FINAL VIDEO

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PRELIM

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Question 7 evaluation

And now finally here is our title sequence.....

Question 2 Evaluation

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In the title sequence we took inspiration from films we have watched and the experiences we ourselves have faced as teenagers. This is good for a teen drama especially a youth drama as we can portray first hand the emotions and thoughts youth have in particular situations. As Bend It Like Beckham touched on similar topics to the topics we spoke about in our film opening, we looked at that as inspiration to see how they made their opening. Also, in many films teenagers are seen as badly behaved and disorderly. Despite some teens being like this, the majority are not like this so we wanted to show the other aspects of many teens, religious, kindhearted and god fearing. Of course, many teens can fall victim to peer pressure and we also wanted to show this.

We showed the contrast of worlds, by having the two different locations and the loss of the hijab when the main character is with her friends. The mosque in the first image is the main place for muslim worship, the image below is Owens Park, a place used for smoking which is frowned upon in islam. In addition to this, in the lower picture the main character is surrounded by boys in hooded tops, this is a stereotype used a lot in media for antisocial behaviour, this is one social group we represented in our title sequence.

 Similarly, in Bend It Like Beckham, we see contrast with the main character wearing traditional religious garments when in the religious setting with her family, but with her friends she is not, instead she wears more Western clothing, this is just one of the aspects we took from this film.

Evaluation: Question 7.

Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learn't in the progression from it to the full product?

This is the preliminary  project i have made.

When we had to plan and make a story board for this project, i was a bit baffled at why we had to go so deep into it and i wasn't sure about what shots we were supposed to use. In the making of the preliminary project, i was in charge of filming. At that time i was not sure how to use the camera and was having a bit of a problem putting it on the tripod. I also didn't have any experience at working with my group so the awkwardness also affected the the planning.

To edit the preliminary on Final Cut Pro was quite simple as i didn't know about the transitions we could add so it was mostly a cut and put it in the sequence kind of thing.

When we were planning for the Title sequence (not the preliminary), there was a big change in the way things were done. My group and i have quickly found the theme we wanted for the film and i easily drew a story board knowing what shots were needed and what wasn't. Also, me and my group all knew each other so the atmosphere between us was calm and we were all feeling confident towards our opinions towards the film. We also respected each others opinions and due to that we were able to produce an amazing Opening Sequence for 'Haram'.

 
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Evaluation: Question 6.

Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this project?

We have used different technologies when we were in the process of making our title sequence. We have used a flip camera to record the interviews of the director and main character, we have used a JVC camera whilst filiming our film and with it came the tripod and the fig rig. 
The fig rig was very useful to use when we were in a rush or when we were outside and had to move at the same time we were filming because it allowed us to keep the camera still whilst filming. As it would have been very hard to either hold the camera and move or hold the tripod and move. 

The software we have used to edit the opening sequence was Final Cut Pro. In the beginning, it was quite difficult to use as me and my group didn't know what we could or couldn't do on it. Also, we had many clips that we wanted to include in our opening sequence but it would have made it too long and it would have dragged, so time keeping was very hard as well as choosing the most important clips needed to introduce the film.