Thursday, 30 April 2015

[REFLECTION] Assignment 54 - Final Draft Reflection


Final Draft Reflection

Looking back on our Final draft, we feel as a group that we have created a great opening title sequence. We feel that the Mise en scene was used to great effect. This was seen through the blood and gore on the zombies and on the car. The use of Point of View shots help to create an innovative and distinctive theme in our film. We learnt previously that editing is key to help portray certain effects towards the audience. We feel that the fast paced editing used when the protagonist is turning into a zombie was our strongest part of the OTS. In contrast to where the editing could have been sped up when the driver was reversing from the zombie. furthermore, the use of Diegetic rock music is very key. This was chosen because our research showed that horror music is often used within horror films.

To conclude we feel that our opening title was successful. However there are some improvements which could have been made. These include making the start more gripping and correcting the sound continuity error during the driving section. 

Assignment 53 - Final Draft Audience Feedback


Final Draft audience Feedback


Positives:

  •  Well used Mise en scene. 
  •  Good idea of the Point of View shots.
  •  Great editing effects, when protagonist turns into a zombie.
  • The titles were very popular among the audience.

Negatives:
  • The start of the OTS was boring for some of the viewing audience.
  • Sound continuity error during the driving.
  • Not very scary.
  • Wider range of shots other than Point of View and GoPro usage. 

                

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

[PLANNING] Assignment 52 - Draft 3 Planning


  • Conventions - No weapons were used.
  • Mise en Scene - Everyone got dirty clothes, we also used eye liner and fake blood on the zombies faces to make them look more realistic
  • Timelines - In Timeline blog post.
  • Storyboards - in Storyboard blog post.
  • Aspects such as Location, Actors,  Target Audience and Costume were kept the same.

Friday, 10 April 2015

Assignment 49 - Feedback on Draft 2

Feedback on Draft 2

Positives:

  • Very good setting
  • Range of shots
  • Better costumes than Draft 1
  • Good framing

Negatives:

  • Running too fast for zombies
  • Quite comical
  • not enough suspense
  • Cuts between Ciaran's POV and Harry banging on wall is confusing
  • Ciaran walking slowly kills mood
  • Title seems like the end due to slow tempo before it

Friday, 3 April 2015

[PLANNING] ASSIGNMENT 48 - Draft 2 Planning


  • Timelines - The timeline for the second draft is on the Timeline blog post.
  • Storyboards - The storyboards for second draft are in a separate post.
  • Aspects such as Location, Conventions, Target Audience, Location, Actors, Costume and Props and Make up have all been kept the same.