Day One Storyboard

Evaluation Question 5

Question 5)

I found when it came to filming and using the camera in this media project, we were a lot more confident with experimenting with different shots than we had been in past projects. When we started using the camera for our first time filming we didn’t really take any adventurous shots but this time we were able to get some quick and snappy short shots which contributed really well to our chase scene at the beginning of our opening movie sequence. 

We also did 3 different sets of filming during our project and each time we were able to improve the shots that we took. I think the fact that we kept reviewing the shots we had took and picked out where we had gone wrong and where we needed to improve helped us get an even better set of shots the next time we went to film. We realised that in past projects and in the first part of filming we did that we tended to cut the shots too early and this made out film look messy and poorly filmed. This was then improved and by the third set of filming we did we were able to make sure each cut and transaction when it came to editing was as neat and quick as possible, giving us a better end result. We also found that a lot of the time we didn’t film enough footage and this resulted in us having poor shots for our running scene and especially our dialogue scene, this is visible in our rough cut as the continuity is extremely poor and we weren’t able to fit to the 180 degree rule. But by the time we went to film again we made sure we filmed more footage than needed rather than not enough at all. This made sure we had some really quick and well thought out shots for our chase scene and in the end our dialogue scene looked interested and filmed well.

When we were using the software to edit we began to get more and more confident with the different techniques we wanted to use and ended up experimenting with different effects and transitions. We found that each time it came to editing we were adding more and more click and snappy shots and were able to make the cuts a lot quicker which helped build the tension and fast pace movement that we wanted to interpret to the audience with our chase scene.

When we were doing out research on looking at the different title effects used in action/spy and spoof films we came to the conclusion that it would look a lot better and more professional to make the titles stand out in bold and large font and the transitions that would be fast paced. We experimented with various different fonts and fades etc and discovered a lot more things that we didn’t know the programme had, and this helped us improve our find product and made the titles and edits look good. 

Evaluation Question 4

Question 4)

When making the opening sequence of Day One we thought a lot about how we could attract our audience. We thought if we made the two main characters at the beginning to be quite young characters it would help involve and be of interest to the audience that are around the same age group. I think when I watch a film; if there are characters around my same age group I find that I am a lot more interested in the film and what role they play. 

Because our primary audience is males we made sure to include a decent amount of action in the opening sequence. This ensures that they are immediately interested in the film instead of bored and waiting for the action to appear. I think the guns that are used in the films help attract the male audience because males can be seen as being more interested in violence and weaponry.

I think the song choice we decided to do with also make the film a lot more appealing. Because the song was an old and very popular song it helps the fan base for it be more interested in the scene because of the well known and successful song that is being played. In my opinion I think films that have good music and soundtracks immediately become more appealing and likeable. I think because the song is very upbeat and catchy it helped build excitement and involvement of the audience, it helped make the running scene more fast paced and interesting to watch.  

Our secondary audience is females and we also wanted to make sure the opening of our film appealed to them as well. This is why we made the two main characters of the opening scene female. This helps the films seem less ‘boyish’ and serious and helps involve the female audience as well. 

Evaluation Question 3

Question 3)

The primary audience for Day One would be young males around the age of 14 to 30. This is because action/spy films tend to appeal to the male audience and are almost guaranteed to have at least a small fan base because of the genre film that it is. However because there are no visible male characters in the opening of our film this would help bring in the female audience because it seems more appealing and ‘different’ to  a typical action/spy spoof genre of film. The fact that we have used two females as two big parts in our film helps the male audience to be interested through various reasons such a sex appeal and interest in the female characters, like the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider because this helped a wider range of viewers and I think it was down to the female main role, this means males are interested and females are able to relate and take more interest if the film offers a different style of action. 

One Day Presentation

Evaluation Question 2

Question 2)

I think Paramount Pictures is the institution that would distribute our film because during our research into the genre of film that we chose, we found that on the website BOX OFFICE MOJO the most successfully ranked action films, spy films and spoof films mostly fell under the institution of Paramount. Some of the most successful films that this institution had distributed are Top Gun which grossed $353,816,701, All the Mission Impossible films, and Lara Croft Tomb Raider. Because these films are so successful and are similar to ours in various different ways, I think if Paramount Pictures were to distribute our film it would be more likely to be a success because of the big name and previous successful films that they have distributed.  We also wanted to produce our own identification for an independent institution of our own. 

When deciding how to design our logo for our independent institution we thought about how the type of mood and feel the opening sequence gave off and we thought if we made it more "retro" and up beat it would link in well with the genre of film, relating to the spoof part of Day One.

Evaluation Question 1

Question 1A)

For our film One Day we wanted to represent it as being a action packed film but with comedy. When doing our research we found that the majority of action/spy films focused mainly on male characters and a male audience. We wanted to make our film different in a way which would make the female audience more involved and likely to want to see this film. We thought it would be a good idea to focus a lot of the film on a female role and this is shown in the opening sequence.

When considering the type of things that we wanted to show in the opening we looked at various films such as The Bourne Identity. We focused on only the first few minutes of the film and this helped give us an understanding of what to include. We wanted to include some action in the opening but also leave it open and keep the audience wondering what would be coming next. This is used a lot in spy films and helped it seem like a film that was about spies as well as a good story line, instead of having a film which is mainly about the action involved and exciting scenes; we made sure our film included both of these features.

Because a chase scene is typical feature of an action film we thought it would be good to use this as soon as the film started, this basically threw the audience into the action part of the film immediately, making it more exciting and interesting.  But because we were aiming for a spoof style film we wanted to make it seem more amusing than serious, we did this by using a style of music which wouldn’t necessarily be used in a serious action film. We made sure that we didn’t introduce the characters in our opening scene and gave little information about what was about to happen in the rest of the film, this would ensure the audience would be more likely to want to know about the characters and what was the meaning of Louise’s character getting shot, and why.

Mise En Scene

During our opening sequence we made sure we used props such as a gun, this is a typical feature that the audience would expect to see in a spy/action film and it helped show our film was representing this.  We put Louise’s character that was a good in dark clothes, this is because we wanted to stay away from the stereotypes and keep the audience questioning what might be unravelled during the rest of the film.

Question 1B)

What we initially wanted to do was dress the bad character in dark clothing, and this would fit to the stereotypes of a typical young character. But instead we changed the idea around and instead of representing the typical stereotype of a young male being involved in trouble, we decided to dress the good character in dark clothing and having it be a female. This went against what most of the audience would think a good character would be seen as and helped make our film challenge the typical conventions of a real media product.