Evaluation: Finished Film

This is our finalised opening scene to our movie Ruthless Russians.

Preliminary: Kris Andziukevicius

Evaluation: How We Attracted Our Target Audience

Podcast: Evaluation - Kris

This is my furthered evaluation of what i have achieved throughout the project as well as the pieces of media created, all the aspects of media and filming applied and even a further insight in to what materials used, both physical and virtual such as softwares.

Construction - Reflection: Finish/Target Audience

We have now finished with our premiere editing, what we will now have to is show the finished outcome to the audience and get some feedback.
We have already made a survey on survey monkey and are awaiting results to come in, we have also asked people to come in on a certain day to watch our film. On the same day, we will record their feedback in order to help improve our future film development.
Hopefully that goes well.

Construction: Non Diegetic Music

Introduction to the setting

Chase scene




Chase scene 2




Our music is here to create the atmosphere of the opening that we shall be filming and these we have made in accordance to the sound that will be overplayed during the long shots as well as the chase.
The first part is calm and therefore will be musically setting the environment for what is about to come therefore setting the scenes using 2 senses and allowing it to be more obvious as well as relatable to the character.

Construction: Reflections - Pre-filming

Reflections

We have already filmed the first parts of the film outside where our actor paul drops the bag and thats mostly it, however we still have ambitions for chase scenes and albert (emannuel) running away with the bag which is what we are planning next as it takes time to run through multiple alleyways and multiples shots cutting into each-other to give it a dynamic feel.

Our plan is further along the line take the film to the inside and therefore have a change of environment as well as give us a chance to use lighting such as low key lighting to therefore allow us to change the feeling the audience will be enduring and their emotions, attachments and the links they have made within our movie as a result of just the starting scene overall leaving a cliff hanger later on somehow.

The types of camera shots we will be using will be POV shots therefore not only for obvious reasons that the viewer will have relations within the movie and a feel of being in it but also the fact that the fear and excitement that emmanuel will want to of experience will need to be constructed within the audience and their minds.

Planning: Initial Ideas

This is a podcast introducing to the viewers the initial ideas that we have planned for the movie that we are making. This will include the type of thriller it is going to be, why we chose this thriller and so forth.

Planning: Mise-En-Scene

Mise-En-Scene

This can be discussed over many aspects but our focus is to concentrate on the main ones, of which are:

• Set design
• Lighting
• Space
• Composition
• Costume
• Make up and hairstyles - characters
• Acting

Scene

The setting of a film is more important and significant than the setting of a theatre and is ALMOST ALWAYS more detailed. In the initial stages of making a film the objective would be to find a location which already exists. This location will then be altered to reflect exactly what the filmmaker is trying to portray. A setting can be used for much more than simply telling us where something is happening. It can be used to manipulate the audience into building certain expectations.

A cityscape has a setting of a busy environment where there is a lot of noise as well as an urban scene. It tends to represent a business sort of place where it would be crowded and full of life everywhere you look, but only human life.

The desert would be a completely opposite setting in an empty and deserted environment where there is nothing but sand in a blank extreme longshot sort of scene with maybe props such as a tree to show where the action would be set. The only life would be the animals or the dry plants about but no life signs as it is far from civilisation and so quiet.

Props

Props also have a large impact on the setting as they literally make up the scene, environment and what can be experienced by the audience. This then places an effect on what the audience of what we want them to understand and feel during the scene.

Lighting
There are different types but the main which impact the movie the most are low key and high key lighting. low key allows the camera to capture a dark, hidden and even scary moment whereas high key can allow you to show a happy high emotion occurrence therefore improving the environment making it seem like a happier moment.

Composition 
this terms refers to  the way in which something is put together or arranged, the combination of parts or elements that make up something therefore how it is positioned can relate to the direction in which peoples eyes travel while looking at the media piece and how they feel what they are looking at.

Costume
The costume allows the easy identification of any character in comparison to how, what and when they are acting as well as who. this means that setting a scene can be easy and therefore applicable easily. Costumes also allow direction relations to stereotypes and links. this means that a costume is as important as any scene/set and can sometimes be more important if you cant capture a grasp of who the actor is playing to what they are performing, for a example wouldn't wear pajamas to a wedding and so it is extremely important. 

Planning: Data Analysis

Gender

Data tends to usually be collected through intense research and we collected some charts which repsresent a percantage of people who watch thrillers in terms of gender as well as age demographics.
This graph shows the equal demand for thrillers from the public and generally it is equal as these types of films can be enjoyed by all genders. Males can ussually can go within male groups and females likewise, however this can vary in terms of varied gender groups such as dates where both a male and a female go together to a movie.

Thrillers also make up a large percentage of the types of film that people watch in general. They are recognised by the public as fun having multiple uses and so are usually therefore chosen to be viewed.
The age of people going to see these type of movie also varies as a the highest percentage (26%) of people who go to see thrillers are 50+ and the highest percentage of the general percentage who go to the cinema are also the same age therefore that is the easiest market to target however the second largest are teenagers and as stated before they have their own purpose for going due to their age group and therefore common interactions with others.

Planning: Location

This is a satellite view of filming location

We are planning to film here due to the amazing scenery in terms of having an environment which represents the abandoned and poor scenes with graffiti sprayed about as well as giving us the insight that following the idea of stereotypes this area is full of crime and injustice performed all over and there is a prime location to have at least the start of our opening scene to be here.

Planning: Concept Art

Concept Art

Our group gathered various thoughts when creating the poster; the character has a hood over his head and this reflects a well-known stereotype that those who wear a hoodie, are most definitely affiliated to some sort of crime. In addition, the background looks partially dark so it provides the audience with a daunting, and possibly secretive feeling, which makes viewers want to predict what is happening. Lastly, the title's font is urban and perfectly represents the genre of this film.

Planning: Rear Window Analysis

  Rear Window

One of the films we analysed was rear window, which we then presented above. It is a rather old film published by Alfred Hitchcock in the 1954. It is largely based around the idea of scopophilia, voyeurism and sexual objectification.

The film stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly and is one  Alfred Hitchcock's very first films are well as societies' very first thrillers. 

Planning: Camera Shots and Angles

Extreme Long Shot
These types of shots can be utilised in a variety of ways. For example, the extreme long shot (pictured above) is usually used as a scene-setting. This makes it easier for the human eye to identify where the movie is set. In addition to that, the extreme long shot will display the outsides of buildings as well as the landscapes. If there is any action involved within the extreme long shot, it will be eye-catching which normally presented in war and disaster movies. This type of shot would be used at the very beginning of a movie.

High Angle Shot
High angle shots are when the camera is placed above eye level and therefore it means that it looks down on the subject. This makes the subject seem childlike, vulnerable and insignificant. A high angle shot would be used within a movie when the protagonist would come across the antagonist which intensifies the movie scene.

Low Angle Shot
Low angle shots are when the camera is placed below the eye level and looks up at the action. By using the low angle shot, it makes the subject appear larger, dominant and superior. In some cases, this shot would be used after the protagonist encounters the antagonist which is normally done using a high angle shot.

Long Shot

A long shot are seen as life sized. For instance, people on a movie screen would be seen as 6 feet tall. However, people fill approximately 75% of the entire scene. This type of shot would be used in the beginning of the movie after the extreme long shot so people would know the exact location to where the film is set.

Close Up Shot

These shots frame the entire object to be looked at. Close up shots are used to draw attention to the specific object and as the camera gets closer, tension is built. This is used for when someone is about to say something dramatic such as "Will you marry me".

Medium Shot

Medium shots will usually show the figure from the knees or waist up. This is also known as the Hollywood shot due to the fact that it is the shot used in most feature films. Medium shots are used for dialogue within the characters, body language, facial expressions and gesticulation (hand gesture). This type of shot would also be used just before a close up shot within a movie.

Medium Close Up

Medium close ups always give a view of the characters from the chest upwards in contrast to medium shots. Also, this is used when two characters have a conversation with each other on the screen.

Full Shot

A full body shot is when the height of the frame is filled with the human figure

Extreme Close Up

This type of shot shows further on what the human eye can see on its own. If the extreme close up shot is of a human being, it would only show either the mouth or the eye in one frame. An extreme close up would be used in intensifying moments within the movie such as hostile conversations and so on.