Wednesday, 6 April 2011

After we reviewed the 8 feedback sheets we had managed to get filled in, we realised that there was no easy way of comparing them. The IMDB has a score out of 10, which makes it easy to rate the film as a whole, thus we created a system. We added up the scores for each section, and divided that number by how many numbers there were to get the average, for example, 9+10+8+8+10+8+9+7 = 69. and there were 8 numbers so we divide by 8, so 69 divided by 8 = 8.625, then we rounded to 1 decimal point which was 8.6, thus giving us the average score. (each average score is out of a highest possible 10)

We were very pleased with the average score of 8.9 for camera work, as we honestly did put a lot of effort into trying out lots of different camera angles, and experimented quite a bit to see if we could get any prodigy shots from trying things that were to be quite honest, long shots. (not the actual shot type long shot by the way!)

We were shocked with the average score of 7.4, it was much higher than expected! We realised that the sound in the clip wasn't edited to perfection, and we knew it needed a lot of work so we were pleased about that. Also, we were extremely pleased with the 8.6 average score for editing, seeing as it was only a rough copy and not even finished, so we were ecstatic with that result.

We then made an average score for the whole film opening by averaging the scores for each individual section. (8.6+7.4+8.9+7.9+8+8.1 = 48.9, divide by how many numbers = 6, 48.9 divided by 6 = 8.15, then round to one decimal place which is 8.2. Meaning our overall film rating for our draft is 8.2, which we personally thought was absolutely brilliant.

Class feedback

The good point was they felt the narrative was good as they understand it, and that the commentary and camera work was good. This helped us know we was on the right track and our film all made sense.


The good points was that overall the person seemed to enjoy it this gave us a confidence boost to know that others enjoyed our work.

The good points are that the narrative is good and the sound, although they said more sound is needed. This helps us know that we need to focus working on our sound.

The good points was that they wanted to know what happens next which shows they found it interesting. They also commented that the blood used on Dan's face was really realistic so it was good that the makeup looked believable otherwise It wouldn't of came across serious. 

The good points was that the story line is interesting although they contradicted themselves and rated a 5 based on if they would watch it again. They commented that we needed more backing sound so from this we realised we definitely need to work on the music. They also said that the shot with Georgia in the boot needs to be longer so we are going to edit that and try make it longer.




The good points is that they said theres a wider range of camera angles so we know that what we filmed came across good. They also said there was a good twist in storyline which is what we intended to do so it boosted our confidence to know our plan worked.

The good points made was that our camera work was rated at amazing which we was all really pleased about to know our work came across good. They when asked if they would watch it again they rated it at a 10 which showed our film was interesting. Although they commented that our camera jumped in some parts so we know we have to evaluate some shots and edit the jumpy parts.

The good points was that they rated our film a 9 for sound, camera work, control of narrative, characters and if they would watch it again., this was all positive feedback. Overall the person seemed to really enjoy the film which we was all pleased at.  Although they gave us some helpful criticism and said Dan messes up some words at the mirror which so we are going to re-do this in order for it to sound perfect.

Opening Credits; Ident



This is our opening sequence. The group decided to take it from my horror still images. We added effects and created audio using garageband.

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Pictures


Daniel practising for the backing track


Daniel and Alice hard at work on the group blog

Luke hard at work


Georgia Hard at work


Luke working on the writing side of the group blog


Daniel's sticky note approach to research


Alice in the studio


Editing face

Luke caught off guard in the studio

Working on our Idea




Shooting Schedule



Our shooting schedule. We planned it for sunday as it was the only day that the industrial estate would be free of cars and lorries parked up either side, which would of spoilt the shot. We started at 10am and finished by 5pm. We managed to film everything we wanted more than once, so that we could eliminate any continuity errors.

Plan for the opening sequence



Our legitimate planning for our opening sequence