EVALUTION By Josh Greenway
Feb 25, 2016
EVALUTIONBy Josh Greenway
Genre A Sports-Comedy
Has to have the right balance of both the genres of Comedy and Sport
Researched Sports filming techniques (fast paced), comedies (close ups to show facial expressions) and Sports Comedies (Blades of Glory)
Forms & Conventions Uses:
Music to exaggerate a scene and situation
Slapstick sound effect Impressions/Stereotypes of
famous tennis players
Challenges: The use of fast-paced scenes The subject matter of Tennis
isn’t a common theme for comedies We had to make sure the film
appealed to comedy fans who may have little knowledge of tennis
YOU CANNOT
BE SERIOU
S!
Research Production company
research (Dreamworks/ RedHour)
Created a target audience questionnaire People believed
character comedy aimed at 16-25 year olds
Told us our ideas would actually appeal to an audience of our age
Keep the storyline simple and focus on the comedy
The Shooto The tester shoot
before the actual filming helped us a lot (Check-list)
o What went well:o A good range of
different types of shots
o Good/Clear sound quality
o Script plus a clear image of how each scene should look
Filming on locationat the Baseline Tennis
Centre
Zoom out to an over the shoulder shot
Improvements Time-keeping
Late for Baseline Tennis Centre Time goes fast when you’re filming
Lighting Had to use natural or indoor lighting Overcast at Great Bridgeford location Baseline Tennis Centre Lobby had bad lighting
ORIGINAL LIGHTING IMPROVED LIGHTING
The Edit Adobe Premiere
The first edit went over the time limit
Appropriate royalty-free music
Getting the right balance of tennis and comedy
New Technical Skills Learned: Colour correction Improvement on lighting with
Brightness settings Get all sound levels correct
BEFORE
BEFORE
AFTER
AFTER
The Final Result /Audience Feedback Achieved the goal of making people laugh
People said it very funny
They believed the use of shots created comedy effect
The music also added comedy effect
Improvements they suggested were a better use of titles The main title could have appeared on screen longer The credits could have also been on longer
Movie Poster Adobe Photoshop
Character Montage
Action-style poster following the convention of the comedy genre of exaggeration
Inspiration from the 1977 Star Wars Poster
The layout is clear providing enough information
If I could improve the poster I would have taken the photos of the cast in a proper studio with good lighting
Film Review Adobe Photoshop
Research from other movie review magazines
To give a range of review writing I suggested points where the film could have been improved
The review provides enough information about the plot, directors and the genre for the audience to decide whether to see it or not
If I were to do this review again I would have taken a photo whilst filming instead of making one from the photos used on the poster
Movie Trailer Adobe Premiere
Dramatic build up. The audience are expecting a tennis documentary
Trailer follows the fast-pace of the film
The first song suggests comedy whereas the second song follows the fast-paced feel
Only the basic plot is revealed in the trailer
The Blog Posterous.com
Show the process of the idea being created eventually into the final film
Shows all the planning before filming
Problems we faced along the way
People’s opinions whilst we were editing which helped us improve the film