Question 1 Evaluation

This is my question 1 table regarding the ways my media product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real life media products.

Opening improvements

I feel as though my short film could be improved in a few areas such as camera angles and editing. I would have used a wider range of camera angles when filming the kick sequence in order to be able to jump to more shorts while editing to make it more dramatic. I would have also added an element of self-awareness through the dialogue to ensure the opening did not take itself seriously. 

  I would also change the mugger’s hoodie to black in order to make the mugger seem more serious.

Additionally I would add in more dialogue with the victim in order to give a greater sense of her character and in order to make her far more relatable to the audience. This would also enable more of a chance for dialogue driven comedy in order to contrast with the suspenseful tone at the beginning.  I would also add more dialogue to the phone call to indicate how she would interact with others.

I would also instruct the muggers character to act in a highly over dramatic manner that would be somewhat referential to physical comedy as he would get knocked down in order to make the scene more light-hearted. 

Film Opening

Editing update 4

Editing update 4

During editing I looked to adding a cheerier music to show a direct contrast to the harsh sounds of the "in the basement track". I added another track from felt music blue, "Kinda Tall" along with a voice note of Ayushi explaining that she would be at an unspecified location and that it happened again. This is both to expand the narrative in what is happening and make the opening feel less like a short film, whilst also ensuring the characters underwhelmed response to the attack.

Editing update 3

Today I incorporated the titles for music, scripting and editing, after which I extended the kick sequence by adding a slow motion shot of the kick for a more dynamic look. I also changed a clip of the knife being drawn out to be from a different angle so that Ayushi was not visable pausing in order to make the other edits flow  together more smoothly. To help this along I further added a clip of Ayushi  texting up close to explain her pause and make it look more natural.

 Next lesson I plan on looking at adding more cartoonish sound effects with filters in order to ensure the element of parody is clear.

Editing update 2

Throughout the lesson I added together clips of the kicking motion at different angles and experimented with the timing of the music for the introduction of Ayushi's character. I decided that to further improve the kick sequence, I need to make to more dramatic and over the top, so I plan on experimenting with speed and angles to make it seem far more subversive than originally planned as I want the clear element of parody to shine through.

Experience Re filming

Due to obtaining very one dimentional shots of Ayushi's character kicking the mugger, I re-filmed this section many different times. I ensured to get multiple shots of the kick at different angles, along with more close up shots of both Ayushi and Rachel's expressions, along with getting match on action shots of the kick close up to show the impact. I feel as though these shots should hold the impact of the kick and capture the emotions and intentions of the characters clearly.

Fortunately filming was on a day with similar weather, as it was lightly spitting, this should make the clips easy to edit into the main body of the film.

Continuity was taken care of by ensuring everyone was in the same clothes and make up. I also used the SD card to view the positioning of the characters so they were in the same space. I eventually had to sort this out by deleting the clip and replacing it with alternative footage of the mugger walking.