Rough Cut Feedback 2

In out previous lesson we showed the class our updated our editing and adding titles that needed to be added, we was made to show our peers so that we could get feedback on what we did and things w improved on. two of our fellow peers both said that the liked the title effect they was used when showing the characters and who they were in order of importance and the way that it was displayed. it wasn't just anywhere it was thought of. they said it was positioned was very good as well as it wasn't a distraction to what was actually going on in the scene.

They also said they enjoyed the shaky camera effect that was used throughout, it was just put anywhere like if you had no idea what you was doing but it was done well enough to be put in places that it needed to be adding effect helping build that suspense that they could see. the shaky also wasn't a continued thing it was going on and on and on throughout the whole thing it was used only when needed.

An improvement that they gave us was that at the beginning of the film there was a bright flash after showing the director and that it should be changed of something different should be used as it is not a common thing that is used within horror film type genres.

However another peer named Luke had said that he liked the way it looked because it looked like a fluent transition between the two as it flowed nicely when starting the beginning of the Horror film introduction, without any interruption.

Classification

Certificate Classification

To determine our classification for our horror film we went to the BBFC website and looked at the classifications and what our film had to to have in it and what our film shouldn't have in it. This is a link to the website http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/15 that we used to determine our film classification. 
We determined that our film was a 15. We chose this classification because our horror film contain violence, strong language and nudity, which is inappropriate for young viewers as they may think that they can behave the same way, also some young people may find some scenes disturbing.

Rough Cut Feedback

My group showed our rough cut of our horror film and we wrote down the feed back both positive and negative. Each group gave back their feedback.

One person said that the story line was good and the way we used the camera was good. however it would have been better to have seen more of a variety of lighting and they found it confusing with the heavy breath. 

Also another person said that even though we said we wanted to change part of it, it made sense to her, the story line was clear and that the idea of the contact lenses were good as it showed that she was becoming possessed. however she thought that we should do the changes we planed so it showed Shariece leaving the room.

Another person from a different group said that the music went well with the scene and what was happening in it, that it didn't look forced (we didn't put on an act it was just as if the camera wasn't there) and we recorded things that were relevant. However, they said that we needed more camera angles as out rough cut was a hand help type of movie. 

Another person said that the darkness,and the way we set everything out made it seem homemade and that we didn't know the video was there. But we could have more camera angles and we need to put the scene that we wanted to change in the movie so that it would make more sense to him.

Production Time Line

Production Timeline :

Jelly Babies

In groups of 4 we had to create a horror film using jelly babies. The jelly babies were used as characters and we had to use the horror movie conventions to create our horror scene. Using different materials, objects and the jelly baby characters we created a short horror movie scene and we incorporated the horror film conventions to make the scene more alive and exactly what is expected in a horror.

Settings

horror films are usually set in abandoned houses, dark streets, forests or in a small communities. The typical setting is basically an abandoned or isolated area that tells the audience that the characters involved in the film are in danger. We used this convention in our scene by making the setting a forest and an isolated area.

Characters 

in horror films there has to be victims, villains, and the survivors. This is a typical convention in a horror film. Usually in a horror film blonde girls and nerdy boys are made to be the victims and the strong brave characters are usually the ones to survive the frightening situations. We used this horror movie stereotype in our scene by having the victims as a blonde girl and ginger boy and the other two brave characters as the survivors.

Sound 

horror films usually include non-diegetic, diegetic and Foley sound in them. So we also included these sound types in our scene because we wanted to create tension but the diegetic sound also so that there was a naturalistic feel in the scene. There were also some silences to also build the tension but also to make the audience feel for the victims because they know something bad is about to happen.

The scenes are:

Horror Film Introducton

In my class I watched previous horror film introductions and there is a lot of various qualities that can make my horror introduction better that I have learnt from them. some of the videos had very good story line but couldn't perform it to their best ability because of difficulties such as light. Some of the videos were filmed at night and on the street in the woods and because of this there wasn't much light. also some of them I was not able to see properly because of the ongoing traffic in the background was so loud. From this I have learnt to think about lighting and to also make sure I bring some sort of light source and also not to record next to traffic.

Some groups used good camera angles which helped create the meaning of the film. They also used editing, sound, image and mise-en-scene for further effect. Also as well as having good use of these they also had good control over the camera by making it steady and shaky when/if needed.
I also learnt that you don't have to show death or blood to make it scary it could just be a guy who is scary by the way he looks and behaves as well as adding effects such as music to it. Also in the past horror film introductions I realized that some of them paid great attention to their costume and when to change it. This make it scarier as it flowed with the movie and made it more realistic.
While watching these I made notes of the most important things that they paid attention to as it is going to help me with my horror film introduction. Things such as:

You don't actually need to show the death to make it scary
Lighting is a difficult thing to do but will be good if we do it right
Bad acting will bring our grade down
Rushed scenes are bad
Using varied camera angles to create meaning is a good
Editing with sound is something we have to do
Including Mise-en-scene for effect is good
Editing is a way to make meanings clear
Steady camera work if necessary

BREAKDOWN SHEET FOR SHOOTING

Storyboard scene number: 1
Date:
Setting: A bedroom
Time: 4:30 - 6:00
Location: A house

Crew members and roles:
Katrina - camera
Shariece - make-up
Everyone is in charge of their own costume
Sephora - lighting
Katrina, Shariece in charge of editing

Cast members:
Shariece
Sephora
Katrina
Echarel
Joanne
Kyle
Devell
Tyrone
Taj

Extras:
Katrina
Sephora
Echarel
Joanne
Devell
Tyrone
Taj

Make up:

Props: none

Special effects: flashing lights

Potential problems and how you're going to overcome them: One problem is that we would be filming at night and there wouldn't be much lighting so it may be difficult to see and film as you wont be able to see anything.
We wuld overcome this by getting torches shining on certain spots so that it can light up the area.