evaluation

The project that I was given was to create a two minutes film as an intro for a film , I worked in a group of four myself , Rebecca Frenandez, Ste Culshaw and Aimee Hilton. I stared as the main character in the film , as also contributing to the editing , and choosing the sound track and location for our project .
Our film is a gangster /teen drama there is a feeling of reality as a lot of the film is based on whats happening in real life at the moment , Our film is mainly based for 15-30 year old males although females and older viewers could find our film interesting after research on the same genre type films for example 'Kidulthood' and the sequel 'Adulthood'. As we started to shoot our film we came across some problems due to the location and time we had to shoot the film also a friend who was also in the film was not available so we had to change our original story line even though these changes where made I found that this gave the film a gritter and more suspenseful edge to our film and worked well with the special effects ,sounds and leaves the viewer wondering and helps the story unfolds.
Mise on scene is based on teenage every day life , The characters are dressed and act like yobs this includes baggy jeans and track suits , hoodies and a ;swagger' when they walk to say that they are up to no good. This is the stereotype teens are getting now-days but in our film if you look deeper the main character is trying to do well in sport as he is working hard toward his goal. Witch is not usually seen in the public eye .we did not use any speech in the film , I think this was a good idea as actions speak louder than words and we found that the non-diegetic music worked better when we applied it to the film .We tried to use as much media language as possible and the lighting in most off the film is natural but working with the special affects works very well I thought as we wanted to keep the film as realistic as we could and give an impression of society today.

When we presented our film to our audience the reaction was quite surprising as they enjoyed it and gave positive feedback and wanted to watch more , they said that they liked the storyline and that the production was good . Although the majority of the viewers where young and in the age group the film was ment for , maybe older viewers may not of enjoyed it we would need to research this by showing the film to older viewers, The reaction we wanted for the viewers was of course a good reaction but also for them to realize that yes this is the typical stereotype of teenagers now a days but that this is not always the case in all teenagers that we are good citizens and not 'thugs'.A big inspiration and guide line for our film was 'Kidulthood' , This is a British film about the lives and troubles of some teenagers growing up in east London a poor area where drugs and violence is a way of life for some people. Even though this film is full of negatives its to show youngsters and gives a good message this is what we would of liked our viewers to of seen.
In our film we tried to make our characters appearance show there personality as the way they walk and acted show that they where people that you would think are unfriendly and un-approachable even though as many teenagers know this is not the case and people may be afraid to go near and talk to just because they think they are dangerous but this is the image that the media has given teens when most of the time it is a false impression , In our film we tried to create enigmas for example ' why are the teens at war with each other ? ' , 'What happens later in the film ?'who is the other characters in the film ?'i think these are good enigmas as they keep the viewer hooked to the story line and asks the question are teens really like this in reality?.
We put a grit to the film by editing the footage we did this by speeding and slowing the footage down to stand the characters out , we used bright clothing to show danger the red and yellow hooded jumpers symbolize this .
In conclusion our film was a succsess and i enjoyed filming and producing it, i have lernt alot about filming and editing witch i didnt know much about before the task was given to us ,and i would consider making a full film not just the introduction.