Evaluation Activity 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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

I used canva in order to create my evaluation on how technologies have helped me create my media product:

Evaluation Activity 7: Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

I used imovie, to compare my camera work and editing techniques from my Preliminary Task to my actual Film Opening.

Response the film opening showing

We had a film showing of the film openings at school and got them to rate it and say how I could improve. I am very pleased with the feedback I got overall and have edited the main parts that they suggested to change to make my film opening even better. 

Here is the results, on average, of audience feedback I received for my film opening:

The Editing Process

I am coming to the end of the editing process and want to reflect back on what I have done to so far. When I started editing my film opening, I did not know where to start and stuck to my storyboard like glue. As I eventually got started I found that It became easier and easier to edit certain things and explored different sound effects and visual effects I can do, which I have found extremely useful to add to the eeriness of my film opening.

As I go further and further into the editing I started to not stick to my storyboard as much as I did at first and started to have more and more ideas of what I could add to my film opening to make it even better. As soon as I added sound visual effects, sound effects, my logo, age rating and title screen I was ready to upload my first rough-cut. I got many positive reviews for my first rough-cut which pleased me and also I received some more ideas from my peers which would make my film opening better.

Once I had edited each scene to what I wanted it to look like, I found that some shots did not flow, so I spoke to Mrs Williams and we decided that we could add another scene in between. These scenes consisted of flashes between the past and the present and close ups on the ghosts face to make it more creepier. I then added subtitles such as the directors names and productions, and then added another rough-cut.

By the time it came to my third and final rough-cut before my final product. I added some creepy music to increase the tension and added more close ups. I have still got more sound editing and colour-grading to add before I upload my final product by the 15th of March 2017.

I have really enjoyed editing my film opening to make it as creepy and scary as possible. I have also learned lots about how to edit and what software I could use to edit my final product.

Nemesis Final Rough-cut

After some advice from a focal group I decided to film some more scenes in order to make the audience feel sorry for the mother after her sons murder.

Here is my final rough-cut:

New Ident!

After some feedback, I decided to change my logo to something more simplistic, as the focus group I showed it to, said it looked too much and not very professional.

Here is my new logo:

Nemesis - 3rd Rough-Cut

Here is my third Rough-Cut for my Film Opening: