Obed's AS Media Course Work: May 2009

1.In what way does your media product use, develope or challenge forms and conventions of real media product?

I used a lot of "like mike" filming techniques such as the camera angles "over shoulder angle shot" i used that shot when Jevon and Andre was having a conversation scene, this really made my film look quiet proffestional, i also used "Love and Basketball" language technics was an argumentitive language i used the same language when jevon was telling Andre he can't play basketball better than him. I also used Love and Basketball's "very longshot" of the two men taking a couch from a van, that camera angle was also seen in my film as jevon was playing basketball by him self before Ander walked into the basketball gym. I used "like mike" noisey background noise of the other kids in the park. This is shown when jeevs was playing basketball before Andre walked in you could hear other people playing baskeball ball in the gym on the other side.

2. How does your media product represent a particular social groups?

I used two young black male, both was very competitive but on archieved his goals in a positive way and the other one archieved his goal in a bullying way, The main actor "Andre Mcmiller" will be described as a positive person who archieve his goals in a positive way he is a smart boy, very calm, but "Jevon Ford" will be describe as a bully,agressive, he thinks he is the best at basketball, very argumentitive.

3.Who kind of media institute might distribute your media product?

If i was to introduce my film to NBA productions and they accepted my idea i would need proffestional equipments such as proffestional actors and also proper basketball unifor. i woud want an audience at the background to watch and also a basketball court with only basketball lines nothing else. I will also introduce my film to new line cenima/40 acres because love and basketball was distributed by them and the film was quiet successful so i will consider my film in that film record company.

4.Who would be the audience for your media product.

I view my movie to "antony crop" who is 12 years old. he said he liked the character i used for my film, he like the story line he also sed i could make it better by making my actors improvise more. I also viewed my film to jesse grabbrah who is 17 he said he like the location i filmed my film in because it was relevant to the sort of movie i did he also said he like the first scene where Andre Mcmiller was talking to him self whiles he was in the changing rooms, he also said i should have made make my actors improvise and also cut some of backgorund noise at the background because it affected my actors improvisation. i then showed my film to miss sharp she said she like the slow motion scene when Andre Mcmiller put the ball throught Jevon Fords legs and she like the background music i used for my film. she also sed i need to let them improvise more

i feel my only downfall was the improvisation of my actors and i personly feel i could have improved the camera angle by shooting more angles to make my film look more professtional.
The audience for my film is 12 years old and above but i would want to make my film viewer to all audience because i personlly feel every body can enjoy my film.

5. How did you attract your audience?

I used teenagers as my actors because i aimed my film at 12years old because also viewerable to all ages. i couldn't use adult as my actors because 12 year old or younger will not be able to relate to them and i couldn,t use little kids because adults can not really relate to them and because of that it will not attract my audience so i thought if i used teenagers it will attract 12 years old and under and also attract adults so by doing this i will improve the chances of my movie reaching wider audiences and attracting them to my audience. The location was a changing room and a basketball gym i had to use that because a lot more 12+ under will be excited to see an opening scene of someone in the changing room talking to him self and then finding out is about basketball hes talking about will attract them to know what is going to happen next it will also attract adults when they see is about basketball because enjoy the sport expecially basketball. The music i used will also attract my audience because it is an energetic music that will catch your attention quickly and keep you focus to the film it also makes you think what's going to happen

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

There were restriction with the camera as in sound quality but i could have improved my sound quality if i planned my camera angles and the background which limited the actors improvisation sounds, you couldn't hear my actors properly in some the the scene because there was a lot of other people in the gym so that made it hard for the camera to record their voice clear.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

I have learnt a lot about the camera example how to use night switch on night mode i have also learnt how to use the macs expecially imovie because i didn't know how to cut of scenes in my film, how to add chapter, how to add effects to it but after i finished editing my film i realised i have actually learnt a lot of skills that i didn't know before. i also learnt that i should stick to your time plan to get everthing done.

first i was going to film a gansgster thriller scene but i didn't go according to plan because i didn't have the right enquipments to make it look good and also i couldn't find an adults as my actors which made things very hard for me so i decided to change the genre to a sporty drama which turned out as a success because i didn't need that much equipments, the actors wasn't hard to find because i used my friends as actors i had to change every as in start my plan again scripting, research, brief, props. but with determination i got it all done in time to the teacher.

I created a questionnaire because I needed to know my target audience or the general audience view on films I asked very straight questions because I didn’t want them to just right anything down without thinking about it.
After I finished my questionnaire I found out that music played a big part in movies such as the type of song and the tempo. Three people like comedian films which I thought was very interesting because the most majority of people who had more interest in comedian films were aged 15 to 17.only two people picked action and they were aged between 15 to 17. Only two people liked romantic and two people picked horror. Overall I found out that a lot of teenagers like comedian which I found very honest because the most teenagers I know prefer comedian films. Most people liked story lines that are complicated mind bending twist, others liked natural and relevant. When I asked what location would you like a film to be set in most people said London and other said Bristol, wales, a lot of people like gangster film that is set in the modern times. After I asked peoples favourite actors a lot of people like British actors which I thought I quite weird because American actors a lot better that British actor that’s jus my opinion. I also done I side research which made me find out that a lot of females liked romantic movies
After asking all the important question I had a rough idea of where and the type of story line that I will include in my film.