Evaluation

Audience feedback results

Click for audience feedback results

Audience feedback questionnaire

link to feedback questionnaire

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b5YWUzVVkrwznuPFhBX258jG1vidN-2a9RyAw-0JGQM/viewform

Script - Edited

Risk Assessment - Location 1

production logo - first draft

shot list

Scene 1

1. Long pan shot
2. Medium shot
3. Medium close up
4. Long shot
5. Match on action
6. High angle 
7. Canted angle
8. Close up
9. Pan and zoom

Scene 2

1. Zooms out
2. Pull focus
3. Medium long shot
4. Medium shot
5. Shot reverse shot
6. Match on action
7. Medium close up
8. Pull focus
9. Close up
10. Medium shot
11. Match on action
12. Close up
13. Close up
14. Medium long shot

Scene 3

1. Medium shot
2. Medium shot
3. Tilt

Costume Ideas

Here are some ideas of the costumes that we will be wearing:



For the girl who gets killed at the beginning:

as the flashback is set in the 70s we tried to find some clothes to fit the time and make it look more real, this is what we found:

Questionnaire Analysis.

From our questionnaire results, we found:

Lots of people said that they liked the fact that we were using a flashback as it introduces the story early on. They also said that it is "mysterious and spooky" which is what we want our film to be.

Most people said that they thought our film was a horror film which is good as that is the genre that we wanted our film to be.

Most people said that they would expect to watch it on download or TV, which could suggest that they think it is more of an independent film, which is what we wanted our film to be.

Most people think that our film should be rated 15, which is what we thought our films should be, so these results match our research.

Title Sequence Storyboard

for our title sequence, we will have different drawings of the ghost girl being placed on top of each other, and as this happens  the writing at the side changes to introduce the film. The last piece of paper dropped will have the title of the film on, then it will fade to black. All the way through it, eerie, mysterious music is played.

here is the storyboard for it:

Questionaire

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DX_WfRod8WOEOEiURfHZAMtVcbzb1NlVAHp8zhsWhTY/viewform



This is the questionaire we created to give to people to fill out about our film idea.

Ideas for the Title Sequence

1st Idea-

Shots are shown of the locations we have used in our film. The shots are dark and eerie, and the ghost girl can be seen in the background of the shots, while writing comes up introducing our film. Then the title is shown.



2nd Idea-

Different drawings of the ghost girl are shown with the film title and writing to introduce the film written on each of them. The camera flicks through the drawings while eerie music is played.




3rd Idea-  

Lots of different rings are shown as the writing to introduce the film appears beside them, as it gets to the last ring, which is the one in the film, the film title is shown. Eerie music is played as this happenes.

Research into the age ratings of other horror films.

http://prezi.com/k5xkp4ekvbcd/genre/?kw=view-k5xkp4ekvbcd&rc=ref-27577143

Script - first draft

Report - Siobhan

First of all, i researched horror film conventions and posted some of them onto our blog so that we know what to put in our film as we are doing a horror film. I then posted my individual film idea for our film.  I then developed my film idea and wrote the whole film summary with another member of the group. I then created a treatment for the first 2 minutes of our film. I then researched into horror sub genres and created a prezzi to illustrate the different horror sub genres. Then, i researched an independent film distribution company to see if they would be an appropriate distributor for our film. I then analysed the first 15 minutes of a similar film to ours, i chose insidious because it starts off with a flash back in a similar way to ours. We then wrote a summary of the first 2 minutes of the film. I then researched into costumes for our film. In the next week i aim to create a script for our film, and research more into our costumes. I also need to create a storyboard.

Costume Research

Flashback -

The flashback is set in the 60s/70s so the costumes need to reflect this time period.

We found this images to show what we are looking for...

Modern Day -

For our modern day shot they should wear modern, casual clothes such as these...

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

Name:

Gender: M/F

Occupation:

What do you think of the storyline for our film?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Have you got any suggestions?

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What genre do you think our story is?

_______________________________

Where would you expect to view it? (eg. Cinema, DVD, TV, Netflix)

_______________________________

What certificate do you think it would be? (eg. U, PG, 12A, 12, 15, 18)

________________________________

Do you think the film would be more appealing to a wide audience or a smaller audience? Why do you think this?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Would you go and see this film? Why?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

final film idea - first two minutes

film starts with flashback, shot in black and white. A girl is seen running through a forest, a man is chasing her, he grabs her, and kills her. The camera then pans to the right and something shiny can be seen in the distance, the camera zooms in to reveal a ring. The camera then zooms out, as it's zooming out it fades from black and white to colour, to show it's no longer a flashback and it's now the present day. Four friends are seen in the woodland area, they spend a lot of time just hanging around in the woods, until one of them discovers the ring. They then put it on their finger. They then walk home. Screen fades to black.

Analysis of Film

Insidious.

The film that i am analysing is Insidious. I chose this film because it is similar to the film that our group is creating as it is a supernatural horror, and it uses some of the same elements for example, a flashback at the beginning.

The film starts of with a long shot showing a boy's bedroom, This is a flashback of went he main character was younger. There is some non-diagetic music in the shot which is there to build tension. The lighting in the shot is dark to give a sense of mystery. A dolly shot is used to move the camera around the room and then moves out of the bedroom into the kitchen.

In this shot, a shadow can be seen on the window, as soon as the camera goes into the kitchen, the music gets louder and faster which makes it more sinister and shows the audience that something is going to happen.  The shadow then moves from the window and the camera follows it into the next room. A shadow is used as it keeps the audience in suspense as to who the person is as it creates mystery.

This shot shows a ghost of an old woman in medium shot. The frame is dark which is stereotypical for a horror film as it connotes mystery and makes it more scary . There is non-diagetic music in this shot which is loud and fast, the music is used to build up tension and shows the audience that something is going to happen. The camera zooms into the woman's face until the shot fades to black and the music fades out.

The next shot quickly flashes on and the music come back in loud again. This is done to try and scare the audience and make them jump as they are not expecting it. Red is a stereotypical colour to use on a horror film as it connotes danger and blood which is often featured in horror films. The black background is also stereotypical as it is dark and mysterious.

Then the title sequence begins, also using red writing and a black background. It shows black and white images of the house with clues to the audience that something is going to happen for example, in this shot the chair moves out from the table on its self. This show the audience that something out of the ordinary is going to happen. There is also some non-diagetic music in the title sequence to build tension.

After the title sequence, it cuts to a living room which is filled with boxes, this is shown in long shot. The camera then pans around the room, this is done to set the scene and show the audience that the characters have just moved to this house. In this shot, ambient sound is used to make the audience believe that the characters actually live in the house, and to set the mood for example, a clock ticking can be heard and the stairs are creaking.

A women then comes down the staires and starts unpacking the boxes, this is shown in medium long shot. Diagetic sound can be heard as she unpacks to make it sound more real.

She then puts some books on a shelf, a medium close up is used to show what the books are. the first book is called "Self Healing Through Music" this gives the audience some clues about what the characters are like and helps to get to know them better. The book is also red which connotes danger and could suggest that something will happen with the book.

She then begins to look at a photo album and her son comes to look at it with her. They are shown in medium long shot. The fact that they are sat on the floor reminds the audience that they have just moved into the house as they have no chairs to sit on.

They are then shown in medium close up to show their facial expressions when talking about the photo album.

They are then shown in the kitchen as the camera slowly zooms in. There is lots of ambient sound in this shot for example, the baby is crying, the kettle is boiling, a video game can be heard and the children are arguing, whilst the mother is on the phone. These sounds all make it sound hectic and gives the impression that the women is struggling.




It then cuts to a man who is getting ready in front of a mirror, this is shown in medium close up. This contrasts with the last shot as all of the ambient sounds have gone and it is now quite, this is done to highlight to the audience that his morning is different to the woman's morning. It suggests that he doesn't look after the children as much as the women and doesn't help out as much which could be seen as stereotyping.

In this shot, the outside of the house is shown in long shot, this is done to show the audience that it is now a different time of day and it splits up the scene. Piano music can be heard as well as a clock ticking, this is used as a sound bridge onto the next shot.

The women is then shown sat at a piano singing, she is shown in medium shot. The sound of a baby crying can then be heard and the camera then pulls focus to the baby monitor on top of the piano, this is done to make the audience notice it.






The women hears a sound in the attic and goes to see what it is. She is shown in long shot, in this shot, a hand held shot is used which suggests to the audience that something is going to happen.

A close up is then used to show that the ladder in the attic is broken, a close up is used to make it stand out to the audience and to show that it is significant.

After this, the child is shown playing on his own upstairs in the dark whilst the rest of the family are downstairs in the light, this contrasts the two shots and suggests to the audience that something is going to happen to the boy. He is also wearing a red cape which connotes danger and also suggests that something will happen to him.