The Evaluation.

After completing my main music video tasks and the ancillary tasks to link with the video, I then had to evaluate my work.
I created and presented my presentation using Prezi. This is a professional and up-to-date website which allows me to produce a high quality presentation about my final media task.
















You can find my final presenation on:
http://prezi.com/slsuhzqq7emo/


This took me a while to get use to as it is a new way of presenting, but after a while I came to terms with the tools I am able to use on this website and am pleased with the outcome. I will most certainly use this website for future presenatations.

What equipment I used..

These are images I used when producing and evaluating my music video and ancillary tasks.

A camera.


A macbook.




A video camera and tripod.




I have developed my skills a lot throughout this project using these types of equipment. I am now able to use more technical aspects of the Macbook for example more transitions to fit in with what the video is trying to say/ get across to the audience and also how to change the speed and colours.
I feel I have learned so much when producing this video and I feel I will be able to use this later in life to make any video more interesting to watch.



I have also put these images and a more detailed explanation of what skills i have learned on my evaluation on Prezi.com.

Ancillary Tasks

As part of our media assignment we are required to complete two extra tasks as well as our main task. The two extra tasks vary depending on what you choose to do for your final assignment. We chose to create a music video, therefore we had to choose two tasks from the following:
- A website homepage for the band
- A cover for its release as part of a digipak
- A magazine advertisement for the digipak

I have decided that I am going to create a CD cover and also a magazine advertisement. I used Photoshop to make my product more creative. I used an image of the girl seen in our music video (Ceri Shiels) for my CD cover as she is the artist in the music video.

Below are some of the images that I edited in order to create my CD cover and magazine advertisment.
This is the photo I took of Ceri, who was the main performer in our 'Beautiful' video. I wanted her by a brick wall because it had little detail which i could add writing or images to and it will still be clear.


















This was a flower i got from the Internet which i used on both my CD cover and poster. I didn't originally think of using this but as you can see in the picture above the way ceri is sitting her skirt has fallen, therefore i thought too much leg was on show for my target audience. I thought the flower was a good idea because of the target market for our video- young females like pink and flowers, and will therefore get attracted by it.



















To create my CD cover and my poster I used the programme 'Photoshop'. Within this programme I used tools such as the text tool, lasso tool, colour changer, ruler etc. This helped me create my CD cover which I initially designed.
Here is my CD front cover.


















I added text onto the wall with negative words to fit with our video of people putting others down. I then added the 'strike through' to portray that Ceri (the singer) doesn't care about what people say. I also added her name as this is vital in any CD cover as this is how the artist is recognised.

I then created the back cover for my CD. I didn't want to use a brick wall background again so I decided to take a picture of a patch of grass as this is another well known image found outside like the brick wall. I then carried on using the flowers so that all of the CD linked together.
Here is the back cover for the CD.



















I then added made up song names to make it like a real CD album cover.
The second ancillary task which needed to be completed was to create a magazine advertisement, advertising the new album which included our video's song. I created this by adding the CD cover I created previously, then added the release date and reviews from magazines which the 'Pop' genre of music target market reads or radio stations they may listen to, making the advertisement look more realistic. I made the advertisment have a plain background so the consumer focus's on the CD cover. However I did add a flower like on the CD so all of my tasks linked together in some way.
Here is my final advertisement:
















Overall I am rather pleased with my ancillary tasks as they capture the market well and are clear and readable for the consumer. I also made sure the main artist was the main focus on the CD as this could be classed as the most important part.

Completed Production

After completing our video. We decided to use new technology in order to gain audience feedback, therefore we uploaded it onto two websites.
Firstly, we uploaded the video on to http://www.youtube.com/ this website allows users all around the world to share videos and comment and rate them.
Secondly, we uploaded it to Facebok- a social networking website http://www.facebook.com/, this also allows people all around the world to view and comment our video. Using both of these websites will hopefully give us a good idea about whether we created and edited our video well and if there are any improvements we could make.
On Youtube we have already had many veiws, and on Facebook we have been given feedback as people who have watched it have commented.

Monday 22nd March- 1st April

During this week we focused on how we were going to present our evaluations. One way was by using Microsoft Powerpoint which we have used previously, but the second option was using a newer website called 'Prezi'. We signed up for a Prezi account on www.prezi.com. After having a look at the videos which explain how to use Prezi i think this is an effective and professional way to present my evaluation. Therefore I will try my hardest to create an attractive evaluation on Prezi.

During our production lessons on Thursday we watched all of our videos we created as everyone had finished and met the deadline. We had to rate the videos on their overall performance by using levels. Level 2 was basic, Level 3 was proficient and Level 4 was excellent.
After seeing all of the videos made at A2 and comparing them all together I was very proud of my groups video and was praised on it by Mrs Rogers and other class members on it.

Moday 15th- 18th March

After presenting the presentations we ctreated in groups last week, and making notes about how people are influenced to join groups, where others have no control over what they say. We then focused on how we will present our evaluations for the final productions.
We were given certain questions which we should answer in our evaluations, and obviously add more to make it more in depth. We also looked on the chief examiners blog -> petes100blog.blogspot.com
This helped me get an insight into other students blogs about Media. Some of these examples helped me gain ideas baout how I shall present my evaluation.

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We focused on trying to finish editing our productions during these double lessons. As the dealine is getting closer we are hoping to get the editing completed by the end of next week so we can then focus on trying to complete our subsidary tasks. I think it is very possible we will get our editing completed by next week as we only have the ending of the song left.

Monday 8th- 11th March

During Monday's lesson we carried on focusing on 'moral panics' i know understand fully what a moral panic is and how the media plays a big role when exaggerating the problem. Collective identity and stereotypes also play a role in this too, these groups of people become a 'base' of moral panics, which could be seen as threatening by society.
The first 'moral panic' within society was the Waltz dance. This was because it was the first dance in which males and females had to touch eachother. This illustrates that most/some moral panics either just pass or deteriorate. However if some moral panics are 'dangerous' enough this could create new laws/ change legal policies.

During Tuesday and Wednesdays hours of media we got into groups and were set a task to complete. My group had to create a FACEBOOK group about Media A Level Student help, add friends, and then create a presentation on how we will protect the page from any rude/ un-needed comments. We will present this presenation sometime next week.
Here is the link to our group we created..
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=364133583480&ref=mf

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Our production lesson this week was a very important one in which we had to work well toegther in order to get it done quicker. We carried on with our editing of our film and so far we have the first verse and courus completed. I and other members of my group will try to use all free periods so that the video is completed and of a high standard. I am now quite confident we will finish this video on time.

Homework- Summary on hompages and the construction of identities on the web.

Personal home pages are constructed to reflect the makers’ identity, it gives the opportunity to present ones self to the ‘virtual world’. Home pages are not really created/ used to give information but are used to construct a certain identity. The virtual environment offers the user a context which can be used to experiment and shape a personal identity.

Home pages can be used to ‘promote’ a person in a way they want to be known as, however comparisons of home pages with face-to-face interaction can be different and often misleading. Some users do not show information that may make consumers not want to know more about them, they would rather feel accepted in the online world. As home pages just show texts, images and graphics and in person, body language, facial expressions and gestures are shown, this can portray a different sort of person than which is online. Users make sure they keep some information ‘a secret’ to consumers as the internet/ World Wide Web has mass consumers as well as mass producers. I think that the way in which you can tell a persons personality just by looking at their home page is by looking at the language they use.

The way in which individual users differentiate themselves online involves bricolage (a term referring to the construction or creation of work from a range of things which happen to be available) in this case it is the use of graphics, sounds, text etc. Confusing layout and mulitimedia is a way in which people can make themselves different to others in a way to make a ‘personal statement’. An online commentator stated that “Most people do not get the chance to write a book or get published anywhere. The net gives everyone a chance to say something before they die.” This is one of the main positive points for producers online as they are able to express their thoughts and feelings to other users at their own leisure.

Another positive aspect of having a home page is that it is easier to ‘reveal yourself’ or parts of your personality to people. An example of this is shown in the report by Daniel Chandler. It shows that James, a gay British internet user, said it was easier for him to ‘come out’ on his homepage compared to real life and when people asked he was able to say ‘Oh didn’t you know?’. This is a good example of showing how the construction and information on a web page/ home page makes it easier to show ones identity as they do not need to face any consequences or embarrassment face to face.

With advantages of having homepages and identities on the web, come some disadvantages. One disadvantage is that some fear that young people will be dependent on using the virtual world to retreat from everyday life, as these are the digital natives (people growing up knowing about the web). This means that young people’s identities are being shown on the web without knowing the receiver. This proves that ‘virtual homes provide no shelter for anyone’, and therefore we should make sure that some of our important information on our constructed homepage is kept to ourselves.

1st-4th March

During Mondays lesson we all read a condensed report by Daniel Chandler which explains 'Personal Home Pages and the Construction of Identities on the Web.'
I made noted on this and we all need to write a summary of 500 words by next Monday.

The next lesson we watched a film called 'Saturday night, Sunday morning' which was released in November 1960. The tag line for this film is "Saturday night you have you fling at life, Sunday morning you face up to it!" this tag line shows it is mainly about youth because this is mainly what 'youth' care about, just going out, drinking and socialising. The youths in this film are portrayed to be care free and enjoy going out every night even if they have work in the morning, this relates to youths this present day. They are also shown to be rude to elder more authorotive people. This is shown in the film when the main character bumps into a woman in an expensive coat, and spills his drink down her. But without caring he just walks away as if it didnt happen.
Thsi film showed me how youth is portrayed in the same way within films over many years.

I also learnt about 'moral panics' this week. Mass media has been created and used to influence what people think, and have now been tapped into public fears. An example of this are 'Mods and Rockers' and youths.
Stanley Cohen who wrote 'Folk Devils and Moral Panics' in 1987 mainly focused on mods and rockers and thereofre this influenced how people saw mods and rockers to be even if it isnt true in reality. Another example of moral panic would be the trailer we have previously watched called 'Reefer Madness' which shows youths and drug abuse. Because these moral panics started years previous, moral panics do not stem from 'new' threats, such as youths for example.

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We carried on filming during this double production lesson. This week we created signs which said 'Lonely' and 'Afraid' etc, then asked students around the school who would suit the part to hold the signs. We also filmed peoples lips saying certain words/ lines from the song so we can cut and edit them so there will be a different persons lips for each part of the line. I think this suits the video as it is trying to show we are all beautiful in our own way, thereofre by doing this its as if we are bringing everyone together.

22nd-25th February

During monday and tuesdays lessons we watched a programme named 'Virtual Revolution' which is a documentary exploring the way 20 years of internet has changed people lives. This documentary included showing the views of Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) Chris Hughes (co-funder of FACEBOOK)and Bill Gates (from Microsoft).

I found this very interesting as it gave me a knowledge into how much the internet has had an impact on people. Now a quarter of the world uses the web regularly and over 35 million people will log onto the web per day. 350 million people have and use FACEBOOK accounts, with 1 in 3 people in the UK using FACEBOOK daily it questions do we have an internet addiction?
In Korea some used the internet for 18 hours per day and 20% of these were addmitted to hospital.

I tried the test on the website for virtual revolution to see my 'web behaviour' the website for this is www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution.
I discovered that I am a 'web octopus' which shows i am fast moving on the web, independent, therefore i do not rely on social networking sites when searching for information, and adaptable, which means i am able to multitask without it affecting my performance.


During Wednesdays lesson we revised over uses and gratifications including Blumer and Katz, and Denis McQuail theories. Which includes why we use the media. There are four main reasons we use the media, they are:
- Diversion or relaxing/ escaping
- Personal relationships (sense of belonging)
- Personal identity, our own values, models of behaviour
- Surveillance/ information (finding out about relevant events and surroundings, seeking advice etc.)

Theories are just ideas that explain certain aspects of behaviour.

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This week in our production lesson we carried on filming our new music video and added new ideas to the lyrics we printed. This works as a storyboard for us as we know which scene will fit with which line in the song, therefore when it comes to editing we will know which order the clips we filmed go in. I felt we had a productive lesson as we now know the details of each clip we shall be filming.

HALF TERM

During the week of half term my group worked on our production so that we was in a stable place to be when we went back to school. One member of our group could not attend some sessions of prodcution we arranged which made the work harder for me and Beckie.
During the half term we came to the conclusion that the song we had chosen was a little fast and the setting of the scenes may be difficult. Therefore we decided to change the song to another Christina Aguilera one, named 'Beautiful'. We chose this song as we thought we could fit a meaningful story with it, such as people being bullied or sad with the way they look.

We brainstormed what could be included in the film and put some of the ideas with the lyrics which we printed out. We watched the music video for this song many times on youtube.com so we ould have a good sense of which scenes and camera angles work well with the song.

Me and Beckie also started filming a few shots during this week, after overcoming some problems with the video camera. I now feel confident this is the right song and should be sucessful if everyone in the group works together and attends production lessons.

8th- 11th February

As some people within the class are planning and filming film trailers for their main task, the subsidary tasks include creating a film magazine cover which inclkudes their film on it. This also helps groups like mine which are creating a music video as we have to write and article on the artist/ video as our subsidary task. Within our first lesson this week we looked at a few different film magazine covers so we could see which componenets were needed to make it efeective. I discovered that the image of the film was the main focus and sometimes overlapped the actual name of the magazine. I may decide to incoporate this when creating my own magazine article.

During this week we also watched a film over 2 lessons called 'Dirty Pretty Things'. This film shows a different representation of the 'normal Britain' as it shows different cultures and ethnicities and illegal immagrants. It is a social realist film with different issues of narrative running through it.

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Through the production lesson this week we carried on planning our video which we will hopefully record over the half term next week, as the dealine is getting closer. I am also thinking about starting my subsidary task so when it gets nearer the end I wil not be rushing to help finish the video and do the subsidary task on top of this workload.

1st-4th February

This week we mainly focused on 'Personal identity', and 'online identity/ online persona'.
I learnt how we express our identities by our appearance, personality, hobbies and friends etc. Our identity is the way we present ourselves to others and it is our choice to create our own personal identity.
When creating an online identity it can be fake or false if you really want it to be, by using someone elses information and pictures. Even though most people use their own information sometimes you cannot trust a person online as they can be someone different.

Marcus, Machilek and Shuitz are theorists on how people express themselves. Users can recognise someones personality just by their profiles such as the language they use, how its laid out etc.

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During the double production lesson this week me Beckie and Dale carried on with choreographing a dance for our video. We first uploaded the song onto the Mac so we have it there when we need it in the future. We also talked about costumes and are going to buy some costumes during the half term in 2 weeks time.

Wednesday 20th- Tuesday 26th January

During this week we mainly focused on youth culture and how they are stereotyped/ portrayed through programmes and films.
We looked at clips of 'Kevin and Perry' and 'Catherine Tate' and found out that the stereotype of teenagers are comedy, exagerated and are portrayed to be rude, untidy, chav-like and have disrespect for authoritive people such as teachers. This makes it funny when exageratted because it feels that we have all seen or been this previously when we was a teenager. For example going round a friends house and them arguing with their parents for not being able to go out (disrespect).

We also looked at film trailers for youth culture type films, such as, 'Kidulthood', 'Reafer Madness', Quadrophenia' and 'Bullet boy'. These are films set in different times and about youth, from 1930's until the present day. As they are different times they show how the youth culture has changed and shown through the media. All of these film trailers have violence, sex, drugs and underage drinking in which are all parts of the truth of youths but exageratted in a way to make it more entertaining.

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During our double production lesson this week, my group produced a story board to make it easier for us to follow and complete. With this and our filiming schedule we will find it so much easier to make the deadline as we know what to do each week.

Here are our schedule of events leading to our Final Production:

January:

21st- Storyboarding/Detailed planning of lyrics.
25th- Choreographing for video (Beckie & Emma)
27th- Continuing choreographing.
28th- Costume/Props list.

February:

1st- Choreographing.
3rd- Drama studio to teach actors.
4th- Teaching actors.
8th- Teaching actors.
10th- Filming.
11th- Filming in Drama studio location.
15th- Filming.
17th- Filming.
18th- Filming.

March- EDITING.
Final deadline- 25th March 2010.


Next week we are going to start on the actual video.

Precis on media and collective identity document.

I read the document on Media and Collective Identity in class and then re-read it in my free time and wrote a precis on what was shown within the text so i understood clearly what it is about.

Within this document the first section is on 'Identity' it basically explains how media can influence the audiences 'personal identity'. Some could argue that personal identity i highly influenced by the media as it shows what celebrities are wearing and doing which some people may copy, and therefore copying someones 'personal identity'.
Two statements are shown within this text from David Buckingham and David Gauntlett, which are two of the most influential writers in media. They are both concerned with the relationship shown between media and cultural identity. 'Buckingham' says (in my own words)

'Considering the effect of everyday media and technologies, the media influences our individuality by the things we watch or read.'

Gauntlett says (in my own words again)
'We are all influenced to create our own identity. However, because of the media we may be similar in most ways due to the major influence the media has.'

Both are showing identity is complicated and everyone thinks they've got one.

Collective identity refers to an individuals sense of belonging to a certain group, and with this they are able to form parts of their own personal identity. The USA and our country shares the same language so we are a small collective of people by comparison. This can also link into stereotypes as it is putting certain people into groups. An example used in the text is the film 'Bend it Like Beckham' as it questions to which extent does the film balance its stereotyping of Punjabi life with collective identity and social realism.

On page 62 of the document it considers British films which are related in some way to collective identity (about Britishness) and social realism about Britain. Recurring themes in these types of films include drugs, unemployment, money problems etc. These types of stories need to be shown carefully because what is shown in the media can create serious debate about the 'real world' and real current social issues which may affect people. This social realist text can put Britain into groups (collective identity) as most poeople have to cope with these sorts of problems.

Homework- Essay question intorduction.

Explain how stereotyping in British TV drama and British film contributes to a sense of collective identity.

Collective identity refers to individuals who feel they need a 'sense of belonging' to be accepted within a certain group. Sometimes, the sense of belonging to a particular group will be so strong that it will trump other aspects of the person's personal identity and they will do things that they do not actually do, just so they fit in. Some stereotypes within British TV drama and British film can be recognised instantly, as the audience will be able to relate to how a sense of belonging can be comforting for people. An example of recognisable collective identity within a TV drama is SKINS, as the group of friends within this programme all have an interest in drugs, smoking and rebelling like 'typical teenagers'. Within this essay I will give examples of different collective identities shown within British TV drama and British films...

14th January 2010

This was our double production lesson and during this lesson we were able to start to plan and research our chosen final piece production.

My group is a group of three, and we have chosen to produce a music video. Our chosen genre of music we want to produce is Pop, as we feel we coupld have fun when chosing outfits and when filming the video we can use a range of location and 'actors' to make it fun and exciting to watch.
We researched during this lesson using the laptops. We went onto www.youtube.com and watched different types of old 90's pop videos such as Britney Spears and S Club 7 which helped us decide on our final song. We then also produced a time schedule for our group to work by so we have deadlines for each part of the project therefore managing our time well and making sure we have enough time for editing our video a the end as this will be a difficult part of the project.
Our deadline being the 25th March 2010, gives us three months to work on our final production with our schedule plan I think think will help us complete it within the deadlines. We have decided to edit throughout march so we have enough time to make the technical side of the project (transitions and lip syncing etc) of a high quality. I think this will be the most challenging task, but according to our time schedule, if we put in a lot of effort we will produce a film of a high standard. I am excited about working on a project as it will be our last one which means I want to make sure it is the best one yet.

The cameras and editing software becomes easier to use after a certain amount of experience and by using them for short tasks such as the rape awareness advert and underage drinking film. t the start of this year we had to take an 'MOT' type test for the use of camera software, which shows if we know how to use the camera and apple macs well or not. Passing this test, I feel comfortable in using the mac's to edit and cut a film to a standard of high enough quality.
Whenever I use this software I feel more confident and also learn something new everytime which makes the work more exciting to complete.


We have copleted many tasks throught the past couple of months, this is so we feel more confident as individuals when it does come to our final production piece at the end of the year.


The first task was that of the competition about underage drinking for the alcohelp company, and producing a film for the target market of young people about the effects of alcohol and underage drinking. I explained the film previously in my blog and have learnt a lot about mise en scene from this task the most as it had to be realistic in order to be believed by the target audience. I think my group and I worked well as a team as we split the planning, filming and editing up eaqually in order to get the best quality film.

The second film we produced was a swede of a film trailer for a popular film. I was in a group of four and our task was to watch trailers of recent films, and use this to produce a 'copy' of the trailer. Our group decided on 'Run Fat Boy Run' as our trailer. Again, it taught me a lot about the amount of planning that had to be done in order to produce a successful film. Even though we was given a short space of time to work on this production, we still had a chance to work on the macs to edit the trailer to a high standard. This short trailer is more humorous than the others we have produced, but it has still shown me how much effort needs to be put in, in order to get a good quality end product.

The latest filming we had to produce was a music video. I presonally felt this was the most challenging film of all. The song we recieved was Money, Money, Money by ABBA. We had to incorporate the iconic images of money such as diamonds and pearls. We brainstormed our ideas and started to create the film. The loation we used was the drama studio, which had a plain black background in order to create a video as if it was a 'show style' scene. We had to make sure the lyrics fitted with the lip syncing in order for it to look like a professional music video. We had to edit with much care so the lip syncing was perfect. Some obstacles that occured when producing this was that we did not have enough film, therefore we had to use some of the scenes we filmed more than once, the learning curve for me during this was to film as many scenes as possible so we have a choice when it comes to editing. I think the outcome was better than what I had expected and I am pleased with the result of it.

These mini production projects have all been leading up to our final production, so we understand and feel confident when using all software in order to produce films to the best of our abililty. The main thing I will make sure to do when producing a film is to plan well, which includes thinking of the best mise en scene which makes the film more realistic to the audience and edit the film to make it more exciting to watch including variations of camera shots and movement. I am determined to use all time to put in the most effort possible.

9-7-09 & 10-7-09

Our next project is also going to be a competition with other schools in Essex. It is to produce a film of 3- 10 minutes long based on underage drinking.

Underage drinking has become a major factor within the UK in these present times, and we need to start bringing awareness to all those who participate. The charity that came up with this idea of project are called 'Alcohelp'. The website containing a full brief is www.alcohelp.co.uk/consider

Our target audience for this project is 13 year olds, which personally thinking about it i think this is a too young of age for them to start drinking alcohol as it will damage them later in life, therefore bringing the awarness of alcohol effects will help them realise how bad the problem really is, whether iot be on a regular basis or once in a while. We then thought of things to include in the film about the aspects that cause underage drinking to start with to bring awareness to those involved.
They are:
- Peer pressure
- Violence
- Long term health problems (e.g- liver damage)
- Truancy
- Binge Drinking
This is to raise awareness of the different issues. We have to portray how underage drinking does have serious consequences. For a homework task, we were asked to research into the topic thoroughly and find statistics that will shock our audience.The main one young people do not realise when drinking is that it can cause them permanant brain damage and they have a higher risk of becoming pregnant and having sexual intercourse as they are under the influence of alcohol and dont realise their actions. Young people do not realise these consequences, and until they see it to believe it. Statistics also shown in my homework were that many young children these days can buy alcohol within a shop without being questionned of their age. This makes it easier for underage drinking to occur, as parents do not have control of their actions if they do not know what they are actually doing when they are out socialising. Another fact that shocked me was that children as young as 12 have been admitted as alcoholics due to excessive drinking on a regular basis. This is hard to understand as i stereotypically think of young children being innocent and well behaved and may just go to the park with friends to have fun, and not to binge drink. Many young children say they do this because they have no other activities they can become involved in.

In the second part of our lesson, we started to brainstorm and think about what different aspects of the film could make it more 'realistic' using several techniques. We looked at how documentary type films often use interviewing techniques, cutaways, and still images to get the message across clearly. I like the use of voiceovers and making it repeptitiveso it sticks in the viewers mind. This could be affective when producing the alcohol awareness, as many of these techniques could attract the target audience and inform and also show them of the effects their drinking will have in the future.

25/06/09

During this lesson, we were given the task of creating a short film titled 'Rape Awareness'. This film purpose is to make people aware of personal safety, and should attract the target audience. It is aimed at young girls mainly because they are the most vulnerable. When we researched some statistics of rape and how it occurs we was shocked at what we found. After seeing this statistics we had to think of a way in which the film would be believeable and get the message clearly across. Some statistics included that nearly all rapes are commited by people that the victim has known within their life e.g- ex boyfriends and friends.
My group chose to use this time to research the topic so we had a clearer and better understanding of the topic.
We chose the specific statistics that we are going to use within our film, and next lesson we will start to film this sequence. As our storyboards are completed, when it comes to filming, it will be easier to get down to it and create a good production, as we are all aware of what shots we are going to use and the sequence of events.
As we found in our other tasks, planning is one of the most vital parts to completing a successful film. Although the practical side of filming can takeup a lot of time, the planning helps this become alot easier as we know exactly what should be included in the film.

A2 MEDIA BLOG.

Today we made a start on our second year doing media, this year we are mainly looking at the practical side of film for our next piece. As we are aware, it is going to be much harder and more challenging project compared to other products we have done previously, I will need to be confident in using all equipment in order for my work to be the highest standard it can possibly be.

In this lesson we used the video cameras to try and catch different types of shots in order to get used to a range of shots to make our films/ productions more interesting and technical. We tried shots such as close ups, long shots, canted shots etc and also practicing camera movements like panning and tracking. I learnt that when wanting to keep a shot and the camera still without a tripod, is extremely challenging as every slight movement can be shown especially if the clip would be sped up for an effect. This practice when using the cameras has helped me become more confident and has broadened my idea on some production work in order to make it better and interesting.