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Monday, 10 May 2010
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Audience Feedback
We looked at all the questionnaire's from the audience and found this one the most suitable and with the most helpful feedback on:
Evaluation of questionnaires
1. How old are you? 17
2. Are you male or female? Female
3. Which age group do you think the film is best suited for? 16 -25
4. Why? Because of the nature of the film and because the film is based around teenagers.
5. Do you think the shots used were effective in creating tension and suspense? yes
6. Why? Created suspense and tension, the shots were jumpy therefore not relaxing.
7. Was the music used appropriate for the film? yes
8. Did it help to create suspense? Yes
9. Were the titles efficient in creating suspense? Yes, the font looked spooky.
10. Give three things about the film you liked?
• Actors- the narrative.
• The filming, range of shots used.
• The music
11. Why did you like them? Created tension, made you want to see the rest of the film.
12. Give three things about the film that could be improved?
• Increase of volume when actors speak.
• Jerky frame angles
• The main man could have been scarier.
13. How do you think we could improve these things? Making it darker, filming the voices separately to get full volume, and more rehearsing.
14. Does our film look professional? Yes
15. Would you pay to watch this film? Yes
Evaluation of questionnaires
1. How old are you? 17
2. Are you male or female? Female
3. Which age group do you think the film is best suited for? 16 -25
4. Why? Because of the nature of the film and because the film is based around teenagers.
5. Do you think the shots used were effective in creating tension and suspense? yes
6. Why? Created suspense and tension, the shots were jumpy therefore not relaxing.
7. Was the music used appropriate for the film? yes
8. Did it help to create suspense? Yes
9. Were the titles efficient in creating suspense? Yes, the font looked spooky.
10. Give three things about the film you liked?
• Actors- the narrative.
• The filming, range of shots used.
• The music
11. Why did you like them? Created tension, made you want to see the rest of the film.
12. Give three things about the film that could be improved?
• Increase of volume when actors speak.
• Jerky frame angles
• The main man could have been scarier.
13. How do you think we could improve these things? Making it darker, filming the voices separately to get full volume, and more rehearsing.
14. Does our film look professional? Yes
15. Would you pay to watch this film? Yes
Friday, 30 April 2010
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Film Update (3)...
We have finished our film after two sessions in the half term from 10-4, we used computers in a different room because they were quicker and we were therefore able to complete our film in a good amount of time. I think the music and special effects go really well with the piece and we are all very pleased with the film as a whole.
Monday, 1 March 2010
Film update (2)...
This weekend, Jack and Becca came to uphill again and we finished our filming! We were so cold and we didn't have the plate to put onto the tripod so the camera held still, so we decided to re-film everything and it worked out alot better. This is because even though we wanted specific shots to be shaky, we wanted the others to be straight so that it contrasted during the film! We are now onto editing and have uploaded our film and saved it into a project so we can edit it now.
Monday, 8 February 2010
Filming update...
On saturday the 6th of february, Me, Jack and Becca did about four hours fliming and only got about 30 seconds of really good stuff! This week we are editing it and then next weekend we are working saturday and sunday to finish the film. I am really positive about the work we have done and think our film will be really good when editing is finished and we have the final, polished piece!
Friday, 29 January 2010
Film Research...
Apocalypse Now (1979)
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Starts with a a beautiful tropical landscape which is then blown up with napalm - violence, vietnam war, pointless destruction?!
What is the man going to do? - concerned for him.
What techniques are used?
Images of war layered with images of character's face and reality
Constantly haunted by images of war
Obsessed with it
Deep psychological effect
Starts with a song and sounds of helicopters and voice over
Blade Runner (1982)
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
The titles are plain and ordinary to create tension
Written b/g info. City scape from above with fire coming up from it, look polluting,dangerous, threatening and futuristic
What techniques are used?
Cuts from city scape to eye with the reflection of the city fire, this tells us that eyes are important because the story is about you can only tell a replicant by looking into their eyes!
Mood and atmosphere is tense, only voices in the interview, HF cant be understood, frustrating
Dark outside, raining hard, oppressive,no nature!
28 Days Later
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Enigma - what is rage?
Dr. is very scared showing us that we should be scared
WHERE IS EVERYONE? WHY EVACUATION? WHY DESTRUCTION?
What techniques are used?
Jumpy camera angles
Short shots
Quick cuts
Loud, undefined noise
B/g music
Dark
All of this creates tension and it becomes extremely intense
NO sound! Isolation, intensity, nothingness
Music starts, he is becoming more tense, the louder and faster the music becomes signifies his confusion and worry
A clockwork orange
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Alex is staring at you!
Why are they dressed like that?
Why are they drinking milk?
Why is no one talking to eachother in the milk bar?!
WEIRD SET - grabs your attention
Why are they wearing makeup like that?
What techniques are used?
A simple, tracking shot - reveals everything slowly allowing us to ask questions and to build tension
Voice over of alex explaining what they are doing in the milk bar, but nothing is clear
Reflects a very different society yet still the same
Eery/creepy music to show insecurity
Raising Arizona
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
What are they going to do?
Very likeable!
Feel sorry for them, builds the relationship between audience and characters
What techniques are used?
Voice over
- we hear it from his point of view
- we know his feelings and emotions
- we empathise with him
Snapshot
- seeing shots of their past
- only seeing most relevant/important images
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Starts with a a beautiful tropical landscape which is then blown up with napalm - violence, vietnam war, pointless destruction?!
What is the man going to do? - concerned for him.
What techniques are used?
Images of war layered with images of character's face and reality
Constantly haunted by images of war
Obsessed with it
Deep psychological effect
Starts with a song and sounds of helicopters and voice over
Blade Runner (1982)
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
The titles are plain and ordinary to create tension
Written b/g info. City scape from above with fire coming up from it, look polluting,dangerous, threatening and futuristic
What techniques are used?
Cuts from city scape to eye with the reflection of the city fire, this tells us that eyes are important because the story is about you can only tell a replicant by looking into their eyes!
Mood and atmosphere is tense, only voices in the interview, HF cant be understood, frustrating
Dark outside, raining hard, oppressive,no nature!
28 Days Later
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Enigma - what is rage?
Dr. is very scared showing us that we should be scared
WHERE IS EVERYONE? WHY EVACUATION? WHY DESTRUCTION?
What techniques are used?
Jumpy camera angles
Short shots
Quick cuts
Loud, undefined noise
B/g music
Dark
All of this creates tension and it becomes extremely intense
NO sound! Isolation, intensity, nothingness
Music starts, he is becoming more tense, the louder and faster the music becomes signifies his confusion and worry
A clockwork orange
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
Alex is staring at you!
Why are they dressed like that?
Why are they drinking milk?
Why is no one talking to eachother in the milk bar?!
WEIRD SET - grabs your attention
Why are they wearing makeup like that?
What techniques are used?
A simple, tracking shot - reveals everything slowly allowing us to ask questions and to build tension
Voice over of alex explaining what they are doing in the milk bar, but nothing is clear
Reflects a very different society yet still the same
Eery/creepy music to show insecurity
Raising Arizona
How does the director/producer 'hook' the audience?
What are they going to do?
Very likeable!
Feel sorry for them, builds the relationship between audience and characters
What techniques are used?
Voice over
- we hear it from his point of view
- we know his feelings and emotions
- we empathise with him
Snapshot
- seeing shots of their past
- only seeing most relevant/important images
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Prop List
--> Mask
--> Black hoody
--> Talcum Powder
--> School bags/folders
--> Telephone
--> Face powder (white)
--> Black hoody
--> Talcum Powder
--> School bags/folders
--> Telephone
--> Face powder (white)
Friday, 22 January 2010
Pan's Labyrinth
This is another favourtie film of mine as it shows reality twisted with dark magic, completely mesmerising and visually stunning!
Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho
This is my favourite film from Alfred Hitchcock, the suspense and intensity is undeniable intreaguing.
We researched his methods to find out how Alfred Hitchcock created suspense, and the effects he used to lead up to it. I believe this helped our understanding of how to create suspense. Here are just a few techniques he used:
- showing the audience what the characters dont see
- point of view editing
- zoom in on facial expressions
- dialogue means nothing when it comes to creating tension
- characters must break the cliche
- use of humour adds to tension
- two things happening at once quickens pace and heightens tension
- suprise and twist
Friday, 15 January 2010
Target Audience Research...Questionnaire
Q1. What specific type of thriller would you find most interesting to watch?
Suspense
Gore
Horror
Mysterious
Q2. What thrillers have you watched before?
Q3.What attracted you to watch this/these film(s)?
Q4. How important do you think setting and costume is to a good thriller?
Not important
Quite important
Doesn’t matter
Important
Very important
Q5. Do you think eye contacts will have good effect in a thriller i.e. red eyes to show possession and evil?
Q6. What sort of location/setting would be most effective in a thriller with suspense?
Dark woods Village area
Church Park
Graveyard School
Dark room Alley ways
Q7. Would you prefer to have diagetic (natural sound) or non-diagetic (Un-natural i.e. voice overs) or both?
Q8. Which accent would you prefer/ would be most effective in a thriller to create realism
American
English
Q9. Do you think the camera shots should zoom, fade, quick close-ups and long shots (showing characters and scenery) to create a good effect for a thriller? Why?
Q10. Do you find thrillers more impacting with special effects? If so, why?
Suspense
Gore
Horror
Mysterious
Q2. What thrillers have you watched before?
Q3.What attracted you to watch this/these film(s)?
Q4. How important do you think setting and costume is to a good thriller?
Not important
Quite important
Doesn’t matter
Important
Very important
Q5. Do you think eye contacts will have good effect in a thriller i.e. red eyes to show possession and evil?
Q6. What sort of location/setting would be most effective in a thriller with suspense?
Dark woods Village area
Church Park
Graveyard School
Dark room Alley ways
Q7. Would you prefer to have diagetic (natural sound) or non-diagetic (Un-natural i.e. voice overs) or both?
Q8. Which accent would you prefer/ would be most effective in a thriller to create realism
American
English
Q9. Do you think the camera shots should zoom, fade, quick close-ups and long shots (showing characters and scenery) to create a good effect for a thriller? Why?
Q10. Do you find thrillers more impacting with special effects? If so, why?
Textual Analysis/Film Research
Se7en (1995)
Film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while green Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer...
Director Research
Guillermo del Toro Gómez, born 9 October 1964 is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican director, producer, screenwriter and designer whose work has gained both critical acclaim and a devoted fanbase. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman and Doug Jones. His films draw heavily on sources as diverse as weird fiction, fantasy and war.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock,(13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.
Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He remains one of the most popular and most recognised filmmakers, and his works are still popular today. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker of all time.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Progress of Thriller Movie...
Today...me,Jack Dowling and Becca Blythe did our first story board for our Thriller today and it went very successfully as our ideas went smoothly together and we are very happy with our first draft. Jack then told me and Becca of two films he had seen that had good credits, 'Splinter' & 'The Children'. Then Becca came back to my house and we watched 'Seven' and decided the opening credits were very effective and the lighting effects in the movie made it very intense and kept us on edge, we decided this would be good research for our film and that we would include this whilst filming our movie!
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