Overall Improvement on film opening

While making our soundtrack we made a lot of improvements as we felt that our music was too repetitive throughout the film opening so we added some changes. We added a heart beat at the start of the film to build up tension which is a really good way to start a film opening as the audience would want to continue watching to see what is going to happen next.

We also felt that the font of the credits which is shown at the beginning was too dull and didn't link to our genre so we changed the font colour to red. The red symbolises blood in thriller and really emphasises on the genre. This also linked to our main title "RED JACK" which was written in fake blood so the credits and the title linked together.

With our actual film we added more clips with a range of different angles which really showed the narrative of the film and gave a full effect. Different angles makes the film more interesting to watch as it draws the audience in and gets them involved.

Improving the soundtrack was seen to be the most difficult thing to improve as we wanted something that was very effective but also flowed with the rest of the soundtrack.

iMovie & Garage Band.

Here is a preview of me editing the shots in iMovie, At first it was very complicated to use especially as a group because we have all never used the software before but lately on we came to terms with it and was able to used different transitions and add background music in to make it look as successful and professional as possible.

Here is another preview of me trying out garage band, this is personally the most difficult software that I used to make my film opening, I find it quite difficult to select the right beat which will match my film opening. However with a lot of practice I am getting to grips with it.

Our music was quite eerie and tense, it had a fast pace which always gave an impression that something mysterious was going to happen this linked with the genre of our film opening of  an psychological thriller and set the atmosphere as it made the audiences intrigued to what was going to happen next.
This is something they used in the american psycho.

Soundtracking is very important in film openings as it gives the audience a feel of what genre the film is and whether the film is going to be interesting. The soundtrack most importantly sets the atmosphere.

Audience Questionnaire.

I made a questionnaire to get the audience opinion, I found that 18-21 year old girls and boys who always watches film favorite genre are psychological horrors which is why I took this into consideration and made my target audience that age.

Final Production Schedule.

Thursday 14th November 2013

LOCATION: Rochester

WHAT WE DID: At around 2:00pm my group left school with all our props and costumes and took a train down to Rochester as it was the best suited location for our film. When we got there we discussed as a group the best shot to film first and what we should film last which took a bit of time. This was good as because it was winter it got dark quickly which gave an impression of a dark, tense and mysterious atmosphere which also set the scene. Carla (the prostitute) and Nicole  (jack the ripper) were the actors for the day so they dressed in the most appropriate costumes which is an example of mise-en-scene as it set the scene. Me, and Marnie were the ones filming so we made sure we got as much shots as possible. This was easier as we used our phones which made it possible for us to have loads of shots of different angles and movements and main parts. We started off filming alley way signs and Rochester buildings and walls as this would produce good shots for the opening scenes and draw the audience in as it will give them a sense of how that time era was. After we decided to get a lot of different shots in different angles of the main characters. We lastly then decided to film the title at the end with the fake blood.

PROPS:
Camera
Costumes of both characters
Fake Blood
Posters

CHARACTERS: 
Nicole: Jack the Ripper
Carla: The prostitute
Bukky (Me) & Marnie : The ones filming.

THE INDOOR SHOTS: 
Marnie decided to take the role of filming the indoor shots as she believed her house looked the most appropriate for the timing of our film.

7) Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt int the progression from it to full product?

Looking back at the preliminary task I believe I have learnt and progressed a lot as I have come from no knowledge of media to a lot of knowledge about camera shots, editing techniques and how to use a wide range of media products. I have learnt to value the importance of planning, researching and creating a storyboard to make sure your movie flows. This has helped my film opening o be successful. During the preliminary task learned about 3 different camera shots, shot reverse shot, 180 rule and match on action we then acted them out. We first found it difficult to do as we didn't know what to say and we also didn't know how to use the camera but later on we got the hang of it. During that period of time i only knew those 3 camera shots but i have now progressed to know different types of camera shots, angles, and movements e.g. panning shot, close ups and extreme close ups which are all different types of camera shots. 'Panning' is a camera movement. Those camera shots were the most common camera shots used in my film opening. 

What would have been better was if we used more camera equipment's

 to help us with the filming .e.g. tripods. This would improve the quality of the footage shots. It would also give more movement and show different angles in our filming, which will give our film more of a professional look. This is needed to make our film successful. Different equipment would help our shots to have a range of different angles and this will make our film look more professional.

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout the whole process of constructing my film I learnt how to use all the media technology. Personally everything started off being very difficult to use as it was my first time using these equipment so I had to watch some tutorials and do some research so I can come to terms of how to use these technology especially on the iMacs. During editing my product iMovie was  the main source used for editing I also found this complicated to use and it took me a while to get used to it and to be able to edit our film opening without making any mistakes, once I got the hang of it editing became simple and easy to do. As a group the macs was complicated to use because none of us has used it before! However the macs was the must important technology during the process of  constructing our films so being able to use it was very important because without the macs our film would not be able to look as professional and successful as it should be. Garage band was a program on the macs which we used to make our music. This was also very difficult and challenge and playing about with it was what helped you understand and learn what to do. As a group we have now leaned how to use the software's on the mac and the mac itself to edit, crop and put together a successful film opening even though it took a lot of time and concentration.


When actually filming our film opening we had two main technology equipment we used which both worked very well to make our product look as professional as possible. The school gave us a portable camera to use, these were quite simple to use. The camera produced our films in high quality and made it turn put very well, However the battery life was not very good so we needed a back up which was our iPhone's this also produced high quality shots and was very easy to use, it also was good to use because we was all was able to take as much different shots as possible so at the end we can review the shots we took and pick which ones were the best shots and put them all together which is what we did.

Here is a short preview of the shots we took on our iPhone's which provides shots in high definitions. These are examples of panning and close up shots that we used often throughout our film.



What could be improved was to have more practice on garage band to improve the music, also to take more time on it as the music was a bit rushed and too repetitive. 

5) How would you attract/address your audience?

We attracted the audience by our music the tempo instantly starts off fast and gets faster during our film opening especially during the main scenes this draws and attracts the audience. The music was seen as very important to us as it  represents setting the atmosphere, the music has a repetitive rhythm to it throughout the film. In the feedback we was told our music was too repetitive, as a group we decided we need to make some improvements on the must and to do so we need to spend more time on it there was also some faults at the end.  We first wanted to use peaky blinders as our music for our film as it linked extremely well with our film and the male character 'Jack the ripper' however we found it difficult to create on garage band so we decided to create our own music with the influence of peaky blinders tune, this song helped us pick what instruments were the most suitable for psychological horror films, french horns was a popular instrument used so we included it in our music which did create tension and an eerie atmosphere. The tempo and loudness of the sound increased as the main scenes operated which makes the audience want to watch the rest the film as the tempo builds suspense and mystery. 

Our titles and credits attracts the audience as it shows past newspapers of our jack the ripper character murders as backgrounds. These pictures link to our film and also draws the audience in. Our main title also draws our target audience in as it was unique and original, we decided to write our title out on the alleyway floor with blood to interest the audience. 

The costumes we used really did set the Victorian time period we tried to present, both the prostitute and Jack the ripper himself dressed in a way which we'd think we are in the Victorian era, these costumes attracts the audience as it makes them intrigued to how we was able to make a film set in a different time period just based on a few props and costumes. I believe we succeeded in that area. The prostitutes outfit attracts attention as it was such a bright colour. Because we didn't want to reveal Jack the rippers identity black was the best colour to use as it camouflaged with all his surroundings. The colour black creates a sense of mystification what applies well with his character as Jack the ripper identity has never been revealed! The top hat used showed how we researched the costumes needed for both characters best suited for the Victorian time period and Jack the ripper himself did use a top hat.


We posted our video on you tube and Facebook to get a range of audience feedback, most of the feedback was from ages 18 above which shows why we rated our film opening an 18. This helped us have knowledge of the positives and negatives opinions viewers had on our film so we can make improvements.Generally we recieved mostly positive feedback but we did receive a criticism which would help us develop our film to make it much better.