Media Evaluation

FOREVER UNITED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtboFNeMxfE
Here is the link to our final production. 

Making the titles 4.

The last thing we needed to do was insert some clearer audio, so we added some football crowd sound effects to make sure the audio was nice and crisp and it backs up the footage within the titles. We then compressed the track and gave it a low EQ.

Making the titles 3.

Following creating the different title .PNG files, We dragged them into sony vegas, We then added some video James took from a genuine football away trip behind the title's. We felt this would make sure the football genre was emphasised nice and early, so the viewers got a good idea about the film from the outset.

Making the titles 2.

The second part of making the titles was putting black text directly onto the white background, which we thought would be most effective for the titles because the titles would stand out. Following this, James used the magic wand tool to select the lettering and then we used the delete key on James' laptop keyboard to remove the letters colouring and create the "cut out" effect. The last thing to do is export the image, making sure it's a .PNG file. If we exported it as a .JPEG the transparent lettering would be filled in automatically with white.

Making the titles 1.

 When deciding when to make the titles we needed to make sure the canvas size was 1280 x 720 pixels, this is the generic size for HD video to make sure it's nice quality with clear, pure lines.

Camera Shot types

* Close ups
* Establishing shot
* Extreme close up
* Long shot
* Extreme long shot
* Medium close up
* Medium long shot 
* Medium shot

in our production we tried to use as many as possible to give a wide variety of shot sizes to viewers. 

Camera Movement

* Framing 
* Panorama shot (Pan)
* Swish pan
* Tilt
* Tracking shot

theses camera movement we tired to use within our production. 

Camera Angles

High angle: where the camera is positioned above the subject and shoots down at it.
Low angle: where the camera is positioned below the subject and shots up at it.
Straight on/ eye level: where the camera is located at normal eye level in relation to the subject. 

These camera angle are used within our production

Character List

There is in fact 3 characters that appear in our title sequence, James (main protagonist), Ben (other protagonist) and Me (Bens' friend). However it is dominated by James playing our main Protagonist. This helps the viewer identify that i'm the main because the voice over which shows the story is being told from James' perspective. The other characters both appear only in the flashback sequence.

Inspiration

We also took inspiration from the title sequence from "Friday night lights". Once again the voice over was equivalent to what we wanted but this is also a sports film and it helped us identify what it does it give that sports feel to a movie. It may not be a thriller but me can relate to it as it is based on a sport like ours.

Location 4.

Location 4 - James' House.
This is where the shots with the voice over occured.

Location 3.

Location 3 - Top of a hill
this location we filmed ben getting pushed into the rock boulder.

Location 2.

Location 2 - Hadleigh Park.
At this location we filmed part of the flashbacks scenes where the fight between ben and james occurs. This was a good natural setting

Prop List

Toothbrush

Football Shirt 
Hair Wax 
Coat

Scarf

Bed

Filming Problems

We found early on after a few filming sessions that the footage we had recorded just was not in line with our ambitions. This meant we needed further filming sessions and to overcome this problem a lot more work was needed to get the shots we wanted for our production. A change in editing style may also help us achieve our desired outcome.

Risk Assessment.

Throughout the filming of the title sequence we tried to keep the risks that occured to a minimum, so our risk assessment was low. The big risk in the filming was the fight scene, we kept the hitting to a minimum so no one would get hurt during the scene. Another risk was when I filmed James thinking during the first scene in our sequence. The risk was that had to get close to railings which on the other side had water, so the risk was that I could of fell in. So as a group we where as safe as possible.

Location 1.

During the filming of the title sequence we used 4 locations to make the title sequence.

Location 1 - near hadleigh football club.
this location we filmed the thinking scene, where James is leaning on a fence thinking. This was a good location as there was good lighting.

Voice Over Script

My Dad always said to me "Opting to live your life by your own choice is the greatest freedom you will ever have" but for me, the couldn't be more wrong. I made choices in my life that have nearly lead to my death more than once and you say that's freedom?

No restraints on my life has plunged me head first into a living hell and there's nothing I can do about it. Irreversible decision made by a naive young, still plaguing the life of that same young mind, not wiser and filled with regret.

I wasn't always a football hooligan, I was very young, looking for a buzz and it gave me one. I got sucked into the abyss and failed to release the seriousness of what I was becoming involved with. Yeah I worked my way up, and even though I was naive, I got smart. I became the youngest firm boss in history and reveled in the power for a while. But the whole time, I find myself looking over my shoulder.

Useful Website

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/wildfilmschool/gettingstarted/camerashots.html
We carried out some research on various different techniques we could use and this website helped us out a lot with more advanced camera angles and movements for if we felt they would be appropriate.

Colour Correction Settings for Second Part of Title Sequence

Here are the colour correction settings we used for the waking up sequence that made up the second part of our title sequence. The colour correction barely changed the clips saturation or gamma however they did deepen and purify the colours enough to improve the quality of the overall production.

Shot Size Chart

This is a chart displaying all of the different shot sizes we may use on our production

Voice Over Idea

Recently we have thought about recording a voice over to narrate what is happening on screen at the time just to make sure everything is clear to the audience, we think making the narration mainly about the choices the main character has made to end up in this situation. We have decided the voice used in this should be soft so it challenges the audiences expectations of a football hooligan and he should say about the influence his parents had on him growing up. We feel this would be effective because we don't really want to use the stereotypical football hooligan in our film, we feel if we mix it up a bit and challenge people's mindset about it the sequence would be far more effective. Much like Danny Dyer in 'Football Factory' or Morgan Freeman in 'The Shawshank Redemption'

Colour Correction Settings for Thinking scene

We decided to go for a washed out look with this part of the clip making it brighter. To gain this effect, we used a medium to low saturation and a medium gamma whilst using high alpha.

Font Styles

We experimented with a few different fonts when picking one for the final cut.

On the earlier drafts I used a font called "Coalition", a rough looking font that seemed to suit the rough and ready style of the football hooliganism genre.

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Later we decided that this font just was not working, so opted for a more clean cut font named “Cafe Nero”

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football Factory - Inspiration - Textual Analysis

Today i watched the football factory first 2 minutes, this is to try and get inspiration from it. The first 2 and half minutes is full of clips and pictures of football hooligasm this is to grab the attention of the viewers and show what the film is about. While the clips are going on there is title between clips, the titles are white on a black background and in the middle. This is done to make the titles stand out. In the last 30 seconds of this clip you see a man with blood over his face and looks in danger, then a voice over starts and this is done so the viewer can understand the scenes within the title sequence.

Second to Last lesson.

In this lesson we are coming near the end of finishing the title sequence. We have notice that it is difficult to understand and following due to the change of location throughout the sequence. As a group we decided to have a voice over like in football factory. This will help us overcome the confusing caused in the title sequence. 

Football Factory - Inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdbmjmvdILI
In this clip of the beginning of football factory, 2 mins onwards there is a voice over by the main protagonist to introduce who he is and make everything clear for the viewers, much like we plan to do with ours.

Cass - Inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9kIEmLCwcY

This clip of Cass brings inspiration to our group, this is because it starts of with a flashback like we are trying to do in Forever United. Cass is also a film based around football hooliganism. The reason  this is used in Cass is to show how he got caught up in football hooliganism. Its used as an indicator of a big event which is going to be coming later on in the film.

Improvements and Discussion

Over the last week we have had a few discussions with our teacher, our teacher said about possible ideas to help us improve our sequence because the characters were not very clear, so we were looking for ideas to make it a bit more understandable. We have a few ideas which involve going out and getting more footage and a voiceover.

Last Filming Session

The last time we filmed we recorded the second part of the sequence, I came into Hadleigh so I could film while both Ben and James acted. Initially we filmed James stood on his in quite an isolated area so it shows he has gone out of his way to get away and be on his own. He appears on camera deep in thought, we filmed him like this for about 30 seconds. After we done that I filmed James meeting Ben, leading into a small fight between the 2 characters. We used an over the shoulder shot following James' character so we can see ben walking past, we then edited it back into James deep in thought for a few seconds. It cuts between the 2 events through a 25 second period while the problems start between Ben and James. We then moved location to where i fall against a wall due to the beating i just endured and we then get a close up of me falling to the ground. This is where we finished the filming for that sequence and left it for another day when we have edited this all together and need some more footage. All this shots that I filmed James is going to edit it, so it looks like a flashback sequence to see what is going to happen later in the film. 

Reserch

Over the weekend James conducted some research regarding possible filming locations for the second part of our Title sequence. Here are some photo's of locations currently being considered. The natural lighting in the tunnels and eeriness would provide us with a nice location to film our murder investigation scene.

Questionnaire Results

1)    What gender are you?

A)  Male  - 28

B)  Female - 22

2) What type of thriller do you like?

A) Action - 13

A)  Psychological - 10

B)  Gory - 11

C)  Techno - 6

3)    What is your age?

A)  15-20 - 49

B)  21-25

C)  26-30

D)  over 30 - 1

4)  What’s your preferred length of a film?

A)  60-90min - 3

B)  90-120min - 31

C) 120+ - 6

5)  Do you like films in colour or films in black and white?

A)  Colour - 40

B)  Black and White - 0

C) Don't Mind - 0

6)  Do you prefer to watch a male or female main protagonist in a thriller film?

A)   Male - 22

B)   Female - 8

C)   Don't Mind - 10

7)    How many thriller films do you watch in a month?

A)  0-3 - 11

B)  3-6 - 20

C)  7 + - 9

8)How do you think a good thriller should open?

A) Death - 11

B) Chase - 12

C) Everyday Life - 8

D)  Flashback - 9

E)  Other - 0 

9)    What are you hobbies ?

A)  Sports - 20

B)  Social - 15

C)  Shopping - 4

D)  Other - 1

10) Do you watch films associated with your hobbies?

A)  Yes - 28

B)  No - 12

11) Would you be interested in watching a football hooligan driven film?

A)  Yes - 30

B)  No - 8

C) Maybe - 2

In this questionnaire we asked 40 people our 11 questions we did this to decide on the type of thriller that we will be recording and editing in our title sequence for media. We found out that everyone would like it to be in colour, so we will be following this and film in colour. the people that we asked they preferred the male protagonist, we needed this to help us as we where not sure on the gender of the protagonist. 

In conclusion to the results of this, we will be recording and editing a football hooligan based film inspired by the likes of green street and football factory this is because the majority wanted a football hooligan based film.

Target Audience Questionnaire

Target Audience Questionnaire

1)    What gender are you?

A)  Male

B)  Female

2) What type of thriller do you like?

A) Action

A)  Psychological

B)  Gory

C)  Techno

3)    What is your age?

A)  15-20

B)  21-25

C)  26-30

D)  over 30

4)  What’s your preferred length of a film?

A)  60-90min

B)  90-120min

C) 120+

5)  Do you like films in colour or films in black and white?

A)  Colour

B)  Black and White

C) Don't Mind

6)  Do you prefer to watch a male or female main protagonist in a thriller film?

A)   Male

B)   Female

C)   Don't Mind

7)    How many thriller films do you watch in a month?

A)  0-3

B)  3-6

C)  6 over

8)How do you think a good thriller should open?

A) Death

B) Chase

C) Everyday Life

D)  Flashback

E)  Other

9)    What are you hobbies ?

A)  Sports

B)  Social

C)  Shopping

D)  Other

10) Do you watch films associated with your hobbies?

A)  Yes

B)  No

11) Would you be interested in watching a football hooligan driven film?

A)  Yes

B)  No

C) Maybe