Peer Assessments and Improvements

The peers i have asked said the following about my film;

-the different usage of shots was a good way to show the fear of the main character
-the usage of the lower placed shot angled up as the murderer appears is a good way for the audience to feel the same fear as the other character
-POV shots allow the viewer to see the reaction of the male as his murderer approaches
-the high pace of cross cutting - the quick changes- allow the viewer to see that it is a high paced film and with there being short shots, the adrenaline from the characters affects the viewer and also makes them feel scared.

Improvements;
I have been told by my peers that what is lacking in my film is titles, of director/ producer/ writer/ actors. i have now put those into action and placed them throughout the shots, you can see this is you refer to my last post. Also, seen as i had not finished filming when i put up the moving image storyboard, so i was not able to show the last two scenes. these last two scenes explain the story a bit better, and also shows the title and producer. Also, i have yet to include sound, such as a low beat progressing getting closer with the character. These improvements made should put me up to Band 4.

Improvements on Written Storyboards - Refer to Moving Storyboard for Greater Detail

These are the improvements i have made to my story board, improvements include titles and further explanations;

those that are side by side are in the same shot, for example the camera pans to the right, or zooms in etc. those underneath are the next cross cut. there is one that is at an angle, the reason being that it is all one long shot and would not fit on the scanner completely horizontal

Moving Story Board (First Rough Cut)

This is my first rough cut of the film I will be creating. I have had to cut it down and it isnt finished yet. I still need one more scene to film, and probably filmed again with a tripod, but this is the first try. enjoy.

Secondary Audience

Throughout my film, there would be violence, blood, swearing and more violence, for these reasons i would give this film, officially, an 18 rating, therefore, it is more focused on 18year old's to maybe late 40's. However, with the characters being late teens, it would also be easier for a 16 year old to connect with the characters, so regardless of the age rating, the perfect audience would be 16 to 47, about.
it would also be mainly focused to connect with both male and the more horror fan female, as there is the obvious blood and gore for the male, but later on more females would be brought into the story, and seen as the main antagonist is a female, women would be able to connect with her more, so it is focused on both men and women, but more focused on men, as stereotypically, men can take more blood - decapitation, amputation, guts spilled onto floor, the normal for a slasher horror film - and gore than the average woman.

Distribution Insitutions Research

One of the films i have been researching is Dog Soldiers, directed and written by Neil Marshall, who also made Hellraiser. Dog Soldiers was wrote, directed and filmed in England, mostly in Scotland.
The company that distributes Dog Soldiers is Pathé. Pathé is also known for distributing Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and more recently, The Iron Lady, so pretty high leveled, high quality films with large directors.
As well as these films, Pathé also covers several different types of genre, from family animation, to action, from comedy to even french films, but the genre I'm more concerned with is the horror genre they create. This is why i think that Pathé would distribute my film, as they cover many different genres including horror, as my film is a cross between horror, slasher, and partially comedy, of the more dark variety.
However, it is more likely that Pathé would not distribute my film as most of its films come from quite famous directors, and with mine being a simple college film, it is unlikely to get a foot in the door of Pathé's interests

filming ideas

In this post i will put forth my ideas for the film opening i will be creating. they are as follows;

Fades from black to production logo - A Head In The Hole Production (own) and then director, fades to black (10sec)
fades from black to a long establishing shot of a peaceful wood. Birds tweeting in background (8sec)
Feet runs past camera and down path, camera pans to follow (5secs)
C/c to a free camera shot from in front of her running at same pace backwards (4secs)
C/c to high angle shot of her running, inside, up a bank, looking down. 20metres distance (6secs)
C/c to her eyes looking panicked, over the shoulder, looking back (2secs)
C/c to running behind her getting closer (4secs)
she falls, camera in front a few meters away (1 sec)
she looks back as a reaction shot (1 sec)
low angle shot of her on floor looking at attacker, foot steps in front of camera, halving screen, she screams (5secs)
blood splatters to ground (paint - optional) hand falls dramatically into it (5 secs)
C/c to bottom of legs, pans up to contorted evil face, edited to make eyes black, takes gasp of breath and blackness disappears (optional) confused how he got there, sees body, says dialogue to the effect of "not again, you should really control yourself" another gasp, goes back to blackness (again optional) says in darker and playful voice "but its so fun" walks off whistling (26 secs max)
fades to black (2sec)
fades from black to old man sat on a bench in peaceful park, reading newspaper, front headline says "Bipolar killer escapes local nut house" (10secs)
C/c to peaceful wood, establishing shot, maniacal laugh (5secs)
fades to black (2secs)
name of film appears, then turns to blood and drips down and off screen, long low toning beat comes in (15 secs)
film length - 1:51 mins
film name ideas - "Wrong Expectations" "Who is out there" "dont listen" "inside me here lies, what?"

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In this piece of coursework I will be writing, directing and editing a opening scene to a film that I have created.I will be doing two tasks - a prelim task and main task. the main task involves the film I will be creating, the titles and opening scene of a new fiction film, with a maximum of being two minutes long. The prelim task involves a continuity task demonstrating match on action, shot/ reverse shot, and the 180 degree rule. My opening scene for the main task, is based on some ideas from the opening scene from Silence of the Lambs, however the main plot is entirely different. There are also a few ideas taken from Dog Soldiers, with it being in a big English wood, no body else around, and something being out there, but not sure what. Also, some of the camera work, especially the close up shots are taken from ideas from Falling Down. All the rest of the film, was entirely original.

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