Feedback

 

After showing our two minute film opening to the class for the first time we received the following feedback:

The crow noise after the production logo doesn't fit into our Thriller genre but instead is more of a connotation for Horror, the audience suggested putting it when the logo comes onto the screen and dimming the noise so it is more in the background. This was because the audience said after hearing the crow noise they would aspect the film to be outside so by making the noise softer it would be like the crow was outside the house. (Crows connotate  death which was one of the good points.)

Some said how the reoccurring eyes were a good touch, one of the reasons was that it was enigma of who's eyes they were. They also said the use of spooky music increases tension in the opening but when the girls are in the bedroom it would be better if the music was different; maybe that would show the audience the change in scene and connotate a party. It would also juxtapose the creepy music which would make the opening more effective.

 

Another good point was the make-up used. The viewers mentioned how well done the cut on Effie's neck was and that a lot of films' bad make-up choices ruins them but ours was effective. They also praised how the opening works well as a film opening and doesn't look like a trailer.

Previous Student Film Opening

Editing Update

 

This is the last image of the final day of editing showing that the film opening is being rendered. We are proud with this outcome and after all our hard work, it has finally paid off. We sorted out the problem of not having enough footage by including clips which we thought we wouldn't use. As our group, our favourite part was the music as it fitted well with the genre and added a lot of suspense and tension.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Media from Jordan

Editing Update

When we started editing it seemed easy enough until it got to the later scenes and we realised that there was a bit of bad acting which we couldn't get around, so we made sure we emphasised the few first scenes because they were the best shots, so that the audience would be distracted and not notice the bad acting.
We made use of Photoshop to add a tint of red to Kate's eyes, this was fairly easy because Gabi and Sekemi do photography so they make use of this a lot which came in handy. Jordan also found some un-copyrighted music for us to make use of and put it in with the opening. Overall editing is going well so far.

Filming Update

 we only used one day to film it took us about 4 straight hours, so we all met up at the at the main location which was Olivia Rigg's house and we got to work. We started off by organizing the artificial light which Gabi handled and we did this by using lamps and iphone flashlights. After that had been organised  we started filming but we didn't follow the storyboard because it was easier to start with some of the later scenes and the cellar wasn't ready to be filmed yet.

Halimat and Gabi had a camera each which meant we could film each scene from two different angles which helped our filming easier and quicker. The only problem we had was the fact that it was getting dark but we solved that by closing all curtains so that we wouldn't have a continuity issue.

After filming all the upstairs scenes we went down to the cellar to take the most important scenes which was the centre of the opening. The cellar scenes were fairly easy because all though the lighting was very good, the extra low key lighting was very useful because for thriller and suspense movies it was a typical convention which we used to our complete advantage.

We also took some still shots using Sekemi's camera as evidence for our scenery and make-up used and we knew they would come in handy eventually.

Job Roles

Before we started filming we split the job roles according to our members preferences and abilities.

Producer:
The producer prepares and supervises the making of a film before finally distributing a movie. They are either employed by a film studio or they're independent, they also work closely with directors and other production staff on the shoot.
Sekemi Olunloyo was made the producer because even though it was the group effort she is organized and she was best at assisting everyone and leading them in the right direction.

Director:
The director is the person who directs the making of a film; They generally control the film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualize the script while leading the technical crew and actors in order to fulfil the final film.
Gabriella Whybrow was chosen to be director because out of the whole group overall she was the only one who had the groups final opening completely visualized. She also drew up the final storyboard and we thought she would be perfect for this job role.

Camera:
The role of the camera operator is responsible for physically operating the camera and maintaining camera angles throughout various given shots.

Halimat Dada was chosen to be the camera operator because she had the most extensive knowledge on filming because she did GCSE media studies so she's done this before and we also felt that she would be the best to capture the right moments at the right angles.

Lighting:
This is the person who controls all artificial lighting which we need on our set , they also make sure that the lighting goes with each scene. They make sure it's not too high key or low key and that it's just right.
Gabriella Whybrow was chosen for this role because she is well associated with cameras and is used to getting the lighting ready various personal/school associated projects which she has done in the past.

Editing:
This is the person responsible for putting together recorded raw material into the final product which will be suitable for viewers. This is a key role post production and this determines how good the movie will eventually look.
Jordan Ogungbo was chosen for this because he too has a set of skills solely for editing as is the best out of the whole group. He has also done this in the past for personal/school related projects.

Mise-En-Scene of our two minute opening

Shot List