Further Audience Feedback

Now that we have completed our film, we selected 6 people to watch it and tell us what they thought of it. We then recorded this on film, asking them questions of which they made comments on, as to what they thought of the film, for example, "Was the narrative easy to identify?" This can then be added to the audience feedback we received from other students who weren't interviewed, giving us an overall and also a diverse conclusion as to how successful our final product was by using the feedback that we collected.

Links to Our Final Product/Preliminary Task

The link to the thriller production 'A-Level Media Thriller'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVMtkeGbmwE
Above is the link to our final media product, of which we were able to get audience feedback from viewers who have watched our film. This therefore will result in our group being able to make further improvements if we were to make the film again.
The link to our firts media product 'A-Level Medai (First Product). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ_jpOYqoZg
Above, is a link to our preliminary task, in order to show the progession and stages made in order to complete our final film. This therefore shows a distinct contrast from the early stages of the task and therefore allows us to identify the process we went through as a group to complete our final product.
By Ellie Hayden

The Process After Filming...

I have created and finished a powerpoint presentation, showing the progression of our media product, referring to the evaluation and therefore deconstructing our final film, in order to seek improvements to be made, as well as showing the stages towards our final product.
I have also updated our storyboard, referring to camera shots, as well as sound and also the narrative. All that is left to complete is adding still pictures to our storyboard, in order to show visually the progression, resulting in our end product.
Referring to our audience feedback, we are still waiting for audiences to comment on our film which has been posted on youtube. Once this has been achieved, we will all post a link onto the blog site of our final product, as well as our preliminary task, of which we also uploaded onto youtube as part of the planning process to our final product. We will then incorporate this feedback, from both films, into our powerpoint presentation, showing we have taking into consideration the opinions of our target audience.
By Ellie Hayden

Our Final Product Contin...

We are now at the end of the editing stage, incorporating sound and adding effects such as black and white and experimenting with fade ins and outs in order to make our film similar to that of a real media product. Due to the fact that it has been half term, we have been unable to finish editing, however, we have been able to get audience feedback, by showing our final product to different types of audiences and recording their comments, of which we will include in our powerpoint presentation.
We have also come up with a name for our final product, which we discussed as a group, after jotting down a variety of names and voted on which would fit the genre of our product best.
On our first day back we will finish off the editing, adding titles and adding the name of the final product. We will also record audience feedback in order to meet the requirements of our coursework task.
By Ellie Hayden

Our Final Media Product

Since completing our preliminary task, we have now started on our final product. We have storyboarded several ideas, which we noted down on paper, each of us writing down new ideas as we continued to discuss what we were going to film.
Finally, we came up with a plot and therefore, we were able to start thinking about different types of camera angles and shots we could use in order to meet up to the specificiation given by the exam board.
We started by filming a trial product, in order to see if our storyline was effective and powerful. However, after a week or so of filiming, we recognised the storyline needed to be more intriguing, therefore, we went back and noted down more storylines, and eventually came up with one which we were all happy with and all had contributed to.
From completing the preliminary task, we were already more confident in using more technical equipment, such as the tri-pod, and we were also confident in using different types of camera shots, therefore, we began our filming process in Weybridge Park. We have filmed over half of our final product already, making sure we had several diverse shots, in order for us to choose the best shots when coming to editing in order to make sure we produce the best product possible. We have also included the required shots, such as shot/reverse shot, as well as various other shots in order to create variety within the product.
We have also started to think about audience feedback and have asked several pupils from Heathside 6th Form of their preferences of what elements they like to see within a thriller, for example, one said, "a thriller must have suspense and tension and has to have some element of mystery. i personally like a film that leaves me wanting to know more." These types of comments are things we have taken into account when filiming, and hopefully, once completed, we will be able to create a powerpoint, showing audience feedback and the way in which we have tried to achieve and rise to audiences expectations.
The next stage to completing our final product is to start on the editing, and also to get further audience feedback. This is something which is vital in order to produce a successful product.
By Ellie Hayden