Q7 - Reflective Evaluation - Raja Virdi

Here is a video explaining how my skills of pre/post and production have developed since starting the very first preliminary tasks to my final media coursework piece.

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Q6 - Reflective Evaluation - Raja Virdi

Technologies in creating a product is how the film uses different types of equipment. For example in making the film a camera is a type of technology, and in post production, a editor like Final Cut Pro would be an example. Technologies are also part of the distribution process so how the film is shown to audiences for example TV advertising, or posters on the internet.

Here is a Prezi created by me, about the technologies about constructing our product.

The Technologies Of Constructing The Product - Raja Virdi on Prezi

Final Films

The two following films are the final edits to our media coursework.

Initially, our script was to have one film in two locations, however due to the length of both films together (over four minutes), it wouldn't have been able to be used. However, we felt the shots and the general story-line from both locations were good enough to split two locations into two films.

We have edited and sound-tracked both films to their best standards possible.

In a class discussion, the overall view was that the first film was better than the second due to story-line, effects & shots. However, people also thought the second one was good as some shots were better and the location in a Church was more interesting, although the ending to the Church edit was boring, whereas the ending to the one in Wollaton Hall, was much more interesting/spooky.

Finally, we decided that the first film (shot at Wollaton Hall), would be the better film and we were very happy with the way it turned out.

Here is our final edit of "The Presence" shot in Wollaton Hall:

Here is our final edit of "The Presence" shot in a Church:

Distribution

Here is another example of distribution through a film festival. Film festivals are a good way of distributing your film as it would have a large audience, including professionals, and so it would get talked about. This is the "Bang! Short Film Festival", which is held twice a year in the Broadway Cinema, Nottingham. It shows short films of all genres by young filmmakers. Here is a video from the festival in 2008: