Successes in film style

Showing our film opening to Alicia prior to upload confirmed to us that we had largely fulfilled our initial aims for the style.

• Contrasts in light levels
• Almost make the audience feel on edge, eventually achieved through periods of silence, title font/colour and black screens
• Teenage-Young adult audience
• Solely teenage cast, sense of isolation for the protagonist
• Recognisable settings containing more extreme circumstances

Final Film Opening

Prior to uploading the final version of our film opening, we watched through the clip numerous times to be sure of no errors in sound, footage and titles. Our opening for Dazed is based upon heavy contrasts and continuous sudden straight cuts to partially mirror the mind set of the leading character. A key example of such is at 1:07, the only use of black screen and ringing sound effect outside of the titles. The choice for such rapid cuts leading into a black screen containing titles not only mirrors the overwhelmed state of the protagonist but immediately builds suspense for the audience if the film was to continue to the length of a feature. Following our preview to the class and specifically Yasmin's feedback, we re recorded the voice over following the running sequence to avoid echoes or any other signs to suggest it was recorded inside. Instead, we recorded it a second time outside.

Evaluation Questions

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation include:

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

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

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

4) Who would be the audience for your media product? 

5) How did you attract/address your audience? 

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

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