Evaluation part 8 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Overall I think that the title sequence me and my group have made has been success. The way that we have used more than one type of media to create this title sequence was good and shows that we can use not just DSLR but more different type of equipment/programs. I feel that our title sequence is different to all the other zombie title sequence and feel like that no one has done what we have done before. We put a lot of effort into our title sequence and there were some setbacks where we had to keep making changes to make the quality of the sequence better but in the end it was worth it. The only stuff we had to re-shoot was the Facebook part on the computer because it was to blurry but we found hypercam which made the quality if the video better and you could read what was on Facebook. We also had to add an extra video on the end to show someone getting bit by a zombie so that you actually knew that the title sequence was about zombies because people was complaining that there wasn't enough representations of zombies. If we could improve the title sequence then we could have more time on the project and add more photos/ videos or connotations of zombies. I am happy with what we have got in the end through trial and error we made a decent title sequence if only we had a bit more time. I have learnt that working in a group can be difficult sometimes but you will always pull through and all put in the effort to finish the project just like we did it. It can also be hard at the begging to all decide on an idea but once you chose and idea you all share each other’s and create one together.

Evaluation part 7 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

We have used different sorts of media to create our title sequence. We started to use DSLR for taking photos of the protagonists messing around and just hanging out. We was going to use it for most of the title sequence but we decided it would be better to use a phone/ smart phone because that's what most teenagers have now days. We decided to shot some videos on that because it was more appropriate and plus teenagers wouldn't afford expensive cameras. As well as that the audience could refer the protagonists back to themselves. We was filming on a DSLR to capture the Facebook bits but we found it a bit of a problem because it was to shaky and too dark. We then found a better way to film the Facebook and that was to film on the macs with a program called hypercam which all we had to do was set up the recording and record it so it was nice and fluent. We tried it a few times to get it right because sometimes it when a bit blurry and fuzzy. As well as that it shows that the protagonists are in that social media world. Lastly to get the key pad sounds and effects we had to use a sound recorder to record use typing on the computer and put that on to the title sequence. Throughout this process I have learnt that you don't have to always shoot on a DSLR there are more easier options that you can use for different stuff e.g. using different software to film on so that the quality is crisp clear and not jittery.

Evaluation part 6 - how did u attract/address your audience?

I think that we have reached our target audience. Our target audience was aged 18-25. During our planning as a group we decided to add things in on our audience profiling that the audience would like. We added certain things for example games, films, clothing and social media such as Facebook. We used Facebook because this is one sort of media you use nearly everyday and anyone uses it. Facebook is mostly used by teenagers to speak to their mates and post up photos and of things that they have done e.g. parties and days out. From our audience feed back which personally I thought it was very good and decent, there was a few down sides to the title sequence as people said there wasn’t enough connotations of zombies or action scenes with zombies which we stayed away from so they didn’t know if it was a zombie film or not. Even tho we did put some connotations in the title sequence we obviously didn't put enough so people was getting confused a lot. We didn't want a lot of connotations other wise it gives the film away to much because we wanted it to be different from every other zombie film/ title sequence. The way we put the title last and because its called a Zombie movie it portrays the title sequence but also sets up and enigma because the audience don't know what the film is about throughout the sequence and makes them want to watch more to find out more about the movie. Right at the end of the title sequence the name of the film comes up so that's when the audience know for sure that its a zombie movie. The audience quite liked the way that we used Facebook to present the title sequence and that the whole sequence was Facebook based. The only confusing bit of feed back was the way that a lot of people quite liked the soundtrack but then others didn’t and thought it would be better if we had a less pop song and it was more to do with zombies or was a rock song. We wanted our title sequence to be original and not to show lots of zombies or action with zombies like zombie land or dawn of the dead.