Media National Unit 3 level 2 Evaluation.
In unit 3 my strengths were creativity and planning out ideas. My creativity helped me to film different clips and piece them together to form a short trailer.
Filming was also one of my strengths because I had used them many times before filming the short trailer. Planning was often challenging at times because we would have to discuss everything together and make sure that we were all ok with it e.g. Time to start filming, name of short trailer, equipment etc.
One of my weaknesses was editing each clip that went into the short trailer. This is because i did not know how to edit the certain parts of the clips that i needed to edit e.g. colour correction and adding background music.
Working as a team was one of my strengths because I could have help from the other team members and I could help them.
My one problem with teamwork was that not everybody would agree with what each other would say.
Another weakness was working independently. I struggled with this because I wouldn't always know what to do and I would have nobody to help me.
Review of short trailer:
The name of the short trailer is Zombles (NOT ZOMBIES!).
The short trailer lasts about 40 seconds which includes the text and the poster shown at the end of it. The trailer shows a mixture of horror and gore with the slightest tint of comedy. It shows some of the action packed scenes e.g. Jake getting chased, me punching the camera, Jacob’s throat getting ripped out etc. These scenes make the trailer seem very interesting and extremely eye-catching. The colour correction and other editing makes the scenes look polished and well done and less scruffy. This makes the trailer more appealing to the audience who are viewing it.
The filming techniques that we used where body shots, close up shots of legs and medium shots of body’s and pan zooms etc.
For the planning we made sure that everyone knew what time to arrive for the filming and we made sure that we all had each others contacts (facebook,phone numbers etc).
The reason why we needed to get each others contact was because we needed to inform each other about changes in plans e.g.change in arrival times, change in filming times and what dates to film.
We also helped each other with planning the trailer. This includes writing down ideas and plans on paper and/or computer e.g. Equipment list, location, list of team members etc. For editing we used colour correction. This makes sure that there are no mixed up colours in the each and every clip in the trailer which makes it look more professional and a lot less scruffy and amateurish.
I found it very easy to sort out each clip and put them in order and colour correct them. To colour correct the trailer I clicked on effects, video filters and colour correction.
A good technique that we used for filming was fake blood. We did this by filling a transparent bag with red food colouring mixed with flour and water. We made it look like the blood was squirting out of Jacobs neck by getting Kieren to secretly pop the bag on Jacobs neck.
Tattered clothes were also a good effect because it made the actors look like they were really part of the video. The clothes were covered in blood and heavily creased to make the characters look like they have been through a hard time. Once again the fake blood was made with red food colouring, flour and water.
Legal and ethical requirements:
For our team we kept to the privacy policy by not exposing each others phone numbers and Email accounts.
We used a track from linkin park which was useful because it worked well with the atmosphere of the trailer but if this was a trailer for a real motion picture trailer, we would have to seek permission from Linkin Park (the band).
In the trailer we represented Grinshill because that is where we chose to film the short trailer and to plan some of the trailer. We represented a fictional event that is common is books and films. We represented it by portraying different characters in the trailer which are often shown in movies, books and games.
