Creative Critical Reflection

1.  

How does your product USE or CHALLENGE conventions?

(Think sound, lighting, narrative structure, editing, camera work, symbolism, and iconography)

for our characters, we used many thriller conventions such as helpless innocents dragged into danger, Criminals, and men associated with danger. these characters follow very classic styles such as the main character being a boss with a suit and tie and having henchmen that do his bidding. He has a black helmet and a black motorbike, and his henchmen wear black, we tried to make as bad as possible in that way., the henchmen are also very traditional being identical with black shirts and pants and working together in unison almost like a mirror. the Innocent character is again very traditional being shirtless, tied up, helpless and in the end murdered for something he wasn't a part of. We wanted to add in a weapon but we didn’t have the prop, so I added in a gunshot at the end to imply the death of the victim

For our lighting we aimed to make it very dim and in the end we achieved what we wanted, but the outside shots were quite dim, however, the outside shots were quite bright and didn't give the feeling that we wanted so in post-production we adjusted the colors to give a more dark and eerie effect. this worked out well. However, after filming we realized that the lights were captured in the shot and at first, we didn't know what to do but through editing, we were able to hide the lights and increase their effectiveness. Having the lights come up as torture tools rather than props mad the scene seem more realistic 

Most of our sound we added in post-production this is because we had decided only to record sound for the dialogue segments. This meant most of the sound had to be downloaded and added separately using Premiere Pro. Next time we’ll be sure to record everything. The sound effects I did get were selected for their tense atmosphere. Such as the heartbeat in the background to show that tension was building.i also added low droning music in the background. This music starts playing in the beginning scene which helps build the atmosphere of the whole movie.

For the camera angles we used, we tried to incorporate different angles. However, most of the angles with the boss character were at the same MCU view. The Shots of the captive were quite varied. In post-production, I added a close shot of the captive struggling in his binds after the boss calls his henchmen 

Question 2

How does your product engage audiences? What effect does it have on audiences? what emotions do you evoke in audience members?

My product engages audiences by first using mystery. In the beginning scene, we are introduced to the boss. Whose face is not revealed, this makes the audience want to know who that person drawing them in further into the story. This is further reinforced using suspenseful music when the boss steps of the motorbike, the music Is low and smooth, suggesting that the character is someone important and that there is something dark and sinister about him. He wears dark clothing and rides a black motorbike which all helps with portraying him as a dark and sinister character. The lack of dialogue adds mystery to the characters, his dominance over the henchmen and the captive shows that he is very much in control. This control can either make him seem like a good or bad guy this is left to the audience 

Question 3 How have your production skills developed throughout the project (pre-production, production, and post-production.) what you have learned to do. 

During pre-production, I learned how to create a storyboard and script. We changed the location of our production and so our script directions had to change and so did our storyboard. In production, I learned how to use camera equipment and how to hook it up to the sound gear and how to set up lighting. Our original lighting plan had to be changed because we had moved our location. Our new location was much more difficult to light as it was a much tighter space and, but we managed. In post-production  I learned to use Premiere Pro CC it was our editing software and it was a big learning curve though I have had experience with computers before this was particularly difficult as I’ve never worked in film creation before 

Question 4

How did you integrate technologies into this project?

(Software, hardware and online)

in this production, we used  Adobe Premiere Pro CC as our main editing software. we also used a camera, a lighting kit, and a sound kit from our school. I also used YouTube tutorials and sound effects for the door opening scene, the footsteps, the heartbeat, and the gunshot. using the sound it would have been better as we wouldn't have to add sound effects later on in post-production. we will make sure to do this in our next production. also we found out that there was a person in the background of one of our shots meaning that we either had to cut him out or we had to incorporate him into the scene we had too many dark colors to put out and so we had to hide the door in the background by making the scene dark.

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