard to film. So we now know from next time we need to think about space. 

Sound: 
For sound, we could improve it for next year by making the characters dialogue clearer as some parts in Return of Kezia, we couldn't really hear what they were saying as this was because of the surroundings in the background.  When we film our trailer for next year, we will make sure that when filming we check over the sound of the dialogue to see if it is clearer as this will give the audience a better look and they will be able to hear much better. Also another improvement would be adding a selection of non-diegetic sound to set the mood for each scene as this will give effect and make the audience be engaged more. 

Camera: 
A target as a group we have set for next year, is to include a wider range of camera angles as in Return of Kezia we mainly used camera shots. This would then get us higher marks for our trailer next year, which is what we want to aim for. When we do our trailer, we will make sure that we film the scene over again not too many times so that when we have a look over them we can see which scene will look right for our trailer. 

Editing: 
For editing, we know for an improvement we should add a larger or even smaller variety of cuts between different scenes, but also making sure the scenes are smooth and cut properly, making the film link and making sense for the audience. With this improvement,  the audience will then know what is happening. 

Evaluation 7

Evaluation Task 7: What progress have you made since your preliminary task?

After doing our preliminary task earlier in the year, there is many things we have progressed on, such as our camerawork and editing skills. But of course there was one error we had done which was the 180 rule. However, as a group we had learnt to not break the 180  rule by switching the camera positions. When we had sorted our error, it was useful and effective as it wouldn't of confused the audience when they were watching our film. 

Another thing in which we had improved since doing our preliminary task, was by adding sound to our work. When editing the preliminary task, we didn't add any non-diegetic in the background when each scene came on. This had made the task very plain and not effective for the audience. But when we edited sound on our film, Return of Kezia, it made the film tense and engaging for the audience. The soundtrack we used made our film better as it affected the mood to set in the scene. 

Another thing we did which was good, was making our camera shots and angles look so much better as we wanted to use different shots and angles in different scenes we had filmed. For example to show the relationship between the characters, we used two shots in our final project, but in our preliminary task we did not use them. In Return Of Kezia, we used a lot of over the shoulder shots, this is because it was effective and it gave the effect of looking from a characters point of view. We also used a few medium shots as this showed us the facial expressions of the character and we wanted the audience to engage with the film as they would know what the character is feeling. 




Here is an example of a medium shot we used in our final film. It gives the effect of the antagonist facial expressions making it tense for the audience as they are getting the first look of what Anna looks like and what she is doing.

Evaluation 6

Evaluation Task 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

When we were filming Return of Kezia, part of the filming we used was an Iphone 7. This is because some of the scenes we had to use this equipment for the lighting of the scene. For example the end scene of our film, we had to use the torch because we were in the loft and it was a dark scenery because we didn't want it to be light as it wouldn't of been as scary. With the torch from the phone it made the scene effective because it had a little bit of light so that the audience could see the characters and what is going on.

Another piece of filming equipment we used for filming, was the  Canon EOS M10. We used this technology because there was certain scene we couldn't film with the Iphone, so we used this camera for scenes such as the three main characters in the living room as we needed a long shot and also when the antagonist comes inside. As a group we felt that using this camera was much better than the Iphone because it made it clearer for the audience to see what was going on and the surroundings in each scene.







We then had to edit our film, so it would make sense but also so that it looked like a film. What we used was Adobe Premiere Elements 10. We used this software as we did a little research before filming and knew that this was good for editing films. This editing software is effective because it has different effects to use to edit films which made Return of Kezia look like a film. One of the features we had used was a zoom feature. Reason because, when the three main characters were in the living room talking in the background you could see Anna, the antagoinst looking through the window and wanted to zoom into the window so that the audience could get a brief look of what she looked like but also it would make the film tense as the audience would be engaged more of what is happening. We used another feature which was cutting, because some of the scenes we had film didn't need to be in our film, so we would cut it and it would then make the film look like a horror rather than a bunch of mess. 

Evaluation 4

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

The target audience for our film is aimed out for teenagers and young adults. The reason is because the age rating for Return of Kezia is a 15. There is films out there which include action films for boys and mainly romantic comedies for girls, but for a horror it can be for both genders as in some horrors there is romance and action. Our film will conform to these teenagers film taste as Return of Kezia is a horror film. There is of course music, boys mainly listen to rap or r&b as its a stereotypical thing a male teenager would listen too, whereas girls mainly listen to pop music, girl bands and sometimes boy bands. Teenager boys have hobbies of doing sports or gaming, but teenager girls have hobbies of shopping and doing makeup with friends or groups. With Return of Kezia, as a group we felt that we had attracted our target audience by what our protagonist are like in the film which are stereotypical teenagers. 

Stereotypical teenagers are mainly sociable and love to hang out with a group of people, this is good because they may want to watch Return of Kezia together as a group. This is normal thing for teenagers to do as they might enjoy the film more with friends rather than alone. Teenagers would also watch our film because they like watching horrors but this genre is a popular one as mainly teenagers are interested.

Evaluation Activity 1

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

This is a medium shot of the protagonist in the film, which are Baily and Sean. This shot is effective because the audience have a idea of what the characters look like but also seeing the scenery of where the film is being set. It is also effective because we can see what they are wearing and seeing their facial expressions as they are walking down the road.

This is an over the shoulder shot of the two characters, Baily and Sean. This shot is effective because as the audience, we can see what the two characters are wearing but also the actions they are using when walking up to the door. It is also effective because we can see the body language of the two boys, telling the audience that they are calm and ready for the start of the day.

This is a long shot of the three main characters having a conversation. This shot is effective because we can see what the characters are doing and how their body language is being used. It is also effective because we can see the  antagonist in the background who is Anna and she is looking through the window staring at the three main characters. This makes the audience engage more into the film because they want to know what Anna is doing.

This is a close up shot of the antagonist (Anna) staring through the window outside. This is effective because this shot is showing what Anna looks like and what her facial expressions are doing. For example we can see on her face is that she is smiling creepily to make the audience a little scared. It is also effective because with Anna staring through the window, the audience now know who she is staring out

This is a medium shot of the antagonist again as this time she is walking into the house as Shannon one of the main characters is concerned about Anna because she was staring through the window rather than knocking on the door. This shot is effective because it is showing Anna walking through the door and what the surroundings are, but also the audience are getting a first look of what she looks like and we can see that she is wearing dark clothing showing she is the antagonist. The audience can also see her facial expressions which is her smiling because she is trying to act natural as Anna has been outside for a while, making the audience engage more.

This is a long shot of the Shannon one of the main characters and the antagonist who is Anna. This is effective because in this shot we can see that Shannon is going into the loft, but Anna is at the bottom of the loft stairs looking up at Shannon but it is showing us that Shannon doesn't know Anna is there. This is effective because the audience are seeing a dark side of Anna that they haven't seen before and are getting engaged of what she is going to do.

This is a another close up shot of Anna showing Shannon and the camera a photo of a family of four. This is effective because the camera is focusing on a photo of a family which is linked to the film

This it effective because it show the title of the film in a clear frame and the is the last frame in the film.

Evaluation 5

Evaluation Task 5: How did we attract our audience?

With this video, is our annotated evaluation of our final film project Return of Kezia.