What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from creating the preliminary task, to creating your film opening?

I feel that the main thing i learnt was continuity. In my preliminary film, The continuity was wrong for example one minute the man was leaning to his left, then to his right. Although the camera movement was good in this i felt that my preliminary could have been a lot better. For my final coursework piece i felt that i made some severe changes to the way i went about my filming. For example i was very conscious of camera shots, for example making sure part of the persons head wasn't cut out.
Also i tried to focus on the continuity more, for example making sure the glass was in his right hand throughout and the timing when cutting to a different shot while he was walking was alright.

I feel that i have competently increased my skills in my film work. I have a greater understanding of the hardware and software and i have a sharpened eye for spotting continuity and i am some what of a perfectionist now.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of construction your film?

From the process of constructing my film, There are technologies that i have i learnt. First of all i had never used a mac before this year and now i feel competent in using one. I find a mac a more comfortable piece of hardware to navigate and it i find it allows me to do more than a PC.
Secondly there were multiple film editing software's that i had never used before, such as iMovie, and FinalCutPro. I feel extremely confident with my skills of iMovie, yet final cut, i found more of a challenge.
Thirdly the practical hardware that i used was a Film camera, I have used them from a very young age and i felt like i didn't learn anything new. Throughout the whole process i have learnt numerous skills now which i am pleased of and confident with.

What kind of media institution might distribute your film and why?

In researching for the media institution to distribute my film, it came to my attention that i would need a production company that was small, for example a national company. Also i would need one that specifies in drama.
The company that i found was 'KUDOS Film and Television'

Kudos Film and Television is a British independent film and television production company. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Kudos is part of the Shine group and also has it's own film unit, Kudos Pictures.
I first heard about this company because i did work experience for a set design company who worked on the same television show as Kudos.
They seem to be the perfect comapny because they do small television series yet at the same time they do british drama films.

How did you attract/address your target audience?

Firstly i addressed that this film was for my target audience because my character in the film fits that target audience himself, he is a young male. I also use aspects that they can relate too, such as a grand father dieing, or a father dieing, and not having that understanding of quite how to deal with it, which you can see through my character. Also i think a major part in attracting my target audience is by advertising it to them, which at the moment is by word of mouth. Also on YouTube the film is in links with other films for people of the same target audience. This helps show my film around purely because they will see it on someone else's video.

Who would be the audience for your film opening?

My Target audience would be people roughly aged in their 20's giving no preference on sex. I say this age because this is the ages in which people really start to understand the world and start to become more aware or other classes, social differences, they become more politicised and more aware of stereotypes that are thrown upon them. This is why this would be aimed at them because I think that they would be more open to it and would look into the political message of it more deeply than others.

How does your film opening represent particular social groups?

Stereotypically of drama's they link into the more obvious social groups, for example the struggle of the working class, or the hardship of racial minority in a working class environment. My film opening delves a lot deeper than that and in the complete opposite direction. It shows a young white male who seems to be living in a working/middle class environment failing to cope with his own problems. I think that my film doesn't represent social groups in a way that many people would believe them to be, but more in a sense of whats underneath, looking deeper, and showing that even people you wouldn't think of are dealing with problems and issues of their own. This completely contrasts with the common side of the film industry which relates more too stereotypes.

In what way does your film opening use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of existing horror/thriller/dramas?

I feel that my opening film uses the conventions of a drama extremely well.
For example it is quite a sunny day which does not necessarily show conventions of a drama but leads away from a horror. In a way the mise en scene does develop conventions of a drama because at first it a nice sunny scene, but then the mood is changes through the characters actions, leading it to take a dramatic twist.

Also a big part of developing the conventions was the themes that i am using throughout my film opening. They are alcoholism and drug taking, which links neatly in with someone who has just lost his relative (which we see through the man standing at his grave). I feel that all of these themes linking together use and develop the conventions of a drama.