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Storyboard

This is the storyboard for our film. It wasn't put on the blog earlier

Evaluation Question 7

From our preliminary exercise, we have learnt much more about the different codes and conventions, and much more on different camera angles and techniques to use and have incorporated them into our film.

We have gotten better at using different camera angles to represent how something will happen, due to the lack of dialogue in our opening. Despite the lack of dialogue, we feel that it is still incredibly simple for the audience to understand what’s going on. We have also used more close ups and match on action shots to portray what is actually happening. A good decision we made was to cross-cut the two scenes onto each other, to signify to the audience that the murder takes place as they enter the woods, and it is merely bad timing. We also disclose the identity of the murderer, except the fact he is part of some kind of cult. To do this, we chose to have the tattoo of the cult symbol on his neck, and had a close up of it along with the murderer’s face at the end of the opening scene.

During shots with action, such as when the 7^th Keeper is hit around the head with the wrench, we had the editing rather fast-paced, which contrasts from the rest of the clip. We feel that this shows the audience better what is happening. A point of view shot is also used, as the keeper is hit. The blur and fading to black represents his death. The rest of the film appears to be very slow moving and calm, until they meet the murderer. During the scene with the murderer, we didn’t put any titles over it because we wanted the audience to focus on what was happening, due to it being an important part of the film.

The sound editing is significantly better in the final opening than in the preliminary exercise, despite how windy it was on the day we filmed. We were able to blend in the sounds together and fade them over one another to make it seem more realistic. We have also worked hard on keeping the continuity correct. The editing in the preliminary exercise was a bit too jumpy. Also, the camera pans and tilts were too jumpy. We have learnt from this and the pans, tilts and zooms appear to be incredibly smooth compared to our preliminary exercise. This includes the section when we use the 180 degree rule.

\Overall, it was hard work to film and edit our film, with constant changes in filming times, actors and storylines. But I think that we managed to complete it to a good standard.

Evaluation Question 6

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Evaluation Question 5

The film's unique selling points are the genre. People who are into crime/thriller films will be enthralled by the genre and will want to watch it.

We used a variety of methods to attract an audience for our media film. The most notable being the soundtrack. We thought that using a song we think people would like, or at least not mind. We decided in the end to use the song "Hey Superstar" by Madina Lake. The band are also rather big in America so we might some attention from outside the UK. We sought permission for the song to be used directly from the band's manager and was granted this permission.

We also featured some actors that are rather notable for working in the USA/Canada film/ tv scene. Fans of these actors may want to see the film simply for the actors and this could draw a wider audience from overseas. The actors could also help with the advertisements for the film, by mentioning it on twitter and facebook and other social networking sites.

We found out what our audience would like to see by using questionaires and handing them out to people and requesting that they fill them in so we can get an idea of what our audence would want. We then built our film based on them.

Evaluation Question 4

Evaluation Question 3

Our company name "Terrordrone Productions" is based on an enemy from a video game. We felt it was suitable because the name gives off a thrilling terrifying vibe.

We researched into different film distributors and found a suitable one; Dogwoof Pictures. They distribute films of all different genres from around the world. They are a small distributor based in England. We feel that this company would be perfect to distribute our film because they're a small distributor so they would take a low budget film. This means that we would have more money left over to use for advertising.

The names of the actors who appear in our film are rather big in the UK film/tv show scene other than the actors we used in real life. The names are mentioned only in the titles and do not appear in the opening clip. This could perhaps draw in a wider audience and help promote the distribution of the film.