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Animatic - evaluation skills development

'Never Alone' Review

After our premiere screening of 'Never Alone', I asked a number of people who had also watched the film what they had thought of it. This was essential for me to see whether the decisions our group made in terms of camera shots, sound and editing.

Miguel said: "It had a slow effective pace which gaves it tension where the audience was kept in confusion as to what was going on therefore there was a high climax making it fully attracting at the end"

Chino said: "I think that your sequence built up a lot of tension as more of the opening was revealed. The use of cross cutting of both your characters were also effective and i thought that the soundtrack contributed to the thrilling aspect.

Nicole said: "I thought 'Never Alone' was really good in creating tension especially through the cross-cutting. The soundtack worked well because it matched what was going onscreen. the match cuts were really sophisicated.

Tsharna said: "I thought 'Never Alone' was good and created suspense. I liked the music and thought it went well overall with what was going on as the editing really influenced this".

Tania said: " 'Never Alone' had many match cuts in it, where the music helped create tension and the unexpected happens when you least expect it to. The beginning shares normality with the two friends and I think the end cliffhanger was a very good idea".

i think these views helped me to see where i could improve on the sequence if there was any more time available to develop this further.

Evaluation: Progression from it to Full Product

Looking back on the preliminary tasks, I feel that I have improved in terms of capturing camera movement and editing the footage. According to the 'The Sign', our group had to deliver a sequence where we had to use a range of shots, angles and the overall appearance of the footage. Whilst filming, it was very hard to capture the shots in a short amount of time as we had to shoot scenes over mainly because of it being out of focus. Lighting was a bit of an issue as filming in the classroom, the lights were quite low causing for the production to look quite blurry at times. In terms of filming our sequence, we encountered major weather problems where the weather was constantly changing from sunny to raining. This meant that in the car scenes, the lighting would change from quite glaring to showing drizzle of rain on the windows. However, whilst watching the sequence in the premiere allowed us to see that the change of lighting and weather didn't make much of a difference. In a way, it showed that time had changed where in the next scene, it denotes Catherine calling Stephanie. This proved to be successful where it create suspense for the audience as they 'wait' for answers.
I feel that from shooting the 'Never Alone', we had learned more on time management in terms of getting the outside shots filmed in one day. This was very hard for us as we had to film scenes a couple of times. it also encouraged to shoot scenes relevant to the storyline and feature a range of shots and angles. When editing 'The Sign', we were unsure how to edit correctly as we were new users of the software. Whereas now, when editing for 'Never Alone', we were able to execute match cuts and close-ups more evidently.
For example, in Marathon Man, at the beginning of the sequence, a series of close-ups and tracking shots were used to display the lead character jogging which can be linked to the name of the film. It sets the audience to believe that someone may be running from something and the way that this is executed allows the audience to want to watch the whole film.

Rough Cut of 'Never Alone'

The rough cut video shows the planned footage which is going to be featured in the completed title sequence. However, the rough cut shows the alternative production than planned as we were not able to use the underground car park in my area. We have had to create an illusion where Estefanie can be seen going around the corner towards the car park through a series of 2 shots. This worked very well as the audience was able to familiarise themselves with the setting which allowed them to position themselves with the characters. As shown, there is no music or credits added which are yet to be developed. The idea is to make the sounds and titles correspond with the footage making it visually interesting for the audience to watch. The footage was shot over a course of 2 days with one day for the outside footage with the car and another day for the inside shoots. It was very hard to shoot the outside shoots in one day as it was only available during that day. I underestimated the amount of time and effort needed to make a 2 minute clip and by having a back-up plan allowed us to adapt to the change quickly.

Evaluation: Asleep (Student Thriller Sequence)

This sequence recieved moderate success on YouTube with 7,886 hits. As being an American production, this is shown with Mise-En-Scene with establishing shots placing the audience in America. The setting is involved with empty, long-winded roads, different environment from the British culture.

I think this sequence is very successful as being a thriller sequence, because it features slides with rhetorical questions leading the audience to want to watch more. The black background with white, bold capital letters allows the audience to focus fully on the words. The twinkling, non-diegetic music in the background gradually increases tension until that final 'bang' which suddenly changes the overall tone.
The use of handheld camera movement makes the audience feel they are part of the action. It also adds to the tension where something bad is bound to happen. I think the credits shown at the end of the sequence provides the illusion that it's going to be shown in cinemas possibly. Overall, I think that the sequence is very successful in grabbing the audience's attention by using the conventions of a thriller to do this. For example, the tProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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sion builds with the non-diegetic music and the action where the lead character realises that there was no one around apart from him.

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Evaluation: Media Institution and Attracting the Audience

In our title sequence, we decided to use Working Title 2 to distribute the film because the sequence consists of British-like imagery whcih portrays the British culture. The two main characters in the sequence both represent typical British girls consisting of make-up and high heels. From this, the audience is able to grasp the typical British culture and can try to guess the storyline to fit against this. The sequence is set in an urban environment where the audience is instantly able to see that this is set in Britain.
To gain a larger audience in terms of people viewing the title sequence, I would embed it onto Vimeo where users can view the video and post comments. If we had more time to complete the sequence, we could use these comments to improve. Once gaining moderate success, I would post it onto blogs such as Twitter and Tumblr where the video can be shared amongst others more quickly. Facebook is the most used social network where by posting the sequence can allow people to comment on it. Ideally, I would post the video to 250 friends and if they 'like' it, I would encourage them to post it to their 250 friends and so forth. This makes it easier for people to access it, where in a number of days, a large amount of people have already watched the film. It also makes it easier for the video to become successful, where they can ultimately transfer it onto YouTube gaining a screen viewing from people all around the world.
I would also exhibit the sequence in different film festivals such as the London Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival (in France), Tribeca (in New York) and Sundance (cinema festival in Utah). The new material grabs a great audience for the film because more people can watch it easily.

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