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This is the first thing that will be scene when we show our trailer. It is our own version of the green american version that is shown before most trailers on Youtube. This helps make our trailer look like a real production and adds to the development to the overall trailer and my coursework 

Feedback so far

Max Ward Blog Feedback                                                                                                 November 2014

Task Research and Planning Part 2	Incomplete/ Limited 0-7 marks	Basic 8-11 marks	Proficient 12-15 marks	Excellent 16-20 marks
Key scene	All in basic
Key Scene script
Prop List
Locations		ü
Filming key scenes			ü
Film logo ideas				ü
Audience feedback on logo ideas				ü
Shot list			ü
Production company logo ideas				ü
Audience feedback on logo ideas				ü
WWW: ü  Your first key scene shows some promise with a range of shots and some more proficient editing. ü  It is good to see you are conducting some independent and innovative additions to the spreadsheet to develop your research and planning. ü  You are using a wide range of technologies and are experimenting a bit more with editing. ü  You logo ideas are very good and you show practical strengths here. ü  You are making more progress with your blog than in Autumn 1. ü  You have started to blog in more detail but need to ensure you do this for all posts.
EBI: ·       You need to ensure you have three separate key scenes that follow your plan and show an awareness of narrative, genre and audience. ·       Proof read your blog posts there are a number of simple SPaG errors/ typos e.g. ‘i’ ·       Shot list should be in a table so it is clear and detailed – edit this blog post. ·       Remember that an external examiner is going to assess you work – ensure you maintain a formal tone and remove any giggly video. ·       You need to ensure all aspects of blogged work are completed to a proficient standard – the things that are limited are in need of more effort/ completion.
Pupil Comment: I am relatively happy with my feedback so far and think it is a fair evaluation of my coursework so far; I will be making many amendments to my coursework to improve my blog and result. I need to describe my posts so that the examiner will be know what the post is about and re-filming 2 of my key scenes so that they are more up to standard. I also need to complete a second film analysis.

First attempt a key scene 3

This is our first attempt at key scene 3, we re-filmed this scene as we changed our actor who will playing the character 'Nathan'. Another reason we changed this is because our camera angles and shots in this scene are not very good, and it only shows the scene from one camera angle, there is also some slight background noise. All these things were changed and amended in our new Key Scene 3 that is listed on my blog below this video                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Key scenes

This is our new and improved key scene 3 that now features a new actor playing the character of Nathan, we have improved this by including more camera angles and shots including 2 POV shots that I believe really increase the quality of the scene, the fight scene and acting overall is to a much higher standard in this scene as that is something we focused on a lot when filming the scene. We have also included sound effects during the fight scene to make it more realistic

Update on the character 'Scott'

This is the new actor we will have playing the character Scott, our previous actor is no longer able to be a part of our production due to personal reasons, out new actor is able to be part of the production for the full time and will be part of the work for the remaining duration of the course. I've posted this on the blog that it makes sense when looking back at previous character profiles as the previous actor is featured earlier on in my blog on the character profiles. The character has stayed exactly the same however so no other disruption has come to the performance  

Research and Planning

looking at existing magazines - by looking at existing magazines I gathered information and ideas that could be used in my magazine, this helped me as i could use all of the existing aspects and conventions to my own benefit whilst slightly changing them so they weren't exactly the same and to also better suit my style of magazine, this was very helpful of this reason but sometimes this was  set back as it didn't allow me to create my own ideas and it by looking at a wide range of magazines i also realized that not all the conventions of magazines were suited to all magazines as some worked on different genres better, this meant I couldn't us as many ideas, but in a way this was also good as it let me experiment making them better and more fitting to my style of magazine. In the future I would do this differently as I now know what style I would go for, this has not yet effected my current coursework but it will do when it comes to designing my film posters and other advertisements

Post Production

Front cover:

For my front cover I made the words fit around the photo of my artist, I did this so you could see the picture but also because it makes the page look more photogenic. By using different fonts I also made the magazine look more eye catching, appealing and more like a real magazine, 

Shot list

Shot Number Shot type/framing Action/mise scene (clothing, props,clothing) 1. Taken from behind Nathan focusing on him from the back - establishing/mid shot Nathan is calmly walking down a corridor at school when 2 of the school bullies jump him and beat him up. No music will on and the attack will be sudden and unexpected 2. Establishing shot The bulies are walking down the corridor and notice Nathan in a classroom on his own do his work and open the door to enter 3. From the POV of Nathan The bullies enter the room and approach Nathan, they start to laugh at him throwing his work to the side and punch him staright in the face, the screen will go dark after this 4. Midshot Nathan is walking home from school when a car pulls up next to him, the people in the car get out and pour water all over him, he then shouts back ‘I’ve had enough’ 5. Close up At home Nathan is playing Xbox, playing violent video games he gets angrier and angrier screaming at the TV ‘die, die, die’ 6. The films production logo will appear on the scream with a piece of sharp, dark music and then fade out 7. Over the shoulder Nathan will be seen setting up a social networking account 8. Montage We see Nathan making a kill list and collecting certain weapons he will be using to kill his enemies, we also see Nathan buy a mask that he will be wearing when he does the killing 9. Long shot Over the shoulder shot POV From a long Nathan will be seen following Scott through an alley From an over the shoulder shot, we see Nathan following another bully called Jason up a cul-de-sac From a POV of Nathan, we see him following a third bully called Ross outside school 10. Montage There will now be a montage of a load of scary clips of what Nathan will do and the bullies reactions. The screen will then fade to black 11. Close up When the screen is completely black, Nathan will appear wearing the mask for a couple of seconds and it will then cut off

Film and Production logo feedback

This is the feedback from both of my logos, I asked 3 people in my target audience that I trusted to give honest feedback on my logos, they all gave me positive feedback on my logos and also mentioned what I could do improve them. The people I interviewed all picked out there favourite logo within the logos I have produced and I took this into consideration when choosing my final logo 

Shot list

Shot list

Walking behind Nathan, over the shoulder/midshot, he's then approached by 2 males (bullies) in the corridor and gets beaten up.

Nathan is sitting down at a desk doing work, in a POV of Nathan, he is then approached by a group of lads who take the mick out of him for doing work, one of the the punch him in the face from of POV of Nathan.

Nathan is walking home from school, when a car pulls up next to home, from a midshot, the people in the car throw water over him, he then shouts "I've had enough, i'm getting you back"

Nathan is at home playing on his Xbox, as he is killing someone, he shouts "die die die" whilst the camera is at a close up of the trigger. It then fades out as dramatic music sounds.

The film production company's logo appears whilst the dramatic music, the film logo will then appear with the same dramatic music still playing.

You see Nathan setting up an account on a social networking site from an over the shouter shot whilst he same dramatic music is still playing.

We then see Nathan collecting different weapons but flashing through them slowly in a montage type style clip.

From a long shot, we will see Nathan following Scott through an alley
from an over the shoulder shot, we see Nathan following another bully called Jason up a cul-de-sac.
From a POV of Nathan, we see him following a third bully called Ross out of school.

There will now be a montage of a load of scary clips of what Nathan will do and the bullies reactions. It will the fade out black.

When its black, Nathan in his white mask will pop on the screen and then cute off.

Audience feedback on plot of our trailer

https://soundcloud.com/user968090682/audience-feedback-emily http://youtu.be/aJroywzJXWM

Locations

A list of locations we will use to film our scenes that will feature in our trailer.

House - To film Nathan in his own home, to see what he is like when he his by him self and not being watched by bullies. It will mainly be in Nathans room that we will be filming but we will sometimes venture out. This is where Nathan will start his social media terror. It will also be where he is playing his violent video games that give him ideas on how to kill his school bullies

Park - some of the murder scenes will be taking place in the park. We will just be filming the build up to the murder as we don't want to give away any spoilers. The park is a spooky environment witch suits our horror genre very well. If the lighting is right in the park, it will be the perfect location for our murder scenes.

School - The place Nathan will be filmed getting bullied by Scott. This is quite a stereotypical place to film bullying and that is why it is a great place to film it. The audience will expect bullying to take place at a school, the surprise will be how Nathan turns from being a nice young school boy to a serial killer.

Inside Of Car - This is how Nathan gets around. He is seen a lot in his car listening to strange mysterious music.

Production logo feed back

Daniels feedback on the production logos:

• looks professional like an actual production company logo
• logo is clear, not to confusing
• The colours work with each making it look effective, the earth stands out well on the black 
• The connection to the Illuminati, found it interesting 
• Logo is simple, not too clattered, easy to recognise 

Connors feedback on the production logos:

• Thought the logo was too plain 
• Not enough colour, so doesn't attract his attention 
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Film logos

These are our first draft logos, the main image is a computer screen tying in with our film as it is based of cyber terrorizing and also acts as the main body of the image to house the other images, the blood represents the murder aspect of the film and also makes it more eye catching, with just a monitor it would look very boring and unappealing to any audience, the splattered blood will bring more attention to our film and also gives a strong indication that the film will be slasher horror. The name of the film Slashtag also includes a '#' this is because of the name tying in with the media aspects of the film however it can also actually be used on social media like Twitter or Facebook, the actual of hashtag of '#Slashtag' can be used and this will be something we will be doing to promote our film when it comes to advertising it    

Improved production company logo ideas

These are my production company logos, they are all similar in there appearance but they all have there own distinct differences. The one I have chosen to go with is the top right hand corner, this because I like how the writing is separate from the actual logo so it can be seen much easier by the audience

Latest film logo

Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrells - Car scene

This is a clip from the Film Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, we have reviewed this as it shows as scene of violence, in our film there will be many scenes of violence, these videos allow us to take inspiration from them and use there camera methods in our trailer, this scene  is specifically impressive as you see none of the violence actually happen and it leaves it up to the imagination to think what actually happens to the man being beaten by the car door, it shows the mans aggression by focusing on his face the entire time as it is film from an upwards perspective 

Film logo ideas

Max Ward Blog Feedback                                                                                                                   October 2014

Task Research and Planning	Incomplete/ Limited 0-7 marks	Basic 8-11 marks	Proficient 12-15 marks	Excellent 16-20 marks
Existing Products Research 1/movie		ü
Existing Products Research 2/movie	ü
Existing Products Research/ Print (Thinglink)			ü
Narrative theorists research	ü
Representation. Additional Theory		ü
Outline ideas (mindmaps)			ü
Film pitch ideas			ü
Audience feedback on idea SL		ü
Character Profiles			ü
Treatment for final idea		ü
WWW: ü  Your analysis of existing media texts is good and you show and awareness of denotations but need to develop connotations. ü  You have an awareness of key concepts and start to apply these to your chosen genre. ü  You begin to show an awareness of generic conventions. ü  You start to consider the effect texts have on audience. ü  You work well collaboratively and are making good progress with your blog. ü  You show an awareness of audio visual elements and need to start editing these to show your true potential.
EBI: ·       Include paragraphs in your analysis – you should be making more than one point about each still. ·       Complete work on time and to the best of your ability. ·       Add detail to your blog posts and explain how these will inform your production work. ·       Develop your analysis of media texts – you need to consider connotations and make links to key concepts e.g. audience and genre.
Pupil Comment: I’m happy with the marks for now but it clearly shows I can do better, this will be done by completing the work I haven’t done and by adding more detail to work I have previously completed. I feel I can have all of my ticks in the 12-15 marks section with some in the 16-20 section