EVALUATION: Questions

Below are our evaluation answers the the questions.

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FINAL PRODUCT

Below is our final product and our target audience feedback.

To recieve our target audience feedback we asked people to either watch our final product on the mac's or we sent them a video through e-mail. We then got them to answer a survey to find out what they though of our film. We also got some of our target audence to tell us what they thought, not just in the survey.

Lucy- "The jump cuts between the victim and the tension causes tension"

Ellie- "The soundtracks were appropriate for the specific scenes"

Using our survey we got lots of positive and constructive feedback from our target audience. The survey itself is below, along with the results from the survey.

1. Do you think our film fitted into the genre of horror?

2. Which part of the film did you think was the best?

For this question we got a range of results, but the answer which appeared the most was 'when the zombie disappeared from behind the victim on the swing' over 30% of the responses we recieved back enjoyed this part the most. When asking them why they put that, people responded that it was the part which created the most tension because you didn't know where the zombie was.

3. Which part of the film did you like the least?

For this question people suggested that they would have liked to have seen more violence in the film, they suggested that the part where the zombie attacked the victim could have shown more than it did. We felt that this was very constructive because it helped us when looking at the BBFC rating; because we felt that this suggested that our film didn't show much violence.

4. If this was the beginning of a full length film, would you watch the full length version?

5. Did the sound in the background add to the suspence?

6. Did the last shot of the zombie work effectivly in your opinion?

7. Did you fully understand the plot of our film?

8. Did you know what was going to happen?

9. Were you frightened by the ending?

 

10. Was the build up to the zombie character well timed in your opinion?

All the responses we recieved said they thought the build up to the zombie character was well timed, the said that they felt that because you couldn't see the zombie's face very well until the end it created a good level of tension and made them want to watch more to see the zombie.

Overall we are very happy with our target audience feedback, it was very positive and helpful for when we were considering what BBFC rating we should give our final product. We also feel that we reached that audience we intended to target, and that our film fitted well into the zombie horror genre.

PLANNING: Construction

Below is a powerpoint showing some of the pictures that we took when we were filming. One shows Alice and Charlotte dressed up as their characters. There is also another of when we were in the middle of filming.

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PLANNING: Construction

We had researched information on certificates, this helped us to make our own decision on what certificate we wanted to give our film. Below the powerpoint is a breif description about the certificate we chose.

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Final certificate rating                                 

We have studied our final film and come to the conclusion that the suitable certificate rating would be a 12. The reason for this is that our film contains mild blood and gore content within the zombie’s appearance and moderate violence from the zombie toward the victim. The reason we chose certificate 12 is because the violence is only insinuated and not actually seen. This film would not be suitable to any person under the age of twelve as children may find the zombies appearance distressing.

PLANNING: Construction

Below is a powerpoint deconstructing two of the big five production logo's.

Production logos

Below is our final group production logo. It has been deconstructed to show what we were thinking when we created it. It appears at the beginning of our film.

PLANNING: Construction

We made a PowerPoint presentation about how we chose our location. It shows the different locations that we thought about filming at. It also shows the location we decided to film at.

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These are some pictures of the final place we have decided to film at. We have annotated them, to describe what we plan to do.

PLANNING: Construction

For the day we have decided to film, we had to make sure that we were prepared. So we got a screenshot of a weather app, for the day we were planning on filming.

In preparation for filming our coursework we had to make a shooting schedule, so that we knew who we would need, when we would need them and what we would need. Below is a copy of our shooting schedule. It is quite short, as we do not need many people or props.

PLANNING: Construction

Below are pictures of the products we bought for our filming. There are printscreens of the order page from Amazon for the products we bought and there is a picture of Charlotte's eye when she put the white contact lense in her eye.

PLANNING: Construction

As a group we have made a PowerPoint describing the different types of zombie makeups and costumes.

Costume and make up

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Below is a picture from Instagram account we set up, this shows some of the pictures we took for our planning. We have taken pictures of us working at the mac’s, drawing out our storyboards and items we have purchased for our filming.

The three of us had set up a twitter account, which allowed us to ‘tweet’ about what we were doing about planning and filming. Below is a print screen of our account. By doing this it allowed us to keep a record of our progress.

PLANNING: Construction

Below are pictures of myself, Charlotte and Alice. Next to the pictures is a little bit of writing explain why we are working with each other.

Charlotte -

Charlotte is a key member of our group and we find it easy to get along with her, Charlotte comes up with creative ideas and this was helpful for planning the opening two minutes. She is good at using the camera and camera techniques.

Alice Mutton -

Alice is 1/3 of our group and she is a key member, Alice is really good at the creative side of media. She comes up with great ideas and opinions. Alice also brings a fun aspect to the group with her sense of humour.

Morgan (me) -

“Morgan is another key part of our group, she is very good at the technical side of media which includes editing and working the macs. Morgan is easy going and therefore easy to talk to and express my ideas with.” – Alice and Charlotte

Story boards

Below are our storyboards, we have planned each shot

RESEARCH: Target Audience

Target Audience Research

Below is all the research we have collected for our target audience research. We looked at Amazon to identify what other people had bought with horror films. We also asked a range of people to fill in our questionnaire about horror films.

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When we looked at Amazon, we looked at horror films, then we looked at what other products customers bought. This helped us to identify what our target audience liked and what people think a good combination of films are.

The first film that we looked at was Night of The Living Dead, as we can see from the picture below. This is the 1968 version, the films that we suggested to be bought together were the remake of Night of The Living Dead and the 2004 edition of Dawn of The Living Dead. These films are all zombie horror films, suggesting that they were all bought because of the sub-genre.

Another horror film that we looked at on Amazon was 28 Weeks Later. This is another zombie horror movie. When we looked it up we found that people that bought this DVD also bought other zombie horrors such as 28 Days Later, which is the first of this 2 part sequel and the 2004 Dawn of the Dead. This shows us what other films people like in this genre. These are similar to the films shown on the Night of the Living Dead DVD page. This helps us to get an idea of what it is that viewers like to watch.

To be able to get unbiased results we sent the questionnaire we had designed to 40 people, these people consisted of 10 male teachers, 10 female teachers, 10 male students (ages ranges from 11-16) and 10 female students (ages ranging from 11-16). Not all of the people we asked responded to our survey. For our questionnaire we asked a varied of questions to find out who liked horror movies. We created a mixture of bar graphs and pie charts to show our results. Below is the e-mail which we sent out to the 40 people we asked.

The first two questions we asked were general questions asking about age and gender. The third question we asked helped us to understand which would be the best possible way to target our audience when we and if we advertise the product. The fourth question we asked was if the viewer watches horror movies by themselves or in groups, this allows us to start getting personal viewing habits from our possible target audience.

Questions 5 and 6 gave us an idea of what it is that viewers want to see in a horror movie; by asking them what it is they want to see and what sub-genre they like to watch gives us precise answer to see whether people like the same things.by looking at questions 7 and 8 they tell us how viewers like to watch horror movies.

Questions 9 lets us see if people are influenced to watch horror movies by their friends, this tells us quite a lot about our target audience. Question 10 lets us see if people like to watch the same horror movies or if their preferences are different.

Below are some pie charts and bar charts to show the results of our questionnaires.

This pie chart shows the amount of responses that we got back from the 40 people that we sent the questionnaire out to. It shows that just under half of the respondents were in the ages of 10-19.

This bar chart shows us what type of advertising mostly influences them to go and watch a horror film. From the graph we can see that reviews are what mainly influences people to watch horror films.

The pie chart below shows us that the majority of people that responded to our survey prefer to watch horror films in groups rather than alone.

The bar chart below shows us what the people who answered the survey thought should happen in the first few minutes of a horror film. We can see that building tension and a dramatic event is popular.

This bar chart shows us what our respondent’s favourite sub-genre was. From this we can see that comedy was the most favourite sub-genre.

From this pie chart we can see that the people that answered our survey said that they would much rather watch a one off horror film than a sequel film, like Saw.

The pie chart below tells us that our respondent’s would much rather watch a horror film during the evening rather than during the day.

The bar chart below shows us whether our viewers are influenced to watch a horror film by their friends. Most people say they are while a few say they are but only sometimes.

Below is a PowerPoint that explains our finding and what our target audience’s habits are.

Target audience research

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RESEARCH: Conclusions

This section helps me to conclude my research of the horror genre. The PowerPoint below helps me to explain what I found out in my research of the horror genre.

Research conclusions

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RESEARCH: Genre

Below is a PowerPoint presentation to show my research on the sub-genre of ‘zombie horror’. I have embedded the PowerPoint to make it easier to view.

GENRE: Research

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Research Into Similar Products - 2010's

Film: Bereavement

Genre: Horror

Date Released: March 4th 2011 (USA)

Director & Writer: Stevan Mena

 

 

Opening two minutes

The film I am going to be deconstructing is Bereavement, which was released in 2011. This film genre is a horror. The MPAA gave this film a rating R.

The establishing shot of this film is an extreme shot of electricity pylon, as this is happening there is a light non diagetic humming sound, also a crow calling out can be heard above the humming. Then jump cuts to shot of field, then pans left to right to reveal an old beaten building with smashed windows, then to a house, the humming becomes deeper. Then again it jump cuts to the door of the house shown before, we an see that the garden is overgrown, but all the bushes and plants are nearly dead, there is a sound of the door unlocking and a loud creaking from the ivy covered door. The shot of the man is a mid shot he is wearing gloves which makes him seem mysterious and dark. The camera work used is tracking, the man's lower legs are tracked down the pathway to the van, this is shot in one continuous shot, as he walks the sound of the non diagetic humming becomes louder and the noise of crunching twigs can be heard from the floor, this builds the tension. The camera continues to track the man as he gets in his dirty, old, muddy, definitely unkempt van, as he opens the door the metal vibrates when he slams it shut again. The noise of the engine is loud, this sound is diagetic. Then it jump cuts again to an eye level shot of the man's van driving off. Then it shows a shot of a road, then the car drives past, as the car is driving the camera starts to crane back out. As it is zooming out if pans from the left to the right to look back at the old factory and again the sound of the crow calling out can be heard, there is also the sound of wind blowing through the old building.

The establishing shot of the new scene is another extreme shot of the van driving through an empty countryside as it is quiet and all that can be heard is the roaring of the old tatted van. There is also a low sound of drum being banged as the film title appears. As the van drives over the bridge there are bangs and shakes of the metal, then it is tracked down the bridge, then to reveal an old wearing structure. It then jump cuts to an eye level shot of the car continuing to travel across the bridge, showing the man driving over a wide river. We can notice how quiet it is and how there are no other cars travelling down the long country road.

The next scene's establishing shot is a high angled shot tilting down, following the loud car down an empty silent street. As he is driving in his van down the road there is a faint diagetic sound of bells ringing. Then it jump cuts to a shot that is angled down to the floor and raises when a young boy walks past on an over grown side walk, we may assume that he is on his way to or from school as he has a large backpack on. The camera is still when the old car drives past. It then jumps into a shot from the car looking through the front window, suggesting that he is stalking or following the little boy.

Research Into Similar Products - 2000's

Film: Saw V

Genre: Horror

Date Released: October 24th 2008 (USA)

Director: David Hackl

 

Opening two minutes

The film I am going to be deconstructing is Saw V, which was released in 2008. This film genre is a horror. It was given an age certificate of 18 by the BBFC, due to the 'strong bloody violence'. We can tell that the genre for this film is horror from the very beginning, as the opening credits are shown on a background of a bloody wall, with a non diagetic sound of metal scrapping together.

The establishing shot is a long shot of what looks like an old rusty factory door. The first thing we hear as an audience is the crack of thunder in the blackout after the opening credits, this followed by the shot of the door and a flash of lightning. Another diagetic sound we hear is the sound of heavy rain hitting the metal objects outside the door, there is also a faint noise of car horns, suggesting that this may be set in town or city. The shot then starts to zoom into the door but before the sign on the rusty door comes into focus, the shot fades into darkness. this is followed by yet another of the opening credits, again with the same bloody background and noise of metal touching together. the light that wipes across the writing of the credits is in time with the sound of the metal, this may be done to insinuate that the light was the metal.

The next shot of the film is in the room of the rusty door, as the long shot continues to zoom in as if it were one continuous shot, like match on action. the sound of the rain and thunder is still present, all be it quieter, with the rain patting on the windows, which are shown to be covered with plastic sheeting, with time, the sheeting has been torn down. the room is dark, apart from the far wall, which has slits of light shining on it from the slatted windows. There is not much to be seen in the room, but where the light does shine, a body can be seen lying on a table surrounded by a table and a machine. As the camera zooms closer to the body, there is a dark noise, it sound like banging of footsteps, but is the thunder getting louder to build the tension. The shot fades to darkness again.

When the shot reappears, it shows a close up of the legs of the person lying on the table, but the lights shows the legs are bolted to the table. This backs up the viewers thoughts that this is very dark film, as this wouldn't happen in a child's film. The sound does not change, but to build the tensions a incidental sound gradually gets louder, then a large crack of thunder is heard. The camera shot tracks the body up, we can see the body start to breath faster and louder, the camera then passes a machine, then fades into another opening credit, yet again the sound of metal and a bloody backgrounds appears for the last opening credit. As the shot comes back to screen, a birds eye view shot is shown of the man's face, as he starts to panic the lights switch on with non diagetic synchronous sound of lights coming on. We can also hear the diagetic sound of the hand and feet chains, as the man panics and tries to get free. Before the shot turns to a close up of each of the feet, there is an arc shot of the man trying to pull the chain off his neck. The next shot starts a reverse zoom, but as it is zooming out it turns the camera to a long shot to show the whole body on the table. A match on action shot is used to cross the room, but the actions of the man stay the same, this is creating verisimilitude. This is a long shot at a high angle to show the whole room, this shot may be used, to tell the viewer that no matter how loud he calls out no one can hear him, it also shows the dark damp conditions of the room he is in, which may mean that it has not been used in many years that is why its a safe place to keep him. The incidental non diegetic sound continues to play, this is used to build tension.

The shot then jump cuts straight back to the man's upper body in a mid shot. Then an arc shot is used to move from the panicking man to the television screen. Then that shot jump cuts to a close up of the television screen, as the screen is focusing there is a crackling noise that silences the thunder for a few seconds. The man's face and the television exchange a few shot reverse shots. the next shot shown is a worm's eye shot looking over the man's body to focus on the television screen. While we can hear the voice of the man on the television, we can still hear the heavily breathing man on the table still trying to break free. Shot reverse shot is used in the next few shot to show the chained up man's reaction to what the man on the television is saying. A non diagetic sound is heard in the background, it sounds like a heartbeat, although it is faint the viewer can still hear it as it is mirrors the heartbeat of the viewer as they don't know what is going to happen.

The man on the table starts to listen to the man on the television as he know that he wont be able to get out without do what he says. We as viewers of the film feel sympathy for the man on the table as we believe that he hasn't done anything wrong to deserve this, the tension of the first two minutes of this film clearly shows what the whole film is going to be about. Under the voice of the man on the television we can still hear the non diagetic sound.

Research Into Similar Products - 1990's

Film: House on Haunted Hill

Genre: Horror

Date Released: October 29^th 1999 (USA)

Director: William Malone

Writer: Robb White

Opening two minutes

The film I am going to be deconstructing is House on Haunted Hill, which was released in 1999. This film genre is a horror. The MPAA gave this film a rating R.

The establishing shot of this film is an extreme long shot tilted up, this is a worms eye shot, the shot is of a cliff face, with sharp, jagged edges. The building that is compositioned in the middle of the shot looks as if it has shot up from underneath as it fits perfectly with the cliff face. The next shot jump cuts to man walking through a door across a room, he is walking calmly, the room he walks through seems to be very dusty, dark and mysterious. A woman, that seems to be in a nurses outfit walks past behind the man. The man is wearing a white shirt and white bottoms, this is what looks to be a nurses costume. As the camera tracks up the body this is revealed. He is carrying 3 pencils and trwisting them between his fingers. With this information we can assume where the film is set and what it is bound to be about. There is a diagetic sound of very quiet music playing, then loud screams can be haerd. This would make the viewer think that it is not just any hospital, but maybe a mental institution. When he walks through door and across the room it is one continous shot. He shuts the door behind him, as he does so a loud creaking noise is heard, this sound is diagetic as it fit in with the scene. The shot then jump cuts to inside the room. The camera pointed at a birds eye view shot, down to a machine where man put piece of paper, then clicks it down, it makes a loud pinging sound. The camera then starts to pan downwards and zooms out slightly so the viewer can see the machine. Then again it jump cuts to a birds eye view shot of the room, this is a match on action shot as it seems like one continuous shot. The man then walks across room, to put on the record player, maybe to drown the noise of screaming out. The music plays loudly, the shot again jump cuts to pencil sharpener, the man places one in sharpens it, a loud noise from the machine as he turn to shapen the pencil. Extreme close up of mouth blowing shavings of pencil off. The last jump cut of this scene cuts to close up of his hand writng on what looks to be a chart.

The establishing shot of the next scene ia a jump cut to a close up of a man turning from the right to look directly at the camera, here he brakes the 4th wall, not technically to communicate with the viewers but as the scene continues we can see that he was looking at the camera that was filming him, this was a good point of view shot. The music from the mans office carrys on to play in the room where the man with the sergical mask was. The shot then jumps to the nurse who is recording the man, this proves the theory of the man looking at the camera. Then jumps to a high angled shot tilting down to show the man about to start surgery on a patient that is restrained on the bed. The screaming from the patient drowns out the sound of the music. As the doctor starts to cut into the man, he hears laughing and banging, from above. he then relaises that the other patients have escaped. there are various angled shot to catch the mans reaction along with worms eye view of the patients banging on the glass roof avove.

The shot then jump cuts back to the man in the office, its new establishing shot is a worms eye view of the man still writing on charts. The shot pans from left to right. The music still plays, but there is no noise from the screaming of the patients in the operating theatre. The next shot is a point of view shot of a boy, looking at the man. The condition of the boy clearly shows that the patients are not treated as well as they should be. As the man looks at the boy through the metal caging he thinks nothing of it and carrys on writing. Then it goes back to the worms eye shot of the man. Then pans back right to left, as the shot pans back in the background in the window of the door the man walked through, a patients face is pressed up against it. The next shot is an eye line shot of the man turning to the door. The glass smashes and the music abrubutly stops, all that can be heard is diagetic sound of glass being smashed and yells from all the patients. They all grab the man, as he squeals for his life. The shots are quick and change from all different angles and jerk around to create the tension of the scene.