Screenshot of Imovie.

Here is our finished Imovie project, we never had chance to screen grab any progression :(

Question 9; Evalution

When we started planing for our filming we came up with an idea with an fair ground then we watched a previous film which gave me the idea of phobias. Then Rebecca and I came up with the idea of doing a place full of fears. Emily came up with the astonishing name for the film 'Fear Ground'. For the pitch we all produced the powerpoint presentation together. In regards to filming, Rebecca and I were the only ones who filmed, due to Emily being unable to attend.
By Annalise Potaczek-Gilzeane

Question 9: What was your contribution to the process during the planning, production and post production stages?

In the planning stage I feel I contributed quite a lot to our group decisions, our initial idea arose from current events as a fair was planned to be coming near us at the time of filming we all decided it would be a good idea if we filmed at the fair, but when the fair got cancelled we decided we would only include a clown and fortune teller. Also in the planning stages I wrote the script and helped the other members write the shot list, draw the test shots, storyboard and the film outline. Also when preparing our pitch we all created a slide each to present and talk to the rest of the class about, while doing this Emily came up with the name Fearground.
During the production stage I feel I contributed a lot to the filming of our piece, Annalise and I split the time we managed the camera equally meaning we both filmed about equal amounts. I also provided the location as the shoot was also held at my house and I bought in 2 actors to be in our film.
During the post production I feel a also helped a lot as I helped produce the music using the sorfware Garageband and the onscreen keyboard instrument and preset backing tracks. I also did a lot of editing as Annalise and I both split this equally to do as much editing each as we possibly could.
By Rebecca Foster.

Question 8: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From our preliminary task, I feel that we did use quite a range of shot types and angles but we had the posibility that we could of included more, also some of the clips we used lasted too long. When filming our final film we decided we would use as many different shot types and angles as we could, such as we experimented with canted angles on the stairs and the clown and also shot the same clips many times at different lengths to give as much variety in shots as possible. On the right is some examples of different shot types and angles from our preliminary film and on the left are some examples of different shot types and angles from our final film including a midshot, a canted angle and an extreme close up. From the preliminary task, we learnt not to hold one shot for too long so we tried to keep the time of our clips to a minimum. Also from our preliminary we found how shakey the camera can be when not using a tripod so in our final film we used the tripod to hold a steady shot in as many places as possible. We also considered composition, in our preliminary task we thought we composed our shots quite well with the 9 grid guidelines on the camera so we decided we would use the grid to help compose our shots for the final film, we think because of this it helped the compostion in our final film. In our preliminary task we found it was quite bright which doesn't fit with the tyipcal conventions of a horror film, as dark settings are usually asscociated with horror, in our final horror film we decided we wanted the lighting to be a lot darker to fit these conventions. Overall, we have learnt how to compose a shot well and how to use a range of different shot types sucessfully to edit together well.
By Rebecca Foster.

Question 7: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Some of the technologies we used to construst and update our film are Blogger, Imovie and Garageband. These all played a different but vital role in the production of our film, we used Imovie to construct the order of the clips we had filmed and also edit them by cutting them down to a suitable length, also to edit the brightness of some of the clips and to add some of the titles (the produced by). We used Garageband for the production of our music to be added to the film. We also used Blogger to keep updated about what we had been doing in lessons and throughout the week or what we planned to do in the week and to also add any inspiration that we found for our film. Because we had the access to these different technologies I think this gave us the chance to be more creative as we had not used any of these technologies before and it gave us a chance to use something new with new features, such as Garage band, this gave us the opportunity to create our own music using onscreen instruments and software like a keyboard. Also Imovie gave us the opportunity to use different effects and transitions to apply to our horror film. I also think having the access to these technologies gave us a lot more control over the structure of our piece as we got to create our own music to fit our genre and we were able to edit the clips to fit typical ideologies of the horror genre e.g. making it darker. We also used the internet the research target audiences and previous films and music for inspiration of our final film.

From making our film I have learnt that from how different technologies work together it is very effective in the production of films, I have also learnt how difficult and time consuming it is to produce a film from different technologies.

By Rebecca Foster.

Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience.

Our intended target audience was 15 - 24 year olds after showing our film to a few people in our target range we concluded that most common feedback we found was that lighting we used was very effective and the concept of the clown drew them in and they wanted to watch more. Everyone we showed the film to said they admired our music and helped add the suspense to our film, they also said it was very fitting to our genre and the themes of our film. The scene most people enjoyed watching was the ending scene as the clown is laughing, it added a lot of suspense and people wanted more to watch. They also like that there was a lot of close up shots not revealing the clowns identity. Because of this feedback we feel that has reached our target audience successfully, it had been more of a success than we thought because coming to the end everything was going wrong because we could never find a time for everyone to film but in the end we were able to pull through this. To target our target group we used actors of a similar age, and we included a phobia that many people of this age fear, we also included language that this age group would typically use and also the music was more modern to fit this age group. Through mise-en-scene we used locations that our target audience would hang around and feel safe in and turned them into something threatening. 

By Annalise.

Question 6: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The main British media company we have focused on was Hammer Films. This was because we have a monster in our film (the clown) and they are well-known for 'Dracula' and other such films involving supernatural beings. On the other hand, our film is focused more on the psychological side that those of Hammer Films, so we also researched Pinewood Films. They are a large British company, and we researched their films, and they are very successful. We feel that they would be the best direction for us. 


I believe that working with Hammer films would best benefit us with our clown costume and make-up. This is because of their well-known monster films and because the fear of clowns is one of the best known phobias. This combined with Pinewood Films would help make the film more psychological and realistic, and get our film around the globe! Mwah ha ha ha! WORLD DOMINATION IS MINE! This is because Pinewood Films is reputable and well-known. If we were to distribute our film, we would plan to show trailers on television after nine o'clock, and rated 15 in the cinema. We would also ensue that the ratings are clearly visible on all newspaper adverts. When releasing the film, we would start with the UK, and then maybe expand to the United States and other countries, provided the film was successful. Many British films are released in the same way, such as Slum Dog Millionaire by Film 4, another well-known film company. 
By Annalise Potaczek-Gilzeane