Genre of music videos

Goodwin - Summer work

Media Prelim and evaluation by Dan, Neamh, and Naomi

• EBI:
• dan brought his props and came on time to filming.
• make sure that the image fit in with the original (make sure that each shot is timed correctly).
• make sure the Naomi doesn't mess up the storyboard.
• research further into filming locations and try to find locations that are more suitable.
• camera angles were bad so make sure that Naomi watches the video before filming.
• took more time to film and perfect the shots
• very bad camera, grainy
• WWW:
• lip syncing
• the curtain
• we learnt new editing skills

what challenges did we overcome - 

• dan being late
• lack of props

our copy is not as exact as we would have liked it to be, because of the length of shots and the bad picture quality. 

what have we learnt for next time- to plan it properly before we start performing, play the track and watch the video whilst recording so that the shots are timed correctly and each movement is replicated.

Dat

*Final* Opening Sequence

Evaluation Question's

Evaluation Question's

Evaluation Question's

Social Media Feedback

Costumes

For our costume feed back, people said that the costumes were representative of the characters background, as well as describing the characters. However, some people said that it was difficult to tell who was who.

Locations

For location, people said that the majority of the locations made sense, but the kidnapping through the window didn't make sense.

Rough Cut Feedback

Questions:

1) What is actually going on?

2) Why is Ruby looking at a wall?
3) Why is there shaking at the end?
4) What sound is going to be used in the opening sequence?

Positive points:
1) I like the shots at the beginning.
2) The beginning of the opening sequence is clear and has a understandable story line.
3) The lighting used fits well with the characters presented.

Location

For our location, we used a house. By using a house as our location, we were able to manipulate things, such as light and shadows, to create an effective sense of confusion, making the audience understand how the main character feels.

Initially, we were going to film some scenes outside in a woodland area, such as when the boy was kidnapped, but we made changes to this, meaning that the kidnapping was witnessed from the inside.

Vlog Pitch Feedback

1) The questions asked got responses that could help with your opening sequence.
2) The plot is obvious, but how are you going to show the ghost?
3) The locations are suitable for the sub-genre.
4) Maybe you could use a screaming sound effect?
5) Sound used in the pitch was suitable for the ideas being presented.

From the feedback from our vlog pitch (from social media) we could improve our ideas and include more suitable ideas that would positively impact our opening sequence.

Five Key Questions

1) Did the storyline make sense?
2) Did the opening sequence fulfil your expectations of what a psycho thriller should be like?
3) How could the narrative be improve?
4) What about the characters made them suitable for the sub-genre?
5) If this opening sequence was to be made into a whole film would you watch it?

Costumes

In our opening sequence, we decided to use costumes that represented the characters working class back ground, dressing in causal clothing. The main character wears everyday causal clothing, to give the impression that she has mental stability, which contradicts with the effects that we used over. Also, the children that we used to play the daughter of the main character and the main character as a child are wearing the stereotypical child's clothing.

We have made few changes to our characters costumes, simply because we wanted to display our characters as working class.

Rough cut #1

Filming set-up

Timeline for Opening

This is the timeline of our opening sequence, 'Vengeance for Him'. It consists of the order of what order the titles come in, showing the order of importance in creating the product.

Final Draft

Self-assessment feedback sheet

These photos are the self assessment sheets of what we thought of our opening sequence and how we can improve it.

Audience feedback questions

Who is the boy?
The boy is the best friend of Naomi in 1990 as a eight year old girl.


Why is the older girl reacting the way she does?
She is mentally disturbed through what she has been through in her past.


Why is the girl playing with her?
The younger girl in the present day is playing with the ghost of the boy who was kidnapped in 1990.


What was happening with the man and the boy?
The man has kidnapped and killed the boy, known by the audience by the grave that is shown in the opening sequence.


Why does the sister take a tablet?
The person taking the tablet was the grown up girl featured in 1990. She has become a mother herself and is mentally unstable due to what happened in her past.

Why is she coming back to haunt her?
The boy who was kidnapped and killed has come back to haunt Naomi as an adult because she did nothing when he was kidnapped, even when he was begging for help.

Who is the older woman?
The older woman is the mother of the boy who was kidnapped, who is trying to get answers from eight year old Naomi, who hasn't told anyone what happened to the boy.

Who is the child actually talking to?
The child in the present day is talking to the ghost of the boy who was kidnapped, and the boy has come back to haunt Naomi to create a psychological effect. The boy is essentially back from the dead to haunt the adult Naomi for not telling anyone what happened to him in 1990, or telling anyone what actually happened to him.


Is the little girl your daughter?
The girl who is seen in the 1990s by the audience is Naomi as an eight year old girl. the girl in the present day is the daughter of Naomi, who is the same age as Naomi was when the boy went missing.


Who is the woman at the table?
The woman at the table is the mother of the boy who was kidnapped, who is trying to get answers from eight year old Naomi.

Why is there a forgiving needed?
There is no forgiving taking place in the opening sequence. The boy is kidnapped and says that he will 'never forgive you'.


Why are the other actors present?
Other actors are present to take place in the filming.


Why is the boy carried away in the beginning?
He has been kidnapped.


Are the people being taken the family of the woman and the girl?
The person who is taken is the son of the woman who is featured at the table. The girl is the best friend of the boy. In the scene with the mother and the girl, the mother is trying to get answers about her missing son.


Who is the main character?
The main character is Naomi, as she features as an eight year old girl, as well as the adult. She is also the main character because of what happened to her in her past, with the kidnapping creating an unstable mental future.


Who is the man who took the main character?
The man is a kidnapper who took the boy from the home.

The audience had questions because some parts of our opening didn't seem to present all ideas clearly. These questions will help us learn how to improve our opening sequence and make sure the viewers completely understand what is going on. Generally the audience shouldn't have had these questions, but them having these questions meant that we can now improve our opening. To ensure that the audience have no questions we can change certain things that are in our opening sequence.