Post It Note Film

As an after coursework task, we were given a brief to create a quick stop motion film which had to be created via the use of post it notes.
The aim was to outline the time line of everything I have underwent in media over the course. I thought this could be included just to show that even revision and recapping can be put into new media terms.

Images

Overall all off my images have been taken via the internet unless stated in the which is in the case of my casting, locations and the images needed for both ancillary texts.


All of the other images such as posters and film still were found via a Google image search and then chosen appropriately.



Information was taken for research tasks was taken from various sources. The internet based sites were overall either from IMDB or Wikipedia. But other relevant sites were used for specific information.

In terms of primary information certain books were used from our school library or taken from online.

Kick Ass

A recent release at the cinemas has been a film called Kick Ass.

The narrative is very similar to my own in ways and if this were to have been released around the time I filmed and created my final production It would have been heavily mentioned as an inter textual reference.

Basic plot line is rather simple, its focused around an unnoticed high school student, who is an avid comic book fan with little friends living at home, alone with his father. One day with all of his comic inspirations he decides to create his own superhero - Kick Ass, an everyday super hero with no powers which leads to him getting into some trouble. From this many others follow in his footsteps and he is joined by other vigilantes such as Hit Girl and Red Mist who attempt to over come drug crime amongst other things.



http://www.kickass-themovie.com/

From the link above you can find lots of information about the film and various new media related integrations too the film which would have been nice to include for mince. Such as the inclusion of several games, each linking to a character from the film.


Here is a short video on my thoughts of the film and if I could take any influences from it, what I would include.

Post Production Audience Feedback

To gain an insight what people in my group thought of my project I decided to under go some audience feedback with some of my colleagues.

Beneath is the footage taken and the individuals responses.

Each persons film was taken into account so everyone could benefit from the feedback given.

These videos were filmed using the iSight camera which is built into my mac and then edited using iMovie. From this the clips were then exported via quick-time, then uploaded to photobucket, where the embed code was copied allowing me to place the clips into this post.



Audience Feedback on my piece No One Likes A Hero is below





Ellis Clarks audience feedback on his film Dead Moor is below





Here is Saskia Adams feedback on her short film Driven Away





Finally Tom Coplands audience feedback on his production Procrastination

DVD Finished Image

The finished design is underneath. It was created using Adobe Photoshop 6, from which a template was used for the dimensions of the disc.

This is the link to the site from which the dimensions were downloaded...
http://www.ncimedia.com/duplication/everest_design.html

  

DVD Printing

To improve the overall aesthetic of my finished product, I though it would be a good idea to design my own disk print and then incorporate it onto my final cut via the use of my home printer.

To establish what to include on my design I took a large range of DVD's and studied the text and information that is included upon them. To hopefully find a common occurrence amongst the information.

The DVD's that I examined are as followed.....

•  The Dark Knight 

• The Chronicles Of Riddick
• A Knights Tale
• Pirates Of The Caribbean At World's End
• Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers
• Bad Boys 2
• Fast And The Furious Tokyo Drift 
• Alien vs Predator
• The Matrix
• Spiderman 3

From examining these the most common information is listed below.

• If the DVD is a 2 disc special edition, then it clearly outlines which disk is the feature film and which contains the special features. Done by numbered disks or having it clearly written in text.
  

• The DVD logo is printed onto the disk. 
  

• Either a region 1 or 2 logo. This is depended on where the DVD has been distributed. A region 2 DVD will only work within Europe, where as region 1 is specific to the US.
  

• Copywright protection company logos, such as FACT.
  

• A banner clearly stating that the copy is not for rental. This will obviously be the opposite if the DVD is a rental copy.
  

• A website address, so that the audience is able to access more information which is relevant to the film that they have purchased.
  

• The inclusion of two age certificates. for the UK and for Ireland. In some cases Ireland tends to be higher than the UK rating, as it's run by a different body to the UK.
  

• Of course the title of the film.

• Production and distribution company logos.

• Distinction codes for this particular DVD.

These are all located upon the face of the disc, which are placed on top of an image which relates/links into the narrative of the film.

There is also a fine banner of text around the edge of DVD discs it tends to include...\

• Smaller font which is in white so it can appear more distinguishable.
  
• This text tends to include
• Year of release
• And by which company has the rights reserved.
• Also a run time is included in terms of minutes.

Image Reproduction Rights

To have some form of formal contract a specific document was established for the cast to sign, to agree there commitment to the project.

22149452 Release Form for Media Recording DB Edit A2 Copy