Question 2- Evaluation

Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In this question we looked at the type of characters within our film opening and how they were represented and applied into our film opening. We further looked into how we displayed in our film what representation of women was like, and how we were able to show this in our opening due to the conventions of film noir.

Question 1- Evaluation

Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge form and conventions of real media products?
In this question we looked into the main codes and conventions of a film noir film, and how we maintained, developed and challenged these conventions. We also looked at the inspirations we had for our film opening and how they influenced us.

Production Diary

This is the production diary to show what we have been doing over the past few weeks. It includes what we have completed and the evidence to prove this. It also shows behind the scene pictures from when we were filming to show what those who weren't on the screen were doing. Each part also includes the actual date that they happened, showing how we met deadlines and maintained a high intensity of work.

Marketing- Interview with Elona

We also completed another interview with the Directer of the film. We completed this because many people who are interested in the film would normally want to know what is going on behind the scenes and therefore though having the interview with the directer the public can have this.

Also with this interview we reveal why our film noir is different to other classic film noirs. The question is asked at 1.05 minutes and the answer consists along the lines of how we are giving the woman more power than ever before.

Marketing- Interview with Georgia

When thinking about more ways to market our film we decided that interviews would be god, as then it can allow the public to get to know our actors and this could make them like the type of person they are and then want to go and see them in the film. The first interview we completed was with Georgia Alliston who plays Lana Lombard.

This interview is also going onto the preview page on our website and is released on there first for fans who are interested in our film, this therefore encourages them to go back to our website to see more previews.

Here it is on the website:

We have completed our interviews using the Film 4 logo because on the TV channel they complete interviews about up and coming films that are mainstream or independent. Also as we have decided to have Film 4 as our distributor it links the film and the marketing.

Marketing- Poster

Now that we had all of the photos we put them on on Photoshop and edited them to have the film noir feeling we wanted them to have. We created 3 posters to be released, two individual character posters and 1 overall film poster.
We created individual character ones as well as our main one because we are going to release them separately at different times, this well help increase the excitement over our film and will also introduce the characters to the audience before they see the film.
This is how we have designed them to look like:

For the poster we made there be a blind/ blocking effect in the background as this is a classic film noir convention.
We have also used the same font as we have in the actual film titles, this is so that this particular font becomes iconic and like a logo to our film as the audience will start to recognize this font used.
Finally we made our film a 15 which is shown on the bottom left of the poster. This is because our film will contain scenes of a violent and at times of scary nature.

Marketing- Photoshoot

Whilst we were filming in the office we decided to have a photo shoot in the break between filming, this was so that we would be able to create our posters with adequate setting and lighting to match the classic film noir posters.
Here are some of the photos we took, they include prop and setting shots as well as character shots:

Marketing- Website

As for our film to be a success we would need to advertise our film, especially as ours is low budget, to try and get more people to go and see our film. As well as posters and other physical ways of advertising and marketing our film. We thought that it would be also effective if we created a film website. Through having this it means that people worldwide will be able to hear about our film, 'A Dame With A Clue'.
This is our website link:

www.adamewithaclue.wix.com/adwac

Through having this website it also allows us to have a base for the fans of the film which we gain. To encourage the fans to go the website we are releasing short previews  of music and voice overs as well as behind the scenes interviews on the website first, so those who can't wait want to go and see the film even more in cinema.
Also on this website there are links to our social media pages which we are also creating.

Marketing Research

Now that we have nearly completed the editing of our film opening we need to market it to be able to get the hype up and get people to come and watch our film when we have completed it. So that we would use the correct marketing for the audience which we are trying to gain we have completed research on it.

We have also included our own ways of marketing as well, as it displays where we got the inspiration from and that we have completed it too.

Student Feedback

This is the feedback which we received from the other members in the classes, they marked us out of 60 and based it on how good the sound was, how the effects on the film were and how the transitions were. We will take this on board along with the teacher's feedback and edit and adapt our film opening to follow the recommendations and therefore improve our final opening and grade.

Teacher Feedback

As we have created our first draft we had our teachers watch it to then help us by giving us feedback on what they thought and how we could improve the first version of our film opening.

Here is what they said:

We have taken all of this feedback on board and we are going to apply these improvements suggested to our opening. Through doing this it should help improve our overall mark at the end of this coursework.

First Draft

After collecting all of our footage and editing it we have created a first draft of our opening sequence- A Dame With A Clue.

This first version of our film opening will be observed by our teachers and classmates who we will eventually get feedback from. We will also watch the other groups openings and give them feedback too.

Final Title Order

This is the finalised list of the order in which we are putting our titles in. We considered how titles were displayed in 1940s-60s Film Noir films by including an actors list and showing the film title straight away but we also considered how titles are shown in modern films by including individual titles so that we can show that our film is being made in the modern era. We mixed the two elements together in order to display a Film Noir film in 2015.

This is the order we have decided upon:

1. Production Company
2. Film Title
3. Actor Name - Individual
4. Actor Name - Individual
5. List of Actors Names
6. Casting by
7. Co-Producer
8. Costume Design
9. Music by...
10. Director of Photography
11. Production Designer
12. Editors
13. Writers
14. Executive Producer
15. Producer
16. Director

Shooting Schedule- Interior

As we are going to be filming the office scenes over the next couple of days we need to make sure that we are going to be as efficient as we can be, due to us having to travel to our location and it having to be dark outside. So to ensure this we created a shooting schedule and through having a shooting schedule, it will tell us what we should be filming, when and this will make us concentrate properly and get the shots we need done.

Interior Risk Assessment

The next part we are filming will be the part of our opening which is inside in an office. To make sure we are safe we must include a risk assessment and take the precautions we mention if anything happens.

As in this presentation the risk assessment isn't very clear, here it is on its own:

This risk assessment includes the risks that we face and what we are going to do to limit the risk. We have also included the nearest A and E hospital as well as the first aider who will be on site. Then to approve our risk assessment is sufficient our media teacher signed it.

The Maltese Falcon Timeline

As we are starting to film and edit our opening sequence we decided that it would be best that we did further research into the correct ordering of shots as well as what the outline of the conversation that takes place in classic film noir films. This research has given us therefore given us inspiration with which shots and ideas from our storyboard should be ordered where.
The classic film noir film which we have taken this inspiration from is The Maltese Falcon, we watched the opening sequence to this and made short notes about each part.