Evaluation 1.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?

Post Production - Uploading

When I had finished editing my film I needed to export it and upload it to YouTube. I didn't have any problems at all during this time which is good as when I was exporting my preliminary task I had a few problems but this time I had none. I had to export my film twice as one was a draft that I showed to a few people and then they gave me some feedback and told me what I could improve so I went back and edited again and then after the second export I didn't think I could improve it anymore so I uploaded it to YouTube.

Post Production - Editing

Whilst editing my final film I went against the usual conventions of a psychological thriller, which is quick editing and flashbacks, and I used slower paced editing in a linear style. This was because I felt this type of editing would fit better with my film. I also didn't make any adjustments to the footage. This was because the way it looked normally fitted well with the style of my film and I think this is because of the time in which I went out to film as the weather was just right to fit my film. However I did have to overlay a piece of footage as there was a skip in between two pieces of footage so I masked it with a different piece of footage that would fit with the situation and it worked better than having a skip in it. If I was to film this again I would make sure that during that scene that had the skip in it, I would film it as one long piece of footage rather than a few short ones. The only effects I added was at the end I made the last scene fade out and two of the titles I used fade in. This was because I wanted to keep my film simple because I didn't think it would work well if it had too many complicated effects in it and I don't have much experience with the editing software, Adobe Premiere Pro, so trying to do anything complicated may of ruined my film. Also the soundtrack I used in the background was a royalty free dark ambient song I found on YouTube and I used it because it helped stick with the simple style I wanted and it also helped keep the film a psychological thriller as the music would be a convention of the genre.

Storyboard Animatic

This is an animatic of my storyboard. All the shots are in order and last as long as they should do during the film.

Order of titles

This the order in which the titles will pop up during my film opening.

Costume and Props

The main villain is going to wear some black smart clothing (shirt and tie) because antagonists usually wear smart clothing and the dark colours suggest mystery and death. The protagonist should wear lighter colours to show the audience they are the protagonist. The main antagonist will also have a picture of his 'daughter', this should show the audience why he is like he is and therefore they will have some understanding of what is going on and they will be able to feel some sympathy for him. The picture holds many memories and maybe even haunts the antagonist so it is an important prop that will be introduced straight away. 

Weather Report for Day of Filming

To make sure that my video can be as good as possible I have checked the weather reports for the day I would most like to film. Hopefully there is no rain as this would stop me from filming because it would damage the camera.