1. Our media product uses many types of real meadia products, it also develops peices. We used many different media products to develop into our own general idea. Our product involves pieces of media that has been used in other films, just with our own adaption to it.
We used the film Superbad as a guidline for characters, for example the character Fogul follows the character McLovin in the film Superbad as he thinks he is really cool, but most people actually think he isn't and find him really annoying. He trys his best to impress people by acting nothing bothers him, but they do. This is exactly like our character Fogul in our piece. He annoys Harry, which turns out to be a bad idea as Harry gets hold of Fogul and keeps him taped up in the community lounge toilets.
We used the film Superbad as a guidline for characters, for example the character Fogul follows the character McLovin in the film Superbad as he thinks he is really cool, but most people actually think he isn't and find him really annoying. He trys his best to impress people by acting nothing bothers him, but they do. This is exactly like our character Fogul in our piece. He annoys Harry, which turns out to be a bad idea as Harry gets hold of Fogul and keeps him taped up in the community lounge toilets.
Another piece of media we have used is The Inbetweeners, because it involves a group of 16-17 year old boys who think they are cool when they actually are not anywhere near being cool. The character Will Mckenzie is a good character because he is a geek hanging round with a group of Inbetweeners.
In a way we have developed the story of Superbad, because it is a story about someone who is abit of a geek who trys to impress his mates. But ours is a different story line. Fogul try's to impress Harry, but turns up late which doesn't impress Harry at all but luckily for Fogul, Leeroy saves the day.
We also developed a scene from The Hangover. When they think Doug has been captured and put in a bag by a so called bad guy Lesley Chow. We developed this by having Fogul captured by Harry and taken and taped up to a chair in the commuinty centre toilets.We thought this would be a good idea because it adds a twist to the story.
Our piece challenges other media pieces that are comedy because our piece is a comedy. This is why we have taken ideas from Superbad and The Hangover, so our piece challenges them on the comedy factor. We hope to make our audience laugh as much or even more than other comedy films.
2. Our media piece represents different sorts of social groups. One of these groups is the geeks. This is because Fogul is abit of a geek, who trys to fit in with another social group which is the cool kids. This is Harry, he thinks Fogul is a total nerd but likes Leeroy who is a inbetween social group. He isn't cool but he isn't a geek, he is one of Foguls best mates, but also is good mates with Harry.
Another type of social group is bullys, this is because in a way Harry bullys Fogul as soon as he walks into the community centre. But he also gets Fogul on his way home from the community centre takes him back in there and tapes him to a chair leaving him there.
3. The sort of media institution that might produce my media product would be people like Columbia Pictures. This is because they are the distributors of Superbad which was a very successful comedy film, so if we had them to distribute it we would know it would be done successfully. Another media institution that might distribute our piece would be Universal Pictures. This would be because they are the distributors of the American Pie films. Which are probably the most successful series of comedies ever.
4. The audience for our media product would be people who appreciate a good comedy opening to a film, because if it was boring it wouldn't catch the audiences attention from the start. If people come to watch a comedy film they wont it to be funny from the start. Our film fullfills this by having a funny first two minutes to catch the audience's attention.
5. The audience who see's the opening 2minutes of a film and it bores them, they pretty much loose intrest straight away. So we attracted our audience by having our 2minute opening as action pacted as possible, so that the audience is attracted to the film straight away keeping them engaged in the film. We adressed the audience by introducing the main character straight away by filming him walking down steps and walking towards the community centre where he meets Leeroy and Harry. This introduces the characters of the piece within the first 30seconds of the piece. We also adress what sort of person the chartacter is by the way he acts and talks. This shpws the audience most things within the opening scene of the piece which keeps them wanting to watch more to find more out about the characters.
6. I have learnt many different technologies from doing this piece, i have learnt that camera angles are a major part of any film no matter how long or short the piece is. It is good to have a good variety of camera angles in the piece so that the audience gets a different view on the character that is being filmed. Also camera angles can make the audience think all sorts of things, for example if the person is running away from someone else the camera will shake, this shows the audience that the person that is running away is also holding the camera.
Another thing i have learnt about technologies is that even a 2minute piece takes a long to edit, so a 2hour film must take a huge amount of editing. Also with the editing process you can put in titles, sub-titles and effects to help make the piece better. For example at the end of our piece we have the title of the piece at the end. Also we have the music of Peter Andre Mysterious Girl played at the beginning to introduce the character. This is a familiar song to most people and they will recognise it, which will automatically catch their attention.
I have learnt that technologies in films are a major part, from production to distribution. Without technology films wouldn't be possibel as to film it you need to use a camera and a computer for the editing. I have learnt that the editing process for a average length film will be a long and hard process especially to make sure there is no continuity errors. For example in our piece we thought we had a continuity error where Harry takes Fogul into the toilets he has his glasses on, but when he takes the bad off his head they are not on, this is not a continuity error because Harry takes the glasses off Fogul while taking the bag off his head aswell.
To get rid of continuity errors themselve takes distributors a long amount of time. I have learnt that creating a film even with technologies takes a long amount of time and a long hard process.
In a way we have developed the story of Superbad, because it is a story about someone who is abit of a geek who trys to impress his mates. But ours is a different story line. Fogul try's to impress Harry, but turns up late which doesn't impress Harry at all but luckily for Fogul, Leeroy saves the day.
We also developed a scene from The Hangover. When they think Doug has been captured and put in a bag by a so called bad guy Lesley Chow. We developed this by having Fogul captured by Harry and taken and taped up to a chair in the commuinty centre toilets.We thought this would be a good idea because it adds a twist to the story.
Our piece challenges other media pieces that are comedy because our piece is a comedy. This is why we have taken ideas from Superbad and The Hangover, so our piece challenges them on the comedy factor. We hope to make our audience laugh as much or even more than other comedy films.
2. Our media piece represents different sorts of social groups. One of these groups is the geeks. This is because Fogul is abit of a geek, who trys to fit in with another social group which is the cool kids. This is Harry, he thinks Fogul is a total nerd but likes Leeroy who is a inbetween social group. He isn't cool but he isn't a geek, he is one of Foguls best mates, but also is good mates with Harry.
Another type of social group is bullys, this is because in a way Harry bullys Fogul as soon as he walks into the community centre. But he also gets Fogul on his way home from the community centre takes him back in there and tapes him to a chair leaving him there.
3. The sort of media institution that might produce my media product would be people like Columbia Pictures. This is because they are the distributors of Superbad which was a very successful comedy film, so if we had them to distribute it we would know it would be done successfully. Another media institution that might distribute our piece would be Universal Pictures. This would be because they are the distributors of the American Pie films. Which are probably the most successful series of comedies ever.
4. The audience for our media product would be people who appreciate a good comedy opening to a film, because if it was boring it wouldn't catch the audiences attention from the start. If people come to watch a comedy film they wont it to be funny from the start. Our film fullfills this by having a funny first two minutes to catch the audience's attention.
5. The audience who see's the opening 2minutes of a film and it bores them, they pretty much loose intrest straight away. So we attracted our audience by having our 2minute opening as action pacted as possible, so that the audience is attracted to the film straight away keeping them engaged in the film. We adressed the audience by introducing the main character straight away by filming him walking down steps and walking towards the community centre where he meets Leeroy and Harry. This introduces the characters of the piece within the first 30seconds of the piece. We also adress what sort of person the chartacter is by the way he acts and talks. This shpws the audience most things within the opening scene of the piece which keeps them wanting to watch more to find more out about the characters.
6. I have learnt many different technologies from doing this piece, i have learnt that camera angles are a major part of any film no matter how long or short the piece is. It is good to have a good variety of camera angles in the piece so that the audience gets a different view on the character that is being filmed. Also camera angles can make the audience think all sorts of things, for example if the person is running away from someone else the camera will shake, this shows the audience that the person that is running away is also holding the camera.
Another thing i have learnt about technologies is that even a 2minute piece takes a long to edit, so a 2hour film must take a huge amount of editing. Also with the editing process you can put in titles, sub-titles and effects to help make the piece better. For example at the end of our piece we have the title of the piece at the end. Also we have the music of Peter Andre Mysterious Girl played at the beginning to introduce the character. This is a familiar song to most people and they will recognise it, which will automatically catch their attention.
I have learnt that technologies in films are a major part, from production to distribution. Without technology films wouldn't be possibel as to film it you need to use a camera and a computer for the editing. I have learnt that the editing process for a average length film will be a long and hard process especially to make sure there is no continuity errors. For example in our piece we thought we had a continuity error where Harry takes Fogul into the toilets he has his glasses on, but when he takes the bad off his head they are not on, this is not a continuity error because Harry takes the glasses off Fogul while taking the bag off his head aswell.
To get rid of continuity errors themselve takes distributors a long amount of time. I have learnt that creating a film even with technologies takes a long amount of time and a long hard process.
7. I have learnt alot from the progression from my preliminary to the main one. In my preliminary task i had a lot of continuity errors, so when i filmed my main task i made sure that i didnt make any continuity errors at all.
Another thing i have learnt is that in my preliminary task i didn't really use many camera angles, but in my main task i have used a lot more. Doing this adds an extra effect to the piece, because if your actor is talking to someone, you want to do an over the shoulder shot to look more effective, instead of just filming the two people talking head on.
In the progression to the full product i have learnt many different things that can change and make a media product better. Camera angles, effects and making sure there is no continuity errors in the piece. This is all important to making the piece better, it engages the audience from the start, which is important for an opening of a film like this because it is only 2minutes long. So it is vital to catch their attention straight away. I have learnt alot to do with filming my piece through out this process and i think it is a massive improvement from my preliminary task.
Adding effects to my piece is another thing i have learnt. Like in our piece putting a familiar song to introduce the character will get the audiences attention. Where as if you just introduced him with no music it would not catch the audiences attention as much. This is something i have put into my main piece that i didnt do with my preliminary.
This is the clip we watched to get the idea of Mclovin out of Superbad. We used the line he uses 'Gangsters wass'up guyss?!' because we thought it was another way of adding comedy to our piece. It also introduces the character to the audience and the piece.
Another thing i have learnt is that in my preliminary task i didn't really use many camera angles, but in my main task i have used a lot more. Doing this adds an extra effect to the piece, because if your actor is talking to someone, you want to do an over the shoulder shot to look more effective, instead of just filming the two people talking head on.
In the progression to the full product i have learnt many different things that can change and make a media product better. Camera angles, effects and making sure there is no continuity errors in the piece. This is all important to making the piece better, it engages the audience from the start, which is important for an opening of a film like this because it is only 2minutes long. So it is vital to catch their attention straight away. I have learnt alot to do with filming my piece through out this process and i think it is a massive improvement from my preliminary task.
Adding effects to my piece is another thing i have learnt. Like in our piece putting a familiar song to introduce the character will get the audiences attention. Where as if you just introduced him with no music it would not catch the audiences attention as much. This is something i have put into my main piece that i didnt do with my preliminary.
This is the clip we watched to get the idea of Mclovin out of Superbad. We used the line he uses 'Gangsters wass'up guyss?!' because we thought it was another way of adding comedy to our piece. It also introduces the character to the audience and the piece.
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