G321 Foundation Portfolio 2011

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Saturday, 9 April 2011

After receiving feedback from our rough cut we began to develop to improve our film to the best possible standard. The main thing needed for our film which we had the most feedback about was the soundtrack. We worked in garage band to achieve a suitable soundtrack which we felt added a more horror element. We tried to use a consistent soundtrack which sounded ambient as for the majority of the film our characters where outside. We also tried to create the killer to have mystery by having a sound which was heard each time he appeared. The story line for our film was also a problem as some people admitted the story line was difficult to understand. To improve the viewers knowledge we added a phone call conversation from the killer at the start of the film and a longer tied up seen at the end of the film. This also enabled us to use more camera techniques and made us able to have a longer film. We also added our logo to the film which was a key element in making our film more professional. I am now much more happy with my final cut and feel it is suitable for the genre, shows a range of camera techniques and has a suitable story line which is revealing but still has an element of mystery.

Monday, 28 March 2011

Rough cut of our horror film

Feedback on our rough cut:
The majority of people who watched our rough cut said that the main thing which our rough cut lacked was backing music. As a group we are planning on improving our film by working on background music which will also contribute to our film being more suitable for our genre. The feedback we got usually said that our location was suitable however the lighting was too bright for a horror film. As a group we will have to improve this by changing the light settings possibly to in turn create a scarier film to suit our genre.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Our Prelim

This is our prelim where we were able to experiment before filming our horror film with specific camera techniques that we could need to use in the future for our film. Using a a range of shots we were able to develop our camera skills, acting and get use to the equipment as a group, ready for filming our horror. The key skills we used were the 180 degree rule, a shot reverse shot and match on action. We were able to show each of these effectively and show from a range of different views and close ups. Though we used each of these i feel we could of shown the shoot reverse shot in a more interesting way as it is a little repetitive. We need to think about using a range of camera techniques for our horror film.