Audience feedback (Unfinished rough cut)

Audience feedback:

  -Cinematography

·      More variety of shots.

·      More variety of angles.

·      Use an establishing shot.

·      More camera movement.

 -Mise en scene

·      Good use of costume and props.

·      Very realistic.

·      Lighting needs significant improvement.

 -Editing

·      None.

-Titles and SFX

·      Good start need improvement

  -Elements of an opening sequence

·      Enigma codes

·      Titles

·      Restricted shots

 -Appeal to audience

·      Cant relate as of yet.

-Genre convent

·      Enigma codes

·      Restricted shots

·      Urban environment

-Sound (Non diagetic/Diagetic)

·      Good use of  diagetic sounds


We plan to go out and reshoot most of the shots as they are too dark, we also plan to add more sounds and a soundtrack. 

                                                                                

22.3.12 Production day.

                             -After we got our audience feed back from our peers we went to our location to re shoot   some shots as we found that the shots were far too dark. 

-We re shot the close up of the gas lamp as when we shot it before it was too dark/far away. 

-We also re shot the clip of the killer reaching for the scalpel as last time we had some camera shake.

 -Finally we had to re-do the shot of the killer photographing the victim as last time the shot was too dark.

Rough cut (unfinished)

Weekly Update

On  Wednesday the 14th we filmed the majority of our shots.
Finn payed for fake blood, scissors, forceps, scalpel, gas lamp and a black tray.
I payed for medical masks, gloves, hats. shoe guards, scrubs, a pin board and a syringe.
We borrowed a Polaroid camera from our friend Matteo.
We have also changed the actress playing our victim as Catherine had to film with her own group, the new girl playing the victim is Emma Torres.

Audience feedback To Pitch

what are the main themes/ideas in this opening sequence?
-Medical crime
-Murder
-Serial killer.

How does this appeal to the target audience?
-It appeals to the audience as they are the same age and gender of the victims

What conventions of an opening sequence are clear in this pitch?
-Enigma codes
-Good locations

Are there any elements of this idea that are missing?
-Audience research
-Picture of location

How would you change this sequence to make it more effective?
-Make the opening sequence more clear

How effective are the locations and mise en scene to the story/genre?
-Good as they are an everyday location
-They give a somber

How is this idea different/unique and creative compared to existing thriller sequences?
-It is based around a medical student
-Abduction is used

What elements of this idea are conventional of the thriller genre?
-Murder
-Investigation
-Enigma codes

Props

So far props available to us are scalpels, polaroid cameras for taking polaroid pictures of ''victims'', a pinboard and fake blood.