Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have leant in the progression from it to the full product?

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Above is a clip of my preliminary and the final film opening, their is a clear difference. The mise en scene does not reflect the setting or characters at all and we had forgotten to use props.  However in our opening we have used Islamic props such as the quran to indicate the film will be of Islamic content.

The mise en scene does not show where the setting is.

The shot of the quran straight away shows the content of our film.

Also the characters are wearing Islamic clothing to visually show they are Muslims. Whereas in the preliminary you cannot tell the actor is an immigration officer because of the clothes she is wearing (they do not really reflect an officer but more a teenagers outfit).

Immigration officer not suited to her chosen costume instead it would have been great if she wore a suit or any form of smart clothing.

Screenshot of the main characters wearing traditional Islamic clothing which further emphasizes the content of our film.

For the filming of our final opening we had used a full planned detail storyboard whereas during the prelim we lost our storyboard so we didn't really have any thing to follow through. Below is our storyboard from the planning of the final opening. We did a detail storyboard using different shots throughout .

This meant the shots did not match the next shot and we didn't use a range of different camera angles so the shots stayed similar throughout. However in our opening we felt the shots flows really well despite the fact it keep cross-cutting between two characters.

 The image below is the shot which came after the image above. Both the images are two different subjects which do not flow after one another.

 However in our final opening the shots flowed smoothly from one another. The above shot shows one of the characters opening the door and then it cross-cuts to another closing the door.

I personally believe this shot (360 degree) shown below was the best through-out our whole teen opening.

 

Moreover our editing for the prelim was quite simple as none of us was really aware on how to use final cut pro. We did not include any titles or sound and there was very little use of dialogue which meant the preliminary lack entertainment to the viewer.

Summary:

• I learnt researching is important while planning your product as for our preliminary I hardly done any research, just dived into it. However Most of our time for making the final opening was spent on research and planning so that's the reason why I believe their is a higher quality difference between the two.
•  I also learn't the mise en scene is a big factor when filiming eventhough some may think it is small. I learnt it is key to get the small things right such as props and coustumes as they really bring out the characters personality. 
• Finally I feel teamwork is very important. Through the prelim it was easy to work as a team as we new what we were doing and we were given the subject to base it on. Whereas during our film opening it was hard to work as a team as we all had very different ideas about what we wanted. This lead us to fall behind a great deal as we constantly changed the storyboard to try and fit everyones needs.

Below is a screenshot from an early blog post I had made listing the things I have learnt throughout the course and the planning and constructing of the product.

Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Q5. How did you attract/address your audience?

How did you address your audience?

This is a film interview with a member of our target audience asking them what appeals directly them, how they heard about the film, where they saw the film and what was their reaction to the film.
From the viewers answers she seem to enjoy the film. This will be posted on our YouTube channel in order to get more people to heard the feedback from our film.

This is the first few minutes of our opening which is the teaser which has also been posted on our YouTube channel and vimeo

I also made an instagram account where behind the scenes, videos and bloopers were uploaded in order for our audience to keep up to date with what was going on during the process of the making.

This is the film poster for our film which I have created. This has been featured in the local magazines and newspapers.

Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In our opening we have managed to reject some of these bad stereotypes and representations such as 'Muslims do not care about the way they look'. 

In the above screen - shot you can see the character care's about her 

apperance as she is putting on makeup.

'Muslims are unsociable and distant'

 This screenshot shows the main characters socialising 

Additionally some stereotypes are supported and rejected throughout the opening.

'Religiously Extreme'

This screenshot shows the charcater taking off her scarf which reject's are stereotypes of muslims being extreme, However the below screenshot shows the character putting down a pryaer mat which may indicate she is very religious.

Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Codes and conventions are a recognizable system of analysis. It is similar to Genre in the sense that there are certain rules (or CODES) that must be followed in order for the audience to assign a common reading or meaning of what is happening.

The classic codes and conventions of British/American teen films come from the widely used conventions of stereotypes and social groups. The wide range stereotypes most commonly used include:

• The Jock/Cheerleader
• School Diva
• The Geek/Nerd
• The Rebel
• The Misfit, or The Outcast
• The Boy/Girl next door)
• The New Girl/Boy
• The Loner
• The Band Geek
• Class Hottie
• Class Clown

      Binary Oppositions                   
                                                   Good                                             Bad

    We have used the stereotypical good and bad character such as seen in mean girls, however we have developed it by adding islamic context. This is also the main binary opposition we have used.

     Codes and conventions of teen films are:

         Titles are a key convention in any film teen or not:

 

These are the titles which show the characters from our film on the right and mean girls on the left. Both titles are written very clearly, however the fonts are different due to the style/theme of the film.

 

 These screen shots show the titles from mean girls and our film (2 lives) as you can see they are very similar and both have a black background.

Setting and Geographical Location

      This screenshot shows the outside and inside of the home area where our opening is set.

Theme Song Starring

Mise-en-sene related to genre or context of film

 The quran shown right at the start of the opening indicates it is an Islamic film.

     We have changed the codes and conventions our teen film because of the cultural context of the film for example in our opening you would expect elements of Islam such as praying scenes and topics to do with the Quran etc. whereas in an American teen movie you would expect themes and topics such as proms, alcohol, drugs, high school, parties etc.