evaluation

http://jpshotokaievaluation.blogspot.co.uk/

professional guests

we had two professional guests come into our media group to watch our pieces and help review and evaluate our work. Myra was the film professional, so she was the one who evaluated my work. she gave me great feedback on how to improve my work and i am currently in the progress of doing these improvements:
. reframe still shot of jack - focus more on him
. don't say then repeat in writing whats happening
. see if can get past problem of alarm clock
. speed of getting ready
. redo camera shot to have inside cupboard
. try not to do american accent in voice over
with this evaluation and the ones from my audience, i hope to really create a near professional piece

Pimp my Project

• it adds curiosity about what has happened to civilisations 
• my inspirations are 'shaun of the dead' and 'zombie land' both funny comedies 
• i have tried to keep the sound clear but had a little trouble, recording my voice and adding the sound effects for the rewind scene
• i made some cuts early on in my film to help stop it dragging on
• my film opens with different panning shots of an empty village and ends with slow motion shots of chasing with the title of the film
• the font of the title was america typewriter with the largest setting combined with the colour red to create the sense of danger/horror 
• it is designed mostly for the male gender at ages 15-18
• when filming my shots i tried to avoid any footage of cars, bikes or people to help add the sense of alone/silent atmosphere 
• i used ambient light for most of my shots
• i am confident that i have blended a variety of shot types
• the first voice over needed to be improved, so i rewrote it and the second glitch i came across was a computer error that reset the sound system on my film, so i had to redo that
• i used some foley effects to improve the quality of my piece, mostly with the morning scene and ending scene
• i varied using handheld shots with tripod-based shots, i used the handheld shot without the chase scene to bring the audience into the film by adding the fact of what the chasing people are seeing

colours in culture

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/ l 
this link above reveals a website showing a colour wheel 

i have taken my reviews and have changed my title of my product and have recorded a new voice over. the only thing i have left to do is to create and add a logo to my film, this will be my next objective.
i am much happier with my new product but still believe a have a few things to sort out.

audience review: Ben F - the camera work is good and the editing is done to a good standard. the overall film has improved but some of the background sound comes though which makes it difficult to hear what the narrator is saying.

review

from the reviews i have received from the teacher and other students, i'm going to work on redoing the voice over and possibly changing the title of the film. i will also need to create a logo for my blog at the start of the film, so will be doing some research into past products of logos and will reuse the edirol (voice recorder) hopefully soon, and will look into other film titles.

film review

i was happy with my final production i created, if i had to make any improvements then it would be to redo the voice over as it can be more clear. i was happy with the editing of my film throughout along with some of my camera shots. i would change the music to test the different effects i can get from my audience

audience review:
Dan.R - "It's paced well and no parts seem slow. At times, the narration is hard to understand and it sometimes clashes with the music, but overall it's highly enjoyable".

Ross.A - "I think the film is very good. I really like the flashback and the narration" NOT

Edirol

by using this piece of equipment i have managed to add a voice over to my film for media
first thing i had to do was to decide what part of my film intro would have the voice over
secondly i had to create a short script of what i was going to say
finally i only had to record my voice using the device and then import it onto the computer
the end result in my opinion was successful

women in media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/audio/2011/dec/09/media-talk-podcast-women-in-the-media
through this link i have learned that there is a much lower percent of women within the media
78% of newspapers are written by men
72% of interviews on tv are men
84% of people on the radio are men
there have been arguments about why this is:
child care
women are less likely to push themselves to get jobs
men are respected the more they are on tv - women are got rid of

because of these facts i'm going to try and make some changes in my film to include more women within my production that i originally had.

Podcast-media show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq