This is our final main product. We underestimated how much footage we had and found it impossible to cut down without losing the basic plot of the story so were forced to go over the 5 minute time limit by one minute. As we heavily relied on improvisation we didn't have a script to refer to when editing which I believe was our timing downfall. On the day of filming not everyone turned up which we thought would cause us massive problems. We got round this by changing the bands around slightly and asking cast to improvise, which they had no trouble with. The improvisation was good as it fitted the mockumentary genre. Another problem we encountered was lighting troubles. The room we filmed in was dark and affected the quality of our film. At the time we tried our best to get as much light into the room as possible, bringing in 2 extra lamps. This ideally wasn't enough however we thought it would be easy to brighten up the film during the editing process.
Generally, we are happy with what we have created with the amount of filming and planning time we were allocated. The majority of cuts are sharp and messy, fitting the mockumentary genre style. We used IMovie to create the film, a programme neither me nor Beth had used before. The teacher showed us how to upload each video onto the computer and taught us the basics for editing, such as the trimming tool. We found it easy to use and would definitely consider using it again if we had a similar project. Our genre meant we were able to use footage that other groups may discard, such as when the actors weren't aware that the camera was rolling. No fancy effects were used and we found the soundtrack used at the end of the clip on iTunes. Not only fitting the music band theme it also meant the music was copy right free, not causing us any problems. This was the only soundtrack we used throughout the film and no non diagetic or bridges were used between scenes. This made our film more natural and realistic of a mockumentary.
If we could change our final product I think we would use a different camera to get a less grainy picture, as well as making sure we gave ourselves enough time to edit with no rush. We would also make the storyline more obvious and use a variety of different camera angles to get different perspectives.
Our Review
This is our completed review. Using our developed draft as a template we began to create our review using publisher. As we are both familiar with the programme we thought it would be the quickest and easiest way to present our review. It also prevented any problems occurring which we couldn't sort ourselves. We could have used Fireworks, a more professional programme, however we didn't need any fancy effects in the review.
At the top of the page we used clip art to write the name of the film 'Back Room'. We believe this is an effective place to put it as our eyes are instantly drawn to the top right hand corner of the page. The size font we used also means it catches the eye. Directly below this is our main image. This was taken from filming so the quality is slightly grainy, however it catches the action. The characters are positioned so they look like they are in an interview which gives away that our genre is a mockumentary. We have conventionally placed a caption with a black background and white font in the bottom right hand corner of the image. The cation reads, 'Sam and her scornful trio', a comment which catches the mood of the image. Unconventionally, we have placed the star rating over the image. The red stars contrast from the dark background, standing out and catching your eye. This was also the easiest place to put them.
All of the text is placed below the large image in conventionally two columns, making it easier on the eye. Between the columns we liked the idea of placing a quote to break the text up for the reader. The quote was written in a large red font, standing out and fitting our colour scheme. We wrote the review in the form of question and answer, similar to the review we looked at from star magazine. We liked this breakdown of information between the plot and the critics opinion. This also left room at the bottom of the page for a little info box where the reader could check the film genre, release date and running time without having to search through the text.
We stuck to our draft to an extent, only changing the positioning of the stars and the people in the image. We encountered no problems when creating this review and received generally positive feedback. If we could go back and change an aspect of the poster myself and Beth both decided that we would use a proper camera to take the image as the one from the camcorder was grainy.
Our Film Poster
This is my final ancillory task, the film poster.
I used the programme publisher to produce it as I believed it would make my final piece look more prefessional than if I had used a programme like Publisher. I have also had experience of using Fireworks at a lower level in BTEC so thought this would be a good opportunity to develop my skills further.
The background is an image of an accoustic guitar against a door which we took took a photo of on the day of filming. As the carpet was in the shot we used the laso tool to cut around the guitar, white door and wall then filled the outside of the image with black so it would stand out and be easy to add text over. Unconventionally I decided not to use people from the film on the poster so it would be a surpise when the audience watched the film and added our own twist to the mockumentary genre without losing general film poster conventions, still making it recognisable.
The name of the film is at the bottom of the poster, a common convention I noticed during the annotations of film poster currently out. I made sure that the fonts I used matched those which I placed on the film review above in an attempt to carry on the theme and create a house style. I also used the red, black and white colour scheme to reflect this and was also aware that these colours alone attract both male and female teenagers, and stand out.
Along with the name of the film at the bottom of the screen I placed a film company logo and made up website to ensure my poster looked as realistic as possible, as well as two members of cast at the top of the poster which every poster I analysed had.
Generally, the layout of the poster is very basic, yet easy on the eye and appealing which was the effect we wanted to promote.
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