I Miss You

Final Ancillary Tasks

Evaluation Question 4

• How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

To answer this question I have created two Stupeflix videos displaying what media technologies I have used and how they have helped me. Overall the availability of new media technologies to me has allowed me to create realistic productions and have allowed me to present my research planning evaluation and productions all in the same place in modern format.

 



Evaluation Question 3

• What have you learnt from your audience feedback? 

 I have recorded a Soundcloud directly answering this particualr question. I have spoken in detail about each production and the improvements I made as a result of audience feedback. Something that I didn't mention in the recording is that when asked 9/10 of my audience said they would recommend I Miss You to a friend some of them saying that they already have, The reactions from my audience were mainly all positive and were the reactions I was aiming to receive from my film. Below I have created a Powtoon to present a selection of the responses I recieved from my open questionnaire. As it was an open questionnaire I was unable to include every response I recieved as all of them were different however, most of them had similar responses and opinions just worded differently. Due to this I have included the responses that were present the most.
After gathering the answers to my closed questionnaire I have created pie charts to illustrate the answers I received. I have presented the pie charts in a Slideshare in order to allow you to see the response to each question all in one place.

Closed Questionnaire Results from ckelly97

Below I have included the audience feedback I received from the first draft of my short film, I Miss You

I have also embedded the audience feedback I received from my second draft of my film below for you to see.

Evaluation Question 2

• How effective is the combination of your main product and your ancillary task?

In order to answer this question effectively I have created a presentation using Emaze discussing all of the factors I believe are important when considering the effectiveness of the combination of my main product and my ancillary tasks.

Question 2 from ckelly97

Below I have embedded the video to the Mount Dew advert I refer to during my presentation in order to allow you to see exactly what I was referring to whist discussing synergy and how successfully it words in this instance.

Evaluation Question 1

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

In the video when referring to the different theories I am in fact referring to Vladimir Propp character theory and Tsyvetan Todorov narrative theory. Something that I also forgot to mention during the video is that the use of music to help tell the narrative of a short film is a typical convention one that i decided to stick with as I believe it works extremely effectively.
Below I have discussed a few more theories I believe I have developed and used when producing my short film as well as comparing my film poster and review against the style models I used. I have also discussed in more detail my decision to go against typical conventions of a love genre film poster.

Question 1

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Within the SlideBoom I have briefly written about how character and narrative theory apply to my film, due to talking about in detail during my video I haven't written about it in a great amount of detail as I would just be repeating myself however, I thought it may help to visually be able to see the connection between my film and the theories.

Below I have included a link to the two short films I spoke about during my video. Both short films have been nominated for awards showing the true success of the film.

Identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGVWEvUzNM

The Long Distance Relationship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQgdxLRk6eY

Open Questionnaire (Audience Feedback Evalutation Part 3)

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Closed Questionnaire (Audience Feedback Evaluation Part 3)

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I Miss You (Final Cut)

Editing the Final Scene

Audience Feedback

After making the improvements suggested to me by my target audience from my first draft I decided to show my second draft to a small group of individuals. Below I have included a videoed response to my second draft asking them what worked well and what could be improved.

I Miss You (Draft 2)

Editing Draft 1

Taking into account my audience feedback I have begun edit the final cut of my film. I am planning on adding in a few extra clips as well as replacing a couple clips that there was issues with. The improvements include:

• A re-filmed version of the first text message scene between Imogen and Mason
• A clip of Imogen walking onto the bridge where the lock is
• Added in scene 6 along with a text message scene between Imogen and her friend Sophie about Mason finding someone new
• A clip of Imogen pinning her suicide note onto her mirror
• Added in a final scene, scene 7 where Imogen receives a text from Mason after she's took her life.
• Ensured the music ends on a soft note rather than ending quite abruptly

Re-Filming Scenes Part 2

Since my audience feedback mentioned a few texting errors I have headed out with Olivia today in order to re-film these scenes I have also recorded scene 7 a scene that I have just recently added as a few of my audience feedback forms mentioned that they thought the ending could end a bit differently.

Target Audience Feedback

In order to help me develop my short film further I asked 3 members of my target audience and 1 member of my secondary target audience to watch my short film and write down at least one positive point and one negative. After gathering all of their comments I then put them into a Visme to present the data. I am now planning on taking the feedback I have received and improving my short film in order for it to be as realistic as possible.

First draft of I Miss You

Having finished all of the filming and editing process I have uploaded the first draft of I Miss You to YouTube and have noticed a couple of errors that need to be fixed for example, during the first scene whist Imogen is texting Mason she types like instead of live. Due to this I plan on re-filming this scene however before I do I am planning on getting feedback from members of my target audience in order to help me develop my film further and to it's best potential in order to engage my audience.

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Re-Filming Scenes

From editing the first cut of my film and watching it through I have noticed that at one point in the film in scene 6, the one I have just recently re-filmed Olivia is wearing different clothing to what she is in the rest of the film. This is a major issue as the main body of the film was meant to be set on the same day as she is reliving moments Imogen and Mason spent with one another because of this I have been in contact with Olivia and we are going to head out tomorrow in order to re-film the scene again.

Editing the Music

Problems with Editing

I am currently in the process of editing all of the scenes together using IMovie however I have encountered a few issues, these being that IMovie is very slow and jumpy meaning its difficult to tell if each scene runs smoothly one after the other. It is also proving difficult to actually cut each piece of footage down as I am sometimes unable to see clearly at what point I have cut it however, I am working on trying to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

Day 4 of Filming

Potentially the final day of filming depending on how the final cut of the film turns out. After looking my current cut of the film I noticed a few thing that could be improved. First of all I re-filmed scene 6 as this was the scene that hadn't recorded. I then re-recorded the beginning part of scene 5 where Imogen is walking down the stairs as when looking back at the footage I noticed that the tripod wasn't perfectly straight as I was recording on a hill. When I get back to sixth form I plan on making a first cut of the film so that I can then get feedback of my target audience and improve it further.

Poster Progression

I have composed a Kizoa video of the progression of my poster progress for my film in order to demonstrate each step that I went through whist composing my poster. I also ensured that I looked at authentic film posters whist I was producing my own in order to make it look at realistic as possible.

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Final Poster

Below is the final draft of my poster. I have made a few changes from my previous draft by adding in the background image of the street and using the drop shadow effect and the outer glow effect on the actors names and the tag line in order to make them stand out a little bit more against the background.

Overall, I am extremely please with how my poster has turned out as I believe the mise-en-scene is perfect and the contrast between the black and white background and the coloured main image really allows the image to stand out catching the audiences attention.

Editing Short Cuts Together

Film Poster Draft 3

Something I most enjoyed doing whist producing this part of my poster was playing around with the different features in Photoshop and learning how to use ones I had never used before effectively. One thing I definitely need to change about my poster is the background image as I am going to be unable to see the mise-en-scene of the whole poster. I plan on adding this in within the next few days to see if it effects any aspects of my poster such as the font colour or size.

Problem with Filming

After being out filming and coming back to edit the scenes together it came to my attention that I have been using the camera incorrectly during this particular filming session. I was unaware that the camera was already recording so when I was pressing the record button to begin filming the scene I was actually stopping the recording. this issue has set me back a little bit with my time scale however I am currently arranging another day with the actor to re-film the scenes.

Manipulating Image

Learning how to use the different adjustment features on Photoshop has definitely been a highlighting moment for me throughout the course. As you can see in the presentation below I made the decision to edit the two background pictures as separate layers. This meant I had to go back to the location where the photo shoot had took place in order to take pictures of the setting itself. Once I had done this and finished editing both images I simply placed the coloured image on top of the black and white one. My idea to do this stemmed from the ending of the film where Imogen takes her own life because of this I wanted to represent her leaving the earth in the film poster in order to catch the audiences attention which could then lead onto them wanting to watch the film.

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Film Poster Draft 2

Below I have uploaded a presentation of the progress of my poster. Something that I found quite difficult to do was drawing the line underneath the title as I was originally using the mouse on the computer because this was proving to be such an issue I used a graphic table in order to draw the line free hand then uploaded it onto my account.

Poster Progression 2

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Film Poster Draft 1

Starting my poster after a couple weeks of planning and research has been quite exciting I have been working closely alongside a style model film poster for the film Dear John ensuring that all the key features are in a similar place in order to make my poster look authentic.

Film Poster Font

When looking at the different fonts on Photoshop available for me to use I came to the conclusion that I wasn't satisfied with any of them, none of them offered me the style that I wanted so I decided to download a few different fonts from the website 1001 fonts. As I want a font that looked as if it had been handwritten I went straight to the section on the website and spent a couple hours going through them all. Below are the two fonts that I am stuck between I've downloaded each one in both black and white as I am unsure what colour my background for my poster will be at this point. I am planning on setting the layout of my poster out first then seeing which font looks better.

Photo Shoot for Poster

Today I spent the with Olivia taking pictures in city centre for my film poster I took pictures in a few different locations before making my mind up on one particular location. I have included a select few of the images I took in a presentation below and discussed what I like and dislike about them.

Footage I'm Unable to Use

This is one of the first pieces of footage I took on this particular filming day, because of this the actor was feeling a bit uncomfortable being out in public and filming on her own for the first time. I am unable to use this footage as the actor is laughing throughout the footage and just looks as though she feels quite awkward. Another issue with this piece of footage is that the sun is reflecting through the beans on the bridge making it hard to see her face at certain points throughout the clip.

Day 3 of Filming

Today myself and Olivia headed back to the sets of scenes 3 and 4 in order to finish filming the scenes. In order to make sure it was in the exact same location I downloaded my footage from when Ryan was also with us. Once we had filmed the remaining of these scenes we then headed down to the quayside to film scene 6, the scene in which Imogen finds out Mason is with someone else. Although at the time I thought filming went really well I encountered a few problems which I will update you on in the near future. I am currently working on overcoming this problem.

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Review Progression

I have created a Kizoa to document my review progress from start to finish. I am extremely happy with the end result as I believe it looks really authentic. I have been using a review article from the magazine Little White Lies as my style model however I changed a few features to put my own personal touch on it.

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Final Review

I have changed a couple features on my review however the main layout is the same. I have changed the rating from out of 10 to out of 5 as Little White Lies rate the films out of 5. I have also used the justify tool to ensure that the writing aspect of the view fills each column from one end to the other and removed the gaps between each paragraph as this is how my style model present their reviews.

Behind the Scene's Footage

When looking at the footage I have filmed I came across this piece of footage. This quite accurately displays the personality of the actors in the film and shows what they were getting up to before filming for that day began.

Review Draft 3

I have made some changes to my review and have displayed it within a stupeflix talking about what I changed, how I changed it and why. I am extremtly pleased with my progress and hope to be finish in the near future.

Editing Flashback Scenes

Day 2 of Filming

So today I headed out to Newcastle city centre in the early hours of the morning with Olivia and Ryan in order to film the flashback scenes which are scenes 3, 4 and 5. My plan for this particular day was to film scenes 3 and 4 then head to South Shields in order to film scene 5 at the market I have permission to film at. However filming the scenes took longer than I anticipated meaning I only had time to film the cuts from the scenes where Imogen and Mason are on their dates before I had to leave to travel to the market. Due to this I am currently arranging a time with Olivia where we can go back to Newcastle and finish filming the scenes.

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Review Draft 2

I have created a Powtoon to display the progress I am making with my review. I am currently very happy with the way it's shaping out.

Writing the Review

Writing the actual review that will feature in my article was extremely rewarding for me. To ensure that I had included all of the typical conventions of a romance genre film review I worked closely with a style model to ensure I didn't miss out any key aspects.

I Miss You Review

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Review Draft 1

I have created a slideboom presentation to display the progress I have made so far with my review. I have only recently began working on the production of it however I am happy with the layout so far.

review 1

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Evidence of Filming

Yesterday myself and Olivia headed out to begin filming and managed to stick to schedule and film the 3 scenes that I was planning on filming. I am currently looking at the footage I have recorded and am extremely pleased with the majority of it. I ensured that I recorded aspects of the scene from different angles and positions to ensure if a problem occurred I would have other footage to use. This also allows me to have a variety of different shots to chose from when editing my film together. Below are two cuts that I filmed yesterday.

Day 1 of Filming

Today myself and Olivia (Imogen) headed out to begin filming. Sticking to my filming log sheet we filmed scenes 1, 2 and 7 as they were all being filmed in the same location. Before heading out I ensured that I was confident with using the equipment however I did struggle to get the tripod level to start with meaning I had to re-film a couple cuts as I wasn't happy with the angle of the camera. Tomorrow I am planning on re-watching all of the footage so that I can start to edit the scenes together.

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Final Script

Since my last draft I haven't made any changes to the context of my script however, I have done some research into the layout of scripts and as a result of this have added in an information section at the start of each scene. This allows the script and storyline to be more clear to the actors as they know where they'll be and which other characters will be present.

Final Storyboards

Below I have uploaded my final storyboards for my short film including how long each scene will be and what sound will be present, referring to both diegetic and non-diegetic.

Contacting Locations (update)

After contacting many locations and being let down by a fair few of them I have finally received permission from a local market to film on their premise. Although not the type of location I was originally planning on using I believe this location will play an important part in making my film look as realistic as possible.