Planning for Evaluation

In order for me to get a better understanding and analysis of the title sequence that I have created within my group, its important for me to produce an evaluation by answering key questions.

Therefore, I am going to use a range of ICT softwares to present the way in which I evaluate my title sequence.

Q1.- Create an emaze presentation on conventions of title sequences overall and the types used in my title sequence

Q2.- Create a prezi presentation on how my title sequence presents social groups (Define representation, explain the types of social groups to be seen in high school dramas and social groups in my title sequence)

Q3.-Create a slide show that presents the institution that will distribute my title sequence and give information as to why that company is best for it.

Q4.- Create powtoon presentation that discusses my audience for the title sequence and within that presentation, possibly creating a profile page of a specific member of my target audience.

Q5. Create a final cut pro video showing interviews with an actor from my title sequence on how they are attracted to my title sequence by asking them what they liked about it and ask different members of the audience . I can also show YouGov findings and edit in clips with rough cuts from previous feedback

Q6.-Create a film to show what I have learnt and the type of technologies I have used to create my title sequence (mention the pros and cons of each type of equipment i used when making the sequence)

Q7.- Use Glogster in which I can bullet point, embed videos and show photos and tweets of myself and the rest of my group filming and then reflect on what i have learned and have developed from making my prelim to final product

However this is just a brief plan for my evaluation and so there may be changes in the way I present it.

Production Diary No.6

In todays lesson, we decided to film many of our shots again for our title sequence as were given feedback on how some of our shots hadn't shown a great angle of the characters heights.

As a group, we were determined to get it to perfection and so filmed our establishing shots of the college, our walking in shots of the characters of Aara, Annie and Kate, and filmed some shots of the character of Chad N. It took a long amount of time at first as we were not sure on how we wanted to change the shots and adapt them, but overall we did get a lot of filming done and so, we can proudly say that today had been successful. 

Production Diary No.5

Today we decided to do a little editing on our shots that we had previously filmed as one of our characters, Eric playing the character of Chad N was unable to come in.

After we edited our shots, we decided to blog our rough draft of our title sequence and looked back at our feedback and set ourselves some targets on what we have to improve on when filming.

When discussing the type of sound/music we wanted on our tittle sequence, we all had different views on the type of soundtrack we wanted to have as some of wanted to make our very own soundtrack in Garageband and some of us wanted to use a direct sound/music from media ie. Youtube- This is yet to be decided

Production Diary no. 4

Today we shot the part of the first of two scenes in the girls' toilet, however this time in another location: The Angel Shopping Center.
This area has a spacious toilet which we thought was suitable for filming the toilet scene, especially due to the better lighting situation. The college's toilets were too dark and our faces looked too shadowy. When we filmed in the public toilets here, we could clearly see our faces and the right colours (i.e. skin tone, background, clothes)

As well of each character's faces as the voice over will play, telling the audience about each person's characteristics. 

Overall, we filmed quite a lot, however we had a minor setback when a representative of the establishment asked us to leave due to costumer complains about being filmed (which she wasn't). We left without the last character's face - Aara, as she rolls her eyes at her friends, which shows the audience her level of maturity compared to the others in the friendship group. We will hopefully film this in a later time, but very soon.

Feedback

Rough Draft of title sequence no.1

43. Reflection

What went well:

The editing process went well. However, the filming process was unsuccessful and quite difficult as everyone had their own ideas for the film. This outburst of ideas collided and made it hard to film successfully.

What needs to be re-shot:

The establishing shots of the college need to be re-shot. This is because the shots were too shaky and unstable, which makes it hard for our audience to focus. This can be resolved by using a tripod, a stand that will help support the camera and keep the shots stable. We need to re-shoot the scenes of the main characters walking into college because the shots are inconsistent and each scene makes it appear like the characters are a different height, which outlines our inability to film consistently.

Successfulness of costumes choices:

Honestly, I don't think our choice of costumes was successful. This is because all the costumes are pretty ordinary and it's hard to get an idea of the characters personality or characteristics. Usually, high-school drama films outline or hint what a characters going to be like through their clothing. However, in our high-school drama film it's hard to grasp the characteristics of our characters through their clothing. For example, the character Annie in our film is intended to be a funny character, but this is not evident by what she wears and throughout the film the audience are unable to determine the characteristics of her and the other characters.

Successfulness of locations choices:

We chose to use the college (City and Islington) as the main location for our film. This was an essential location for our high-school drama film. However, we faced minor problems which involved students, entering and leaving college, getting caught in our shots. This led to us spending time waiting for the students to move and leave the shot, which meant we missed out on filming time. We didn't mind them being caught in some shots as this would create the realistic illusion of a high-school drama, but we had specific shots that were exclusive to our main characters and didn't want them to be in it.

What changes we need to make as we go along:

• We need to change our choice of clothing to make them more suitable for our characters.
• We need to re-shoot shaky scenes with a tripod to ensure it's less shaky and more stable.

Blogging Health-Check 2

Marked by Rebecca:

41 posts at health check 2.  An improvement on health check 1, which is reflected in your increase mark.  There is room for further development and further increase in marks through blogging off the checklist more and more frequently.  I really need you to go back and complete blog 28 (influential films) as this is really important for your research.  Make sure that you blog a minimum of three times a week until the end of the unit.

To improve I will need to go back and improve the (28) post mentioned here. Also I will try and correct anything in previous posts to ensure it is good enough - i.e. grammar, as well as photographs and embedded ICT

Blogging - Health Check 2

Health Check 2

Feedback:

"I've just read your production diary entries and had a look at your blogging feedback. It's very good and really well kept and written - good work. You could add a little bit more detail though. Try and be as specific as you can in your comments - say exactly what you are happy with etc. Your account of changing the light that you are using is exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about. You should carry on keeping this sort of record in the same detail as you start editing. Think about and take notes on exactly what skills you are developing."

"44 posts, 14, B grade"

Targets:

• Add a little bit more detail. Try and be as specific as I can in my comments - say exactly what I am happy with etc.
• Think about and take notes on exactly what skills I am developing.

Blogging Health Check 2

I've just read your production diary entries and had a look at your blogging feedback. It's very good and really well kept and written - good work. You could add a little bit more detail though. Try and be as specific as you can in your comments - say exactly what you are happy with etc. Your account of changing the light that you are using is exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about. You should carry on keeping this sort of record in the same detail as you start editing. Think about and take notes on exactly what skills you are developing.

44 posts, 14, B grade

Dan

After reading over my feedback, i have understood that I need to work on being more specific when I'm commenting on the work i have done and i also need to keep updating the production diary.

Production Diary no. 3

Today we shot Atiyah's character's bed scene, where she falls off the bed comically

We had a lot of issues with the lighting, such as how, realistically, it would suit the time of day the scene is meant to be shot (morning), and getting the right angle to film, however after a lot of thinking, we ended up switching camera-man roles, using the lamp instead of the ceiling light, to make it look more like an early morning scene, and only filmed using the tripod, so the shot would appear more proffessional - at the angle we can see in the image above.  

We used several props in this scene to make the room appear more girly. These included:

Large teddy bear

Medium-sized desk teddy bear

Alarm clock

Make-up [Lipstick, eyeliner, eye-shimmer, nail vanishes]

Perfume bottle

Oyster and college ID cards 

iPhone

Gold watch

flowery hair band

 White Earphones

We had to motive to film about 2 shots, but altogether shot around 3-4, as we imagined the scene - along with the rest of the title sequence would look too short, nonetheless we are really happy with what he have done so far. 

Camera person(s) of the day:

Eric & Jessica

Production Schedule [UPDATE]

Over the last 2 weeks, we've had some difficulties with filming footage and had issues with personal time-tables, so we have decided to make another Production Schedule - one that our group will stick to:

Production Diary no.2

 Today we filmed some more shots. In total we filmed around 10-12 shots. Some of which included us:

As we were inside the toilet, looking at our phones/devices and checking our make-up

A shot from behind as we're all looking in the mirror

             And us coming into college, and then tapping in with our student IDs

In order for Atiyah's character to look the same as the first shoots we did, we will ensure that in the next clips we film, she will have her hair tied back and wear the tartan scarf she wears here.