Film Evaluation

Film Synopsis:

Sunshine. The smell of the warm, salty, air. As you walk down the sand to the waters edge, you feel the cool water on your toes. IT sounds like paradise. Although something are to good to be true. As Kate and Levi win a competition and a holiday to an uninhabited island they are beyond excited. The couple soon discover that they are not the only people on the island. They are soon put to the test as they fight for their life on the holiday from hell.

Introduction:
Has your film been edited to engage the audience initially and to establish the tone of the piece?

Initially the tones in the film were very harsh and somewhat represented normal life. However I wanted to create a sense of dream and mystery, softer tones were then need to create this. The contrast and brightness was changed to create the soft feeling.


What are you going to do to engage the audience? Describe the sounds, lighting, shot types and effects that fit with the genre of your film and how you will incorporate these at the start of your film.


Different angles are important as they ensure that the audience connects as they feel that they get a good idea of the environment that is getting filmed. Sound is important as it sets the mood for the audience it usually the first thing that the audience connects with.



Have you carefully chosen audio to suit the pace of the project?
Describe the audio and the pace

I had the audio in mind when filming the film. As I had an idea of what I wanted to shoot. The pace is very slow and clam creating a strong mood for the film.






Describe the pace of your music and the type of shots (close-up, mid, high, etc) that you will be creating to fit with the music




Have you included credits at the start or end of your film?
What information should be included here?

No. They were not needed


Pace
Is the film edited to appropriately suit the rhythm of the scene? Describe the use of techniques such as selective timing and length of shots (either action or sound)


Yes. The change of scene is appropriate to the music.


Emotional intention
Have you edited the footage to create heightened expression and audience responses? Describe how you are going to achieve this. i.e. cross dissolves, graphic matches, effects etc

I used dissolves in order create that free flowing sense between each scene. Therefore adding to the mood of the film.



Editing techniques
Have you created links between shots and throughout the film to emotionally engage the viewer with your story ( i.e. is your film tied together through theme, colour, story, objects etc?)

No they weren't needed.

1. What Genre will you be creating a poster for?
Travel

2. What colour scheme would suit this particular genre?
The colour scheme is cool tones as it features different shades of blue and green.
3. What texures and type of shapes would best suit this genre?
There are a range of textures within the image most are rough due to the trees and some are soft due to the clouds and the water.
4. Who is the intended audience for your website?
People who are interested in traveling to different places.
5. After looking at the websites
Da Font OR 1001 FONTS
Which fonts would suit your film genre?
Something that is bold or block letters as it would create a good contrast between the organic shapes in the image.

What is an appropriate title for your film?
Holiday.

Slogan: "From where you would rather be"

Reflection on possible career opportunities in the media industry

Such careers in the media industry include, animation, game design, web content, art design, graphic design, video, music and presentation. Essentially, multimedia encompasses anything involving text, graphic art, video, music and animation. These are usually computer-generated and are creative, catchy, memorable, and will try to appeal to multiple senses. The purpose of multimedia is to produce content for entertainment, presentation or advertising.

Discuss an issue of concern in the industry and include an article in your journal e.g. Privacy, copyright laws, viruses,

Cyber bullying
http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/the-bully-you-cant-see/2007/03/09/1173166983566.html?page=fullpage

This article from the Melbourne Age reveals the dangerous world of social network and how it is used by bullies. The growth in media has enabled such things to take place. Bullying is becoming easier as it allows the bully to get to their victim without a face to face confrontation.

Bitmap: Pixelates as zoom in
Vector: Stays clear when you soom in

Logo Design:
Illustrator
Photoshop

Resolution
Pixels per inch and the clarity of the screen.

Htm: refers to website files HTML is the code of which is used to create websites

Copyright Laws:

10% of the original. After 50yrs the artwork can be appropriated.

Your Brain and Technology
I rely on my phone, computer and i use those things to be social, entertainment and school work.

Pros and Cons

Pro you would talk to people face to face
Con you dont talk to people face to face
Pro Connect the world

Creativity

You have to be creative in order to succeed these days. As knowledge is not so important anymore.

Everyone is becoming fat and lazy due to the fact that technology is becoming so convenient.

Imovie Revision Test

1. Describe how you import footage to the timeline
using a usb or fire wire cable, plug the camera into the computer, Drag the footage into the clips or file import.

2. When you open a new project what type of project should you choose and what settings are appropriate for this program?
HD1080i, Save to the Hard drive

3. How many frames per second do you need to set this project too in Imovie’s preferences?
Preferences then change to 25 frames per second
4. How do you separate and remove the audio from the footage?
right click then extract audio. Right click then show clip Volume levels

5. Describe the process of uploading a sound effect from a website and bringing it into your timeline
Find sound effect then click on sound the save as quicktime movie
6. Does IMOVIE have a help desk?.. discuss how you have used it for one particular question


7. How do you cut a piece of footage from the timeline?


8. Discuss what the functions are of these two buttons

One is clips and the other is timeline.

9. When you adjust this line what does it do to your project
Zooms in on selected shots


10. What would you use these two buttons for?
Camera: If you have a firewire cable pluged in. This will appear
Scissors:


11. Describe what each of these menu items do
12. In the editing menu you will find these sub menus. Describe what each of these menus allows you to do


13. What is the function of this button

14. What do these viewing functions allow you to do
Play, Rewind, Full-screen.

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN FULL IN PREPARATION FOR YOUR TEST AND MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE THE IMAGES WHERE POSSIBLE

Worksheet Film
1. On the right are some of the ways we classify films. On the left are some film titles. Match
each title with the most appropriate kind of film from the column on the right.


FILM GENRE

The Simpsons
CARTOON

FRIDAY THE 13TH
a thriller

27 DRESSES
a romantic comedy

WILD WILD WEST
Western

BRAVE HEART
a historical film

MOULIN ROUGE
a (Hollywood) musical

ARMAGEDDON
a disaster movie


BLARE WITCH
a horror film


INDIANA JONES
Action

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
a war film

ALIEN
Science Fiction

THE GOD FATHER - CRIME
ADVENTURE
Epic/Historical

LIFE OF JOHN BUTLER
a documentary


CASABLANCA
ROMANCE






2. Here are some of the categories for the annual Academy Award Winners. Each winner gets an Oscar. Look back over the past few years – not just this year – and note down who you would give your awards to for as many as you can of the categories below.


Best film – Avatar
Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress - Katherine Heigl
Best Supporting Actor – Heath Ledger
Best Supporting Actress - Keira Knightley
Best Director – James Cameron
Best Original Screenplay (script) – Inception
Best Screen Adaptation – The Shawshank Redemption
Best Cinematic Photography – the 007 introduction
Best Editing – The Wild Bunch
Best Special Effects – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1.
Best Original Score (music) - The social network
Best Costumes / Wardrobe – Alice in Wonderland

Best Title Sequence / Credits - Superbad
Best Short (film) – Ten Minutes