Mac 2 Evaluation

This is my groups evaluation for our film opening and also my final post on my blog:

Article from The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/23/bass-opening-credits

Anne Billson discusses the history of opening credits

School Premiere

Our media teacher came up with the idea to showcase all of the AS and A2's media productions after school before we broke up for Easter. It was a great chance to see the finished projects of what everyone in our class had been working on and to also catch a glimpse of what could be waiting for us in A2, providing we carry on next year. It was a great chance to also hear the audience's response to our film opening. I was worried that people would zone out when our film was showing, or that the tension build-up wouldn't quite hold it's own on a huge screen and nobody would be scared or affected by our opening, but after talking to a handful of people afterward, my worries were in vain. It was lovely to hear that so many people enjoyed it and that our project had it's desired affect on those who watched it. Overall, I was really thrilled by the audiences response.

Sinister Pictures

As well as our 'Couch Potato Productions' logo, we wanted another production company name and logo that was appropriate for our genre of film. We thought long and hard for a name that wasn't too cheesy and we finally came up with 'Sinister Pictures'. Our first logo was more personal to us as a group and 'Sinister Pictures' is in keeping with our choice of genre. Me, Lucy and Tasha used the sound recorder on imovie to record ourselves whispering the words 'Sinister Pictures'. We then messed around with the pitch until we found the exact effect we thought was good enough for our opening.

Surveillance

We brainstormed for ages trying to pick an idea for a title of our film. We were going to incorporate the school/detention/playground theme with it, but then me and Tasha decided whatever we came up with in that area of thought would sound far too cheesy and wrong. We then considered focussing more on the fact that our film is more to do with a CCTV point of view and that's when we came up with 'Surveillance'. We do dislike the fact that it's a one-worded title, as it's quite a cliche thing for films nowadays, but overall we're happy with our title as it's relevant to the plot.

Final draft

This is the final draft of our opening, now including the mobile phone footage, IT room shot and Production logos.

Couch Potato Pictures

We've decided to call our first production company 'Couch Potato Productions' because when we first started our project, our preliminary exercise included the song 'One Potato'. We've taken pictures for our logo, using potatoes, a black felt tip pen and furniture from a dolls house: