Problems uploading our evaluation

Our evaluation is 16 minutes long which means it is a large file. As the file was so large it took a long time for it to export out of final cut and into a quick time file. When it did export the file was still very large so I had to put the file into garage band and then export it into an I pod format which is considerably smaller but still large. As we were restricted for time at school I had to copy the smaller file onto my hard drive. When I returned home I tried uploading our evaluation onto You Tube. It eventually uploaded but as I opened it, it was unfortunately removed from You Tube as the video was too long. I then tried uploading the video straight onto the blog but it would not allow me to as the file was either in the wrong format or too large. I then had to download a file compressing soft ware that enabled me to downsize the file. I then tried uploading the video onto the blog again and it was successful.  

Group p evaluation

This is the evaluation of our opening sequence. We had to answer a series of questions that analysed our finished product and the ideas behind why we made what we made. Shauna read out the questions and we followed to answer. To edit the evaluation we had to use final cut. Each question is separated by a cross fade edit. 

In The Red Opening Sequence evaluation

Evaluation

My opening sequence represents the conventions of a crime, thriller, and action movie. The fast paced chase scene backed with gritty grime music gives the instant impression that the film will include guns, drugs, and money. Other films in this type of genre are films like Kidult hood (2006), Bullet Boy (2004), Shifty (2008). I wanted my opening sequence to immediately be established in the same mould as the mentioned films. I also wanted to incorporate the idea of organized crime, that was present in other British low budget films such as Lock Stock and two smoking barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). To achieve this mise en scene had to be representative. The pursuers were dressed in suits and drove an expensive sports car (Audi TT) which resembles they are part of an organized crime world involving a lot of money (Higher than the average criminal). There is a narrative pattern, that if we were to continue filming, it would conform to. The equilibrium was present but for a brief period of time. Equilibrium was present from when the main character walks from the gambling shop, to his flat. There is a disruption when there are intruders in his home. They kidnap his girlfriend and the majority of the film is spent trying to gather up the ransom money by any means necessary.