Reviews of our main piece.

Reviewer One:
How would you rate our film project out of ten?
9/10 Recommend watching it for those who haven't seen it, i wouldn't have known it was a media project.

Did you think we improved from our preliminary?
Yes, 100%. It might have been due to the fact the preliminary was a conversation scene rather than an intense horror.

Was the story easy to follow?
Yes, it was easy enough everything was clear enough.

What did you like?
I liked the plot and i'm glad that the editing wasn't overdone too much.

What did you dislike?
The plot was slightly generic, you could make the POV of the shadow under the door more clear that it was from Daniel's point of view.

What did you think of the music?
It was well done, never took away from the experience and helped the atmosphere. The ambient music in the graveyard was nice and quiet.

How could we improve?
I would like it to be longer and have more of a variety of location.

If this was a real product would you keep watching?
Yes, definitely.

How was the editing?
Was spot on!

Reviewer 2

How would you rate our film project out of ten?

10/10 

Did you think we improved from our preliminary?

Yeah, it was much more serious and the acting was more sincere.

Was the story easy to follow?

Very, it flowed nicely.

What did you like?

The handle moving, i experienced genuine fear.

What did you dislike?

Jim's expression seemed blank when Danny was screaming at him.

What did you think of the music?

Excellent.

How could we improve?

The product needed more dialogue.

If this was a real product would you keep watching?

Yep!

How was the editing?

Phenomenal! Jim disappeared!

Reviewer 3

How would you rate our film project out of ten?

9/10 reminds me of other amateur film pieces.

Did you think we improved from our preliminary?

Main piece was much better

Was the story easy to follow?

Yes, it was easy and clear.

What did you like?

The ghost fading in and out was my favourite bit.

What did you dislike?

Lighting at night. I couldn't see much.

What did you think of the music?

Was creepy and gave a good atmosphere.

How could we improve?

Making it longer would be good.

If this was a real product would you keep watching?

Yes.

How was the editing?

Very good.

Evaluation Script

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Vengeance is constantly trying to make sure the viewer is always kept on their toes. At multiple points in the piece (Insert clip) we have false alarms which were intended to scare the audience and make them feel as though there is no place safe from this character. Our product also challenges the convention that the victim is completely innocent as opposed to the creature/ghost/bad guy. In our film we tried to give the idea that the ghost is innocent whereas it is the victim who is at fault. We also reinforced this as the ghost never actually harms the victim on screen leaving the end open for interpretation.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our piece represents the typical image of a bully picking on a smaller character. Originally we hoped to have an athletic actor who physically fit the role. This proved to be impractical as the actor we had in mind wasn't available when we wanted. Our first solution was to switch the roles so we could accommodate the actor. Ultimately the inevitable happened and the actor dropped out and so we had to make do with a actor who didn't fit the nerdy social group. We didn't deviate from a normal social group because we wanted as many people as possible to relate to our characters.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

One media institution that we would like to distribute our media product would be Hammer Film Productions. Hammer has history with horror even since the first Dracula and Curse of Frankenstein movies, even more recently they produced The Woman In Black and The Resident which were inspirations for our product. Not only would Hammer have the experience to sell our genre of film but it would effectively market our product to our target audience.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our target audience was young people between the ages of 16+(horror films would not be suited for a younger audience). We chose this age group as horror films are very popular with people of our age. When we showed the piece to our target audience we received many good comments on the graveyard scene of daniel spotting the ghost and then adam bumping into him as a momentary distraction. Also there where a lot of comments gratifying us on the choice of music.

How did you attract/address your audience?

To attract the audience we tried to make this product as much an emotional story as much as a horror story. We intend to reinforce this through the use of the sad moody music. We engaged the audience in other way, in the form of creating conflicting opinions. Some of our audience will hate our victim for what he did where as others might feel pity towards the character when our graveyard scene portrayed his regret.

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

For our piece we used a variety of technologies from software and hardware as well as web based technologies. using a relatively advanced piece of software such as final cut pro helped a lot in terms of getting the professional look to the piece. there were areas in the film where I thought that the final cut package was of particular assistance, for example this ghost fading scene where the ghost fades in and out but the background stays the same final cut enabled us to create the dissolve effects, smooth transitions and title sequences that look professional. We used different cameras for different pieces for example this title sequence was shot using a 720p camera phone because the other camera which we used for the rest gave us too much of a blur and we where looking for crisp, clear footage. we also used the tripod on an office chair as a sort of improvised dolly to allow us freedom of movement with our shots.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?


From what we learned from the preliminary, we knew the importance of getting as much filming done as possible in one day as many things would change that were out of our control e.g lighting, continuity and especially in our main piece, appearance of the actors. (Insert continuity errors from clip) As you can see here we had a big problem with lighting, in this shot it was sunny outside when we needed it to be dark. From our preliminary we learned how to control the lighting to the extent that the audience wouldn't notice. Another thing we learned was that shots you have planned may not actually be possible so with our main piece we tried to keep all the shots modest and easy to do but at the same time not making the movie too dull.

Vengeance (As coursework piece)

"http://www.youtube.com/embed/cCJqFFBiTJs"

Vengeful spirit

For our piece we wanted to get the feel of a vengeful and here are examples of the vengeful person/shadow/spectre/murderer who has the ominous background and may or may not be dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcbulUo4b2s

Weather for Friday 23th March

Weather works in our favour for the funeral scene but it may be too warm to wear the costumes that we have.

The Walking Dead title sequence

The Walking Dead title sequence

The Walking Dead title sequence

The Walking Dead title sequence

Summary of Saturday's filming shoot

Done:

- We completed the opening scene to the film

- We finished the scenes that require a car

The shoot was successful and we completed all the scenes theta we required with relative ease and this only leaves us with the funeral scene to shoot which we hope to shoot soon.

Weather on Filming on Saturday

• Friday

  10°C7°C11MPHSOUTHERLY

• Saturday

  9°C2°C18MPHSOUTH WESTERLY

• Sunday

  6°C2°C13MPHWEST NORTH WESTERLY

• Monday

  8°C2°C10MPHNORTH NORTH WESTERLY

• Tuesday

  8°C6°C14MPHSOUTHERLY

Morning

SUNRISE 07:07

06:00

8°C17MPHSOUTH SOUTH EASTERLY

09:00

8°C15MPHSOUTH SOUTH WESTERLY

Afternoon

12:00

9°C18MPHSOUTH WESTERLY

15:00

8°C13MPHWESTERLY

Evening

SUNSET 18:05

18:00

7°C7MPHWEST SOUTH WESTERLY

21:00

6°C6MPHWEST SOUTH WESTERLY

Night

00:00

5°C6MPHSOUTH WESTERLY

03:00

3°C7MPHWEST SOUTH WESTERLY