Time line

Soundtrack

This screenshot was taken after I imported the soundtrack into imovie. 
This screenshot was taken half way through editing the soundtrack.

There are two soundtracks I have used in the intro to Todd Howard. The first was a dorky tuba combined with a hip hop beat. This represented the clash in school gang cultures. There was the unsmooth brass tuba sound represent the geeks (todd howard). As soon as you get sight of the guy writing the sign a hip hop beat kicks in, representing the other side to school gangs which is the jocks and the stereotypically cooler side. 

The other was a delicate piano sound, this is suppose to make the audience feel a bit of pity for Todd Howard and see him as a little more than a geek. 

Cartoon Intro

For each character I had to use this amount  this amount of layers to animate the characters,  and with in the intro 3 characters there was over 50 layers to operate for just about 8 seconds of animation.

This screenshot was taken as I was taken during the character design stages. 

I used to work a lot in flash mx when I was younger and i had an idea to play around with the charecters in flash mx. I decided to do the very start of my movie in a cartoon style and work from then i started to design the charecters in flash mx and I decided to animate it using layers.

Evaluation

                         EVALUATION CRITERIA

Candidates will evaluate their work electronically. This MUST contain an element of audience feedback and may be either integrated with the presentation of the research and planning material or may be presented separately. Where candidates have worked in a group, the evaluation may be presented individually or collectively but the teacher must allocate a mark according the contribution/level of understanding demonstrated by the individual candidate.

 

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:

 

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

From the very start of making my I was influenced by teen movies, films like American pie and ferris buellers day of stuck out for me. In my film I exaggerate the stereotypes of a dork and bully I make it very clear by getting the definition and freezing the screen and having the text next to it.  From the very start you get a massive idea of what the characters are like, you realize they are a complete contrast from each other and with that it can be amusing on how they react to each other.

 

2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?  

My media represents the two classic school groups, the geek gang and the jock gang. I emphasized the clashing of the two gangs in the soundtrack, at the start its a dorky woodwind band music, and as you get first sight of the guy who is a jock a hip hop beat comes in so the woodwind band representing the geek mixes with the hip hop beat representing the jock. In every school there are certain school gangs, different social groups and there are generally the general geek and jock gangs, so most school teens can relate to this.

 

3.What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 I chose to use companies like touchstone, because I can imagine them distributing this sort of film. I would also choose universal because they have been involved in similar films such as american pie.  I would play it out in cinemas and after distribute it on DVD. 

 

4.Who would be the audience for your media product?

Boys going to school around the characters ages, they can relate to the characters a lot more so it would work more to them. The characters are based around the typical people you would expect at a stereotyped school. 

 

5.How did you attract/address your audience?

It would attract the age group of around 12- 17 because they can relate to the characters a lot more than an elder person. The poster and advert would be funny so they would interest people to see more about the movie.  I have had some comments from a couple of my class mates who have enjoyed it, Will Bertram and Peter Taylor Fitch, who are the age I would like to aim this movie for both enjoyed it, and thought it had funny moments. 

 

6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt how to edit in imovie and the also to work in after effects.  I have improved my flash mx. I have also learnt how to operate a camera and also to operate as tripod.

 

7.Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

In the preliminary I broke the 180 degree rule at one point and from that point on I was very careful not to break the 180 degree rule. I’ve learnt to be very careful while filming outside and to make sure the camera battery is in charge.

 

Level 4 16–20 marks

Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.

Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.

Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.

Excellent ability to communicate.

Excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation

Character Analysis

Charecter Analysis
Todd Howard
Todd Howard is a stereotypical school dork, he is smart so he has a slight sharp wit to him, be he is to shy to use it. He does not cope well in social situations, so when he comes across Bully, who is one of the popular boys puraly because of his strength and arrogance, he is slightly shocked bullys speaking to him. I like to think of Todd as a similar character to the main character from the parole officer, quite awkward but in a funny way a bit of a guy you feel sorry for and you love at the same time a very british lovable loser.

The Guy
Guy is one of those characters who is dense and big, he is a popular kid in his year purely because of his strength because the other kids are a little scared of him. He is always playing stupid pranks and making a bit of a fool out of himself, and getting into trouble with the teachers. I want to get Guy as a sort of Jock (sporty kid)/Class clown feel to it, this student is very different to Todd, nowhere near as clever more confidant but in a sort of dense way.

Opening ideas

I did some experimenting with the camera, and I had a few nice ideas for the opening. The credits for the movie will come over speed up clouds at different angles with some relaxed music.  Then from the clouds the cameral will move down and show todd walking up the road and tripping this is when the soundtrack would change and the feeling would change from relaxing to funny.  

Technically advanced opening

I am going back on the idea of an advanced opening to think your watching something wrong and then it being funny you thought that as something switches. So for an example a creepy silouetted figure turns out to be the dork, or the bully setting up for his no homework prank is filmed in a creepy way and using effects and the right soundtrack making him seem like a bad guy but then  its just an idiot jock. 

Ideas for it: 

1.Silloutes of black and white, todd being white siluette of him walking toward the incident, so you get worried for him.

2. flashes to make you jumpy. 

3. Good soundtrack. 

My actors

Plays Bully (Mike McCallum)

Todd Howard played by Dom Norman 

After effects experiments

I decided to have a play around in after effects to see if it was the right program for me to edit my credits in.

Poster Draft