Media Evaluation - Connor Jackson

"Yo Adrian!" Rocky II
The Inception Sound Effect
Link To Our Radio Trailer

Final Chosen Group Poster

KARMA - Completed First Edition

This is the first render of our completed film. It is now subject to critical audience evaluation, for us to act upon if there is any major feedback saying we need to change something.

Karma radio trailer

Recorded and produced in just under an hour.

Voiceover by Connor Jackson
Edited by Matthew Jones

Featuring the voices of Kieran Charlesworth and Sean Martin

Location Photos House Scene

The photos below were taken from the scene when Adrian goes home. We added this scene in after as we didn't have enough time to complete the film. 

Extra Scenes

This is a precaution we decided to take incase our film didn't quite make the five minute target. Below will be a couple of ideas for extra scenes we can do, or extend if our film doesn't make it.

Idea One - Extension of Scene 4
Instead of Adrian been stood next to the homeless man, and putting his money in the cup, the film rewinds to the beginning, and ends by fading to black, and showing Adrian reversing back into the room from which he started in. He will awaken in the room, and believe that he was dreaming. His co-worker will say his name, but then Adrian will realise his shift is over, and leave the room. As he proceeds through the building, another co-worker will greet him how he did in Adrian's 'dream'. This makes him nervous, and he continues out of the building, until he sees the homeless man again, whom once again asks him to spare some change. This time, Adrian spares the change, and drives away in his car. The events of what he thought was a dream, still fresh in his mind.

Idea Two - Scene 4 and Scene 5
Adrian doesn't see the homeless man at the end of Scene 4, and believes entirely that he was dreaming, and the co-worker was a complete coincidence. In Scene 5, he returns home after work. Unlocks his door, then goes to turn the alarm off, but notices it isn't switched on. He was sure it was. He hangs up his coat, takes off his tie, and goes into the kitchen for a drink of water. When he gets the water, he goes into the living room, turns on the TV, and sits down to watch the TV. He notices a necklace on the side. The necklace of the homeless man. After realising, the lights go out, and the television turns off. The electric is out. Then he hears a knock on the door. He goes to answer it, but when he does, no one is there. Except the Karma Demon, standing behind him. The scene fades to black.

It is looking quite likely now, that aspects of both of these scenes will be used in our film, and that is why it's going to be uploaded to the blog.

Filming Diary - 01/03/2013

Today we began filming our extra scene. We needed to add some time onto our film, by adding a previously un-filmed scene. The scene takes place in Adrian's office, and Matthew is finally added to the cast list as an unidentified co-worker of Adrian. Below are the photographs taken on the set.

The Script - Scene 4 (Back to the Future) Revised

This is a revised version of Scene 4. The film wasn't quite long enough, and we had some ideas that we could include, should that problem occur.

The last line needs to be changed from "How you react is yours" to "How they react is theirs". That was a bit of a slip up!

Progress Diary - 22/02/2013

In the last couple of weeks, we've almost finished filming. We did our second shooting scene, and thought we'd done. However it appears that our film is considerably shorter than the five minute target. Whilst we were filming, we left some scenes out, due to believing our film would end up been too long. These scenes will be filmed, and added back into the film next week.

Today, we've been making posters for our film, and the one Kieran made seemed to be good enough to use, do I decided to make a billboard promotional poster instead, which is designed as a teaser for the audience our film would be aimed at.

After we finish filming next week, the editing can be completed, and our job will almost be complete!

Billboard Teaser Poster

This is my billboard teaser poster for our film. 'Spare some change' is a quote from the film, but also gives away a bit of the plot line, as the film is about change.

The quote below the tagline gives an opinion on karma, and underlines the word. This makes it stand out, to give away what the title of the film is.

The poster also includes the URL of the blog, and our Untitled Productions logo.

Filming Diary - 01/02/2013

On our second day of filming, we got through quite a lot, and spent around two hours on the set! We gained access to an undercover car park near college, and used the areas of it wisely, to ensure we kept continuity. This meant that we had to make sure that the car was parked in the same space if we filmed again and the bins. The photographs below show us on the set.

Filming Diary - 25/01/2013

The first day of filming commenced today. We filmed part of our first scene, and part of scene two. We completed the corridor part of scene 1, and the car park part of scene two. The photographs below show us on the set.

Filming pack day 1

The filming pack for day 1 is viewable here on Google Drive here

Progress Diary - Connor Jackson

24/01/2013
In the previous two weeks, we've been heavily preparing for our film. We've created posters, I've searched for possible soundtracks, and we've done some make-up tests. We expected to begin filming last week, but were setback by unforeseen circumstances, therefore, we'll begin filming either today, or tomorrow. The risk assessment for Scene 1 was completed by me, so we are well prepared for filming, as soon as possible.

Ta ra.

The Quest to Soundtrack III

The third part of my quest led me to find this video. The first two parts were fairly similar in their sounds, and would serve as background music. This music probably won't make it into our final product, but there are aspects of it that might sound good. Perhaps for titles and credits.

The Quest to Soundtrack II

On the second part of my quest, I came across a website, named Incompetech, which is a royalty free music website, founded and maintained by Kevin MacCleod. There are hundreds of tracks free for download, of all genres. I found a track that would fit into our product. I found it in the horror and suspense category of the website. The video above was one of the finest horror soundtracks I coud find.

The Quest to Soundtrack I

In the first part of my quest to find music for our product, I came across this video. It's called '13 Days of Nightmares' and it is a royalty-free soundtrack, meant for free use in projects like ours. The ambient sounds and spooky feel will work great in our dark horror scenes. I was quite lucky to find this early, as it appeals to all the members in the group.

Practicing tricky shots

It's nearly time for us to start filming our project so before we went out into the field, we decided to practice a few of the tricky shots we might encounter. To achieve the desired effect, we used various methods and techniques both in production and post production. The finished video is below :-)

Scene 1 - Risk Assessment

Above is the risk assessment for Scene 1 (Yo Adrian) carried out by Connor Jackson. It follows Sean Martin walking down a corridor. The risks are very minimal to start with in this scene, but all risks must be assessed.

The Script - Scene 4 (Back To The Future)

This is our final scene, and it has some form of time travel. The audience won't be sure whether it's forward or backward, but it is linked to what is previously seen, by the bruise on Adrian's head, from when he fell over in the previous scene.

The final line is a quotation from Wayne Dyer, and it is the premise from which our film comes from.