M4 - Product meeting the Brief

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Our final exported media product meeting the brief -

Out film meets the brief in terms of length. It had to be under 10 minutes long, the duration of our product is 8 minutes 32 seconds. The film is suitable for for the target audience of ages 15-21 as we have followed the legal and ethical issues as we have addressed in the M2 taskWe made sure that the product was a recognisable genre (drama). It met the details of a genre by having music, a narrative that follows one protagonist who is faced with a challenge. This challenge and decision effects the whole films outcome as to how the film plays out. The film exhibits real life situations and realistic characters, setting and story and their is clear character development through the duration of the film. There is clear conflict/realistic struggles, e.g. when Chloe overdoses on the drugs. It is also interlinked with other genres such as tragedy as our protagonist dies.

 In terms of editing we had certain conventions such as slow motion and blur to emphasise the tension and make the moment more believable. We also used shaking camera angles and tracking shots to make the audience feel more part of the action.

We worked in a group size of 3 and we each took on specific roles in the film making process:

-James Bowes - Director of Photography
-Patrick Campbell - Director
-Alex Hardgreves - Editor

All of our content is original as shown in the screenplay which was written by myself. The music that we used which we attained permission to use has been clearly referenced in the credits of the film.



Feedback we had on our film -

Austin: 'Good use of editing techniques and camera work. A moment I enjoyed especially was the use of blur to show character emotions and mannerisms'

Bradley: 'Very good, enjoyable, the right length of interest and appealed to the target audience because of the age of the actors and the content of the film i.e. drugs'

Mr Vanzomerplaag: 'The film shows true conventions and codes of a drama but the only thing to say is that I would change it to not say "a short film" because it doesn't make the media product look as much as a film as it could be'

Codes and Conventions of the Drama genre -

The lighting in the film was very typical and slightly dull portraying bleak and gritty nature. We also used a range of shots such as close ups, low angles to show character strengths and weaknesses

We also used typical props such as mobile phones, alcohol and drugs. Creating a naturalistic typical environment

Our characters were also very typical. We followed the focus on one main character and watched their circumstances they face. As well as a father and friends of the same age.

We had very typical settings such as, school gates, bedroom, kitchens, moor land, cars and roads etc.

We used typical costumes to portray simple clear characters, such as hoodies, t shirts, jackets and  trainers.

Exported - Our film was exported from the editing software as an MP4 file. The codec is H.264 in HD 108-p video. In this format our film is suitable to be exported and exhibited on platforms such as YouTube and big screens in cinema. It is suitable for uploading onto the web.