After Effects: Bullet Effect Tutorial

Here is an After Effects tutorial that I am using to help me add in a bullet effect to help end my short film.

Evaluation Questions First Draft:

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


My short film uses media products such as cameras, apple Macs, Adobe premier pro and adobe after effects and adobe Photoshop software’s to edit and help create my final piece. 



This is where I have also developed my use of real media products as I am using software to take one media product (camera footage for example) and using it to develop my work to fit conventions of a real life media product.

An example of this is the genre of my short film, an action short film after researching the conventions of a short film I have found the inclusion of the following things: lots of cutting, more than one or two characters and often a variety of special effects. 



This is what I have been aiming for in my short film where I am using media products such as adobe Photoshop and after effects to use the conventions of an action film. 

I am also using the camera to fit the conventions of an action film by shooting shots and angles to fit the conventions of an action film.

The way in which my Short film challenges and develops forms and conventions of real life media product is my idea to attempt to create a sub genre film.

 What I have tried to do is create an action film however with a western sub genre because of my scene shot inspired by a scene from the good, the bad and the ugly where I have challenged the conventions by following a similar pattern in terms of filming.

I have also developed the forms and conventions by changing the dialogue and adding in a few more shots once again to not only fit with the conventions of an action/ western film but to attempt to add a tiny bit of variety to my short film. 

I have also challenged the forms and conventions by using two blonde haired actors against the typical darker haired actors which are more common in films.


How effective is the combination of your main and ancillary texts?



I feel that the combinations of both my main and ancillary texts are very effective.



Both of which were inspired by the research I have done into short and feature films and how they are presented to the public on cinematic release.



I attempted to use skills that I have picked up over the previous year from editing in programmes such as Adobe Photoshop to create an effective poster and film review.



I also looked into movie magazines such as Total Film and Empire magazine to formulate ideas and a template before actually creating the final poster and review.



I researched short films and how they were created and the effects they can have on audiences.



I researched the conventions of an action/ western film posters and film reviews.

I tried to make all products as accurate to fit forms and conventions of existing products e.g. I did not create any drastic changes to my final products only added in a few more shots or a bit more editing in places.





What have you learned from your audience feedback?


How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?



I used new media technologies all throughout the planning stages, creating and evaluating stages from Photoshop for drawings and sketches.



I used apple Macs and the internet with websites such as blogger and Google to help with my research stages.



I used YouTube to look up short films and the ending scenes of action/ western films.

I used cameras, Imovie/premier pro to edit my Rough Cut and Animatic. This was to give me inspiration for the narrative of my film and I used the softwares and cameras to edit the footage that I have shot and to edit the clips to the forms and conventions f an action/ western.



I used cameras, tripods Macs premier pro I movie, YouTube and Blogger to manage and create my final project.

I used presentation software’s such as PowerPoint and slide share to create and upload my evaluation.



I used websites to teach me how to do a split screen effect in premier pro with tutorial videos of how to make these effective.

I used a variety of company websites to look at short films and how they were created.



I used after effects to create a bullet effect

 for the ending in which the boss ends up dead.

From The Chikara Center Back To The Office

After attempting to film the oppening scene to my short film in the Chikara center i found that the building was a bit too random to place the oppening there as the offices are a bit too big. However i have found an office in Slough trading estate and shall be going there with all of my actors this coming Sunday (20th March) to hopefuly fully shoot my oppening and possibly move onto Gerrards cross to re shoot some other scenes.

First Draft: Rough Cut

Here is my initial Rough cut, I still have quite a bit of filming still to do however this gives an idea of what im aiming for.