Evaluation

Our film 'Pretty Violence' is a gangster film which incorporates generic conventions such as mise-en-scene, with the costumes our characters are wearing, also with props such as a gun and the location of a untidy room and a dirty, urban street. This is a main theme in gangster films and creates the tension for the audience. The music in the background is non-diegetic which adds to the realism of a gangster movie. The sound effect of the gun being fired creates excitement and keeps you watching. The editing of the aperture effect around the edges at the beginning creates the effect of mystery which makes the audience feel into the action. We wanted to relate our films to others such as the Godfather, Snatch etc. To make it fit in with films of a similar genre. By using editing techniques, the tense music being played and the costumes such as leather jackets. Snitch was a big influence on our film and how to betray the different characters. We wanted to have a similar opening to theirs, having a mini animation to start however due to time constraints this was not possible. Snitch opening sequence is fast paced, quick and exciting however we wanted ours to be tense. An example of this would be counting down from thirty slowly before the shooting. This sets the theme atmosphere and specific genre of the film. As the action gets built up more and more the longer our audience will be captivated to carry on watching.

Our film repersents particular social groups due to different ages, race (due to black people later in the film) and especially gender. However the way in which we wanted to repersent geder is in a non-sterotypical way as the woman in this film are brutal and dominant. Thus, making the men passive, timid and weak. We decided to do this because it has something that hasn't been done in a gangster thriller before. This will open up a totally new world to the audience and how they may percieve social groups, in everyday life. This will link to both target audiences of both genders men can see things from a different a different perspective whereas the woman could see it as them dominant and in charge. The reason for giving the title 'pretty voilence' is due to this non-stereotypical gender.

Our film is defintly something that could be produced by a major hollywood blockbuster film because like I said before, it brings something original and different to our audience. This would make our film stand out, especially if Warner Bros. accepted it because they have several other related gangster films and also different genre of films, relating to different audiences. Also because its a big film company we could take great oppertunity to promote our film, by selling merchandise. Also by using above the line marketing eg. Interview with the actors. Also mise-en-scene from the film eg. Soundtracks, a ride at alton towers? We would like our film to be heading straight to the cinema and been able to purchase it on all forms of media eg. DVD, iPhone, when the interest starts to decline.

The age we would like our film to appeal to his mainly teenagers 18+ due to classifdication criteria of sexual references and strong language throughout. Also because of the style and narrative of the film it could distress or scare younger viewers. So we expectthe classification rating to be high. The gender as I said, would like to appeal to both and also be able to create the same amount of interest as other big productions like Snitch. When we did our audience research this seemed to be the best option of genre and took thier opinions on what they would like to see.

Using the camera work, we tryed to put the audience in the postion of the character such as the point of view shots at the beginning with the editing effects being made. At this point they are only allowed to see the very minimal as we give very little away at this stage. They can see someone's feet being dragged along the floor, but whos? This creates suspense for the audience. Also after the shooting this would appeal but shock the audience at the same time. However terrify a certain age group such as small children. Also the constant, fast paced changing of shots throughout adds a great impact of excitment to the film.

Whilst making our film I have learnt a great deal of how to use different technology and pieces of equipment such as simply how to set up the camera and setting white balance correctly. The strengths of the camera equipment that I personally found great, was how easy it was to change shots such as zomming in and how easy it was to set up. However some weaknesses I found is that I found it incredibly hard to pan the camera and keep a steady hand, to keep the footage flowing nicely. This took several trys but I managed it in the end. We changed the story due to it being hard to find the right location to film. Also due to time constraints our titles on our film could have been better. Also trying to keep the roads and streets clear whilst filming the second scene. We dealt with this by filming at a quieter stage. We used new equipment and software such as iMovie to create the editing effects and cut out parts we did'nt need or did'nt flow nicely. I learnt how to edit footage, such as cuts, transitions, adding titles and grouping it all together. Unfortuatly there was no specialist equipment to enhance our film only a sound effect was really added to enhance the action. However we would have liked to try something more technical. For the music we added in scene two, it was original music which we created and added in the editing stage.z

I feel as though I have learnt way more now than when I completed my preliminary task we took considerable amount of time to plan our project by researching different genres, considering which one would work best. Not only for us but your audience too. Creating storyboards also helped us plan this for a clear structure. Because of doing the premilinary task, we were aware how to use the camera and different shots avaliable to us. This helped specific shots like point of view, run smoother. I know feel more confident with the editing process as the program looked complicated and difficult to use. My knoweldge of the whole media industry has now increased imensly and I feel as though I have made a successful end product which I'm very happy with.