Looking back at my AS coursework, I think that research and
planning went quite well, due to the fact that we research everything that we
needed to know, to help us make our video. We started off with the basics for
example getting to know all the camera work, editing, mise-en-scene and sound.
They were then applied to a film opening; I did Harry Potter and Holes. I found
this very useful as it got me used to all the aspects that were needed to make
a good film opening. For example there should be enigma to help entice the
audience. After I looked at the different types of budgets you can have, which
are low and high. Then when think about the movie that I was going to create
helped me understand what genre would fir under it, for example mostly
Action/Thriller will be a high budget because, of all the explosions and
gadgets that will be included. Looking at different theories like Todorov
showed me where to start as the movie opening is meant to show the equilibrium.
From deciding what kind
of genre that I wanted to do, my research became more specific as I started to
look at action/thriller movie openings like; Jack Reacher, The Matrix, The Dark
Knight, and Taken. This added to my
knowledge of what my film opening needed to look like. My first questionnaire
was designed to find out my target audience. This was really helpful as it
showed me what age group and gender I should focus on and to direct my movie
opening to. Once I had my film opening idea my research became more individual as,
I now knew what I was going to focus on.
The mood board that I created help me get the sense of what
the general atmosphere is going to be like and what I defiantly needed to
included, for example the props were great genre signifiers as they showed what
the genre was but also didn’t make it obvious. There were three main props that
I researched in to having which was a gun, brief case and a IPhone, while the
lighting I chose was going to be very dark the second half which would then
juxtapose with the first half which had a morning light. The location research
showed me that the convention would be to have it in the city, but my story
line was different to a normal action/thriller which means that I could set it
in the country. The makeup research was a key aspect because, we had a female
lead role, which meant that their makeup would add to their appearance and what
the audience thought of her. A piece of
research that I found really useful was when I asked people what pictures I
should use to put on the wall
Once the research was done the planning really helped me to
be organised and ready for the next step. For example I made a timeline for
when the different titles were going to come up at what point during the
opening. This was really helpful for when I got on to the post production side
as it saved me time trying to figure out when they should appear. I also researched what foley sounds I needed
to come up with, so when it was time adding them in
I think that my strengths from research and planning from
last year was that I managed to complete every task that was given to me which
meant that I had good knowledge of what the conventions were for my genre of
film opening, this all helped me follow the conventions of real media texts as,
I did the right amount of research for me to know what I needed to include to
make my film opening to fit into its genre. For example I knew the
mise-en-scene that I needed to include to make sure it looked like an
action/thriller opening. Also the editing used as I could tell what kind of
shots were used to like establishing shots and extreme close ups to juxtapose
each other. However the weakness of this is that they weren’t really detailed I
only covered the basics, which means there was a lot more that I could of found
out to add to my video to make it better and more interesting.
Originality was hard for me to come up with for a film
opening which means that our idea may looked like or could relate to other
ideas for example RED as it is based on retired spies, which was the same as my
idea but it was a younger women who left for a different reason. The camerawork
and editing were all original because, I came up with all the different shots
to use which would help to put the narrative across to the audience. I felt
that AS work wasn’t very creative as we had to be confined to a particular
genre as show conventions to show it was that type of genre, which means that I
couldn’t fully express myself as a director, this is seen as a weakness as I
didn’t get to be fully original which is what I would of wanted to be. Strength
would be that I was a little bit creative because, I got to explore and come up
with ideas and shots that I could include, for example the different angles like
the shot outside the house.Comparing that to this year shows me that it is more
creative as genres in music are very loose and can be put in to many different
categories, and an artist will always want to differentiate themselves from
everyone which will give me more freedom to be creative.
From looking back as my AS is has shown me that for my A2 I
always need to be on top of my work so I can make it the best and detailed it
can be, which will result in me knowing most of the information that I need to
know for me to be able to create a music video that will be able to follow
conventions of the type of genre but also allow us as the artists to be
original and creative with it. Originality in this year is very important which
means that I need to spend a lot more time planning and researching in to good
ideas on making my artist different from everyone else. Personally I think that
this time I need to do more research on my target audience as music will be
more specific than a film would be as everyone has different tastes. Creativity
is also more important this year than last as it lets us express ourselves more
though different shots and locations. The researching will also be very
important with mise-en-scene as I will need to know what I need to wear and how
to look to make sure I fit in with the genre. Researching editing will become
very important as that is what makes a good music video and it is what makes a
music video interesting to watch, so this will become very detailed when I get
to it. This will hopefully help me get a higher grade in media this year.
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