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Evaluations

I have recently finished my evaluations displaying information on the conventions of the horror genre as well as how we tried to adapt them into our production. It took a long time however i think it looks rather professional as i used Prezi to display the first question and then Powerpoint was involved in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. I was then filmed answering my last two questions which was quite a tough challenge for me because i prefer to be behind the scenes rather than in front of the camera however i managed to get through it. Moreover i also redid the last two questions on my own which has been placed on my blog as i wasn't satisfied with the first attempt however both videos will be used. 

1. What ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Review of Blogger

Blogger has been an essential cog in my coursework as without it wouldn't know what to use to display what i have succeeded in, throughout this year. I began blogger thinking it was just an free average website however as i grew in confidence with my blog, which i hope you have all noticed, i have also developed my skills as i can now embed videos and PowerPoints; clearly display essays and deliver imperative information clearly. There is only one downside to blogger, the way in which you cant easily manoeuvre images once you have added them to posts, however, this is only a minor problem. I have exceeded my expectations and really enjoyed the whole blogging experience and i hope you have too. My most fond memory was the first day of shooting, where we were having trouble with our actor (http://patrickbrennan97.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/first-day-of-filming.html) i thought "how are we going to be able to complete a film lasting two minutes and then upload this hue file to a blog which i have hardly used," but we did it. Blogger has been a rewarding experience and it has produced the idea of making my own blog; dealing with issues and debates which are currently in the news giving a media students perspective on the matter.
Blogger has aided me in this experience and i thought i would give it a just review, therefore i have given it 4 stars out of a possible 5.

Problems with the process of filming

There were very few problems with our filming however as our location was in the public domain it was out of our hands if someone walked in our shot, for example their is one section where ben (doug) walks through Ashton Park and he's meant to be alone however, unfortunately a woman enters the shot, and then in a later shot she reappears however this time she is in front of Ben clearly highlighting the time in different shots. (think she just wanted to be on tv :) Moreover we had a few movie mistakes as our tripod was visible in two of the shots used in the final production. This is not professional and would be ripped to pieces on (http://www.moviemistakes.com/ ) so we weren't very happy with this. Moreover as you will see in the film Doug drops his bottles in an attempt to shed weight to run away quicker, in the actual take all of the bottle smashed therfore it was very lucky that Liam managed to get it all in one shot; there was no room for practice or second takes as we had no other beers!

Overall it was a great experience and we are reasonably happy with the outcome.

Final Video Production

 This is the video of our production which has been uploaded to YouTube. We have collaborated well and managed to complete our video in good time. It took a long time for the editing process to be finished however we wanted the video to look succinct and sharp; we wanted the video to look as close to a "big 6" production as possible. This meant including the use of sound effects and saturation distortion as well as the fortunate inclusion of stunts.

We hope you enjoy it!

My Editing is Complete

I finally finished editing our production, and i'm very impressed how well it turned out; the shots are snappy and elaborate, i really think i have the hang of editing, i'm glad i chose to take on this part. It took a long time and i hope the group appreciates how imperative it was to make sure all the shots were coherent. I hope they finally agree with the editing choices i made.