Market Research!!

Market Feedback from JamieReeves on Vimeo.


http://a2mediajamiereeves.blogspot.com/ - Link to Jamie's blog

http://a2mediajamiereeves.blogspot.com/2010/12/target-market-research.html - Link to full post

Plan of Action.....Again!

What we hope to do for the 2nd of December is to storyboard our film plot and inital ideas for filming, as well as gathering audience views/feedback on film and short films. Also we hope as a group we can have a working title, and have an idea for a film poster.

Examples Of Short Films and Exhibition

Virgin Media Shorts is a short film competition website, made for short film makers to enter their work with the chance to win funds for a bigger project in the future. It give film makers to have their work exhibited, even if they win or not there is a chance that there work would be spotted and gain a fan base.





http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/films/entry/345289/sign-language

Above is the link to the 2010 competition winner, ''Sign Language''
''Meet Ben - he holds a sign for a living, and he loves his job more than almost anything. But today is his last day.'' (synopsis to film.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TN3VtWwks4
(link to the directors cut on YouTube)




http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/films/entry/334701/bus-baby

This was winner of the people's choice for the 2010 Virgin Media Short competition. Titled ''Bus Baby''
''Synopsis: Britain has the largest teen pregnancy rate in Europe. Bus baby tackles the issues facing teenage mothers head on and asks some difficult questions. It is hard hitting yet humorous film.''





Short films can cover a variety of subjects, like in the examples above we see a comedy about a 'sign guy' also a drama on the topic of teen pregnacy.

Getting Work Done....

After uploading our pitch we started to organise our group and begin to move on in our project. We realised we were falling behind compared to other groups and needed to make a move if we wanted to continue on the course.

Our Pitch!!

Pitch by Ben, Conor, Jamie from Ben Goulder on Vimeo.


Here is our completed pitch, saying what we are planning to do for our media product.

Plan, Review and Do

For thursday the 18th of november we as a group plan to do,

+Our pitch again to upload onto our blogs.
+Conclude on a final story idea for our final product (storyboard)
+Gather more research on the pros and cons of 'found footage' style of filming

Mark Evaluation

Level 2 24–35 marks




- There is evidence of a basic level of ability in the creative use of some of the following technical skills:



- Holding a shot steady, where appropriate;



- Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;



- Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;



- Shooting material appropriate to the task set;



- Selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;



- Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;



- Using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;



- Using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;



- Using titles appropriately.

60



Level 3 36–47 marks



There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:



- Holding a shot steady, where appropriate;



- Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;



- Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;



- Shooting material appropriate to the task set;



- Selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;



- Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;



- Using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;



- Using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;



- Using titles appropriately.