Opening 2 Minutes Addiction movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgVo6Mr9A8A

This is the opening 2 minutes of our movie titled 'Addiction'.

Evaluation task 5

YouTube Annotations

The first two annotations start as our film starts and last for seven seconds. We really didn't have much to annotate for our film so we said to anyone watching the video to like and subscribe and we linked another video which ieuan had made to our other annotation. 

We also linked another video which ieuan made to our video and it pops up at 14 seconds and lasts for another seven seconds as we didn't have much time to make it very long.

For the annotations using the graph below the video we were able to control where and when the annotations popped up and for how long for.

We were also able to choose the font of the annotations and edit individual annotations for color as well.

Addiction-Film diary

Film Diary

Day 1: We decided to film in order of the events which took place so in the first day we filmed Lewis Hall first sighting the drug deal and approaching the scene and we did the part where you see Andrew McGregor walking towards Filthy Frank because we did five separate shots for that part to try and make it more interesting and capture where and how and where he was walking. We also filmed the conversation in the first day and the drug deal between Andrew McGregor and Filthy Frank.  

Day 2: For day 2 we decided to film the encounter between Lewis Hall and Filthy Frank once Andrew McGregor has left and when Lewis Hall starts to chase Filthy Frank and when Lewis Hall knocks over Andrew McGregor and threatens him with a gun and we filmed most of the fight scene but once it got too dark to film the rest of the scene so we had to leave but one of the staff had locked the gate not realising that we were still in their so we had to climb out the back and walk along one of the fields to get out of the grounds.

Day 3: For day 3 we had to film what was left of the fight scene and the cliff hanger at the end of the film but we had a problem because Luke who played Andrew McGregor in our film was in another group and was just doing us a favour by being in our film and had to film with his group that day so we got Billy to film for us that day.

Day 4: Once we had done the filming, we uploaded it to a computer and reviewed it to see what we had to do again and to when we went back to make sure we weren’t locked in again we got a spare set of keys so we could lock and unlock the gate and Luke was available that day so we redid the meeting the scene and a few other parts we needed to do that day. 

Evaluation task 8- Targets for next year

targets for next year:

for G324 next year we hope to make progress in our film-making to improve the quality and efficiency of our filming and to generally make it look more professional. we also could add a few touches to our film trailer to make it look top-notch for example we could have included more titles and credits of the names of the people acting within the trailer. Also we could improve the editing by making the cuts faster paced and make the film just as action based but also more efficient. but also we could get rid of cuts in the film which weren't as good for example theirs a scene in the film trailer where it goes from morning to night, we need to get rid of this and cut that out as it makes our trailer look unprofessional and cheesy.

mise en scene- for the mise en scene for our next film trailer we aim to improve the location of our film trailer hopefully somewhere with better scenery than oxshott. also we could improve the props and costumes instead of hoodies and jeans, we could have business clothing like suits.

editing- we could improve the cuts and shot angles by including a variety of shots and angle compositions to make it more elegant and more like a actual film trailer.

sound- we could improve the sound quality and maybe add in more non-copyright music to fit in with the mood of the scene at the time. this will make our trailer better and superior overall.

Evaluation task 7:

What have we learnt about editing and camera work since our preliminary task?

We had learnt many things about camera composition, and using different camera shots to enhance scenes in a clip. For example, when Lewis Hall is kicked, We used a dolly shot which followed him flying in the air and landing on the ground. and we used another dolly shot when Lewis hall is walking around the Hut, and Filthy Frank ambushes him. 

Another example which we learnt from our preliminary task and put into our opening two minutes was a match on action shot. The main reason we did this in was because it also enhances the chain of clips, as the audience is introduced to what the character is doing, and is seen clearly, for example, in our main shot (below), we used match on action to show Filthy Frank picking up the gun and hitting Lewis Hall with it. 

In our preliminary task, we were able to use the 180 degree rule, however we did not use this method correctly because we did not film off the same side, e.g. which is evident in the following two pictures, however in our main film we were able to take a perfect shot reverse shot but could not include one side of the shot, so it just made the shot a over the shoulder shot. The reason i did not include the 180 degree shot reverse shot was because it would have gone over the time allowed for the opening two minutes.

Evaluation task 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Key character: Andrew Mcgregor.

Although our mise en scene ( apparel ) was different to most drug dealers, we tried to keep the character ''shady'' by making him seem restless and quite a fidgety person, however most drug dealers in films generally wear normal clothing and can sometimes wear clothing which is upper class, such as tuxedos, however we wanted to show that the drug dealers were from the lower/ middle class and had money issues because of an addiction, and wouldn't be able to afford a suit or tuxedo. the role in the film for the Andrew Mcgregor is not very important, but instead worked together with Filthy Frank for the drug deal, and was only a counterpart for the plot, however he did play a role in the drug deal which is why Lewis Hall threatens him, but is also close friends with Filthy Frank. 

Evaluation task- 6 technologies from the construction of our product

technologies from the process of constructing our product:

the technologies which are involved in the process of us constructing our product involve a camera, computer

from using the computer we used such programmers as adobe premier elements to render and edit the film footage. we also used adobe premier elements to add in music to our trailer, and we also used it to put in title sequences and credits however in the end we chose not to put in that many credits, because of personal preference, we only mainly put the title of our movie in.  and we also got rid of any outtakes we had as we would not need this as it wasn't part of the actual film so therefore it was cut out and deleted in total we had over 150 outtakes. we also used youtube as another programme we would use youtube to upload the videos of our footage and the actual trailer itself on to Richards account. as well as that we also used blogger to upload the editing and the different shots of our film, we use blogger to also publish the film trailer and make sure it is up to scratch.

another technology we used was the camera we used to film the actual footage of our trailer/film at first when we used the camera when we filmed in Guildford, it ran out of charge/battery easily, so therefore we previously had to use Ieuan's phone to take footage, next time we filmed in oxshott instead of Guildford and London as in London the abandoned hospital we originally had wanted to film in would most likely be closed and Guildford the trains kept on cancelling so we decided it would be easier to film in oxshott. overall it was more efficient to film in oxshott. and our camera generally was alright to use, we also used a tripod along with the camera to take different angles and shots, such as close-up shots, mid-shots and birds-eye-view shots. the camera generally was simple and easy to use. however if the charge was more efficient it could have been even better. the tripod would help steady the camera for the film trailer and the different shots and camera angles and composition. this would help make it more professional and reduce the chances of the camera shaking or any inaccuracies with the shots.