Evaluation 3

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


With my film being a period war genre I would want it to be represented through a company that has already produced a war film, so that they have the experience to know what publicity I would need. 


On the left are my production company idents and on the right are the logos from Saving Private Ryan. Saving Private Ryan has two different production companies in order for them to have the most up to date equipment for the film. This is also the reason I would have three different ones. However, Saving Private Ryan was sent straight to the cinema and as I would not have the funds I would want my film to be downloaded. This would save money and at the same time give people different options on how they would want to watch the movie.  

DreamWorks Animation SKG creates high-quality family entertainment, including computer-generated (CG) animated feature films, television specials and series and live entertainment properties. With world-class creative talent and technological capabilities, DreamWorks Animation releases two or three CG animated feature films a year that deliver great stories, breathtaking visual imagery and a sensibility that appeals to both children and adults. If I were to use DreamWorks productions to produce my film I would have the right people as they have already produced a war film so they would know what kind of publicity I would need. However, I would feel as though their audiences may been a little different to what I would want for my film as I would not want children to watch my film.

Paramount Pictures Corporation is a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, with robust and multi-faceted divisions across all areas including digital, home entertainment, network and cable television distribution, studio operations, and consumer products and recreation. 

Paramount consists of several film labels including, the legendary Paramount Pictures; leading youth brand, MTV Films; the preeminent family entertainment label, Nickelodeon Movies; and specialty film labels, Paramount Vantage and Paramount Classics. In addition, the Studio will continue to release a number of films under the DW label. Paramount also has established distribution deals with iconic comic book creator, Marvel Entertainment and renowned animated film producer, DreamWorks Animation. 

I would want my film to be represented by this production company as they had had experience is producing war films and also they have many different connections so my film would be able to be distributed through different companies, with a range of experience. 

Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In order for me to evaluate how social groups are represented in my media product I compared my main character to other similar character roles of films with the same genre as my main protagonist. For example, the role of "Ryan" in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is very similar to my main protagonist. I do feel that the films would attract the same audience, even though there is an age difference I feel that having a younger protagonist is easier to relate to as it reveals the harsh truth of the younger member of the war. 



The similar trades in the films, are that we see a older man remember his time in the war and see the war happening. I decided to have my film opening from the point of view of a woman in war times as this would attract more woman than a male point of view therefore, differing to "Saving Private Ryan."  


As I didn't have the facilities to be able to film a war scene I filmed my characters running over a bank and having a voice over. I feel that the voice over enables the audience to envision something happening rather than actually watching it, which can be very effective as the audience have to use their imagination. Similarly, in doing this I have enabled the older women to come and watch this as when interviewing my granny she said that she wouldn't want to watch all the blood and bomb scenes. 

Evaluation 1

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


I feel that my film develops and challenges conventions of an actual media product. For example, the title of my film 'Redemption' doesn't challenge a romantic comedy however, the name outlines the plot without giving anything drastic away. 
I wanted my film to resemble the film 'Saving Private Ryan' as I found it very emotional and wanted to try to re-create this emotion in the opening of my film.  

                

Camera: I decided to use similar camera shots to begin with as I felt that this gives a very simple, but effective introduction to the protagonist. The use of the slow pan up makes it easy to see the age and the gender of the character, and at the same time not showing anyone their face in order for them to be intrigued as to what they look like. This is very similar to a typical war film

 Like the film, saving private Ryan, I decided to have my title on a black background. The writing that I used was a little different however, I thought that it went very well with the voice over of my piece. I also thought that it would have more of an impact on the audience if all they could see was the title on the screen.

The costumes of the two officers are similar as they are both the smarter of the two. I decided to have the men in the army costumes as this represents them being out at war, which is similar to any normal war film.
Even though 'Saving Private Ryan' doesn't have a voice over at the beginning of the film, I feel that it only adds to the atmosphere. As I dont have the locations that a highly prestigious company would have I feel that the use of the big white gate enables the audience to use their imagination.

Preliminary Task

This is my preliminary task.

When looking at my first preliminary task, I noticed that the 180 degree rule wasn't applied. So I decided to have another go at it.

Titles

I think that this title would go very well with the type of my film as when I see this, the colours remind me of war and this would give the audience a sense of what the film is going to be like. I really like how the cracks come up in the wall and it really looks the text is coming out of the wall. 

After trying to do this title I have decided to change my design as I didn't have the right tools to complete it. I have changed my design to:

I think that this title is really interesting and think that it would look good at the beginning of my film. However, when I do this I am going to change the colour of the background to a green colour as I think that it will go better with the genre of my film. 

I also really like this one because it all reminds me of war, as green smoke is generally associated with war. I think that this one is very cool because it looks like the text is coming from the smoke and with a little fuzziness on the text it makes conveys this point even more.

I decided to do another title as I thought that it would look very nice at the beginning of the film.

I like this one because I think that it will be quite hard to re-create and I think that the end product will look very good.

Finished Products

This is a production company LOGO that I have produced. I like this a lot however I feel that it is too fast so I am going to go into imovie and change the pace so that it will last longer.

In this screen shot I am changing the mask, which enables me to have the two different colours in the background. When I bring up the feather it makes the colours fade together better.

In this shot I am making the lens flare easy ease. The lens flare is the light that comes in the background and makes the title look like it is being made by it. I had to hold down shift to make sure that the path of the lens was straight and finished where I wanted it to go. 

Second Product 

This is my finished product. I am very happy with this as I think that it looks very good. 

In this shot I am going to generate a black solid so that I can have two different colours in the background. I think that this adds to the overall LOGO as it makes the back ground subtile but also makes it more interesting.

In this shot I am making key frames so that I am able to have two explosions of the yellow dots. I am trying to make the yellow dots at the same time as the title explodes, which would make it more interesting.

In this shot I have just added the CC particle world which is the yellow dots in the back ground. 

Product 3

I really like this LOGO as I feel that the smoke represents war very well. I decided to change the title a little as I decided that it looked very cool how it looks now and I wanted to keep it like this. 

 In this shot I am changing the speed of the final title as I feel that it would look better a little slower. 

 In this shot I am adding key frames to set the opacity, so that I can make the smoke come in when I want it to. 

In this shot I am again changing the key frames, however this time for the smoke particles instead of the background.

The reason that I have decided to do three company LOGOs is because my inspiration for my film is 'Saving Private Ryan' and in the film they have 4 different company LOGOs, Mutual Film, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Amblin Entertainment. 

First Draft of Film

This is the first draft of my film.

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