Evaluation Brief

I have recently been introduced into the brief for my evaluation of my media work. Each question must be answered in a different media i.e. podcast, PowerPoint, directors commentary. Additionally, each answer should be around 2-3 minutes long. Listed below are the questions I must answer...

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

2) How does your media represent particular social groups?

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

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

5) How would you attract/address your audience?

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

7) Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learned in the progression from it till the full product?

 I will now carefully decide what type of media is best suited to answering each question.

BBFC

The British Board of Film Classification is a non-governmental organisation, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films within the United Kingdom.

This is the website for the BBFC...

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/

By using the information on the BBFC website Paddy and myself have concluded that our media product would be rated 15. This means we could include...

frequent strong language

strong violence

portrayals of sexual activity

strong verbal references to sex

sexual nudity

brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

discriminatory language or behaviour

drug taking

We have decided 15 because we would not want the limitations that come with choosing rated 12 eg. no strong swearing, drug taking or sexual references.

Additionally, the comedy/drama genre is meant to reflect real life. Real people do swear and have sex and take drugs. So in order to make the media product as realistic as possible we have decided that we would include these elements.

However, if the rating was based just on the opening sequence it would be rated a U on the criteria of the BBFC.

Costume

This is the decided costume for the main a male character in the opening sequence. The costume is very typical teenage boy clothing but has a slightly different style to it. This is the type of character we want to create in our media product. 

Casting

Main character 

Ben Pilston 

Age:18

Hair Colour: brown

Eye Colour: dark green 

Height: 5ft 10"

Location for Opening Sequence

1)Cemetery gates - Woodstock

2) Shipton Road- Woodstock

This road is great for our opening sequence as it shows the residential houses and a small town atmosphere that we want to create. An element we could include if we carried on with the film would be the main character wanting to get out of the small town they've always lived in and go somewhere new and stimulating. Similar to some elements of 'Cemetery Junction', a British coming-of-age comedy drama (the genre we aspire to portray).

Furthermore, this area includes lots of smaller roads with corner to go round. This will be useful when filming so that when we want the character to be in a certain place but previous to this shot they are in another place too far away from where we want them to be, corners will enable us to keep the continuity of the scene as the audience does not know what is around the corner meaning we can just then film in the new desired location.

The area in which the house we are going to film in is located on a quiet road with all fairly uniform housing. This adds to the idea of the character being bored with their current way of life.

 

The bedroom we are usual is very stereo typical teenage boys. We will add props like posters, radio, type writer and cigarettes to represent the character.

Storyboard

This is our storyboard for our opening scene. The purpose of having a stporyboard suring pre-production is so that when it comes to shooting we have a clear guide of the shots that need to be filmed and a plan to stick to. The storyboard helps to visualise how the shots will fit together and flow. When shooting we may not 100% stick to the storyboard but the storyboard is good basis to start from.

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Script

Purpose

The purpose of the opening scene is to show the genre and give the audience expectations for the rest of the film

Genre

The genre is the british coming of age comedy drama. This is makes it a lot like the films 'Submarine' and 'Cemetery Junction'. 

Audience

The audience is going to be young people between the ages of 14 and 20. This target audience is in relation to the characters and story line and who can relate or connect to the film.

Content

1) The actor will be riding a bike

2) He will be riding in a medium sized town in a residential area

3) It will be a male actor

4) It has to include titles and we have thought of the best ways of doing this. We aim to integrate them as part of the clip to emphasise the genre and mood

5) The soundtrack will be upbeat, british and sung by a male singer. This is because the actor will be male and the music will therefore suit him more

Limitations

The music cannot be copyrighted and the weather could be a huge limitation because it might mean we have to delay the filming if it is different

Creative Team Research

I have researched the roles and their purpose that are needed to create a film. This is what I found out...

Executive Producer - Responsible for the overall production.

Writer - Writes the script.

Producer - Is in charge on set/

Director - They give people instructions on set.

Production Manager - Manages the production and regulates the cost of delivering the expected film.

Storyboard Artist - Produces the storyboard for the film.

Camera Operator - Professional operator of a film camera, in charge of the all the camera work.

Lighting Director - In charge of all the lighting on set.

Sound Technician - In charge of all the sound in a film, making sure that all the levels and sounds are right.

Actors/Actresses - People who play the characters in a film.

Editors - People that are in charge of and determines the final content of a text.

Some examples of members of a creative team that have inspired me are directors Wes Anderson and Richard Ayoade. Anderson is a more experience director and is responsible for many quirky, cult classics such as Moonrise Kingdom and Rushmore. Ayoade has only recently ventured into the world of directing, he formerly was an actor best known for being in The IT Crowd. Ayoade directed the film that has inspired my own media production the most which is Submarine. 

The Pitch

On the 11/11/13 Paddy and I discussed the main body of our opening scene project. This is what we came up with.