Evaulation..

Audience Feedback:

I have had a large amount of audience feedback from both my target audience and my family; I have found it incredibly helpful as I have been able to alter my products accordingly.

As early research I showed my script and storyboards to a few peers and my family – the response was the same; the jump cuts between the protagonists mind and his reality did not make sense and as a result I decided to remove this from the script. Meaning that it is much more easily understood by my audience which is obviously very important.

I showed both my film poster drafts and my review pages to a peer throughout the course and they helped me to improve many aspects of my texts that I simple did not noticed when I looked at it myself.

I also found audience feedback in terms of understanding the symbolism that I was representing through my text  - I used other people to see if they understood what I was trying to represent meaning that the symbolism was clear not only to me but my audience too.

A few examples of what I have said above is that someone who watched my video said that they liked how I had separated the two different areas of the protagonist’s real life and his thoughts by converting sections of my video into black and white – they also thought this was effective as they felt that this reflected the mood of the video very well and communicated how hopeless someone in the protagonist position would feel this made me feel as I had achieved something as this was my intended meaning.

Another viewer of my video commented on how the glasses were the only difference between the bully and the victim which in there opinion make the audience look down on the bully for having such a petty excuse for bullying someone, my audience member felt that this discouraged this type of behaviour.

When I asked several members how they felt when the were watching the video they responded that it provoked many emotions put particularly sympathy when the protagonist was being targeted but also hope in the last scene – I was slightly conscious that the sound that I had used was a bit sketchy and very noticeable but I was thankful to find from my audience that they hadn’t noticed it.

The overall feedback has been very useful and helpful – following the feedback from my audience at different states I have tried to alter my video to improve the highlighted areas overall making my video much stronger and better quality.

Final Video...

Above I have posted my final edit of 'Don't Judge a Boy By His Glasses" I am very proud of it as I have put a lot of time and effort into creating it; there are still some little flaws with it mostly concerning the sound but I feel that overall  it is a good quality and successful piece. I have got a lot of positive feed back and provoked discussion following my short film which tells me that it has been effective in communicating the ideologies I wanted it to and that it is worth watching.

The sound in my final scene is a little sketchy but I have edited it and although it is not perfect I believe that it is an improvement and is no longer that noticeable unless you are listening for it.

Although the sound is flawed in my final scene it is probably the one I am most proud of due to the camera movement that I have used in it and what I have done with it in the editing process. In my planning process I knew I would have some trouble with making the final scene different from the rest so I spent a lot of time looking for a video filter in the editing process – using ‘vintagette’ has made it contrast with the rest of the piece which is in normal colour or black and white.

I feel that because I converted many of the scenes to black and white this gives of the idea of a dream world and the audience can distinguish between my protagonist’s thoughts and reality but also I believe that it communicates the emotions of sadness and hopelessness throughout the piece. My decision to convert these parts into black and white has also meant that my film has a much more serious and respected message.

Final Film Article...

This is my final review page as part of my ancillary task. Personally I am very proud of this piece of work and I have receive a large number of compliment about it in regards to it looking very professional.

I believe that my film review page is up to the standards of the professional review pages found in Total Film.

I have included a number of typical codes and conventions in my review page from Total Film such as a basic information box, a star rating, the page number, website, magazine name, publish date and a distinguishable header.

I have also used a consistant house style throughout the review page and emulated the style from total film. I stuck to a simple, basic but effective colour scheme of red, black and white making my review page look sophisticated, crisp and fresh. Looking through a number of Total Film reviews I recognised that at the start of the article the first letter of the first word is always large than the rest of the article and white backed on read therefore in keeping with the rest of my article I emulated this too.

I changed the image of my review page as I found that the original image that I used was although very representative of the film was very disconnected and inpersonal as there was not really a human element to it and because my film is directly related to emotions and I wanted the audience to connect with my character I changed it to a more personal image.

Whilst writing my article I tried to write in the style of Total Film reviewers - although this look several drafts I believe that in the end I grasped it and pulled it off successfully. I found that Total Film reviews would be very opinionated and analytic of the film so therefore this is how I wrote.

Edit 3...

This is my third edit of "Don't Judge a Boy By His Glasses" again there are some obvious problems with the above video but it has been improved a lot since the last edit. These are the issues I look to resolve for the next video.

• The bedroom scene is too quiet
• The hit scene need to be optimised - perhaps slow motion so it stands out?
• When the actor leaves the hall the sound is very low, therefore I need to turn up the volume on this part.
• The locker scene needs to be converted into black and white and more varitey shots needs to be used
• The volume in the locker scene needs to be reduced as it is louder than the rest of the film
• The locker scene needs to be shortened as it is not as fast paced as the rest of the film
• In the 'pull chair' scene  the actor looks that the camera.. this needs to be removed - shorten clip
• Music in the  transformation scene needs to be imported and matched up
• Music needs to be matched up throughout the film

Film Article Progress...

Above is the progression of my film article; I emulated the layout of Total Film and used it as the magazine that it would be included it. I used Total Films house style by using the typical colours (red, white and black) and  the same fonts. I feel in terms of visuals I haven't developed it much as emulated Total Films review pages exactly however in my third draft I inserted a star rating and 'out now' date and in my final draft I included a larger letter for the first word backed on red as this is something I recognised from a number of Total Film pages.

In most of the review pages I have looked at they include an image which is typically a still from the film - therefore I stuck to this convention and included it in my work too. From my image it is not clear what the film is about and what sort of tone and ideologies it communicates - this is the main criticism of my review page and I plan to change this in my final draft so my audience can relate to it more and get more information about the film but just looking at it.

I have included a basic information section in my review page as this is a typical convention of a review page. Overall I believe that my final draft it a good quality for a review page and now all I need to do it fine tune it for my final review page.

Don't Judge A Boy By His Glasses Film Poster..

This is my final film poster - I am rather pleased with it as it looked very professional and very similar to the Scarface film poster that I was emulating.

I have included all the typical conventiuons of a film poster:

• Title
• Director and starring information
• Release date
• Copyright information
• The film's website
• The age classification
• Production and basic role information
• A main image

This all leads to make film poster looking very professional.

I created my entire poster in gray-scale as it communicates the connoations and agenda of the film. It tell the audience that the film brings to light and tackles a serious subject. This film poster would appeal to film critics and independant audiences because it is artisic and carries symbolic messages within it.

I have edited the image so it is slightly cartoonish as is makes the poster much more ambiguious and means more people would be able to relate to the situation and character. The cartoonish image also highlights the glasses that my protagonist is wearing obviously an important propp in my film and his costume and other problems clearly highlight that the film is set in a school.

Final Progress On My Film Poster..

Below are the final amendments on my film poster; the next blog poster will be of my final film poster.

The image is a huge improvement on my previous one as it is beginning to look much more cartoon like - the way I wanted it, it contrasts with the background on the black and the white. In my next progression I will alter the font that I have used as the current one is not very professional because it is very basic.

I want my new font to look more professional but I want it to communicate the same ideologies and agendas about my short film.











In this draft I have altered the font and it makes it look much more professional. I have also started adding in other conventions of film posters in this draft I have inserted the release date of the film I have put the release date in the same font and close to the same size as my font because it is just as important because the audience would need to know when they can watch it.

In the draft below I have included the production details of my film which are typically included in a film poster. I researched into what is include in the small print at the bottom of most film posters and I have included this in mine. I have also included the age certificate for my film - this relates to my target audience as it does not exclude their age group.

The poster below shows a vast improvement on the previous draft, I have altered the font of my production details to make it look more typical of a film poster. I have continued to use this font throughout the rest of my film poster (excluding the title and release date) as a kind of house style. I have included typical conventions such as who directed and a stars in the film above the title as a USP, copyright information and the film website.