Problems I Have Faced

Throughout the construction of my coursework, I have faced a number of problems. One major problem was the unfamiliarity I had with Final Cut Express. It took me several months to be able to have confidence in using it to create my desired effects.


Also, when burning my trailer to a disc, I experienced a reluctance from the programme I was using, iDVD, to burn the trailer to the disc. 

Finally! My Trailer Has Been Uploaded!

Hi Everyone!


After a hourly wait, where I had to leave my computer running over night, my Film trailer is now Live on YouTube and Facebook.


Im hoping for plenty of online feedback to accompany the feedback I receive through showing people my Trailer.  

Evaluation

My evaluation of my trailer has begun!


Now that I have completed my trailer and am collecting feedback I am answering the following four questions to evaluate my project.


1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge codes and conventions of real media products.
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning and evaluation stages?


I will shortly upload my trailer to this Blog, Facebook and YouTube, as well as posting JPEG images of my ancillary tasks on Facebook and this Blog.. I will use this as a base for people to provide me with feedback as well as showing people and asking for feedback. 

Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse stock footage of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States. Reggio stated that the Qatsi films are intended to simply create an experience and that "it is up [to] the viewer to take for himself/herself what it is that [the film] means." He also said that "these films have never been about the effect of technology, of industry on people. It's been that everyone: politics, education, things of the financial structure, the nation state structure, language, the culture, religion, all of that exists within the host of technology. So it's not the effect of, it's that everything exists within [technology]. It's not that we use technology, we live technology. Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe..."[6] The movie no dialogue but does feature the Hopi word koyaanisqatsi, translated as "life of moral corruption and turmoil" or "life out of balance," or "a state of life that calls for another way of living."[11] "Koyaanisqatsi" is chanted at the beginning and end of the film in a dark, sepulchral basso profundo by singer Albert de Ruiter over the score by Philip Glass. Three Hopi prophecies are sung by a choral ensemble during the latter part of the "Prophecies" movement are translated just prior to the end credits: "If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster." "Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky." "A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans." The film took about six years to make. Three years were spent shooting the film. Glass and Reggio spent an additional three years in a state of collaboration, with Glass composing score to fit the film and Reggio re-cutting the footage to fit the score. At the end of the film, the movie credits for inspiration Jacques Ellul, Ivan Illich, David Monongye, Guy Debord and Leopold Kohr. Moreover, amongst the consultants to the director are listed such names as Jeffrey Lew, T.A. Price, Belle Carpenter, Langdon Winner, Cybelle Carpenter and Barbara Pecarich.

This movie features similar elements of footage to that which I have filmed and included in my trailer. 

Poster Research

A-Team Poster

This poster is a very simple poster that grabs your attention. The picture is effective because it allows you to see the characters and the actors who are in the movie.

The tagline at the top of the page helps to attract your attention as it is short and sharp, which sticks in your memory.

The title and release date are also included. 

Hellboy

The Hellboy poster works well as it sets him as the main focus. The tagline, placed under the characters name (and film title), serves as a definitive staement.

The use of a dark background colour mirrors the theme of the film, as a dark and mysterious story.

Publisher Research

PUBLISHER RESEARCH

Bauer Media Group

The Bauer Media Group (Bauer Verlagsgruppe) is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H. Bauer. Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amounts to 38 million magazines a week.

Empire
Editor	Mark Dinning	First issue	July 1989
Categories	Film	Company	Bauer
Frequency	Monthly	Country	United Kingdom
Circulation	194,016 (2009)	Language	English

Future Publishing

Future plc is a media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography. Future is the official magazine company of all three major games console manufacturers. It is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index.

Total Film Magazine
Editor	Aubrey Day	First issue	1997
Categories	Film	Company	Future Publishing
Frequency	Monthly	Country	United Kingdom
Circulation	85,031 (2008 average)[	Language	English

I conducted publisher research so I had a familiarity with the publishers of the chosen researched magazines and to also enahnce my knowledge of the media industry as a whole

Magazine Cover Research

As promised!


MAGAZINE COVER RESEARCH

Empire Magazine

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008. It is the biggest selling film magazine in Britain, consistently outselling its nearest market rival Total Film and is also published in Australia, Turkey and Russia.

Total Film Magazine

Total Film is a British film magazine published 13 times a year (every four weeks) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offers film, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and features. It is one of the largest circulation English-speaking film magazines in the world. Guest editors have included Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Trailer nearing completion

Hiya Everyone,

Apologies for the long time without a post. I have been working hard on getting my trailer up to scratch. I have just a few tweaks left to do. Such as add in some close ups on eyes and change some of the shot filters to be more like CCTV.

I am doing this because some of my feedback from those who have viewed my trailer thus far have suggested to add more filters to enhance and portray further the CCTV element.

Also, I have began working on my ancillary tasks, which I have chosen to be a Film Magazine Cover and A Film Poster. I could have alternately chosen a website home page however I felt my previous experience with products such as Adobe InDesign will stand me in good stead to create two quality ancillary tasks.

My magazine research will appear shortly as will my poster analysis.

Stay cool guys

Aaron