Detail how your understanding of the importance of good research and planning skills developed throughout the pre-production of your AS and A2 coursework
Good research and planning were highly important during the pre-prodcution of the AS foundation portfolio adn A2 advanced portfolio. By doing good thorough research and planning it helped me know the typical forms and conventions and to include them in my work and all work was organised so during production it was made easier due to good planning in pre-production.
Research into make-up by using the internet to find images and tutorials on how to make a zombie effect and experimenting with materials helped me to find what would look most effective and still look authentic and proffesional. By experimenting, this made it easier to find what worked and then apply it quickly during production so time wasn't wasted.
I watched opening sequences on youtube and did an analysis of the story for the horror genre (among others) and I found that they either started with soe kind of death or murder. This created mystery, which was an element we could use. However the deaths were usually gory and this was unrealistic and too difficult for us to replicate in our production but our research led us to use the idea of mystery. Another narrative idea that I used was that there was the element of the 'fear of the unknown' which played on the imagination so this research through textual analysis if narratives led me to use this idea.
I found during research that black and white scenes are used to show something is happening in the past and that these shots were often plashbacks. As a group we decided this convention would be useful to use in our production. We also noticed during analysis of existing products of the horror/thriller genre that this technique was often used.
Research into music and dialouge showed that more music was used to create a feeling of suspense, mystery and horror. This research proved useful as we used this idea in our opening sequence. By doing analysis of existing opening sequences, depending on the pace of events, we found that the music was often fast paced tempo went along with fast action, whilst for scenes that were supposed to be creepy, more sinister music was used. Fast tempo was used most so we decided to create this sort of music.
We carried out questionnaires, to find what sort of things our target audience wanted in a film and what type of genre by asking specific questions such as 'what genre to often enjoy watching'. This research helped us to decide what genre to do and helped us understand our target audience and know what they want in a film.
During planning, storyboards, shotlists, call sheets, risk assessments and timescales/schedules were produced to help make production run smoothly. These made good organisation and helped make sure that there was no confusion during production, such as the storyboard and shotlist clearly showing what shots needed to be done and how they should be composed. This made it simple to get shooting done whilst out filming. The schedules helped us know what was going on and when so we could get shooting done and so that our actors knew when they were needed so there were no problems of actors not turning up when needed. Risk assessments made sure that everyone was aware of the dangers whilst filming so that these could be avoided.
At A2 advanced portfolio level I used the internet to find secondary research about the definition of our chosen track genre of pop-rock. This helped me to understand that our track was of this style and gave a better depth of the genre. I used youtube to look at existing music videos from the pop-rock genre and artists that were similar to our track artist.
We did a textual analysis of these videos and found what types of camera techniques, shot types, editing techniques, mise-en-scene and narrative (either linear or fragmented) were used showing the typical conventions and elements that were used within this genre. This in depth research of the elements gave us a clear outilne of what needed to be included to make our music video look more proffesional and keep with the conventions. Such as we found that the narrative of these videos was often fragmented and there was alot of direct narrative used so we included this within our music video.
We used the same planning methods as AS level, however we relied on a more detailed shotlist to get what we needed. We had difficulty with scheduling as we had a shorter time frame to get the shots we needed. We didn't all have free time outside of our media lessons to all be involved in the shooting and we were not as well organised, such as one of our actors didn't turn up for shooting, this caused us to change the narrative to fit around this, so better planning of schedule would have made things run more smoothly in the production phase.
Research into make-up by using the internet to find images and tutorials on how to make a zombie effect and experimenting with materials helped me to find what would look most effective and still look authentic and proffesional. By experimenting, this made it easier to find what worked and then apply it quickly during production so time wasn't wasted.
I watched opening sequences on youtube and did an analysis of the story for the horror genre (among others) and I found that they either started with soe kind of death or murder. This created mystery, which was an element we could use. However the deaths were usually gory and this was unrealistic and too difficult for us to replicate in our production but our research led us to use the idea of mystery. Another narrative idea that I used was that there was the element of the 'fear of the unknown' which played on the imagination so this research through textual analysis if narratives led me to use this idea.
I found during research that black and white scenes are used to show something is happening in the past and that these shots were often plashbacks. As a group we decided this convention would be useful to use in our production. We also noticed during analysis of existing products of the horror/thriller genre that this technique was often used.
Research into music and dialouge showed that more music was used to create a feeling of suspense, mystery and horror. This research proved useful as we used this idea in our opening sequence. By doing analysis of existing opening sequences, depending on the pace of events, we found that the music was often fast paced tempo went along with fast action, whilst for scenes that were supposed to be creepy, more sinister music was used. Fast tempo was used most so we decided to create this sort of music.
We carried out questionnaires, to find what sort of things our target audience wanted in a film and what type of genre by asking specific questions such as 'what genre to often enjoy watching'. This research helped us to decide what genre to do and helped us understand our target audience and know what they want in a film.
During planning, storyboards, shotlists, call sheets, risk assessments and timescales/schedules were produced to help make production run smoothly. These made good organisation and helped make sure that there was no confusion during production, such as the storyboard and shotlist clearly showing what shots needed to be done and how they should be composed. This made it simple to get shooting done whilst out filming. The schedules helped us know what was going on and when so we could get shooting done and so that our actors knew when they were needed so there were no problems of actors not turning up when needed. Risk assessments made sure that everyone was aware of the dangers whilst filming so that these could be avoided.
At A2 advanced portfolio level I used the internet to find secondary research about the definition of our chosen track genre of pop-rock. This helped me to understand that our track was of this style and gave a better depth of the genre. I used youtube to look at existing music videos from the pop-rock genre and artists that were similar to our track artist.
We did a textual analysis of these videos and found what types of camera techniques, shot types, editing techniques, mise-en-scene and narrative (either linear or fragmented) were used showing the typical conventions and elements that were used within this genre. This in depth research of the elements gave us a clear outilne of what needed to be included to make our music video look more proffesional and keep with the conventions. Such as we found that the narrative of these videos was often fragmented and there was alot of direct narrative used so we included this within our music video.
We used the same planning methods as AS level, however we relied on a more detailed shotlist to get what we needed. We had difficulty with scheduling as we had a shorter time frame to get the shots we needed. We didn't all have free time outside of our media lessons to all be involved in the shooting and we were not as well organised, such as one of our actors didn't turn up for shooting, this caused us to change the narrative to fit around this, so better planning of schedule would have made things run more smoothly in the production phase.
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