UNTAMED FINAL

Evidence of working

In the images above, our group for Untamed is shown working on our blogposts, the final cut and the poster and website

Story board

This is a storyboard which our group have created using 'Emaze' and have added a voiceover explaining in detail each shot and scene we are trying to achieve in our film opening. This helped us in getting our thoughts for the opening scene in order to see whether our overall desired effect would be possible.

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Who would be the audience for your media product? from Holly Connell

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How did you attract:address your audience? from Holly Connell

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Reflection on social media account

What we learnt from making the Social media Account

From making the UNTAMED twitter account, we found that this was a good source of promotion as twitter is used by 30017million on a monthly active basis. Therefore creating speculation and hype around the UNTAMED Film would easily be spread by many. The account was free to make and enabled us to share information relating to the film with our users. To improve our twitter account we could have got sponsors from other brands and people with large amounts of people, we could have also been more active by tweeting regularly and interacting with fans. Reflecting on the twitter account we could have also made Instagram and Facebook accounts to cover all areas and users of the 'social media world'.

What I learnt from filming

When filming our film opening, 'UNTAMED' I learnt new techniques to express the correct genre through the types of shots I used. Before doing my research, I did not realise that handheld camera shots created a more realistic feel to the film, making the audience feel as though they are a part of the scene. I decided to use the hand held technique when following Holly when she was running down the street to create a more chaotic mood because the shot didn't focus on a specific object or place.
I also learnt that using close-up shots in a scene makes the scene more intimate and professional as the audience are able to see the characters facial expressions. I used these close up shots at the start when Aubrey was walking down the street and then drunk from her bottle. This gave the audience a good chance to see what the character's face looked like, see her facial expressions and become familiar with her character. I believed these shots helped in making the film opening look more professional and interesting as I included a variety of shots.
Another type of filming that I had learnt about and used when creating this opening sequence were Pan shots. These consist of a shot this if filmed at all one level but follow the character across the location. I used this shot when filming Holly walking down the street because it gave the impression that that is what the neighbours would see out of their windows. I am glad that I used this shot because it made this scene seem more fast pace compared to the start of the sequence.

Individual Film Pitch

As a group we discussed movie opening ideas, we decided on the idea of a teen drama film as we felt this was relatable and would therefore know our target audience very well.
We looked at other films such as Perks of being a wallflower and Fault in our stars for inspiration.
Here is our individual film pitches for the film opening...

Katie's film pitch: Young teenage girl struggles to fit into high school life and soon realises that her close friends  are not who they say are. A film about lies and mystery. A mystery/ thriller/ teen drama.

Charlotte's film pitch: Teenage girl fancies most popular boy in school, however he is also dating the most popular girl, little does she know he is gay and feels he's living a huge lie.

Holly's film pitch: Young rebellious girl runs away from home and experiences a life with no rules or a society to fit in to.

Anneka's film pitch: A young smart girl gets in with the wrong crowd at school she begins drinking and taking drugs it ends up with huge life changing consequences.

After hearing all of our initial ideas and feedback, we came up with a film opening that almost combined our ideas. For example we used a young teenage girl and incorporated the theme of rebellion with drinking/alcohol we also worked on the basis that our main character would feel excluded from society as she would be gay and feel tension and hatred within her family home life.

Untamed Website Inspiration

For our UNTAMED Film website we took inspiration from the INTERSTELLAR website. We took inspiration from this as it was eye catching and bold, we took influence from the navigation bar and the overall layout of the website.