Evaluation Task 7

Evaluation Task 6

Evaluation Task 5

How much did the music affect you being drawn in to the opening?

Did the voice over add anything?

Was the title/still conventional with the film you would watch?

Did the dialogue give away the right amount of story line?

Would you carry on watching the film after the opening?

Evaluation Task 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This slide describes the target audience for my media opening...

Evaluation Task 3

Evaluation Task 2

How does your film represent particular social groups? 

Shots

Representation of Men:

In our gangster opening there are only two characters all of which are men, like 44 inch chest. As we wanted to fulfil the conventions of representation we depicted them as angry alpha males. That use violence and fight to put across their point. 

We used traditional representations because the type of people that would be in a gang of that sort aren't likely to be represented in a modern way.  We also used low angle shots to make the characters look more powerful and domineering once again a traditional representation. Also the fact there is an absence of women this is a traditional representation because you get the impression that women won't get involved with this side of the gangster life.

Influences:
                                 Get Carter

   

                                44 Inch Chest

    

Mise En Scene

Costume:

Due to what the characters are wearing you would assume they were particularly well off, but their accents and manner would suggest otherwise. No doubt this is because they have money from their role in the gang but their accents show their true working class roots. The fact we can tell that they are working class adds to their characters depth. Much like in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels the characters are interesting because of their class, a lot of the comedy comes out of this aspect as well, this is once again a traditional representation.

Influences:

                                      Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Editing

Time-lapse:

The use of the time-lapse at the start of our opening made the setting seem more urban especially as it faded to night time. This adds the the characters backgrounds and the assumptions that you have about them from their accents and violence.

Title/Still:
We added the titles to slow down the pace of the film, it also signifies who the main characters are and it breaks the 4th wall so you feel more of an attachment to the main character because he's talking to you.

Influences:

                              The Good The Bad and The Ugly

Sound

Music:

The use of the music added a "Wild West" element, that made the tension between the two characters stronger and the especially the way it builds towards the fights. You also got the sense that there was going to be a stand off in true wild west style.

Influences:

                                         

Conclusion

Overall I think we depicted the characters in a conventional  and effective way without being offensive, they fit the genres and they could even perhaps fit into a gangster film that already exists. The characters a represented in a traditional way but this is conventional with the genre and the type of gangster film we were trying to produce.

Evaluation Task 1

Final Outcome - David Edit

The final edit for our opening - my edit

Raw Footage and Direction

This video shows me and Jamie directing the actors in the way they should say their lines and move. It also is the Raw Footage...

Email Correspondence with Music Artists

For the music featured in our gangster opening we focussed on a band called The Showhawk Duo we wanted to find out if there music was copy right free, lucky it was...

Me

"Hello, my name is David, I am currently working on an A level media project in which we create an opening to a gangster film. We have to use copy right free music and I was wondering if your cover of Miserlou was copy right free as it would fit perfectly with our opening."

Showhawk Duo

"Your more than welcome to use our version as long as we get credited for it. If you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask."

Possible Ruff Cut for fight scene

I put together a ruff cut to see if it was possible to use this footage, luckily it was as they seemed to fight in pretty much the same space each time we shot it. The only downside is that we accidentally broke the 180 degree rule without showing it. This is something we'll have to fix.

Changes Made Along the Way

Renewed Script

For our initial screening we felt that the script was uncharacteristic of that of a gangster, so we decided to change it slightly. For example putting more slang in the speech, I also added more stage directions so that the actors would know how to move and in what way and when. I researched scripts so that I could produce it in the proper format.