Frass up opening two minutes

Soundtrack

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This sound track that we used for our filming experience was intriguing and engaging to our audience. This is because the dramatic music allows our movie to fulfill the aspects that come from a horror genre. Our scary movie forms the audience to feel tense in the first place, in which this soundtracks adds to the tension and eerie feeling forming our movie to fulfill the horror genre. This soundtrack is similar to tracks used in movies such as the conjuring and the ring, therefore our movie is trying to give of the same scary atmosphere to our audience.

Opening two minutes

Frass up

The opening credits show PAV Productions with an eerie smoke blowing behind it. The eerie smoke could foreshadow the type of genre of the movie. The next credit shows a hallway with the movie title 'Frass up', this title in flickering red. The colour shows the audience that bloody scenes are likely to happen during the upcoming movie. The dimming of the light in the hallway could suggest that the lighting in the movie could represent the suspense and add eeriness. The dark and sinister music in the background helps both credits to foreshadow the upcoming horror genre.

The first cut of our movie shows a scary scene from a hollywood movie. This cut foreshadows the upcoming events which are gonna happen in our movie. It then shows Jackson and Joe talking about the movie and how it isn't scary. This shows to the audience that they are naive about the upcoming scene's. It then shows jackson walking down stairs and closing the front door which was left open. This shows the character has no idea what is happening, this create a realistic atmosphere as they have no clue about the upcoming events. After this it shows a mysterious character walking and staring at joe, who is naive about him, looking at his phone. The shot of the 'evil' character only shows his legs creeping around. This makes a mysterious atmosphere as no one knows who he is. The next shot shows the evil character looking at joe, with the camera angle making it seem were watching the movie 'through his eyes'. This makes the movie seem more realistic. The next couple shots are with the same camera angle to make the movie seem more realistic to the audience. Throughout all these scenes, there is a sinister music in the background. This music only plays when the evil character is in the shot. This creates a sinister atmosphere whenever the evil character is around. Throughout these scenes jackson has been downstairs getting drinks. This creates a realistic atmosphere as he is naive of what is going on. When Jackson comes back upstairs to the room he finds Joe dead on the sofa. As this happens the sinister music comes on again. This shows the audience that the evil character is coming, and a sinister scene is ahead.

Preliminary Task and Evaluation

We decided to make a further preliminary task that linked closely to the brief of having two characters interact.

In the clip you can see talk characters walking through a door followed by a match on action when one of the character opened the door. Then there is a shot reverse shot, over the shoulder shot to show the conversation between the two characters.

We had problems with the sound when filming the clip. You can hear the conversation between the characters after they have walked through the door. however, you cannot hear the conversation before the characters walk through the door. Therefore, we will experiment with filming and the sound for our final film.

The issue with the film and sound may be due to the fact that we filmed it on an iphone. For our final film we will film it on a Song HD camera so that the film footage and sound is of a high standard.

Some of the film is a bit faded and distorted so again we hope that this will be resolved by using the Sony HD camera.

We used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit the film. We dragged the footage in to the timeline, cut the clips and add a cross dissolve transition. It was interesting to experiment with Adobe but we plan to use many more features, tools and effects for our final film. This film was a taster of what is to come for our final film Frass Up.

Evaluation 3

Evaluation 3

Director’s opinions and view on key features of our opening:

In our production company we have a company name of PAV productions, this is due to there being a deeper meaning to the cooperation group of this movie, in which PAV is a connect name to a social group of the creators of the film. Furthermore P.A.V stands for photograph audio visual, this is because these are the main aspects that we focus on when creating a film. The logo of P.A.V productions is shown below. We created this logo because it has features of being cool and trendy, in which this is unique and engaging. Therefore in connection to our film production the features of our logo represents our movies made, also the logo represents are Production Company to be extremely unique.

An independent film production company is responsible for finding a script, financing, Actors, Directors, and Writers, usually in that order. Ideally you start with at least one, if not all three. Therefore a production company is responsible for the process and set up of a film engaging in any aspect about the making of a film, in which it is all up to them to create the film and put people in specific roles to create the film.

A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company is usually different from the production company. In our film we have used the distributor from the movie Hush as we engage in the same sort of audience as them. Therefore in this case we have used the distributor of Netflix. This is because Netflix has the same sort of audience as our movie wants.

The money from our film will come from the distributor as we will get a certain amount of money from allowing our film to be shown on Netflix. In are opening titles we have various people named, identify the major actors and crew, while the closing credits list an extensive cast and production crew. This is to allow other films to be able to find out who was in the film and who created the film, as they may be a good person to create there film.

Our film is similar to the movie hush and don’t hang up. Both these movies had a distributor of Odeon and Netflix earning their money by being shown threw the cinema and on a app. They was produced by blumhouse productions, Blumhouse Productions is an American film and television production company, founded by Jason Blum. Blumhouse is mostly known for producing low-budget horror movies, such as the Paranormal Activity, Insidious and The Purge franchises. This production company is closely linked to our horror movie as we are producing a low budget horror movie.

Evaluation 2

Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In our movie we have a set of particular social groups to engage an audience similar to the social groups of the actors. Likewise we have picked a specific social group of 2 friends that are extremely close, this therefore attracts an audience of the similar friendships groups as they can relate to this social group.

In our film we have chosen a specific relationship of two teenaged boys that are best friends. This type of social group has been influenced by the movie ‘don’t hang up’ in which the social group of two teenagers that are best friends engages an audience similar to the type of actors in the movie. Therefore in this case our audience will engage an audience of teenaged boys due to them being able to relate to the people in the movie.

In our movie we have specific similarities and differences to the movie ‘don’t hang up’ to create the same sort of atmosphere, using the best aspects of characters and not using the bad aspects that we do not want to see in our movie.

Firstly we have similarities of the same appearances as we have two decent looking boys in both movie, in which this will engage the audience to draw a connection to the boys due to their appearance. Likewise we also had a similar dress sense to the movie ‘don’t hang up’ in the sense that our dress sense was causal teenaged boys clothing allowing the audience to feel comfortable watching these actors as they feel like they are the same social group as them. Another similarity was the roles they both played as they are best mates that get along well and have a genuine close relationship.

On the other hand we had one difference to the movie ‘don’t hang up’ in the roles they played because one of the actors in the movie ‘don’t hang up’ went against his friend in the movie forming there to be hatred between the two, therefore we didn’t use this as we want our audience to really feel a connection with our actors and not feel hatred towards either of them. 

Stereotypes

We used specific stereotypes so that teenagers can relate to the actors in the opening two minutes. We chose the actors to talk like teenagers using slang which they could understand and also again relate to, this will make the audience more interested in the film overall and will enjoy it more.

The outfits we chose to wear were tracksuits which were fashionable so that the public view the characters as relatable teenagers. We used brands which are very well know and very fashionable to show that teenagers like to always wear good quality clothes. Also the haircuts are fashionable as well which again represents they like looking good all the time; these are conventional stereotypes of teenagers and the audience would recognise these. Also, these stereotypes would attract our target audience of teenager girls and boys because they can identify with these characters and this could make them want to watch the film and it would create tension for them as they may think this event could happen to them.

Opening title analysis

Opening title analysis

·        Still image – A still image is a movie title that goes over a scene, usually used in thriller and horror films due to it being more realistic  

·        Animation- is when the movie goes in to cartoon for the credits just like the film “ catch me if you can”

·        Black and white

·        Motion graphics

Catch me if you can
Titles are very important in the opening sequence of a film as they have a variety of different purposes for example they inform the audience who the director, producer, and actors are in the film. Also they can add to the narrative and inform the audience what the genre is. For example in Catch me if you can Stephen Spielbugs name appears twice at beginning and end of the titles because he is a well know successful director and producer there for he will sell the film and attract audiences. Also in the opening sequence Leo and Tom hanks names appear near the beginning of the sequence because they are well known and credible actors and will attract fans. They titles are animated and appear long side animation which summarise the narrative and events of the film this would gage audiences and would to see the real chase and if Leo is caught by Tom Hanks. The titles have lines which roll in and out which emphasises and connotes chase between the characters.
Insidious

 Insidious the first title of Alliance Films, the production company appears in red font. This straight away informs the audience that the horror is genre as the colour red connotes blood, violence and gore. The next title to appear is the name of the director, this title is in black font and is placed inside the lampshade. It therefore stands out to the audience and is slowly starts to move clockwise inside the lampshade until the title slowly fades out. This is an effective transition as the movement slowly matches the creepy, eerie, slow non-diegetic music in the opening. The name of the film, ‘Insiduous’ appears in startling red font, which is flickering. This links back to the lightshade and dark low key lighting in the room. However, the colour red signifies that in ‘Insiduous’ there will be blood and gore, also when the violins they are used to scare the audience and make the jump but to mainly state what the film, is going to be like. The eerie writing in the opening credits show to the audience that the film id going to be a horror film; also when the name disappear states that there could be maybe Ghost and sinister characters and moments. Overall the opening scene is eerie and a build-up of tension they do this to set the tone for the main film.    

Frass up practice titles

"Frass Up" shows a scary sinister hallway which creates a best atmosphere for the audience and put the audience in the horror mindset to get ready to watch the film. The flickering light gives threatening eerie tone to the film.    We created these titles on Adobe After Effects using an image from Google and lighting effects. We also added titles using the fonts on the software and we chose red to match PAV productions and link to the codes and conventions of the horror genre. 

The first clip is of our production company and we made the production company titles. 

PAV stands for Production Audio Visuals; we chose this name because it clearly links to how films are created. Also, the abbreviation is quite catchy and professional. PAV productions is a small production company, similar to Metro who created Hot Tub Time Machine which was a small but successful film. We want our film to target an English audience but it would be great if through social media and Netflix we could target a global audience.  

The smoke effect gives of the sense of horror for the audience as smoke is used to give an eerie atmosphere for the audience and as it is the first thing they will watch it will set the mood and sense for the rest of the scene; smoke connotes death

Evaluation 5

Evaluation 5

Evaluation 1

The second clip which is the title of the film "Frass Up" shows a scary sinister hallway which creates a best atmosphere for the audience and put the audience in the horror mindset to get ready to watch the film. The flickering light gives threatening eerie tone to the film.    

The first clip gives of the sense of horror for the audience as smoke is used to give an eerie atmosphere for the audience and as it is the first thing they will watch it will set the mood and sense for the rest of the scene; smoke connotes death.      

The horror film foreshadows the horror events which are going to happen in the film and also creates realism for the audience as teenagers often watch horror films with their friends.

The storyline is about how the two boys are watching a horror film and what happens is they become the horror film and they eventually find out it's not just them town in the house. 

This a low angle shot of our villain. Low angle shots stereotypically show power, so the audience will understand that this is the villain who is going to attack the boys. Also, it is clear through his costume that he is the villain as he is wearing dark clothing and a mask. Furthermore, by the audience only seeing his eyes creates tension as they may also fear the villain.

These are the two main protagonists, they are wearing recognisable clothing - tracksuits, which the audience would relate to and may find attractive according to the Female Gaze theory. The low key lighting is effective and shows that it is night time and this sets the scene. Night time is a typical time of night that horror films are set so instantly the audience would recognise it is a horror film. 

The characters are introduced straight from the opening scene when the credits come up saying the name and that the is a medium short of Joe and Jackson then later on the killer is shown on camera which is Shea and his name is shown.

Overall film analysis:

The title of the film is called Frass Up. The film was located in Shea's house and the costumes we chose to wear was tracksuit to relate to what the characters were like and that they were just typical teenagers. Also the props we used was just two glass of water, a tv controller and a knife. We decided to do different camera shots and angles to make the film for exciting for the people who watch it and to get higher marks. We used bloody colour font to give the it a horror feel before the audience even watch the film. 

The genre of film is horror/thriller it's suggested in the film as tension is built for example when Jackson comes down and the door is open.  The special effects shown are to do with  editing and the crossover from each scene to the next and music at the beginning. Also we used Adobe After Effects to create smoke for our production title. This was an effective use of technology, which relates to typical horror opening where special effects are used to create enigma codes. 

       

Evaluation 8

Evaluation 8

What targets will you set yourself for G324 next year – when you will make a trailer?

Next year, are group will need to make a lot of change’s which include; lighting, sounds and editing. To improve our lighting we will invest in new lighting equipment that’ll will give us low key and high key lighting. Furthermore, this will enhance the other microelements within our film, to increase our overall mark.  

To improve our sound we will need to add more non-diegetic and diegetic sounds. We will experiment with different types sound such as non-diegetic and diegetic sound. We could research free sound effects and could potentially layer different types of sound. This would create a chilling atmosphere and could create more enigma codes.

In order to help us develop our editing skills, we should watch more online tutorials, where we could learn about different effect transitions. These transactions will include layering sound, adjusting colour and enhancing it. These effects will help us create a better atmosphere for the audience. We will experiment with Adobe after Effects and try to create different movies title and experiment colour effects on the movie.  

Also, next year we would like to improve our time management. This is because we left our filming to the last minute. This was bad because it meant that we had to rush the filming and therefore only filmed each scene only once or twice. 

Evaluation 4

Evaluation 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our target audience for our movie would be teenagers ageing from 15-18+. We decided to choose this age group because this age group would relate the most with our actors and movie. Also, this age group has disposable money probably from their parents, so therefore this may lead to lots of teenager viewers watching our film and therefore leads to more profit. If this movie was aimed at a lower age group, the audience wouldn’t relate to the actors or the movie as much. This is because in our film we have three teenage protagonists and there are tradition teenage stereotypes. They have hoodie and tracksuits and recognisable fashion and clothing; which the teenage audience will realise.

Our movie is focused on the male gender because the stereotype of males tend to like action/horror movie. We aimed it at the male target audience because if we aimed it at the female gender we may get lower viewers because they may not want to be scared. This is because the stereotype of females is that they tend to like comical movies; such as Rom/Coms and Comedy’s. Our movie is horror based so therefore we would get more viewers if we aimed it at the male gender. However the film may still appeal to the female target audience because they might be attracted to the male actors.

Teenagers would be our main target audience as they could relate with the actors. The audience would relate to the actors as they would be the same age, wear the same cloths and also would be doing the same stuff as the actors. For example teenagers would wear tracksuits when lounging round a friend’s house. Relating to the audience would make the movie more intense and more realistic as they feel it could happen to them at any time. 

Evaluation 7

Evaluation 7
What have we learnt since we’ve done our preliminary task?

Since our preliminary task we’ve learnt that it takes a lot more time and editing to make the film look good. We’ve also learnt a lot more about adobe premiere pro as well, using the transactions and adding cool effects to make our final product look as good as it can. Another thing that we learnt is that when you are trying to perform different camera angles it’s harder to get a still professional shot when you’re trying to do the 180 degree rule and match-on-action. Also when we were editing we found out how to make title screens, this helped a lot when it came to our final film because it made our film look more professional.This all helped due to we can put all of these camera angles we used from the preliminary task into the opening two minutes of what film we decided to make. We also learned from all the angles what effect it gives to the audience members and how they feel when watching the actors; we are going to use the camera angles to represent to the audience relationship between the actors for example if it is a still shot directly looking at the actors walking then they are equal and on the same level rather than if there is a shot over the shoulder of one actor looking down on another actor then it represents power.     

evaluation 6

Evaluation 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Firstly, whilst filming, we were getting used to using the camera, using the tripod with the camera was good because we got some still shots which makes the filming look professional.

Next, we used the technology provided at school, on the computers we had access to adobe premiere pro. We used this to put our film together and make our title screen/director screen.

Then, we used YouTube to add sound, for example, we were getting little clips of eerie music which adds a scary effect and puts the viewer on the edge of there seat.

Problems encountered and solved

Problems encountered and solved

Previously in our filming we have encountered relatively minor problems. Likewise our first problem was the place in which we was filming as this produced initial problems with the group and variety of filming. As certain positions in the area did not suit the film that we wanted to produce, therefore we changed the placing of our filming and placed it in a better filming environment.

Also other problems such as the lighting of are new filming place that was in a house caused problems within the filming and this caused filming to not match the genre chosen. We needed more dark lighting to create specific eerie situations building up tension in our movie. Therefore we turned all the lights of in the house and filmed in the dark, but also having specific torches and lamps to produce a certain amount of light in specific areas.

Furthermore we also came across the problems of the script and how it did not fit in with either the atmosphere we wanted to create or the stereotype we wanted to place on each character. Therefore within our filming we used the script as a guild line and changed specific text where needed to fit in with the film. Likewise language between the two characters sitting on the sofa sounded too much like set up convocation and not a causal conversation, therefore we changed the words to make it sound as if the conversation is a causal and they are not following a script.

Also we encountered problems such as our group couldn’t meet up all at the same time. So that with our final filming experience we had to leave one person out who couldn’t film. This formed the movie to be completely changed, but still stay on the same lines as we planned to just without the certain actor. This problem that we encountered actually caused our film to be better as it made us use certain camera angles that we couldn’t use with 3 people in our film, also it made our film a lot shorter and have the same time length as it should do.

At our first experience of filming we came across problems with the camera as it didn’t work, this small problem was solved the next day as we got another camera of the teacher.

After all these problems we still came out on top and created a relatively good movie with good filming aspects attached to it.

The Script

Script

Frass up

(Lounging and chilling in a room and watching a scary movie to create dramatic irony)  (This will be shown through a long to medium shot. Close –up shots of the characters relaxing.)

Phil – this movie isn’t even scary.

Joe– shut up Phil mate you’re a neek.

Jackson – Phil do me a favour and go get me a drink.

Joe – yeah me as well g.

(Phil huffs shown through a medium-close-up shot and goes down stairs to get the drinks. The camera tracks Phil going downstairs. As Phil goes downstairs he realises that the back door is wide open. This will be shown through a medium over-the-shoulder shot.)

Phil – who the heck left the door open? (Phil closes the door – shown through match-on-action)

Loud noise

Joe – Phil stop making a racket (close-up shot)

(No reply, after a long period of time Phil doesn’t return.) (Medium shot of both the characters left in the room)

Jackson – where’s this guy gone?

Joe – Bet he’s making food.

Both laugh – another loud noise whilst laughing created through diegetic sound. (Medium shot of both the characters left in the room)

Jackson – ill go and check where he is. (Shot reverse shot between the characters conversations)

Joe – ite mate

(Jackson walks downstairs and realises that the back door is open) (The camera tracks him going downstairs.)

Jackson – Phil!!! (Shouting) (Close-up shot)

Phil – murmurs

 Jackson – Phil stop playing games where are you? (Shouting) (Medium close up)

 Phil – murmurs again but it’s louder

(Over shoulder shot, looking down on Phil)

(Jackson takes tape off phils mouth)

Jackson – phil who did this to you mate?

Phil – watch out, he’s behind you (over shoulder shot)

(shea hits Jackson with a gun)

(Jackson drops shown through a high angle shot.)

(Shea puts tape back over phils mouth, hits Phil with the gun, drags Jackson into cupboard, Then closes cupboard.)

Joe – Guys! (Sitting down on sofa) (Tracking shot)

(Shea boots door open, Shea puts gun to Joes head, screen goes black, gunshot)

Adobe premiere pro tutorial

We watched this tutorial to help 

Problems encountered and solved

Problems encountered and solved

Previously in our filming we have encountered relatively minor problems. Likewise our first problem was the place in which we was filming as this produced initial problems with the group and variety of filming. As certain positions in the area did not suit the film that we wanted to produce, therefore we changed the placing of our filming and placed it in a better filming environment.

Also other problems such as the lighting of are new filming place that was in a house caused problems within the filming and this caused filming to not match the genre chosen. We needed more dark lighting to create specific eerie situations building up tension in our movie. Therefore we turned all the lights of in the house and filmed in the dark, but also having specific torches and lamps to produce a certain amount of light in specific areas.

Influences on production

Influences on production

Hush

Hush is a 2016 American horror thriller film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan, starring Kate Siegel, and written by both. The film co-stars John Gallagher Jr., Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan, and Emilia "Emma" Graves. The film includes dramatic tension through and it involves only one venue that is located at a house. There is only one villain that causes a thrilling atmosphere throughout, firstly through wearing a mask and not knowing who it is, and forms a scary mood to the audience. Also the weapons used in the movie increases the thrilling experience when watching, being the perfect mood for the audience due to the genre.

Our movie

This movie has influenced us to create our movie as we want to create the same thrilling atmosphere that hush does. We used specific aspects from the movie Hush to create our movie. The villain from hush has been used in our movie as he formed the movie to be thrilling, likewise we have got specific weapons like the villain from hush did so that there is a more dramatic approach to the fighting scenery. Also in our movie the villain will also be wearing a mask to create the fear of the unknown in the atmosphere. Another part of the villain that we are using is that he is solo and does creates the thrilling atmosphere by himself, this allows there to also to be the fear of the unknown as at certain points of the movie we do not know where the villain is creating eerie situations. The settings of the movie in hush has also been used in our movie as the venue of a house is a huge aspect in our movie to form the main characters to feel like they are in a comfortable environment, but then its interrupted by the villain, which makes there be a great more deal of tension.

Animatic Story Board

Animatic story board

In this process we took a whole lesson drawing and writing up all the sounds pictures and camera angles. Then we took pictures of every single drawing and put it into our animatic story board.

Picture 1: Jackson and Joe sitting on the sofa.
Picture 2: Phil laying on the bed
Picture 3: Close up of Joe on the Sofa
Picture 4: Tracking shot of Phil walking down the stairs.
Picture 5: Phil closing the back door
Picture 6: Match-on-action of phils hand closing the door.
Picture 7: Black screen saying Bang because they hear a loud sound downstairs.
Picture 8: Medium shot of jackson shouting Phil
Picture 9: Medium shot of joe
Picture 10: Joe and jackson laughing
Picture 11: Jackson walking down the stairs
Picture 12: Jackson shouting phil
Picture 13: Phil tied up
Picture 14: Jackson taking the tape of phils mouth.
Picture 15: Shea standing behind jackson
Picture 16: jackson knocked out.
Picture 17: Joe shouting for phil and jackson
Picture 18: shea kicking down the door
Picture 19: shea standing over joe
Picture 20: black screen and a bang.

Filming Experience

Where we filmed

When we filmed

Who was there?

What did we film?

What went well?

What we need to film next

When we plan to do this

Filming experience

In our filming experience I and my group including Jackson, Phil and Joe got together at a specific location to try and figure out what filming techniques we should use along with where we should film this. Are get together contributed certain issues and understandings about how we are going to record our film.

We firstly met up at a park called Alexandra Park at the start of January and filmed 3 shots including a scene where the victim character was being followed using a tracking shot, forming the audience to believe that the camera shots were from the villains vision. As well as we filmed normal recordings of a basketball match to produce a normal environment for our film.

In our recordings I believe that what went well was that we got a good feeling for the camera allowing us to try new shots and investigate what shots would generate the best effects prior to our horror genre. Furthermore it has made us realise that the location picked was not the best location we could off used forming us to change the location to a more enclosed environment. Therefore we changed the location to a house, where we will be able to do more lighting effects and better camera angles. We also have found out what characters are playing which part and got a feel for the characteristics that will be given to each individual.

Now we are going to film are movie in a house and we are going to use the first use of filming to start off the movie to intrigue the scary atmosphere. We plan to be doing this in the February holidays, to give us enough to treat each shots and recordings with care and produce high quality scary footage.

Actors

Actors

Joe Parrish is an actor who plays the role of one of the gang members. He has a stereotype of being the clever one, therefore knowing what the best ideas are throughout the film. His knowledge makes other actors jealous but forms other actors to follow him as a leader. He comes from a tough background and seems to thrive when it comes to making plans. Being smart causes him to be calm in situations, but also has a viscous side when it comes to being with the group.

Jackson March has a stereotype of being dopey, he tends to follow whoever takes charge in the group and never takes lead when it comes to situations. Being dopey causes the group to become annoyed with this character and cause situations to become a lot worse than they should be. He is the funny character bringing slight humour to the horrific movie, but can be vicious when others are.

Connor Darcy aka Phil, is the stereotype of being the group leader, he helps the group in serious situations

Animatic story board learning curb

Animatic story board learning curb

We included the shots that we wanted to include in our film such as close up, long and medium shots. Likewise the close up shots of characters faces to represent the expressions shown in our film, in connection to our genre this mainly shows scared and thrilling expressions to show the audience the scary feelings. The long and medium shots of the setting is to set the scene that the characters are alone in the house. We also included the jumpy enigmatic scenes of an object falling of a table and making a loud noise causing a thrilling moment that create tension and suspense for the audience as they want to know who and what caused this object to fall. We have included several close-up shots of a door handle moving to create a slow moving suspense and enigma codes.

Once we put all the shots into adobe premiere pro we added dip to black fades and several dissolve transitions. These were effective in showing how one scene cuts to the next scene. However, our footage has only made 30 seconds worth of film. We were quite surprised at this and we need to plan several more shots and scenes to add into the film. We plan to add another 3 minutes of filming to improve our recordings.

New House Location and Narrative

We decided to change the location and script for our film. This is because when we planned to film our narrative the weather was really awful. Therefore, it was affecting the quality of our filming.

As a result, we decided to film in Shea's house as our filming will not be weather dependent. The setting of the house would also be effective as we can create a creepy atmosphere using low-key lighting. The narrative is going to involve three boys in a bedroom chilling out and one the main protagonist goes downstairs to get a drink. He does not return when the other characters call his name.

This causes one character to go downstairs to look for him. Jacka suddenly hears a murmur in the cupboard so he goes to open the door. There is then a close-up shot of Phil tied up. This will create enigma codes as the audience will want to know who did this and where did they go.

Hopefully we will be able to adhere to the horror genre conventions through our new setting as we can create mysterious lighting, use props to create suspense and the house setting will be relatable. Audience members will find our film realistic and it will create even more tension and enigma codes.

Preliminary Task Evaluation

Preliminary task evaluation

During our filming process, we wanted to create a short clip of something which was simple to create and helps us gets used to using the camera and the tripod. We experimented with the camera shots for example shot reverse shot and match on action, we found out these worked really well.

Our preliminary task doesn’t really link well to our film but we used our preliminary task to get used to camera angles and realised we need to plan a script before we film.

We need to improve on staying focused on the film and try not to laugh when filming because our story line is horror so we need to be serious, also in our preliminary task we realised that with the camera, we can’t always use the tripod and it effects our film because then some of the shots are shaky and it doesn’t look professional.

We tried to use all the film practises but we didn’t understand all of them so that why not all were included, but now we’ve spoken about it and discussed how it will fit into our film.

In conclusion I think that our preliminary task was a big success, as we demonstrated a keen understanding of the film makign process, and we did it creatively. Our major criticism was the length of it, as none of the others exceeded even half its length, but I don't think it's an issue, as we did what we wanted, and we tested out a lot of things that would be vital in the success of our final piece.