Audience questionnaire

I have asked a pupil in our class to answer these following questions, here he has filled out the questions-
1. which genres do you enjoy?
I prefer the genre of comedy to any other.
2. Do you watch films with the same genre as ours which is sports/drama?
Yes I watch fighting films and have seen all seven rocky Films aswell as raging bull.
3. What themes do you like?
I enjoy the therme of mystery and murder as I find these interesting and never bore me.
4. What Character types do you identify with?
Characters like bruce almighty, that are funny and dont care about embarrassing themselves
5. Do you prefer British or American films?
I prefer British films as I can relate much more to these as they speak with our humour and I regognise a lot of the locations.
By Lee Wayne Sharman

main task and planning questions

AS Media Foundation Portfolio – Self Assessment

Main task

Research

• Which existing films did you research?

The existing films that we have researched are Rocky V, Rocky VI and Raging Bull.

• Why did you choose them?

We chose these films as they are both well known and classic films, which have done well in their specific genre, and a good influence on our films choreography.

• How did these films inform your planning?

These films both helped us with the planning as Raging Bull used the idea of black and white to create supposedly a little mystery and show that it is a classic film.  The Rocky films helped us with our film as they use suitable camera angles to help make the punches more realistic. 

• Did you analyse the films in terms of camerawork, mise-en-scene, editing and sound?

We analysed the Rocky films to gain confidence on our camera angles and shoot the right scenes in the right places making the fighting scenes seem as realistic as possible.  We edited our film making the whole of it black and white to make it seem like a gloomy film, filmed in the lower class areas.   

• Did you analyse the titles of the films?

WE did take a look at the way the titles were displayed within the two types of films, but we then decided to make them our own way and present them different to the two films.

• Did you consider the conventions of your three films?

In the three films that we researched we looked at the conventions of them, in both the Rocky films we saw that within the fighting scenes there were flash images which made the punches seem powerful and make the audience feel the force of them.  In the first opening scenes of Rocky the title is splashed across the screen

• Did you research the role of a film distributor?

We researched united artists which distributed the films that influenced our videos.

• Did you find out which companies distributed your three influential films?

Yes the companies that influenced our films were United Artists.

• Have you taken screenshots from the films to illustrate your analysis?

Yes we have done two screenshots from the rocky films to show the camera angles, and to understand the chorography in a still picture for example foot work and stances.

• Have you found out who distributed your films, researched those companies and found out what films they typically distribute?

Yes we researched the distributing companies United Artists, they distributed Rain man, Annie Hall, Rocky, Midnight Cow Boy, In the heat of the night and Westside Story.

• Did you use a focus group to give you feedback on your ideas and influential films?

We placed our video on youtube, blogger, twitter and on the whiteboard

• How did this help you?

This helped us with our video; as we have learnt from the mistakes we have made and corrected all of are mistakes such as the amount of time the text stays on the screen and the choreography of the fighting.  Also it has helped us come up with new ideas to add into o0ur film.

• Did you consider the audience for each of your existing films and how they target their audience?  (The films’ classifications may also be of use to you.)

Yes we did, as the audience of the films we chose to research was aged 18 and over and the type of audience that enjoys a action film and the sharp, snappy and flashing shots from different views when in the fighting scenes.

• Have you used any other form of audience research, such as questionnaires and interviews?

The research and feed back we gained from our video was from our other class mates who gave comments and ideas about the good points and points that we could maybe improve on such as camera angles or scenery.

Planning:

• Did you brainstorm your ideas?

Yes we did, we put them in a list of the things we were going to add into our film such as equipment, actors, actors role etc...

• Have you created a shot list?

Yes i believe we have, such as the angles and shot angles on how we are going to shoot each shot in the film and from what distance to the actors we will shoot from.

• Have you planned your titles based on your textual analysis?

Our titles were coming up during the film with a black background and white writing; we got that idea from the film Rocky.  We got the title itself from  million dollar baby as our film is called million dollar punch.

• Have you created a simple call sheet for your actors?

We didn’t have a call sheet as it was a shirt film and wasn’t necessary to have one.

• Did you complete risk assessments for any potentially dangerous activities?

Yes we did, some of the risks we included was the time of year as we filmed in the winter the temperatures were quite cold and we filmed in the garage which could of affected our performance from the cold weather.

Intro description For 'Million Dollar Punch'

Trainspotter intro:
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?

Why we have chosen this:
This is the the similar script that we will be using at the beginning of our film, as you can see here this is from the film 'TrainSpotting' we will be using this text to change into our own about illegal fighting.

music for Million Dollar Punch

We had an idea of changing our song which plays in the film from 'Metallica-one' to 'Foo Fighters- I should of known, but then we came to a desicion to keep our present song 'Metallica- One'

Improvements for our video "Million Dollar Punch"

- Intro of movie text re-write
- Change transitions to consistent style
- Have a montage of video shots to establish genre
- Cut the ending and have no Led Zepilliin
- Get more shots of realistic punching
- Take away all music except the Metallica song, and play until film ends
- keep whole movie black and white
- Production company should be at the start of the movie
- Slow the prologue text down
- Different colour font for production company

Million Dollar Punch 1st Draft

Here is our 1st draft entry for our main task, we hope to improve this by the 14th of December.

Risk Assesment

Potential hazards	Resulting effects of hazards	How we over came the hazards	Possibility of hazards (1-10)
Could be that someone may get hit the face by bare knuckles.	This could result in concussion or injuries.	Plan choreography before fight	5
Fake blood could spill on floor.	Therefore would result in actors slipping onto floor.	Be careful where the blood is placed	7
The weather may be cold.	This would therefore affect the performance of the actors.	Heating will be provided before the film is shot.	4

Action plan

Action plan

What will be done, and by whom it will be done by?

 The roles of people we have in our group are; Rudi as the camera man 2 and director, James as camera man 1, Lee as the main actor, and Danny as the editor and actor. Originally there was going to be a script but now we decided not to have one.

When will it be done?

 We have 3 weeks to complete our task in which we have to do our production and editing. On Saturday the 3^rd of December we will be finishing our 1st draft of the film. Then gain feedback to develop our film.

What specific resources are available for our film production?

Tasks we have done:

• Script/Dialogues- No Script. It's a silent film, the dialogues is conveyed through pure facial emotions.

• Plot Outline- Helped out via group discussion (Rudi Sampat/James Rose/Danny O'Neill/Lee Arnold).
• Selected Movie influences annotations/screen shots- Completed by Rudi Sampat.
• Location Shots- Completed by Rudi Sampat.
• Focus Group Feedback on influential films- Completed by Danny O'Neill and Lee Arnold. 
• Pitch for Potential film- Completed by Danny O'Neill/Lee Arnold/Rudi Sampat/James Rose.
• Storyboard Photographs - Complete by Rudi Sampat
• Location Permission- No permission needed, filmed at Rudi Sampat's Garage.
• Parental Consent- No children needed in the film, only people within our group.
• Equipment/Props-Hand Wraps, Two cameras, Lamp lights, Treadmill (Use to pan a scene).
• Risk assessment- Complete by Lee Arnold

Rocky IV

Questions:
These are the questions that ill be asking to our collegues, Rocky IV:

-How does the music make you feel? in the fight scene? and does the music affect the fight?

-What do you think are the good and bad points in this scene?

-How realistic is the fight and what are your reasons?

Feedback:
- Music give a sense of adrenilline and also goes reallu well with the tempo of the fight shown.
-The sound effects of the punching do not seem to fit the punches itself, almost dubbed punch effects.
-Puches looked fake therfore giving it an unrealistic view of filiming boxing.

Rocky III. Questions and Feedback

Questions:
these are the questions im going to be asking the class about the first two minutes of Rocky III

1. What impressions does this give of the person that has the belt?
2. The fighting in this scene is slow, do you think this is effective and why?

Feedback:
1. The belt shows a sense of power and proess from the boxer who owns it.
2. The slow camera effects gives out an impression of tiredness from the boxers and also shows the puches clearly, but can easily see that the puches are fakely done.

We will use this feedback to help us make our movie by using props and different ways to use the camera to make our movie look better with the effects

Preliminary Questions and Answers

Media studies questions and answers

   Did you observe the 180-degree rule?

   yes

Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

T the 180 degree rule is when the camera man stays one side of the people he is videoing and doesn’t switch sides as the audience would get confused who is who.

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·  What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task?  (e.g.  filming, acting, editing, equipment organisation etc.)

A acted as the hitman.

·  How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I played the part as the main character and helped in writing the script for myself.

 What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I feel more confident in acting for when the main task is brought to us as we had a few cock ups in the preliminary task but in the end got a good video.

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Premlimanary video

The video may have a couple of mistakes to it.

Q's and Ans

Did you observe the 180-Degree rule?

Yes

Can you explain the 180-degree rule?

The 180 degree rule is if there are two people having a conversation the cameraman will stay on one side of them and no switch sides so the audience doesn’t get confused

What role did you play in the making of the preliminary task (e.g. filming, acting, editing, equipment, organisation etc.)

I edited the video and contributed to the script

How would you assess your contribution to the group?

I edited the video and contributed to the script

What have you learned from the process of making your preliminary film?

I learnt how to use the editing programme better

Danny O’Neill